Sunset Beach, North Carolina Sunset Beach, North Carolina Seagull over wave in Sunset Beach Seagull over wave in Sunset Beach Sunset Beach is positioned in North Carolina Sunset Beach - Sunset Beach Sunset Beach is a seaside town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States.

4 Sunset Beach Bridge 5 Housing in Sunset Beach The seaside town of Sunset Beach had its start in 1955 when the territory it is situated in was bought by a property developer.

Development began in earnest with the culmination of a bridge connecting the beach island to the mainland in 1958. Sunset Beach was incorporated as a town in 1963. Sunset Beach is positioned in southwestern Brunswick County at 33 53 7 N 78 30 27 W (33.885348, -78.507528). It is the last advanced Atlantic Ocean beach before the South Carolina border.

One-third of the town's region is situated in a barrier island between the ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway; the remainder of the town extends onto the mainland to the north.

Undeveloped Bird Island is directly to the west, Calabash is the closest town to the west on the mainland, and Ocean Isle Beach is to the east.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town of Sunset Beach has a total region of 7.3 square miles (19.0 km2).

Sunset Beach Bridge Sunset beach bridge Sunset beach bridge 2006 with cars Since most of Sunset Beach and the adjoining Bird Island coastal reserve encompass a barrier island, the only way to get there from the mainland was by crossing a pontoon bridge (swing bridge) straddling the Intracoastal Waterway and adjoining marshland.

The old Sunset Beach pontoon swing bridge was saved by the Old Bridge Preservation Society which plans to problematic a exhibition celebrating the old bridge and the town's history. The new bridge eliminates the need for a bridge keeper and provides for a continual flow of vehicle traffic on and off the island, and water traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway. Ocean Ridge Plantation, while not in the town limits, has one of its "sister communities" in Sunset Beach's ETJ.

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