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Beaufort River Bridge

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Overview
Swing bridge over Beaufort River on Business US 21 in Beaufort
Location
Beaufort County, South Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1960
Design
Through truss swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 124.0 ft.
Total length: 2,290.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.42667, -80.67000   (decimal degrees)
32°25'36" N, 80°40'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/531025/3587778 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Beaufort
Inventory numbers
SC 0720002103100 (South Carolina bridge number)
BH 32003 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 33.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
14,800

Update Log 

  • May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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Beaufort River Bridge
Posted January 11, 2012, by Stephen Jones (wxstormchaser32 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have a lot of info on this bridge since I was born/raised in Beaufort SC..Known as the Woods Memorial Bridge and was famously in movies such as Forrest Gump, and The Great Santini