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BREAKING: All lanes shut down on I-85 due to massive fire
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 03/30/2017 | Ellen Eldridge

Posted on 03/30/2017 4:14:02 PM PDT by TermLimitsforAll

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To: Broker

Amazing firefighters from ATL airport


41 posted on 03/30/2017 4:47:32 PM PDT by Broker (EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL.)
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To: yarddog

Oh puhleeez. Atlanta traffic ain’t nothing. Try LA if the Bay Area


42 posted on 03/30/2017 4:48:03 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: TermLimitsforAll
Map:


43 posted on 03/30/2017 4:49:06 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Put a FORK in I-85 north & south UFN.


44 posted on 03/30/2017 4:49:09 PM PDT by Broker (EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL.)
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To: janetjanet998

That is where the fire started...underneath the overpass that is 85 in that area. The fire burned long enough and hot enough that a portion of the road collapsed

Going to be a while before this gets fixed


45 posted on 03/30/2017 4:49:58 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Cobra64

A section of highway that is an overpass


46 posted on 03/30/2017 4:50:50 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: TermLimitsforAll

Let’s see how Atlanta does. In California, after the Northridge Earthquake, the governor at the time (Pete Wilson, a Republican), called up the president of the largest highway construction firm and told him to rebuild the I-10 overpass that had TOTALLY COLLAPSED in West LA (roughly 14 lanes wide). He also said that it was an emergency, and that he didn’t give a damn about minority set-asides, women-owned businesses, small-and-disadvantaged contractors, racial ‘equity’, or any other crap.

Traffic was flowing in a month.


47 posted on 03/30/2017 4:50:55 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

No not even close. This is not funny. No need to horse around


48 posted on 03/30/2017 4:51:31 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: wally_bert
A couple bouts of Atlanta rush hour traffic years ago cured me of ever wanting to live there.

I was considering living there many years ago. What cured me was not so much the interstate traffic - bad as it is. No what astounded me was the traffic out in the suburbs once you get off the interstate. Endless traffic jams crawling on two lane highways. No way I'd live there.

49 posted on 03/30/2017 4:51:46 PM PDT by plain talk
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50 posted on 03/30/2017 4:52:20 PM PDT by deport
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To: ctdonath2

Not an explosion. They believe it is a fire of plastic conduit that was being stored there


51 posted on 03/30/2017 4:52:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ctdonath2

No. That is incorrect


52 posted on 03/30/2017 4:53:15 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

And if is still wrong


53 posted on 03/30/2017 4:53:45 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: umgud

It is a highway over pass. Plastic conduit was being stored there....until fir is out fire inspectors will say nothing more


54 posted on 03/30/2017 4:55:20 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster
This happened just south of Chester, PA, on I 95 in 1998 or 1999. A tanker exploded and a bridge literally melted and collapsed. It took several months to fix it. I was commuting to work in Philly during that year. I had to cross over into New Jersey to get to Philly.
55 posted on 03/30/2017 4:55:45 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: BenLurkin

No it doesn’t. No tanker involved. It just takes a hot fire that burns long enough. Apparently plastic conduit was being stored there. Fire inspectors will say nothing further until they can get into it


56 posted on 03/30/2017 4:57:06 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

I admit that it didn’t occur to me that the good folks in Atlanta would allow that kind of materials to be stored under their freeway.


57 posted on 03/30/2017 4:59:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: TermLimitsforAll

So now let’s start the conversation of at what temperature does concrete burn...I don’t know.


58 posted on 03/30/2017 4:59:33 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (Cards are being played, you have been Trumped! TRUMP 2016!tapp)
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To: Broker
First-Thank God no injuries reported.

When isn't driving through Atlanta not a traffic nightmare? I'm old enough to remember when the expressway through Atlanta was 2 lanes in either direction. It was a nightmare then.

There are alternate routes using 75 & 285, as well as side roads which can get anyone around the collapse. Keep windows up, lock doors and don't stop for anything. :-)

We'll get through it. We're tough. We have no choice but adapt & deal with it.

59 posted on 03/30/2017 4:59:53 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (GO COCKS!! #ForeverToThee)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Actually what happens with this hot fire over time is the rebar in the cement pillars heats and becomes soft.....connections give and collapse hapoens


60 posted on 03/30/2017 5:00:02 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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