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Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge, June 2010
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Location	US 501 Bus. (Main Street) over the Waccamaw R., Conway, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°49′59″N 79°2′39″W / 33.83306°N 79.04417°W / 33.83306; -79.04417
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1937
Architect	Gooding, W. J.; Tidewater Construction Company
Architectural style	Continuous steel girder
MPS	Conway MRA
NRHP reference No.	94000994
Added to NRHP	August 26, 1994

Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge is a historic bridge located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina.

It was built in 1937 and opened to the public in April 1938, designated as a memorial to Horry County citizens who served in America's wars from the American Revolution through the First World War. Its cost was $370,000. It is 1,270 feet long and carries U.S. Route 501 Business over the Waccamaw River. It is a multi-span continuous steel girder bridge made up of four steel girder main spans, four continuous steel string approach spans, and concrete piers which support the bridge deck. It features 28 cast-iron light standards along the balustrade, and the Gothic-influenced pointed arches cut out of its concrete piers.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Gallery

• Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge, June 2010

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• United States portal
• National Register of Historic Places portal
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Horry County, South Carolina

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Martin, Greg; Burroughs, Ben; Kincaid, Connie; Burroughs, Henry Jr. (March 4, 1994). "Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
3. "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina:Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge, Horry County (Main St./U.S. Hwy. 501, Conway), including three photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-21.

External links

• Waccamaw River Memorial Bridge - Conway, South Carolina - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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