Oldest Bridges in South Carolina

The oldest bridge in South Carolina is the L-40-454 over Br Of Congaree River in Richland County, built in 1910, and it still carries about 6,600 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in South Carolina, one timeline

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1L-40-454 over Br Of Congaree RiverSC · 1910 · 6.6k/day 2L-40-891 over Rocky BranchSC · 1910 · 225/day 3S-23-280 over Trib To Reedy RiverSC · 1910 · 2.3k/day 4C-23-10 over Reedy RiverSC · 1910 · 5.2k/day 5S-23-316 over Huff CreekSC · 1912 · 1.9k/day 6L-40-2027 over Rocky BranchSC · 1912 · 6.3k/day 7C-42-787 over Csxt RrSC · 1913 · 3.5k/day 8US 25 over Beaverdam Ck OverflowSC · 1915 · 7.0k/day 9S-40-106 over Vista GreenwaySC · 1915 · 1.9k/day 10L-284 over Vista GreenwaySC · 1915 · 375/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in South Carolina by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'00—

1910s'10—

243

1920s'2013%

484

1930s'309%

482

1940s'408%

855

1950s'5016%

1.9k

1960s'6010%

1.4k

1970s'707%

890

1980s'805%

1.2k

1990s'901%

1.1k

2000s'000%

725

2010s'100%

250

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 9,503 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in South Carolina

