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re: I-40 Bridge at Memphis closed until further notice
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:56 pm to beebefootballfan
Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:56 pm to beebefootballfan
That is going to be a major, major problem for the trucking industry - i40 is a major route for freight and that antiquated 1 lane turn crap they've got at the TN side of the bridge is just going to be a nightmare for all of that traffic going across.
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 6:59 pm to beebefootballfan
Am I the only one here who looks forward to watching the mayhem unfold on google maps at rush hour tomorrow?
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:00 pm to Mike da Tigah
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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.
Shhhhh this is Louisiana. We can just pretend these issues don’t exist and they’ll never come back to bite.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:08 pm to beebefootballfan
Same thing happened to the west Seattle bridge. Yikes
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:14 pm to beebefootballfan
This will start happening regularly. The bridges in the UcSA have been neglected for many decades.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:15 pm to LSUTigerFan247
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Am I the only one here who looks forward to watching the mayhem unfold on google maps at rush hour tomorrow
It’s happening right now.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:17 pm to beebefootballfan
Is this going to impact Memphis’ number 1 export, new episodes of the first 48?
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:29 pm to billjamin
Drove home from downtown taking I-55. Can attest it’s a total clusterfrick. The morning commute will be an adventure.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:34 pm to beebefootballfan
The surface streets in downtown Memphis will be lighter than normal. It’s just getting to downtown that will be arse tomorrow.
This post was edited on 5/11/21 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:57 pm to shawnlsu
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This will start happening regularly. The bridges in the UcSA have been neglected for many decades.
infrastructure bill.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 8:36 pm to beebefootballfan
If it aint a Huey Long bridge it aint shite baw.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 8:53 pm to beebefootballfan
quote:“I think I'm gonna re-route my trip
I-40 Bridge at Memphis closed until further notice
I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped
If I went to LA via Omaha!”
Posted on 5/11/21 at 9:19 pm to Mike da Tigah
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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.
It's functionally obsolete...but they did refurbish the structure a few years back.
So it could, in theory, be functionally obsolete for 60 more years before it collapses into the river.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 9:32 pm to member12
In Tennessee there's the new I-155 bridge more than half the way to Kentucky.
TDOT Smartway map shows a lot of congestion without really telling the reason the bridge is closed.
TDOT Smartway map shows a lot of congestion without really telling the reason the bridge is closed.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 10:40 pm to deltaland
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the shitty 2 lane Helena bridge?
The Helena MLK Dr. Bridge
Posted on 5/11/21 at 11:21 pm to billjamin
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Is this going to impact Memphis’ number 1 export, new episodes of the first 48?
There hasn't been a new episode of First 48 - Memphis in over a decade
Posted on 5/11/21 at 11:23 pm to weadjust
All River traffic has been halted until this situation is resolved as well.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 11:23 pm to real turf fan
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In Tennessee there's the new I-155 bridge more than half the way to Kentucky.
New as is 1976?
If anyone is heading through Memphis on I-40 during the day it’ll probably make sense to go around to the north up I-55 and back down I-155/Highway 412.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 12:39 pm to The Boat
This post was edited on 5/12/21 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 5/12/21 at 12:51 pm to weadjust
Just a little crack, looks superficial. Just needs some J-B weld and a good buff.
This post was edited on 5/12/21 at 12:53 pm
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