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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May 27 2005:The East Bay ramp is joined with the Meeting Street Ramp

Looking north (left) and south (right)

Looking from East Bay - it is mostly over - Bicycle fence is almost complete.

Here you can see the divergence from East Bay onto the on ramp as well as the bicycle lane.

From the Meeting Street on ramp. Lane markers are painted

Looking from the main west approach. Lane markers are in place.

A digital sketch of the approach view - what feature is absent?

The west backspan. You can see Wednesday night's pavement curing (right).

A view from the Seabreeze Marina

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C. Frank Starmer

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