Huge viaduct demolished in China

As part of a project to upgrade local roads the 1,156-meters-long Qingliangmen-Hanzhongmen viaduct is blown up in eastern China.

The demolition took place at around 10 o'clock on Saturday evening and it took just 6.9 seconds for the 620 kilograms of explosives to collapse the bridge.

It is the second demolition in a project to upgrade the local highway network in the western part of the city.
The 14th pier of the Hanzhongmen viaduct was chosen as the starting explosion point, with the demolition conducted from the centre out to both sides.
Before the demolition, experts set up 80 stainless-steel-wire-rope absorbers to avoid damaging the nearby subway line.
After the demolition was successfully completed, scores of machinery, equipment and trucks moved to the scene to carry out cleaning operations with nearby traffic resuming normal service at around 7 o'clock on Sunday morning.