Hundreds Turn Out for Blanchette Bridge Blast
St. Charles County Area Engineer Tom Evers said blast was successful with only superficial damage to one of the piers.
Contractors for the Missouri Department of Transportation blasted the westbound span of the Blanchette Bridge Tuesday morning while a crowd of hundreds watched from the riverfront in St. Charles. The steel in the top of the bridge was blasted while the piers will be rehabbed. St. Charles County Area Engineer Tom Evers said it appeared one center piers had superficial damage to it. Crews have 24 hours to remove the section closest to St. Louis County from the river and 48 hours to remove the rest of the steel. Crowds gathered on the riverfront near Bishop's Landing wondered what would happen to the birds during the blast. "We set charges to scare the fish away before we do the real blast," Evers said. "We do environmental screenings of …
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Jenn Cloud
9:51 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
I tried to upload my video from up at the Heart of St. Charles here but not sure if it submitted or not...it's also posted it on my site at http://youngfreestlouis.com/blog/blanchette-bridge-explosion-and-demolition-st-louis-mo.html & I made a handy-dandy bonus .gif of it, too! ;) Great article and pics, thanks for sharing! more ›