Posted on 06/11/2023 9:07:19 AM PDT by texas booster
Multiple lanes of Interstate 95 northbound in Philadelphia have collapsed after a tanker truck fire erupted underneath an overpass.
The fire broke out around 6 a.m. underneath I-95 near the Cottman Avenue exit in the Tacony section of the city.
Video from Chopper 6 showed the overpass carrying the northbound lanes of the highway were reduced to rubble.
The southbound lanes are also compromised, officials said.
All lanes of the highway are shut down between the exits for Woodhaven Road in Northeast Philadelphia and Aramingo Avenue in the Port Richmond section.
There has been no word on any injuries or if any other vehicles were involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at 6abc.com ...
Those aren’t 12” I-beams, and they don’t come off the shelf. I’m certain shoulder-to-shoulder 12” I-beams, roughly 48 of them for six lanes, would not be up to spec to support the road section.
It shocked all of us.
-PJ
Strange, isn’t it?
The article I read said it flipped, leaked and started burning — probably from hot exhaust or sparks — so I’ll just go with that.
If there are more incidents like that, it’ll be suspicious, like all the 100+ food production facilities’ “accidents” over the past 2yrs.
Also driver has not been found.My son passed over it 5 minutes before the smoke started.He’s a firemen was on his way to work.
What is WIP?
Pete Wilson the Republican was the Governor, and it is not fair to him to say this was a brief moment of clarity. Gov. Wilson, like most Republicans, was a devoted free market guy.
WIP = The call letters for a sports talk radio station in Philadelphia.
Thank you.
the heavy thinkers tune in there ...
A driver’s video linked in the story showed the broken overpass starting to sag as the driver went over that part. This was very impressive.
I would think that with a tanker on fire right under the overpass, that traffic over it had already been shut off for a while.
It’s a racist road, don’t ya know?
I vlew the Bay Area popstand in 1989. Worked for Uncle Bill in Redmond, WA for a while. Now in rural north Idaho where all I can here is the birds, the wind in the trees and occasional gunfire as the neighbors practice. Finally have my own 50 yard move and shoot range going in this summer.
Looking for the name of the tanker company, who the driver was, etc.
https://twitter.com/newskag/status/1668008809745330177
On Google Maps, the street will allow you to look underneath the bridge. Lots of metal underneath that bridge.
Inside job. Where was bush, Cheney and the CIA? If a building can’t collapse a single overpass can’t collapse just due to a fuel fire.
So this was an off ramp from I-95... Was the driver under the influence?? Did the driver exit the ramp to fast?
Did the tanker’s brakes fail? What does the device in the tanker that tracks all movements say?
Yikes! 🪽
This story is missing the point on what really matters to the “Woke” people - what are the preferred pronouns of the bridge and each of the people who were responsible for its construction and maintenance.
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