WCLR - Intracoastal Waterway Drawbridge
Photos
ACL Intercoastal Waterway Drawbridge
Carolina Southern Railroad is about to lower the bridge in 2001 and run a train over it for the first time since 1987.
Photo taken by Joseph Hinson in 2001
BH Photo #249233
Links to photos of drawbridge
Written by James NorwoodThis structure is easily viewable from Highway 501 which runs beside it on it's West side. Thankfully they repainted it. Restored Myrtle Beach ACL Depot located just South of bridge.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=50158
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=50159
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=103016
http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/vivienne/438/carsouthbri...
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on Carolina Southern Railroad (former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Horry County Railroad, and Wacamaw Coast Line and former roadway (now unused) in Myrtle Beach
- Location
- Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina
- Status
- Closed to traffic due to the railroad being suspended by the FRA in 2011
- History
- Built 1937; Deemed unsafe 1987; Rehabilititated 1987-97; Reopened 2001; Closed 2011 due to a voluntary shutdown of the CSR
- Railroads
- - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- Carolina Southern Railroad (CALA)
- Horry County Railroad (HCYR)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad (WCLR)
- Design
- Built to carry single rail line on one side with roadway on other. Bridge repainted in last decade, formerly derelict and rusty, condemned by county.
- Also called
- ACL - Pine Island Bridge
ACL - Intracoastal Waterway Drawbridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.71454, -78.92164 (decimal degrees)
33°42'52" N, 78°55'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/692588/3732444 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Myrtle Beach
- Inventory number
- BH 42594 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 4, 2019: Updated by Nathan Holth: Corrected Intercoastal Waterway to Intracoastal Waterway
- August 29, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- February 17, 2013: New photo from Joseph Hinson
- November 29, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added refined build date & refined history section.
- November 29, 2012: New Street View added by John Marvig
- November 29, 2012: Updated by Joseph Hinson: Edited to show that railroad is currently shut down.
- May 21, 2009: Essay added by James Norwood
Sources
- James Norwood
- Joseph Hinson - joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Douglas Butler
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station (Myrtle Beach)
- Nathan Holth
Comments
I usually stay far away from the fierce arguments over the naming of railroads and railroad bridges on this website. But knowing how fierce those arguments have been, I got a chuckle out of seeing how apparently the naming of waterways doesn't get that level of attention. Its the IntRAcoastal Waterway not the IntERcoastal Waterway...
I have been searching for information about this bridge for years! I’m so glad to have found this site! All through the 60s, my family came to Myrtle Beach for a long annual summer vacation. This bridge was the landmark that let us know we had arrived! Two years ago, I retired to the area and now drive by it almost weekly. My memory was that this was a combination bridge with both railway and roadway. Glad to have that validated. Anyone know when the roadway was removed or modified into a pedestrian walkway? Perhaps during the ‘87-‘97 restoration? The description has the original construction date as 1937. Yet the bridge itself is inscribed with a date of 1936. I’m curious why that would be? Perhaps construction was completed in ‘36 but it was not dedicated until ‘37? I have photos of the 1936 date. My thanks to all the people who have contributed to updating and maintaining the information on the website!
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/sc/horry/bh42594/
What is and what should never be. - LOL
Yup. Intracoastal Waterway is the official name. Because it's always within the coastline, I guess.
A discussion:
https://southwindsmagazine.com/intracoastal-waterway-interco...