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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December 12, 2004: Finishing the approach - deck cables
The east approach is now spliced to the east deck and the 13th cable bundle was built

West Approach: The master strand for the 15th cable bundle has been pulled

The west triple anchor girder - a view of the master strand

The west approach expansion gap

East Approach: Note that the 13th cable has been built

West Approach:
Note below that the 15th cable was started
East Approach:
A view of the top of the west pylon
A view of the top of the east pylon

The finished splice between the east approach and the east deck

A view of the splice between the east approach and deck

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