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Ivan takes out I-10 bridge over Escambia Bay.
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?ei=ISO-8859-1&c=news_photos&p=Bridge ^ | 9-16-04 | Ivan

Posted on 09/16/2004 10:51:10 AM PDT by OXENinFLA

A bridge over Escambia Bay north of Pensacola, Florida is cut in two by Hurricane Ivan with a tractor-trailer rig swallowed by the gap, September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people.   REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Thu Sep 16,11:42 AM ET
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A bridge over Escambia Bay north of Pensacola, Florida is cut in two by Hurricane Ivan with a tractor-trailer rig swallowed by the gap, September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

The bridge carrying Interstate 10 over Escambia Bay is wiped out on both ends as what is left of a truck remains on a section, after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people.   REUTERS/Marc Serota

Thu Sep 16,12:14 PM ET
Reuters


The bridge carrying Interstate 10 over Escambia Bay is wiped out on both ends as what is left of a truck remains on a section, after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Marc Serota<

The bridge carrying Interstate 10 over Escambia Bay is wiped out on both ends as what is left of a truck remains on a section, after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people.   REUTERS/Marc Serota

Thu Sep 16,12:08 PM ET
Reuters


The bridge carrying Interstate 10 over Escambia Bay is wiped out on both ends as what is left of a truck remains on a section, after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida September 16, 2004. Hurricane Ivan slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday with devastating winds and pounding waves that ripped homes apart, flooded deep inland and spawned tornadoes that killed at least eight people. REUTERS/Marc Serota


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: PAR35

Surely you jest in all your questions you are asking? Come on, now.


61 posted on 09/16/2004 12:23:44 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: PAR35
This will be an inconvenience to travelers and truckers, but should have no economic impact.

I would think that they'd have to make sure the other span is sound and then turn into a single-lane two-way bridge (probably with temporary lane dividers to make it safer) until the other span is repaired. They did this after one span of the first Sunshine Skyway Bridge at the Tampa Bay entrance got knocked out by the barge, and it was like that for years (with no lane dividers). I drove over it like that once -- it was hairy and scary -- and fun!

62 posted on 09/16/2004 12:23:54 PM PDT by cogitator
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To: OXENinFLA

I have some loved ones that left GA Tues to beat the hurricane to get to Texas for a cheerleading competion.

It took the team 23 hours to get there. I was wondering which side it is because they have to return Sat or Sun.
What routes arond that bridge are there? I will look it up on Street & Trips. Looks like they are going to have to go North and return by I-20.


63 posted on 09/16/2004 12:27:19 PM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So (Shut up and sing. I don't care what you think.)
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To: OXENinFLA; All

Anyone know anything about how Lillian, Ala, stood up?


64 posted on 09/16/2004 12:38:10 PM PDT by zook
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To: mnehrling
What tractor trailer driver would have the guts (or lack of brains) to go across that bridge in the middle of a hurricane?

That one.

65 posted on 09/16/2004 12:42:12 PM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: rawhide
Surely you jest in all your questions you are asking?

I wasn't the one thinking like a plaintiff's attorney. How could/would you close a roadway in the midst of a hurricane? Folks need to show some personal responsibility.

66 posted on 09/16/2004 12:54:53 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: OXENinFLA

Scary, I was on this bridge two weeks ago, I have lots of friends in Pensacola.


67 posted on 09/16/2004 12:57:41 PM PDT by rodguy911 ( President Reagan---all the rest.)
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To: SeeRushToldU_So
What routes arond that bridge are there? I will look it up on Street & Trips.

Check the links I posted in 56 for Alabama and Mississippi. Some of the alternates are also blocked, as is I-10 at other points, and I-20 is getting pounded from Birmingham to Atlanta at this time. I wouldn't be suprised to see I-40 blocked by slides by the time the storm has passed.

68 posted on 09/16/2004 1:01:18 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: mnehrling

Wow, I've been on that bridge. Hopefully the driver made it out okay, and at least it wasn't the Sunshine Skyway in Tampa.


69 posted on 09/16/2004 1:03:39 PM PDT by AFreeBird (your mileage may vary)
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To: OXENinFLA

Wow!


70 posted on 09/16/2004 1:14:15 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: mnehrling

Either a really stupid one, or one who's involved in transporting emergency-related supplies. Either way, I hope he's okay. But if it's the former, he really needs to get his head checked.


71 posted on 09/16/2004 1:31:05 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker (Donate to the Swift Vets -- www.swiftvets.com)
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To: Squantos

4 miles in 12 hours? I'd a walked!

Or would that be 'swam'? Nah; not in that weather.

At least she's safe, and I guess the car kept her dry. Still, that seems indredible.

I thought traffic was bad years ago when I had to drop a buddy & his bags a mile or so from LAX, because it was much faster for him to walk the rest of the way.


72 posted on 09/16/2004 1:31:43 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
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To: PAR35

"I wasn't the one thinking like a plaintiff's attorney. How could/would you close a roadway in the midst of a hurricane? Folks need to show some personal responsibility."

All the police know how to close a road, no matter what the weather is like. They do this all the time.


73 posted on 09/16/2004 2:06:43 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: petitfour

Better question, why didn't the idiot stop before he got into the area. Its not like we haven't had weeks of warning about Ivan. The driver was/is an idiot.


74 posted on 09/16/2004 2:12:02 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: SandyInSeattle

He was thinking he was a tough guy and wanted to brag that he did it....


75 posted on 09/16/2004 2:12:43 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (q)
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To: OXENinFLA

Employees make their way into Sarah's, a formal dress shop in downtown Pensacola after it was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ivan on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004.

A sign directing drivers to the on ramp for Highway 10 sits half submerged in flood waters from the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ivan passed through early Thursday

A large air conditioner fan and vent unit came to rest on a car in the parking lot at the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola.

A gas station under water in Mobile, Ala.


76 posted on 09/16/2004 2:22:01 PM PDT by Dooderbutt
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To: OXENinFLA

Somehow this wouldn't surprise me. It's starting to drive me nutz down here!

77 posted on 09/16/2004 2:23:39 PM PDT by Dooderbutt
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To: Dooderbutt

don't know if this has been posted yet. Check out the Kerry sign.

78 posted on 09/16/2004 2:42:00 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: rawhide
All the police know how to close a road, no matter what the weather is like.

Please share with us how to safely close a road in a hurricane. Sure, physically the road can be blocked with concrete barriers or dump trucks, but you can't put up any warning signs or devices.

79 posted on 09/16/2004 2:47:18 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Dump trucks are often equipped with a yellow rotating strobe on the roof of the cab.

There's the warning device.


80 posted on 09/16/2004 2:54:36 PM PDT by brianl703 (Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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