August 22, 2005: Sparky catches more of the Pearman grider extraction.
Continuing to remove girders up to the superstructure
Here you can see the edge girder on the far side resting on the two sets of
caps.
To initiate the extraction, the structural integrity is disrupted just
over the pier cap on the right. Here is shown the early moments
of the girder's rotation around a pivot point over the left cap.
On the downward fall
After the dust mostly settles you can see the girder resting with the left
end between the legs of the piers.
And now its time for a small retreat, preparing to remove the next section