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Structure-ID: s0000552
Created on: 11/21/99
Modified on: 12/12/05


Grace Memorial Bridge

Old Cooper River Bridge
Completed in: 1929
Status: under demolition
Location: Between Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA and Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Crosses: Cooper River
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (left) & Silas N. Pearman Bridge (right) dominate the foreground, while the newly completed and soon to be opened Arthur Rvenel, Jr. Bridge shines in the background.
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Structural Type:
Cantilever truss bridge
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Next to: Silas N. Pearman Bridge (1966)
Replaced by: Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (2005)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role Name Structures in this project 
Resident engineer Charles Kyes Allen

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role Name Part of structure 
Design Waddell and Hardesty
Contractor C. E. Hillyer substructure
  Foundation Company substructure
  McClintic-Marshall Company superstructure
  Virgina Bridge and Iron Company superstructure

Technical information
Part of structure Description Value
Construction materials used
truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 320.3 m

Chronology
8 August 1929
Inauguration.
1946
State buys the bridge.
A freighter rams the bridge, three steel girder spans need replacement.

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External LinkBridge Pros: Grace Memorial Bridge English
External LinkChanging the face of Charleston: Watch the unbuilding (demolition) of the Grace and Pearman Bridges English
External LinkCharleston County Library: The Grace Memorial Bridge English
External LinkCooper River Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Annan, Jason   The Great Cooper River Bridge, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia (USA) , ISBN 1570034702, 2002.
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 182.

 
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