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Wednesday Sunrise Weather 5/22/13
Outdated Central Texas Highway Bridge Demolished 3/18/13
Associated Press
3/18/13
MARBLE FALLS, Texas - An outdated Central Texas highway bridge has been
demolished using explosives instead of a tear-down process that could have taken
two months.
Hundreds of bystanders gathered Sunday morning in Marble Falls to watch the
former U.S. 281 bridge come down.
The Texas Department of Transportation has been working on a $30 million
project to replace the four-lane bridge over the Colorado River with two roomier
spans.
Experts opted for explosives instead of taking apart the 77-year-old
metal-and-concrete bridge. Contractors will remove debris from the water and
recycle as much as possible.
A new northbound bridge opened in December. A new southbound bridge will be
built in the same space as the old span.