The Liberty Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Greenville,

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. It is located at

Falls Park on the Reedy Falls Park on the Reedy is a park adjacent to downtown Greenville, South Carolina in the historic West End district. Considered the birthplace of Greenville, the park was founded in 1967 when the Carolina Foothills Garden Club reclaimed of lan ...

, where it crosses the

Reedy River The Reedy River is a tributary of the Saluda River, about long, in northwestern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Saluda and Congaree rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

above the Reedy River Falls.

Description

Downtown Greenville is bisected by a wooded valley park containing the falls of the

. The Liberty Bridge is located just downstream from this group of waterfalls, replacing a six-lane highway bridge that was demolished to improve the visibility and accessibility to the falls and adjacent park. The bridge has a curved clear span over the river that curves away from the falls, providing visitors with an aerial amphitheater from which to view the cascading water. The link gently slopes into the ravine and is supported by twin inclined towers and a single

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cable with thin cable suspenders only on the side away from the falls, allowing for unobstructed views. The bridge, with a total length of approximately and a clear span of , appears to float over the landscape. The twin towers and suspension cable are visible from vantage points around the city, calling attention and drawing visitors to the public park, falls and river.

Design and construction

The Liberty Bridge was completed in 2004, with

Miguel Rosales Miguel Rosales (born 1961 in Guatemala) is president and principal designer of Rosales + Partners, an architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. He specializes in bridge aesthetics and design. Some examples of these bridges include; Phyl ...

of Boston-based transportation architects Rosales + Partners providing conceptual, preliminary, and final designs, construction services, and community participation to the City of Greenville. Rosales + Partners collaborated with structural engineers

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and Arbor Engineering.

References

External links

Falls Park official website

Liberty Bridge engineering details
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Miguel Rosales, Liberty Bridge Architect

* ttp://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2014/10/04/liberty-bridge-falls-park-transformed-downtown/16751269/ Liberty Bridge, Falls Park transformed downtown
City to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Falls Park

Liberty Bridge a ‘transformative work of art’

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