In 1993 he was hired as an underwater bridge inspector by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) Underwater Unit, gaining experience in underwater construction and surface-supplied diving.
Tennyson served as the Executive Vice President of the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties from 1995 until 2013, when he became a Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
The North Carolina Railroad trackage is currently leased to Norfolk Southern Railway.
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A small portion between Raleigh and Cary is co-operated with Norfolk Southern by CSX Transportation.
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Gov. Mike Easley appointed Thornburg to the North Carolina Board of Transportation in 2005 and then appointed him to a superior court judgeship in 2009.