Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
- Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name=Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
caption=
official_name=Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
locale=Wilmington, North Carolina
carries=Bus US 17/US 74/76/421
crosses=Cape Fear River
Average Daily Traffic= 64,000 Vehicles
id=unknown
maint=North Carolina Department of Transportation
open= October 1, 1969
Lanes on Structure= 4
below=21 m (68.9 ft)
design=Lift bridge
length=924.5 m (3,033.1 ft)
Bridge Roadway Width= 16.5 m (54.1 ft)
Operating Rating= 46.8 Metric Tons
Sufficiency rating= 47.9 (out of 100)
lat=34.2280
long=-77.9521The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical lift bridge. This bridge type lifts the main span to allow passage of large ships. It crosses the Cape Fear River between Brunswick County, North Carolina and New Hanover County, North Carolina. It is used by U.S. Highway 17 Business, U.S. Highway 74, U.S. Highway 76, and U.S. Highway 421 for traffic coming from Brunswick County and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Constructed in 1969, it is currently the highest bridge in North Carolina and replaced a 1929 bridge (which was removed) across the Northeast Cape Fear River, near where the Isabel Stellings Holmes Bridge carrying NC 133 is today.
Between May and August 2008, the bridge is undergoing repairs of cracks in its decking. Because the bridge is narrow and carries much more traffic than when it was built, it is considered functionally obsolete by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
There has been discussion of a new bridge across the Cape Fear River downstream from downtown Wilmington. However, the Cape Fear Skyway remains in the early planning stage.
ee also
*Interstate 140 (North Carolina)
*USS North Carolina (BB-55)
External links
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References
* " [http://bridgepros.com/bridge_records/usabridgerecords.htm State Bridge Records] " Accessed June 30, 2006.
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