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Started by Dirt Roads, August 09, 2026, 08:56:45 PM

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Dirt Roads

While researching my most recent post on the <North Carolina> subforum, I was checking to see if certain ferry services in North Carolina were still tollfree.  Duck Duck Go (Ducky) often gives A.I.-generated answers to everyday websearch queries, and delivered this doozy:

Quote from: Ducky SearchAssistIn North Carolina, three ferry routes are toll-free: the Hatteras-Ocracoke, Ocracoke-Cedar Island, and the routes operated by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. All other routes operated by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division are tolled.
[source:] Wikipedia

The correct answer to the question perceived by Ducky SearchAssist (which was not my actual websearch query) is:

In North Carolina, six ferry routes are toll-free: 

  •     NC-306 Cherry Branch -to- Minnesott Beach
  •     NC-12 Hatteras -to- Ocracoke (east end of the island)
  •     NC-45 Swan Quarter -to- Ocracoke (Silver Lake, the inlet lagoon on the west end of the island)
  •     NC-306 Aurora -to- Bayview
  •     NC-615 Currituck -to- Knotts Island ferry
  •     Hammocks Beach State Park (operated by NC Division of Parks and Recreation)

The complete hallucination is that the state's longest ferry, Cedar Island -to- Ocracoke, which has been tolled as long as I can remember.  (The original ferry was also tolled prior to being taken over by the State in 1961, but actually departed from Atlantic NC).

Corrected, thanks to a response from <dfilpus>:.  The following is indeed a toll ferry route:

  •     NC-211 Southport -to- Fort Fisher


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