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Thank you ThomasNo Casualties was the initial report, but that seems to have changed. The driver has been missing since the fire, and it may be that the human remains that have been found are his.
When will I-95 reopen? Officials unveil plan to repair highway, but decline questions on timeline
Gov. Shapiro said the plan is to fill the gap with backfill and then pave over it to create a temporary roadway and get the highway open again.
Dang.Feel sad for the family of the man the sources are saying it is.
My 2 cents on a repair. Everyone keeps saying raised highway but to me it just looks like an overpass for the exit ramp. I mean yeah its raised but not on a bridge, raised by earth. So for a quick fix, just fill in the overpass and forget about the exit for now. Fill it in, pack it down, put a new road on top of if it for now, highway construction crews put down temp roadways all the time(seen them on the turnpike, I80 etc). Just to get the road open again instead of waiting for new overpasses to be fabricated and shipped and installed. Then just replace each side when the pieces are ready, divert all traffic to one side(NB or SB) while the other side is being permanantly fixed.
In 1970, One of my first projects at Michael Baker, Jr. was to redesign many concrete/pile foundations supporting the concrete piers that supported the elevated Delaware Expressway thru the city.Feel sad for the family of the man the sources are saying it is.
My 2 cents on a repair. Everyone keeps saying raised highway but to me it just looks like an overpass for the exit ramp. I mean yeah its raised but not on a bridge, raised by earth. So for a quick fix, just fill in the overpass and forget about the exit for now. Fill it in, pack it down, put a new road on top of if it for now, highway construction crews put down temp roadways all the time(seen them on the turnpike, I80 etc). Just to get the road open again instead of waiting for new overpasses to be fabricated and shipped and installed. Then just replace each side when the pieces are ready, divert all traffic to one side(NB or SB) while the other side is being permanantly fixed.
Nice. My grandfather (1896-1973) was a civil engineer who worked all over Washington. National Cathedral, Taft Bridge, 14th Street bridge, on renovations. His one notable original construction is the Islamic Mosque on Massachusetts Avenue at Rock Creek Parkway. Norm wore a three-piece suit every day, always dressed for Mass, I’m smiling at the memory. He played on the last Catholic University football team to beat UMd, 1916. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled program.
My grandfather & grandmother raised me thru my teens, I wish my GF lived as long as yours. He was born in 1900 - 1963, 10 yrs before yours. He was a dynamite blaster in the deep anthracite mines, I never did pick up the trade.
95 to the stadiums is open in both directions as is the good ole Surekill!
That's where I used to live in the early 1970s--when I-95 ended shortly before the Ben Franklin. So it will be like it was back then (mind you I started taking the subway from Fern Rock to avoid it).
Frank had certain skills. (Remember the wheelchair episode?) Arthur was hopeless, useless, oblivious to the point of totally lacking a sense of shame. (Remember the surprise birthday party?)
Sad,....... spanning the breach.
You can also fill the tri-axle trucks up much more than standard stone and still be under weight. Less trips trucking makes it much quicker. It's a win win.
Yes, it's also easier to spread and takes a lot less time to compact, and the backfill process won't be impacted by rainy weather. Lot's of pluses in this application, I wonder how much more it costs.
You’re a bad, bad man.
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