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Barefoot Landing Bridge

Horry County, South Carolina

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Barefoot Landing Bridge

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BH Photo #469841

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Description 

This bridge appears to follow a rare hybrid of truss configurations. The diagonal members are sloped upwards towards the center of the truss swing span, which follows a Howe truss configuration. However, the two largest members over the swing pier are sloped in a Pratt truss configuration. Additionally, a single-panel Warren truss exists at the hip verticals, and there are subdivisions at the panels closest to the end posts only.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on Barefoot Resort Bridge Road
Location
Horry County, South Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Originally over Albemarle River; moved here in 1998 by Barefoot Resorts
Design
Unusual hybrid truss - appears to be a combination of Pratt and Howe designs. Additional subdivisions appear to exist at the endposts as well
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 299.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.9 ft.
Also called
Barefoot Beach Resort Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.80300, -78.74143   (decimal degrees)
33°48'11" N, 78°44'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/709074/3742606 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wampee
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
5,564
Inventory numbers
SC 0000000009973 (South Carolina bridge number)
BH 70677 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1938 (899)
Built during 1930s (12,165)
Continuous (2,629)
Continuous truss (198)
Horry County, South Carolina (8)
Howe through truss (513)
Howe truss (641)
Intracoastal Waterway (134)
Movable (3,114)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
 Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,554)
Pratt through truss (6,053)
Pratt truss (10,291)
South Carolina (534)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Swing (1,561)
Through truss (16,759)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,506)
Truss (35,432)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 9, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added built date and history
  • April 9, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Expand page with notes about rare truss configuration
  • January 28, 2016: Added by Andrew Penik

Sources 

  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Douglas Butler
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Comments 

Barefoot Landing Bridge
Posted April 9, 2020, by Nick Boppel (nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com)

My comments and thoughts about the unusual hybrid truss configuration stem from this photo, which unfortunately is not licensed for reuse here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdebock/14368905654