Bridge Demolition Compilation

[@barkboingfloom]

Thank you for not including narration or needing to number them. Each demolition is a thing of beauty all its own!

[@zzzz000]

yes indeed man

[@PacoOtis]

Question! Am I the only one who is thinking about the professionalism that built these bridges and the pride of those who built them? These were the best of their time and were shown with pride! Thanks old timers!!

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

And half of them are demolished due to avoidable neglect.

[@765kvline]

I find it sad to see many of these structures bite the dust. Some are excellent examples of arch and truss bridges of their times. A lot of work went into designing them as well as constructing these which met their end tragically. I'm sure that oxidation and rust put the onus of responsibility on the owners where the upkeep was too expensive for the maintenance or modifications. When some of these bridges can be converted to pedestrian or bike trails' river crossing structures, it is always good.

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

@@765kvline typically the only bridges that can’t be converted into walkways are the port ones. So aside from them, no other bridge designers have excuses.

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

not all of them but most of them yes

[@Pappy63]

Everyone pay attention! This is how a YT video is done. Right to the video with no stupid narration and no stupid music! Great job!

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@kojoamoako3162]

I agree

[@C.A._Old]

same

[@jonbicho9840]

Fantastic. I like that the timing of the charges is visible when dropping bridges. It shows the precision that is needed to do this safely. What a great way to start my Saturday. Lots of booms.

[@No_Mikey_No]

The best for me is: Charleroi Monessen Bridge - Pennsylvania. Amazing how the smoke holds the shape of the bridge as it descends into the water.

[@medea27]

I'm endlessly fascinated by these demolition sequences & the "reverse" engineering of the charges to fold the structures in on themselves... it's definitely an art! It's an interesting brainteaser, assessing the engineering & materials from a dismantling/destruction perspective rather than the durability/longevity of construction like I'm used to.... and CDI's high-speed footage is always chef's kiss. 👌 Thanks for sharing your industrial origami on the internet... it's a real treat for us engi-nerds!

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoy our videos!

[@MayaPosch]

Good demonstration of why cutting charges are basically cutting torches at near-lightspeed :)

[@wonder528]

Ok, two things. One, that was one of the best 10 minute videos I have ever interrupted one of my child’s birthday party for. Two, please, you need to set up a Tee Spring shop to sell t-shirts and mugs of your work. Imagine, one side before images and the other side after. And DVD’s!

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@765kvline]

All of these examples are clearly the result of many days or weeks of engineering and design as well as efficient placement of charges. What we see is the end result. Great video! Controlled Demolition, Inc. knows what they are doing.

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Fantastic work. Really enjoyed the footage that was close to the bridges and on the approaches to the bridges. Well done, as usual.

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leifjohnson617]

Why is this so SATISFYING?

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching! Please check out our other compilation videos!

[@leifjohnson617]

I love demolition videos! Glad to see that gravity has not lost its punch!

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching!

[@cardphins68]

The precision of these demolitions are really incredible. To be able to explode a Bridge pretty much right next to the replacement Bridge and not damage the replacement Bridge. Almost Surgical, awesome work.

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

[@neofox.]

Oddball: it's still up Moriarty: 😄 **BOOM** Oddball: O_0 ..no it ain't

[@C.A._Old]

*these bridges always remembered by people and 90s and 2000s kids.*

[@rustymotor]

Excellent footage! I loved that old Bridgeport bridge structure, the girders are a work of art, hopefully someone salvaged them and repurposed them into a building. Beautifully made pieces.

[@domingocarbonperal5712]

Es los EEUU, allí no se respeta nada de lo antiguo, ese metal lo fundirán para hacer mierdas nuevas, (que seguramente no durarán tanto cómo las antiguas ni serán tan bonitas) y es una lástima

[@conservative-ku3lz]

The engineers who know where and what and how much explosive to place are incredible.

[@Vetdadwisom]

The only thing I hated about this video is that it has shown me that I picked the wrong career choice.

[@ovalwingnut]

I take it they only down these bridges in the fall, yes? OK. I'll show myself out now :)

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

One of the biggest disappointments with KZbin is that you can only hit the like button once!

[@ryanbenbow-zx2sd]

I agree. That is not cool

[@davidgreen40]

Sunshine Skyway Bridge demo? It was some of CDIs best work.

