[EXPIRED] Update on Snows Cut Bridge Repairs, Carolina Beach, NC, AICW Statute Mile 295.7
A phone call to District 5 USCG confirmed that the reduction in vertical clearance (to 61ft) will be removed on April 30th as scheduled. The construction work has not been completed and an extension of the clearance reduction had been requested by the construction company. However, because the volume of traffic during the summer months, the request was denied by the USCG – Yea! Coast Guard!. The work will probably resume in the fall. Cruisers’ Net has had a Navigation Alert posted since December for Snows Cut Bridge which crosses the canal of the same name that connects the Waterway between Masonboro Sound and the Cape Fear River, at Statute Mile 295.7, west-southwest of marker #161. Please note the normal vertical clearance – beginning May 1 – is 65ft MHW. Until then, vessels needing 65ft will need to wait for low tide or until May 1st.
NC ‘“ ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (AIWW)
Mariners are advised that structural repairs will continue at the Snows Cut Bridge on US 421 at AIWW mile 295.7 at Carolina Beach, NC through 5 p.m., on April 30, 2013. To facilitate repairs, a work platform will be installed and the available vertical clearance for the underside of the bridge will be temporarily reduced by four feet to 61 feet above mean high water. Mariners should use extreme caution when transiting the area.
Jim Rousseau
Bridge Management Specialist
United States Coast Guard District 5
431 Crawford Street
Portsmouth, Va. 23704
757-398-6557
Click Here To View the North Carolina Cruisers’ Net Bridge Directory Listing For Snows Cut Bridge
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To A “Navigation Alert” Position at Snows Cut
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