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| U.S. 17 travels 27 miles from the Onslow County line to Wilmington. 12/30/17 |
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| NC 210 returns to U.S. 17 west 2.84 miles from NC 50 north of Surf City. 12/30/17 |
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| NC 210 overlaps with U.S. 17 southwest 8.68 miles to Hampstead. 12/30/17 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| U.S. 17 crosses into New Hanover County ahead of milepost 65 and the community of Kirkland. 12/31/17 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| U.S. 17 separates from NC 140 west and spans the freeway southwest onto Market Street through Kirkland and Ogden. 12/31/17 |
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| 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 |
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| A reassurance marker for U.S. 17 stands along the ramp to Market Street south across NC 140. 12/31/17 |
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| Market Street transitions into a commercial arterial southwest from the exchange with NC 140. 12/31/17 |
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| Porters Neck Road intersects U.S. 17 (Market Street) northwest from a pair of golf course communities along Porters Neck. 12/31/17 |
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| U.S. 17 south / U.S. 76 west overlap 4.16 miles west from U.S. 74 (Eastwood Road) to U.S. 117/NC 132 (South College Road). The two routes bend northward beyond College Road toward Downtown Wilmington. 06/01/05 |
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| U.S. 421 spurs 21 miles south to Federal Point at Fort Fisher. U.S. 17 Business lines 3rd Street north eight blocks to Market Street at Downtown Wilmington. 06/01/05 |
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| Wooster Street shifts onto an expressway west to the Cape Fear River Memorial Bridge. The lone shield assembly for U.S. 17-76-421 was posted just beyond 3rd Street. With completion of Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway in September 2005, U.S. 74 was relocated northward onto the Parsley Street Bridge. 06/01/05 |
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| A loop ramp joins the Cape Fear River Memorial Bridge westbound from Front Street. U.S. 421 departs from U.S. 17/76 west at the ensuing interchange on Eagle Island to combine with U.S. 74 and NC 133 north. 01/19/19 |
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| This signal regulates traffic crossing the lift bridge. The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge opened to traffic on October 1, 1969. 01/19/19 |
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| The lift bridge has a vertical clearance of 135 feet over the river, and it can be raised on signal 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The water is approximately 40 feet deep here, allowing large ships to navigate the river.2 01/19/19 |
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| Unlike U.S. 421, NC 133 is a local route that remains in the Wilmington area. NC 133 overlaps with U.S. 74 east across the Cape Fear River and west to Belville. The part of NC 133 between Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway and College Road (NC 132) is the pre-2003 alignment of U.S. 117. 01/19/19 |
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