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Title: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on May 02, 2024, 11:16:05 AM
Another truck fire at a bridge for I-95 again.  This time in CT @ Exit 15.

https://twitter.com/GovNedLamont/status/1786036623085604901
https://twitter.com/GovNedLamont/status/1786036633365798975
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: The Ghostbuster on May 02, 2024, 11:27:18 AM
Bad luck?
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: LilianaUwU on May 02, 2024, 01:04:27 PM
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Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: SectorZ on May 02, 2024, 01:23:27 PM
Law of averages?
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: ilpt4u on May 02, 2024, 01:24:36 PM
Weren't the others I-85/Georgia and I-10/Cali?
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Ted$8roadFan on May 02, 2024, 02:09:23 PM
A couple of theories: (1) incidents on I-95 naturally get more attention because it goes straight through the densely packed Northeast corridor where any incident will draw widespread attention from the business/government/media complex in NYC/DC; and (2) because it carries an insane amount of traffic and there aren't that many viable alternatives, any big accidents and closures become regional and even national events.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Great Lakes Roads on May 02, 2024, 03:29:36 PM
Well, it looks like CTDOT will have to replace the bridge with Federal Emergency money.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: abqtraveler on May 02, 2024, 03:52:38 PM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on May 02, 2024, 11:27:18 AMBad luck?
More like too many idiots in that part of the world who don't know how to drive.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: abqtraveler on May 02, 2024, 04:11:40 PM
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on May 02, 2024, 03:29:36 PMWell, it looks like CTDOT will have to replace the bridge with Federal Emergency money.
Congress is going to have to appropriate more emergency funding with all of the bridges that have been destroyed or failed lately. 
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: SectorZ on May 02, 2024, 06:08:26 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on May 02, 2024, 04:11:40 PM
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on May 02, 2024, 03:29:36 PMWell, it looks like CTDOT will have to replace the bridge with Federal Emergency money.
Congress is going to have to appropriate more emergency funding with all of the bridges that have been destroyed or failed lately. 

Yet another incident caused by an entity and yet somehow the taxpayers will pay for it.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: RobbieL2415 on May 02, 2024, 07:05:01 PM
Honestly, I'd be posting detour notices on all the VMSs in both directions between NYC and Boston.

Commercial vehicles now have to use I-87 to I-90 to reach either destination.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: LilianaUwU on May 02, 2024, 07:11:20 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on May 02, 2024, 06:08:26 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on May 02, 2024, 04:11:40 PM
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on May 02, 2024, 03:29:36 PMWell, it looks like CTDOT will have to replace the bridge with Federal Emergency money.
Congress is going to have to appropriate more emergency funding with all of the bridges that have been destroyed or failed lately. 

Yet another incident caused by an entity and yet somehow the taxpayers will pay for it.
Right?! Whenever this shit happens, whoever is responsible should pay for it.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: MikeTheActuary on May 02, 2024, 07:17:34 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 02, 2024, 07:11:20 PMRight?! Whenever this shit happens, whoever is responsible should pay for it.

The responsible party's/parties' insurer(s) will, I assume, cut a check to the state.  However, I expect that cleanup and repair costs will exceed the available insurance, and the time/cost of attempting to pursue recovery for the excess from the responsible partie(s) will eat up much of any potential recovery.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: SectorZ on May 02, 2024, 07:30:20 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 02, 2024, 07:11:20 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on May 02, 2024, 06:08:26 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on May 02, 2024, 04:11:40 PM
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on May 02, 2024, 03:29:36 PMWell, it looks like CTDOT will have to replace the bridge with Federal Emergency money.
Congress is going to have to appropriate more emergency funding with all of the bridges that have been destroyed or failed lately. 

Yet another incident caused by an entity and yet somehow the taxpayers will pay for it.
Right?! Whenever this shit happens, whoever is responsible should pay for it.

Exactly. My state has had multiple instances of trucks wailing on overpasses too low for their overheight loads, and not only are they not paying the state doesn't even repair them for years.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/two-lanes-restored-around-roosevelt-circle-after-bridge-struck-by-truck/37115795

Case in point, truck hit overpass three years ago with an overheight load that was specifically routed to avoid it, and three years later no repairs have been made. It looks like ass and I'm waiting for someone to defeat the jersey barrier and land on I-93 underneath.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on May 02, 2024, 10:24:34 PM
I'm completely amazed that the cab for the tanker didn't burn out.

Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Dough4872 on May 02, 2024, 10:42:43 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 02, 2024, 07:05:01 PMHonestly, I'd be posting detour notices on all the VMSs in both directions between NYC and Boston.

Commercial vehicles now have to use I-87 to I-90 to reach either destination.

Isn't I-84 also a viable alternate?
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: robby2161 on May 03, 2024, 07:03:54 AM
Quote from: Dough4872 on May 02, 2024, 10:42:43 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 02, 2024, 07:05:01 PMHonestly, I'd be posting detour notices on all the VMSs in both directions between NYC and Boston.

Commercial vehicles now have to use I-87 to I-90 to reach either destination.

Isn't I-84 also a viable alternate?

Not only viable, but preferred.  It amazes me how many news segments I've seen that can't seem to get the interstate detour correct...

Going Northbound from Port Chester, NY: 287 West -> 684 North -> 84 East -> 691 East -> 91 South

New Haven to Port Chester along 95 is 48 miles.  The detour I outlined is about 100 mi.  I live just north of Norwalk, the gridlock yesterday in/around the area of the accident was wild.  Another problem is that our local and state roads in this part of CT aren't very truck friendly. Dated infrastructure, such as low underpasses, substandard lane widths, odd intersection geometry, and poor signage aren't helping.

Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Ted$8roadFan on May 03, 2024, 07:11:24 AM
Didn't the state plan on building an expressway along the route of CT-34 from the danbury area to New Haven during its road-building bonanza?
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: 74/171FAN on May 03, 2024, 07:30:37 AM
Quote from: robby2161 on May 03, 2024, 07:03:54 AM
Quote from: Dough4872 on May 02, 2024, 10:42:43 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 02, 2024, 07:05:01 PMHonestly, I'd be posting detour notices on all the VMSs in both directions between NYC and Boston.

Commercial vehicles now have to use I-87 to I-90 to reach either destination.

Isn't I-84 also a viable alternate?

Not only viable, but preferred.  It amazes me how many news segments I've seen that can't seem to get the interstate detour correct...

Going Northbound from Port Chester, NY: 287 West -> 684 North -> 84 East -> 691 East -> 91 South

New Haven to Port Chester along 95 is 48 miles.  The detour I outlined is about 100 mi.  I live just north of Norwalk, the gridlock yesterday in/around the area of the accident was wild.  Another problem is that our local and state roads in this part of CT aren't very truck friendly. Dated infrastructure, such as low underpasses, substandard lane widths, odd intersection geometry, and poor signage aren't helping.



You are probably better off cutting over to I-81 if possible if coming from MD and points south to take I-84 anywhere into New England right now.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: SectorZ on May 03, 2024, 08:33:12 AM
Can't wait to see the first trucker try the Merritt Pkwy as an alternative. At least they'll learn quickly that it's not just a violation of law, it's a violation of physics.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: webny99 on May 03, 2024, 10:42:47 AM
Quote from: ilpt4u on May 02, 2024, 01:24:36 PMWeren't the others I-85/Georgia and I-10/Cali?

I-95 in Philly (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33384.0) is probably what the thread title is referencing.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: webny99 on May 03, 2024, 11:10:38 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on May 03, 2024, 07:30:37 AM
Quote from: robby2161 on May 03, 2024, 07:03:54 AM
Quote from: Dough4872 on May 02, 2024, 10:42:43 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 02, 2024, 07:05:01 PMHonestly, I'd be posting detour notices on all the VMSs in both directions between NYC and Boston.

Commercial vehicles now have to use I-87 to I-90 to reach either destination.

Isn't I-84 also a viable alternate?

Not only viable, but preferred.  It amazes me how many news segments I've seen that can't seem to get the interstate detour correct...

Going Northbound from Port Chester, NY: 287 West -> 684 North -> 84 East -> 691 East -> 91 South
...

You are probably better off cutting over to I-81 if possible if coming from MD and points south to take I-84 anywhere into New England right now.

Agreed that I-84 is by far the preferred alternative. Another thing that might surprise some is that I-95 is NOT the fastest route from NYC to Boston. I-95/I-91/I-84 is not only faster, it's almost entirely six lanes. Factoring that in, a significant portion (>50%) of I-95 through traffic in southern CT is bound for I-91/I-84 anyways, so all that traffic could just continue on to I-91 north and would not have to return to I-95 at all.

