[kellyhound]

MARBLE FALLS, Texas An outdated Central Texas highway bridge has been demolished using explosives instead of a tear-down process that could have taken 2 months.

Hundreds of bystanders gathered Sunday morning in Marble Falls watched 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 2 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.

[Kanda444]

that was awesome!

[Faline]

Short but sweet

[rapeWhistle]

Explosions

[Creepy]

THAT'S AWESOME.

haha. I always laugh when I hear someone say that.

[Drumstickshredder]

My dad is an explosives engineer, Wish I had followed in his footsteps

[Danscape]

[GregK]

Cool