Cape Fear Memorial Bridge


The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in North Carolina. It carries US 17/US 76/US 421 across the Cape Fear River between Brunswick County and New Hanover County. It also carried U.S. Route 74 until that designation was shifted to the Isabel S. Holmes Bridge. It features a lift span that can be raised. The lift span is long.

History

Construction on the bridge began in 1967 and was completed in 1969. The bridge received new paint in 1986, new decking in 1996, and a new control system in 2007.

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