Hobucken Draw Bridge, Gateway to Goose Creek Island

How many times have you been caught by the old Hobucken Draw Bridge?  During my teenage years, I used that excuse many Friday or Saturday nights when I was running late and would miss my curfew.  The old Hobucken Draw Bridge is now gone but it will always be an icon of the island.  It served as the gateway to Goose Creek Island.  It has opened its span many times for the approaching Texasgulf barge that was heading to the port of Morehead City, the shrimp trawlers coming in on Friday mornings to unload a weeks catch from Pamlico Sound, and numerous yachts and sailboats that made their annual pilgrimage through the Intercoastal Waterway to points south for the winter.  Here is a video I found on You Tube of the old Hobucken Draw Bridge..enjoy this memory from our past.

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