# Controlled demolition of a Cleveland bridge **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932 "2014-07-12T16:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/1 "2014-07-12T16:11:56Z")
Pretty cool video: [55-year-old Inner Belt Bridge vanishes in a half second - cleveland.com](http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/07/55-year-old_inner_belt_bridge.html#incart_river_default) ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/2 "2014-07-12T16:27:36Z")
Cool indeed! I like that they first set off a “scare charge” to encourage falcons (or other birds) that might be nesting under the bridge. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/3 "2014-07-12T20:40:07Z")
Good riddance! That bridge should have been demolished decades ago. I hope the new ones last longer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/4 "2014-07-12T20:51:27Z")
This coverup is absolute bullshit. I’ve seen the undoctored video that _clearly_ shows the bridge being destroyed by a hijacked jetliner! Wake up, sheeple!! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/5 "2014-07-13T14:16:04Z")
Yeah, we’ll need to see a super slo-mo video taken from above _and_ below the bridge before we can decide what _really_ demolished it. And did anyone else see the drone in frame 374? What was that all about? Did LeBron demand the destruction of the bridge before he’d return to Cleveland? Mysteries abound. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/6 "2014-07-13T15:34:32Z")
Has anyone checked all the other bridges to make sure they’re okay? There might have been more than one false flag terrorist black ops jetliner hijacker! I propose the immediate creation of the Bridge Safety Administration to patrol these vital pieces of our infrastructure and ensure their safety through totally invasive and arbitrary procedures! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/7 "2014-07-13T16:12:22Z")
Those people who gathered to watch it. They ‘just happened’ to be there. “just happened” to catch it on video. Riiiiiiight. It’s a conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/8 "2014-07-13T16:48:45Z")
A bridge too far. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlled-demolition-of-a-cleveland-bridge/692932/9 "2014-07-13T23:22:43Z")
How did they keep the river from catching on fire?