Just curious if anyone knows why they built that thing so high? Were they planning on expanding the Wando Port beyond 526 at the time? The only thing I can reason is that in case of a storm/hurricane, they could stash large vessels farther up the Wando.
I was actually one of the first people to walk over it. Before completion, my Boy Scout Troop took a trip there. Steep! They may have told me then, but I’m done way to much damage to my brain since then to remember that!
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Detyens used to have a shipyard up the Wando & bring in various size vessels with higher airdrafts
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Federal Law says that a bridge that spans a navigable waterway can not impede traffic!In practical terms federal regulation of navigable waters takes many forms. One area of this regulation covers matters of transportation and commerce: for example, rules governing the licensing of ships and the dumping of waste. A second area applies to the alteration of the navigable waters, which is strictly controlled by federal law. The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 forbids building any unauthorized obstruction to the nation’s navigable waters and gives enforcement powers to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A third area of regulation involves Workers’ Compensation claims. The concept of navigable waters is important in claims made under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1988 (33 U.S.C.A. ?? 901?950). The act provides that employers are liable for injuries to sailors that occur upon navigable waters of the United States
This is why some of the bridges you cross while driving down the Interstate are High and some are Low! I wondered about this same question years ago, so I looked it up:smiley: