On June 11, 2023,[1] a tanker truck carrying gasoline caught fire beneath the overpass that carries Interstate 95 (I-95) at the Pennsylvania Route 73 (PA 73, Cottman Avenue) interchange in the Tacony neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. The extreme heat caused the northbound lanes to collapse and damaged the southbound lanes, closing roughly nine miles (14 km) of both directions of I-95, between the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue (exit 26) and PA 63/Woodhaven Road (exit 35).[2][3] The swift construction of a temporary roadway enabled traffic to resume on June 23, less than two weeks after the fire.[4]
The incident recalled the 2007 collapse of a connector in the MacArthur Maze in Oakland, California,[5] and the 2017 collapse of an I-85 overpass in Atlanta, Georgia.[6]
^Tebor, Celina; Sottile, Zoe (June 12, 2023) [June 11, 2023]. "Section of major I-95 highway in Philadelphia that collapsed after tanker truck caught fire underneath could take months to repair, officials say". CNN.
^"Portion of Interstate 95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker fire burns under overpass". 6abc Action News. Philadelphia: WPVI-TV. June 11, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
^Todt, Ron (June 11, 2023). "Elevated section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia". APNews. Associated Press. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
^Forman, Beatrice; Goodin-Smith, Oona; Fitzgerald, Thomas. "Temporary I-95 lanes are open for traffic; Philly mascots are among the first to cross". Philadelphia Inquirer.
^"MacArthur Maze Collapses: SFist". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. April 29, 2007. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^Jackson, Sharifa (June 13, 2023). "How the I-95 collapse compares to I-85 collapse in Atlanta six years ago". 6abc Philadelphia. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
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