Brad Mcmannen News Today

In addition to fiber-reinforced polymer protection, contractor used extra shifts, value engineering to advance work on Harkers Island Bridge in North Carolinas Outer Banks.

More than 300 crowded onto the new Harkers Island bridge Tuesday to join in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the high-rise structure -- and try it on foot.

HARKERS ISLAND — The innovative new bridge that opened here Tuesday represents a bittersweet change for folks in Down East Carteret County, where the harsh saltwater environment has its way.

HARKERS ISLAND - Harkers Island residents and visitors will have a new bridge crossing the Straits, the body of water separating the island from the mainland, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony

HARKERS ISLAND - Harkers Island residents and visitors will have a new bridge crossing the Straits, the body of water separating the island from the mainland, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony

HARKERS ISLAND — The Earl C. Davis Memorial Bridge in Harkers Island is slated to open to the public on Friday.

Travelers will have the option to avoid numerous traffic signals on U.S. 70 in Havelock beginning next year.