{"id":7410,"date":"2026-09-23T02:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2026-09-23T03:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:29:35","slug":"demolition-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/demolition-day\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00eda de la demolici\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-985bea07c578b7ea92b2aaf7c13f2005 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d24f0f;font-size:13px\">Demolici\u00f3n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:36px\">D\u00eda de la demolici\u00f3n: la ca\u00edda del hist\u00f3rico puente de la Calle 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e680a22b218f6dccdf08c8e178709672 wp-block-paragraph\">Publicado el 23 de septiembre de 2026 \u00b7 Equipo del Proyecto del Puente de la Calle 7 \u00b7 5 minutos de lectura<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"796\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1440 \/ 796;\" width=\"1440\" controls src=\"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3310E527-DDB6-4150-8AAF-0860715A8C04.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e38525d9b8eb760dc1262664eb63bc7d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#42a29c;font-size:20px\"><strong>Video<\/strong> <strong>Alt text \/ transcript<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">English<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video titled &#8220;Meet the Inspector: Demolition Day \u2014 7th Street Bridge Project.&#8221; Ray Tunkel, chief inspector for Dewberry, stands near the historic bridge on the day of its demolition. Burned-in captions show Tunkel explaining that the river has been fully protected, every gap in the catcher portion of the trestle has been sealed, and crews are preparing to drop a large wrecking ball onto the bridge. The video then shows the bridge being demolished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\"><strong>Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video titulado &#8220;Conozca al Inspector: D\u00eda de la Demolici\u00f3n \u2014 Proyecto del Puente de la Calle 7.&#8221; Ray Tunkel, inspector en jefe de Dewberry, aparece junto al hist\u00f3rico puente el d\u00eda de su demolici\u00f3n, explicando las medidas de seguridad antes de que caiga la bola de demolici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31b29e1a8dc8389944f07ea5253d786f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d24f0f;font-size:25px\"><strong>Este es el gran d\u00eda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despu\u00e9s de meses de preparaci\u00f3n, esta semana los equipos comenzaron la demolici\u00f3n del hist\u00f3rico puente de la Calle 7 y derribaron el \u00faltimo tramo que permanec\u00eda en pie sobre el r\u00edo Tuolumne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray Tunkel, inspector jefe de Dewberry, nos explic\u00f3 las \u00faltimas verificaciones de seguridad antes de que comenzaran los trabajos. Se hab\u00edan instalado protecciones para el r\u00edo y sellado todos los espacios de la plataforma de contenci\u00f3n bajo el puente para evitar que los escombros cayeran al agua. Con estas medidas listas, los equipos pudieron continuar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"Lleg\u00f3 el momento. Este es el gran d\u00eda\u2026 va a ser emocionante\"\n\u2014 Ray Tunkel, inspector jefe de Dewberry<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5131f2c9b25e78d721b8c5056a182385 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#d24f0f;font-size:25px\"><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 sigue?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tras retirar este tramo, los equipos comenzar\u00e1n a despejar los escombros del lugar y a preparar los trabajos de cimentaci\u00f3n del nuevo puente de concreto. La nueva estructura medir\u00e1 1,238 pies y tendr\u00e1 ocho tramos. Su dise\u00f1o rendir\u00e1 homenaje al puente original de 1916 y cumplir\u00e1 con las normas actuales de seguridad y protecci\u00f3n contra inundaciones. Las cuatro emblem\u00e1ticas estatuas de leones del puente se est\u00e1n conservando y volver\u00e1n a instalarse cuando termine la construcci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se espera que la construcci\u00f3n contin\u00fae hasta finales de 2027 o principios de 2028. Publicaremos m\u00e1s novedades aqu\u00ed a medida que comience cada etapa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:92px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB_p1-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7334\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2503197897527734;width:505px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB_p1-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB_p1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB_p1-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB_p1.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d75089f62cc209ddc143f0c5935dd1a\" style=\"color:#d24f0f;font-size:25px\">C\u00f3mo demolieron los equipos el puente hist\u00f3rico<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Llamarlo \u00abd\u00eda de la demolici\u00f3n\u00bb no cuenta toda la historia: los trabajos para retirar el puente comenzaron en abril. El proceso llev\u00f3 meses debido a la extensa preparaci\u00f3n que requer\u00eda una estructura como esta. Primero, los equipos construyeron una plataforma de trabajo temporal para acceder a ambos lados del tramo sobre el r\u00edo. Despu\u00e9s construyeron una segunda plataforma, en el centro, dise\u00f1ada espec\u00edficamente para recibir ese tramo al caer.