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
L-40-454 over Br Of Congaree River	Richland	1910		Concrete	6,600	Fair
L-40-891 over Rocky Branch	Richland	1910		Concrete	225	Fair
S-23-280 over Trib To Reedy River	Greenville	1910		Concrete	2,300	Fair
C-23-10 over Reedy River	Greenville	1910		Concrete	5,200	Good
S-23-316 over Huff Creek	Greenville	1912		Concrete	1,950	Fair
L-40-2027 over Rocky Branch	Richland	1912		Concrete	6,300	Fair
C-42-787 over Csxt Rr	Spartanburg	1913		Steel	3,500	Poor
US 25 over Beaverdam Ck Overflow	Edgefield	1915		Concrete	7,000	Fair
S-40-106 over Vista Greenway	Richland	1915		Concrete	1,950	Fair
L-284 over Vista Greenway	Richland	1915		Concrete	375	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
L-23-851 over Southern Rr	Greenville	1918		Concrete Continuous	250	Poor
S-11-130 over Southern Railroad	Cherokee	1919	1970	Concrete	750	Fair
US 78/w 5th ST N over Great Cypress Swamp #3	Dorchester	1919	1934	Concrete	7,800	Fair
US 78 over Great Cypress Swamp #4	Dorchester	1919	1934	Concrete	7,800	Fair
US 78/w 5th ST N over Great Cypress Swamp #6	Dorchester	1919	1934	Concrete	7,800	Fair
US 17 Alt over Ports Creek	Georgetown	1919	1985	Concrete Continuous	12,000	Fair
Sc 9 over Ropers Mill Branch	Dillon	1920	1951	Concrete	8,300	Poor
Us321/deerfield RD over Mill Branch	Jasper	1920	1971	Concrete	4,300	Fair
S-4-933 over Three & Twenty Creek	Anderson	1920	1972	Concrete	1,750	Fair
S-4-933 over Millwee Creek	Anderson	1920	1972	Concrete	1,750	Good
US 29 over Brushy Creek	Greenville	1920	1958	Concrete	26,500	Fair
C-26-440 over Halfway Swamp	Horry	1920		Concrete	250	Fair
US 178 over Rices Creek	Pickens	1920	1958	Concrete	7,600	Fair
Sc 8 over Rices Creek	Pickens	1920	1965	Concrete	14,600	Poor
US 176 WB over Lawsons Fork Creek	Spartanburg	1920		Concrete	13,250	Fair
US 221 over Ns Rr	Spartanburg	1920	1935	Concrete	18,300	Fair
S-42-38 over Lawson Fork Creek	Spartanburg	1920	1955	Concrete	3,200	Good
S-42-38 over Inman Mill Creek	Spartanburg	1920	1955	Concrete	3,200	Fair
US 76 EB over Broadway Creek	Anderson	1920	1949	Concrete	7,000	Poor
US 701 over Crabtree Swamp	Horry	1920	1956	Concrete Continuous	23,000	Poor
US 701 over Brown Swamp	Horry	1920	1956	Concrete Continuous	23,000	Fair
US 76 over Back Swamp	Lee	1920	1958	Concrete	2,200	Fair
US 17 Alt over Spring Gulley	Georgetown	1920	1985	Concrete Continuous	12,000	Good
US 17 Alt over Whites Creek	Georgetown	1920	1983	Concrete Continuous	19,200	Fair
US 78 over Saw Mill Creek	Dorchester	1920	1962	Concrete	15,800	Fair
L-40-2020 over Mill Creek	Richland	1920		Concrete	2,200	Fair
US 17 over Clydesdale Creek	Jasper	1920	2023	Concrete	8,700	Good
Sc 9 Bus over Crooked Creek	Marlboro	1921	1941	Concrete	10,100	Poor
Sc 64 over Chessey Creek	Colleton	1921	1942	Concrete	5,500	Fair
Sc 64 over Horseshoe Creek	Colleton	1921	1943	Concrete	5,600	Fair
US 78 over Indian Field Swamp	Dorchester	1921	1968	Concrete	7,500	Fair
Sc 81 over Brushy Creek	Greenville	1921		Concrete	8,600	Fair
US 321 over Jackson Creek	Allendale	1921	1969	Concrete	2,100	Fair
US 321 over Miller Creek	Allendale	1921	1969	Concrete	1,700	Fair
US 76 over Br Of Polk Swamp	Florence	1921	1959	Concrete Continuous	17,000	Fair
Sc 162/highway 162 over Log Bridge Creek	Charleston	1921	1959	Concrete	8,600	Fair
S-21-29 over Jefferies Creek	Florence	1921	1964	Concrete	12,800	Fair
US 301 Con over Mill Creek	Clarendon	1922	1968	Concrete	200	Fair
Sc 64/bells HWY over Jones Swamp Breek	Colleton	1922	1957	Concrete	4,300	Fair
US 15 over Sparrow Swamp	Darlington	1922	1948	Concrete	5,500	Fair
US 78 over Cattle Creek	Dorchester	1922	1951	Concrete	2,100	Fair
US 1 over Bridge Creek	Aiken	1922	1940	Concrete	3,900	Fair
US 1 over Bridge Creek	Aiken	1922		Concrete	3,900	Fair
US 278 over Duck Creek	Allendale	1922	1975	Concrete	6,200	Fair
US 52 WB over Laurel Creek	Berkeley	1922	1941	Concrete	21,000	Fair
US 52 WB over Laurel Creek Swamp	Berkeley	1922	1941	Concrete	21,000	Fair
S-8-791/old US 52 over Canterhill Swamp	Berkeley	1922	1941	Concrete	6,500	Fair
S-8-791/old US 52 over Skilbert Swamp	Berkeley	1922	1941	Concrete	6,500	Fair
S-8-791/old US 52 over Molly Branch Creek	Berkeley	1922	1941	Concrete	6,500	Fair
S-13-823 over Lynches River	Chesterfield	1922		Concrete	50	Fair
Sc 64 over Chessey Creek	Colleton	1922	1942	Concrete	5,500	Fair
C-24-1382 over Coronaca Creek	Greenwood	1922		Concrete	200	Fair
Sc 4 over Goodland Creek	Orangeburg	1922	1937	Other	1,750	Fair
Sc 4 over Rocky Swamp Creek	Orangeburg	1922	1937	Concrete	1,750	Fair
Sc 4 over Bolen Mill Creek	Orangeburg	1922	1976	Concrete	1,750	Fair
S-42-43 over Shoally Creek	Spartanburg	1922	1959	Concrete	10,600	Good
S-42-43 over Trib-pacolet Riv	Spartanburg	1922	1958	Concrete	5,900	Good
S-42-407 over Hacker Creek	Spartanburg	1922		Concrete	50	Good
S-42-866 over Holston Creek	Spartanburg	1922		Concrete	600	Fair
S-42-866 over Motlow Creek	Spartanburg	1922		Concrete	600	Fair
US 176 over Padgetts Creek	Union	1922	1955	Concrete	2,000	Poor
US 21 over Congaree Creek	Lexington	1922	2009	Concrete	23,200	Poor
S-27-424 over Coosawhatchie River	Jasper	1922	1956	Concrete	25	Fair
S-27-424 over Tulifinny River (no. 1)	Jasper	1922	1940	Concrete	25	Fair
S-27-424 over Tulifiny River (no. 2)	Jasper	1922	1940	Concrete	25	Fair
US 301 over North Edisto River	Orangeburg	1922	1954	Concrete	28,600	Fair
US 21 over Toms Branch	Lexington	1922	1975	Concrete	5,600	Fair
Sc 200 over Trib To Cane Ck	Lancaster	1922	1957	Concrete	3,500	Good
Sc 215 over Crane Creek	Richland	1922	1967	Concrete	10,100	Fair
US 15 over Jeffries Creek	Darlington	1923		Concrete	5,500	Fair
Sc 4 over Four Mile Creek	Orangeburg	1923		Concrete	7,500	Fair
S-42-20 over Trib To Pacolet River	Spartanburg	1923		Concrete	1,150	Fair
US 521 over Rafting Creek	Sumter	1923	1961	Concrete	7,600	Fair
US 17 over Pocotaligo River	Jasper	1923	1940	Concrete	10,900	Fair
S-1-32 over Shanklin Creek	Abbeville	1924		Concrete Continuous	100	Fair
S-1-32 over Calhoun Creek	Abbeville	1924		Concrete	550	Fair
S-29-72 over Trib Little Lynches Rv	Lancaster	1924		Concrete	425	Fair
S-29-72 over Trib Little Lynches Rv	Lancaster	1924		Concrete	425	Fair
S-30-6 over Rabon Creek	Laurens	1924		Concrete	475	Fair
US 29 over Lawson Fork Creek	Spartanburg	1924	1970	Concrete	26,100	Fair
Sc 18 over Rocky Creek	Union	1924		Concrete	2,500	Fair
Sc 215 over Buffalo Creek	Union	1924	1975	Concrete	4,100	Fair
US 52 over High Hill Creek	Darlington	1924	1940	Concrete Continuous	19,800	Fair
US 52 over High Hill Creek	Darlington	1924	1940	Concrete Continuous	19,800	Fair
US 52 over High Hill Creek	Florence	1924	1940	Concrete Continuous	24,400	Fair
US 301 over Douglas Swamp	Florence	1924	1952	Concrete	2,000	Fair
Sc 391 over Chinquapin Creek	Aiken	1924	1959	Concrete	900	Poor
US 76 over Smith Branch	Marion	1925	1975	Concrete Continuous	11,400	Fair
US 17 Alt over Calfpen Swamp	Colleton	1925		Concrete	1,350	Fair

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