Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
New Hanover County, North Carolina
and Brunswick County, North Carolina
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Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Cape Fear River on US 76/421 in Wilmington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1969
- Design
- Vertical lift with a polygonal Warren truss main span and stringer approaches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 408.2 ft.
Total length: 3,033.3 ft.
Deck width: 54.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.22500, -77.95500 (decimal degrees)
34°13'30" N, 77°57'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/227789/3791054 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Wilmington
- Inventory numbers
- NC 1290013 (North Carolina bridge number)
BH 23297 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 42.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 46,000
Update Log
- April 23, 2009: Updated by Matthew Ridpath
- April 17, 2009: New photos from Matthew Ridpath
- February 4, 2009: New photos from Matthew Ridpath
- December 7, 2008: Updated by Matthew Ridpath
Comments
Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
US 74 and 17 no longer go over this bridge. US 74 has been placed on a semi-freeway bypass of downtown, and goes over the Isabel Holmes Bridge. US 17 has been placed on the Outer Loop well away from the city. The main span of this bridge is the longest in North Carolina.
Cape Fear River Bridge
Photo taken June 16, 2007 from HENRIETTA III river boat.
