Rubble and Bubbles Mark Green Bridge Demolition

摘要

Like the London Bridge of the nursery rhyme, the Willamette Bridge is coming down. Under its $140-mil-lion general contract, Hamilton Construction Co., Springfield, Ore., orchestrated a complex and eco-friendly demolition for the Oregon Dept. of Transportation's fair lady.rnThe 2,000-ft-long box-girder bridge, built in 1962, was a key Interstate 5 link between Eugene and Springfield until shear cracks were found in 2002. Truck traffic had to be diverted by 200 miles until a temporary structure could be built in 2004.