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Closeout: The Water Is Wide
A new fixed-span bridge replaces two old bridges—one fixed-span, the other swing-span—connecting Harkins Island, North Carolina, to the mainland.
May 8, 2024
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PROJECT | Harkers Island Bridge Replacement, Carteret County, North Carolina
GENERAL CONTRACTOR | Balfour Beatty
BUDGET | $68 million
SCOPE | Replacing 50-year-old fixed-span and swing-span bridges connecting the mainland to Harkers Island with a single, 3,200-foot-long, fixed-span bridge incorporating carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer strands and glass-fiber-reinforced polymer bars and offering a navigational clearance of 45 feet
TIMELINE | September 2021 to December 2023
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