Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry Route Resumed Service Friday, July 31

From the July 29, 2020, North Carolina Department of Transportation.

The popular Southport-Fort Fisher  ferry route will resume at 1 p.m. July 31 after completion of $3 million  project to replace the aging  cable-counterweight ramp system at both ends of the route.

Every day there will be 14 daily trips from Southport to Fort Fisher.

Face covers and social distancing is expected during the crossings.

The ferry crosses the Cape Fear River where every blockade runner that ran into and out of Wilmington during the Civil War went by the route the ship takes.  A beautiful crossing.  Plus it saves a real lot of time going between the east and west sides of the Cape Fear River.  Otherwise you have to go into Wilmington, NC to find a bridge to cross the river.

--Old B-Runner