I-95 NE Philly Collapse

[cougarconnoisseur]

Wassup fellas,

I was wondering how everyone is feeling about the truly unexpected I-95 collapse near the Cottman Ave exit today. I live only about 10 min from the exit and need to use it to get home when I occasionally monger into the city. Getting into the city with 95 South isn’t too bad, but now 95 North to get home will be an extravagant nightmare / shitshow. Curious how long you guys think it’ll take to fully repair I-95? 1 month? 3 months? Hopefully not a year lol. All of us who’ve lived in Philadelphia knows how bad I-95 construction has been our whole lives. It was finally operating at optimal efficiency and we get bad luck once again! Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts.

 

[Shocker69]

I think it will be 1-3 months until it is repaired but probably on the shorter end like 6 weeks. It isn't a huge section and this will get federal assistance.

I will do my part to try and get to all those AMPs in the northeast and pump some money into the local economy.

 

[Wayne1250]

No way it will be rebuilt in 6 months. The structure needs to be carefully evaluated. especially to see how bad the structure is for the bridge over the opposing lanes, They may have to rebuild the whole bridge. Good luck everyone this will cause a mess for awhile..

 

[Roadrunner6941]

Mark my words 1 year at the least

 

[Retired 031824]

No way it will be rebuilt in 6 months. The structure needs to be carefully evaluated. especially to see how bad the structure is for the bridge over the opposing lanes, They may have to rebuild the whole bridge. Good luck everyone this will cause a mess for awhile..

3 to 4 months, MAX

 

[markkennedy]

Well, it took TWO YEARS to tear down and rebuild a 120ft long two lane bridge over a creek in my town. TWO YEARS. So good luck with that. EPA is your enemy.

I was trying to get into Center City for a Men's Meeting this afternoon, coming back from AC, it was a fscking nightmare. Twenty MPH the whole way from mid state to Philly. I didn't make the meeting, went up to a different place toftt near my home. Took 5 hours to drive what ought to have taken 1.5 to 2. Good luck on commuting.

I guess with it being a major, or THE major artery serving half the population, and more importantly half the businesses, it will get the super treatment. But I still bet on a year or more.

 

[kgirler]

Hope it’s done by Eagles season but I’m not optimistic.

 

[Wayne1250]

No.

 

[Picasso82]

This is Philadelphia, construction projects take forever here.

But...

This is also Capitalism and Money has to Move Man. Mountains will be moved and regulations ignored and 40 hour work weeks laughed at. I can see this not being as long as we think.

 

[oldhorndog53]

How long did it take for the repairs after the 1996 tire fire under I95 near Port Richmond? This seems much worse.

 

[Lonelylarry1]

Hoping the shorter estimates are correct, but have a bad feeling about this

 

[solomon_456]

But...

This is also Capitalism and Money has to Move Man. Mountains will be moved and regulations ignored and 40 hour work weeks laughed at. I can see this not being as long as we think.

That’s only if capitalists will move in and start lobbying bigly, otherwise it’s run by the government and not by capitalism

 

[SJ5553]

Well, it took TWO YEARS to tear down and rebuild a 120ft long two lane bridge over a creek in my town. TWO YEARS. So good luck with that. EPA is your enemy.

I was trying to get into Center City for a Men's Meeting this afternoon, coming back from AC, it was a fscking nightmare. Twenty MPH the whole way from mid state to Philly. I didn't make the meeting, went up to a different place toftt near my home. Took 5 hours to drive what ought to have taken 1.5 to 2. Good luck on commuting.

I guess with it being a major, or THE major artery serving half the population, and more importantly half the businesses, it will get the super treatment. But I still bet on a year or more.

You wouldn't be from Medford and talking about the Jackson Road bridge. That's what happens when you hire engineering students and this is their class project.

 

[markkennedy]

Nope, but in my town's case, it was the DEP and the EPA doing endless, and I mean endless "environmental studies". They must have studied every cell that exists for a 200 meter radius of that area. FOR TWO YEARS.

Engineering students' class project? Whose bright idea was that? My project in engineering was developing a ceramic that was then tested on the skirting of the Abrams tank. Got to go to Aberdick Proving Grounds and watch them put rounds into it, pretty cool. Didn't hold up a town's bridge though lol

 

[onemangang]

Don’t assume that the south bound lanes are ok

 

[quintetmaximus]

Any chances of visiting any AMPs or providers in Philly are out of the question for now.

Also nothing is fast-tracked anymore. 3 months until construction of the new bridge in Minneapolis. This will be at least 6 months of hell.

 

[Clamjuicer]

NJ to Philly mongers. Best get used to using the patco line and dump out at 8th and market. Most of the spas are within a 10 block walking distance from there anyway.

 

[smack9x]

Don’t assume that the south bound lanes are ok

They already said the south bound lanes are compromised. They will need to rebuild that too. This will take at least 6 months.

 

[dotcom]

Here's a thought....They'll secure up the Northbound side and turn it into two way traffic until the SB side is repaired.

 

[dotcom]

(or visa versa if I got that half ass backwards this early in the morning).