ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A long-suffering commuter fulfilled the
dreams of generations of Washingtonians on Tuesday morning when he blew up a
detested Potomac River bridge. Maryland electrician Dan Ruefly won a contest to
detonate a section of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, which carries the
Capital Beltway across the Potomac between Maryland and Virginia just south of
the District of Columbia...

Seconds after Ruefly pushed down the ceremonial plunger at 12:34 a.m.,
a cascade of flashes lit the underside of the bridge and thunderclaps rolled
across the river. The steel girders of the old span
collapsed in a cloud of dust as spectators on a nearby overpass cheered. [Full
Article]

This is really cool, but ya know what would make this even cooler? If they did a contest type thing like this for every single demolition project, and charge people an entry fee. Of course, all that money would go towards the public good, but think about it, how awesome would it be to blow up a building? You'd get tons of entries, that would add up in a lot of income really quickly...