Just one month before a new bridge was to replace the original bridge, it was closed to traffic in September 1961 after a truck struck it, causing serious structural damage. Walker Gill Wylie, one of the founders of what was to become Duke Energy Company. In 1960 the name of the body of water over which the Buster Boyd Bridge spans was changed from Lake Catawba to Lake Wylie in honor of Dr. Ceremonies commenced with several acrobatic biplanes flying aerial maneuvers beneath the center span of the bridge. Morrison and South Carolina Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod were among the estimated crowd of 12,000 attending the event. Ī biplane flies beneath the original Buster Boyd Bridge on August 17, 1923.Ī great celebration of the new Buster Boyd Bridge was held on August 17, 1923. The bridge featured an excessively high lake clearance due to known plans by Catawba Power Company to build a larger dam, which would make Lake Catawba much larger and deeper in the following year. It officially opened to automobile traffic on January 9, 1923. Mecklenburg County raised their portion of the funds by selling $75,000 in bonds The bridge spanned 1,378 feet across in 10 spans. The original Buster Boyd Bridge was built at a cost of $120,000, with Mecklenburg County paying two-thirds of the cost and York County, South Carolina paying the remaining one-third. During its construction the bridge was referred to as York-Mecklenburg Bridge but upon completion was named in honor of Boyd, who donated the access land on the North Carolina side. After the road was built, Boyd fought heavily for the construction of a bridge that would span Lake Catawba, connecting Mecklenburg County with York County on the South Carolina side. Boyd lobbied Mecklenburg County Commissioners for a hard-surfaced road to be built from Charlotte to what was then known as Lake Catawba. William Monroe "Buster" Boyd, was an influential Mecklenburg County politician from Steele Creek. A sidewalk, along the east facing side of the bridge, provides pedestrian access. The bridge carries/connects SC 49 and NC 49, which is utilized by mostly local traffic. The Buster Boyd Bridge is a four-lane automobile bridge spanning the Catawba River/ Lake Wylie between Lake Wylie, York County, South Carolina and Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. York County, SC and Mecklenburg County, NC Photo taken from shore of Lake Wylie, SC looking south towards Steele Creek, NC.
0 kommentar(er)
