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I-40 Bridge at Memphis closed until further notice
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:23 pm
You want to see an epic cluster. This will be it. Old 55 Bridge can’t handle the traffic load.
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The I-40 bridge is shutting down due to emergency roadwork. According to Dave Parker with ARDOT, routine inspection revealed a crack in the structure of the bridge.
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Construction crews will not be allowed on the bridge and will use drones to assess the damage, Parker confirmed. The I-40 bridge will be shut down until further notice.
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:24 pm to beebefootballfan
Memphis is a terrible place
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:25 pm to beebefootballfan
Well...glad they found it before it collapsed.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:25 pm to beebefootballfan
K...keep us posted.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:27 pm to beebefootballfan
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routine inspection revealed a crack in the structure of the bridge.
Depending on the nature of the crack, this could have been catastrophic. Or not.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:27 pm to beebefootballfan
Bidens bridges
This post was edited on 5/11/21 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:28 pm to beebefootballfan
Bridge is only 47 years old.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:28 pm to beebefootballfan
Well, my time went so quickly
I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' 55
As I pulled away slowly
Feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive
I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' 55
As I pulled away slowly
Feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:29 pm to beebefootballfan
They have two bridges like 2 miles apart. They'll be fine.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:30 pm to mylsuhat
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They have two bridges like 2 miles apart. They'll be fine.
There is a ton of traffic over both of those bridges every day, especially during rush hour. With all of the logistics in Memphis, this will be noticed
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:31 pm to beebefootballfan
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Old 55 Bridge can’t handle the traffic load.
That one lane cloverleaf interchange where I-55 north makes the turn onto the bridge to go across the river will be an absolute shite show until this is over.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:36 pm to beebefootballfan
Thank God Louisiana doesn’t have this issue with our infrastructure, especially on major interstate bridges in cities like Baton Rouge and Lake Charles. Our political class is top-notch and has excellent foresight. We are truly blessed.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:36 pm to beebefootballfan
It's time to build an I-40 2.0 that will avoid the cities and the road closing landslides in the Smokies and now the clog called Memphis. Also called Oklahoma City clog, Albuquerque clog, etc.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:37 pm to Lsupimp
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Thank God Louisiana doesn’t have this issue with our infrastructure, especially on major interstate bridges in cities like Baton Rouge and Lake Charles. Our political class is top-notch and has excellent foresight. We are truly blessed.
Baton Rouge has the new bridge
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:39 pm to beebefootballfan
This is bad. That bridge is the most heavily trafficked freight bridge in the country. Now all that traffic will be diverted to the 55 bridge which was either built by the Romans or aliens, no one knows for sure
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:40 pm to Dire Wolf
Yes and it’s a marvel of planning and engineering. The way it was the only major interstate bridge that narrows to one lane anywhere in America creating a permanent bottleneck resulting in tens of millions of lost productive hours was a true master stroke.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:43 pm to real turf fan
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It's time to build an I-40 2.0 that will avoid the cities and the road closing landslides in the Smokies and now the clog called Memphis. Also called Oklahoma City clog, Albuquerque clog, etc.
The perfect solution to this would be building a new bridge for i69 somewhere between Memphis and Greenville (my vote would be clarksdale), but they keep pussyfooting around and act like they’ll just use the Greenville bridge.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:44 pm to The Boat
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That one lane cloverleaf interchange where I-55 north makes the turn onto the bridge to go across the river will be an absolute shite show until this is over.
It’s 2 lanes actually going northbound. You’re correct though when going southbound. I’d imagine though that being 2 lanes northbound would be negated from having that many vehicles slowing down to around 25 mph and turning to get to the bridge.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:50 pm to beebefootballfan
Just in time for Memphis In May
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:04 pm to beebefootballfan
Passed through there 2 weeks ago. Could've been me
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