Sixth,
Seventh, and Tenth Street Stone Arch Bridges
700 blocks of Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Streets, Charleston
Charleston’s
three stone single arch bridges, built circa 1895 and crossing the Town Branch
of Cassell Creek, are located on Sixth, Seventh and Tenth Streets within a quarter
mile length of the Town Branch. They are found just south of the Charleston’s
central historic downtown area or Courthouse Square.
All three bridges are constructed primarily of local limestone from the Livingstone
member of a 300 million year old Bond Formation located in the quarries adjacent
to the Embarras River east of Charleston.
These single arch bridges are partially obscured from view to the motorist or
pedestrian and one must walk toward the creek bed in order to observe the arches.
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