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New Cooper River Bridge a year ahead of schedule.
SCDOT Project Update ^ | 1/20/2005 | SCDOT Project Update

Posted on 02/01/2005 2:50:01 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox

A year ahead of schedule, the new bridge plans to open in May or June of 2005

A year ahead of projected completion date, the new Cooper River Bridge construction team expects to have the bridge open to traffic in May or June of 2005. The exact date of the dedication and opening event will not be able to be projected until March or April. As soon as the opening date and the public events associated with the opening are planned, we will post the information on this website.


TOPICS: US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: bridge
On another thread I was reading about all of the problems and cost over-runs on the new SF Bay bridge. I did a google search to find the status of the new Cooper River Bridge and found this.


1 posted on 02/01/2005 2:50:02 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Here's a link to the new Narrows Bridge being built between Tacoma and Gig Harbor.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr16narrowsbridge/


2 posted on 02/01/2005 3:01:24 PM PST by taxesareforever
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To: SC Swamp Fox

I miss Charleston.
Such a wonderful city.


3 posted on 02/01/2005 3:13:51 PM PST by visualops (When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Use Duct Tape.)
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To: visualops
Some great images of the bridge construction can be found here.


4 posted on 02/01/2005 3:42:11 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: EagleMamaMT

Check out the link in post #4. Great pics of the construction.


5 posted on 02/01/2005 3:44:10 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

I remember when there was only one bridge across the Cooper River, one lane in each direction.


6 posted on 02/01/2005 3:46:52 PM PST by aomagrat (Where weapons are not allowed, it is best to carry weapons.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Finally, should I ever make it back down to Charleston, there'll be a bridge across the Coopuh that I won't be terrified to drive across! :)

}:-)4


7 posted on 02/01/2005 3:49:45 PM PST by Moose4 (http://www.livejournal.com/~moose4. Because the Internet was made for self-important wanking.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Thanks! I'll save this thread so my husband can see the pictures when he gets home sometime this month.


8 posted on 02/01/2005 4:01:30 PM PST by EagleMamaMT
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To: aomagrat
I drove across the old Grace Memorial Bridge in my '72 Grand Prix a couple of decades ago. That car filled up the whole lane and there wasn't very much separating me from the water.

Scared the puddin' out me.

9 posted on 02/01/2005 4:03:47 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Let me guess. The Cooper River Bridge contract didn't require payment of the "prevailing wage".

Another guess: It wasn't union labor that built the bridge.


10 posted on 02/01/2005 4:05:24 PM PST by jackbill
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To: SC Swamp Fox
I've driven back and forth over the two old Cooper River bridges almost daily for the last 5 or so years - they haven't fallen down yet...

The new bridge is stunning - at @ 500' tall, you can see it from miles away. And it is even prettier from the water (isn't just about everything?).

Charleston, the lowcountry and the Carolinas in general ROCK!

As a transplanted yankee (that's with a small 'y', as I moved here from the Midwest), this is home sweeeeeet home!

11 posted on 02/01/2005 4:05:32 PM PST by ImProudToBeAnAmerican (www.BrilliantYachts.com)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Old stuff....this is just a copy of the Great Savannah Bridge. Charleston is behind Savannah again! :)

On a brighter note, I will be gracing Charleston with my visit in March...so it isn't all that bad.

(Actually I love Charleston...its a beautiful town.)


12 posted on 02/01/2005 4:47:44 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: jackbill
Let me guess

I don't know how they did it...but those are good guesses.

13 posted on 02/02/2005 12:57:12 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: EagleMamaMT

Do you have any idea how they got so far ahead of schedule?


14 posted on 02/02/2005 12:58:02 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Well, I couldn't say on this bridge in particular, since I don't know any of the details regarding its building. I will say, though, that the crew and the supervision impressed me a lot on the Discovery Channel program I watched on the building of this bridge. My husband has been a crane operator for 32 years and has been working with the same bridge company for 10 years now, and he can usually tell just from the crew assembled and the supervision staff selected whether a job will go well or whether it will be a struggle to finish on time.


15 posted on 02/02/2005 1:38:03 PM PST by EagleMamaMT
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