[RaceBannon]

I wonder what caused that Truck to explode on I-95 in Bridgeport yesterday!

[RaceBannon]

This must be bumped! Thanks to Sorrissi!!

[lelio]

Were the terror alerts out before the truck incident?

[monkeywrench]

Bttt!

[Radix]

I have not yet been able to read reports concerning that accident. I have driven the I 95 area in southern Connecticut many many times, and the area south of the Q Bridge (New Haven) through to New York is a seriously treacherous roadway. The drivers who traverse there are as bad as anywhere else that I have seen, and that goes especially for the big rig truckers.

I have seen and read of many accidents in that area. Not the least of which was the collapse of the Mianus river bridge, and that fiery crash (I missed it by 20 minutes) which ultimately led to the immediate (ahead of schedule) closing of those toll booths.

Sometimes I have actually wondered if that section of highway might be haunted.

[LibKill]

I wonder what caused that Truck to explode on I-95 in Bridgeport yesterday!

Pre-mature jihadulation?

[BurbankKarl]

they are disabling the escape routes from Manhattan...

people will crowd onto the Amtraks to avoid increased commutes and detours....

they hit Manhattan and then hit the trains of people fleeing NYC.

(this is all a hypothesis.....but LA Union Station just installed radiological detectors this week)

[Destro]

Shi'ite happens

[Mo1]

Does this mean I need to hide under the bed again?

[Ol' Sox]

I live nearby and drive this stretch of road regularly. It has been under construction just about forever. Right where the accident took place, the highway jogs left and right and goes over "temporary" lanes and pavement. Storm drains are right in the middle of the road and there are sections where there are no lane markers. Into this mess, mix concrete Jersey barriers and sever potholes and you've got one of the worst stretches of major highway in America. I am not surprised in the slightest that this accident took place because other, smaller accidents take place on this stretch regularly.

[OldFriend]

Anyone sure this is a credible news source?

[freeperfromnj]

More discussion here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1105547/posts

[Dubya]

bump

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Bump!

[DoctorMichael]

I was going to be heading up to my mom's house next weekend in Springfield, MA from here in Charlottesville, VA.

Looks like I go the Rte. 64 West to 81 North (up the Shenandoah Valley) to 84 East in Scranton, PA to Harford to Rte. 91 North route (600 miles)......NOT the 29 North -> 66 East -> 95 North (DC, Baltimore, Joysee Pike, Cross Bronx Expy., Southern Conn.) -> 91 North (500 miles).

[Nita Nupress]

It looks like the driver has been identified and she doesn't fit the typical terrorist profile.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/nyc-ct95032,0,4901097.story?coll=nyc-regionhome-headlines

I-95 section may be closed 2 weeks

The Associated Press

March 26, 2004, 5:29 PM EST
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- It will take millions of dollars and two weeks or more to reopen a section of Interstate 95 — the main highway linking New York and Boston — following a fiery accident that destroyed part of an overpass, Gov. John G. Rowland said Friday.

(snip)

The southbound side of the overpass sagged several feet and must be torn down. Engineers were assessing the northbound lanes to see if they could still be used. The state of New York is offering Connecticut a prefabricated temporary bridge to replace a section of the overpass, but it will be two or three days before it arrives, Rowland said.

If the northbound lanes can be saved, the temporary span will be used on the southbound side. If the entire overpass must be torn down, the temporary bridge will be used to replace the northbound lanes. Engineers would then use fill to span the gap between the highway and Howard Avenue below, and temporary southbound lanes would be built on top of that fill.

Workers began demolishing the damaged section of the bridge Friday. Rowland said he hoped to have the northbound side of the highway reopened sometime next week.

"Keep your fingers crossed, and we'll do the best we can," he said.

Diverting southbound traffic into the northbound lanes is not an option because traffic in the area is too heavy, said Art Gruhn, chief engineer for state Department of Transportation.

Southbound traffic was detoured to Route 25 and the Merritt Parkway, a historic highway that is closed to commercial truck traffic. Trucks trying to use the Merritt were being stopped by police and sent to Route 8 and Interstate 84.

Northbound cars and trucks were being rerouted through the streets of Bridgeport and Fairfield and back onto Interstate 95.

(snip)

The accident occurred at about 8 p.m. Thursday as Gilbert Robinson, 33, of Naugatuck was driving his tanker truck south on I-95. State police said the truck was trying to avoid a car driven by Sarah Waddle of Derby.

Waddle said Friday she was not injured but was still sorting out how she felt.

"I don't know, I'm just thinking it doesn't feel like I've been in an accident," she said.

[dep]

A terror threat targets Connecticut's busiest stretch of highway, the Interstate-95 corridor in Bridgeport. State police began stepping up security in the area Thursday.

the fact that the truck ripped open and caught fire -- it didn't explode; kerosene doesn't explode unless in a vapor -- and did so on an overpass causing the highway to be closed (which wouldn't have been the case anywhere else on 95) the very next day does raise eyebrows, yeppers. now the question is: if this is some terrorist event, what is the other shoe that will drop?

[TaxRelief]

If someone wanted to set a dirty bomb off in NYC, evacuation would be seriously hampered by the disruption of the major arteries leading out of NYC.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

And whats the possibility it was just an accident ?

[leadpenny]

I was told by a friend who lives in the area that this section of I-95 (including the overpass) were newly rebuilt?

[E Rocc]

It's almost impossible that it was terrorism related. In a terrorist attack involving a tanker, the (probably hijacked) truck would be driven by the terrorist, it would involve much nastier cargo, and it would unquestionably be an attack, not an accident.

-Eric