WATCH: Explosives bring down Lansing Bridge

A nearly century old piece of Lansing, Iowa’s history is no-more.

Explosives brought down the Black Hawk Bridge shortly after 11 a.m. Friday morning.

With a countdown, followed by the command, “fire in the hole”, the specifically placed charges dropped the bridge down into the Mississippi River to the cheers of the hundreds of people watching from a safe distance along the Iowa shoreline.

The bridge across the river first opened in 1931.

The Black Hawk Bridge got a few hours reprieve thanks to the cold weather that made it difficult for crews to wire the explosives together...   ...more