NCDOT conceptual rendering of the proposed US-70 Gallant's Channel Bridge from Radio Island to Beaufort.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Gallant's Channel replacement bridge project will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 11:00 AM.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is increasing capacity and reducing delays with a new US-70 bridge over Gallant's Channel. US-70 will be 4-lanes wide and a median. The bridge is schedule for use by Summer of 2018 with final details finished by January, 2019.
This new fixed span bridge will replace the Grayden Paul Bridge, a 2-lane, bascule bridge (often called a drawbridge) built in 1957.
Venue: Gallant's Channel Annex
The Gallant's Channel Annex is the expansion site for the NC Maritime Museum. Previously the site of a fish processing plant, the Friends of the NC Maritime Museum have have improved the marina for transient boaters. The additional slips were added after the picture was taken.
The Gallant's Channel Annex is the preferred venue for large outdoor events hosted by the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
Also, the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum invites transient vessels and historically significant craft to visit the Gallants Channel Annex, museum’s expansion site.
The facility has deep water wharves running some 1,500’, floating docks with 10 slips, and a 100’ face dock. The Friends of the Museum is offering short term dockage rates of just $1/foot per night, or $10/foot per month. Water and power are available but there are no shore side facilities at this time. There is ample parking on site. Located less than a mile from the AICW the protected site has plenty of water depth, and is just north Beaufort’s Front Street.
For more information contact:
Captain Brent Creelman
Director of Operations
Friends of the Museum
brent@maritimefriends.org
(252) 728-2762
Organizer: Carteret Economic Development Council
Founded in 1971, the Carteret County Economic Development Council (EDC) works to create jobs, opportunities and investment Carteret County. The EDC promotes the economic vitality of Carteret County.
The EDC works with the North Carolina Department of Commerce, North Carolina’s Eastern Region a wide range of other state, regional and local partners to improve the overall business climate and expand the tax base of Carteret County and its municipalities.
The EDC provides comprehensive information and assistance to retain and expand our existing business, encourage the formation of new business and promote the growth of emerging business in Carteret County. The EDC also provides “confidential” project information to attract new, compatible business investment to Carteret County.