Don't be sorry. As always, they create nothing but traffic jams and now months of inconvenience for the commuters. The more of them that are off the road, the better.
And idiots on other video comments were accusing the driver of running off, speculating it was a perfect terrorist setup to cause the explosion and fire right there! Now we learn the driver is deceased...
@@TheDrumLife2 yet you're on a computer they worked hard to get delivered for you to use while fueling yourself with food they work hard every day to get to your local markets. stfu
My ❤ goes out to the family of deceased driver. We've lost all humanity when the only thing on everyone's mind is supply chain issues and traffic congestion.
YOU are deliberately highlighting the obvious transportation aspects of this tragedy. Discussing and addressing all aspects of a situation is important.
Reminds me of all the trains being thrown off their tracks by "something" and dumping toxic chemicals. There were some fires there as well. This time it's a truck carrying fuel that caught on fire and caved in an important North/South corridor Interstate Highway. Was an element of sabotage involved in these frequently occurring events, always involving chemical spills of one type or another? We've never been told about what caused all the trains that just happened to be carrying toxic chemicals thrown off their tracks causing toxic chemical spills.
What do you expect them to do? Do you not remember the I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota back in 2007 I guarantee you some people had no choice, but to chance and floor it across or drown in their cars in the cold river
I also can't believe that people who used to travel the turnpike during ice and heavy rain and especially ice would travel it. This was the work of the govt.
The template for repair was set in 2007 by a California contractor who repaired a worse bridge collapse than this in 25 days -- given a $5M bonus for doing so.
@@Dimythios At 3:42 am on Sunday, April 29, 2007, a tank truck carrying 8,600 U.S. gallons of unleaded gasoline overturned on the connector from Interstate 80 west (from Berkeley) to Interstate 880 south. The intense heat from the subsequent fuel spill and fire weakened the steel structure of the roadway above, which served as the connecting ramp from Interstate 80 east (from San Francisco) to Interstate 580 east (to Oakland), collapsing approximately 168 feet of it onto the lower connector. The collapse of this bridge cut off the return route from San Francisco for many East Bay commuters (primarily those whose destinations are Walnut Creek and southeastern Oakland). To help ease the expected traffic snarl, Caltrans set up temporary detours within the days following the incident, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) added additional capacity to lines serving areas that had been impacted by the incident, and on Monday April 30, all public transportation in the Bay Area was free, with the estimated cost of $2.5 million paid out of state funds. While there was some serious congestion on the detour routes, the expected traffic jams and long delays did not fully materialize. This was possibly due to commuters switching to alternate transit options, indicated by BART posting record ridership numbers during that time. Caltrans spokespersons estimated immediately after the accident that it would take weeks to clear the debris from the scene and months to rebuild the affected sections. However, due to the urgency to reopen such a vital highway link the project was expedited, and most demolition work and debris removal was completed by the Tuesday following the accident. On May 7, 2007, the I-880 connector reopened at 4:30 am to traffic. A contractor with a proven track record of rebuilding damaged freeways well ahead of schedule, C. C. Myers, Inc., submitted a winning bid of $876,075 to repair the damage to the I-580 connector. The bid was estimated to cover only one-third of the cost of the work, but the firm counted on making up the shortfall with an incentive of $200,000 per day if the work was completed before June 27, 2007. On the evening of Thursday, May 24, the I-580 connector re-opened, just before the busy Memorial Day weekend. The deadline to finish the project was beaten by over a month, with the contractor earning a $5 million bonus for early completion. The entire reconstruction project was completed only 26 days after the original accident. A state projection concluded that the connector collapse had cost $90 million, based on a $6 million per day economic impact estimate. This includes a $491,000 loss in toll revenue for the Oakland Bay Bridge.
@@RaymondHng That connector ramp carried about 30k vehicles per day. This section of I-95 carries 175k vehicles per day. There is literally NO comparison between the two. It's like saying you built a bridge for your ATV over the stream on your property in 4 hours; why can't I-95 be fixed that fast? My kid built his Pinewood Derby car in two hours; why does it take a month to build a Ferrari?
@@citylumberjack9169 It is the cause that is similar. In both incidences, a tanker truck containing 8,600 gallons of gasoline crashed and set fire to the structure above causing it to collapse. The dissimilarity is that the I-880 connector carried two lanes of one-direction traffic and the I-95 carries 8 lanes of bi-directional traffic.
