Report from Socastee Swing Bridge, AICW Statute Mile 371
Socastee swing bridge opens “on demand” UNLESS water traffic becomes heavy, as on a weekend, then bridge closures may be required every 15 minutes to accommodate road traffic. HOWEVER, all of us here at SSECN share many boaters’ mystification as to why the state of South Carolina spent many millions of dollars to construct a high-rise span and then left the old, decrepit swing bridge in place. You must have to be a politician to understand!
In earlier post about Socastee swing bridge, negative comments (/?p=89755) about the bridge tender made me cautious, but the man could have not been any nicer. We may have waited five minutes to pass. On our return trip, a different tender was just as pleasant.
openings of 12 noon, 1430 and 1800. I did not ask about the weekend schedule.
Gary Chilcoat
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