Nanjing, China: It took just around seven seconds for the 620 kilograms explosive to blow up a bridge of 1,156 meters in China at about 10pm on Saturday.
The Qingliangmen-Hanzhongmen bridge was collapsed as part of a project to upgrade local roads.
It is the second demolition in a project to upgrade the local highway network in the western part of the city.
The 14th pier of the Hanzhongmen viaduct was chosen as the starting explosion point, with the demolition conducted from the centre out to both sides.
Before the demolition, the engineers set up 80 absorbers of stainless steel in order to avoid the surrounding subway line.
After the demolition was successfully completed, scores of machinery, equipment and trucks moved to the scene to carry out cleaning operations with nearby traffic resuming normal service at around 7 o’clock on Sunday morning.
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