DRIVING DIRECTIONS

• I-95 South to I-295 South (Exit 84A) - Left Lane Exit
• I-295 South for 13 miles to I-64 East (Exit 28A) - Norfolk/Virginia Beach
• I-64 East for 64 miles to I-664 South (Exit 264) - Suffolk/Portsmouth
• I-664 East for 20 miles to I-64E (Exit 15B) – Chesapeake
• I-64 East for 8 miles to 168 South (Exit 291) - Nags Head/Manteo. The Chesapeake Expressway, which is a 16 mile, four lane divided highway, is a $2.00 Toll Road.  It is well worth spending the $$ as it bypasses the two lane business route. Note: If you have Smart Tag or E-ZPass, move to your left lane as you approach the toll plaza.
• Toll road will end just prior to the North Carolina border. Continue on 168 South.
• Approximately 20 miles into North Carolina, Route 168 will turn into Route 158. No turns required – just stay straight.
• You will be approaching the Outer Banks when you cross the Wright Memorial Bridge over the Currituck Sound. Once over the bridge, stay to your right and continue towards Nags Head/Cape Hatteras.
• After going through several stoplights, you will enter Kitty Hawk at Mile Post (MP) 4. Be in the LEFT lane.
• Look for a 7-11 on your right - U.S. Post Office on your left. Go through the stoplight - Kitty Hawk Road. Turn left just past Sunburn Sports Bar & Grill and before the shopping center into the Sea Dunes complex.

Detour - During the summer months, if traffic is moving slowly after you cross the Wright Memorial Bridge, take a right at the 2nd stoplight – The Woods Road.  Follow several miles to stop sign, and take a left on Kitty Hawk Road.  At your 1st (and only) stoplight, you will be at the intersection of Route 158 with the 7-11 on your right.  Turn right and get in your left lane as the entrance to Sea Dunes in on your left just past the Post Office and Sunburn Restaurant. 

DARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Policy

The responsibility for ordering a county wide evacuation rests with the Dare County Control Group. The Control Group is comprised of the Chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners or designee, the Municipal Mayors, the Dare County Sheriff and the Superintendent of the National Park Service.

Evacuation

• Evacuation areas will be determined by the projected storm related conditions as supplied by the National Hurricane Center.
• Persons should leave promptly once an evacuation order is given; visitors should take all belongings with them.
• Evacuation will be done during daylight hours.
• Evacuation route signs are in place to assist motorists.
• Public information statements are broadcast at the top of every hour to provide timely weather information and local condition reports.
• Law enforcement will be at traffic control points.
• All residents and non-resident property owners should plan to have their property secured prior to the onset of gale force winds (40 MPH).

Radio Stations
WOBR	95.3	WNHW	92.5
WRSF	105.7 (EAS)	WVOD	99.1
WCXL	104.1	WYND	97.1 (Hatteras)
Local TV Stations
CABLE		CH 12
WEATHER		CH 16, 60
VIRGINIA		CH 3, 10, 13
N. CAROLINA		CH 7, 9

Dare County evacuees use Routes Hwy 12 to Hwy 64W or 158N.

Currently, it is estimated to take 21 hours to evacuate the barrier islands if traffic is headed on U.S. Highway 64 west to Columbia and 30 hours on U.S. 158 into Currituck County.




Re-Entry Information & Stages

Stages - A staged reentry process will be used by the Dare County Control Group to facilitate an orderly reentry following an evacuation. Reentry permits are issued for easy identification at control points.... No one will be denied entry with proper identification.

• Stage One
  • Critical need personnel identified by special permit issued by the Municipal Mayors and the Chairman of the Dare County Control Group.
• Stage Two
  • Permanent residents - resident property owners that have a reentry permit identified with an "R", a Dare County Drivers license or a current Dare County Tax receipt.
• Stage Three
  • A non-resident improved property owner - identified by a solid color permit or a current Dare County Tax receipt.
• Stage Four
  • General Public.