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
First photos from the SC Aquarium
Main span platform started
First stay cable pulled
My first bicycle adventure to get a closer look
Adding shark-fin edge girders
Lateral tendons
Hurricane cables
Freyssinet: Building a stay cable
A visit to High Steel, Lancaster Pa.
Closing the gap between the west backspan and west approach
Joining the east approach to the east backspan
High Steel: Drilling and reaming the last splice plate
Freyssinet: Pulling the last cable strands
Closing the main span gap
A visit to the bridge with my dad
Installing the splice plate
The last floor panel
Main span curvature
Freyssinet: Injecting cable housings
Freyssinet: Seating and sealing internal cable assemblies
Meet the Bidwell Paving Machine
Ungrowing the east tower crane
Building the anchor boxes
The traveler - a ride under the bridge
Wind dynamics over the diamond towers
Completion of the external dampers
Cleco: Night paving - oops - too windy
A view from the top
Cleco: The last night for pouring concrete
The elegance of symmetry
East Bay on-ramp completed
Views of a clean bridge (A gift from Wade Watson)
Opening ceremony fireworks
What is a signature bridge
First day of traffic
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C. Frank Starmer