Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Cape Fear River on US 76/421 in Wilmington
- Location
- Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, and Brunswick County, North Carolina
- 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. (0.6 mi.)
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 02/2012)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 36.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 46,000
Update Log
- July 26, 2011: New Street View added by Irma Hale
- March 10, 2010: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: Added Street View
- 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
Sources
- Matthew Ridpath
- Wikipedia
Comments
Any idea who built this bridge? The Fulton Street Bridge (lost) in Louisiana was identical to this one (albeit totally rusted brown as I recall).
To Captain Barnhill,
I found this on starnewsonline.com regarding the "Memorial" in the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.
“This majestic structure … will henceforth serve to honor the memory of the heroic men and women of North Carolina who gave their lives in the service of the United States of America.”
You give a great boat tour!
I found information about this bridge on Wikipedia and a few other sites, but nothing told about what it was a memorial for. I would recommend contacting the Wilmington Historical Society and see if they can find the answer.
I captain one of the tour boats on the Cape Fear and a part of the narration is mention of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and the type of bridge that it is.
Yesterday I was asked what was the bridge a memorial to?
Can you help?
When will the painting of this bridge begin with the closing of the inbound and outbound lanes?
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.
Photo taken June 16, 2007 from HENRIETTA III river boat.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/nc/new-hanover/1290013/