CAPE FEAR SKYWAY BRIDGE PROJECT

The Cape Fear Skyway is a proposed 9.5-mile facility crossing the Cape Fear River that will provide a future connection from in the vicinity of US 17/I-140 in Brunswick County to US 421 in New Hanover County. It is a regional transportation project that will provide increased benefits to the community that include: additional access to the Port for commercial deployments, direct access to the west side of the Cape Fear River; reduction of future traffic demand on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, allow for uninterrupted travel across the Cape Fear River, allow for emergency response vehicles to travel across the Cape Fear River without the possibility of delay, decrease evacuation times during natural disasters, improve access to the Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point and provide for improved access to the Port facilities for military deployments. Travelers use the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, the Isabel Holmes Bridge and the Dan Cameron Bridge to travel between Brunswick and New Hanover Counties for commuting and shopping. Without improvements to the existing network, US 17 from south of the proposed Wilmington Bypass interchange to Front Street in Wilmington will be over capacity and function at a LOS F in 2035.