Breaking News: Bridge On Fire at Interstate 15 in Hesperia

[jfs1988]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9528012

also on KCAL 9 News.


I-15 is closed on both directions in Hesperia. US 395 is the detour; however, there will be long delays through the Cajon Pass.

[ZLoth]

Go to CHP Traffic and do a search for incident 140505BS00175.

Alternatively, take a look at CalTrans Quickmaps. I saw the traffic cameras out there.... very nasty.

[Zeffy]

Go to CHP Traffic and do a search for incident 140505BS00175.

Alternatively, take a look at CalTrans Quickmaps. I saw the traffic cameras out there.... very nasty.

That does NOT look like a good time to be going north on I-15...

Also, I did not know bridges could catch fire like this.

[jakeroot]

Go to CHP Traffic and do a search for incident 140505BS00175.

Alternatively, take a look at CalTrans Quickmaps. I saw the traffic cameras out there.... very nasty.

That does NOT look like a good time to be going north on I-15...

Also, I did not know bridges could catch fire like this.

I've driven through that section of the 15 numerous times between LV and LA, and traffic is horrendous in the middle of nowhere. I can't even begin to imagine the traffic disaster in Victorville/Hesperia.

Also, the bridge caught fire because of the wind was a bit blustery today and apparently blew some of the hot flames from a blowtorch onto the nearby wood planks.

[ZLoth]

Also, I did not know bridges could catch fire like this.

Technically speaking, it was wooden planks which were used for a bridge under construction.

[rschen7754]

There's really no good way around this, either, except for several two-lane roads through the mountains and desert.

[ZLoth]

From SF Gate:

Some lanes of I-15 could reopen in afternoon

A fire at a bridge construction site on Interstate 15 in Hesperia continued to smolder Tuesday morning, but officials predicted northbound lanes of the artery northeast of Los Angeles could be reopened in time for the evening commute.

The blaze, which burned through the night, reduced the bridge's wooden support structure to ash and caused steel girders to sag into the freeway below. Crews used heavy equipment to slowly drag collapsed remnants out of lanes.

Traffic on the northbound side of Southern California's main connector to Las Vegas could be flowing again by mid-to-late afternoon, said Basem Muallem, District 8 Director for Caltrans.

Southbound lanes are expected to reopen by Wednesday morning, he said.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

[rschen7754]

The northbound lanes are open again. https://twitter.com/Caltrans8/status/463838191921807362

[rschen7754]

And now the whole route: https://twitter.com/SANBAGnews/status/463935593055936512