Gervais Street Bridge
What is the most popular activity in West Columbia in the warm-weather months? Up-to 1,000 tubers in a weekend have floated down the river, ending up at West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. “On an average weekend, we’ll put 300-plus in the river on Saturday and another 300-plus in the river on a Sunday,” said Michael Mayo, owner […]
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Workers have completed the removal of coal tar and sediment from the Area 1 Cofferdam on the Congaree River, near the Gervais Street Bridge. According to an online post from the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, “Over 26,000 cubic yards of material has been removed. DHEC completed a final inspection within the Area […]
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The job of removing coal tar from the bottom of the Congaree River is ongoing. The cofferdam that was built on the river has been divided into two cells located just south of the Gervais Street Bridge. Work crews have made huge progress, according to the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, in sealing […]
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The Congaree River at Columbia crested at just under 20 feet (in minor flood stage) late Saturday morning, according to the Congaree Riverkeeper https://www.facebook.com/congareeriverkeeper Then there was more rain Saturday night and Sunday morning, so river levels are expected to remain high for a few more days. The Cayce and West Columbia Riverwalks are closed […]
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The SC department of Health and Environmental Control is reporting that year two of work is underway on the Congaree River between the Gervais Street Bridge and the Blossom Street Bridge in West Columbia and Cayce. Crews are working to remove sediment from a site where coal tar from oil lamps fastened to the bottom […]
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This caused long lines of traffic on the streets leading into Cayce, West Columbia and Columbia when the Northbound lanes of I-77 were closed in March. Local drivers are instructed by the SCDOT to take local roads and streets as a detour. Interstate drivers are instructed to stay on I-26 and I-20 and get back […]
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On Friday, March 24, the I-77 northbound from the I-26 Interchange to the Bluff Road exit (Exit 5) were closed for the repair of several bridges. With I-77 closed, local drivers have been instructed by the SCDOT to take local roads and streets as a detour. The result of the detour has resulted in the […]
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Lots of rain over the weekend, into Super Bowl Sunday resulted in swollen streams and a high water level on the Congaree River. These videos are from the Gervais Street Bridge and Botanical Parkway in West Columbia. The cofferdam at the bridge is filled to the brim with water. A portion of Riverwalk was closed, […]
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