I-95 Bridge Collapse

Bridge collapse on I-95 just north of center city Philadelphia.

Interstate 95 is the major highway along the east coast of the US running into Canada, Boston, Connecticut, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Richmond, North and South Carolina, to Miami Florida.

The collapse was caused by a tanker truck that caught fire under an on-ramp.

Video footage from the scene showed a massive concrete slab had fallen from I-95 onto the road below in northeast Philadelphia. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The northbound lanes of I-95 were gone, and the southbound lanes were “compromised” due to heat from the fire, said Derek Bowmer, battalion chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Runoff from the fire or perhaps broken gas lines were causing explosions underground, he added.

Mark Fusetti, a retired Philadelphia police sergeant, said he was driving south toward the city’s airport when he noticed thick plumes of black smoke rising over the highway. As he passed the fire, the road beneath began to “dip,” creating a noticeable depression that was visible in video he took of the scene, he said.

He saw traffic in his rearview mirror come to a halt. Soon after, the northbound lanes of the highway crumbled.

“It was crazy timing,” Fusetti said. “For it to buckle and collapse that quickly, it’s pretty remarkable.”

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Locally there are large population centers north and south of downtown that commute back and forth.

Regionally it is only a 3-1/2 hour drive from NY to DC so there is a lot of daily commerce along that stretch. The entire highway runs along port cities.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

Glad to hear nobody was killed.

Concrete and rebar get weak when they get hot, eh?

originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
a reply to: BelleEpoque

Glad to hear nobody was killed.

Concrete and rebar get weak when they get hot, eh?

I guess there's not much you can do if your tanker carrying gasoline catches fire but what was a tanker carrying gasoline doing under the bridge.

a reply to: BelleEpoque
Wow
That’s almost as bad as the eagles collapse in the Super Bowl.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

expect cost of goods to go up and shortages. the more sh@@ that happens the more it looks planned, or maybe the beginnings of the Poxeclipse.

a reply to: BernnieJGato

West Coast ports are closed due to a labor walkout. That's been going over a week, and the ships are stacking up.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

I guess there's not much you can do if your tanker carrying gasoline catches fire but what was a tanker carrying gasoline doing under the bridge.

just hazarding to guess but i would say getting on or off the interstate. might also might have been passing under the overpass to make a delivery.

originally posted by: BernnieJGato
a reply to: BelleEpoque

expect cost of goods to go up and shortages. the more sh@@ that happens the more it looks planned, or maybe the beginnings of the Poxeclipse.

I think like you.

originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: BelleEpoque
Wow
That’s almost as bad as the eagles collapse in the Super Bowl.

a reply to: BelleEpoque
Thanks for the video.
Glad no one was injured.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

I think like you.

cool,

just saw your location did you drive there in a Chrysler that is as big as a whale.

originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: BelleEpoque
Thanks for the video.
Glad no one was injured.

Amen

a reply to: BernnieJGato

I live in Philly and yes.

originally posted by: BelleEpoque

originally posted by: CoyoteAngels
a reply to: BelleEpoque

Glad to hear nobody was killed.

Concrete and rebar get weak when they get hot, eh?

I guess there's not much you can do if your tanker carrying gasoline catches fire but what was a tanker carrying gasoline doing under the bridge.

Getting off the road is a smart idea, parking under the overpass is not. It sounds like the fire started after they parked and nowhere to go for at least a mile in a burning tanker.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

hope you don't have to travel 95 very much, if they do road work up there like they do down here in florida a couple 3 4 years before it repaired.

hope you got's lots of jukebox money.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

Driving. Hazmat loads aren’t restricted on the interstate, with a few exceptions.

The I-beams failed, you can see where they are not in alignment and the ends were shimmed.

originally posted by: Bordon81
The I-beams failed, you can see where they are not in alignment and the ends were shimmed.

What would cause that?

a reply to: SigmaXSquared

He wasn’t parked under the overpass, there was an accident on a ramp and he ended up under the overpass because of it.

a reply to: shooterbrody

That’s not fair.


That L goes to the defense. No sacks, no stops in the 2nd half no turnovers...

The Offense did enough to win.