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Underside Note the floor beams are actually Warren trusses. Photo taken by Matthew Ridpath |
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over NE Cape Fear River on US 74/NC 133 in Wilmington
- Location
- New Hanover County, North Carolina
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1980
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 316.0 ft.
Total length: 2,309.2 ft.
Deck width: 28.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.25417, -77.94750 (decimal degrees)
34°15'15" N, 77°56'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/228573/3794269 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Castle Hayne
- Inventory numbers
- NC 1290011 (North Carolina bridge number)
BH 23296 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 65.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 16,000
Update Log
- April 17, 2009: New photo from Matthew Ridpath
- March 31, 2009: New photo from Matthew Ridpath
- December 7, 2008: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: Added Route
Comments
Isabel Holmes Bridge
There is really nothing historic about this structure and it is actually quite ugly when you look at it. However, the Warren trusses used as floor beams are somewhat interesting. It replaced a 1920s bascule bridge that had deck truss approaches.
Cape Fear River US 117 Bridge
US 117 was rerouted to the east side of Wilmington, North Carolina. So only NC 133 goes over this bridge.
This picture was taken June 17, 2007 from the CSX Bridge.
