[_Jim]

Intentional?

[VaBthang4]

Tankers dont just Spontaneously combust.

What was it carrying?

[Cicero]

Something similar happened where the NY State Thruway crosses the Cross Bronx Parkway in Yonkers a few years ago. Some idiot pulled out in front of a fuel truck, it caught fire, and it melted the overpass. It took about a year to fix it. I imagine this is an accident. I can't see an Arab terrorist getting that much of a kick from blowing up a freeway. They prefer to kill people.

[crystalk]

Is this related to Muslims in any way? Any Muslims around at the time?

[thatsnotnice]

Similar thing happened in Houston about 20 years ago. The police had pulled over a tanker underneath an overpass. A trailer dump out of Eagle Lake rear ended it. It burned so hot that it melted the steel in the overpass and the rebar in the section of road that they were on. That was closed down for most of a year.

[americalost]

I have not read this whole thread in its entirety but here's a link I found

WBMA-TV ABC affiliate Birmingham, Alabama

A car swerved in front of the tanker.

[SuziQ]

Yikes! Sir SuziQ and I have a very good friend living in Birmingham (but his Mama's name wasn't Tubbs and she died a few years ago anyway, so we know he wasn't involved). We'll have to e-mail him to see what's up!

[OneWayToGo]

I live in Birmingham and, according to news reports, this is an accident. Obviously, with our heightened senses, you have to be suspicious with something like this...but as of right now, this is classified as an accident. News reports are also saying that it will be a matter of months before the bridge can reopen because it will have to be rebuilt completely and not just repaired. The pictures of the bridge look like something out of a California earthquake! That's all I have for now...as soon as something new comes through I'll post....

[_Jim]

Thanks for the updates.

I realized earlier tonight one of the 'things' that determined terrrorists could do with a tanker - a tanker they wouldn't even have to know how to drive, but, through some artful choices in vehicle manuevering (as in 'cut in front of') *could* wreak havoc in our downtown areas by 'clogging' up our vital interstate/Defense Highway Network ...