This is going to cripple the I-95 economy. There's probably going to be daily road-rage incidents between travelers and locals. Anyone traveling through Philadelphia should definitely be taking the Jersey Turnpike.
The southbound exit ramp is just before the buckled road. Go straight 2 blocks and puts you right back on I-95S. But, this is where all the heavy equipment is also.
I think most of the engineers and construction folk are busy with the actual collapse to build a temporary structure and the traffic flow would all be dumped in one point and not be able to disperse around the infrastructure failure, not to mention that would take all the access to the site away from everyone that is actually working the site.
If you go back to the Northridge California earthquake in 1994, the problem was many times worse. Multiple bridge collapses. They managed to get some temporary detours built within weeks. Things were still slow, but it was better than nothing. Things afterward were rebuilt fairly quick. Anyway, tell those big-shot CEOs who want employees to no longer telecommute to look at this.
Is a one-way exit more crucial than the busiest interstate? If not fill it with dirt, compacting the dirt, and cast concrete over it.....can be done in two-day timeframe.
Connect the Cottman an ave off ramp to the Princeton ave on ramp! They are right next to each other and it would take all of the northbound traffic off of the surface streets.
SHOULD have 6 of those rigs busting that concrete out of there..ONE ,,really?..should have a dozen huge dump trucks there,24/7,hauling debris...steel should be in route. The amount of fukery its doing to the local city is sickening.
@@andrewk8636Yeah, unless it's a matter of national security and the order for steel is bumped above others in the que. I think folks needs to understand too there's already construction in that area for I-95. PennDot contractors just opened up a section too now completed before the accident. While this is a major setback, accidents happen and we have the capacity to meet what's needed.
It is a lot more complicated than that. Construction workers appear to just be sitting there because they are waiting until some part of the project is finished to do whatever they are there for. This is not ants building a tunnel, there is quite a bit of engineering and timing involved. You cannot put construction workers on call until their part of the job is available to do.
They're being clever, you'll see the gap filled, compacted, and surfaced, to give thoroughfare, in a couple of weeks time. Then one half will be closed to construct the bridge, and then the other. That means you'll be down to two lanes each way, plus the surface roads, for six months.
Lousy PennDOT warning signage on the off-ramp. The off-ramp had a downgrade with a sharp curve at the end of the downgrade- a nightmare for trucks. There was just a single, small curve warning sign (with a truck overturning graphic) with a 25 MPH advisory speed ahead of the curve.
So really what is your point. I would bet if the truck was going 25 mph we would not be in this situation speeds posted are for loaded trucks this however is a little different tankers have moving weight however I would think a hazmat load the operator would have took that into consideration since this one was as reported a excellent driver you have to wonder did he have mechanical problems at the exact wrong time
My thougt is the govt officials are making statements predicting a long repair time knowing that it will take less time so that they can brag they finished early
Is it possible to get truck drivers to obay the speed limit. Some of these drivers are crazy some are pulling unbalanced loads you can smell brake fluid burning on some. There are real bad drivers out there and its ridiculous.
What do people expect! Of course there's going to be a backup, so plan accordingly. It isn't as if this is a planned closure, so deal with it! We had a similar detour situation in several areas of Vermont after Irene took out major highways and we were many, many weeks with long detours before things opened up again. I realize that isn't the same scale as this, but detours were much longer because there weren't many options available.
Where is Transportation Hero Pete Buttigieg when you need him? He could have flown into that fire and held up the Freeway himself, the guy is Super Man at least. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If this was japan it would be done in a week tops! Just saying.... anyway anyone affected. Leave earlier! No need to add a pinch of road rage in your day!
That’s not how this works. Where freeways have been purposely deconstructed, things don’t look like this especially years after it is complete. This was not a planned freeway tear down, so it’s not going to be the same as a planned tear down. Also not aware of anyone calling for this particular section of freeway to be torn down.
Grab some Fentynal while you are stopped on the city streets. There is plenty of it around and it will help out the economically disadvantaged people that are trying to make a living.
@greg2976 Dummy. Republicans for DECADES have voted against Fixing our Infrastructure because it would take money away form their precious PARASITES AKA the 1%
@@greg2976 You don't understand much do you? That's what you get for watching Fox "News", it keeps you uninformed and clueless so that you make foolish WHATABOUTISMS in RU-vid comments.
