. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Will a Bridge Narrow the Gap? Currituck is a county divided. Along the banks, planned communities of expensive beach houses line grid streets, forcing conformity on an environment that is otherwise wild and changeable. Manicured lawns roll up to ornate brick entrance signs that proclaim these subur- ban outposts—Monteray Shores, Ocean Sands and Corolla Light. Stores selling T-shirts and tanning lotion are spelled s-h-o-p-p-e-s, and residents are weekenders who have fled crowded north- ern beaches for the c
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Will a Bridge Narrow the Gap? Currituck is a county divided. Along the banks, planned communities of expensive beach houses line grid streets, forcing conformity on an environment that is otherwise wild and changeable. Manicured lawns roll up to ornate brick entrance signs that proclaim these subur- ban outposts—Monteray Shores, Ocean Sands and Corolla Light. Stores selling T-shirts and tanning lotion are spelled s-h-o-p-p-e-s, and residents are weekenders who have fled crowded north- ern beaches for the cheaper, more isolated shores of Currituck. Between these communities are stretches of uninhabited beach and marsh owned by the federal and state government, the Na- tional Audubon Society and a remaining hunt club. Here and there, mostly in the old Co- rolla village, you'll see an older home without yards of decking, skylights or stained glass portholes. Here, native Cur- rituckers maintain residence on their home sands. But they are few. Across the shallow expanse of sound lies mainland Currituck County. Here the names of communities are simple—Barco, Coinjock, Grandy, Maple and Sligo—names not designed to roll glibly off the tongues of realtors. Here, communities are marked by green highway signs and clusters of wood-sided houses. Stores are called stores, and neighbors are folks who know your grand- mother's name on your father's side. Here, hunting was a livelihood not a pastime, and ducks were tomorrow's din- ner not a mounting on the wall. They're different, mainland and beach- front Currituck County, as different as homemade and store-bought bread. And for now, each is isolated from the other. To reach the beaches of Currituck, you can boat across a sound that changes depths faster than a fly changes direction. Or you can take Highway 158 down the length of the mainland; cross the bridge that spans the tip end of the sound; take Highway 12 north through the Dare Co
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