Demolition has started on the I-95 overpass damaged by a tanker truck fire in Philadelphia. Repairs are expected to take months. The collapse has raised concerns about the reliability of infrastructure in the Tri-State Area. Christinafantv reports.
The collapse has brought up concerns about the reliability of infrastructure in the Tri-State Area.I-95 collapse rescue teams find human remains in wreckage of tanker fire disaster in Philadelphia
At a rest stop in Woodbridge on Monday, truckers commiserated over the traffic nightmare following I-95's fiery collapse. "Some people are going Turnpike to get home, some people are taking 295. But either way, they all take you out of the way," Darrell Gooden said."We really need to look at the infrastructure and how to make it better," Sean Frazer said.The collapse drew immediate parallels to a similar gasoline tanker crash in 1997 that toppled a portion of the New York State Thruway in Yonkers, shutting the overpass down for months.
Andrew Herrmann is the past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He says the I-95 overpass was in good condition and recently underwent rehabilitation, but other bridges across the nation are in dire need of attention. "We are finding that the number of bridges rated good is now surpassed by the number of bridges rated fair, which means the bridges are getting older. They need rehabilitation," Herrmann said."The federal government requires bridges to be inspected at least every two years," Herrmann said.
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