Collapse of old US 60 Tennessee River bridge

[hbelkins]

The old US 60 bridge crossing the Tennessee River near Paducah collapsed today. More specifically, the approach spans on the western side of the river. The cause was movement of the piers due to movement of the soil.

This blog has a number of photos besides the ones at this link:

http://mdmccoy.blogspot.com/2014/06/more-ledbetter-bridge-collapse-photos.html?spref=fb

[Brian556]

Was it closed prior to the collapse?

[Tom958]

Was it closed prior to the collapse?

Yes: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0340531,-88.5278852,1305m/data=!3m1!1e3

[rickmastfan67]

Here's a poor nighttime video showing the collapse:
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/25838862/spans-of-old-ledbetter-bridge-collapse-overnight

[ZLoth]

Reading the news story, it sounds like they were ready to demolish it anyways. WIth the new US-60 bridge, was it even going to be replaced or just scrapped?

[hbelkins]

The new bridge was the replacement. Bids for the demolition came in over estimate and were rejected, else it may have already been demolished before last night.

[Arkansastravelguy]

 I hate to see old truss bridges demolished


iPhone

[hbelkins]

This one is self-destructing.