Pitt Street Bridge (Cove Inlet) site photos

Cove Inlet was the site of a trolley bridge connecting Mount Pleasant to Sullivan�s Island from 1898 to 1927. There was a plank bridge built on Hogs Head barrels across the cove during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. The Hunley crew passed over the bridge on the way to Breach Inlet to test dive the H.L. Hunley prior to the February 17, 1864 attack upon the USS Housatonic

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(October 2006) Enlarge Marker at start of causeway (Pitt Street Bridge)		(October 2006) This view is from the end of Pitt St. in Mount Pleasant and shows the entire length of the original footbridge site. The pictures progress across towards Sullivan's Island showing views of the harbor, Fort Sumter, Charleston, the Cove and Sullivan's Island


(October 2006) View of Fort Sumter from Pitt Street Bridge		(October 2006) The Cove and Sullivan's Island lighthouse