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

2005-01-08
My first views of line 14 (East Bay on ramp)

2005-01-15
Extending the edge girders

2005-01-16
Preparing the pier cap and pouring concrete at the East Bay entrance

2005-01-19
Adding center girders

2005-01-20
Girders on the move - by truck that is

2005-01-22
Cross bracing and a view from above

2005-01-25
Two spans to go

2005-01-28
Preparing the next set of girders

2005-02-04
No gap between Line 14 and the Ravenel approach

2005-02-05
Kissing cranes at the Ravenel junction

2005-02-06
Last edge girder placed

2005-02-12
Bidwell at work near East Bay - making roadway

2005-02-20
Happy workers and placing the underside forms

2005-02-27
Grace crossbraces removed

2005-03-05
Building the bicycle/jogging path forms

2005-03-13
The Bidwell paving machine - at work

2005-03-19
Paving continues - and a view from the Pearman

2005-03-26
Building the span under the Grace truss

2005-04-02
Building the expansion joint at the Ravenel junction

2005-04-11
Building the expansion joint

2005-04-16
The bicycle detour around the Grace supports

2005-04-23
Bicycle and jogging lane virtually complete

2005-04-30
The last pour at the expansion joint

2005-05-08
Building the entrance ramp from East Bay and the expansion joint

2005-05-14
Painting and the expansion joint

2005-05-27
Painting the lane boundaries

2005-06-04
Pouring the bicycle / jogging East Bay entrance

2005-06-11
East Bay on-ramp completed

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C. Frank Starmer