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  • Longest Cable Bridge in U.S. Dedicated

    07/16/2005 5:42:49 PM PDT · by SmithL · 100 replies · 3,441+ views
    AP ^ | 7/16/5 | BRUCE SMITH
    Charleston, S.C. -- Hundreds of people filled an eight-lane highway in place of cars and trucks Saturday to dedicate the $632 million Ravenel Bridge over the Cooper River, the longest cable-stayed span in North America. "We have created not only a bridge, but a thing of beauty," said Arthur Ravenel Jr., the former state senator and U.S. congressman for whom the span is named. The bridge's 1,546-foot main span is supported by cables stretching down from the tops of a pair of diamond-shaped, 570-foot-tall towers. Unlike suspension spans such as San Francisco's Golden Gate, where the deck is suspended beneath...
  • Runner Collapses, Dies of Cardiac Arrest at Cooper River Bridge Run

    04/05/2004 9:47:55 PM PDT · by Bobby Chang · 3 replies · 344+ views
    Runner dies in 10K race in Charleston Published Saturday, April 3rd, 2004 CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A 47-year-old North Carolina man died while racing in the 27th Annual Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston on Saturday. Spectators and fellow racers attempted to resuscitate James Scott after he collapsed during one of the first legs of the 10K race from Mount Pleasant to downtown Charleston, The (Charleston) Post and Courier reported. Scott of Hickory, N.C., was pronounced dead at the hospital around 9:30 a.m. Charleston County Coroner Susan Chewning said Scott died of cardiac arrest. "It was just awful," said Tami...