Watch moment 450m-long German motorway bridge is demolished
The Independent
2023-05-07
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A motorway bridge in western Germany was successfully demolished on Sunday (7 May) after a 17-month closure for safety reasons.
The Rahmede Valley bridge weighed 17,000 tonnes, was 70 metres high and 453 metres long, but took mere moments to crumble into a prepared drop bed on demolition day.
The blast site in Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, involved approximately 150 kilograms of explosives.
The demolished motorway bridge over the Rahmede valley was built between 1965 and 1968.
The Rahmede Valley bridge weighed 17,000 tonnes, was 70 metres high and 453 metres long, but took mere moments to crumble into a prepared drop bed on demolition day.
The blast site in Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, involved approximately 150 kilograms of explosives.
The demolished motorway bridge over the Rahmede valley was built between 1965 and 1968.
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