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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March 5, 2005:Joining the East Bay ramp with the Meeting Street Ramp

The East Bay Ramp
east of East Bay looking north toward the main approach (left) and south (right).

The East Bay Ramp from the Meeting Street On Ramp

And our East Bay Team (building forms etc)

and a closer view of our team

The East Bay Ramp (almost finished building forms)

After a day

From the Pearman Bridge: It appears that concrete has been poured between the yellow finishing machine (I don't know what else to call it) and near the beginning at East Bay. The covering, I believe, is for curing the concrete. Compare with last week's (Feb 27) photo where rebar was observed in this same area.

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C. Frank Starmer

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