Bridge lit up by Sunday morning implosion.
With a deafening series of explosions, moving north to south in a half-second across the U.S. 281 bridge over Lake Marble Falls, most of the 950 feet of metal truss works collapsed into the river Sunday morning.
The blasts produced a mass of black smoke that quickly drifted to the north over downtown Marble Falls with the morning’s brisk winds.
The 8:07 a.m. concussions, louder and more forceful than even experienced Texas Department of Transportation officials on hand anticipated, also produced a sustained round of “wow,” “awesome,” fist pumps and excited chatter among the 3,000 to 4,000 people who public safety officials said gathered in various shoreline locations to watch.
Read more here, or view the spectacular video below:
