Paul Gelegotis Bridge, Road bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

The Paul Gelegotis Bridge is a four-lane, 7,300-foot (2,200 m) elevated road bridge on SC 700 (Maybank Highway) linking James Island and Johns Island over the Stono River. Vessels pass beneath a 65-foot (20 m) vertical clearance and 90 feet (27 m) of horizontal clearance between the supports. It carries emergency lanes but no demarcated bicycle lanes or sidewalks.

A series of Stono Bridges have stood at this crossing; the previous one, a two-lane swing-span drawbridge 1,416 feet long with a 156-foot steel truss, was built in 1928 and refurbished in 1950. During the American Civil War, Union troops floated burning rafts toward the wooden bridge, but Lieutenant Smith and a naval battalion brought the rafts ashore. The Paul Gelegotis Bridge opened in late 2003, with two lanes open in November 2003 and the rest in June 2004; it was dedicated June 17, 2004.

The bridge carries SC 700 (Maybank Highway) between James Island and Johns Island. Its name honours Paul Gelegotis, a James Island businessman and politician who started South Carolina's EMS ambulance service in 1973. The structure was dedicated on June 17, 2004.

The bridge rises on an elevated structure with a 65-foot (20 m) clearance for vessels below, so the roadway climbs rather than staying flat. It carries four lanes with emergency lanes but has no demarcated bicycle lanes or sidewalks, so cyclists and pedestrians share the road with traffic. Charleston has considered a tunnel beneath the approach ramps so golf carts and pedestrians can cross safely.

Paul Gelegotis, a James Island businessman and politician, started South Carolina's EMS ambulance service in 1973; the bridge carries his name. The structure was the first designed under the state Department of Transportation's new seismic criteria, and three construction accidents, including two cranes falling onto the deck, delayed its opening by six months.