@@citylumberjack9169 Your analogy makes no sense. The California one was significantly more complex to fix than this Philly one. Plus it was 16 years ago. We have more technology to deal with this today than back then.
A similar incident happened on I85 in Atlanta several years ago. The demolition, cleanup, and rebuild took 6 weeks to complete, against a 6-8 month timeframe. Whichever agency manages that section of interstate could rebuild that section of roadway in no time if they wanted to
@@HobbyOrganist The Atlanta incident involved 2 sections as well. All things considered, from a logistical standpoint, gathering and transporting all the necessary materials needed for the rebuild, they could have it completed in a similar timeframe.
R. I. P. To the people who lost their lives. 🙏🏾🕊️ They better call the contractors they use for Highway 85 in Atlanta when it collapsed after a fire. I don't know how they did it, but they put up the whole bridge in like 60 days.
Humans make mistakes all the time especially in the case of Kobe Bryant. I can list a loud war especially in airline and trucking calamity. But the main thing is humans make all kinds of judgment mistakes all the time. That's why they're supposed to cause them accidents.
came to say this. as a trucker myself I always go posted speed limits or even below hauling van trailer. You have to be even more cautious hauling tanker especially with hazmat. Feel bad that man lost his life but he is the only one to blame.
Mianus River Bridge collapsed in June of 1983 - a friend of mine went over it that night and thought the shocks on his car were going bad as it was bouncing up and down. Very sad about the truck's driver.
Good grief - any shipping going THROUGH (not delivering in and around Philly) can just divert over to the NJ Turnpike - which BTW was the planned through-route anyway, to keep traffic out of the city. "Increased shipping costs" ... yeah, just like imagined issues hike gas prices twice a year.
@@meili2618 Not true, anyone using that section of I95 would be local and wouldn't have any use for I295 its too far out of the way. If you are going up and down the east coast you are using I295.
@@amandagreen8568 What I mean is that the traffic that travels that portion of I95 is local to Philly or orginating/Terminating in Philly. If you are traveling from Baltimore to NYC (as an example) you wont be using that portion of I95.
@MrPetej00 I travel from DE to NE Philly to see family, when I get to the bridge in DE that takes you to 295, I typically continue on 95. this will change now adding to that traffic. Also you are missing that 295 in NJ is also local, it's the NJ Turnpike that people take.
@@nancybruno7351 I295 is part of the interstate highway system. It's considered a business route and is intended to be used as a bypass around the downtown of cities. I295 starting with an even number (2) denotes that it starts at I95 and terminates at I95 at another location. If you get GPS driving directions through the region it will take you on I295 not I95 through Philly its slower and possibly longer in mileage
However long it takes, commuters and interstate traffic is just going to plan more time and grin and bare the gridlock... Good thing is that crews are already on it... At 160K of vehicles that use that stretch daily, they'd _BETTER_ be on it!
In 2005 on Christmas Day on I-75 near Allatoona Rd. A tanker & a car ran under it with 2 people inside with also Gasoline like 8+ K gallons of Premium. It was on 🔥 and the saddest thing was 2 people burned to death and 20ft of guard rail was completely burned to nothing Gone it was so Hot 🔥 the rail was 20ft from the tanker that exploded and killed 2. I got caught in traffic at 2:30pm then didn't get home until 11pm is how awful this crap really is no exits for miles there. This was an AWFUL Christmas Day seeing 2 killed and everything powerless because they have to get everything back because it's all on fire to blow.
Really? A 1000 foot section of a freeway and you want to go back to pandemic regulations? Thats lazy. Drive around. Someone said it only took 15 minutes.
SO how did it happen and who was the guy driving. Just wondering, after all the lies we have been told I question everything were told. Supply chains, FOOD. I hope I'm wrong but can't help but wonder...
Nathaniel Moody was the truck driver killed age 51 father to his 7 yr old daughter from Pennsauken NJ Prayers for all 🙏 he was carrying 8500 gallons of 7 octane gas
tanker tipped over on the curve from going too fast, proceeded to slide on it's side, rupture and spark, causing 🔥 thus heating up the steel in the overpass which caused it to sag and fall.....
