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  • MEGA BREAKDOWN

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A dam, a stadium, a bridge and an aircraft: Each was a challenge to build, but now that they've reached the end of the line, they're just as difficult and dangerous to tear apart. We'll take you inside the planet's biggest recycling projects - the tools.

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  • Mega Breakdown: NYC Scrap Yard
    In just one day, this family run business will destroy three million pounds of scrap to create a multi-million dollar mound of steel.
  • Mega Breakdown: The Italian Bridge
    The Piacenza bridge, 40 miles south of Milan1. Since 1949 2 this steel and concrete bridge3 has connected the cities of Piacenza and Lodi4, spanning a remarkable 3,300 feet5 across the Po River6. But in 2009, a dangerous flood causes the Pos water level to rise more than 20 feet7.
  • Mega Breakdown: Speed
    Many predators use speed to survive in the inevitable game of catch-me-if-you-can played out everyday in the wild. Speed increases the odds of winning.
  • Mega Breakdown: Prison
    Break It Down is tackling one of its most formidable projects ever, a building that was made to be virtually impenetrable … the Riverfront State Prison in Camden, New Jersey.
  • Mega Breakdown: Phantom Jet
  • Mega Breakdown: Train Overhaul
  • Mega Breakdown: NY Scrap Yard
    In just one day, this family run business will destroy three million pounds of scrap to create a multi-million dollar mound of steel.
  • Mega Breakdown: Italian Bridge
    The Piacenza bridge, 40 miles south of Milan1. Since 1949 2 this steel and concrete bridge3 has connected the cities of Piacenza and Lodi4, spanning a remarkable 3,300 feet5 across the Po River6. But in 2009, a dangerous flood causes the Pos water level to rise more than 20 feet7.
  • Mega Breakdown: NYC Scrapyard
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