Atlanta is Burning!

Texas stores massive amounts of material and equipment under their overpasses. They did this so they could fence off the land and kick out homeless people.

Wow

I actually feel it is in bad taste, but then again I think Farmers should have to not harvest the corners of their fields so that the poor can glean.

Do you have a link stating that's the reason that the state does that? I know they store quite a bit of equipment there (it's basically state-owned "covered parking") but I've never even heard rumors that it's also to kick out homeless people.

Here, much of the space under freeways isn't used for equipment storage, but as parking lots for nearby businesses and, in one case, a university.

"Only way to the airport"? - Anc
yes, Anc, if I lived in Atlanta I probably would take the MARTA. But I live in Augusta, so if I have to drive my car all the way to Atlanta I might as well zip down 285 South off I-20 and hang a right in a few miles and be there in a flash. Luckily airport traffic won't be affected though because the collapse is north of I-20.
And because I hate freeways anyway, I was already planning to take side-roads to my destination so once I get off I-20 I won't see a freeway for my whole trip.
I would rather drive 30 MPH through side-roads than zip along at 55 MPH and miss an exit or risk my life trying to merge. Atlanta drivers are doing their best to catch up to west coast levels of aggressiveness - weekends are made to CHILL not be part of a rat race.



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Someone's ass is going to be in a sling

The I-40 bridge collapse that went across the (Arkansas river?) forever ago but not long after 9/11 took only a month to complete.

My former stepmom and her horses died in that bridge collapse.

Dexter season two gave oldfella the idea to burn the bridge down.

Seems important?if http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...s-have-helped-lead-to-a-traffic-disaster.html

That's a ridiculously large number of counties for such a small state.

Roads are rolling again.

I85 reopened.

ATLANTA - Interstate 85 is back in business. The northbound roadway reopened to traffic just after 7 p.m. Friday and the southbound lanes opened at 6pm on Saturday.

I went across the new span today... meh. 4 seconds of somewhat smoother roadway, not all that exciting. Would have been more exciting if the roadway wasn't there.

yep, and way ahead of schedule because the builders got a break from good weather. Thus they pocketed a 3,000,000 dollar bonus! They should give the crack-heads who burned it a portion of the bonus. Without them, they would never have had the opportunity to rebuild the overpass.

You should hear about the I-338 'proposal' roadgeeks loved back in the day.

Or if there were great white sharks there instead of a roadway.

Or man-eating great whites!

Or exploding nuclear man-eating great whites!