History with 'Hud': How the longest bridges connecting the mainland to the beach came to be

History with 'Hud': How the longest bridges connecting the mainland to the beach came to be

CAPE FEAR (WWAY) — We’re several weeks into summer, marking the most popular time for visitors and locals alike to head to the beach. But there’s one aspect of your trip to the shore which often goes overlooked: bridges. Ever since the intracoastal waterway was completed in the late 1930s and early 1940s, most beaches in the Cape Fear have been disconnected by the strip of water from the mainland. But engineers have gone to great lengths – liter…