Bridge Implosion

[joseephuss]

This is an old steel bridge along U.S. 281 in Marble Falls, TX. It was imploded on Sunday, March 17, 2013.

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[jubal]

WOW! That looked like a mini gun strafing run from MOH that I did.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Always amazes how it takes years to build stuff and less than 30 secs to take it down.

After looking at it, did they have to blow it up twice, since the frame of the bridge is still there.

 

[joseephuss]

Always amazes how it takes years to build stuff and less than 30 secs to take it down.

After looking at it, did they have to blow it up twice, since the frame of the bridge is still there.

That is the new bridge that is still there.

There are some photos on this link showing the construction of the new bridge adjacent to the old one.
http://www.finleyengineeringgroup.c...articleID=BFD556A4-CD0B-72DB-6AD2254EC2EA60AC

 

[ethiostar]

That's awesome!!!

I would love to see that in super slow motion.

 

[WoodysGirl]

That is the new bridge that is still there.

There are some photos on this link showing the construction of the new bridge adjacent to the old one.
http://www.finleyengineeringgroup.c...articleID=BFD556A4-CD0B-72DB-6AD2254EC2EA60AC

Ohh ok. That makes sense.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

This is an old steel bridge along U.S. 281 in Marble Falls, TX. It was imploded on Sunday, March 17, 2013.

I think they might have gotten a little overzealous on that thing? :laugh2:

MARBLE FALLS — An outdated Central Texas highway bridge has been demolished using explosives instead of a tear-down process that could have taken two months.
Hundreds of bystanders gathered Sunday morning in Marble Falls to watch the former U.S. 281 bridge come down.
The implosion was so powerful, people could feel it 20 miles away and it knocked out 911 and phone service in three counties, according to media reports.
KXAN reported that cell phones stopped working along with first responder radios and confirmed the 911 call centers in Marble Falls, Burnet and Llano were knocked offline.
The Texas Department of Transportation has been working on a $30 million project to replace the four-lane bridge over the Colorado River with two roomier spans.
Experts opted for explosives instead of taking apart the 77-year-old metal-and-concrete bridge. Contractors will remove debris from the water and recycle as much as possible.

I would love to see that in super slow motion.

I saw that footage on my local news yesterday. They then played a somewhat slow-mo version of it, but it was still really fast.

I rewound that on my DVR, then played that in slow-mo. It was pretty cool. You could see the firing charge snake across the detonation wire, strung just under the bridge as it went from charge to charge.

It looked like little bursts of horizontal lightning, then BOOM...it blowed up real good!! :laugh2:

 

[kmp77]

The new bridge was perfectly aligned in the shot. After the smoke cleared I laughed...thought it was still standing.