THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 18, 1997            TAG: 9702180328
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
DATELINE: MANTEO                            LENGTH:   17 lines

TRANSPORTATION DEPT. WILL HOLD HEARING ON PROPOSED BRIDGE

The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing at 7 tonight in Manteo Middle School to discuss plans for a new bridge linking Manns Harbor and Roanoke Island.

Plans call for a four-lane bridge to cross the Croatan Sound between the junction of U.S. 64/264 in Manns Harbor and the midway intersection on Roanoke Island, near the junction of Route 345 to Wanchese - so motorists traveling between Nags Head and the Dare County mainland would be able to bypass Manteo on the new span.

For more information, call Carl Goode at (919) 250-4092.