I've Got A Bad Feeling About This

The photo above (click to enlarge) is the approach to the Moses Wheeler bridge on I95 in Connecticut. I go over this bridge every day on my way to and from work. This photo, from the the DOT traffic camera, was not taken at rush hour but at midday when two southbound lanes of the bridge were closed for emergency repairs. Apparently, there's a HOLE IN THE BRIDGE.

Pictures from Chopper 8 indicate the 18" x 18" hole is at the spot of a previous bridge repair.

The I-95 bridge over the Housatonic River in Stratford was one of the 411 Connecticut bridges deemed 'structurally deficient' in a report released by the state following the Minneapolis bridge collapse.

I'm generally not prone to panic and have a dangerously overdeveloped sense of my own invincibility but I may be taking a different route over the river for a while.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 08:44 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment