Arthur Ravenel Bridge

October 18, 2005

Every year my family goes to Isle of Palms, SC, which is just east of Charleston across the harbor. The quickest way from the island to downtown Charleston is to take Hwy 17 from Patriot’s Point across the harbor and into downtown.

With modern day bridges, this wouldn’t be that big of an issue. However, the bridges connecting Patriot’s Point and Charleston are not modern by any stretch of the imagination. They were old, steep and very narrow. Since we usually went to downtown as a group, we would always be in the biggest vehicle. The ride up and down the bridge was always white-knuckled as you tried not to bump into the railing or the can next to you.

Of course, that was before the opening of the new Arthur Ravenel Bridge. The new bridge opened up in July 2005. The original bridges have been in the process of being “unbuilt” for the past two months.

The unbuilding (which I prefer to demolition) processes have captivated my curiosity just as the construction of the Ravenel bridge did. These photo essays reflect not only my curiosity but the curiosity of many others. What started as a personal story has evolved to be a community project that is enabled by many of you.

You should definitely visit the site for more information. There are a ton of pictures of the entire process. And most interesting to the geeks in all of us, they are using Google Maps to help with the documentation details.

We use Google map resources to facilitate visualizing progress with the Unbuilding (demolition) of the Grace and Pearman Bridges.

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