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See the beginning of the end for this iconic bridge that has helped millions of motorists cross the Missouri River for more than half a century. Blast brings down section of triple-arch Buck O ...
A radius around Interstate 70 and the Katy Trail will be closed 7-9 a.m. Sept. 10 for the blasting demolition and cleanup. MoDOT will livestream.
Drivers should plan for delays around the Buck O’Neil Bridge as the Missouri Department of Transportation prepares to blast the north arch Thursday as part of the demolition of the bridge.
The Buck O'Neil Bridge was a triple arch bridge that spanned the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. It first opened for traffic September 9, 1956 as the Broadway Bridge. It was built at a cost of $12 million. It was a toll bridge until 1991.
The Rocheport Interstate 70 Bridge is a four-lane(soon to be six) bridge over the Missouri River on Interstate 70 (I-70) between Cooper and Boone counties near Rocheport. The first bridge was built in 1960 and rehabilitated in 1994. Its main span was 550.7 feet (167.9 m) and had a total length of 3,017.2 feet (919.6 m).
The Platte Purchase bridge was set for demolition in late 2016 when the new bridge opened. [2] The first detonation occurred on the morning of Friday, December 9, 2016, and the rest of the bridge was demolished on Thursday, January 12, 2017. The replacement bridge was formally opened by the Missouri Department of Transportation on March 16 ...
See more of the Buck O’Neil Bridge’s middle arch demolition from today. #BuckBridge,” MoDot wrote with the video showing the explosion from four angles. There’s a countdown clock. 6-5-4-3-2-1.
The Missouri Department of Transportation shut down the bridge at 7:30 am on August 11, 2007, claiming to have discovered problems during regularly scheduled inspections. [2] As the bridge is similar to the I-35W Mississippi River bridge which collapsed in Minnesota, locals have speculated that the inspection and closure were related to this ...