After serving for nearly 100 years, the old Ironton-Russell Bridge was finally demolished this May. Much of the bridge had already been removed, and the final segment was dropped into the water by controlled detonation.
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Ironton, OH: Demolition of Old Ironton-Russell Bridge
Friday, May 26th, 2017Elizabethtown, KY: New Glendale Road Bridge Demolition
Friday, May 31st, 2013New Glendale Road Bridge over Western Kentucky Parkway Demolition. Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Bridge was damaged by a semi hauling a large dump truck on November 19, 2012.- Code3ImagesLLC on Youtube
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: Bay Bridge Cable Animation
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Animation of how the longest suspension cable in the world will be installed over the next few months on the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge. ZushaElinson1 on YouTube.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge
Thursday, December 1st, 2011This is the ninth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge, know as The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, is a major dual-span bridge and was the world’s longest continuous over-water, steel bridge at the time of its opening in 1952. When: Construction […]
View this complete post...More Broken Bridges Than Golden Arches [INFOGRAPHIC]
Monday, November 14th, 2011“There are more deficient bridges in our metropolitan areas than there are McDonald’s restaurants in the entire country,” reported Transportation for America.
View this complete post...VDOT: A Tale of Two Tunnels
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011VDOT Pictures proudly presents “A Tale of Two Tunnels,” an epic tale extolling the virtues of using the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel to get to the beach this summer season! Critics are raving! Visit www.virginiadot.org. – vdotweb on YouTube
View this complete post...Axtell, Utah Prefab Bridge Installation
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Well known for its use of accelerated bridge construction techniques and pre-fabricated bridge components to speed the construction and repair of the state’s aging bridge infrastructure, the Utah DOT opted to replace the Sevier River Bridge with pre-fabricated steel bridge components. – shortspansteelbridge on YouTube
View this complete post...I-405 Benson Bridge Demolition, Washington State
Thursday, July 15th, 2010A time lapse video of the Benson Bridge demolition on July 10, 2010. The bridge removal makes room for a new lane of each direction of I-405 in Renton. For more information, go to: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I405…
-wsdot on YouTube
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