Drone captures spectacular bridge implosion. After being delayed 23 minutes, the implosion of the old Eggners Ferry Bridge in Kentucky went off without any complications as hundreds watched from the Kenlake State Park.
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Video – Eggners Ferry Bridge falls…
Video – Farewell FT07…
Time-lapse captures 55-hour demolition of concrete and steel bridge. As part of the Queensferry Crossing upgrade, a concrete and steel structure – the glamorously named FT07 – had to be demolished to allow the M90 motorway to marry up with the new Crossing. Built in the 1960, the bridge had previously carried the A90 approach…Read moreRead more
Video – Bon voyage Bonaventura…
Montreal elevated highway is coming down to make the city greener. The Canadian city of Montreal is saying farewell to the Bonaventura Expressway, an elevated highway that has served the city for decades. Pierre Saint-Marie, chief of division at the city of Montreal department of infrastructures, roads and transportation talks about the need for the…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition of Dowling Avenue bridge
Time-lapse film captures demolition of Toronto overpass. This video shows the removal of the Dowling Avenue Bridge, which spans the F.G. Gardiner Expressway. The bridge was made up of two spans, one span over the eastbound F.G. Gardiner Expressway and one span over the westbound F.G. Gardiner Expressway. The bridge is comprised of concrete girders…Read moreRead more
Video – Up the creek…
Blast fells Buffalo bridge. The New York State Department of Transportation has carried out the implosion of the old Route 219 bridge over Cattaraugus Creek. The bridge was closed last month.
Video – PP O’Connor graduates with honours…
Contractor marks final phase of university demolition contract. PP O’Connor began work in November last year to demolish the Faraday Building and other associated structures for the University of Manchester to make way for the £60 million Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre. The demolition of the link bridge between the Faraday Building and the Faraday…Read moreRead more
Video – Bird Creek Bridge blown…
Sunday morning blast for Oklahoma bridge. Crews detonated the remaining bridge near 56th Street North and Highway 169 in Owasso, Oklahoma on Sunday morning. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation stopped all traffic on both north and south sides of the work zone near the Bird Creek area, between Owasso and Tulsa.
Video – Gilpin blows bridge…
Controlled blast fells Plympton’s Merafield Bridge. On a weekend in which postponements were the order of the day in the UK’s explosive demolition sector, Gilpin Demolition managed to evade delays, carrying out the controlled implosion of the Merafield Bridge in Plympton during the early hours of Sunday morning. The demolition marks the final stage of…Read moreRead more
Video – Awesome bridge blast…
Take six minutes out of your day and admire this stunning video. Every time I fire up the DemolitionNews video camera and point it at something here in the UK, I am reminded of just how much better the sky often looks in films from elsewhere in the world. Seriously, check out the sunset in…Read moreRead more
Video – Ditton flyover dismantled…
PP O’Connor tackles Widnes landmark. Work is underway to demolish the south bridge of the Ditton flyover in Widnes. The work is part of the scheme to build the link roads through Widnes to connect the main road network to the new Mersey Gateway bridge, which will open in autumn 2017. Check out the superb…Read moreRead more
