Traffic on US 14 and US 83 was diverted from the new bridge for a half hour on Monday starting at 9 a.m. The blast took down ...

On Thursday, the first of six planned explosions of portions of the old eastbound span ... using explosives to sever the steel because dismantling a truss bridge would require extensive falsework ...

Commission officials explicitly linked the question of steel production to defense readiness amid rising tensions with Russia and uncertainty about long-term American security guarantees.