Cooper River Bridge Replacement, SC, USA
Key Data:
Length of bridge
2.5 miles
Number of traffic lanes
8
Completion date
July 2005
Cost
US$632m
Height above water
186ft
Tower height above the water
570ft
Total length of structures
2.8 miles
Interchanges
2
Sponsors
South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank (SCTIB), South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), Federal Funding
Designers
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Macdonald Architects, TYLI/HDR a joint venture of TY Lin International and HDR
Contractors
Palmetto Bridge Constructors (a joint venture of Flatiron’s Civil Division and Tidewater/SKANSKA)
