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M/V Fort Fisher on the Southport–Fort Fisher Ferry route. Knotts Island–Currituck: This route was created in the fall of 1962, and is the world's longest free ferry. It links NC 615 to the mainland, across the Currituck Sound between Knott's Island and Currituck. This was done to shorten the travel time for Knott's Island school children to ...
As the weather gets warmer, the number of vehicles using the Fort Fisher-Southport ferry tends to go up, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. January 2023: 13,154
Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina , from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865. The fort was located on one of Cape Fear River 's two outlets to the Atlantic Ocean on what was then known as Federal Point or Confederate Point and ...
On June 6, 2013, NC 211 was extended east over the Cape Fear River, via the Fort Fisher-Southport Ferry, to Fort Fisher and US 421. Justification for the change was to have the highway end at another primary route and to incorporate the ferry route into a marine highway , which will expedite dredging operations in emergency situations.
The current visitor center, located at 1610 Fort Fisher Blvd., was built to accommodate 25,000 people a year, according to a Nov. 7, 2022, StarNews article. The new visitor center will accommodate ...
U.S. Route 421 (US 421) is part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Fort Fisher, North Carolina to Michigan City, Indiana.In the U.S. state of North Carolina, US 421 travels 328 miles (528 km) from its southern terminus at Fort Fisher to the Tennessee state line near the community of Zionville, North Carolina.
A bright future? In 1990, Archer Daniels Midland acquired property in Southport, which included Price’s Creek Lighthouse. Brunswick County tax records show the company owns two tracts of land ...
The Fort Fisher Ferry crosses the Cape Fear River returning from Southport.The cranes in the background are part of the US Army's Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) in Brunswick County. The name "Pleasure Island" [ 2 ] was the product of a marketing effort by the local Chambers of Commerce back in 1972.