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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February 4, 2005:

Today, the gap between the East Bay ramp and the Meeting Street ramp is closed

The East Bay Ramp
east of East Bay looking north toward the main approach (left) and south (right). Note that the rebar over the nearest pier is in place across the length of the pier.

A closer view of closing the gap: from below (left) and from the primary bridge approach (right)

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C. Frank Starmer

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