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Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. Opened in 1963, Bonnet Bridge carries N.C. 12 across the Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Island. It's the only road access for the island's 4,300 full-time residents and thousands of tourists. The 2.7-mile bridge cost $4 million, with the federal government picking up two-thirds of the tab. Funding was orchestrated by Washington, N.C, native Herbert Bonner, who served in the US. House of Representatives from 1940 until his death in 1965. Maintaining the bridge has cost the state $64 million since 1990, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. The DOT awarded a $215.8 million contract in...