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching! Here is the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnLEZ4F8lKmerdU

[@Auction_Sign_Videos]

Ditto! And no annoying redundant words continuously popping up all over the video. (Like everyone watching must be deaf or something.) And no absurd Photo-shopped click bait thumbnail; or inset of some dumb-a** talking head behind a microphone so big it eclipses their face. Sadly, too many YT posters nowadays lack the imagination, talent, skill and discipline necessary to produce engaging, worthwhile, quality content -- like this video. It's been a long time since I watched any YT video without accelerating, speeding or skipping through the playback. Very refreshing. Thank you for an outstanding, straight-to-the-point contribution.

[@davecooper406]

An excellent video. Thank you for not adding unnecessary music.

[@Swindy1794]

The I-90 bridge in Pennsylvania is my backyard. I remember seeing that come down. Erie, Pennsylvania.. that bridge was very structurally unsafe from years of road salt here in our sometimes harsh winters.

[@epistte]

I drive across that bridge many times back and forth from the Cleveland area.

[@noodengr3three825]

The Hell River bridge dropped in such big chunks right next to the new one...wow !

[@SJR_Media_Group]

No one does it better than CDI... 'The Art of Demolition'

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching!

[@AffiliteKing]

WE KNOW I watched the towers fall when I was a kid and then found out that Mark helped wire them to make sure they came straight down they are the best no wonder the goverment used them.

[@dkillalegend]

At CDI, we do more than just burn bridges. We wire them up with dynamite and detonate them like fireworks!

[@amnouyintarachit]

The bridge that I like the most is Bridgeport bridge because it was so cool 😎

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching! If you're interested in watching the full Bridgeport Bridge Demolition - click on the link below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHWmamx9f5mGqLM

[@crossboyadam9398]

I renembered when i crossed the tampazee bridge to paradise mall when i was like 3 years old I still renember it to this day

[@Zerbey]

Always amazes me that you can use that much destructive force, and just have a huge structure settle neatly down right next to another without causing any damage.

[@garymiller5937]

The Fort Stueben Bridge was cool! 😊😊😊

[@ShamshodbekBozorov-o2s]

Кандай клиб йикитяпти куприкларни ток биланми ё мина куйибми ?

[@ChrisB257]

Surgical precision - many times over. :) Often think about the guys doing the climbing to set the charges - good heads for heights!

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching!

[@FalbertForester]

There should be a competition for demolition similar to the annual international fireworks competition, where companies from different countries compete for first place. L'International des Feux , Montreal, QC, Canada, at the end of every July, features four to six nights, each with 30 minutes of fireworks. It's a great show, and I could see having four identical structures being built every few years, for a demolition competition.

[@TravisWBurton]

We already know who the winner is, CDI !!!!

[@sonnytaylor7521]

Well golly Jees... that was extremely cool!

[@ryandavis7593]

I find it amazing how many of these bridges I have been over.

[@chrismoody1342]

I afraid CDI is the gold standard in explosive demolition.

[@greggd3351]

Great compilation. Thx.

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jhonfredyquitumbo9100]

Huy que tristeza tanto trabajo para contruir estás estructuras y las acaban en segundos y contaminado el planeta

[@amnouyintarachit]

And I forgot something the second bridge that I like is lilac bridge!

[@iananderson8363]

I watched the Ft. Steuben Bridge demo live! Sad to see it go but man do you guys do good work! I watched the Ore Bridge demo on tv and heard the blast echo up the valley. I know you’ve done some work at Browns Island too.

[@amnouyintarachit]

And I have a question to ask are you a KZbinrs?

[@geoffreylee5199]

Placing things in the fallen position.

[@mikecagle984]

Im sorry, but failto understand the "demolition" part, when all the bridge does is fall into tge water or cliff, yet is still fully intact, other than being separated from the rest of the bridge. Wouldnt it be easier to just disassemble it than to have to pull it ( fully intact I might ad) apart by blowing it up? Seems like more work than its worth.🤔

[@TechOne7671]

Hundreds of years worth of engineering construction destroyed in seconds, what a job. Are you hiring😂😂. Well done video, all the action and no BS. All the best.

[@JohnShinn1960]

Darn, the last demo was blocked out by thumnails for other videos. Darn.

[@robert1975031]

yeah I wish there was a way to turn those off.. I don't know who thought that was a good idea, as I have had the endings of many a video blocked by those, ugh

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

That issue has been resolved. Thanks for watching!

