Video – Breaking for the bridge…

Detroit bridge demolition summons maximum breaking power.

When you only have a brief window of opportunity within which to demolish a bridge over a busy roadway, something’s gotta give. And that usually means bringing out the big guns and applying maximum machine power.

That is precisely the approach taken by the demolition crew on this bridge demolition in Detroit recently where four large excavators equipped with hydraulic hammers made light work of the bridge over the I75: