Going, going, gone
07/01/2009
Construction crews had been busy taking apart the Lowry Bridge and it was finally ready for implosion on June 21. Here are some photos of the work done in recent months and of the implosion. Photos by Randy Klauk. Color donated by Randy Klauk.
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The view from below after the first sections of the decking had been removed.
The steel decking that was removed in sections.
A worker cuts pieces of the bridge to be recycled.
Strategic cuts were made to help the bridge fall.
Cutting through steel beams with an acetylene torch.
Workers cut through 100-year-old steel I-beams at the beginning of the demolition process.
The skeleton of the bridge about a week before the implosion.
Looking west during the final days of the bridge's life.
All the decking removed.
The implosion on Sunday, June 21 at 9 a.m. looking north from a dock on the east bank.