200 diggers work together to demolish a flyover in China

200 diggers work together to demolish a flyover in China

In China, buildings and structures can be knocked down in the blink of an eye - no matter how big they are.

A major overpass has been demolished in just eight hours after a local government dispatched more than 200 diggers to work together on the site, reports said.

Demolition of the Longwangmiao Overpass in Nanchang reportedly began at around 9pm on June 30 and was completed by 5am the next morning. 

Eye-opening: The authority of Jiangxi, China, sent over 200 diggers to demolish a bridge

Incredible efficiency: The machines worked in unison to destroy the Longwangmiao overpass

Teamwork: It took the excavators around eight hours to pull down the 1,932-metre flyover

Amazing footage has emerged showing hundreds of excavators working together in the city centre to pull down the four-lane flyover, which measured 589 metres long (1,932 feet).

The structure was bulldozed to make way for a new six-lane motorway, according to Jiangxi News.

In the past, it could take months to demolish a bridge like this. 

However since last year, the Nanchang authority has started using dozens - if not hundreds - of diggers on big demolition projects to speed up the process.

Nanchang is the provincial capital of Jiangxi Province and has around five million residents

This is the incredible moment hundreds of excavators worked together in the city centre

Speedy roadwork: The four-lane bridge was pulled down to make space for a new motorway

Fast development: Officials said they wanted to block off the road for as little time as possible

Staff from the Nanchang Urban Construction, Investment and Development Company told a local reporter that Hongdu Avenue, the road the flyover was on, is a main road in Nanchang and could not be blocked for a long time, according to People's Daily Online. 

Thanks to the teamwork by the diggers, Hongdu Avenue reopened to traffic today - three days after it was closed. 

Nanchang is the provincial capital of Jiangxi Province in south-east China. It has around five million residents. 

Last year during a similar demolition project in Nanchang, 68 diggers were used to bulldoze a 500-metre-long (1,640 feet) overpass in one night. 

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