New bridge: Ravenel Bridge Longest Cable-Stayed bridge in NORT AMERICA

[empersouf]

The Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge or New Cooper River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina, connecting downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant. The eight lane bridge satisfied the capacity of U.S. Highway 17 when it opened in 2005 to replace two obsolete truss bridges. With a main span of 1546 feet (471 m), the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America.

Consrtruction:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Arthur_Ravenel%2C_Jr._Bridge_-_construction_1-17-04.jpg/250px-Arthur_Ravenel%2C_Jr._Bridge_-_construction_1-17-04.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Arthur_Ravenel%2C_Jr._Bridge_-_nighttime.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/83/1160/1600/skyview.jpg

http://media.mgbg.com/wcbd/bridge05/fireworks5.jpg

http://www.myetv.org/about_etv/pressroom/releases/images/RavenelBridgePhoto667-02.jpg

http://www.bridgemeister.com/images/rbscravenel1.jpg

I think it looks like the bridge from sc4

[allan_dude]

nice. will it stand a category 4 or 5 hurricane?

[crazyevildude]

^ With ease apprently. I saw an episode of Extreme Engineering about this bridge on Discovery channel a few months ago. I can't remember what they said but they explained how it was designed to handle a hurricane.

I also by chance saw the destruction of the old bridge on FoxNews when flicking through the channels. It was pretty cool, but there was no sound :(

[empersouf]

Hmm,I still like this bridge...it looks beautifull imho.