U.S. 17 Bypass.

• Position: Government Activity - Brief Article

WILMINGTON -- It will cost $500,000 to divert the U.S. 17 Bypass around a 500-year-old tree. The giant live oak -- with a canopy 110 feet wide and trunk 23 feet in circumference -- will be bordered on three sides by highway. "I think for the life of that tree and for how long it's been there, I think it's worth what we've done...