The Ravenel Bridge was closed for about 40 hours this week due to icy conditions. It had to be closed again today for several hours as huge icicles began to melt and drop from this cable bridge. The windshields of several cars bore the brunt of icicles.
Per the Post and Courier:
Pieces up to 10 feet long, 1 foot wide and three-quarters of an inch thick broke free from the bridge superstructure and fell into the traffic lanes. Smaller pieces floated through the air and pelted the mainland in Mount Pleasant, witnesses said.
The top of each tower is about 380 feet above the road surface. Because of the height, some of the ice was falling with considerable velocity.
