Iowa bridge demolition will be streamed in 30 minutes (www.desmoinesregister.com)

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Watch live from Lansing, Iowa, as the Black Hawk Bridge is blown up, bringing a dramatic end to the 94-year-old riveted cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River, connecting Iowa and Wisconsin. The bridge will be replaced by a new span estimated to cost $140 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swKHfe2c0js

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[-] UmmmCheckPlease@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

Rip. Also if anyone thinks WE have a niche forum - check out one of my favorite websites: https://historicbridges.org/index.php

Working on a bridge in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no info from the local DOT? Don’t worry a local enthusiast has compiled enough pictures and notes to design the project themselves lol

[-] UmmmCheckPlease@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

Case in point: https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=iowa%2Flansing%2F

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I love classic Web 1.0 sites like this—thank you for sharing! And holy crap, the "bridge's song" took me tf out...not remotely what I was expecting lmao

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