Kansas Turnpike bridge explosion gallery
Turnpike bridge clean-up continues December 16, 2009
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On Wednesday, work crews continue to remove sections of the old bridge demolished over the Kansas River. The giant pieces of steel structure are deep into the river bed, making removal tricky.
On Wednesday, work crews continue to remove sections of the old bridge demolished over the Kansas River. The giant pieces of steel structure are deep into the river bed, making removal tricky.
Construction crews from Iowa-based United Contractors use cranes to dislodge a hunk of bridge steel from the Kansas River bottom, where it’s been stuck since being dropped there by demolition explosives Friday as part of ongoing construction along the Kansas Turnpike. Wednesday’s efforts took more than six hours to free one of three steel support sections, and crews expect to finish the removals by Friday evening. Next up: Blasting more steel from what remains of an original turnpike bridge, either early next week or sometime between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The old bridges are being demolished to make way for a new bridge, part of the turnpike’s ongoing $130 million construction and overhaul project in Lawrence.
On Wednesday, work crews continue to remove sections of the old bridge demolished over the Kansas River. The giant pieces of steel structure are deep into the river bed, making removal tricky.
Crews prepare to pull on structural steel from a former Kansas River bridge. The steel, dropped into the river by explosives Friday, needs to be removed to make way for another blast of more bridge steel, and then construction of a new Kansas River bridge for the Kansas Turnpike. Crews were working on the removal Wednesday morning.
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