Bridgehunter.com | Tyger River Bridge

Share:

Map

Street View

Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Tyger River on S-44-16
Location: Union County, South Carolina
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1962
Design: Riveted Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 151.9 ft.
Total length: 452.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.61472, -81.66472 (decimal degrees)
34°36'53" N, 81°39'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/439059/3830519 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Sedalia
Inventory numbers: SC 4470001600200 (South Carolina bridge number)
BH 32091 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 50.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 175

Update Log

May 4, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge type.

Sources

Nathan Holth

Comments

Tyger River Bridge

Posted September 18, 2009, by Tom Taylor (tom [at] randomconnections [dot] com)

According to John Boyanoski's book, The Ghosts of Upstate South Carolina, the Tyger River Bridge is supposedly haunted. Known locally as "Crybaby Bridge", the area is purported to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who tossed an unwanted baby from the bridge. No historical record corroborates the incident.

Wikipedia states that the "Crybaby Bridge" tale is a common legend, and that similar stories can be found for other bridges in the United States.