There's been a big construction project in our area. For the past year, they've been replacing a series of three old bridges with one big new one. The new one is finally done and they're removing the old ones.
Yesterday, I went to see what I could get from the air and an employee of the construction company was parked there when I drove in. He watched from his truck until I got the 'copter out and then came out and said I really couldn't be flying over the area. I mentioned that I'd been coming by periodically and getting videos of the progress and that I wasn't going to fly directly over anything, etc.
I also got him talking about the recent blasting of the bridge off its abutments - and how I'd have loved to get that on video - and after about 3 minutes of talking he said I could go ahead and get my video and as he got ready to drive off, he actually thanked me!!! I'm not sure what for, but...
In the attachment (DJI_832b), you see the third, main bridge being dismantled and the new one in the background. Because of islands in the river, the old one was really three separate bridges. The new one is just one long bridge about a quarter mile downstream. The other attachment (DJI_283...) is from about 4 years ago
Here's a link to the Wisconsin DOT's site, showing video of the blast. I wasn't there, but I live 6 miles away and was outside when it happened. It was extremely loud, even that far away. Didn't take long to guess what it was, either. Click the link, and then click the first image you see.
Yesterday, I went to see what I could get from the air and an employee of the construction company was parked there when I drove in. He watched from his truck until I got the 'copter out and then came out and said I really couldn't be flying over the area. I mentioned that I'd been coming by periodically and getting videos of the progress and that I wasn't going to fly directly over anything, etc.
I also got him talking about the recent blasting of the bridge off its abutments - and how I'd have loved to get that on video - and after about 3 minutes of talking he said I could go ahead and get my video and as he got ready to drive off, he actually thanked me!!! I'm not sure what for, but...
In the attachment (DJI_832b), you see the third, main bridge being dismantled and the new one in the background. Because of islands in the river, the old one was really three separate bridges. The new one is just one long bridge about a quarter mile downstream. The other attachment (DJI_283...) is from about 4 years ago
Here's a link to the Wisconsin DOT's site, showing video of the blast. I wasn't there, but I live 6 miles away and was outside when it happened. It was extremely loud, even that far away. Didn't take long to guess what it was, either. Click the link, and then click the first image you see.
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