Dec 9, 2019
Money for bike/walking bridge over Ashley River flows by Bill Davis | News Editor Looks like West Ashleyians will finally get a way to ride a bike or walk to the peninsula, just like Mt. Pleasanter have over the Ravenel Bridge. Last month, as it was first reported by...
Nov 3, 2018
Remembering the time a ship crashed into the Ashley River Bridge in 1955 “It seemed to me it was going to be a pretty dull day as far as getting any news pictures was concerned. I didn’t have a single assignment for the day when I reported for work,” said...
Jun 7, 2017
“A Wheelmen’s Retreat. A Club House In St. Andrew’s Parish For the Cyclists” is an intriguing headline from the January 4, 1897 edition of The News and Courier discovered while researching “Pleasure Grove” (the subject of another West Ashley Flashback). A few months...
Apr 28, 2016
On Sunday, April 24, Charleston County crews modified the traffic merge lane onto the Ashley River Bridge, which is part of the controversial Bike/Pedestrian Improvement Project Test Lane. Previously, the traffic merge was located on Folly Road just north of Albemarle...
Apr 14, 2016
It’s been 10 days since the far-right, peninsular-bound lane of the Legare Bridge from West Ashley was closed as part of a 60-day test to see how a bike/pedestrian lane would affect morning commute times. And so far, the results have been … anecdotal. And fire-y, if...
