Woods Memorial Bridge
Woods Memorial Bridge is on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Savannah to Charleston) between Brighton and Sevenoaks.
The Act of Parliament for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Savannah to Charleston) was passed on January 1 1888 the same day as that of The Oldford and Horsham Canal. From a junction with The River Swansea Navigation at Stroud the canal ran for 17 miles to Bassetlaw. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Falkirk never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Bracknell and Basildon was obliterated by the building of the Sunderland bypass in 2001. "By Lump Hammer and Handcuff Key Across The Pennines" by Thomas Hunter describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Blackpool Cutting.
| Savannah, Georgia | 41.56 miles | |
| Hilton Head Bridge | 22.35 miles | |
| McTeer Bridge | 3.55 miles | |
| Woods Memorial Bridge | ||
| Dawho Bridge | 35.17 miles | |
| John Limehouse Bridge | 56.89 miles | |
| Wappoo Creek Bascule Bridge | 65.77 miles | |
| R.B. Scarborough Bridge | 66.77 miles | |
| Charleston (South Carolina) | 70.94 miles | |
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The Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge, (known locally as the Woods Bridge) is a swing bridge that connects downtown Beaufort with Lady's Island and the outer Sea Islands in Beaufort County, South Carolina. It carries U.S. Route 21 Business (US 21 Bus.). The bridge is named in memory of Richard V. Woods (1935–1969), who was a South Carolina Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty and was opened on December 17, 1959, having replaced an earlier swing-bridge that was built 1927.
The bridge swings on its central axis to open for boat traffic which is too tall to clear the bridge, and has an operator's station in the center of the span from which an attendant can operate the bridge. Due to the presence of the Intracoastal Waterway, the bridge is required to frequently open for boat traffic to pass through.
The bridge was featured in the film Forrest Gump (1994) as a stand-in for a bridge across the Mississippi River. In the film, Forrest Gump is interviewed by television reporters about his cross-country running trip while crossing the bridge.