That queer fish with the long whiskers, the old man who preaches on the sand, often climbs up on to the nearest girder. |
The steeply sloping reef was covered in a jumble of steel hawser, deck plates, twisted girder and hand-rail. |
Pier blocks serve as a transition from the posts supporting the girder to the concrete foundation footings. |
Further back, a solitary girder stands upright about 2m above the general level of the wreck. |
Consider the dead load of the precast girder, deck and diaphragm concrete acting on a simple span of the bridge. |
Everything, every single nut, bolt, screw, girder, steel cable, had to be lifted to those heights by helicopter, and winched down. |