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Jul 21, 2021
Come to Wrightsville Beach and you'll notice something very different about the pier. Johnnie Mercers Pier is the first concrete fishing pier to be built in North Carolina. The original Johnnie Mercers Pier was a wooden structure built in the 1930s. It was built by Julian Morton, and a few years later purchased by Johnnie Mercer. The original wooden structure sustained some damage in 1954 when Hurricane Hazel made landfall. Hurricane Hazel is the only recorded Category 4 to make landfall in North Carolina.
Unfortunately, the summer of 1996 was not an easy one for Wrightsville Beach. In July, Hurricane Bertha came ashore just north of Wrightsville Beach with 78mph winds. Then in September, Hurricane Fran came ashore just south with 115mph winds. The 60 year old pier took a beating and was almost completely demolished by the storms. Construction on the new pier began in 1999, and was open in 2002. It extends more than 1200 feet into the Atlantic Ocean. The new pier was built to stand the test of time and the ravages of living in Hurricane Alley. The structure itself is estimated to be able to withstand 150-200mph winds. Even the details were not overlooked, the light poles are filled with concrete and the trash cans are covered with decorative stone structures in attempts to withstand hurricane force winds. Hurricane Hazel devastated Wrightsville Beach with 125mph winds, so there's a pretty good chance that the new pier will stand for many generations to come.
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