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Dawhoo Bridge

Charleston County, South Carolina

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #126005

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Dawhoo River on Sc 174
Location
Charleston County, South Carolina
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1924; Replaced 1994
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Design
Warren through truss swing bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.63667, -80.34167   (decimal degrees)
32°38'12" N, 80°20'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/561750/3611200 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Adams Run
Inventory number
BH 37629 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1924 (743)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Charleston County, South Carolina (31)
Formerly NR-listed (136)
HAER documented (1,106)
Laced endposts (159)
Lost (24,713)
Lost 1994 (424)
Lost during 1990s (3,981)
Movable (2,970)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
 Owned by state (15,983)
Replaced by new bridge (16,567)
South Carolina (512)
Swing (1,453)
Through truss (15,052)
Truss (32,771)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (188)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)
Warren through truss (1,615)
Warren truss (6,563)

Update Log 

  • June 15, 2017: New photo from Andrew Penik
  • September 23, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
  • October 15, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • HAER SC-40 - South Carolina Route 174 Bridge, Spanning Dawhoo River on South Carolina Route 174, Charleston vicinity, Charleston County, SC
  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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