Building the Ravenel Bridge


After all the photos I took, I've tried to arrange them in some order based on various topics I found interesting.

And a reminder from T.S. Eliot (East Coker from the Four Quartets) 

Old men ought to be explorers
Here and there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity
For a further union, a deeper communion
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May 14, 2005: Paving

The inside east-bound and west-bound lanes are complete and the rebar that outlines the separation barrier is in place.

The west backspan. Both west-bound lanes are paved as is the inside east-bound lane - looking east.

The main span looking east.

The east back span looking east. There is about a 100' segment of the outside west-bound lane to be paved.

The last west-bound segment to be paved

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C. Frank Starmer

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