South Carolina Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed South Carolina bridges: 198
  • Bridges with photos: 75 (37.9%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 92 (46.5%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 193 (97.5%)

  • Total photos: 481

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 166 (83.8% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 50 (30.1% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 85 (51.2% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 162 (97.6% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 31 (15.7% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 21 (67.7% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 30 (96.8% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Poinsett Bridge (Greenville County, built 1820, open to pedestrians)
  2. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge (Abbeville County, built 1890, replaced by new bridge)
  3. Long Cane Creek Covered Bridge (McCormick County, built 1892, destroyed by fire)
  4. Lincoln Street Viaduct (Richland County, built 1900, removed)
  5. West Branch Bridge (Spartanburg County, built 1900, replaced by new bridge)
  6. Southern Railway Bridge (Fairfield County, built 1904, open to pedestrians)
  7. Columbia Canal Bridge (Richland County, built 1906, open to pedestrians)
  8. N. Pinckney Street (Union County, built 1908, open to traffic)
  9. Campbell's Covered Bridge (Greenville County, built 1909, open to pedestrians)
  10. Reedy River Bridge (Greenville County, built 1910, open to traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 57 (28.8%)
    • Deck arch: 57 (28.8%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 6 (3.0%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 1 (0.5%)
      • Steel arch: 11 (5.6%)
      • Stone arch: 3 (1.5%)

  • Beam: 34 (17.2%)
    • Stringer: 19 (9.6%)
      • Steel stringer: 10 (5.1%)
      • Timber stringer: 7 (3.5%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 15 (7.6%)

  • Girder: 9 (4.5%)
    • Deck girder: 7 (3.5%)
      • Deck plate girder: 7 (3.5%)

  • Other: 9 (4.5%)

  • Slab: 1 (0.5%)

  • Suspension: 2 (1.0%)
    • Cable-stayed: 1 (0.5%)
    • Wire suspension: 1 (0.5%)

  • Truss: 80 (40.4%)
    • Pony truss: 29 (14.6%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 6 (3.0%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 2 (1.0%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with all verticals: 1 (0.5%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Warren pony truss: 9 (4.5%)
        • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 2 (1.0%)
    • Through truss: 49 (24.7%)
      • Camelback through truss: 3 (1.5%)
      • Howe through truss: 3 (1.5%)
      • Parker through truss: 7 (3.5%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 1 (0.5%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 4 (2.0%)
      • Pratt through truss: 14 (7.1%)
      • Warren through truss: 12 (6.1%)
        • Warren through truss with no verticals: 1 (0.5%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 2 (1.0%)

    • Tunnel: 3 (1.5%)

    • Unknown: 3 (1.5%)