Bridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@wrecksdart wrote: At times I'm fascinated by policy, so I wondered how the "Interstate Highway System" came to be known as such. Early on, the name, "National System of Interregional Highways", was...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@jakeline wrote: wrecksdart: In typical Cali style, it goes by: Santa Monica FreewayRosa Parks FreewayChristopher Columbus Transcontinental HighwayVeterans Memorial HighwayBlue Star Memorial...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@Donald_Petersen wrote: Word. Also, there's no such thing as "Cali." Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@L_Mariachi wrote: There is, but yeah, not here. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@frauenfelder wrote: This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@frauenfelder wrote: [Read the post] Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@nixiebunny wrote: This should have an interesting effect on truck traffic. That corridor sees thousands of trucks a day. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@japhroaig wrote: Holy mole. I've driven the LA Phoenix I-10 corridor a lot. Those pics freak me out. And if you had to bypass that bridge, I sure as hell hope you have more than a half a tank of gas....
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@crenquis wrote: Can't we just drop an aircraft carrier in there? Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@thechuck_2112 wrote: Caltrans' current detour route runs from Blaine (nearly at the CA/AZ border) southwest to El Centro (nearly at the CA/BC border) west to San Diego, where--depending on your final...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@jerwin wrote: Bravo-- hundreds and hundreds of incidents like this, and perhaps California can crawl out of its drought. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@RatMan wrote: As I was sitting on my front porch yesterday watching it rain, I was staggered by the amount of water wasted by just letting the excess run into the storm sewers and thence to the...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@jerwin wrote: Damn. Not even the small mercies are worthwhile. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@Purplecat wrote: And this sort of thing is exactly why you need to spend money on infrastructure. The extra time taken, money spent diesel burnt, and inconvenience, pollution and misery caused by...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@AcerPlatanoides wrote: www.politicususa.com Bernie Sanders Flexes His Muscles By Introducing Bill To Create 13 Million New Jobs Sen. Bernie Sanders is using his new position as the top Democratic...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@billstewart wrote: How much rain actually fell there? (The reports say LA got 0.36 inches, but Desert Center's out in the center of the desert, an hour or more east of Palm Springs.) Of course, even...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@thechuck_2112 wrote: Per the Riverside Press-Enterprise, some places in the desert got 4 inches of rain. The flash floods resulting from that kind of rainfall would be insane. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@Apache wrote: You got it. Tax cuts, man. That'll get things movin'. Read full topic
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@Bobo wrote: Yup. In the desert, it's not how much rain falls, but how it drains off and channels. Even small amounts of precipitation can result in pretty significant local flooding. And this wasn't...
View ArticleBridge collapse shuts down Interstate 10 in California
@RatMan wrote: billstewart: How much rain actually fell there? 6.7 inches, at 1.5 inches/hr when the bridge went out. Read full topic
View Article