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Department of Civil Engineering
CIVL 3121 - Interesting Information about Structures
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Charleston's Arthur Ravenel Bridge (Cooper River Bridge)

Between Charleston, South Carolina (USA) and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, stands the Grace Memorial Bridge.  Completed in 1929, the cantilever steel structure has a main span of 1050 ft., or 320 m. and a total length of 3.6 miles or 5.79 Kilometers.  A parallel bridge, with a similar design but a shorter main span, was built in 1966.  This allowed the old bridge to be converted to one-way traffic.  The bridges have navigation clearance of 135 ft., or 41.15 m.

July 16, 2005: Its official: The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge "is"

From the top of the West Tower: Looking east

Looking west

 

August 23, 2003

April 23, 2005

As seen from the Sea Breeze Marina - next to the PBC pier

July 16, 2005:
The end of the first day of the working life of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge

Driving (officially, that is) home across our new bridge for the first time

 

July 17, 2005: The first day of traffic

July 12, 2005: Presenting first views of a clean bridge

Here are a few vertical presentations
Looking from Mt. Pleasant

Looking from Charleston

 

July 12, 2005: More views of a clean bridge

Looking south from the edge of Drum Island with a C-17 in the upper right

Looking north over the Motley Rice Building

Looking toward Charleston from Mt Pleasant

Another look toward Charleston From Mt. Pleasant


This website was originally developed by Charles Camp for CIVL 3121.
This site is maintained by the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis.
Your comments and questions are welcomed.

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