2003-08-23 First photos from the SC Aquarium  | 2003-10-12 The west and east pylons are rapidly growing  | 2003-10-19 Cargo ships passing under the virtual Ravenel Bridge  | 2003-10-26 Continued development of the pylons  |
2003-11-02 Concrete mixing machines at the pylon worksite  | 2003-11-09 Work on the east and west approach pylons  | 2003-11-16 The east pylon is catching up with the west pylon  | 2003-11-23 Structural steel moved into place near the west pylon  |
2003-11-30 Forms in place on the tops of the east approach piers  | 2003-12-07 East approach pier capped  | 2003-12-14 Main span platform started  | 2004-01-13 Erecting the east platform  |
2004-01-18 A closer look at the east and west main span decks  | 2004-01-25 Shark fin edge girders in place on the west platform  | 2004-01-31 Shark fin edge girders in place on the east platform  | 2004-02-15 Deck crane erectedon the west platform  |
2004-02-22 Two deck cranes on the west platform  | 2004-02-28 West pylon top nearing completion  | 2004-03-07 First stay cable pulled  | 2004-03-14 Freyssinet at work - West stay cables assembled  |
2004-03-21 A dolphin and a different view of the bridge  | 2004-04-18 Reflections of our bridge and east stay cables pulled  | 2004-04-26 East approach floor griders extended to the next pier  | 2004-05-02 Second set of stay cables on the west platform  |
2004-05-09 Without words - reflections  | 2004-05-17 Second stay cables on the east platform  | 2004-05-22 3rd stay cable assembled  | 2004-05-30 4th shark fin girders added to the west platform  |
2004-06-07 4th stay cable assembled  | 2004-06-22 Fifth stay cables assembled on the west platform  | 2004-06-27 Erecting floor girders between the west approach pylons  | 2004-07-04 Adding the next set of shark fin girder to the west back span  |
2004-07-11 Extending shark fin girders to the east back span  | 2004-07-17 6th stay cable assembled  | 2004-07-31 Closing the gaps between the approaches and back spans  | 2004-08-07 7th stay cable assembled  |
2004-08-14 Eighth cable assembled on the west deck  | 2004-08-21 8th stay cable assembled  | 2004-08-29 Closing the gaps between the back spans and the approaches  | 2004-09-01 9th stay cable assembled  |
2004-09-05 A bridge near Manzanillo Mexico  | 2004-09-12 Adding the 2nd set of hurricane cables  | 2004-09-19 Completion of the west approach with a 3 finned shark girder  | 2004-09-25 Another hurricane coming and the 10th stay cables complete  |
2004-09-26 10th stay cable assembled  | 2004-10-03 11th cable installed on the west platform  | 2004-10-09 Two edge girder to go - linking the back span with the west approach  | 2004-10-15 11th stay cable assembled  |
2004-10-17 12th shark fin girder added on the approach side of the west back span  | 2004-10-22 12th stay cable assembled  | 2004-10-31 The squeeze is on - one edge girder to link the west approach and back span  | 2004-11-01 13th stay cable assembled  |
2004-11-06 A shark fin splice between the west approach and west back span  | 2004-11-14 Cargo passing under the main span gap  | 2004-11-21 13th cable on the west main span  | 2004-11-28 Shark fin girders in waiting  |
2004-12-05 15th stay cable assembled  | 2004-12-12 The west approach expansion gap  | 2004-12-18 13th cable assembled on the east span  | 2004-12-19 God's early monring sun kisses our new bridge  |
2004-12-23 Dark and gloomy - but the channel gap is decreasing  | 2005-01-02 Adding another pair of shark fin girders to the east main span  | 2005-01-08 Last shark fin girder extends the west main span  | 2005-01-15 Last stay cable assembled on the west main span  |
2005-01-16 16th stay cable assembled (west)  | 2005-01-22 12th cable assembly on the east main span  | 2005-01-30 Last shark fin girder extends the west main span  | 2005-02-05 Sand blasting the pylons and erecting the stay pipe on the east platform  |
2005-02-12 16th stay cable assembled (east)  | 2005-02-20 Splicing the east and west main spans  | 2005-02-27 Dark, gloomy - nothing specific to note (at least by me)  | 2005-03-06 A bicycle path for Marvin and Laurie  |
2005-03-13 The west tower crane is growing down  | 2005-03-19 Half the west tower crane  | 2005-03-26 Gone is the west tower crane  | 2005-04-02 A continuous main span - now for the finish work  |
2005-04-08 The east tower crane is growing down  | 2005-04-09 The east tower crane continues to grow down  | 2005-04-14 East tower crane is resting on the rock island barge  | 2005-04-15 No tower cranes, no barges, just our new bridge  |
2005-04-23 A view from the Sea Breeze Marina  | 2005-05-14 Adding the bicycle guard rail  | 2005-05-27 Paving is complete  | 2005-06-04 Cargo passing under the completed main span  |
2005-06-11 From the Imax Theater  | 2005-06-19 As seen from the Imax Theater  | 2005-07-12 Views of a clean bridge (A gift from Wade Watson)  | 2005-07-17 The first day of official traffic on our new bridge  |