Route 17 Osage River Bridge Demolition.wmv

MILLER COUNTY, MO - Earlier this month, a brand new bridge over the Osage River on Route 17 in Miller County, Mo. opened to traffic. Motorists driving across the new structure could watch as construction crews worked just 20 feet upstream to dismantle the old bridge that carried traffic since 1933. As part of this work, crews temporarily stopped traffic crossing the river on Aug. 31 and set off a charge that dropped a portion of the depression-era structure to the water below.

Tom Wright, Presiding Commissioner of Miller County, Mo. and Jessica Keathley from MoDOT set off the ceremonial blast to demolish the old structure.

APAC-Kansas, Inc. built the new bridge and is demolishing the old structure. The project was the first in the nation to get underway as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The new bridge opened on Aug. 16 following a ribbon-cutting celebration.

For more information about this project, please log onto www.modot.org/central.

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[ikaofmo]

They going to clean up the junk or just push it off in the river?

[StonedOli]

Why is she the only one excited? Maybe it's because your helmet was in the way?