Gervais Street Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #126285

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Open-spandrel arch bridge over Congaree River on US 1 in Columbia

Location

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, and Lexington County, South Carolina

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1927

Builders

- Hardaway Contracting Co. of Columbus, Georgia
- Joseph Walker Barnwell of Charleston, South Carolina (Engineer)

Design

Reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch.
Closed-spandrel rounded arch at each end with nine open spandrel segmented arches between.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 1,415.1 ft.
Deck width: 36.1 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1980

Also called

Gervais Street Bridge (3rd)
Jefferson Davis Highway Congaree River Bridge
US378 Congaree River Bridge
US1 Congaree River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+33.99611, -81.05056   (decimal degrees)
33°59'46" N, 81°03'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/495331/3761725 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Southwest Columbia

Inventory numbers

SC 4020000100100 (South Carolina bridge number)
NRHP 80003676 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32065 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 03/2010)

Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 51.2 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2010)

27,300

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 15, 2017: New photo from Andrew Penik
• November 21, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
• July 18, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
• July 7, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
• January 25, 2016: New photo from Andrew Penik
• April 7, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
• May 8, 2013: Photo imported by Joseph Hinson
• January 29, 2013: Photo imported by Joseph Hinson
• January 19, 2013: Photo imported by Joseph Hinson
• December 28, 2012: New Street View added by Joseph Hinson
• November 29, 2012: Photo imported by Joseph Hinson
• October 16, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey

Related Bridges 

• Gervais Street Bridge (2nd) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Kim Harvey
• HAER SC-16 - Gervais Street Bridge, Gervais Street spanning Congaree River, Columbia, Richland County, SC
• Wikipedia
• Joseph Hinson - joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com

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