Gervais Street Bridge

Gervais Street Bridge
Photograph of the Gervais Street Bridge in 1986
Coordinates	33°59′42″N 81°03′11″W / 33.995°N 81.053°W / 33.995; -81.053
Carries	4 lanes of US 1 / US 378
Crosses	Congaree River
Locale	Columbia, South Carolina
Characteristics
Design	Arch Bridge
Material	Reinforced concrete
Total length	1,415 feet (431 m)
Width	36.1 feet (11.0 m)
No. of spans	11
History
Architect	Charles C. Randolph
Designer	Joseph W. Barnwell
Constructed by	Hardaway Contracting Company
Construction start	June 1926
Construction end	February 1928 (1928-02)
Construction cost	$597,167
Gervais Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	33°59′42″N 81°3′11″W / 33.99500°N 81.05306°W / 33.99500; -81.05306
MPS	Historic Resources of Columbia[1]
NRHP reference No.	80003676
Added to NRHP	25 November 1980
Location

Gervais Street Bridge is a historic bridge in South Carolina in the United States and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is an arch bridge constructed from reinforced concrete. Construction began in 1926 and the bridge was completed in 1928. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

This is the third bridge to be built on this site across the Congaree River. The first, built around 1827, was burned down in the American Civil War and the second, built in 1870, was replaced by the current bridge. At the time of its construction it was the widest roadway in the state. It was the only bridge across the Congaree River until 1953.