I heard 90 had a bridge down as well. I'll see in a few days. G/F's father
is an over the road driver. He'll fill me in. He has to get to TX from St
Pete this Monday.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Friday, September 17, 2004 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: Re: "Sir" Bill and Ivan's aftermath
>
>
>On Sep 16, 2004, at 23:42, Tony Cellana wrote:
>
>> There are 3 major East West roads thru Pensacola I-10, Ste routes 98
>> and 90.
>> ALL are currently shut down. I KNOW I-10 has had portions of the span
>> knocked into the bay. Not sure about the others.
>>
>> 98 is closest to the gulf, but it is a newer and higher off the water
>> bridge. Just quite a ways out of the way. But, I'll deal with
>> whatever
>> route is open. It won't be I-10. I expect they will replace the
>> entire
>> bridge in the long term with the possibility of fixing the deck in the
>> short.
>
>You won't be taking 98 either. The Weather Channel was along for a
>ride in a Duece responding to a reported gas leak and they were taking
>98 along the coast. Parts of it were still underwater, the southern
>lanes (eastbound) were completely washed away and 2/3 of the northern
>lanes were still there, with their edges badly undercut. They didn't
>say where they actually were when they reached the break in the
>roadway, but they showed a span at least 50 yards across with some
>*major* current running back out towards the gulf where the road should
>have been.
>
>Hopefully 90 fared a bit better.
>--
>Michael Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dak/>
>'98 Dakota CC 4x4 318 '84 RamCharger 4x4 360
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