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"Longest Cable-Stayed bridge in America" [Bridge Hunter] That is no longer true. The John James Audubon Bridge has a main span that is 37 feet longer than the 1546 foot main span of this bridge.
"Longest Cable-Stayed bridge in America" [Bridge Hunter] That is no longer true. The John James Audubon Bridge has a main span that is 37 feet longer than the 1546 foot main span of this bridge.
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| Photo by Andrew Penik from Bridge Hunter All three 1929, 1966, 2005 |
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| Randy Perkinson posted This is the 13,200 feet (4,000 m) long Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River at Charleston, South Carolina. If Wikipedia is to be believed, the 1546 foot (471 m) main span makes it the 3rd longest cable stayed bridge in the western hemisphere. |
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Highway Engineering Discoveries posted Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge Cable-stayed bridge , South Carolina |
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| David Lin commented on the above post I lived in Charleston SC for 3 years. |
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| Charleston Daily posted, cropped The reflection at night of the Cooper River Bridge is transcendent. |
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| Mike Brint posted Ravenel Bridge connecting Charleston to Mt. Pleasant, SC |
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| Jake Jones posted Charleston SC 6-18-2015 |
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| Photo by Andrew Penik from Bridge Hunter All three, 1928, 1966, 2005 [From right to left] |
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Update: Below are three of the 295 photos posted by Robert Reeder. We see above that they used explosives to drop the suspended span of the older, skinnier 1928 Bridge into the shipping channel. But Robert's photos shows that they carefully jacked down the suspended span of the 1966 truss onto a barge. Were the bridges too close together to risk using explosives to remove the first span? Or would it take too long to clear the wider truss out of the shipping channel? Or both?
Robert's comment:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/… This is a bridges we took down in Charleston S.C 2 2250s and 888 2250s had 280ft of boom 888 had 260ft of boom good job also did an 870 ton lift with strand jacks and other bridge next to it was 760 ton no tandem lifts on water had both black smoking no weights for steel cause it was beefed up over the years many times grace built in 1928 Pierman built in 1955.According to Bridge Hunter, Pierman was built in 1966 instead of 1955. Grace was widened in 1959. Arthur began in 2001 and the traffic was transferred to it July 16, 2005. The demolition was completed in 2007. [Bridge Hunter timeline written by Nick Brnot.]
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So I set the "time machine" in Global Earth to 2005:
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| Google Earth with the "Roads" Layer turned off so that you can see the new bridge. |
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| Evan Wilson posted Name that bridge! [There is disagreement in the comments as to the name. But they all agree it is not called the Ravenel Bridge.] |
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| USA Art & Architecture posted Charleston, South Carolina❤ 📸: @jonathan.mcrae 👉 https://www.instagram.com/usa.explores/ |
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| USA Art & Architecture posted Charleston❤ 📸: @mpeacockmedia 👉 https://www.instagram.com/usa.explores/ |
Katie Hodson posted two photos with the comment: "Ravenel Bridge Charleston, SC"
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June 5, 2024: ship's throttle got stuck and a big container ship went down the river at 15 knots/hour. The bridge was closed as a precaution until the ship passed underneath.
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19:51 video about the "fast exit."
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