DE 495 bridge to close-emergency repairs

swinokur · Jun 3, 2014

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/del-closes-495-bridge-column-tilt-23967851

hdatontodo · Jun 3, 2014

I just love complete thread titles like this that express exactly the information that needs to be conveyed.

So much better than "What a mess!" "Big 495 problem" and "Important please read" which are like TV News teasers.

Maverick0313 · Jun 3, 2014

Thanks for the post. My retirement home is in DE. :-)

swinokur · Jun 3, 2014

Mooseman · Jun 3, 2014

Thanks for the warning. I will let the others at work know.

Tankfixr · Jun 4, 2014

I work in Wilmington.

Traffic is a frigging nightmare in the morning commute with no end in sight.

A roll back driver that does business with our company drove across the bridge a couple of hours before DELDOT closed it. He thought he was getting a flat on the front left of the truck. Turns out it was the bridge and not his tire.

The scary part is that they found the tilting columns by accident. It seems that a near by engineering team that was working on another project happened to notice them.

Sadly, the way the infrastructure is crumbling, I think we will see a lot more of this kind of thing on the way.

clandestine · Jun 4, 2014

Traffic has been awful. The detour through Wilmington is awful. I drive that daily and yesterday was awful.

swinokur · Jun 4, 2014

They are now reporting the repairs could take weeks, not days.

What a mess.

frogman68 · Jun 4, 2014

where is the bottleneck , can get off the last exit of 95 before the Tydings bridge ( think its rt 155) take that north up to US 1 , you will screw Omalley as no toll on the RT 1 bridge and screw Delaware as no toll crossing into there .

JoeRinMD · Jun 4, 2014

Interesting... I just googled Wilmington, DE to see on the map exactly where the bridge is located. Google has already updated their map to show that I-495 is no longer continuous. Instead, it shows 495 ending about .5 miles south of the Christina River and then picking back up about 1.5 miles north of it.

Joe

Mike H · Jun 5, 2014

swinokur said:
They are now reporting the repairs could take weeks, not days.

What a mess.

They are quoting weeks just to devise a plan to stabilize the bridge. They have no idea how long it will take to actually make the repairs. This is going to be closed for a long time.

mtlcafan79 · Jun 5, 2014

Google must know something. They literally took the bridge off the map.

https://goo.gl/maps/084V0

clandestine · Jun 5, 2014

Sucks. Its my day commute.

I guess I need to start carrying again for my detours through downtown Wilmington.

tailboardtech · Jun 5, 2014

mtlcafan79 said:
Google must know something. They literally took the bridge off the map.

https://goo.gl/maps/084V0

Well it worked for taking Springfield off the map

Mack C-85 · Jun 5, 2014

Evidently the theory now is that a project has been piling dirt next to the bridge pilings. The weight of the pile has caused the ground to shift, causing the pilngs to tilt.

WBOC Story:

http://www.wboc.com/story/25700516/questions-grow-about-bridge-closure-dirt-mountain

whatevah · Jun 5, 2014

Fortunately 95 or 495 are not on my commute to work, but I do run 95 for work (ambulance) and occasionally 495 to bypass Wilmington if we're going up to Philly. I mostly work nights so avoid traffic anyhow... except for Tuesday night, got stuck a little late on a transfer to Baltimore and ran into the start of morning rush hour south of the Christiana Mall. That's 5 miles before the traffic usually backs up, and it was almost stopped. Ouch... it took one of our day shift trucks 40 minutes to go 8 miles. So glad I work nights!

frogman68 · Jun 10, 2014

and the good news continues

closed all summer

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/06/10/delawares-495-bridge-will-be-closed-all-summer/

best part the I95 repaving project will go forward . So 495 will be closed and I95 will have parts worked on

F-Stop · Jun 10, 2014

I got a text from Delaware online Sept 1 at the earliest.

I don't have to go that far to often but, going to look at possibly going over 295 and back over by Camden to get to airport.

frogman68 · Jun 10, 2014

F-Stop said:
I got a text from Delaware online Sept 1 at the earliest.

I don't have to go that far to often but, going to look at possibly going over 295 and back over by Camden to get to airport.

quicker and cheaper go up RT1

Lou45 · Jun 15, 2014

Imagine what the traffic will be like through that I95 Wilmongton the first week of July. :sad20:

DE 495 bridge to close-emergency repairs

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