For any non Americans, the largest interstates are one or two digits, divisible by 5. This particular collapse occurred in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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    1 year ago

    Also for any non-Americans I-95 is the major artery for traffic up and down the East coast. It runs from Miami, FL to the Canadian border in Maine.

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      Odd-numbered interstates travel north-south, even ones east-west.

      Oh and the numbers start in the west and south and get higher the further east and north you go. So the west coast equivalent of I-95 is I-5.

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      They had just finished that stretch as a rebuild in i think 2017. Used to live nearby and this stretch was under construction something close to a decade

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      A fire under a low bridge like that will weaken the steel structure and cause it to bend and break. It wouldn’t matter if it was brand new or 50 years old.

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      1 year ago

      No amount of bridge inspection would help for a sustained chemical fire under the bridge.

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    There are a number of other highways that people can use as alternate routes to get around Philadelphia, but this could be a major disruption depending on how long it takes to repair the damage. I was planning on driving to New England sometime this summer, and I use some of those alternate route to avoid traffic… I’m guessing that won’t be an option this year, though.

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    This looks similar to what happened in Atlanta a few years back. In that one a bunch of trash stored under the bridge caught fire and caused it to collapse. Wreaked havoc on traffic for years.