Grace Memorial Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cantilever truss bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Other name(s): | Old Cooper River Bridge |
| Completed in: | 1929 |
| Status: | under demolition |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA, North America Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
Silas N. Pearman Bridge (1966)
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| Replaced by |
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (2005)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 320.3 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 1946 | State buys the bridge. |
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Participants
Design
Contractor
- C. E. Hillyer (substructure)
- Foundation Company (substructure)
- McClintic-Marshall Company (superstructure)
- Virginia Bridge and Iron Company (superstructure)
Relevant Web Sites
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Bridge Pros: Grace Memorial Bridge
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Changing the face of Charleston: Watch the unbuilding (demolition) of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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Charleston County Library: The Grace Memorial Bridge
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Cooper River Bridge
Relevant Publications
- The Great Cooper River Bridge, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia (USA), ISBN 1570034702, 2002
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 182
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000552 |
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| Created: | 21/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |