Only if needed, we would put a toll on the new bridge. That way, commuters wouldn't be hit both coming and going. . On the Mount Pleasant side, the pedestrian Grace would be connected with a proposed park at the base of the bridge, as well as a proposed river walk at Patriot's Point. On the Charleston side, the Grace would extend, via East Bay Street, to the future river walk at the S.C. Aquarium and Fountain Walk. Part of the beauty of Charleston, Mount Pleasant and the Lowcountry is its low profile.
Few things poke into our blue skies other than lighthouses, church steeples and longleaf pine trees.
The bridge designs I've seen are horrible, in part, because the bridges are too tall for our area. The towers needed for the proposed bridge replacement will be 500 feet tall. Fitting for Detroit, but not us. Unlike the Brooklyn and Golden Gate bridges, the Grace has not been maintained like those landmarks and we are paying the price of that now. But I'm guessing the Grace has another life.