All American Gate is closed. Start there.
All American Gate, Gate 5, and Gruber Bridge closed at 5 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2026. The All American Freeway is closed from the All American Gate to Zabitosky Road in both directions. Construction is expected to take up to 24 months. Gruber Road has a detour at the All American Freeway overpass.
The garrison expects added traffic at the nearest gates that are still open: Yadkin Road, Rock Merritt Avenue, and Canopy Lane to the south; Honeycutt Road, R. Miller Street, and Butner Road to the north. Drive times on this site go to an open gate. None of them use Gate 5 or the closed stretch of freeway, and none of them include the wait at the ID check.
Source: Fort Bragg roads and closure FAQ, page dated Oct 2, 2026, checked 2026-10-04.
NCDOT’s project is $15.5 million. It replaces the 50-year-old Gruber Road bridge over the All American Freeway and makes permanent repairs to a section of freeway that has been settling. That stretch was built over an old landfill. The contractor is Highland Paving. The All American Gate Visitor Center stays open during construction.
Source: NCDOT press release, July 2, 2026, checked 2026-10-04.
The installation, at a glance
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Official name | Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
| Namesake | Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II paratrooper awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for the Battle of the Bulge |
| Earlier name | Fort Liberty, beginning June 2, 2023 |
| Return to Fort Bragg | Secretary of Defense memo on Feb 10, 2025. Army announcement effective immediately on Feb 14, 2025. Redesignation ceremony on March 7, 2025. |
| Base ZIP | 28310. Soldier Support Center, Bldg 4-2843, Normandy Dr, Fort Bragg, NC 28310. |
| Housing area | NC182, FORT BRAGG/POPE, NC. BAH follows this duty-station ZIP, not the home address. |
| E-5 with dependents, 2026 | $1,806 a month in NC182. The other published grades are on the BAH page. |
Name: home.army.mil/bragg and Army announcement, checked 2026-10-03. Namesake: Defense Department release, checked 2026-10-03. Fort Liberty date: June 2, 2023 ceremony article. Redesignation dates: March 7, 2025 ceremony article. ZIP: Military OneSource, checked 2026-10-03, and the Fort Bragg School Support Services one-pager, checked 2026-10-04. BAH: DoD BAH 2026, checked 2026-10-03.
Older listings, school pages, and maps may still say Fort Liberty.
Where the six towns sit
The commute pages cover three Cumberland County towns and three Moore County towns. The comparison that matters is on the neighborhoods index: recorded 2026 sale bands, the school system, the Monday morning drive to a named open gate, and the 2026 combined tax rate. Cumberland bands are single-family sales. Moore bands are all improved property. Those are not the same mix of homes.
| Town | Open gate | Typical range | Miles | Combined tax per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake | Gate 10, Honeycutt Road | 5 to 7 min | 2.8 | 1.29 |
| Fayetteville | Gate 4, Yadkin Road | 14 to 26 min | 9.3 | 0.9485 |
| Hope Mills | Gate 4, Yadkin Road | 18 to 28 min | 16.2 | 1.074 |
| Southern Pines | Gate 4, Yadkin Road | 30 to 45 min | 26.7 | 0.6225 (summed) |
| Aberdeen | Gate 4, Yadkin Road | 40 to 50 min | 30.6 | 0.7525 (summed) |
| Pinehurst | Gate 4, Yadkin Road | 45 to 60 min | 33.9 | 0.5525 (summed) |
Drive times: Google Maps for a Monday, Oct 5, 2026, 7:00 a.m. departure, checked 2026-10-04. Origins and routes are on each town page. Tax rates: Cumberland County tax rates (2026 tax bills, FY 2027) and the Moore County 2026 rate chart, both checked 2026-10-04. Moore figures are the sum of county, ALS, and town rates. The published Cumberland combined rate excludes storm water, solid waste, refuse, recycling, and transit or auto privilege taxes.
Use the three working pages first
- Base guide — gate hours effective July 27, 2026, visitor passes, and the ZIP.
- 2026 BAH — every verified grade for NC182, with and without dependents.
- Neighborhoods — the full comparison, including sale bands and sample sizes.