US Coastguard hold key to implosion of remaining Seneca bridge spans.
Pearl Harbor Day could be the day the last two spans of the old Illinois River bridge came tumbling down. That is, if the U.S. Coast Guard goes along with the latest date to implode the two south spans of the early 1930s bridge.
The structure is being demolished since the recent opening of the new $24 million-replacement structure. A spokesman for Dykon Explosive Demolition of Tulsa, Okla., noted Wednesday the company was mobilizing the implosion for Tuesday, Dec. 7, depending on Coast Guard approval.
The center span of the aged bridge was imploded in a daybreak event watched by a couple hundred spectators on Thursday, Nov. 18. The second phase of the implosion was set for 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Instead, the north span was brought down in an unannounced implosion at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, which left the fate of the final two spans up in the air at the time.
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