Transportation
Cape Fear Memorial Bridge to close overnight for annual inspections beginning Sept. 29
As part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s annual bridge inspection, a Wilmington bridge will close for up to four nights in a row beginning Sunday. On Sept. 29, the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will close at 9 p.m. and reopen the following day at 5 a.m. The bridge will close again Monday night and…
Read MoreNCDOT: Overwhelming Public Participation Pushes Back Cape Fear Crossing Preferred Alternative Deadline
NCDOT Press Release [May 30, 2019] — The public hearings concerning the Cape Fear Crossing were such a success that the N.C. Department of Transportation is pushing back the deadline for choosing a preferred alternative route until late this year. In late April NCDOT held two public hearings and meetings in Brunswick and New Hanover…
Read MoreCommissioner Frank Williams’ Comments on the Cape Fear Crossing
May 17, 2019 — In recent weeks I have received numerous comments from citizens expressing their opinions on the various alternatives for the future Cape Fear Crossing bridge. I have read and attempted to respond to every email on this subject (I apologize if I missed anyone). I also attended one of the public hearings…
Read MoreNCDOT Holding Open Houses, Public Hearings for Future Cape Fear Crossing
[April 22, 2019] — The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold two open houses and public hearings next week concerning a major project in eastern North Carolina. The Cape Fear Crossing is an approximately 9.5-mile proposed road and high-level bridge over the Cape Fear River that would help improve traffic flow and enhance freight movements…
Read MoreCape Fear Rural Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee Elects 2019 Officers
(Marc. 4, 2019) — The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) elected officers for 2019 at its February 22 meeting. Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams was unanimously re-elected Chair and Whiteville Mayor Terry Mann was unanimously re-elected Vice Chair. Williams and Mann were first elected chair and vice chair in…
Read MoreInformation on the Cape Fear Crossing Project
There has been a great deal of recent discussion on the proposed routes for the Cape Fear Crossing project. As a point of historical reference, discussion of a southern loop of this type began in 1993, and discussion of this current project began in one form or another in 1999. The official NCDOT project page…
Read MoreTRAFFIC ALERT: Rehab Work to Close All Lanes of Cape Fear Memorial Bridge; Closure will occur every two weeks from Jan. through March
The N. C. Department of Transportation will resume its weekend closures of all lanes of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington for rehab work on Friday, Jan. 11. Each closure will begin on a Friday at 9 p.m. and reopen the following Monday at 5 a.m. They will begin Jan. 11., with the bridge…
Read MoreTRAFFIC ALERT: Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Weekend Closures Planned
The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington will be closed two of the next three weekends for maintenance work. The closure covers both east and westbound lanes. The closure will be in effect the weekends of Oct. 26-28, and again Nov. 9-11. It will be from 9 p.m. on Friday until 5 a.m. the following…
Read MoreTRAFFIC ALERT: Intermittent Lane Closures on SR 1115 (Stone Chimney Rd/Old Ferry Connection) from NC 211 to the Intracoastal Waterway
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation will have daily intermittent lane closures from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on SR 1115 (Stone Chimney Rd/Old Ferry Connection) from NC 211 to the Intracoastal Waterway beginning Wed., Sept. 5, 2018 through Sun., Mar. 31, 2019, weather permitting. The work will consist of widening,…
Read MoreDrainage Improvements Require Closure of Mount Misery Road in Brunswick County
A section of Mount Misery Road will close for about three months to allow N.C. Department of Transportation crews to safely replace two metal drainage pipes with a reinforced concrete box culvert. The closure will be in place from 9 a.m. Monday until early September. Mount Misery Road will be closed just north of Lincoln…
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