Talmadge Memorial Bridge, Savannah, Georgia

The new Talmadge Memorial Bridge is a 2.31 km long high level structure connecting the city of Savannah, Georgia and Hutchinson Island over the Savannah Front River. It replaces an existing bridge which was hit by ships several times because its navigational clearance of 41 m was too low for today's ocean-going vessels. The new main river span now provides a navigational clearance of 183 m horizontally and 56.4 m vertically, which will accommodate any ocean-going vessels today. The Talmadge Memorial Bridge is a three-span continuous cable-stayed structure with a center span of 335.4 m and side spans of 143.2 m, resulting in a 621.8 m cable-stayed unit. The main span length was determined by the desire to place the towers outside the channel to avoid ship collision.