I-95 bridge collapse / fire - Philadelphia

[SC Maintenance]

Bad fire / overpass collapse for I-95 near Philly.

 

[LenZee]

That's a busy road, Going to be a nightmare for awhile.

 

[loneryder]

Going to jam up the east coast.

 

[Dave Hess]

Wow. Terrible place to have vehicle fire. OMG

Are both directions of bridge damaged ?

The underpass will provide for an easier way to repair this bridge than if there was a canal underneath bridge.

 

[Wrenchturner44]

I remember when a recent similar incident happened in Atlanta.....talk about daily traffic nightmare.

 

[John105]

Dang that’s gonna affect coworkers. We work in NJ and live in PA. I can’t help but feel there has to be liability, affecting hundreds of thousands of commutes…the tanker simply goes out of business and rest of fleet continues operations is what I am envisioning…

 

[rekit]

 

[rekit]

ouch, gonna be tough to get around....

 

[John105]

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can the two bridges operate and use local roads. I think so but it would be a mess. I have taken both and “not” gotten on 95. This will strain the local neighborhoods

 

[JavierH19]

And right over a bridge no less. That's gonna take only 3 years for the government rebuild if they're quick...

 

[PimTac]

At least they have other roads and freeways. Some parts of the country don’t have that. Makes for a very long detour.

 

[John105]

At least they have other roads and freeways. Some parts of the country don’t have that. Makes for a very long detour.

I recall something like this in Delaware. We had to exit and use local streets. Phila residents are gonna see the same. Look out the window and never ending cars. It’s truly detrimental to their quality of life…twist of fate for everyone I guess…

 

[SC Maintenance]

Not dis-similar to what happened in Atlanta. The DOT left flammable materials under an overpass and it caught fire, bridge collapsed. It was repaired in under 2 months.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_85_bridge_collapse

 

[Donald]

I recall something like this in Delaware. We had to exit and use local streets. Phila residents are gonna see the same. Look out the window and never ending cars. It’s truly detrimental to their quality of life…twist of fate for everyone I guess…

I think this also happened in NJ many years ago in Meadowlands. A dump caught on fire and damaged the roadway above. Or something like that.

So what is damaged or collapsed? An I95 exit or all lanes in both directions of I 95?

 

[skyactiv]

Happened in Columbus in 2015 when a tanker caught fire under I-70W. They quickly made a new path for westbound traffic and divided the 70E overpass to handle both east and westbound traffic.

 

[Dave Hess]

Happened in Columbus in 2015 when a tanker caught fire under I-70W. They quickly made a new path for westbound traffic and divided the 70E overpass to handle both east and westbound traffic.

I was thinking if other side of bridge not damaged they can also divide the overpass in Philadelphia.

 

[Kira]

It's time for lots of people to revisit their travel plans.
There must be 24 hour use of the roadways still open.
...more reason to raise prices.

 

[Convert]

Look up the Mianis (SP) river bridge in Greenwich Ct . in the 1980's . RT95 NB with fatalities.

People didn't like the truck traffic, diesel fumes, .

Locals wanted the truck and traffic to use RT 95 , but there was a piece of the bridge missing.

To say it was a cluster ---- would be an understatement.

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[zzyzzx]

I recall something like this in Delaware. We had to exit and use local streets. Phila residents are gonna see the same. Look out the window and never ending cars. It’s truly detrimental to their quality of life…twist of fate for everyone I guess…

I think this is worse than the issue that was in Delaware because at least then there was a bypass.

 

[billt460]

This happened in California back in 2007 when Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor. If I remember correctly, they got a new one built in record time, and under budget.

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/05/01/2003359034