G. V. Barbee Bridge
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NC 133G. V. Barbee Bridge | |
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_Bridge.png) G. V. Barbee Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 33°55′19″N 78°04′21″W / 33.92194°N 78.07250°W |
| Carries | Two lanes of NC 133 |
| Crosses | Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway |
| Locale | Oak Island, North Carolina |
| Official name | G. V. Barbee Bridge |
| Maintained by | NCDOT |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | High rise precast concrete |
| Total length | 4,250 feet (1,295 m) |
| Width | 32 feet (10 m) |
| Longest span | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Clearance below | 65 feet (20 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | March 6, 1975 |
| Replaces | Oak Island Swingbridge |
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The G. V. Barbee Bridge carries NC 133 across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), connecting Oak Island, North Carolina to the mainland. The 4,250-foot-long (1,300 m), 65-foot-high (20 m) structure, built under contract to the NC DOT, consists of 37 concrete girder main spans and 28 hollow core concrete slab approach spans. In the 2018/ 2019 time frame, DOT replaced all 28 cored concrete slabs and the barrier rails, resurfaced the roadway and made substructure repairs to include work on the pier caps, columns, piles and footings.
When the ICW was completed in the late 1930s, a swingbridge initially provided access to Oak Island. Destroyed by a barge strike in 1971, construction of a high rise replacement named after G. V. Barbee, a distinguished Oak Island resident, began in 1972 and opened for traffic in 1975 (interim service included a ferry and pontoon bridge).[1] The extensive repairs which commenced in October 2018 were completed in April 2019.[2]
