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clock-iconPUBLISHEDSeptember 12, 2015

Watch A Bridge Be Demolished In Just Three Seconds

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The Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie being demolished. Reuters

The Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, China, was demolished this week, making for some impressive footage as it exploded and disappeared into the water in just three seconds.

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The 44-year-old bridge was being removed to make way for a newer structure.

It took roughly a ton of dynamite fitted into 15 sections along the bridge to blow up the 244-meter (800-foot) structure in the blink of an eye.

 

 


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