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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January 8, 2005:Getting there: the West Ramp and Approach

X marks the spot where the old and new bridges intersect (at least the bottom half of the X)

A perfect mix: Two palmettos framing the approach (left) and a sign to I-26 (right) Click on the right image and figure out which way to turn to get to Savannah

West Ramp Gap

I was standing under this guy and making a video of the crane lifting cross-members for assembling the next section of the ramp.

A secure iron worker

The I-don't-know-what-to-call-it ramp (East Bay Ramp?) - east of East Bay looking north toward the main approach (left) and south (right)

The East Bay Ramp, from above

looking toward I-26

Looking down Meeting Street and up the on ramp

Another view from Meeting Street looking up the ramp (different light)

The I-26 approach - who said concrete curves could not be beautiful?

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C. Frank Starmer

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