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The old swing bridge was replaced in December 2018. Until late 2018, road access to Surf City was mainly via the Topsail Island Swing Bridge, a failing steel truss swing-span bridge, built in 1954, which crossed the Intracoastal Waterway. [8] Planning for a replacement bridge began in 2010, [9] with
Mayor Teresa Batts’ grandfather was one of the first bridge tenders for the old steel swing bridge. Surf City is home to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. It ...
They built the road from Camp Davis to the sound and installed a pontoon bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway where a swing bridge was later constructed in the 1950s. (The swing bridge was replaced by a fixed-span high rise bridge in 2018). They also erected training facilities and support buildings in what is now the Surf City business ...
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Whether you've lived in Surf City your whole life or just moved there, you know it's a special place to be. Celebrating 75 years, Surf City revisits its past while planning for the future Skip to ...
The current swing bridge opened in 1903, and averages 5,000 openings per year to allow vessels to pass. It also averages about 11,500 vehicle trips per day, 500 in both directions per hour at peak ...
A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the swing span (turning span) can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right.
Here’s what to know about the Socastee Swing Bridge. 1. It’s closing in on its 100th birthday. Built in 1935 as a link between Conway and Myrtle Beach over the Intracoastal Waterway, the ...