FoxNews: I-95 northbound lanes may be back open in a couple of days, but south bound will have to be taken out.
It's taken me over 3 hours to 'sort of' catch up. Lots of stuff happening. Groan.
Definitely goign to affect the trucking industry
Northbound drivers scramble to avoid I-95 mess in Connecticut
By EVAN BERLAND
The Associated Press
3/26/2004, 3:21 p.m. ET
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Truckers in New Jersey scrambled for alternate routes, and shipping companies warned of delays and increasing costs Friday, the day after a fiery crash closed Interstate 95 in Connecticut.
"This is going to be a major inconvenience," Dee Smith, a United Van Lines driver from Atlanta, said at a truck stop just off Interstate 295 in Bordentown.
The crash Thursday night shut down Interstate 95 in Bridgeport, blocking the main traffic artery linking New York and Boston. The tanker truck explosion and fire warped bridge girders, and the highway could be closed for two weeks or more, officials said.
The Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers at Port Newark said it sent mass faxes and e-mails to members Friday morning, advising them to reroute New England-bound trucks.
"We're talking about several hundred a day" being diverted, said Dick Jones, the association's executive director. "Every delay adds to costs, but the industry is pretty flexible."
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