Pair of Kansas River bridges set to be imploded in the next few weeks.
The Kansas Turnpike Authority plans to blast one of its original Kansas River bridges on 15 November, dropping the steel structure into the water for removal and eventual salvage. The second of the two bridges is scheduled to be blasted four days later.
The authority announced its tentative blasting plans Monday afternoon, now that turnpike traffic has been switched onto a new bridge that crosses the river at the northern edge of Lawrence.
All of the work is part of a $130 million project to replace the bridges, overhaul two interchanges and make other changes to handle increased traffic loads and prevent maintenance problems and rising expenses in the future.
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