To Construct Bridge
Across Roanoke River
Permission has been granted by the War Department to the
State Highway commission for the bridging of two navigable streams in the
state, the Roanoke River between Halifax and Bertie Counties, and the Brunswick
River two miles west of Wilmington. With the approval, the Commission will
shortly advertise the two projects for contract, according to an announcement
made by Mr. Frank Page, chairman of the Commission. The total expenditure on
the two projects will approximate $600,000.
The bridge over the Roanoke River, with the approaches, is
the largest single project yet to be undertaken by the Commission and will
involve an outlay of about $400,000. The bridge itself will be 400 feet long
with a draw to permit the passage of ships, and the approaches to the bridge
will be two miles in length on either side, broken at intervals by shorter
bridges and trestles. It will be the only bridge within 50 miles on that stream
and its construction will present considerable engineering difficulties.
The above announcement appeared in the News & Observer
Wednesday of this week, and comes as a welcome relief to motorists of this
section who have practically no exit from this Roanoke-Chowan section to our
neighboring county of Martin and Halifax. The bridge at Weldon heretofore has
been the only dependable route.
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