Unbuilding (demolition) of the Grace and Pearman Bridges in Charleston (the old Cooper River Bridges)

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Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges

Frank's Internet Home Page		Blog: 2005
Archives of unbuilding sections		Blog: 2006
The story of building the Ravenel Bridge		Visit our Adventures in Singapore
Click to view all web page segments I enjoy hearing from you. If you have comments and suggestions, write me. Buy Sparky's History of the Unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges

Unbuilding Highlights
(Apr 10)

Meeting St. Stories
(Jul 10 2006)

East Bay Stories
(Oct 10 2006)

Drum Island Stories
(Feb 17)

Pearman Bridge Stories
(Apr 3)

Grace Bridge Stories
(Apr 3)

Imposions: Prep and boom
(Mar 27)

Unbuilding Bridge Blog
(July 23 2006)

Unbuilding Challenges
(Mar 13)

Learning Links
(Feb 20)

Unbuilding Stories
(Mar 13)

Video and Sounds
(Feb 28)

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Archives of the bridge photos and inside looks at engineering issues
Tracking Demolition (Mostly Weekly) Highlights of the project Recent updates Meeting Street Overpasses East Bay Steet Overpasses Stories around Drum Island Views From Mt Pleasant Engineering challenges Unbuilding the Grace Bridge Unbuilding the Pearman Bridge Learning Links Implosions - insights from ABS Stories Our Demolition blog Unbuilding Bridge folks Video segments Background and Reference photos Satellite and associated imagery Slide Shows and Photo Galleries: SC DOT's Photo Gallery Post and Courier Bridge stories Good Morning Low Country The bridge story as seen by the Post and Courier Post and Courier's story about these web pages and my view of Internet-centric learning (March 26, 2005). About Sparky Witte and our bridge web site	Some of the players that assisted with these photo essays HDR Jay Cashman, Inc. Testa Corp. S.C. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Office of Bridge Technology (Washington D.C.) Stanley-LaBounty hydraulic attachments Advanced Blasting Services, LLC Concrete Cutting and Breaking, Inc. Demolition Dynamics Mammoet: Specialists in heavy lifting and transport High Reach Demolition: All about High Reach Demolition excavators, used to unbuild high structures. Publications Addressing the challenges of Long-Span Bridges (from HDR) Changing the face of Charleston (from Concrete Openings) Ten to Watch (from McGraw Hill Construction Engineering News Record) Demolition Industry in the 21st Century (from McGraw Hill Construction Engineering News Record)
Google map resources facilitate visualizing progress with the unbuilding project and locating photo segments of interest. For the details, visit the Google map API. The balloons to mark sites of action. Click on any balloon to visit the most recent photos from that area. Click to view all unbuilding web page segments This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Attribution: C. Frank Starmer and Sparky Witte from http://oldcooperriverbridge.org