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..

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
As seen from Mount Pleasant.
Coordinates	32°48′10″N 79°54′54″W
Carries	Bikes, pedestrians 8 lanes of US 17
Crosses	Cooper River
Locale	From: Charleston, SC To: Mt. Pleasant, SC
Official name	Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
Other name(s)	Ravenel Bridge Cooper River Bridge
Maintained by	SCDOT
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	13,200 feet (4.0 km)
Width	Eight 12-foot (3.7 m) lanes
Height	575 feet (175 m)
Longest span	1,546 feet (471 m)
Clearance below	186 feet (57 m)
History
Opened	July 16, 2005 (2005-07-16)
Replaces	John P. Grace Memorial Bridge Silas N. Pearman Bridge
Statistics
Daily traffic	96,300
Location

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.

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