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Part of I-20 highway buckles near Atlanta
Macon.Com ^ | APRIL 17, 2017 | MARIYA LEWTER

Posted on 04/17/2017 10:29:40 AM PDT by Gamecock

It looks like Atlanta can’t catch a break when it comes to traffic.

Just two weeks after the collapse of an I-85 bridge, GDOT will now have to turn some of its attention to Interstate 20 west. WSB-TV reported the highway buckled Monday morning, causing several blocked lanes.

Pictures show a cracked bump in the HOV lane between the Flat Shoals Road exit and Gresham Road overpass, affecting travel into Atlanta. Police say a gas leak caused the buckle, WSB reported.

Earlier Monday morning, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported a chemical spill on the Downtown Connector blocked both sides of the interstate for hours. The spill was caused by an car accident, with both drivers now being charged.


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To: bar sin·is·ter

WSB says gas leak


41 posted on 04/17/2017 11:05:05 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Red Badger

Just don’t understand how there was enough pressure to do this. That looks like hydraulic damage.


42 posted on 04/17/2017 11:06:13 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

>>I lived in Chicago of the North and am here to tell the tale

I lived in Waukegan, North of the Chicago of the North. I even had to live in one of the “Projects” in Waukegan. I survived.


43 posted on 04/17/2017 11:09:12 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Concrete expands in all direction simultaneously. If that is the center lane, then it just had nowhere to go but up...................................


44 posted on 04/17/2017 11:10:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: Bryanw92

Amstutz...


45 posted on 04/17/2017 11:11:44 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: Red Badger

Thay apparently did not believe in ‘expansions joints’.

I read that a gas line underneath may be the cause- that would be different than thermal expansion, if that is the case


46 posted on 04/17/2017 11:11:53 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
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To: Gamecock

OH, SHIT!!! I’m going to the annual NRA convention in downtown Atlanta starting on April 27 and was planning to take I 20 into downtown Atlanta. President Trump is going to speak there. Woe, oh woe is me.


47 posted on 04/17/2017 11:11:56 AM PDT by libstripper (nd)
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To: Ray76

Union work...


48 posted on 04/17/2017 11:13:05 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: Gamecock

Guess you can still fly in & out of there.....until the airport collapses,that is.


49 posted on 04/17/2017 11:14:21 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Mr. K

No expansion joints and a leaky gas line.......not a good combo....................


50 posted on 04/17/2017 11:14:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: Red Badger

But what’s the pressure of the weight of the concrete? I’d expect the gas either to stop, or to work its way (eventually) to the sides.


51 posted on 04/17/2017 11:14:49 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Maybe a spark from a motorcycle exhaust.

They need to check for survivors on the side of the road up to 100 yards away!..........


52 posted on 04/17/2017 11:18:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: Red Badger

If lit that would be a geyser of flame alright. Maybe it was until the gas company shut off that pipe.


53 posted on 04/17/2017 11:19:50 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: libstripper

Where are you coming from? THAT is east of the city.

Just take 285 around til you can get on 75/85.


54 posted on 04/17/2017 11:23:21 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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55 posted on 04/17/2017 11:23:23 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Gamecock

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That must be in the middle of a very long straight section.

(Design problem)


56 posted on 04/17/2017 11:25:49 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Yes, then again you had these guys...
57 posted on 04/17/2017 11:26:07 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: oldtech

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Don’t fly in, and you’ll never have to fly out!
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58 posted on 04/17/2017 11:38:33 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

10:1 it wasn’t local rednecks who built the road. More likely a contractor from up north. See them all the time doing interstate work around here.


59 posted on 04/17/2017 11:41:53 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: yarddog

Ban Peach Trees or something.


60 posted on 04/17/2017 11:51:41 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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