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re: I-40 Bridge at Memphis closed until further notice
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:04 pm to beebefootballfan
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:04 pm to beebefootballfan
Infrastructure of all sorts is getting old and expensive.
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:05 pm to jchamil
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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
It's like we can't ship gas by pipeline and now we can't ship it by truck.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:08 pm to beebefootballfan
Oof that’s gonna be a traffic reroute nightmare.
I guess they’ll go down 61 to the shitty 2 lane Helena bridge?
I guess they’ll go down 61 to the shitty 2 lane Helena bridge?
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:10 pm to beebefootballfan
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You want to see an epic cluster. This will be it. Old 55 Bridge can’t handle the traffic load.
Want to take a shot out how many other bridges across the country should be shut down immediately for similar reasons?
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:16 pm to deltaland
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I guess they’ll go down 61 to the shitty 2 lane Helena bridge?
shite I hope not. I get scared driving across that thing in a car
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:26 pm to OBReb6
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shite I hope not. I get scared driving across that thing in a car
When I would go to the pile of debri, I would make sure to go faster than the speed limit. Bridges do not really bother me, but for some reason that one bothers me.
This post was edited on 5/11/21 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:36 pm to TBoy
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Depending on the nature of the crack, this could have been catastrophic. Or not.
It's usually pretty significant to shut down an interstate. That truss is probably full of fracture critical members.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 4:47 pm to WhuckFistle
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When I would go to the pile of debri, I would make sure to go faster than the speed limit. Bridges do not really bother me, but for some reason that one bothers me.
The only bridges I’ve been on in the same league of sketchiness are the hwy 62 across the Ohio and 60 across the Mississippi in Cairo, Illinois. Both of those are probably worse
Posted on 5/11/21 at 5:01 pm to beebefootballfan
quote:That's how I got to Memphis
I-40 Bridge at Memphis closed until further notice
Posted on 5/11/21 at 5:06 pm to thegambler
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nfrastructure of all sorts is getting old and expensive.
Thank God our $2 billion infrastructure funding bill has $1 billion of new trains in it. :eye roll:
Nothing says fixing bridges like completely sidestepping the issue and funding a pet project
This post was edited on 5/11/21 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 5/11/21 at 5:12 pm to beebefootballfan
I-20 west bound was shut down last week. Concrete fell off a small area in the downtown Monroe area. Traffic diverted to hwy 80. Took 3.5 hours to get to west Monroe and return.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 5:31 pm to WhuckFistle
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Bridges do not really bother me, but for some reason that one bothers me.
It’s as bad as the old Greenville bridge was. If you ever have to stop on it, you can feel it sway back and forth. It’s unsettling
Posted on 5/11/21 at 5:32 pm to Stealth Matrix
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Bridge is only 47 years old.
The BR bridge is 53 years old, and considering the constant congestion and parking lot it becomes at rush hour, it’s only a matter of time before I’d imagine we are royally screwed.
The old Huey P cannot take that kind of traffic and would be super sketchy to traverse for any significant amount of time to serve as a viable alternative for I-10 traffic. I suppose you could use Sunshine temporarily if need be to divert, but getting there via LA1 would be an enormous mess going through one horse towns and an infrastructure woefully inadequate to deal with that kind of traffic. New Roads bridge, same same.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 5:33 pm to Mike da Tigah
The other Memphis bridge, which actually has more traffic is 72 years old
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:24 pm to beebefootballfan
God help the people/businesses along EH Crump.
Turning onto that road will be a nightmare due to the diverted traffic
Turning onto that road will be a nightmare due to the diverted traffic
This post was edited on 5/11/21 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:24 pm to The Boat
Is that whole set up on 55 that had been under construction for years finished yet???? I haven't been up there in 4 or 5 years.
But this is a huge deal. I-40 is a major east/west corridor for trucking. Downtown Memphis is about to be a real shitshow trafficwise
But this is a huge deal. I-40 is a major east/west corridor for trucking. Downtown Memphis is about to be a real shitshow trafficwise
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:32 pm to OBReb6
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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
Got that right. That fricking bridge came over on the Mayflower.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:34 pm to mylsuhat
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They have two bridges like 2 miles apart. They'll be fine.
The I-40 between Memphis and Oklahoma City is the busiest interstate On the planet/
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:37 pm to Lsupimp
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Thank God Louisiana doesn’t have this issue with our infrastructure,
Louisiana has too much infrastructure. Claiborne overpass gotta go.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:51 pm to beebefootballfan
As much as Memphis sucks, it’s better than when I lived in Illinois.
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