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Kansas Turnpike bridge explosion November 13, 2009
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As the KTA prepared for Sunday's blasting of the old Kansas Turnpike bridge over the Kansas River, reporters and photographers were busy on Friday finding the right spot to cover the event from. LJWorld.com will have live streaming video from Burcham Park and will later post video from a remote camera locked down on the top of this footing for the new bridge.
Kansas Turnpike engineers prepare to take online editor Jonathan Kealing and reporter/web producer Asher Fusco up to the top of the footing for the new Kansas Turnpike bridge. From this vantage point, a remote camera for LJWorld.com will record the blast. The video will be posted to LJWorld.com on Sunday.
As the KTA is getting ready to blow up the Turnpike Bridge over the Kansas River on Sunday, from left, Friday online editor Jonathan Kealing and reporter/web producer Asher Fusco put safety vests on as they prepared to find the right spot to place a remote camera to record the blasting of the old bridges.
Kansas Turnpike engineers prepare to take online editor Jonathan Kealing and reporter/web producer Asher Fusco up to the top of the footing for the new Kansas Turnpike bridge. From this vantage point, a remote camera for LJWorld.com will record the blast. The video will be posted to LJWorld.com on Sunday.
Steve Hartman of Chicago Explosive Services prepares for the demolition of the Kansas Turnpike bridge that will take place Sunday, November 15, 2009.
Crews clean up concrete from the old Kansas Turnpike bridge, preparing for a blast that will take down a large section of the bridge on Sunday, November 15, 2009.
As the KTA is getting ready to blow up the Turnpike Bridge over the Kansas River on Sunday, reporters look to find the right spot to place a remote camera to record the blasting of the old bridges.
Workers clean up around the old Kansas Turnpike bridge on Friday, November 13, 2009, preparing for the Sunday blast that will bring down part of the bridge.
Sections of the old bridge spanning the Kansas River are in the final stages of getting ready for demolition. Toby Newschwanger with Chicago Explosive Services was using a cutting torch Saturday to prep a section of the bridge that will come down Thursday.
Sections of the old bridge spanning I-70 over the Kansas River are in the final stages of getting ready for demolition. Toby Newschwanger with Chicago Explosive Services was using a cutting torch Saturday to prep a section of the bridge that will come down Thursday.
All that remains of the original Kansas Turnpike bridges over the Kansas River is the steel framework. The spans are scheduled to come down in three different explosive phases. The new Interstate 70 bridge is to the right.
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