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Highlights
As seen from the Aquarium
East Bay on ramp
The Last Shark Fin
Closing the main span gap
Paving the bridge
The last stay cable
Opening Events
Engineering Challenges
Stories of Bridge Folks
Erecting Steel
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March 10, 2005: Placing concrete floor panels, mostly a song without words

Guiding

Aligning

To add a bit of action - here are two 1 min video segments of lifting the floor panel and lowering the floor panel. Each video segment is about 15 Mb, quicktime.

Encouraging

A view of the east floor

Disconnect cables

Final touches

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Attribution: C. Frank Starmer from http://ravenelbridge.net

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