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WATCH: Video of Cleveland Innerbelt Bridge Demolished
Innerbelt bridge demolition captured on video.
The Innerbelt Bridge, finished in 1959, took years to build. On Saturday, in came down in seconds.
With a crowd of onlookers snapping pictures and video, the bridge spanning the Cuyahoga River Valley near downtown Cleveland was demolished at about 6 a.m. with a flash, then a boom, then the falling of debris.
Channel 5 News reports that pavement, lights and other fixtures of the bridge were removed by hand as will be sections of the bridge over the river.
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Cleveland.com reports 182 pounds of explosives were used to send more than 10 million pounds of steel crashing to the ground.
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