Fortunately this bridge fire closed a bridge over I-95. Report is that the bridge over I--95 has to be removed before I-95 can be reopened. MNRR is having to add trips and equipment to present trains. Fires Somewhat similar to I-85 and I-285 gasoline bridge fires however only I-85 closed for weeks.
I-95 closed in CT after truck fire in Norwalk: What we know (thehour.com)
Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno - The Washington Post
When will I-95 reopen? Highway in Norwalk, Connecticut, to remain closed while overpass damaged by tanker fire is demolished - 6abc Philadelphia
Demolition begins as I-95 closure in CT enters 2nd day (msn.com)
I-95 fire in Norwalk closes highway for days, CT governor says (ctmirror.org)
And we see/pass these BOMB trucks almost every day in our travels and in relative terms don't think twice about it.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
California learned the hard way about gasoline tanker trucks and tunnels being a bad match back in 1978. What got me was that members of the Sacramento press thouht that an Assemblyman's proposal to ban tankers from tunnels was purely a political move - which doesn't reeflect well on the press.
Erik_MagCalifornia learned the hard way about gasoline tanker trucks and tunnels being a bad match back in 1978. What got me was that members of the Sacramento press thouht that an Assemblyman's proposal to ban tankers from tunnels was purely a political move - which doesn't reeflect well on the press.
Bulk fuel trucks are prohibited through both the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel. The 'short cut' for these types of cargos used to be the Francis Scott Key Bridge and using the East side of the Baltimore Beltway (I-695); with the bridge being destroyed these cargo's must utilize the longer West side of the the Baltimore Beltway. Bulk fuel cargos have been prohibited from these tunnells from the day they opened. Baltimore Harbor Tunnel opened for traffic in 1957.
Prohibiting bulk fuel transoprt through tunnels makes perfect sense, just surprised that the state of California didn't have similar restrictions. One difference is that the Caldecott tunnels are on a grade, so the lowest point is a portal and not the middle as in the case of the Baltimore tunnels. I wonder about Nevada as there are a couple of tunnels on I-80 next to the SP and WP tunnels along the Humboldt river.
Don't know about Nevada, but in Colorado where I-70 goes under the continental divide thru the Eisenhower Tunnel at about 11,000' elevation, hazardous tankers must go over Loveland Pass at 12,000' summit.
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