Zawalił się most na autostradzie. Samochody wpadły do wody
1 Stanowa policja informuje, że czteropasmowy most runął około 7 wieczorem czasu lokalnego. Znajdował się na autostradzie I-5, około 100 kilometrów na północ od Seattle
AP / Joe Nicholson
2 Lokalna telewizja pokazuje zdjęcia co najmniej dwóch aut, uwięzionych wśród resztek stalowej konstrukcji. Na jednym z dachów siedzi kierowca czekający na pomoc
AP / Selina Dziura
3 Nie wiadomo, co spowodowało katastrofę. Wiele znajdujących się w stanie Waszyngton mostów jest jednak starych, prawie połowa ma ponad 50 lat. Ten, który się zawalił, został wybudowany w 1955 roku
AP / Joe Nicholson
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NajnowszePopularneNajstarszeAuthorities say - the collapse began when a semitruck with an oversized load struck a steel beam at around 7 p.m.
That caused a massive piece of the northern side of the bridge to wobble, and then fall into the water, taking with it a gold pickup, its travel trailer and an orange SUV.
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Oficjele powiadaja, ze wszystko zaczelo sie od tego, ze polciezarowka z ponadwymiarowym ladunkiem uderzyla w stalowy gorny poziomy element konstrukcji (beam), co spowodowalo drgania poteznego segmentu polnocnego przyczolka mostu, ktory runal do wody zabierajac ze soba zlocistego pick-upa (samochod gospodarczy z otwarta skrzynia) ciagnacego przyczepe oraz pomaranczowego SUV-a!
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A chunk of Interstate 5 collapsed into the Skagit River near Mount Vernon on Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the icy waters and creating a gaping hole in Washington state’s major north-south artery.
Officials said the highway will not be fixed for weeks at the very least.
Rescuers pulled three people with minor injuries from the water after the collapse, which authorities say began when a semitruck with an oversized load struck a steel beam at around 7 p.m.
That caused a massive piece of the northern side of the bridge to wobble, and then fall into the water, taking with it a gold pickup, its travel trailer and an orange SUV.
Rescuers did not believe there was anybody else in the water but were planning a morning search to be sure.
The National Transportation Safety Board announced it is launching an investigation into the collapse.
Officials urged residents to avoid traveling in the area for the foreseeable future.
“We Washingtonians are going to have to do what we do best, which is to hold together, to show strength of character and a good deal of patience,” Gov. Jay Inslee said in a late-night news conference at the scene.
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The bridge, built in 1955, was inspected twice last year and repairs were made, according to state Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson.
The bridge is classified as a “fracture critical” bridge by the National Bridge Inventory.
That means one major structural part can ruin the entire bridge, as compared with a bridge that has redundant features that allow one member to fail without destroying the entire structure.
The bridge is used by an average of about 70,000 vehicles per day, 12 percent of which are trucks.
Those vehicles will now have to find another route.
Travis Phelps, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said “this is going to be a long-term traffic issue, because we need to rebuild this section of I-5.”
But he added the shutdown “is not going to be years, but it could be weeks.”
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State Patrol trooper Jason Betts, who was the first to arrive, said it was incredible that only two vehicles fell in the water.
“It’s a miracle,” Betts said. “That is the only way I can explain it.”
(Seattle Times)
Most w Mszanie na A1 już się wali a jeszcze nie został oddany do użytku!
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