Shocking that this can happen on such an important artery for the East Coast. Another vulnerability laid bare while our adversaries watch and learn. I don't worry about it too much though since I know the best of the best is running the show at the DOT.
The Driver of the Truck/Tanker may be a fault for damages done. . The Video shown the truck approaching the Bridge turn at a fast pace. He may not have been as cautious as he should, and knowing he had a load of 8,500 of gasoline on board. JMO
At 1:31 you can clearly see the tire mark and tip over mark(white rashes) prior in going under the overpass. It's showing that the truck driver was coming down way too fast(speeding) of the 25mph speed limit(google maps) for that exit.
I heard the driver was very experienced. I wonder what went wrong. Did he fall asleep, mechanical failure, did someone cut him off? We'll probably never know given the heat of the fire.
EVen if the South bound lanes are "compromized" they could shore that section up, use 1 lane of it as a by-pass crossing over, rebuild the north section, switch the bypass over to that and rebuild the south section
Look what happened! He was SPEEDING at 6:20AM! He took on the ramp curve at too high a speed, his 8,900gals. of gasoline shifted, he lost control, the tanker rolled over and the gasoline tanks ruptured and caught fire, the roadway overhead was superheated by the fire and eventually collapsed. What a terrific, horrendous mess! 1 man dead, the economy greatly impacted. SPEED KILLS & can economically cripple!
Some youtuber will actually dig into this and tell me the equivalent energy in gigajoules and btu’s and a chart with how many Tesla fires it would take to melt the same bridge. And some other youtuber will still insist jet fuel doesn’t burn hot enough to make steel buildings collapse…
@@FrankBrocatothat’s funny considering I already have seen several posts blaming Biden for this…and the construction was finished 4 years ago before Biden took office. It isn’t Biden’s fault…it isn’t Trump’s fault…it’s the fault of the trucker who lost control of his truck that was carrying flammable material.
@@Klako-ls6yt Oh. Thats simple. First, most 9 to 5ers dont have the drive to get things done on their own. Managers wouldnt be needed if they did. See? Second. Its a matter of costs. An employer isnt going to pay for each houses needs for the office. A printer, computer, phone, etc for each home. Thats ridiculous and insanely costly. Put all your employees in an office and the cost of running said office goes down. A bank of phone lines per floor. Six copiers instead of two dozen. See my point? You cant expect a stay at home employee to want to use their personal equipment to fuether the business. An office keeps the employees moving and it uses business property instead of personal property.
@@ES-nq8uu I'd argue the opposite. Remote environments mean that the only equipment that a business needs to have for its office workers is a company laptop, which is something they'll be providing regardless of where work is happening. Everything else can either be supplied by the office worker (which most of us who work remotely on a regular basis are happy to do in lieu of a commute) or are just straight up unnecessary things that the company wastes money on. Let's talk about some of the things you've labeled as "necessities" as well. Printers/copiers are a lot less necessary in an age of online document sharing. The printer room on my floor in the office (my team is on a hybrid schedule) never gets used. If a document needs to go out to the whole team, it's usually attached to an email now. Phone lines, again, mostly unused. Everyone uses Microsoft Teams for meetings, even when we're in the office and even with people outside the company. The company is probably wasting money on those items as it is.
This could also be due to skimping on material to save money, as often happens. Truckers are often cut off by cars and especially SUVs, which cause accidents. Commercial drivers see and suffer the carelessness of other drivers all day long.
You gotta be around my age. It's still funny! I remember the movie Bruce Almighty where the German shepherd finally found Hoffa's body. Still makes me chuckle.
Idiotrucker driving too fast around a curve and goes off the roadway? Or medical problem causing him to lose control? Did the fire department not have water trained on the structure to cool it?
Funny that she isn't standing where she claims to be standing. It's a green screen with someone else's video playing. Only way it could be real is if she is only 4ft 0in tall or if she is standing in a deep pothole on the sidewalk. Check her eye level compared to the windows of the cars passing "next" to her. She'd have to climb UP into every car.
@@Charlie-phlezk I heard it in a press conference today too. You can see the steel in some videos and they also show the next bridge on I-95 from the underside. They are steel.
Yes, it may be a mess, and some confusion, but anyone who delivers knows you merely find the alternate route. Surely, there must be streets all around where this happened; within some blocks or by a few miles.
