With more people correctly guessing last week’s photo than in a long while, we figured maybe you might recognize this bridge, too. Where is it? Send your name, hometown and guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Our most recent mystery, “S.C. Bridge,” showed the old drawbridge over the Wappoo Cut between the Stono and Ashley rivers in Charleston.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, shared that the 1956-era bridge, formally named after the late U.S. Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, connects Charleston to James Island.
“It is a double-leaf bascule bridge with two movable spans that pivot upward from opposite sides, meeting in the middle. When closed, the center clearance is 33 feet above the creek. It opens to boat traffic every half-hour (on the half-hour) on weekdays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on weekends and holidays from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m.”
Others who correctly identified the photo were Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Curtis Joyner of Charleston; Wayne Beam of Clemson; Penny Forrester of Tallahassee, Fla.; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Jay Altman and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Bill Segars, Don Clark and Michael Webb, all of Hartsville; Stephen Hairfield of Hanahan; Truett Jones of Summerton; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Katherine Beard of Camden; Mike Tucker of West Columbia; and Lester Dempsey.
- Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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