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The ferry linking Bald Head Island to Southport is changing ownership despite an appeal from the village of Bald Head Island. On Nov. 19, the North Carolina Utilities Commission stamped final ...
In 1947, the Commission purchased the ferry operations of T.A. Baum, who operated a route that ran across Croatan Sound and linked Manns Harbor and Roanoke Island. This became the first route of the NC Ferry System. The logo of the North Carolina Ferry System that appears on all the vessels beneath the name of the vessel on the tower
Bald Head Island is located in southeastern Brunswick County and is the southernmost settlement in the state of North Carolina. [ 19 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 5.8 square miles (14.9 km 2 ), of which 3.9 square miles (10.0 km 2 ) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2 ) (33.01%) is water.
At some point before 2001, the highway was extended overlapping the Currituck-Knotts Island Ferry, ending on the mainland at Courthouse Road. [ citation needed ] On April 9, 2013, it was extended .36 miles (0.58 km) northwest along Courthouse Road to end at its current southern terminus at NC 168.
This is the same schedule as under the previous contractor, except that there is no longer a 9 p.m. Friday boat from Hilton Head to Daufuskie or a 10:15 p.m. boat going back the same night ...
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North Carolina Highway 12 (NC 12) is a 148.0-mile-long (238.2 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina, linking the peninsulas and islands of the northern Outer Banks. Most sections of NC 12 are two lanes wide, and there are also two North Carolina Ferry System routes which maintain continuity of the route as it traverses ...
One road, North Carolina Highway 130, crosses the Intracoastal Waterway to connect Holden Beach with the mainland. Via NC 130, it is 10 miles (16 km) northwest to the town of Shallotte . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town of Holden Beach has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.9 km 2 ), of which 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2 ...