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The Sound Class ferry, Cedar Island, operating between Cedar Island and Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks. The North Carolina Ferry System operates five Sound Class ferries. These ferries are the largest in the system, able to carry up to 50 cars.
Days after announcing an extended season for the popular Ocracoke Express passenger ferry, the state transportation department said scheduled maintenance is taking longer than planned, keeping the ...
The ferry between Southport and Fort Fisher was closed for a couple of hours Thursday morning but has resumed service. ... NCDOT suspended the Pamlico Sound ferries to Ocracoke from Cedar Island ...
Once the road enters Cedar Island it turns northwest running along the Cedar Bay all the way to the Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry. After arriving at Ocracoke, the road immediately runs along the western side of Silver Lake in the eastern side of the town. After leaving Ocracoke, NC 12 enters the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. NC 12 runs along ...
NC 45 starts at the ferry terminal at Ocracoke, connecting with NC 12, it traverses across the Pamlico Sound along the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke Ferry. At Swan Quarter , it continues at a northwesterly direction; merging with several highways along the way, including US 264 , NC 99 , NC 32 , US 64 , NC 308 , and NC 461 .
A number of ferries maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division also serve the Outer Banks. From north to south, these are the Knotts Island-Currituck Ferry, the Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry, the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke Ferry, and the Cedar Island-Ocracoke Ferry.
The ferry's abbreviated winter schedule wouldn't normally start until Dec. 31 or Jan. 2, but is in effect now. Lake Champlain Transportation of Burlington operates the Essex-Charlotte ferry, as ...
Ocracoke Island. The island of Ocracoke is a part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. At various times throughout recorded history the barrier island now known as Ocracoke has been part of Hatteras Island. The "Old Hatteras Inlet" opened prior to 1657 south of the current inlet separating Ocracoke from Hatteras, but closed around 1764 causing ...