Demolition experts brought down the two remaining towers of the highway bridge in dramatic fashion just after 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. ET), making way for a new structure to be built on the site.
4,000 people were evacuated from their homes to clear the area, AFP reported, and explosives were attached to the legs and body of the bridge, which went down in about seven seconds in a flurry of smoke.
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Water tanks were on hand to prevent the spread of dust after the explosion.
Italy’s Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, attended the explosion, and crowds of locals watched from a safe distance.
For 10 months, the remains of the structure have stood awkwardly on the outskirts of Italy’s sixth-largest city, a painful reminder of tragedy for thousands of its residents.
Source: Bridge demolished in dramatic explosion, 10 months after lethal collapse
