Cape Fear Memorial Bridge - Wilmington, NC. USA
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NCDaywalker
N 34° 13.645 W 077° 57.103
18S E 228099 N 3791313
"The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in North Carolina. It carries US 17 Business/US 76/US 421 across the Cape Fear River between Brunswick County and New Hanover County."
Waymark Code: WMT120
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2016
Views: 5
"It also carried U.S. Route 74 until that designation was shifted to the Isabel S. Holmes Bridge. It is currently the highest bridge in North Carolina and features a lift span that can be raised 135 feet (41 m). The lift span is 408 feet (124 m) long. The total length is 3,033 ft (924.5 m). It has a width 54 ft(16.5 m) and clearance of 69 ft (21 m) from deck to water in lowest position. Weight limit is 50.7 tons (46 tonnes or metric tons). It opened October 1, 1969."
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