Coordinates are from a boat in the river. This is only accessable by boat.
from Wikipedia:
The Congaree River is a short but wide river in South Carolina in the United States; It flows for only 47 miles (78 km). The river serves an important role as the final outlet channel for the entire Lower Saluda and Lower Broad watersheds, before merging with the Wateree River just north of Lake Marion to form the Santee River.
It is formed in Columbia by the confluence of the Saluda and Broad rivers near the Piedmont fall line. It serves as part of the boundary between Richland, Calhoun, and Lexington counties. The only cities near the river are Columbia on the east, and Cayce and West Columbia on the west.
Despite the vast bottomland swamp below Columbia, the Congaree is navigable along much of its length at high water by barge traffic, which comes upriver from the Port of Charleston (approximately 100 miles (167 km) through the Santee-Cooper Lakes to within 5 miles (8 km) of the fall line. The Congaree National Park, one of the main recreational attractions of the river, is located about halfway down the river's course. The 22,200 acre (90 km²) park contains some of the last remaining old growth bottomland hardwood forest in North America. Recreational opportunities include hiking, biking, bird watching, botanical interests, and canoeing.
The river's name comes from the Congaree Indians who used to live along it.
Crossings
Below is a list of crossing from the river's creation in Columbia downstream to its confluence with the Wateree to form the Santee River:
Columbia/West Columbia/Cayce
Jarvis Klapman Blvd
Gervais Street Bridge (U.S. 1/U.S. 378)
Blossom Street Bridge (U.S. 21/U.S. 321)
Granby/Olympia Mills railroad trestles
Interstate 77/Southeastern Beltway
Eastover
railroad trestle near confluence
McCords Ferry Road (U.S. 601), connecting Eastover and Saint Matthews
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from Wikipedia:
The Wateree River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, is a tributary of the Santee River in central South Carolina in the United States, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. Its name recalls the now-extinct Wateree Native Americans, who lived in the area until displaced by European settlers.
Course
The Wateree River is a continuation of the Catawba River, which flows from the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina; the Catawba and Wateree are the same river with different names assigned to sections of it. The name change occurs at Lake Wateree, which is formed by a hydroelectric dam in Kershaw County, South Carolina, about the point where Wateree Creek empties into it. The Wateree flows generally southward through Kershaw County and along the common boundary of Richland and Sumter Counties, past the town of Camden. It joins the Congaree River to form the Santee River about 35 mi (55 km) southeast of Columbia.
Crossings
The following is a list of crossings along the short length of the Wateree
US 1/US 601 in Camden & Lugoff
Railroad bridge in Camden
Interstate 20 in Camden
Garner's Ferry Road US 378 near Stateburg
Two railroad bridges near the confluence with the Congaree River near Eastover
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