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Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge

Charleston County, South Carolina
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Overview of Bridge

Taken near Port of Charleston.

Photo taken by James F. Gentner in January 2009

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Overview
Cable-stayed bridge over Cooper River on US 17
Location
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2005, replacing the John P Grace and Silas S Pearman bridges
Design
Cable-stayed
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,546.0 ft.
Total length: 9,737.4 ft. (1.8 mi.)
Deck width: 111.9 ft.
Also called
Cooper River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.80306, -79.91500   (decimal degrees)
32°48'11" N, 79°54'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/601583/3629975 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Charleston
Inventory numbers
SC 1020001700900 (South Carolina bridge number)
BH 37628 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
76,455

Categories 

Built 2005 (41)
Built during 2000s (324)
Cable-stayed (53)
Charleston County, South Carolina (15)
Charleston, South Carolina (9)
Have street view (9,904)
Modern (606)
Navigable waterway (1,449)
 Open (28,318)
Over a mile long (192)
Owned by state (9,810)
South Carolina (208)
Span length over 1000 feet (105)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
US 17 (14)

Update Log 

  • January 15, 2012: New photo from Loyd Lowry
  • January 3, 2012: New photo from Don O'Brien
  • December 27, 2010: New photo from Blake K. Reaves
  • May 25, 2010: Updated by Nick Brnot: Added names of bridges this bridge replaces
  • May 23, 2010: New Street View added by Nick Brnot
  • July 30, 2009: New photo from Daniel McFarland
  • January 9, 2009: Updated by James F. Gentner
  • October 15, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • James F. Gentner - jfgentner678 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Daniel McFarland
  • kcin556
  • Nick Brnot - My profile
  • Blake K. Reaves
  • Don O'Brien - dok97 [at] frontier [dot] com
  • Loyd Lowry - loydplowry [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge
Posted January 9, 2009, by Todd D. Walker (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

This is momumental structure. It was fun to watch this bridge go up and the old Pearman and Silas spans go down on the websites provided. I like the cable-stay suspension bridges. I also like the old steel trusses too. I have an old postcard of the Pearman truss when it was the only bridge over the cooper river. Looks like as time goes on more steel truss cantilevers will succomb to more cable-stays. This website is perfect for a 'dedicated bridge lover' like me.