[@JohnShinn1960]

@@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC Thanks, now I'll rewatch!

[@hellohola24-ge7mq]

after baltimore, i dont wanna go on flimsy bridges

[@hellohola24-ge7mq]

@Mrright87 its supporting pillars looked too thin and the roadway was too thin

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

@Mrright87 the first bridge to have dolphins that weren’t retrofitted onto it later was the Sunshine skyway bridge in 1987, a good 10 years after the key bridge opened.

[@redlogicsquare]

Splitting beams and crossing streams!

[@adammiller2246]

Nice video, tank you. You guys must be the kings of demo

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching!

[@TravisWBurton]

Yes, CDI is the kings of demolition.

[@leifjohnson617]

I wonder how many bridges are demolished in the USA PER YEAR?

[@amnouyintarachit]

The third that I like it is fort stuben bridge

[@ridleyscurry2480]

The Tappen Zee Bridge, was that a crane or man-lift left on the bridge when they blew it?

[@johnsmart964]

Why was this done? Could the bridge not have been repaired and refurbished?

[@Zerbey]

Eventually it becomes uneconomical to keep maintaining a bridge, and they have to be demolished and rebuilt. We definitely don't want bridges collapsing because of being unmaintained.

[@markdanielczyk944]

This is gonna be good!

[@hwyfan]

It appears on close up of the Tappan Zee Bridge demolition at 9:19 that a contractor backhoe was left on the span to go down in the river with the wreckage.

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

It was urgent, the thing was rushed to demolition.

[@jasonmcrisp]

It almost looks like an aerial lift, hard to tell

[@tomtaphorn7870]

Question, working that close to a new bridge has any of the debris from the old bridge ever hit the new bridge?

[@jamesbraun9842]

The answer is yes and no. I worked for a road crew (we did demolition ourselves). No we never had a meotor sized piece come crashing down. Yes there was dust and shrapnel from the demolished structure occasionally. (Only did it 6 times though). The damage was mostly cosmetic.

[@KeesAlderliesten]

I'm always wondering when bridges over water are demolished (like the Eggner Ferry Bridge) what is more efficient, blowing it up and then dredging al the pieces from the water (and hoping you get them all), or use some floating cranes to lift a section from its foundation, place it on a pontoon en deconstruct is elsewere (or refurbish it and use it to replace another old bridge, like the Netherlands is doing recently.) And costs aside, what are the environmental implacation when blowing up a bridge and you can't fully control what is thrown where?

[@bunnyman6321]

You made some excellent points. I though about that too.

[@TempleOfAcid]

Bombastic !

[@StereoSpace]

This is an awesome video. It's a shame you set it up so it can't be embedded in other websites. It would get a lot more views.

[@bert-qu3iq]

4:19 Kinda reminds me of Buster Scruggs walking into the cantina and patting himself on the chest, leaving a dust outline of himself when he walks away.

[@travelhappyaustralia344]

Nice!

[@CreamyPennePasta]

Why demolish the bridge with the construction telehandler still on it @ 9:20

[@adriennegrant1411]

Check out the specific link for that job and in the description you will see it was an emergency project.

[@rdththth]

The demolition sequence had previously removed bridge sections at both ends, so it couldn't be driven away. The manlift was still needed for safe access to difficult-to-reach places to prep this later section for demolition. The time and expense required would make it impractical to remove it before dropping that section. Use it and throw it away. That expense would have been a line item in the overall demolition budget.

[@theamerican7080]

So hard-core!

[@dhildie22]

the builders put so much effort into it that the demolished the bridge, built it again and then demolished it just to get a better camera angle

[@ViswanathanKa-i7t]

Good cameraman

[@nicolashansen2546]

If I say anything stupid, will I be disrespected?

[@xiuweixu7484]

Yes

[@Zerbey]

Only if after being corrected you don't learn from your mistake!

[@albertorodriguezjimenez5373]

Esta bueno eso nunca lo abia bisto👍👍

[@javonbrandon]

Is c4 use to blow it up

[@TedRoesle]

Do chimney demolition complation

[@dennisud]

Will mist of these bridges be replaced as the infrastructure in the country is lagging?

[@nuffinmemorable]

AH, fine video but it's rather sad to see some lovely structures brought down.

[@far_outlook]

The bridges are still very new, why destroy them?