I don't think using I-81 to I-84 would be necessary unless you're starting well inland from I-95. Any traffic originating south and west of NYC could just use I-287 in NJ, then decide based on traffic conditions whether to take I-287/I-684 (congestion-prone through Rockland/Westchester) or I-87 NB to I-84 (usually clear outside of weekend/holiday traffic).
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 11:27:00 AM
I'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but this is the 3rd incident in less than a year where an Interstate Highway has been closed by a fire-induced bridge collapse, in addition to that ship collapsing the bridge in Baltimore.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: JayhawkCO on May 03, 2024, 11:47:05 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 11:27:00 AMI'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but this is the 3rd incident in less than a year where an Interstate Highway has been closed by a fire-induced bridge collapse, in addition to that ship collapsing the bridge in Baltimore.

Does that mean that you're insinuating that these events are somehow connected?
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: PColumbus73 on May 03, 2024, 12:14:18 PM
The good news is that the bridge that was damaged wasn't one that carries I-95 itself. If they can expedite the removal of the damaged bridge, I would think they could reopen I-95 pretty quickly while they work on rebuilding the overpass.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: DJStephens on May 03, 2024, 12:24:29 PM
Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on May 03, 2024, 07:11:24 AMDidn't the state plan on building an expressway along the route of CT-34 from the danbury area to New Haven during its road-building bonanza?
Yes, but that concept died at least 42-45 years ago.   There is / was a directional interchange on 84, believe the old number was possibly Exit 25.   That interchange may have been removed and replaced with something less high powered.  Haven't been up there in over 15 years.  That was supposed to have been the western terminus of the CT - 34 expressway. Would have been a useful connection.   They should have extended the "urban' CT- 34 section in New Haven a lot sooner, that might have made a push to complete it more possible.   Instead, the urban section was cut back, and a biomedical firm was allowed to build directly in the ROW.  Bad planning. 
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: bing101 on May 03, 2024, 12:57:44 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on May 02, 2024, 01:24:36 PMWeren't the others I-85/Georgia and I-10/Cali?
Yes!
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on May 03, 2024, 11:47:05 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 11:27:00 AMI'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but this is the 3rd incident in less than a year where an Interstate Highway has been closed by a fire-induced bridge collapse, in addition to that ship collapsing the bridge in Baltimore.

Does that mean that you're insinuating that these events are somehow connected?

I don't want to sound crazy, but 9/11 and COVID happened during my lifetime and a foreign government trying to sabotage America's transportation infrastructure wouldn't be the weirdest thing that's happened.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 03, 2024, 02:05:14 PM
Having clinched I-95 I can understand the subliminal attraction towards burning it into the ground.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: shadyjay on May 03, 2024, 04:35:14 PM
Quote from: DJStephens on May 03, 2024, 12:24:29 PM
Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on May 03, 2024, 07:11:24 AMDidn't the state plan on building an expressway along the route of CT-34 from the danbury area to New Haven during its road-building bonanza?
Yes, but that concept died at least 42-45 years ago.   There is / was a directional interchange on 84, believe the old number was possibly Exit 25.   That interchange may have been removed and replaced with something less high powered.  Haven't been up there in over 15 years.  That was supposed to have been the western terminus of the CT - 34 expressway. Would have been a useful connection.   They should have extended the "urban' CT- 34 section in New Haven a lot sooner, that might have made a push to complete it more possible.   Instead, the urban section was cut back, and a biomedical firm was allowed to build directly in the ROW.  Bad planning. 

The "high speed interchange" on I-84 is Exit 11, in Newtown, and that was built for the CT 25 expressway, which currently ends in Trumbull.  The first exit off that road from the north would have been CT 34, but as a surface road.  The CT 34 expressway extension west of New Haven would have had it meet up with the existing 4-lane section in West Haven, though that section is more of a boulevard.  There were plans for some sort of expressway from Ridgefield to Shelton, according to Kurumi's page on CT 34, but I don't believe any work towards such an expressway was ever performed.
https://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct34.html

Having taken CT 34 from I-84 to I-95 numerous times, it would've been nice to have some sort of connection between the two, in limited-access form.  One of my first jobs as a surveyor back in 1999 was the Stevenson Dam project, a sizeable choke-point on that route, especially for tractor trailers.  Its been 25 years and there's been zero progress made on replacing that dam bride (it litterally is a dam bridge).
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: kalvado on May 03, 2024, 06:14:44 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on May 03, 2024, 11:47:05 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 11:27:00 AMI'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but this is the 3rd incident in less than a year where an Interstate Highway has been closed by a fire-induced bridge collapse, in addition to that ship collapsing the bridge in Baltimore.

