Snow's Cut Bridge-- Carolina Beach, NC

Growing up, this bridge always got my heart to racing. Crossing the high bridge always afforded the first glimpse of the ocean and that meant...CAROLINA BEACH, the place of my youth. This is also when it started smelling like the beach.

We'd have had our Paul's Famous Hot Dogs already and would drive through Monkey Junction and past the Tote-Em-In Zoo with the old elephant outside moving from one side to the other.

This is an impressive bridge, all concrete, and you seem to soar into the air.

It was built in 1961. I went over an older one for 9 years, but don't remember anything about it. Snow's Cut was THE bridge. Be still my heart. It is the only bridge serving Pleasure Island as the rest of the peninsula is now called after the construction of Snow's Cut as part of the Intercoastal Waterway linking the Cape Fear River with the sounds to the north.

Unfortunately, after the collapse of the bridge in Minnesota, NC has taken a look at its bridges and Snow's Cut got a 62 in a 1-100 scale. Bridges like Snow's Cut have a 50 year lifespan and there is no set replacement planned as of yet.

If they replace it, I want one JUST-LIKE the old one.

From the Aug. 27, 2007 Island Gazette.

Don't mess with My Memories. --RoadDog