On Wednesday, Governor Josh Shapiro announced the demolition of the southbound lanes, which were found to be unsafe after the collapse of the northbound lanes, will be completed by Thursday.
He says the first step after demolition will be to backfill the area and pave it to allow motorists to return to the roadway with three lanes on each side of the interstate.
“This approach will allow us to avoid delays through the shipment and supply chain issues and pursue a simple, quicker path,” Shapiro said. “Once complete, cars and trucks can return to this stretch of I-95 and then we will work together to build a permanent bridge while making sure we keep six lanes of traffic open at all times.”
[…] Philadelphia-based construction company Buckley & Company, Inc. was granted the contract for the demolition and reconstruction projects and members of the Philadelphia Building trades are prepared to work 24/7 to get the roadway reopen, officials announced.
“That means around the clock work that you see going on here during the demo phase is going to continue until this road is reopened,” Shapiro said.
I hope they fix that off-ramp, too. That curve is dangerous.
By the way, the work will be livestreamed!
Are they looking into the possibility that this was an explosion of a bomb set by a terrorist? A congressman the other day posted a tweet that included some code-like passages including “watch your bridges.” Has he been questioned?
The driver lost control of the truck going around a steep curve. It’s a dangerous road.
There was a somewhat similar situation in Oakland once, where a massive truck fire melted the steel in the onramp to 880 from the East end of the Bay Bridge. Arnie was the governator at the time, and was taking massive heat for bollixing the bids process for the new Eastern span of the Bay Bridge. He told CalTrans to have it working in a week, and eight days later I drove over it on my way home from work.