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Blast demolishes bridge over Missouri River

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    Officials blow up portion of Blanchette Bridge near St. Louis

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And just into the fox newsroom take a look at this.

I am.

And there goes part of a 54.

Year old bridge that spans the Missouri River in the Saint Louis area of -- -- Blanchett bridge.

That's I seventy there that crosses the river one of the major east west interstates in this country I've probably been over that -- -- -- to come to think of it.

But it's gone now at least the westbound span is traffic on I seven -- had to be diverted for an hour.

While this explosion took place.

-- demolishing the bridge to get ready for something newer and better they said that spectators -- little to close to the beginning and you had some personal experience with that at one time did you John in my early in my career yes we we I've watched in local muses.

An earthen dam was was blown up and they thought we are plenty far away and all of a sudden it was like something out of a cartoon all of us and we heard whistling stuff through the -- and -- -- in chunks of rock were landing all around basic rights we survived and Camille looks exciting once in awhile when these explosions don't go quite as planned but that -- went off without -- -- -- so good video fresh today so glad -- -- -- that would be from Missouri in the meantime.

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