Using I-85 in downtown Atlanta.

Using I-85 in downtown Atlanta. DO NOT


if youre coming through here for spring break using I-85 get off on I-285 and go around

ATLANTA BRIDGE COLLAPSE: I-85 NB overpass collapses due to massive fire

 

yeah, just glad nobody was hurt.. and right in the middle of rush hour

 

I heard this on the news, thought about you, Ralphie. Very glad that no one was hurt.

We had something similar here. The overpass didn't collapse, but the fire/heat did enough damage to cause it to be removed and rebuilt.

 

say they have to repair north ans southbound

 

I've heard & read reports that the US is big trouble when our decades, sometimes centuries, old structures start failing. And very few politicians have the fortitude to use the T word when it comes to paying for it, especially for preventative measures.

"If it ain't broke (yet), don't (pay to) fix it."
"We'll cross that (collapsed) bridge when we come to it."

We the taxpayers, used in the general sense, are also to blame. Where do we want our tax dollars spent, on repairs to structures that seem to be OK, or new roads to ease traffic congestion? I recall one expert saying something like "No one cares (about infrastructure), until people start getting killed."

 

they say they "released" 10 million dollars for this

 

The part on either side of the collapsed portion must be replaced as well. and the same 3 parts on the opposite side of the interstate

 

I still want to know how a fire can bring down a concrete bridge. How long could it have been burning for with fire crews nearby? And even with some plastic stored underneath, how hot could it get and how long was it heating the bridge? Was it thermal expansion that caused cracks and then the weight brought it down?

 

its so eerie its like some walking dead shit
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according to police, there were 3 homeless people under the bridge and they were starting a fire with a chair (don't know why) and it got out of hand

 

This is why I refused to drive over the I-10 Bridge in Lake Charles for an entire year. Some day that thing is going to go down and the lake will catch on fire from all of the pollution. It's a toss up of what will cause what.

 

A chair? There has to be a lot more to the cause of the fire, or more importantly--what was under the bridge that burned so large, so hot , and for so long?

 

We talked last night about the bridge MLK Jr marched and organized at. Was it on that I- 85?

 

I read some more about it. The local fire dept was on a different call at the time so there was a delayed response. And it looks like heat impacts concrete and steel in bridges a lot more than I would have expected.
Atlanta bridge collapse shows how fire defeats concrete, steel - F3News





I have a feeling that they didn't expect a bridge to collapse, but at least they knew enough to not be under it when it did collapse. So, maybe they did know.

 

Authorities and Witnesses say that the man they have in custody they saw him like a chair on fire put it in a shopping cart and roll it into the fenced-in area and walk away

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One positive note is that Atlanta Hartsfield Airport is less than 10 miles away from where this happened and when the fire got out of control they sent the foam trucks up the interstate with a police escort to help with the fire.

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