Injury Attorney for Wilmington and the Cape Fear Coast

I-40, I-140 and U.S. 17

I-40 comes in from Duplin County and runs through Pender into New Hanover, crossing the Northeast Cape Fear River on the way to Wilmington. In Brunswick County, a six-mile section of I-140 near Leland runs between U.S. 17 and U.S. 74.

U.S. 17 carries traffic through Leland and south to Supply. U.S. 74/76 crosses Columbus County near Bolton toward the Brunswick line, and an I-74 feasibility study NCDOT completed in 2005 looked at a corridor that follows U.S. 74/76 from Whiteville to west of Bolton, then turns south to U.S. 17 at Supply.

The three Wrightsville Beach bridges

At Wrightsville Beach, two U.S. 74 bridges over Lees Cut and Banks Channel and a U.S. 76 bridge on Causeway Drive carry residents and vacationers to the island, and NCDOT plans to replace all three. Work on the smaller U.S. 74 bridge over Lees Cut is expected to begin by the end of 2026, and that bridge will not close for replacement until after Labor Day.

Jacksonville and the Camp Lejeune back gate

In Onslow County, the U.S. 17 Bypass carries Jacksonville traffic. N.C. 172 runs to the back gate of Camp Lejeune, and NCDOT's widening contract on it barred lane closures during the morning and evening rush.

Two hospitals in the Cape Fear counties are on the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services list of designated trauma centers. Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington is listed at Level II, first designated in 1989, and Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is listed at Level III, first designated in 2018.

The OEMS page also explains the review cycle. A designated center gets a renewal site visit three years after its first state designation and every four years after that, or every three years when it pairs state renewal with an American College of Surgeons visit.

Both coastal centers sit inside the region, one in New Hanover County and one on the Marine Corps base.

If you are still in the area, at a rental house or your own home, I can come to you there after a first phone or video call. Whether we work together is decided in that meeting.

A crash with a federal vehicle near the base follows the federal claim rules. Under 28 U.S.C. 2675(a), the claim goes to the federal agency first, and a lawsuit waits for a written denial or six months of silence.

If you have already gone back to another state, the phone or video conversation works the same from there, and the meeting waits until you are back in North Carolina.