\n\nEsto les permiti\u00f3 retirar r\u00e1pidamente las secciones del puente situadas sobre la llanura de inundaci\u00f3n e iniciar all\u00ed la construcci\u00f3n del nuevo puente, mientras se preparaban para derribar la secci\u00f3n mucho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil que cruzaba el r\u00edo. El llamado \u00abd\u00eda de la demolici\u00f3n\u00bb fue el d\u00eda en que los equipos estuvieron finalmente listos para retirar esos \u00faltimos tramos sobre el agua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Desmont\u00e1ndolo pieza por pieza.<\/strong>&nbsp;La plataforma de contenci\u00f3n inferior solo pod\u00eda soportar cierta cantidad de peso, as\u00ed que no era posible derribar todo el puente de una vez. Primero, las excavadoras equipadas con martillos neum\u00e1ticos rompieron la superficie de concreto del puente, y las cargadoras retiraron los escombros de la plataforma. Luego, los equipos demolieron las vigas transversales que un\u00edan los arcos y tambi\u00e9n retiraron esos escombros. As\u00ed evitaron que el colapso final sobrecargara la plataforma inferior. Una vez retirado el concreto de la superficie, las vigas transversales, las barreras y los arcos, solo quedaba la estructura met\u00e1lica del puente. Entonces, dos excavadoras se colocaron en el centro del tramo y separaron las dos mitades de esa estructura para derribar lo que quedaba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Qu\u00e9 hace realmente la maquinaria.<\/strong>&nbsp;Las excavadoras no derribaron el puente de un solo golpe. Sus martillos neum\u00e1ticos romp\u00edan el concreto en fragmentos lo bastante peque\u00f1os para que las cargadoras pudieran retirarlos. El proceso se repiti\u00f3 una y otra vez, reduciendo poco a poco el peso de la estructura interna del puente. Los escombros ca\u00edan sobre la plataforma de contenci\u00f3n y las cargadoras los retiraban. Solo despu\u00e9s de quitar la mayor parte del concreto \u2014y, con \u00e9l, la mayor parte del peso\u2014 fue posible bajar de forma segura la estructura restante sobre la plataforma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56ad1631b43b82f2858454edc7f825ad\" style=\"color:#d24f0f;font-size:25px\">La perspectiva del inspector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Inspector Ray Tunkel has watched several bridges come down over the course of his career \u2014 but never one quite like this one. After 110 years, the historic Seventh Street Bridge held on until the very last moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;This is the only canticrete bridge that I&#8217;ve ever seen demolished. It was really amazing to see that the interior skeleton would not give up. The Lion Bridge that had been standing there over 110 years didn&#8217;t want to come down.Once the two trestles were pulled apart from each other by the excavators, there was nothing that could stop the final collapse.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 Ray Tunkel, inspector jefe de Dewberry<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#42a29c;color:#42a29c\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00bfPreguntas o comentarios?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Escr\u00edbenos a&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:construction@pw.stancounty.info\">construction@pw.stancounty.info<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#42a29c;color:#42a29c\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#42a29c;color:#42a29c\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7372\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5215668515793048;width:228px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB-1536x1009.png 1536w, https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7SB-2048x1345.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Seventh Street Bridge Project &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; Stanislaus County &nbsp;|&nbsp; City of Modesto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOLITION Demolition Day: Watching the Historic 7th Street Bridge Come Down Posted September 23, 2026 &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 7th Street Bridge Project Team &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 5 min read Video Alt text \/ transcript This is the Big Day After months of preparation, crews began the demolition of the historic 7th Street Bridge this week, bringing down the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,58],"tags":[55,56,57,54,53],"class_list":["post-7410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-project-updates","tag-7thstreetbridge","tag-construction","tag-demolition","tag-modesto-ca","tag-seventhstreetbridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7410"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7477,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7410\/revisions\/7477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7thstreetbridge.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}