A controlled explosion knocked down the towers of Iowa’s old Interstate 74 bridge on Sunday 27 August.<br /><br />The first half of the structure - first opened in 1935 - was demolished back in June, as thousands of spectators witnessed the arches crash down into the water.<br /><br />Sunday saw the remaining suspension cables and towers brought down, leaving just the new bridge, which opened in 2020, standing.<br /><br />The new I-74 bridge, officially known as the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, runs across the Mississippi River and connects Bettendorf, Iowa, and Moline, Illinois.
