An elevated section of Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia collapsed Sunday, shutting the highway — a closure that might take the important thing freight artery offline for weeks if not longer.
In response to media reports, the early morning fire was attributable to an oil tanker that caught fire underneath the elevated structure. The collapse is reported to be in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia generally known as Tacony, however the closure of the road is 7 miles long, from Exit 25 at Academy Road to Exit 32, Linden Avenue.
Video and photos from the location show a slab of the highway collapsed onto the road below.
The Twitter feed of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said the road beneath the collapsed section of the interstate is near the intersection of Route 73 and Cottman Avenue.
City of Philadelphia Managing Director Tumar Alexander, quoted by philly.com, the web site for The Philadelphia Inquirer, said “I-95 might be impacted for a very long time, for a very long time.”
There have been no immediate reports of injuries.
Media outlets already are publishing alternative routes to get across the closure. It is a list of recommendations from the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia.
However the recommendations by NBC and other outlets are for motorists trying to access the town itself.
Truckers traveling north to south already can bypass that area through the use of the Recent Jersey Turnpike or Interstate 295, which parallels much of the Recent Jersey Turnpike and at a couple of points has lower than a quarter-mile between the 2 roads.
But that is just minimally relevant to traffic headed to the town itself. In response to an internet site called The Greater Encyclopedia of Philadelphia, which incorporates a history of I-95 in that region, by 2010, the stretch of I-95 through Bucks County, which is north of the town, was carrying 136,000 cars per day and 19,000 trucks.
Trucking capability in Philadelphia has been looser than in the remainder of the country. The Outbound Tender Rejection Index in SONAR for Philadelphia stood at 1.75 Saturday. For the U.S as a complete, it was 2.86.
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