Bridge that withstood blast pulled down. A barge-mounted crane finally finished what a team of explosive engineers couldn’t; and sent the near 100-year old Broadway Bridge into the water. As we reported a few days ago, an implosion did a pretty good job of kicking the paint off the Arkansas bridge whilst applying a liberal…Read moreRead more
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Video – Broadway Bridge finally succumbs…
Video – Broadway Bridge fails to fall…
100-year old Arkansas bridge stands strong after implosion. The Broadway Bridge steel arch did not collapse into the Arkansas River after explosives went off as it was supposed to Tuesday morning. Danny Straessle, spokesman for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, said crews were investigating why the arch didn’t fall. “It should have come down…Read moreRead more
Video – CDI sends bridge straight to Hell…
Explosive end for bridge over Arizona canyon. The intriguingly-named Hell Canyon Bridge is no more. Controlled Demolition Inc (CDI) did what CDI does best and sent the 130 metre long, three-span steel deck truss bridge straight to Hell.
Video – Bridge Busters strike again…
Armac demonstrates bridge busting prowess over UK’s busiest motorway. Solihull-based Armac Group has cemented its reputation as bridge busters with another high-speed, high-impact contract over the UK’s orginal and busiest motorway; the M1. During an overnight possession, the company removed the former Owen Williams M1 bridge to form a new link to the A5 north…Read moreRead more
Video – 100 excavators demolish Chinese overpass…
Chinese call upon overwhelming equipment force to complete demolition in record time. A marathon demolition project to remove an overpass in southern China’s Jiangxi Province got underway on August 26 with more than 100 excavators chipping away at the 500-metre stretch of road. The project began at 10.30pm local time with the main structure of…Read moreRead more
Video – Up Duck Creek…
Liberty deploys 200 tonne crane on barge to protect mangroves. Australian contractor Liberty Industrial has built a global reputation for its industrial demolition capabilities. But the company is no slouch in the environmental department either. Faced with the removal of a single-span bridge across Duck River with environmentally-protected mangroves at either end, the company devised…Read moreRead more
Video – Hateful eight…
Eight excavators down German bridge during overnight possession. A team of eight excavators, each equipped with large hydraulic hammers, has made light work of the demolition of a motorway bridge in Germany. The machines took just a few hours to bring down the 82-year old structure over the A8 motorway near Rosenheim.
Video – Short-cut to bridge demo clean-up…
Trucking on to a faster clean-up. When you’re demolished a bridge, it is normal practice to lay down a protective mat so safeguard the road or highway below. It is also the norm to have a wheel loader (or similar) on stand-by to help with the clean-up of both the protective mat and the fallen…Read moreRead more
Video – I-5 overpass dismantled…
Excavators finish what excavators inadvertently started. Crews have demolished an Interstate 5 overpass here just days after a truck gouged holes in it. The accident, caused by two excavators on a truck, caused a huge traffic backup. Chunks of concrete from the overpass hit two cars. The Washington Department of Transportation says the Chamber Way…Read moreRead more
Video – Eastbound and down…
Time-lapse film captures overnight demolition of Michigan’s I-96 bridge. As part of the I-96/US-23 reconstruction project in Livingston County, this was one of several old bridges along I-96 over US-23 that is being removed now that new bridges have been constructed at the interchange. Work is moving to the final phase of construction of this…Read moreRead more