Does that mean that you're insinuating that these events are somehow connected?

I don't want to sound crazy, but 9/11 and COVID happened during my lifetime and a foreign government trying to sabotage America's transportation infrastructure wouldn't be the weirdest thing that's happened.
Okkam razor. Why would a foreign government do something Americans are enthusiastically doing themselves? Just make sure truck driving becomes a shitty low wage job...
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 06:26:11 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PMI don't want to sound crazy
Mission failed. It is odd that it happens a lot, though there's no way those events are connected.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: kalvado on May 03, 2024, 06:30:07 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 06:26:11 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PMI don't want to sound crazy
Mission failed. It is odd that it happens a lot, though there's no way those events are connected.
An easy connection would be driver and road quality... Along with cost cutting strategies
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: kalvado on May 03, 2024, 06:30:07 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 06:26:11 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PMI don't want to sound crazy
Mission failed. It is odd that it happens a lot, though there's no way those events are connected.
An easy connection would be driver and road quality... Along with cost cutting strategies
Has driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: RobbieL2415 on May 03, 2024, 07:19:35 PM
I did not notice any increased commercial traffic on I-84, in either direction, between Hartford and Vernon, today.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: jeffandnicole on May 03, 2024, 07:53:48 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: kalvado on May 03, 2024, 06:30:07 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 06:26:11 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PMI don't want to sound crazy
Mission failed. It is odd that it happens a lot, though there's no way those events are connected.
An easy connection would be driver and road quality... Along with cost cutting strategies
Has driver quality lowered in the last few years?

Combination of that and people getting much more aggressive.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: shadyjay on May 03, 2024, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PMHas driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.

Oh, it most definitely has!  Riding around in a big rig for the past month at my new job, I'm noticing just how many drivers are on their phones or severely distracted while driving.  Not to mention the excessive speed (80 MPH in the left lane isn't fast enough), the cut-from-far-left-lane to the far right lane across 3-4 lanes at the last possible second, or the weaving in and out of lanes without any blinker or barely a look. 

My brother was in the far left lane of I-95 somewhere down by Fairfield way a couple weeks ago, and got passed by someone on the left... yup, the left.  The shoulder.  Last time I checked... that's not a travel lane.  But someone would rather risk the life everyone on the road just to get to their destination 2 minutes quicker. 

What scares me even more, especially in CT, is all the wrong-way driver incidents that have been happening in the past 1-2 years.  Do people not know how to read english?  Are they just not paying attention?  Is it the fact that drivers are more under the influence of (insert drug/alcohol here) than they were in the past?  Now, a lot of DOT projects is going towards wrong-way preventitive measures, since the bigger signs they put up aren't cutting it.  Now ramps are getting flashing red lights that are activated if a driver is going the wrong way. 
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 08:08:42 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on May 03, 2024, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PMHas driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.

Oh, it most definitely has!  Riding around in a big rig for the past month at my new job, I'm noticing just how many drivers are on their phones or severely distracted while driving.  Not to mention the excessive speed (80 MPH in the left lane isn't fast enough), the cut-from-far-left-lane to the far right lane across 3-4 lanes at the last possible second, or the weaving in and out of lanes without any blinker or barely a look. 

My brother was in the far left lane of I-95 somewhere down by Fairfield way a couple weeks ago, and got passed by someone on the left... yup, the left.  The shoulder.  Last time I checked... that's not a travel lane.  But someone would rather risk the life everyone on the road just to get to their destination 2 minutes quicker. 
Having been in a big rig (though as a passenger), I noticed something: so many people slow way down to turn right. Nothing's obstructing your way, why are you slowing down that much?!
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: kalvado on May 03, 2024, 09:36:00 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: kalvado on May 03, 2024, 06:30:07 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 06:26:11 PM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 01:46:09 PMI don't want to sound crazy
Mission failed. It is odd that it happens a lot, though there's no way those events are connected.
An easy connection would be driver and road quality... Along with cost cutting strategies
Has driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.
Well, anecdotal evidence is an increase of bridge strike rates around me. Governor actually agrees with me: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-york-seeks-stop-increasing-bridge-strikes-18470183.php
On a more general side, there is a demand for workers with better working conditions and ever-so-close  self-driving vehicles making CDL a bad career choice.
Another thing I don't know how accurate is a saying that plenty of problems are caused by drivers who neither speak English nor used to imperial units.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: jeffandnicole on May 03, 2024, 09:41:57 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 08:08:42 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on May 03, 2024, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PMHas driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.

