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| Explore Beaufort, SC posted The Woods Memorial Bridge has been turning since 1959. The first Lady's Island bridge was opened way back in 1927, providing the first land access to the #bftseaislands. A new bridge was constructed to replace it in 1959, and then was renamed Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge in 1971. It's one of only a handful of swing bridges in South Carolina still in use today, and we just love her to pieces. 💕 #beaufortsc Story 👉 bit.ly/3dKEASX 📸 Corey Gibson Ryan Thomas: Instead of replacing it, let's just stop over developing green, pristine land that makes this area special and instead force redevelopment of already vacant, blighted, eyesore properties that already have infrastructure and access to businesses. |
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| Adam Zolyak Flickr via ArchivedBridgeHunter |
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| HistoricBridges This 2,290' (698m) long bridge has a main span of 248' (75.6m). |
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| ExploreBeaufortSC, photo by Explore Beaufort "The original bridge to the islands was also a swing bridge and was built in 1927. Before that, the only way to reach Lady’s Island, St. Helena Island and the rest of the sea islands was by boat. The current swing bridge was opened on December 17th, 1959 and is named in memory of Richard V. Woods (1935–1969), who was a South Carolina Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty....It stood in for a bridge over the Mississippi River in the popular film, Forrest Gump and is one of the most photographed of all of Beaufort’s landmarks." |
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