Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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Unbuilding Highlights
(Apr 10)
Meeting St. Stories
(Jul 10 2006)
East Bay Stories
(Oct 10 2006)
Drum Island Stories
(Feb 17)
Pearman Bridge Stories
(Apr 3)
Grace Bridge Stories
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Imposions: Prep and boom
(Mar 27)
Unbuilding Bridge Blog
(July 23 2006)
Unbuilding Challenges
(Mar 13)
Learning Links
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Unbuilding Stories
(Mar 13)
Video and Sounds
(Feb 28)

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May 27, 2005 18:29
Town Creek Segments

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June 04, 2005 12:06
From the top of the Ravenel west tower

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June 22, 2005 17:23
Grace and Pearman main spans

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July 07, 2005 8:10
From the Ravenel bicycle lane

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August 05, 2005 7:18
Early morning - The Grace, Pearman and Ravenel Bridges

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August 05, 2005 16:23
Ravenel Approaches

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August 22, 2005 17:59
At the beginning of the superstructure

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August 23, 2005 9:28
Dropping road segments (from Sparky Witte)

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August 27, 2005 19:45
Stonehenge

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September 02, 2005 15:00
Town Creek Segment

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October 05, 2005 12:31
Dropping a Pearman column just like dropping a tree - almost

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October 22, 2005 8:21
An early morning look at progress over Drum Island

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October 25, 2005 7:56
Clearing Grace and Pearman structures from Drum Island

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November 27, 2005 14:20
Preparations of the Pearman Piers

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November 30, 2005 15:53
Imploding Pearman Pier D-25

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January 07, 2006 9:45
The jackup barge at work

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January 21, 2006 9:05
Cleaning up the remains of T-4

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February 16, 2006 14:20
A bit of building going on in the yard and other stuff

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February 17, 2006 10:12
Jim Grier and his A team fells the last Grace segment on Drum Island

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