Furys Ferry Bridge

Furys Ferry Bridge
Coordinates 33°35′34.00″N 82°07′24.00″W / 33.5927778°N 82.1233333°W / 33.5927778; -82.1233333Coordinates: 33°35′34.00″N 82°07′24.00″W / 33.5927778°N 82.1233333°W / 33.5927778; -82.1233333
Carries SC 28 and SR 28
Crosses Savannah River
Locale South Carolina–Georgia state line northwest of Martinez
Maintained by GDOT
ID number 558616
Characteristics
Design Steel continuous
Material Stringer/Multi-beam or Girder
Total length 573.3 metres (1,881 ft)
Width 13.4 metres (44 ft)
No. of spans 6 (in main structure); 51 (in approach)
Clearance above 5.2 metres (17 ft)
History
Construction end 1929 (1929)
Statistics
Daily traffic 3900
References
[1]

The Furys Ferry Bridge is a bridge over the Savannah River along the McCormick–Columbia county line northwest of Martinez, along the South Carolina–Georgia state line. It carries South Carolina Highway 28 and SR 28, both of which are known as Furys Ferry Road.

History

Prior to the construction of the bridge, the area where Fury's Ferry Bridge is located used to be a Ferry Station called Fury's Ferry. The ferry was manual labor at first, which required a rope fastened to a pole on either side of the Savannah River pulled by a person or group of people. Peter Seymour, a deacon at Hopewell Baptist Church, was one of the manual labor operators of the flat boat that was used prior to the introduction of a motor engine flat boat. Peter, his son Peter Jr., and some of his grandchildren all operated the ferry at some point in their lives. The motor flat could be operated by a single person. When the bridge was completed, it operated as a toll bridge for 2 years. Prices were 25 cent per car and 50 cent per truck. When the cost of the bridge was recouped, the toll house was torn down and it became a public bridge.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 003340002800100". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.


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