Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry to Close for Three Months

From WITN NBC News,Wilmington, N.C.

This is important news to all visitors to Fort Fisher, especially with the 155th anniversary of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher coming up soon.

It is being closed for three months to make repairs and update ramp equipment and closed Monday, Jan. 6.  The $3 million project is expected to be finished by April.

This closure will be a headache to tourists and commuters as the 30-minute trip across the Cape Fear River there, will now involve an hour-plus trip to go north and through Wilmington with all its traffic and photo-enforced stoplights.

--Old B-Ferry