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Structure-ID: s0002485
Created on: 06/12/01
Modified on: 29/07/05


Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge

New Cooper River Bridge
Built: 2001 - 2005
Status: in use
Location: Between Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA and Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Crosses: Cooper River
Town Creek
Carries: U.S. Route 17
Fog surrounds the towers of the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. bridge
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There is a total of 58 images.
Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
semi-fan arrangement
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Replaces: Grace Memorial Bridge (1929)

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Advitam Inc
Owner State of South Carolina (State Infrastructure Bank)
Client South Carolina Department of Transportation
Design Ben C. Gerwick Inc. foundations
  Buckland & Taylor Ltd. bridge
  LPA Group interchange
  Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas bridge
Architecture Donald MacDonald Architects bridge
Technical advisor to the client HDR Inc.
  T. Y. Lin International
Co-contractor HBG Flatiron
  Skanska USA Civil
  Tidewater Construction Corp.
Stay cables Freyssinet International
Formwork PERI GmbH

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  polyethylene-wrapped steel wire
deck  precast prestressed concrete
pylons  prestressed concrete
Dimensions
  main span 471 m
  total length 4 558 m
  clearance max. 57 m
deck   width 40 m
pylons   pylon height 174 m
Cost
  cost of construction US$ 531 000 000

Chronology
16 July 2005
Opened to traffic.

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External LinkArthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge Photographs English
External LinkBridge Pros: Grace Memorial Bridge English
External LinkBuckland & Taylor: Cooper River (Arthur Ravenel Jr.) Bridge English
External LinkCooper River Bridge English
External LinkDonald MacDonald: Cooper River Bridge English
External LinkENR: Charleston's New Signature Span (14.07.2003) English
External LinkPERI: Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, SC, USA English
External LinkPERI: Neubau Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, SC, USA German
External LinkPERI: Pont Arthur Ravenel Jr., Charleston, Etats-Unis French
External LinkThe Story of Building Charleston's new Arthur Ravenel Bridge (Cooper River Bridge) English

Relevant Literature
* Double première au Nouveau Monde, in "Sols et Structures", 2005, n. 221 .
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 76.
* Buckland, Peter   Designing difference, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 1st Quarter 2006, n. 42 v. 12 .
* Cho, Aileen   Charleston's New Signature Span, in "Engineering News Record", 14 July 2003 .

 
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