November 2, 2005:
Cleaning up the East Bay - Ravenel ramp
I overslept. Yesterday (Nov 1), Paul's team finished removing the girders
from the Pearman approach up to East Bay - here, the last girder is
being lowered.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_01_2082_lower.jpg)
Last night, Neil's team would
cut and remove the roadway over the Ravenel approach. The only problem is
I managed to make it over to the site about 4am, just in time to watch
the cleanup. Here is an overview - exposed girders and cleaning up below.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2167_ebay_overpass.jpg)
So again, it was fun to capture with long exposures, the stationary
structures and the moving machines and workers.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2170_cleanup.jpg)
Loading the debris into a truck
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2180_unload.jpg)
Night photos are fun, because you can see through the arms of a loader
and watch someone (I need to meet) directing the process.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2211_cleanup.jpg)
A different view showing the large tembers used to protect the roadway.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2217_cleanup.jpg)
Richie was driving the highly mobile Cat - here a blur while debris is
picked up from the tember floor
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2239_ebay_richie.jpg)
Here is Richie's cat - waiting
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2241_richie_cat.jpg)
Neil, to the right with his arms folded, has completed his conducting
of the night symphony orchestra
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2243_neil.jpg)
More cleanup of debris on the temporary wooden floor
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2245_barrier.jpg)
As some of the temporary floor is cleaned, it is removed as Neil inspects
the progress.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2247_remove_barrier.jpg)
Looking at the skeleton of the Ravenel ramp overpass and Neil's team
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2256_traffic.jpg)
while Richie empties his bucket of small pieces of debris
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2267_cleanup.jpg)
And by about 5:30, its almost all over
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.oldcooperriverbridge.org/small/nov_02_2269_ebay_setup.jpg)
Tonight, I'll sleep less and follow the 7550 lifting the girder skeleton.
I discovered the 550 represents the lift capacity of the Grove
7550 - but the 7? What does that mean?