South Carolina
There is a "Crybaby Bridge" on High Shoals Rd, just south of Anderson, SC. High Shoals Road crosses the Rocky River at the high shoals point. The bridge which crosses the river is known by locals as Cry Baby Bridge. The local legend (which is repeated in nearly every county in South Carolina) tells of a woman and her infant who died in a car crash off the bridge. By crossing the bridge halfway and repeating a chant, one can hear a baby cry, or a woman scream, or see a ghostly car pass. The story of Cry Baby Bridge has certainly reached urban legend status. The bridge in South Carolina was built in Virginia in 1919,brought to Charleston S.C. to connect two counties together..In 1952 it was brought to Anderson South Carolina,The new bridge replaced the older bridge that had been there.It is about 194 feet long and about 17 feet wide.Shortly later locals called it Cry Baby Bridge. An old Grist mill sat below the bridge along the Rocky River in 1840, and ran until about 1900s. In 1894 a electrical plant was built there by W.C.Whitner. It gave the Anderson County the nickname The Electric City. One of the generators from the electric mill is still on display in Anderson County. The bridge has many changes through the times, from no bridge, to wooden bridge,to the well known Iron Railed Bridge called Cry Baby Bridge to now modern cement bridge that now runs beside Cry Baby Bridge,it still remains a part of Anderson County's history and a famous landmark.
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