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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September 25, 2004 Pylon-cable intersections: East and West

Completed cables on the westward extension of the east deck

Completed cap. Note the horizontal rods for building the walkways which were not there last week (see above).

Crossbeams in place on the eastward extension of the east deck

A symphony of cables in 3 movements

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