Workers Fix Cracks On 4-Year-Old SC Bridge

Workers are patching cracks in South Carolina’s most expensive bridge, even though it’s less than four years old. Robert Clark with the state Transportation Department says the work should help ensure the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge lasts for a century.

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Published: April 28, 2009

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Workers are patching cracks in South Carolina’s most expensive bridge, even though it’s less than four years old.

Robert Clark with the state Transportation Department says the work should help ensure the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge lasts for a century.

Clark told The Post and Courier of Charleston that one of the companies that worked on the nation’s longest cable-stayed bridge, Skanska, is making the repairs at no charge under its warranty. Work on the $632 million bridge should be finished in the next couple of weeks.

Workers have replaced the large rubber shock absorbers under the road to cushion the bridge during earthquakes and hurricanes.

There have also been surface patches to prevent water from rusting the steel reinforcement bars, causing them to weaken the bridge.