Cooper River Bridge's cables get a not-so quick inspection

Image by Ken Hawkins/TheDigitel No doubt some would have fun checking out the cables all the way up there; not I.

On many a day, it's already quite windy just driving over the Cooper River Bridge; one can only imagine how much more unnerving it would be checking the cables that go up another 400 feet.

But that is just what workers are doing: Routine inspection to ensure there's no corrosion. 

The Post and Courier has a short piece on the matter; read it here.

Make it to the end of that story and you'll get some impressive tech specs about the bridge's thick cables.

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