[@deepdivedelight]

Is it fair to say that the USA has started its New Bridges project in 2011?

[@bert-qu3iq]

3:16 That came way too close to smacking the replacement bridge on the way down!

[@FrankGebauer-v8i]

Hier sieht man wie schnell man eine Brücke abreissen kann, mir ein Rätsel warum es in Dresden (Carolabrücke) so lange dauert.

[@muhammadrafique3903]

Very nice video ❤RAFIQUE MASTOI DG Khan Pakistan 🏝🇵🇰

[@mikenauer2403]

I SAW KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE DEMO ON MY ROOF IT WAS COOL

[@josephastier7421]

I miss the old "Erector Set" style bridges. They were so much fun to climb on. The new ones are boring.

[@xiuweixu7484]

Why do you have to brake the Fort Steuben bridge 🌉?

[@chloeswift652]

i think yer work iis amazing .id so love to work at this..

[@ZachariahMartehalloween2024]

9:32 9:33 9:34 9:35 9:36

[@Welcome_to_baldi_and_baldi]

You forgot about the clarin bridge collapsing

[@andyb619]

They replace beautiful bridges with ugly bridges.

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

I mean no but they usually were in their heyday.

[@Arthur-vw7nn]

Ils n'ont vraiment aucun respect pour leur histoire, démolir comme sa a toure de bras des structures historiques, c'est vraiment triste...

[@josephastier7421]

3:12 Four anchor bolts is plenty for a bridge support.

[@bunnyman6321]

😂

[@scottjohnson9225]

So………….who cleans up after the bridge falls?

[@shopart1488]

The Fort Steuben bridge in Ohio was the best one!! I hope you made a lot of $$$ on that one!!

[@foxxrider250r]

That had to have been an expensive ass job!! Awesome work though. Ive always wondered what would cost to do some of this work.

[@ZachariahMartehalloween2024]

2:38 2:39 2:40

[@jadr3123]

Destruction porn. Is not very difficult to recover the fallen bridges from the bottom of the rivers?

[@Cerxts]

8:54 Bro I use to drive on this bridge ALL the time and I remember kinda watching the progress for the Mario M Cuomo and then we finally started to drive on that one.

[@OldNavyAirdale]

Love it love it love it!!!! Keep them coming!

[@TheLoizeauxGroupLLC]

Thanks for watching!

[@leifjohnson617]

Am I supposed to be surprised that gravity works?

[@danmart9087]

Why the word compliation?

[@annstenson324]

Why when they blow up a bridge do they never show how they get them out of the water

[@rdththth]

CDI doesn't do cleanup. CDI just lowers the structure to where a cleanup crew can easily reach it.

[@richierugs6544]

and there's probably a concert tonight in the Coliseum is Rome built 2000 years ago

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

ตรงจุดเอาออกงานดีไซน์แย่ซ่อมยาก..ไม่มีคนใช้..สร้างเพื่อ😮..เหล็กเหลือขนาดสร้างเล่นกันเลยลืม..การซ่อมแซม😮

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

huh?

[@Emperor_Creeper]

Hmm, just like building seven 🤔

[@Emperor_Creeper]

(joke)

[@Gaz3153]

What I would like to know is when a bridge is dropped into water how do they remove the debris?

[@someasiandude4797]

They probably get a barge with a crane on it or something

[@อ่าวลึก-ศ5ศ]

กองทุนทำลายและอื่นๆ....คุณสรเพรช จันทร์บัว/คุณสุชานนท์ จันทร์บัว/คุณสุชานันท์ ชุมพล/คุณเพ็ญนฤพรรณ ชุมแสง/คุณคชชราพร ชุมแสง❤❤❤❤❤❤❤คุณสุรพจน์ ชุมแสง/คุณสุพพจน์ ชุมแสง.....และอื่นๆ(ขอสร้างใหม่5ล้านจุดและอื่นๆ),

[@andysadventures2024]

"Recalculating route"

[@karsten27027]

In several of these examples, it is difficult to see that the remaining work of removing the debris, is easier than if the bridge was not blown up. Especially when the spans ends up in water.

[@MomolosZtips]

It would be super-duper unsafe to try to take them apart while they're 100 feet up in the air. Much safer to get the smaller pieces hauled away when they're on the ground or in shallow water. Tappan Zee demo is a good example of that.