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Wyse's Ferry Bridge
Photos
1919
Photo taken by Wikiupedia user Greygh0st
License: Public domain: Released by author
BH Photo #272367
Video
Wyse ferry Bridge Dive 112' on 4-21-12 Lake Murray SC with ScubaJohns GoPro Hero 2 Wyse Ferry Bridge Dive on 04-21-2012. Diving with ScubaJohns.com dive shop. Divers Joey, Steve (myself), and Manny. Great Dive. Manny had to turn the dive early due to an equipment issue so mainly just Joey and myself in the video. 112' max depth, temp at bottom was 49*. Thanks again to ScubaJohns for another great Lake Murray dive!
The Bridge Appears in the video 5 minutes in. Video embeded to Bridge Hunter by Chris Knight Video Shot by DeepFathomsDiver |
Description
Lost bridge, info from comments on http://bridgehunter.com/mo/stone/old-kimberling-city/Facts
- Overview
- Camelback through truss bridge sitting at the bottom of Lake Murray
- Location
- Lexington County, South Carolina
- Status
- Bridge superstructure sits basically intact, inundated by Lake Murrary 87 feet below the surface of the water.
- History
- Built in 1911; Inundated by Lake Murray in the 1920s
- Design
- (2)8-panel,pinned Camelback through trusses
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.06276, -81.28811 (decimal degrees)
34°03'46" N, 81°17'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/473413/3769151 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lake Murray East
- Inventory number
- BH 59141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 22, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Corrected truss type and other stuff
- October 22, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- July 20, 2018: New photo from Andrew Penik
- January 24, 2014: Updated by Chris Knight: Saluda river was the name of the river it crossed before it became a lake.
- January 4, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Refined type
- January 4, 2014: Added by Kelly McClanahan
Sources
- Kelly McClanahan
- Luke
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Wyse Ferry Bridge Dive
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Found a Video on YouTube I posted to the page. It's very interesting. The Road Deck is gone so all that remains is the superstructure.