Oh, it most definitely has!  Riding around in a big rig for the past month at my new job, I'm noticing just how many drivers are on their phones or severely distracted while driving.  Not to mention the excessive speed (80 MPH in the left lane isn't fast enough), the cut-from-far-left-lane to the far right lane across 3-4 lanes at the last possible second, or the weaving in and out of lanes without any blinker or barely a look. 

My brother was in the far left lane of I-95 somewhere down by Fairfield way a couple weeks ago, and got passed by someone on the left... yup, the left.  The shoulder.  Last time I checked... that's not a travel lane.  But someone would rather risk the life everyone on the road just to get to their destination 2 minutes quicker. 
Having been in a big rig (though as a passenger), I noticed something: so many people slow way down to turn right. Nothing's obstructing your way, why are you slowing down that much?!

I do this sometimes out of necessity - I have something in the car that requires me to slow down so it doesn't tip, roll, maybe there's a bump, etc.  But 99% of the time there's generally no reason to slow down *that* much.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: PColumbus73 on May 03, 2024, 09:50:59 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 03, 2024, 09:41:57 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 08:08:42 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on May 03, 2024, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PMHas driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.

Oh, it most definitely has!  Riding around in a big rig for the past month at my new job, I'm noticing just how many drivers are on their phones or severely distracted while driving.  Not to mention the excessive speed (80 MPH in the left lane isn't fast enough), the cut-from-far-left-lane to the far right lane across 3-4 lanes at the last possible second, or the weaving in and out of lanes without any blinker or barely a look. 

My brother was in the far left lane of I-95 somewhere down by Fairfield way a couple weeks ago, and got passed by someone on the left... yup, the left.  The shoulder.  Last time I checked... that's not a travel lane.  But someone would rather risk the life everyone on the road just to get to their destination 2 minutes quicker. 
Having been in a big rig (though as a passenger), I noticed something: so many people slow way down to turn right. Nothing's obstructing your way, why are you slowing down that much?!

I do this sometimes out of necessity - I have something in the car that requires me to slow down so it doesn't tip, roll, maybe there's a bump, etc.  But 99% of the time there's generally no reason to slow down *that* much.

It's one thing to slow down to make a right turn, it's another to not signal, or signal after they're slowing down... or at their turn-off.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Duke87 on May 03, 2024, 09:54:07 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 07:11:35 PMHas driver quality lowered in the last few years? I feel like people sucking at driving isn't a new thing.

It actually may have, if only because when demand for shipping goods cratered in 2020 a lot of truckers went ahead and retired or left the industry. This then created a shortage of truckers when demand rocketed back, which has since abated but it means the average trucker on the road has fewer years' experience than was the case five years ago, and many of those younger truckers were rushed through training because there was a shortage that urgently needed filling.

The shortage when demand rocketed back of truckers with hazmat certifications specifically was extra acute, which is part of what contributed to gas prices staying stubbornly high for a while in 2021-23.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: LilianaUwU on May 03, 2024, 10:15:04 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on May 03, 2024, 09:50:59 PMIt's one thing to slow down to make a right turn, it's another to not signal, or signal after they're slowing down... or at their turn-off.
And usually it's a combination of multiple or all of those choices.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Rothman on May 03, 2024, 11:21:38 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on May 03, 2024, 11:47:05 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 11:27:00 AMI'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but this is the 3rd incident in less than a year where an Interstate Highway has been closed by a fire-induced bridge collapse, in addition to that ship collapsing the bridge in Baltimore.

Does that mean that you're insinuating that these events are somehow connected?

That's our kernals... :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 03, 2024, 11:29:48 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 03, 2024, 11:21:38 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on May 03, 2024, 11:47:05 AM
Quote from: kernals12 on May 03, 2024, 11:27:00 AMI'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but this is the 3rd incident in less than a year where an Interstate Highway has been closed by a fire-induced bridge collapse, in addition to that ship collapsing the bridge in Baltimore.

Does that mean that you're insinuating that these events are somehow connected?

