A series of explosions and implosions edited to the William Tell Overture. –kansastransportation on YouTube.
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Kansas DOT: Demolition Symphony
Friday, December 21st, 2012Oakland, CA: 12th Street Reconstruction Project Final Time-Lapse
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012(Best viewed in the HD setting and full screen) This is the final version of the time-lapse that captures the construction work of The City of Oakland (California) Measure DD, 12th Street Reconstruction Project, photos taken between January 10, 2011 and November 21, 2012. The project relocates and narrows a roadway to create a new […]
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: The Bay Lights Project
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012The Bay Lights from Words Pictures Ideas on Vimeo. The Bay Lights is an iconic light sculpture designed by internationally renowned artist Leo Villareal. The sculpture will be installed and illuminated over the course of the Bay Bridge’s 75th Anniversary, which extends from late 2011 to 2012.
View this complete post...St. Louis, MO: Blanchette Bridge Explosion and Demolition
Friday, December 7th, 2012A bit of civil engineering fun here in the STL! +++ Say hello!http://youngfreestlouis.comhttp://facebook.com/YoungFreeStLouishttp://twitter.com/YoungFreeSTL – youngfreestlouis on YouTube
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Barry LePatner, Founder, SaveOurBridges.com and Author, “Too Big to Fall”
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Barry B. LePatner is the founder of SaveOurBridges.com, an interactive map which allows the public to easily locate bridges in their area that are classified as both structurally deficient and fracture critical. Mr. LePatner is also the author of Too Big to Fall: America’s Failing Infrastructure and the Way Forward. He is founder of the […]
View this complete post...El Paso, TX: Loop 375 Border Highway West Extension Project
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012This animation provides an overview of the proposed Loop 375 Border Highway West Extension Project in the El Paso District. The project is still under environmental study and designs have not been finalized. For more information, visit: http://txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/el-paso/border-highway-west.html. –TxDOTpio on YouTube.
View this complete post...Chicago Infrastructure Trust: A Model For The Future?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
In it’s relatively short life span (Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced it March 2012), the Chicago Infrastructure Trust has garnered it’s fair share of skepticism and awe. Check out what experts, journalists, and Mayor Emanuel himself, have to say on the newly formed Chicago Infrastructure Trust. “Sometimes if you want something done right, you’ve got to do […]
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Twin Falls, ID: Perrine Bridge
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
This is the twenty-fifth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The I. B. Perrine Bridge at Twin Falls, ID is a truss arch four-lane bridge carrying U.S. Highway 93 over the Snake River Canyon. When: The bridge was opened to traffic in September 1927, and at the time, […]
View this complete post...St. Louis, MO: I-70 at Blanchette Missouri River Bridge Demolition
Monday, November 19th, 2012I-70 at Blanchette Missouri River Bridge St Charles/St Louis Counties. The $63 million rehabilitation of the westbound Interstate 70 Missouri River Bridge (Blanchette Bridge) will keep the westbound bridge closed from November 2012 until Fall 2013. In this video is one section demolished with explosives to help speed up in the renovations –modotvideo on YouTube.
View this complete post...Wichita, KS: Seven Day Bridge Project
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