Amazing video: Parkway East bridge demolished in Pittsburgh
Video, audio of explosive demolition captured on WTAE ground-level camera
Updated: 9:39 AM EDT Jul 16, 2026
The explosive demolition of the Commercial Street Bridge on Interstate 376 was captured by a WTAE camera at ground level.You can see the explosives going off, followed by loud audio of the big boom, as a powerful blast reduces the old bridge to a heap of rubble.See the amazing video aboveAfter debris is cleared from the area, construction crews will slide a new bridge into the place where the former bridge once stood.I-376 remains closed between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the Edgewood/Swissvale interchange. The closure is currently scheduled to continue through Aug. 3.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel
PITTSBURGH —
The explosive demolition of the Commercial Street Bridge on Interstate 376 was captured by a WTAE camera at ground level.
You can see the explosives going off, followed by loud audio of the big boom, as a powerful blast reduces the old bridge to a heap of rubble.
See the amazing video above
After debris is cleared from the area, construction crews will slide a new bridge into the place where the former bridge once stood.
I-376 remains closed between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the Edgewood/Swissvale interchange. The closure is currently scheduled to continue through Aug. 3.
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