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Originally Posted by Passionfruition Heh. If you're afraid of this one, you should have seen the one that was here earlier this year before this one opened!!!
The state gives safety ratings from 1-100 to each bridge...and the old Cooper River Bridges received a safety rating of 4!!!!!!!!
New bridge projection (once the old ones are torn down) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/images/lrfd28.jpg
Another pic of the old vs. the new together: http://oldcooperriverbridge.org/larg...rman_grace.jpg
This new bridge is 8 traffic lanes wide, not to mention the walking/biking lanes so it barely even feels like a bridge at all.  |
OMG!! A 4!!! I would throw up if I had to cross it even by car!