U.S. 17 South - Pender / New Hanover Counties
South
U.S. 17 travels 27 miles from the Onslow County line to Wilmington.
12/30/17
NC 210 returns to U.S. 17 west 2.84 miles from NC 50 north of Surf City.
12/30/17
South 
West
NC 210 overlaps with U.S. 17 southwest 8.68 miles to Hampstead.
12/30/17
South
J-turns connect U.S. 17 with Sidbury Road north and Scotts Hill Loop Road east near the New Hanover County line.
12/31/17
Interstate 140 separates from U.S. 17 (Market Street) south in one mile to bypass the north side of Wilmington west to Leland.
11/11/06
U.S. 17 crosses into New Hanover County ahead of milepost 65 and the community of Kirkland.
12/31/17
Interests to Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Fort Fisher and the NC Aquarium are directed to remain along U.S. 17 (Market Street) south to connect with U.S. 421 via NC 132 (S College Road).
12/31/17
A trumpet interchange joins U.S. 17 with NC 140 in a half mile. U.S. 17 Business was extended east along Market Street following the completion of I-140 in 2006 across the NE Cape Fear River. U.S. 17 was realigned through Wilmington officially in 2015,1 but still unsigned by early 2018.
12/31/17
Succeeding traffic lights operate at a U-turn for Futch Creek Road north to U.S. 17 south, and at the J-turn for Stephens Creek Road north and the Market Street south side frontage road.
12/31/17
01/19/19
U.S. 17 separates from NC 140 west and spans the freeway southwest onto Market Street through Kirkland and Ogden.
12/31/17
NC 140 connects with I-40/140 near Castle Hayne, 5.08 miles to the west. I-40 leads north from there to Benson, where it meets I-95, and Raleigh. The Wilmington Bypass reconnects with U.S. 17 at Bishop, 25 miles to the southwest.
01/19/19
A reassurance marker for U.S. 17 stands along the ramp to Market Street south across NC 140.
12/31/17
Market Street transitions into a commercial arterial southwest from the exchange with NC 140.
12/31/17
Porters Neck Road intersects U.S. 17 (Market Street) northwest from a pair of golf course communities along Porters Neck.
12/31/17
References:
- "Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Spring 2015 Report to the Standing Committee on Highways." May 14, 2015. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/30/17, 12/31/17
- Alex Nitzman, Justin Cozart: 11/11/06
- Brent Ivy: 01/19/19
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