Low bid on bridge demolition comes in $11.1 million under estimates. The state of Rhosde Island received six bids for the work demolishing the old Sakonnet River Bridge between Portsmouth and Tiverton, the state Department of Transportation said today. The lowest apparent bid of $9.4 million was submitted by S & R Corporation, the DOT…Read moreRead more
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Video – Bothwellpark bridge busted…
Bridge over Scotland’s M74 felled during overnight possession. As part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project, Bothwellpark Road Bridge was demolished over the weekend of 18–21 November 2016. This superb video from Transport Scotland captures the action. M74 Bridge Demolition J4-J5 from Transport Scotland on Vimeo.
Video – Woodlands Bridge blasted…
Clarke Demolition Company carries out overnight bridge implosion. Clarke Demolition Company carried out the successful implosion of the Woodlands Bridge over the M3 near Windlesham in Surrey last weekend as part of a £174 million project to improve journeys. The bridge, which carried Woodlands Lane over the M3 between junction 2 (for the M25) and…Read moreRead more
Video – Last span standing…
Rakowski fells last vestiges of Saskatoon Traffic Bridge. 39,852 days after the first vehicle crossed Saskatoon’s Traffic Bridge, the last remaining span of the historic bridge fell yesterday. The Traffic Bridge opened on Oct. 10, 1907, as part of a 1906 agreement to form the City of Saskatoon by joining the east-side community of Nutana…Read moreRead more
Video – Hornsby footbridge felled…
Film captures removal and replacement of pedestrian bridge in New South Wales. Fresh from the land of kangaroos, wallabies and – erm – vegemite – comes this new film following the demolition and replacement of a footbridge linking the two halves of Hornsby.
Video – Massive bridge demolition…
Excavators assemble for mammoth overnight demolition possession. Residents of Mississauga in Canada this weekend witnessed a major demolition exercise to take down a bridge on Route 401. A fleet of excavators was brought together to tackle the overnight demolition works. And this excellent drone footage captures the best of the action: Massive 401 Demolition of…Read moreRead more
Video – Swiss bridge eaten alive…
Drone captures overnight bridge demolition. Mendrisio is a municipality in the district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is best-known as the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland (USI). But, for a moment, it will be better known as the origin of this great new drone video…Read moreRead more
Video – Out with the old…
New York bridge removed and replaced. Watch a Port Authority time-lapse of the demolition/reconstruction of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge, part of Staten Island’s Goethals Bridge Replacement Project.
Video – Oklahomo bridge falls…
Washita River Bridge meets explosive end. This explosive demolition of a bridge spanning the Washita River actually happened earlier this year. But this film of the blast proved so impressive that it was featured in the annual GoPro video awards. US-177 Washita River Bridge Demolition Carter County, OK from ODOT on Vimeo.
Video – German bridge blast…
Weekend implosion fells bridge over Stuttgart autobahn. A footbridge on Germany’s Autobahn near Stuttgart was demolished early Saturday (October 15) morning to make way for a new stretch of highway with extra driving lanes. This video captures the explosive action:
