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