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Fort Steuben Bridge has been demolished by Crews using 490 shaped charges and 153 pounds of explosives that had been strategically mounted in 136 locations all over the bridge.
http://www.historicbridges.org/...
that article was pissed because they didn't try to save the bridge or any part of it.
After decades of use and months of planning, it took just seconds for the Fort Steuben Bridge to come down.
The bridge was imploded as scheduled at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday and no problems were reported, Ohio Department of Transportation District 11 Bridge Engineer Waseem Khalifa said.
The bridge crumbled in a matter of seconds after a series of small blasts. Initial charges were first visible across the deck of the bridge followed by secondary charges on the towers.
here's that aricle link
http://www.wtov9.com/...
the reason they took this bridge down was because of it was a rust bucket. I sure hope they take care of the Big bridges like the Golden Gate bridge better than this one.
this bridge was closed in 2009.