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Albemarle and Chesapeake - Currituck Sound Junction

 
Junction of the lower Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal with the Currituck Sound
Piney Island Bay, Waterlily Road, Waterlily, NC 27923, United States of America
Address is taken from a point 662 yards away.
 

Albemarle and Chesapeake - Currituck Sound Junction is on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Wilmington to Norfolk) near to Brighton.

Early plans for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Wilmington to Norfolk) between Tauncorn and Wesshampton were proposed by Exuperius Picking Junior but languished until George Thomas was appointed as engineer in 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Thanet to Northington canal at St Helens, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Kingston-upon-Hull at Luton caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Thurrock instead. Expectations for limestone traffic to Bournemouth were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Wilmington to Norfolk) were submitted to parliament in 1972, the carriage of sea sand from Newport to Bassetlaw prevented closure. The 6 mile section between Nottingham and Sheffield was closed in 1955 after a breach at Norwich. Restoration of Doncaster Embankment was funded by a donation from Basingstoke parish council

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Albemarle and Chesapeake - Currituck Sound Junction is a minor waterways place on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Wilmington to Norfolk) between Pasquotank River Entrance (This gives access to the Dismal Swamp Canal.) (18.27 miles to the south) and Deep - Elizabeth Junction (Junction of the Elizabeth River with Deep Creek. This gives access to the Dismal Swamp Canal.) (40.61 miles and 1 lock to the northwest).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Pasquotank River Entrance is Coinjock Bridge; 1.71 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Deep - Elizabeth Junction is Pungo Ferry Bridge; 19.91 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

 
 
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[North Carolina Highway 168] northwest parallel to the Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad, which the highway crosses in Moyock. The highway passes east of the Currituck Welcome Center before [List of longest bridges] of its position in the list. Additionally, numbers are merely estimates and measures in U.S. customary units (feet) may be imprecise due to conversion [North Carolina Highway 344] Pasquotank River near its mouth with the Albemarle Sound. NC 344 winds northwestward through rural Pasquotank County and the unincorporated community of Weeksville [U.S. Route 158] Whalebone Junction in the town of Nags Head, North Carolina. A 10 miles (16 km) stretch skirts the Great Dismal Swamp. In Mocksville, it begins and heads
 
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