LAWRENCE, Kan. - Two more sections of the Kansas Turnpike bridge were demolished during a ceremony Thursday morning.
The demolition was deplayed about 30 minutes due to heavy fog in the morning, but once officials gave the go-ahead a push of the button, explosions and puffs of smoke, and the bridge fell to the ground.
Jessic Sadler, a junior member of the Kansas University rowing team pushed to button to set off the explosions.
The first sections of bridge were demolished Sunday, and crews cleaned up the steel that fell below for recycling in about a day.
Several more sections of the more than 50-year-old bridge still need to come down by December for demolition to be complete.
Dozens turned out to watch the first sections of the historic bridge demolished on Sunday.
The turnpike began in Lawrence on New Year's Eve in 1954.
Work has been underway on the $130 million dollar reconstruction project on the north end of town since 2008.
The new I-70 bridges across the river, ramp improvements and toll plaza are scheduled for completion in late 2011.
