Part of I-86 west washed out

[WNYroadgeek]

Between exits 18 (NY 280) and 19 (Allegany State Park): http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/123127/13/Part-of-I-86-Closed-for-Emergency-Repairs

Expected to be closed for three months, and a detour guiding motorists from Exit 21 to Exit 16, via US 219, NY 242, and NY 394 has been posted.

[hbelkins]

Between exits 18 (NY 280) and 19 (Allegany State Park): http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/123127/13/Part-of-I-86-Closed-for-Emergency-Repairs

Expected to be closed for three months, and a detour guiding motorists from Exit 21 to Exit 16, via US 219, NY 242, and NY 394 has been posted.

My memory of that stretch, particularly driving east, was that the pavement was rough as a cob. Maybe this will be the excuse they need to fix it.

[rickmastfan67]

FYI, I just marked the section in OSM as closed.  Top that in response Google!!

[vdeane]

Hopefully something similar won't happen to future I-86 east of Elmira (the road's brand new!) or I-88 just east of I-81.  I have to drive these twice monthly (min; the I-88 one will be more because I'm taking the opportunity to see the roads in the Binghapton area; plus Wegmans is there and not in Sidney!) this summer.

[Roadgeek Adam]

That looks like damage from the storm that gave a run for our trailer in Windsor NY early monday morning.

[Duke87]

Three months? Surely in less than that time they can build temporary crossovers and operate 1 lane each way on the eastbound roadway until they can get the westbound road fixed.

[NE2]

NYSDOT advisory: https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/news/traveler-advisories/2006/2011-05-31

[rickmastfan67]

NYSDOT advisory: https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/news/traveler-advisories/2006/2011-05-31

Thanks for posting that NE2.  I see in that that Exit #20's WB on-ramps to I-86 have been closed as well, so I've marked them as closed in OSM too.

[vdeane]

I wonder why they closed those ramps.  Couldn't they say "closed after exit 19, local traffic only"?

[WNYroadgeek]

Well, I guess it's sort of moot now, as NYSDOT is constructing a temporary lane to be opened by the 10th: http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/southern_tier/NYS-DOT-revises-I-86-westbound-detour

[rickmastfan67]

Crazy.  Guess the towns on the detour route didn't like all the truck traffic. lol.  Too bad it doesn't say where the crossovers are going to be located.  Of course, when they are opened, I could just "fake" the locations in OSM with a guess on the locations, or I could just mark the WB direction as re-opened without adding in the crossovers.

But till the 10th, I should at least mark I-86 WB being closed fully from Exit #20 in OSM.  As well as the WB on-ramp @ #21 as closed.
EDIT: and now updated in OSM.

[WNYroadgeek]

And it's reopened:

I-86 westbound between Exits 18 and 20 reopened. Right lane remains closed; expect some delays. #fb

http://twitter.com/#!/WGRZ/status/78877354839126016

Fixed URL. - rmf67

[rickmastfan67]

And it's reopened:

I-86 westbound between Exits 18 and 20 reopened. Right lane remains closed; expect some delays. #fb

http://twitter.com/#!/WGRZ/status/78877354839126016

Marked as re-opened in OSM now.

[mtantillo]

What's up with all the washouts in NY over the last few years? I-86, I-88, I-87, and I think I-390 too. 

[vdeane]

Can't comment of I-87 and I-390, but I-88 was due to extreme weather; the nearby towns were under 6 feet of water.  In fact, the 2006 flood could have been a major environmental disaster if it hadn't occurred at the best possible time: the Amphenol plating facility was down for maintenance, so the chemicals weren't in their vats at the time.  There were people using row boats to rescue mainframe backup tapes.

[mtantillo]

There were people using row boats to rescue mainframe backup tapes.

Hopefully they rescued the human beings first!

[vdeane]

Wasn't a flash flood.  Those tapes would have been out a lot sooner, but nobody thought it was going to keep on raining for an extended period of time.  They were removed as the water level got high enough to be a problem for them.

[Snappyjack]

Can't comment of I-87 and I-390

The I-87 washout in 2005 was due to heavy rains and flooding and a culvert failure because of it.