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The North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division extends over seven routes and one emergency route, has 22 ferries, and employs over 400 workers. The operations are supported by a full service shipyard at Manns Harbor and 10 support vessels, including dredge, military-style landing craft utility vehicles ( LCUs ), tugs, and barges.
The Sans Souci Ferry is a cable ferry that provides access across the Cashie River in Bertie County, North Carolina. Since the 1930s, the ferry has been operated by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The ferry is located on SR 1500 south of Windsor, North Carolina. It is one of three cable ferries that are still operating in North ...
The ferry is powered by a diesel engine and propeller and guided by a steel cable that is stretched loosely across the river. [2] The cable is secured on each side of the river by steel posts and as the ferry crosses the river, the force of the boat, with the help of rollers on the side of the boat, pulls the normally submerged cable out of the water.
Elwell Ferry is an inland cable ferry which has operated since 1905 on Elwell Ferry Road between NC Highway 53 and NC Highway 87, crossing the Cape Fear River and connecting the communities of Carvers Creek and Kelly in Bladen County, North Carolina. Highway marker sign Elwell Ferry Road & NC Hwy 53
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The inlet today is approximately two miles across, but this distance changes daily because of the convection of brackish water.No bridge crosses Hatteras Inlet. A fleet of eight ferries, owned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, provides a free 60-minute ride year round to people who want to traverse the inlet from Hatteras to Ocracoke.
Earle said the county amended its ferry fee code in 2005, in part to provide better definitions and clarity as to how the payment scheme operated, with a goal of providing fair, reasonable and ...
Lummi Island resident Peter G. Earle filed a lawsuit in mid-April seeking to stop the ferry rate increase from taking effect.