An 83 year old bridge over the Ohio River was quickly demolished this week. The Fort Steuben Bridge was closed in 2009 after the Ohio Department of Transportation declared it “functionally obsolete.”
The 1,255ft bridge was loaded with 153lbs of explosives, and was splashing down into the water below 3.5 seconds after detonation. A video, filmed by the ODOT, can be found at the link below.
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