Missouri’s Blanchette Bridge gets smaller and smaller

Missouri’s Blanchette Bridge is now even more abridged. Just a few weeks after explosives took out the West Struss Span, the remaining steel truss on the bridge’s westbound lanes was blown up by demolition crews on Tuesday December 5, 2012. More than 2,000tonnes of steel dropped over 300m into the Missouri River. A 107m section of the Blanchette Bridge was brought down last month. The Blanchette Bridge blasting is part of a US$63 million, year-long project to replace the westbound span.
December 10, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Missouri’s Blanchette Bridge is now even more abridged.

Just a few weeks after explosives took out the West Struss Span, the remaining steel truss on the bridge’s westbound lanes was blown up by demolition crews on Tuesday December 5, 2012.

As a result of the latest explosion over 300m of steel, weighing more than 2,000tonnes, dropped into the Missouri River.

A 107m section of the Blanchette Bridge was brought down last month.

The Blanchette Bridge blasting is part of a US$63 million, year-long project to replace the westbound span.

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