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 12, 2005:Bridging the Channel Gap

This week, the stay pipes and cables attached to the last pair of anchors (416) were erected

Now a bridge bridges the gap between the east and west decks.

A view of the gap from the top of the east pylon

From the old bridge

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