Overview The Twin Bridges Road Race is a certified 8K that runs through three towns and over two bridges, from the NOAA laboratory on Pivers Island in Beaufort, across the Morehead City Bridge and the Atlantic Beach Bridge, to a finish on the Atlantic Beach Causeway. It is the running event of the North Carolina Seafood Festival, and the festival pitches it to beginners and veterans alike. The festival itself has taken over downtown Morehead City on the first full weekend of October since 1987, with more than 200 artisan and commercial vendors; Visit NC calls it the largest three-day festival in the state. On site Check-in opens at 7 a.m. and the gun goes at 8. Because the start is across the water on Pivers Island, runners park at the Atlantic Beach Causeway shopping center and take a shuttle to the line. From the NOAA laboratory the course crosses the Morehead City Bridge, runs through historic downtown Morehead City, the festival's home, crosses the Atlantic Beach Bridge and comes down to the finish at 407 Atlantic Beach Causeway. Every runner gets a Twin Bridges T-shirt and a certificate with their finishing time. Trophies go to the overall male and female winners, and medals to the top man and woman in each age group, which run from 18 and under to 70 and over. Brand presence Sponsorship is sold in three levels named for the course: Bridge, Road and Support. Sponsor marks go on the participant shirt, the race registration page and the race's social posts, and the race is promoted through the Seafood Festival's own marketing. The festival is a nonprofit run by Carteret County residents and businesses in partnership with the Town of Morehead City.