That's our kernals... :rolleyes:

Seems I was spot on the money was my assessment earlier in the day:

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 03, 2024, 09:53:53 AMI don't recall but, I would imagine there was something you said that spurred said mocking.  Your problem has been that you made yourself traditionally an easy target given you've said some really weird and outlandish things. 

But hey, I saw this thread after all these years and assumed maybe you were starting to grow up.  I wouldn't begrudge someone attempting to find a living situation for themselves.   That being said, there is one such rest area on US 60 in Salt River Canyon that would be prime for an overnight stay in the car.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: shadyjay on May 04, 2024, 06:29:39 PM
This was posted today...a  live feed of the demo/reopening progress:

https://share.earthcam.net/CTDOTNorwalkBridge/i-95_bridge/camera/live
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: MikeCL on May 04, 2024, 07:14:25 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/GvZc7rr/DSC-8618.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QFWr9xx)
(https://i.ibb.co/TYzJN19/DSC-8167.jpg) (https://ibb.co/S5qHZcF)
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: epzik8 on May 04, 2024, 08:07:18 PM
Quote from: MikeCL on May 04, 2024, 07:14:25 PM(https://i.ibb.co/GvZc7rr/DSC-8618.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QFWr9xx)
(https://i.ibb.co/TYzJN19/DSC-8167.jpg) (https://ibb.co/S5qHZcF)

Good god...
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: davewiecking on May 04, 2024, 08:34:14 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on May 04, 2024, 06:29:39 PMThis was posted today...a  live feed of the demo/reopening progress:

https://share.earthcam.net/CTDOTNorwalkBridge/i-95_bridge/camera/live

Traffic is moving in what appears to be the eastbound direction. Other side still has a few more hours of cleanup and road striping I'd say.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on May 05, 2024, 12:18:19 AM
Quote from: davewiecking on May 04, 2024, 08:34:14 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on May 04, 2024, 06:29:39 PMThis was posted today...a  live feed of the demo/reopening progress:

https://share.earthcam.net/CTDOTNorwalkBridge/i-95_bridge/camera/live

Traffic is moving in what appears to be the eastbound direction. Other side still has a few more hours of cleanup and road striping I'd say.

That would be 'Northbound'.  It's now open.  The NB lanes took way less damage, since the tanker was on the Southbound lanes.

Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: MikeCL on May 05, 2024, 08:34:17 AM
(https://i.ibb.co/DzCRrgY/Almostdone.jpg)
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: MikeCL on May 05, 2024, 09:55:05 AM
Looks like it should be open by 10AM the live feed has been cut
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: Streetman on May 05, 2024, 06:14:22 PM
Damaged bridge was removed and I-95 reopened both ways 80 hours after the fire. Bridge will take a year to replace.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: DJStephens on May 07, 2024, 12:47:37 PM
any replacement structure really ought to have greater horizontal clearance.  At least one of the backwalls was damaged by heat would imagine.   
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: jeffandnicole on May 12, 2024, 08:44:12 PM
Quote from: DJStephens on May 07, 2024, 12:47:37 PMany replacement structure really ought to have greater horizontal clearance.  At least one of the backwalls was damaged by heat would imagine.   

There's a jersey barrier, 3 or 4 feet of flat concrete, then the wall. Seems adequate.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: abqtraveler on May 13, 2024, 07:08:11 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 12, 2024, 08:44:12 PM
Quote from: DJStephens on May 07, 2024, 12:47:37 PMany replacement structure really ought to have greater horizontal clearance.  At least one of the backwalls was damaged by heat would imagine.   

There's a jersey barrier, 3 or 4 feet of flat concrete, then the wall. Seems adequate.

Agreed. Design a longer structure in case CTDOT gets around to widening I-95 through that area at some point.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: MikeCL on August 01, 2024, 12:26:18 AM
It looks like the center support is going to be different this time instead of the pillars it's going to be a single piece.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: abqtraveler on August 23, 2024, 10:21:01 AM
Looks like they're moving very quickly to get the Fairfield Avenue bridge over I-95 rebuilt. The traffic camera on I-95 southbound at Stuart Avenue shows structural steel now in place for the new Fairfield Avenue overpass. I'm thinking the new overpass will be finished before winter sets in.
Title: Re: What is it with I-95 & bridge fires?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on December 03, 2024, 02:59:20 AM
Replacement bridge is completed and open for traffic now!  And supposedly under budget!