Bridge Implosion in Marble Falls TX (with slow motion!)

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On March 17th, 2013 the steel US 281 Bridge in Marble Falls, Texas was demolished to make way for the construction of two new concrete bridges. Here’s a video showing the bridge being destroyed in slow motion.

Just for visual fun.

We need to fix so much of our infrastructure.

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Bridge Implosion in Marble Falls TX (with slow motion!) (Original post)	sonias	Mar 2013	OP
Crossed that guitar-strumming span for the last time a year ago...	Eleanors38	Mar 2013	#1
70,000 bridges	sonias	Mar 2013	#2

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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 11:01 AM

Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)

1. Crossed that guitar-strumming span for the last time a year ago...

I believe it was the same type as the one which collapsed in Minnesota a few yrs. back; one gusset failure and the whole thing can go. It needed to go big-time.

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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 11:09 AM

sonias (18,063 posts)

2. 70,000 bridges

70,000 bridges that are a danger in the U.S.

I think that's the number President Obama used in his State of the Union speech this year.

Think of the job creation we could be igniting. Yes that pun was intended.

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