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Major Accident Shuts Down Interstate

PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 4:44 pm
by bm_727
My first attempt at this post was right before the server crashed :P so this is the second time im posting it ;)...
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If you are plannig to travel to the Northeast  U.S. then watch out for major traffic problems...

A major accident occured on thursday night at around 8pm which shut down both lanes of I-95 in Bridgeport, CT, the main route for transportation and commerce into New England and between New York and Boston.  The highway will take around 2 weeks to fix, according to the Connecticut D.O.T.  A tanker truck filled with heating oil overturned on an overpass, causing a fire so intense that the bridge support structures melted and buckled.  LUCKILY THERE WERE NO FATALITIES ;D.
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Re: Major Accident Shuts Down Interstate

PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:10 pm
by IcedFoxtrotter
Yeah, it did leave. I am still amazed at how the blacktop is melted. :o

Re: Major Accident Shuts Down Interstate

PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:38 pm
by bm_727
Yeah- the indent you see is from the initial explosion and the sagging shape is from just from the intense heat...

Re: Major Accident Shuts Down Interstate

PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:39 pm
by IcedFoxtrotter
That sux. :P