MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe our most difficult yet

It’s not often that you see a mural mixing the images of Salvador Dali, Jimi Hendrix, Albert Einstein and Anthony Bourdain.  But if you know where to look, you’ll find it somewhere in the Lowcountry.  Where?  Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous mystery, “Big water,” showed the Beaufort River with the Woods Memorial Bridge to Lady’s Island in the background.  Congratulations to the following sleuths who recognized the scene — and didn’t get confused by a similar-looking bridge that leads to Sullivan’s Island in Charleston County: Stephen Yetman and Lindsay Hatcher, both of Charleston; Jay Altman of Columbia; Marnie Huger of Richmond, Va.; Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant; Don Clark of Hartsville; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; and George Graf of Palmyra, Va.  Others who correctly guessed but didn’t include their hometown were:  John B. Crouch III, Margaret Watson and Gail E. Lansing.

Altman noted, “[This is the ] Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge (Woods Bridge) crossing the Beaufort River (Intracoastal Waterway) as seen from the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in Beaufort, S.C.  The bridge was featured in the film Forrest Gump as a stand-in for a bridge across the Mississippi River. In the film, Forrest Gump is interviewed by television reporters about his cross-country running trip while crossing the bridge.”

Peel added, “Woods Memorial Bridge is a 28-foot wide, moveable swing-bridge that was built to replace the first bridge at this location – the Lady’s Island Bridge – an old wooden swing-bridge that was built in 1927 and which provided the first land access from downtown Beaufort to Lady’s Island, St. Helena Island and the many other sea islands along the South Carolina coast. Originally opened on Dec. 17, 1959, this new bridge was renamed in 1971 to honor the memory of Richard V. Woods (1935–1969), a South Carolina Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty.”

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