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Swain’s Cut Bridge carries NC 906 across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) connecting Oak Island, NC to the mainland. Built for $36 million under contract to the North Carolina Department of Transportation , the bridge opened for traffic in the fall of 2010.
Oak Island Swingbridge circa 1950. When the ICW was completed in the late 1930s, a swingbridge initially provided access to Oak Island. Destroyed by a barge strike in 1971, construction of a high rise replacement named after G. V. Barbee, a distinguished Oak Island resident, began in 1972 and opened for traffic in 1975 (interim service included a ferry and pontoon bridge). [1]
Oak Island Growth since 1999. Oak Island is located in southeastern Brunswick County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 19.9 square miles (51.6 km 2), of which 18.5 square miles (48.0 km 2) is land and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) (7.02%) is water.
Cooper's is a chophouse and seafood restaurant. It's like a Ruth's Chris Steak House. ... ($38), 8-ounce center-cut filet mignon ($55), 14-ounce New York strip ($52), 10-ounce beef sirloin ($32 ...
Dan Henskee: One of only three Oak Island treasure hunters who have been searching the island for several decades. He initially came to the island to help Dan Blankenship in his search. Charles Barkhouse: An Oak Island historian who also acts as a tour guide for Oak Island Tours, the company that owns most of the island. Charles is a freemason.
Oak Island, also known as the William Seabrook, Jr. House, is a historic plantation house located at Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.It was built about 1828–1831, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, rectangular, central-hall, frame, weatherboard-clad residence with a projecting two-story rear pavilion.
Later, at a local pub, author Alan Butler presents a theory that Oak Island is a copy of Solomon's Temple and the entrance to the money pit is 996 ft (303.6 m) to the west in the Oak Island swamp. Back on Oak Island, Jack Begley and Dan Blankenship visit a treeless area called "the bald spot" where Dan uses dowsing to find hidden tunnels. The ...
The Oak Island mystery is a series of stories and legends concerning buried treasure and unexplained objects found on or near Oak Island in Nova Scotia. Since the 18th century, attempts have been made to find treasure and artifacts .