Last week, I had the incredibly fun experience of destroying completely one of the Texas Dept. of Transportation's bridges. (Don't worry, we built a new one!). Here are some of the photos...
The "Hammer" on the end of this excavator can put a hole into almost two feet of reinforced concrete. It doesn't take long for a whole span of the bridge to hit the ground.
Knocking a bridge down is pretty exciting and everybody likes to stop what they're doing for a few minutes to take a look. Even after completely hammering through the concrete of one of the columns, the bridge still holds up. The resillience of these things is a good thing!... Part of the over-engineering for safety.
When this span came down, it sent a tidal wave from the creek up the slopes of the creekbed. You can feel the ground shake from a good way off. The weight of this span coming down impaled itself on one of the columns that used to help support it!
The "Hammer" on the end of this excavator can put a hole into almost two feet of reinforced concrete. It doesn't take long for a whole span of the bridge to hit the ground.
Knocking a bridge down is pretty exciting and everybody likes to stop what they're doing for a few minutes to take a look. Even after completely hammering through the concrete of one of the columns, the bridge still holds up. The resillience of these things is a good thing!... Part of the over-engineering for safety.
When this span came down, it sent a tidal wave from the creek up the slopes of the creekbed. You can feel the ground shake from a good way off. The weight of this span coming down impaled itself on one of the columns that used to help support it!
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