{"id":4644,"date":"2012-02-06T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/blog\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2012-02-06T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T02:15:00","slug":"final-hours-memorial-bridge-demolition-portsmouth-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/4644\/final-hours-memorial-bridge-demolition-portsmouth-nh","title":{"rendered":"Final Hours, Memorial Bridge Demolition; Portsmouth, NH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction crews are working on final preparations for the demolition of the iconic Memorial Bridge in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire.\u00a0 The original demolition was planned for this evening before midnight, but it has been delayed until Tuesday, February 7th and will take place during daylight.<\/p>\n<p>The two million-pound truss lift will be disconnected and floated down the Piscataqua River on the pictured barge.\u00a0 The $81.4 million bridge replacement project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1923, the Memorial Bridge was dedicated as a World War I memorial, and spans between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7103.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4647 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7103-640x425.jpg\" alt=\"View from the West, Memorial Bridge Demolition Preparation; Portsmouth, NH\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7103-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7103-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7103.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7112.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4645 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7112-444x670.jpg\" alt=\"Construction Worker on the Tower, Memorial Bridge Demolition Preparation; Portsmouth, NH\" width=\"444\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7112-444x670.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7112-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7112.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7086.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4646 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7086-445x670.jpg\" alt=\"Barge, Memorial Bridge Demolition Preparation; Portsmouth, NH\" width=\"445\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7086-445x670.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7086-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7086.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7072.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4654 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7072-640x425.jpg\" alt=\"View from the East, Memorial Bridge Removal Preparation; Portsmouth, NH\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7072-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7072-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7072.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7093.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4651 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7093-640x425.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Cod Barge, Memorial Bridge Demolition Preparation; Portsmouth, NH\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7093-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7093-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/pictures\/2012\/02\/20120206-_DSC7093.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction crews are working on final preparations for the demolition of the iconic Memorial Bridge in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire.\u00a0 The original demolition was planned for this evening before midnight, but it has been delayed until Tuesday, February 7th and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/4644\/final-hours-memorial-bridge-demolition-portsmouth-nh\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[231,446,991,661,992,847,577,479],"class_list":["post-4644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-photojournalism","tag-bridges","tag-construction","tag-demolitions","tag-memorial-bridge","tag-memorial-bridge-demolition","tag-memorial-bridge-portsmouth-nh","tag-new-hampshire","tag-portsmouth-nh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4644"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4656,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644\/revisions\/4656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}