Model Bridge Design » Historic

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge

Garrett Boon — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:35:06 +0000

This bridge is the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge which is over the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. It is North America’s largest cable stayed bridge. I got these photos when visiting family up there.

My brother, cousin, and I filmed a short spoof of the TV show, “Man Vs. Wild” on this bridge. We call ours “Man Vs. City.” You can watch it here:
Man Vs. Wild Spoof

European Bridge Pictures

Garrett Boon — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:03:52 +0000

Here are some pictures of European bridges I took on our family trip in December of 2004. Seeing these bridges was the highlight of the trip for me. Unfortunately we only were able to drive over one of the bridges, the Tay River Bridge. However, we did spent a lot of time walking on the Tower Bridge in London.

Tay River Bridge

Tay River Bridge, Scotland

Firth of Forth Rail Bridge

Firth of Forth Rail Bridge, Scotland

Firth of Forth Suspension Bridge

Firth of Forth Bridge, Scotland

This photo of the Forth Suspension bridge was accepted as the photo of the day on rlrouse.com on July 29, 2005.

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge in London, England

Welsh Arch Bridge

A foot bridge in Wales

Reserving and attending a few lessons in photography might be enough to get you started on a great hobby.

George Washington Bridge

Garrett Boon — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:14:22 +0000

Here is a picture of the George Washington Bridge that a friend of mine took recently.

Greentop Road Bridge

Garrett Boon — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:01:18 +0000

Pictures taken on October 5, 2006.

From the east — The south truss

Underneath looking west — Underneath looking east

The south side again — The west truss

Links about the Greentop Road Bridge:
http://bridgehunter.com/ga/coweta/7750080/

New River Bridge

Garrett Boon — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:00:02 +0000

Some friends of mine recently took a road trip to to PA. On the way, they stopped by a famous bridge and took this awesome picture:

Click for a closer view

This is the New River Bridge in West Virginia. It was the longest single-arch steel span bridge when it was built in 1977. In 2003, however, a longer single arch span bridge was built in Shangai.This photo is simply amazing. I normally don’t host such large images to save bandwidth but I had to show this one full size. Thank you so much, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth has taken quite a few really cool bridge pictures like this one, and I have been meaning to compile all of them into a photo album.

The Whooping Creek Bridge

Garrett Boon — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:52:24 +0000

The Whooping Creek Bridge was originally built in 1928 (According to here). Unfortunately, the bridge was closed in May of 2006 after a DOT inspection. 5 months later, no work has been done on the bridge. From what I understand, there is division on what to do with the bridge. Some people want to replace it, others want to save it.

Update: The bridge is open for traffic again!

All the pictures of the bridge below were taken on September 23, 2006.

From the south portal — From the north portal

The east side of the bridge

As you can see, the bridge uses a Warren truss with vertical supports. This is one of my favorite bridge designs, and it is very efficient.

View to the east — View to the west

An inscription — Yikes!

Big mud dauber nest — Underneath the bridge

Close ups of the gusset plates

The truss — The north abutment!

Signs

Links about the Whooping Creek Bridge:
http://72.9.241.50/~wa4kcy/Clem%204.htm
http://72.9.241.50/~wa4kcy/Clem.htm
http://carrollcountyga.com/home/comp%20plan/C7-Transportation.pdf
http://carrollcountyga.com/home/081506.actsum.pdf
http://carrollcountyga.com/home/051606.min.pdf
http://bridgehunter.com/ga/carroll/4500800/

Whooping Creek Bridge Reopened

Garrett Boon — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:02:54 +0000

Today I found out that the Whooping Creek Bridge on Clem-Lowell road has been reopened. This was good and bad news for me. My brother and I drove down there this morning to try and film something for the music video we are making (see previous post). We thought it would be the perfect place because there would be no traffic. However, the bridge was not closed off when we got there.

The bridge has not been fixed as far as I can tell. The main diagonal chord is still bent way out of shape. The weight limit for the bridge has been decreased fro 6 tons to 3 tons. I am glad that bridge is not being replaced, but am disappointed we weren’t able to film at the bridge. Well, it was a neat idea.