The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

This was taken from the bow of the Henrietta III. My hubby had to organize a dinner for his peer group and any of their spouses that had come and so he arranged for us to have the second deck of the Henrietta III just for our group. She tours the Cape Fear River for 2 hours which is very pleasant and on the trip back up the river, you get some history on what you are seeing. The weather was wonder to us.

I took a lot of photos and had a hard time decided on which to use. I pretty much ended up doing the eenie meenie minie moe deal.

The food and the company tonight were great! And of course I enjoyed being on the water.


The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge is a steel vertical-lift bridge in North Carolina. It carries U.S. Route 17 Business, U.S. Route 76, and U.S. Route 421 across the Cape Fear River between Brunswick County and New Hanover County. It also carried U.S. Route 74 until that designation was shifted to the Isabel S. Holmes Bridge. It is currently the highest bridge in North Carolina and features a lift span that can be raised 135 feet. The lift span is 408 feet long. Constructed 1969.