I-95 overpass collapse in Philadelphia (1 Viewer)

[Madmarsha]

Portion of I-95 to be closed for 'months' after fire, collapse in Philadelphia: Officials

Video from Chopper 6 showed the overpass carrying the northbound lanes of the highway were reduced to rubble.

6abc.com

Breaking: Truck fire causes I-95 collapse in Northeast Philadelphia

A truck under an on-ramp to I-95 in Tacony has reportedly caught fire, causing part of the highway to collapse on Sunday morning.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

 

[longtime lurker]

That’s a commute that I’m glad I don’t have to make everyday. What a mess.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

SEPTA is gonna be extra fun

That area doesn’t really need more smoke

 

[Madmarsha]

SEPTA is gonna be extra fun

That area doesn’t really need more smoke

There's a reason why when I lived about 2 hours west of there I never actually went to Philthadelphia. Dad always had a subscription to the Inquirer and listened to KYW radio EVERY.MORNING.

Of course, my alternative stomping grounds of Baltimore would not be a place I'd want to step foot in many times right now either.

 

[faceman]

There's a reason why when I lived about 2 hours west of there I never actually went to Philthadelphia. Dad always had a subscription to the Inquirer and listened to KYW radio EVERY.MORNING.

Of course, my alternative stomping grounds of Baltimore would not be a place I'd want to step foot in many times right now either.

My Niece used to be a traveling nurse. Her first night in Baltimore made her change options.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Well that's going to suck

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

There's a reason why when I lived about 2 hours west of there I never actually went to Philthadelphia. Dad always had a subscription to the Inquirer and listened to KYW radio EVERY.MORNING.

Of course, my alternative stomping grounds of Baltimore would not be a place I'd want to step foot in many times right now either.

After DC Philly is my favorite museum city in the US
But I get it, I teach a bunch of Northshore kids whose parents live in mortal dread of New Orleans and can’t help but tell me what NO is like even though they only go in for Jazz Fest and fancy anniversary dinners

 

[0rion]

The videos of people driving right over the top of a ranging fire haha

 

[superchuck500]

Crazy that the heat caused that. Yikes


The only good thing is that it is downtown, so lots of alternative routes.

 

[Madmarsha]

After DC Philly is my favorite museum city in the US
But I get it, I teach a bunch of Northshore kids whose parents live in mortal dread of New Orleans and can’t help but tell me what NO is like even though they only go in for Jazz Fest and fancy anniversary dinners

lol I swear I've met people from Washington Parish who say they were were never south of Slidell. Boggles my mind.

It's funny but I don't think of Philly as a museum city. I mean, as a kid of a history teacher, I know we did Liberty Bell and all the Independence Mall stuff but I am racking my brain trying to remember. We never did a school trip, that I remember, so no Rocky redux and in later years when others were going to Philly to party, I never did. Just didn't gravitate there. I liked Maryland much better. I think it was hearing all the traffic reports of around King of Prussia and Schuylkill Expressway and the like. And then there's the MOVE bombing.

 

[Madmarsha]

My Niece used to be a traveling nurse. Her first night in Baltimore made her change options.

I once pulled over a cop in south Baltimore because I was lost and couldn't find my way out of the city and was scared to death. Luckily he did give me directions.

 

[jboss]

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Were they actually listening to that song on their stereo, or did they add that in via TikTok?

 

[Sailorsaint]

Were they actually listening to that song on their stereo, or did they add that in via TikTok?

Very appropriate, wasn't it....

 

[tenordas]

Crazy that the heat caused that. Yikes


The only good thing is that it is downtown, so lots of alternative routes.

Crazy, yes. You can see in the news report exactly what it did to those massive steel beams that support those flyovers.

Pretty much puts to shame all those idiots who claimed the heat and fire from the planes couldn't have brought down the twin towers...