Posted on 09/16/2004 10:51:10 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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A bridge over Escambia Bay north of Pensacola, Florida is cut in two by Hurricane Ivan with a tractor-trailer rig swallowed by the gap, September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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The bridge carrying Interstate 10 over Escambia Bay is wiped out on both ends as what is left of a truck remains on a section, after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Marc Serota<
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The bridge carrying Interstate 10 over Escambia Bay is wiped out on both ends as what is left of a truck remains on a section, after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Marc Serota |
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How fast can the Army Corps of Engineers put together a bridge?
Descending from the crest of the Escambia Bay bridges over the navigational channel below toward Exit 17/U.S. 90. This is the first U.S. 90 encounter of Interstate 10 in 175 miles since last intersecting the highway west of Tallahassee. U.S. 90 itself in east Pensacola is designated Scenic Highway, a name for which it attains along the bluffs of the westshore of Escambia and Pensacola Bays. Photo taken by 12/06/03.
Much of US 98 can't be cleared because it doesn't exist anymore...TWC had some of the first pics from the beach. It wasn't merely underwater, it was literally washed away entirely in many places.
Is that the west bound or eastbound lane? I am guessing it is westbound.
Stay Safe
Candidate for a "Darwin Award"!
Hurricane Ivan has destroyed a quarter-mile section of the eastbound section of the bridge. A chunk of the eastbound roadway fell into the water. The westbound section is still standing but is damaged.
http://www.news4jax.com/weather/3735525/detail.html
Is that what they call "Three-Mile bridge" or is that another one?
Wow the water is to the top of that part of the bridge. That is something!
Now why wasn't that bridge closed BEFORE some idiot tried to drive across during a hurricane????????
Stay Safe
If I were the driver of that yellow cab sitting there you'd see by white reverse lights on and a plume of smoke from spinning tires.
my father told me after i got into a fight with a bunch of marines from camp lejuene while in high school that there was a thin line that delineated between guts and nuts
Actually surprising they hadn't closed the bridge...all in all..casualties are remarkably low...
Do you see thoes street signs on the bridge, looks like they were pancaked shut in the direction the hurricane was blowing. I'm surprised the semi did not blow off the bridge!
US 80 and 84 appear to have sections closed as well, as well as many local roads. You probably can bypass the problem on 84 by staying on I-85 to Opelika, take 280 to Columbus, and then hit Z. Cross -country traffic should probably try I-20.
Note I-10 is blocked in Alabama as well, along with 90 and 98.
Here's a list of Alabama road closures and reasons:
http://www.dot.state.al.us/closures/
Mississippi hurricane road closures:
http://www.mdot.state.ms.us/
Florida doesn't seem to care about posting information where it can be found. FlDOT links to the state disaster page, which links back to FlDot traffic count info.
I totally agree, but why was the bridge not shut down, as others have asked?
Stay Safe
Looking at the 4th picture, it looks like the other lane is being closed by the police, with a semi being held up. That guy ought to be thanking the cops for saving his life.
How would you close it?
Put up some barricades which would blow away? Park a heavy truck across the roadway which someone would drive into in the heavy rain? Tell a cop to stand out there in 100 mph wind until he blew away or got hit by a wind driven object?
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