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Busy Socastee Swing Bridge to close to traffic. Here’s when and what you should expect

The sixth annual Socastee Heritage Festival draws people from around the area Saturday, April 30, 2016, on Dick Pond Road. The event features live music, antique cars, food and vendors and the opportunity to walk across the 81 year old steel swing bridge that traverses the Intracoastal Waterway.
The sixth annual Socastee Heritage Festival draws people from around the area Saturday, April 30, 2016, on Dick Pond Road. The event features live music, antique cars, food and vendors and the opportunity to walk across the 81 year old steel swing bridge that traverses the Intracoastal Waterway. silferstudios,llc Matt Silfer for The Sun News.

The Socastee Swing Bridge will close to traffic for maintenance beginning Jan. 17.

The bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway will be closed for nighttime maintenance beginning Jan. 17, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Transportation.

The bridge will be closed to roadway traffic starting at 9 p.m. and is expected to reopen at 6 a.m. Jan. 21.

Traffic will be detoured using S.C. 544. Dick Pond Road will be open to local traffic only, except the Socastee Swing Bridge.

South Carolina Department of Transportation

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