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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March 6, 2005:
The Channel Gap < 6 inches and a view from the Pearman bridge

To help your imagination, here is a view of the last gap as seen from the Pearman bridge. Note the fairing installed along the edge girders on the west side. Soon similar wind breakers will be installed on the east side. You can see pairs of attachment points on the vertical stiffeners on the east edge girders.

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C. Frank Starmer

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