When I was going to Ruston this afternoon, I saw a small orange sign near MP 83 that read: "I-20 closed 88 miles ahead TAKE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE". :wow: That puts the closure around Tallulah. We had some very strong storms last night. I was wondering if I-20 was closed due to storm damage or flooding from a fast-rising Mississippi River. Anyone heard anything? :hmmm:
One of the most massive tornado outbreaks ever is underway . It should say go to I 10 because many many roads are closed including Interstates blocked by debris power lines and so on. All of north AL is w/o power
Starting around the Black Warrior River west of Tuscaloosa is an amazing display of what happened last night. The trees in the median of 20/59 were just demolished and I believe a WB lane was closed for tree removal. I would estimate nearly 75% of the trees had their tops sheared off by the storms. Just an awe-inspiring site for anyone who thinks we can control the Earth.
Quote from: cjk374 on April 27, 2011, 11:39:10 PM
When I was going to Ruston this afternoon, I saw a small orange sign near MP 83 that read: "I-20 closed 88 miles ahead TAKE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE". :wow: That puts the closure around Tallulah. We had some very strong storms last night. I was wondering if I-20 was closed due to storm damage or flooding from a fast-rising Mississippi River. Anyone heard anything? :hmmm:
I can't find anything about bad weather around Tallulah.
I believe I have answered my own question:
I made another trip to Slidell Friday. The day before, I noticed the sign was gone, but it wasn't really "gone"....
When I went to Slidell, I took a closer look at these signs that read: "LOUISIANA buckle up...it's the law". There are a few of these along I-20 only on the east bound side. These signs are actually fold-up signs that give this message for detouring I-20 in case something goes wrong with the MS River bridge. In fact, something did go wrong with the bridge a few years ago with the bridge. I don't remember the name of this particular bridge piece, but it failed and I-20 was detoured (IIRC the story that I was told) to Natchez and Greenville. The National Guard even had to airlift the piece to the bridge. I guess these signs are for "just in case" that or anything else (barge running into a bridge pier, e.g.) happens again.
I guess the bad weather we had Tuesday night must've blown the sign open. My bad. :spin:
The MS River bridge was also hit by a barge at Vicksburg, that ongoing work might have been the reason for the closure.