Cape Fear River Bridge in Bladen County Reopens, Normal School Schedule Resumes.
The U.S. 701 Bridge over the Cape Fear River in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, has reopened after emergency repairs were made overnight due to heavy rainfall that eroded soil from underneath a concrete column and cap and wing wall. The N.C. Department of Transportation worked with contract crews to fill and pack the void with clay and sand, then poured concrete over the former void to stabilize the bridge’s substructures. The bridge reopened two days earlier than projected, and the detour was about 30 miles.