When it was built, it carried the road as well as the railroad. It seems that plate girders instead of trusses are used with rolling bridges more frequently in the South than in the Midwest.
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We can get a nice view of the arc member on which it rolls and the horizontal rack and pinion gear that is used to raise it.
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| Express Horizons posted Awesome #train content by: Classic Trains lnstagram: 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜.𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 Horry County Railway 109 crosses the Intercoastal Waterway with one car in tow on its way to Mrytle Beach. This bridge was later condemned by the state and was out of service for many years. July, 1980. Photo Credit to Tom Sink. Randall Hampton shared First pic I've ever seen of a train entering Myrtle Beach. Chris Evans: Is this the line RJ corman bought? Randall Hampton: The bridge was out of service for years because somebody left it up during a hurricane and the wind broke a couple of teeth off the main gear. Not cheap to replace. Drawbridges need to be down during extreme winds. There's no boat traffic at times like that anyway. [According to some replies, the gear got fixed but now there is no wiring because the bridge got ransacked by copper thieves.] |
Ted Gregory posted three photos with the comment:
Quite an imposing structure sits across the Intercoastal Waterway.This bridge is ACL heritage and was used to reach Myrtle Beach.Hoping RJ Corman, which is in the middle of upgrading this line to the west and north, sees value in rebuilding this bridge and restoring service the remainder of the way to Myrtle Beach.My pics Dec 29, 2019
[The comments indicate that the only industry that was rail served on the other side of the bridge is a lumber company and that they now transload the lumber from the mainland side.]
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| Bobby Glendinning commented on Ted's post Here's a picture I took from the ICWW |
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| Bobby Glendinning commented on Ted's post Another picture from 2007 when the Carolina Southern Railroad was servicing 84 Lumber by rail. Bobby Glendinning posted Myrtle Beach drawbridge. July 2007. Mark Massa: RJ Corman runs that section of track. Dan Kleinhenz: Interesting how they balanced the bridge out by adding the concrete slab. Ben Rohling: It’s had all the copper stolen…. |
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This appears to be the same bridge.
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| Brandon Muir posted The Pine Island Drawbridge over the Intracostal Waterway in South Carolina. From it's build date in 1937 it was the primary traffic bridge over the canal until the opening of highway 501, seen in the background of this image. Raised and locked since 2011, it had risen from the dead once before in 2001 after sitting dormant since 1987. The former Atlantic Coast Line Railway built the line but today it is owned and operated by RJ Corman. Will enough funding and new rail business ever be found to warrant the use of the bridge again? |
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