Little Rock's Broadway Bridge refuses to budge when officials try to blow it up. It's the bridge that didn't want to go. Demolition experts were left red- faced on Tuesday after an attempt to blow a 9. Arkansas River failed miserably. The Broadway Bridge, linking Little Rock and North Little Rock, was deemed dangerously weak back in 2. But the span - which closed to traffic on September 2.

Tuesday and it refused to budge an inch. The Broadway Bridge, linking Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas, refused to fall on Monday when it was hit with explosives. Dozens of pigeons that had made the bridge their home fluttered away in terror after Arkansas Highway Department director Scott Bennett pushed the button to set off the dynamite that was supposed to bring the landmark bridge down. A few pieces of wood dislodged by the explosions floated down the river, but apart from that, the old steel bridge, which was supposed to collapse into the muddy waters within 3. Massman Construction of Kansas City had been brought in to get rid of the bridge and replace it with a new span at a cost of $9.

The company wanted to get the old bridge down quickly to avoid penalties for late construction. If the new bridge - part of US Route 7. Arizona to North Carolina - isn't up by March 2.

A few pieces of wood dislodged by the explosions floated down the river, but apart from that, the old steel bridge, which was supposed to collapse into the muddy waters within 3. If it opens to traffic before that date the company will get an $8. Two huge new arches are already docked on the north side of the river close to where they will be installed. Workers from the company spent the entire weekend cutting at the bridge to help it fall straight down into the river.

The explosions were supposed to cut through the weakened structure dropping 2million tons of steel into the water. Massman then had 2. The explosion was not supposed to be a huge extravaganza. The explosions were supposed to cut through the weakened structure dropping 2million tons of steel into the water'There will be several pops and loud clanging sounds,' Highway Department spokesman Danny Straessle told the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette, likening the sound to 'knocking over a bunch of pots and pants'. The bridge finally came down at 2.

Crews first tied a cable to the north side of the span and tied to yank it down using a barge pulled by a tug. When that failed they moved the cable to the center, and gave it two more goes.

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The first time, the old bridge didn’t move an inch, but the second time it visibly weekend. It was only on the third attempt, when a second tug was added to the barge to give more power that the massive structure finally fell into the Arkansas River ending 9.

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