New Inlet
35°41′2″N 75°29′2″W / 35.68389°N 75.48389°W / 35.68389; -75.48389 New Inlet was an inlet along the Outer Banks of North Carolina joining Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic Ocean. It had not existed since 1945[1] before Hurricane Irene temporarily re-opened the inlet in 2011.[2]
History
New Inlet first opened around 1738, separating Bodie Island from Hatteras Island. When a hurricane opened Oregon Inlet about 11 miles to the north in 1846, the land between New Inlet and Oregon Inlet became known as Pea Island. New Inlet now separated Hatteras Island from Pea Island.
The opening of the wider Oregon Inlet meant less water flowed through New Inlet, and by 1922 the inlet had closed.
In 1933, the inlet, or at least one nearby, briefly reopened after a strong hurricane,[3] but it closed only a few months later. Pea Island was a contiguous part of Hatteras Island until the passage of Hurricane Irene in August 2011. The storm temporarily re-opened New Inlet, once again separating Pea Island from Hatteras Island.[1] In 2017 the North Carolina Department of Transportation replaced a temporary road bridge on North Carolina Highway 12 spanning New Inlet with an "interim" bridge, so called due to ongoing efforts to resolve how to best route N.C. 12 through or around the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.[2]
References
- ^ a b Siceloff, Bruce (August 29, 2011). "DOT Engineers Fret About More damage to N.C. 12". The Bradenton Herald. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
The new gaps are near the sites of ancient inlets that have opened and closed in the Outer Banks over the past four centuries: New Inlet, which closed in 1945,...
- ^ a b Stradling, Richard (November 14, 2017). "New NC 12 bridge in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge is open". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
Sand has since filled in the inlet
- ^ "Livelihood of 700 Fisherman Hit by the Storm". Meriden Daily Journal. September 13, 1933. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
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Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia
- Bodie Island
- Knotts Island
- Monkey Island
- Mary Island
- Colington Island
- Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula
- Roanoke Island
- Pea Island
- Hatteras Island
- No Ache Island
- Cape Hatteras
- Shelly Island
- Ocracoke Island
- Beacon Island
- Portsmouth Island
- Core Banks
- Cape Lookout
- Bays
- Onslow Bay
- Raleigh Bay
- Back Bay
- Knotts Island Bay
- Sounds
- Currituck Sound
- Albemarle Sound
- Croatan Sound
- Roanoke Sound
- Pamlico Sound
- Core Sound
- Back Sound
- Inlets
- Oregon Inlet
- New Inlet
- Isabel Inlet
- Hatteras Inlet
- Ocracoke Inlet
- Drum Inlet
- Barden Inlet
- National Seashores
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Cape Lookout National Seashore
- Wildlife Refuges
- Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- State Parks
- False Cape State Park
- Jockey's Ridge State Park
- State Coastal Reserves
- Kitty Hawk Woods
- Buxton Woods
- Preserves
- Nags Head Woods Preserve
- Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve
- Museums, zoos, and institutes
- North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
- Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
- University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute
- Other
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Wright Brothers National Memorial
- Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Run Hill State Natural Area
- Wildlife
- Banker horse
- Red wolf
- Routes
- North Carolina Highway 12
- North Carolina Highway 45
- U.S. Highway 64
- U.S. Highway 64 Bypass
- U.S. Highway 158
- North Carolina Highway 345
- North Carolina Highway 400
- North Carolina Highway 615
- Historic Albemarle Tour
- North Carolina Ferry System
- Bridges
- Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
- Marc Basnight Bridge
- Herbert C. Bonner Bridge
- Wright Memorial Bridge
- William B. Umstead Bridge
- Washington Baum Bridge
- Melvin R. Daniels Bridge
- Rodanthe Bridge
- Mid-Currituck Bridge
- Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge
- Events and places
- Pea Island Life-Saving Station
- Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
- Roanoke Colony
- Graveyard of the Atlantic
- Torpedo Alley
- Battle of the Atlantic
- Hatteras Weather Bureau Station
- Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island
- People
- Roanoke people
- Croatan
- Wanchese
- Manteo
- John White
- Richard Grenville
- Blackbeard
- Raleigh
- Virginia Dare
- Marc Basnight
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