Broad River Bridge

Broad River Bridge
Carries 4–Lanes of SC 170
Crosses Broad River
Locale Beaufort, South Carolina
Maintained by SCDOT
Characteristics
Design Box girder bridge
Total length 7,308.1 ft.
History
Opened 1958; replaced 2004
Statistics
Daily traffic 19,400

The Broad River Bridge is a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) long highway bridge that spans the Broad River in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Originally built as a two-lane drawbridge, growth pressures and safety concerns demanded that a larger and taller fixed-span bridge be built. The current four-lane wide structure was completed in 2004 and carries South Carolina Highway 170 as it connects northern and southern sections of Beaufort County. Portions of the previous bridge were purchased by Beaufort County and are now used as a fishing dock. In 2009, landscaping was added to the eastern approaches to the bridge.

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Coordinates: 32°23′0″N 80°47′5″W / 32.38333°N 80.78472°W / 32.38333; -80.78472


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