Detour in place for Highway 21 after train derailment in northern Beaufort County
A detour is in place for Highway 21, Frampton Road, after a CSX train derailed near the Beaufort County and Hampton County line, damaging the highway’s bridge crossing the tracks just before 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Two hopper cars and one loaded flat car were derailed from the train. There were no injuries and the contents of the train were not hazardous, according to the CSX media team.
Engineers from the S.C. Department of Transportation later determined the bridge over the railroad would need to be replaced, according to a press release from SCDOT Wednesday afternoon. The detour will continue until the replacement is finished, but the department did not offer a timeline for repairs.
“SCDOT is taking immediate action in the aftermath of today’s train derailment,” the department’s Secretary of Transportation Cristy Hall wrote in a statement. “I have asked our team to pursue an emergency procurement to expedite the replacement of this bridge. We will move as quickly as possible to get this corridor reopened to vehicular traffic.”
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is asking drivers heading to or from Yemassee to take Castle Hall Road instead of Highway 21.
This story was originally published September 20, 2023 at 12:46 PM.
