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Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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October 29, 2005:
Progress around East Bay St.

Four sets of concrete girders gone. By night, the roadway is removed and by day, the girders are lifted and moved to the adjacent Pearman roadway where they are moved to the base and broken up.

The Grace skeleton looking east

The Grace skeleton looking west

and a look along the remaining girder structure of the Grace Bridge

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