North Carolina State Highway 12
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NC 12 is a North Carolina state route that mostly traverses the northeastern shoreline of North Carolina, linking the islands of the Outer Banks. North Carolina Highway 12 is a popular route for visitors touring the Outer Banks. Most sections of NC 12 are two lanes wide.
Route
Beginning at its northern terminus in Corolla, North Carolina (near the Currituck Beach Lighthouse), NC 12 travels south along the Bodie Island shoreline through the cities of Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills (site of the Wright Brothers Memorial) and Nags Head (site of Jockey's Ridge) before entering the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Before crossing over Oregon Inlet to Pea Island, NC 12 passes by Bodie Island Lighthouse. Continuing south, the highway crosses onto Hatteras Island, sight of the famous Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. In the town of Hatteras, North Carolina, vehicles following NC 12 board a free ferry to Ocracoke Island, home of the Ocracoke Lighthouse. In the community of Ocracoke, NC 12 follows a toll ferry to Cedar Island where the route ends at U.S. Highway 70.
Hurricane Isabel
Hatteras Island was actually cut in half on September 18, 2003 by Hurricane Isabel which washed a new inlet 3,000 feet wide and 30 feet deep through the community of Hatteras Village on the southern end of Hatteras Island. This new inlet was temporarily named the Isabel Inlet after the hurricane. Road access along NC 12 was temporarily severed until the island was repaired and restored by sand pumped ashore by the Army Corps of Engineers.See also
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