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Richard Hammond

Video: suspension bridge gets blown up

Published: 23 Feb 2012

Well, this makes Jeremy, James and Richard's efforts look a bit... amateurish.

This is the Fort Steuben Bridge, which once spanned the Ohio River from Steubenville, Ohio to Weirton, West Virginia, getting blown up.

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The Ohio Department of Transportation deemed the 83-year-old road bridge beyond financial repair then strapped 153lb of explosives to it.

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