New CDI video provides unique perspective on massive bridge demolition. Back on the 2 October, while the dust was still settling, we brought you footage of the demolition of the Kosciuszko Bridge in New York. But now, the explosives demolition company responsible – Controlled Demolition Inc – has released its own film of the blast….Read moreRead more
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Video – A closer look at Kosciuszko Bridge blast…
Video – Bridge piers imploded…
Old Cohoes-Waterford Bridge imploded. The piers of the old Cohoes-Waterford Bridge were imploded on Thursday. Traffic was halted in the area while crews demolished the six old piers across the Mohawk River. A $21.5 million project to replace the bridge started in 2016. The new bridge, which was built about 80 feet east of the…Read moreRead more
Video – Barging down a bridge…
Superb video captures delicate bridge span removal. Atlantic Coast Dismantling and Cashman Dredging and Marine performed a successful demolition pick of the 15 year old ‘temporary’ galvanized Bailey bridge over the Fore River in Quincy, MA. Working adjacent to the recently completed New Fore River Bridge the Atlantic and Cashman crews rigged, cut, lifted and…Read moreRead more
Video – New York bridge blasted…
Long-delayed blasts finally fells Kosciuszko Bridge. The old Kosciuszko Bridge, which connected Brooklyn and Queens for 78 years, was imploded yesterday morning. The controlled implosion of the bridge will free up space to complete construction of the second span of the new bridge. The old bridge’s main span over Newtown Creek was already lowered onto…Read moreRead more
Video – Torn apart by Cats…
S&R Corp. begins the Demolition of the Old Sakonnet River Bridge. The Old Sakonnet River Bridge in Rhode Island opened in 1956 as a replacement for the Stone Bridge, about a mile to the south. The original bridge was retired in 2012 when the new bridge was built. The Old Sakonnet River Bridge spans 664…Read moreRead more
Video – Bay Bridge succumbs to pier pressure…
Implosion removes yet more of the Old Bay Bridge. Engineers are taking out some of the last remnants of the original San Francisco Bay Bridge. They conducted the first implosion Saturday, to remove 13-remaining piers of the east span of the structure. The original 1936 bridge has been replaced with one that’s earthquake safe.
Video – So much for German efficiency…
Bridge pillars fall at second attempt. The piers that once supported a section of German autobahn have been demolished. But only at the second time of asking. A series of controlled blasts felled four of the six pillars; but two remained defiantly vertical as explosives failed to detonate. As local people and the news media…Read moreRead more
Video – Bye Bye to Bay Bridge foundations…
Final foundations of old Bay Bridge to be imploded later this year. The last marine foundations of the east span of the old Bay Bridge will be removed from San Francisco Bay this fall, Caltrans officials announced Monday. The remaining 13 foundations will be imploded between Labor Day and 13 November. Caltrans officials said the…Read moreRead more
Bushland bridge demolition to start today…
Bridge demolition to start six months after deadly crash. The Texas Department of Transportation will begin demolition work on the Interstate 40 bridge over Bushland Road on Monday, nearly six months after a deadly crash involving a tractor-trailer that resulted in major damage to the structure. The bridge was damaged on Feb. 27 when a…Read moreRead more
Video – Busting bridges in California…
Video captures all the action of overnight possession. On Monday night, crews began the night-time demolition of the old Norwalk Boulevard/San Antonio Drive bridge. This excellent video from Caltrans captures the best of the action:
