The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-29
OUTER BANKS AND BEACHES
BROUGHT CLOSER TO PEOPLE
(CoIdboro News-Areus)

Recent decisions of the State Highway Commission plus
projects already underway insure development for the Dare
National Seasnore Ocracoke and Carteret beach resort
areas.
The Alligator river bridge will be completed in few
weeks and opened to speed traffic from the mainland to Dare
This threee long structure will replace ferry service and
greatly facilitate the flow of traffic.
Ferries which have served at Alligator river schedu
ed to be shifted Emerald se south of Carterets Atlantic
Beach and Saer Path They scheduled into service
beach area to fuller developmen Thew viii relieve to an
extent the heavy flow of traffic from Morehead City to At
sn Beach over the bridge In peak weekends this Atlantic
cles sometimes stacked up half mile
The Emerald Isle ferry service will be the shortest route
by miles, from North Carolina to of the most
popular resort areas.
- bridge will replace the Oregon Inlet ferry Such a
facility win boom registration to unique Cape Hatteras Ma
tonal Seashore nothing yet has done and the rapid
growth in popularity of this land of sand and and
sun has already been phenomenal
This year. for instance registration of visitors the
Seashore increased II percent to half million Where veh
tcdays hasty and impatient motorists will be able
to drive directly to the fabulous Hatteras Seashore
The tourist who wants to fish, and nexpensivey his
beach vacations legion. They remembered in
plans to include catwalk for the Oregon bridge
the fisherman This particular spot offers as great variety
of fish any place the Continent That cawalk will be
WORT to he tourist industry and recreation program
the 100000 allocated for it.
oregon bridge will bring old Oeracoke closer An
additional trip of the ferry Sea Level
may be possible with building of dock at Cedar Island
minus of u S. 20 and dozen miles east of Atlantic
Sea Level port From Cedar Island the ea Level should
able to make the trip the sound in three hours instead
have be added The "Sea Level often the past season
left for which it had no room
The southern end of the states 200mle beach region
will also share in features which promise visitors
Surf City and Topsa have into prominence favor
lite with the andor surf fishermen These beaches have
particular allure for the folks who their beach
cottage in quiet family spot where feel the mystery
and of the reckoning and the waves the gs
and the sand.
Location of the bateshp North Carolina at Wilmington
memorial and visitors attraction will certainly pull
people into Wrightsve Carolina and Kures beaches
few miles to the south Orton the restoration and
cavaton project at old Brunswick (1726-1776) has
progressed to such stage that visitors find much of interest
there number of old houses have been outlined in the
excavations and many others have been located
Beaches around Southport Caswel Long Holden's and
others seeing much building. Boiling Springs renamed
from Bill Kezahs Bouncing Log Sprngs) is growing is
Tranquil Harbor
Development of the 2OO-mie beach region will help
materially to raise the per capita income of counties which
have been the poorest in the state