It’s unclear who shot a video of a construction excavator knocking down a large portion of the westbound Washington Bridge last Friday, sending debris slamming down onto two barges and into the Seekonk River.

St. Martin said that the demolition posed no danger to the still-in-use span of the Washington Bridge, which is carrying traffic in both directions on Interstate 195 and was 150 feet away. He added that the barges were not damaged and will be reused.

On Friday, the demolition of the Washington Bridge suffered a significant incident, according to witnesses tied to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation project.

A large portion of the condemned westbound Washington Bridge heading into Providence, Rhode Island, was demolished, and although the state says the demolition went according to plan, others have raised concerns,

The demolition of a large chunk of the condemned westbound Washington Bridge went "according to plan," according to RIDOT.

A spokesperson would not discuss specifics but said the purpose of the inspection is to determine if there were any violations of OSHA workplace safety standards.

It might not be enough to make up for over a year of the traffic delays, late arrivals at work and general headaches, but a recently shared video of Washington Bridge demo is pretty satisfying.

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Department of Labor is investigating the demolition of the Washington Bridge. According to the DOL’s office of public affairs, OSHA is inspecting J.R. Vinagro corporation and their work on the bridge demolition. As it’s an open investigation and there are few details available.