The beautiful Cooper River Bridge (ok, the Ravenel Bridge). When it opened in 2005, it actually replaced two rickety, intimidating spans -- the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (which opened in 1929) and the Silas N. Pearman Bridge (which opened in 1966). It is currently the third longest cable-stayed suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Spanning the Cooper

The beautiful Cooper River Bridge (ok, the Ravenel Bridge). When it opened in 2005, it actually replaced two rickety, intimidating spans — the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (which opened in 1929) and the Silas N. Pearman Bridge (which opened in 1966). It is currently the third longest cable-stayed suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere.