Deepening the River will only worsen flooding around the downtown Wilmington waterfront and the North Carolina Battleship ...
An old drawbridge was in danger of a catastrophic failure before work finished on a replacement bridge. According to an article in the Oct. 12, 1984, Wilmington Morning Star, the opening of a new ...
Two new bridges were built in the Wilmington area in the 1980s, replacing older bridges from the 1920s. The Isabel Stellings Holmes Bridge, a four-lane drawbridge, opened in 1980 and replaced a ...
An old drawbridge over the Cape Fear River was found to have cracked locks, posing a risk of catastrophic failure. The opening of its replacement, the S. Thomas Rhodes Bridge, was expedited and ...