Goodby To The Old Woodrow Wilson Bridge

[ashfire]

Tonight at midnight the bridge that spanned the Potomac River interconneting Maryland and Virginia as part of Interstate 95 since the early 60s will be coming down with the push of a button.
The bridge had been a nightmare to travelers and commuters with accidents and times when the drawbridge section of the bridge would rise at the most unnesessarily times.
The person who has won the the right to push the button has been a commuter for years and his daughter felt he had the right to win the contest.
The gentleman had been on his way to work one morning from Maryland and ran into the back of a tractor trailer. After he was cut of the wreckage he was place in the ambulance and has the ambulance started to head for Virginia, the drawbridge went up trapping the ambulance on the bridge for 30 minutes.
I had work on many a accident on the bridge and it could be something to get to and off the bridge and the when you walked on it it shook like everything.
The new bridge which has taken its place is higher and wider and will in 2 years have its partner section sitting where the old bridge now is vacating.
So we will soon have 6 lanes of north and south traffic crossing the Potomac River.

[Yahshua]

Another bridge blowing up blowing up another bridge blowing up blowing up eh Rest in Peace Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

[Zarn Ishtare]

Hey, your in the DC area?

Cool!


More importantly, wasn't it delayed?

[ashfire]

About 30 minutes and 20 seconds. 30 minutes past midnight and 20 seconds after the button was pushed. What a light show it was and a big boom when everything went.

[Puguni]

D:! I've GOT to watch the news more often. I never even knew this was happening and I live so close to the DC area. ;3;

[mechana2015]

Sounds like the bridge deserved it... glad it finally gave some pleasure in the form of a pretty explosion. XP

[mitsuki lover]

On the news I heard that the bridge had a lot of traffic jams when it was in use,no wonder they decided to scrap it finally.

[mechana2015]

anyone have before and after pics of the demolition?

[ashfire]

Here are two sites
http://www.wusa9.com to see the video of the bridge being blown up. go to videos at the top of the page and click on the video site.
http://www.wilsonbridge.com to see videos of what the project looks like and what had to be done to do it.

[HisaishiFan]

I can't believe I missed it. I heard about it the next morning, but I didn't get to see it go! Wah!