I-95 Bridge Collapse

a reply to: BelleEpoque

I'm not sure because its not explained in the official story but those were the weak areas where it collapsed.

originally posted by: Bordon81
a reply to: BelleEpoque

I'm not sure because its not explained in the official story but those were the weak areas where it collapsed.

Right. Interesting.

I'm sure Mayor Pete will get right on all that ...

There ought to be some kind of detour or work-around. There had to be when they were building it and maintaining it all to begin with.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

Bridges in the US are in terrible shape. Years of heavier and heavier commercial traffic, and more and more regular traffic, with as little maintenance as they could get away with.

a reply to: ketsuko

Philly's mayor has been MIA since Floyd died.

The alternative routes, in PA or NJ, are roads with lights that serve the local community.

It's not going to pretty. The stupid local news say it could be a couple of months before it's fixed. What a joke. Not stretching in out for 10 years, I would think building a bridge for I-95 would take at least a year and a half and I don't even see that.

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

Thats those union welders and their mafia overlords work alright. Looks like 💩 in the picture and probably looks worse in real life.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: BelleEpoque

Bridges in the US are in terrible shape. Years of heavier and heavier commercial traffic, and more and more regular traffic, with as little maintenance as they could get away with.

Well Democrat run cities hardly use Federal funds earmarked for infrastructure, they funnel it elsewhere and everywhere else except where it was mean for. This is money laundering 101 and what happened in these corrupt local municipalities. Same ole song and dance.

This happened in Southern AZ on I-10 a few weeks back as well. Traffic was diverted all the way into New Mexico to get around the detour.

a reply to: Brotherman

Those look like expensive custom profile I-beams but the way they are supported on the ends with shims doesn't look very permanent. If you were going to set curvilinear LTC's you would pick the thinnest part of the beam profiles.
Nothing here move along thread closed...

a reply to: BelleEpoque

You'd be amazed at how fast things can move when there's a will to. The problem is that local bureaucracies of all sorts are going to take their pound of flesh through red tape before anything moves, and that's the real holdup.

a reply to: BelleEpoque

Such accidents are not uncommon - recently was accident in Shelton Connecticut with a truck hauling fuel oil on I 95 bridge

Ironically had similar accident in same area, again with fuel tanker, number of years back Remember talking to one of the FF at a trade show just after the accident

Going back few years the conspiracy loons were screaming on how hydrocarbon fires cant melt steel - no they simply cause the metal to expand and as its heated loses structural strength so it distorts and collapses

The I-beams were heated by the fire reducing their Yield Strength. Once the Yield Strength got below the load they were supporting, they failed. I know of at least one bridge, two roads and a few buildings that this has happened to.

originally posted by: firerescue
a reply to: BelleEpoque

Such accidents are not uncommon - recently was accident in Shelton Connecticut with a truck hauling fuel oil on I 95 bridge

Ironically had similar accident in same area, again with fuel tanker, number of years back Remember talking to one of the FF at a trade show just after the accident

Going back few years the conspiracy loons were screaming on how hydrocarbon fires cant melt steel - no they simply cause the metal to expand and as its heated loses structural strength so it distorts and collapses

It happened in Atlanta too.

As a conspiracy loon, how many times does a fuel tanker catch on fire under an overpass till it's not something that just happens, and keeps happening.

"Obviously the 1 trillion dollars spent on infrastructure wasn't enough.
Or else the overpass was racist."
-Mayor Pete

a reply to: BelleEpoque

With the number of fuel tankers driving every day, and the number of commercial vehicle accidents every year, I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more.

a reply to: JIMC5499


The 11 year old engineers all figured it out but for the rest of the ATS readers.

www.atlasobscura.com...

a reply to: Bordon81

If you are referring to me, I'm a 57 year old Mechanical Engineer.

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

As an Eagles fan, ouch. It was painful to watch a defense that dominated all year not be able to buy a stop. They did have a softer schedule though.

There is surveillance camera footage of the tanker exploding. It first appears at 6 sec. in the upper left hand corner. It seems to be going fast but I don't see an accident or it overturning but the image is small. Maybe he hits a wall.



www.youtube.com...

a reply to: BelleEpoque

He took the ramp too fast and rolled over. You can see him roll on to the right side as he’s starting to go around the ramp to come back under the overpass.