Economy
One of the Craziest Bridge Demolitions You'll Ever See
The explosive takedown of Wuham's 2.2-mile long viaduct was the longest concrete-bridge demolition in China's history.
How do you explode a 2.2-mile-long bridge in a residential district with no collateral damage?
Very carefully, it turns out – which is obvious when you think about it, but history is full of demolition jobs that somehow go horribly sideways. In the case of the Zhuan-yang viaduct, located in the eastern Chinese city of Wuhan, the repercussions of a botched job were greater than usual. A poorly planned blast could send boulders of concrete through the windows of homes. Or it might rupture one of the many gas lines running beneath the span to create a mushrooming garden of enormous fireballs.