Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina, United States, connecting downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant. The bridge is named after former U.S. representative Arthur Ravenel Jr..
Other name(s) | Ravenel Bridge Cooper River Bridge |
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Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
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Daily traffic | 96,300[1] |
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The eight lane bridge satisfied the capacity of U.S. Route 17 when it opened in 2005 to replace two old cantilever truss bridges. The bridge has a main span of 1,546 feet (471 m), the third longest among cable-stayed bridges in the Western Hemisphere. It was built using the design-build method and was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff.
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge Media
References
- ↑ SCDOT Traffic Counts, Accessed October 10, 2019.
- ↑ "T.Y. Lin International Group | Projects | Arthur Ravenel Jr. (Cooper River) Bridge". Tylin.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
Other websites
Media related to Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Ravenel Bridge | South Carolina Picture Project Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- The Official Website for the Cooper River Bridge Archived 2020-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, from SCDOT
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge at Structurae
- The Bridge Builders, Special Supplement from the Post & Courier
- The Story of the Building of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, Site of Frank Starmer
- Unbuilding (demolition) of the Grace and Pearman Bridges, Site of Frank Starmer
- Cooper River Bridge Run