Updated: 2:20 PM EDT Jun 4, 2021 A major traffic backup that started with a crash Friday morning in North Carolina caused headaches for drivers into South Carolina.The crash was reported just before 8 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-26 near U.S. Highway 74 near Saluda in Polk County at mile marker 61, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation website.The NCDOT tweeted that the crash involved a tractor-trailer, but no other information was released. At noon, the right lane of Highway 74 was still closed 5 miles west of Exit 6.The backup was reported to be at least five miles.WYFF News 4 viewers emailed the newsroom, saying they had been stuck in traffic for hours.The website indicated at 1 p.m. that all lanes were reopened, but that congestion still was still being reported in the area.
A major traffic backup that started with a crash Friday morning in North Carolina caused headaches for drivers into South Carolina. The crash was reported just before 8 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-26 near U.S. Highway 74 near Saluda in Polk County at mile marker 61, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation website. Sign up for our Newsletters The NCDOT tweeted that the crash involved a tractor-trailer, but no other.
Crossing Oregon Inlet: The history of connecting the Outer Banks PUBLISHED 4:29 PM ET Jun. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:29 PM EDT Jun. 01, 2021
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OUTER BANKS, N.C. Someone on the video gives a countdown, “Four, three, two, one”, before explosives detonate on one of the last remaining stretches of the Bonner Bridge.
The video, shared on social media by the U.S. Coast Guard last week, shows the final days of the bridge that spanned Oregon Inlet and connected Hatteras Island to the neighboring Outer Banks towns to the north.
“Before the bridge came in, the only way to get to Hatteras Island was by ferry, was by boat,” North Carolina Maritime Museums Director Joe Schwarzer said. “It’s connectivity, it’s enormous.
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For 11-miles, U.S. 129 winds and twists more than 300 times through the mountains of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. The area, known as the Tail of the Dragon, is full of natural beauty and attracts motorcycle riders from all over the country.
But it can also be treacherous.
According to Tennessee’s Integrated Traffic Analysis Network, in 2018, there were 83 traffic crashes on the Tail of the Dragon, 75% of which involved a motorcycle. Three of those motorcyclists died. The numbers for 2019 aren’t much better: 93 crashes, 67% involving motorcycle drivers. Four people died, three of whom were motorcyclists.
In North Carolina, there were 10 crashes in 2019 on the Tail of the Dragon. Nobody died, but six of the 10 crashes were of motorcyclists.