Wednesday, March 11, 2026

NCDOT closes lane on MLK Jr. Parkway

The bridge that carries Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway across 23rd Street in Wilmington will have one lane closed Monday until 3 p.m. Image by Google Earth.

WILMINGTON — One lane on U.S. 74 is closed Monday, July 10, until afternoon.

North Carolina Department of Transportation is closing the right eastbound lane of the MLK Junior Parkway Bridge.

Crews are working on maintenance of the drainage system and will have the lane closed until 3 p.m.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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