GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) -- Transportation officials say a bridge over the Great Pee Dee River on U.S. 701 has reopened after it was closed for more than two days for repairs.
The bridge was shut down Monday morning when a truck driver was killed after his vehicle ran off the span into the marsh below.
Officials say the wreck damaged part of the bridge's railing, which had to be fixed before it could reopen.
U.S. 701 is the only direct route between Conway and Georgetown. Transportation officials say about 3,700 vehicles use the bridge every day.
Traffic was being rerouted more than a dozen miles away through Hemingway.
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