Building the new Cooper River Bridge: The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.

Changing the face of Charleston:
Building of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge

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As seen from the Aquarium

East Bay on ramp

The Last Shark Fin

Closing the main span gap

Paving the bridge

The last stay cable

Engineering Challenges

Stories of Bridge Folks

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Engineering Challenges - a closer look at the main span construction

2004-01-01 Overview and links: Cable Stay Bridges	2004-05-09 My first bicycle adventure to get a closer look	2004-05-15 Adding shark-fin edge girders	2004-05-23 Lateral tendons and the elevator
2004-06-06 Lateral tendons	2004-06-27 Progress as seen from my bicycle	2004-07-04 Counterweights as the mainspan grows	2004-07-08 Hurricane cables
2004-07-11 Adding floor girders	2004-07-21 Freyssinet: Building a stay cable	2004-08-01 Hurricane cables and a possible test	2004-08-08 Building the 7th set of stay cables
2004-08-22 Building the 8th set of stay cables	2004-08-29 Dreding the channel	2004-09-01 Placing the final triple shark fin girder	2004-09-12 Stay cables and Hurricane anchors
2004-09-19 East and West approach piers	2004-09-25 Capping piers and extending the main span	2004-10-03 Capping the east pier	2004-10-17 Adding the triple fin girder on the east back span
2004-10-29 A visit to High Steel, Lancaster Pa.	2004-11-01 Closing the gap between the west backspan and west approach	2004-11-14 X marks the spot	2004-12-12 Joining the east approach to the east backspan
2004-12-12 Morning sun	2004-12-16 Night work on the main span	2004-12-19 God's early monring sun kisses our new bridge	2005-01-23 One more edge girder to go!
2005-01-26 High Steel: Drilling and reaming the last splice plate	2005-02-04 Sandblasting the towers	2005-02-13 Last edge girder gap	2005-02-19 Marvin and Lori: Bridge workers will do anything to be first to cross the gap
2005-02-23 The last gap - North and South sides	2005-02-23 Phillip and the Last Dinosaur Standing	2005-03-05 Hydraulic jacks and moving the bridge	2005-03-06 Early morning work on the traveler
2005-03-08 Freyssinet injecting cables	2005-03-08 Installing the last splice plate	2005-03-10 Unbuilding the west tower crane	2005-03-10 Installing floor panels
2005-03-12 Pouring the last concrete	2005-03-19 Main span curvature	2005-04-08 Ungrowing the east tower crane	2005-04-12 Ungrowing the east tower crane
2005-04-23 The curvature of the main and back spans	2005-04-30 The traveler - a ride under the bridge	2005-05-16 Wind dynamics over the diamond towers	2005-06-10 Final painting of the anchors

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