U.S. 17 Business South - Wilmington

U.S. 17 Business narrows to four lanes ahead of residential areas at Forest Hills Drive south.

12/31/17

North 23rd Street stems north from U.S. 17 Business (Market Street) to U.S. 74 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway), Wilmington International Airport (ILM) and NC 132 (Castle Hayne Road) at Hightsville.

12/31/17

U.S. 17/74 previously followed Market Street west to a one way couplet along 16th/17th Streets in central Wilmington. U.S. 74 was relocated northward in 2005 onto Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway. U.S. 17 was moved out of Wilmington in 2006 onto I-140. U.S. 17 Business began along Market Street here until that time.

05/29/05

The first confirming marker for U.S. 17 Business was this assembly posted after 16th Street. Market Street continues toward Downtown along a tree-lined parkway.

05/29/05

The succeeding reassurance marker for U.S. 17 Business south stood at 12th and Market Streets. It was removed with a sidewalk addition by 2007.

05/29/05

Entering southern reaches of the Wilmington central business district, U.S. 17 Business (Market Street) turns south onto 3rd Street. Market Street extends another three blocks to Riverfront Park.

05/29/05

At the intersection with 3rd Street, Market Street widens to accommodate this statue of Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America. Davis is a controversial figure, given America's varied views on the Civil War.

05/29/05

U.S. 17 Business (S 3rd Street) westbound at Dock Street.

01/19/19

Castle Street intersects U.S. 17 Business (S 3rd Street) three blocks east of Dram Tree Park along the Cape Fear River.

01/19/19

U.S. 17 Business concludes at the intersection where U.S. 421 north combines with U.S. 17/76 west along Wooster Street.

01/19/19

U.S. 17-76-421 ascend across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge west from U.S. 17 Business (S 3rd Street) to U.S. 74/NC 133 on Eagle Island.

01/19/19