A Graceful Link

This article describes the design, construction, and opening of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge across the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The $540-million Arthur Ravenel Bridge, completed for the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) by its design-build contracting team within 4 years of the project's outset, is the longest cable-span bridge in North America. The 8-lane structure opened to traffic in July 2005, after a week-long community celebration. The focus of the article is on the design-build nature of the project, which has proven to be an unqualified success from all vantage points, according to SCDOT.

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• Authors:
  • Wood, Debra
• Publication Date: 2005-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 26-32
• Serial:
  • Constructor
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Associated General Contractors of America
  • ISSN: 0162-6191

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Cable stayed bridges; Construction management; Construction projects; Contracting; Contracting out; Design build; Highway bridges; Long span bridges
• Identifier Terms: Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (South Carolina)
• Geographic Terms: Charleston (South Carolina)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051342
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 2007 10:18AM