National Steel Bridge Alliance
Cooper River Bridge
Prize Bridge Information
- Year Awarded: 2005
- Year Completed: 2005
- Location: Charleston, SC
- Award Class: Special Purpose
- Designer/EOR: Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.
- Fabricator: High Steel Structures, Inc., Carolina Steel Corporation
- Owner: South Carolina Department of Transportation
- General Contractor: Palmetto Bridge Constructors
- Detailer: Tensor Engineering, Carolina Steel Corporation
Structure Information
- Structure Type: Cable Stayed
- Coating System: Paint
- Span Length (ft): 1546/6441/7439
- Structure Length (ft): 15426
- Average Deck Width (ft): 141/141/38
- Steel Weight/Deck Area (lb/ft²): 42.4/46.4/60.7
- Amount of Steel (tons): 38599
- Cost: $530 million