“I can state with confidence that we will have I-95 reopened within the next two weeks,” PA Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday.
Monday, June 19, 2023 12:58PM
PHILADELPHIA — Trucks started rolling last week as a company that is helping repair the collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia mobilized for a busy few weeks.
As the first trucks started to arrive Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) activated its 24/7 live stream showing the construction.
“It’s sort of our first, all-hands-on-deck emergency response,” said Rick Smith of Aero Aggregates.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced Wednesday that temporary lanes will be constructed on I-95 near Cottman Avenue where a bridge collapsed on Sunday June 11 after a tanker truck tipped and caught fire.
WATCH: PA Gov. Josh Shapiro unveils I-95 reconstruction plan
Officials said the temporary lanes will be constructed by filling in the bridge gap with specially engineered fill and then paving over it while a permanent bridge is constructed around it.
The fill is being transported in from Aero Aggregates, about 25 miles south of the collapse, in Eddystone, Pennsylvania.
It is made from recycled glass that is baked at high temperatures with a special foam, which creates something similar to rock.
The collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia is expected to reopen within two weeks, Pennsylvania’s governor said Saturday, after joining President Joe Biden on a helicopter tour over the critical stretch of highway closed to East Coast traffic since last weekend.
“We are getting it done here in Philly,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a briefing at Philadelphia International Airport after the flyover that included members of Congress and the city’s mayor.
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