General Information
| Completion: | 1969 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vertical lift bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Carries: |
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| Coordinates: | 34° 13' 38.69" N 77° 57' 6.20" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 969 m | |
| length of movable span | 33 m |
Materials
| towers |
steel
|
|---|---|
| truss |
steel
|
Chronology
| 1 October 1969 | Completion. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
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 135 feet (41 m). The lift span is 408 feet (124 m) long.
History
Construction on the bridge began in 1967 and was completed in 1969. The bridge receive new paint in 1986, new decking in 1996, and a new control system in 2007.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Cape Fear Memorial Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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