Silas N. Pearman Memorial Bridge
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The Silas N. Pearman Memorial Bridge was a cantilever bridge that crossed the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. It opened in 1966 to relieve traffic on the companion John P. Grace Memorial Bridge. At the time it carried 3 lanes US 17 northbound traffic until the Grace bridge could not carry large trucks and one of the lanes was made southbound permanently. Both bridges were replaced by the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge in 2005. Demolition on the Pearman Bridge started August 6, 2005. One of the piers was intentionally left standing as a sort of memorial to the bridge, and can be seen by motorists getting onto the new bridge from East Bay Street in Charleston.
