A Huge Chunk Of Highway In Atlanta Collapsed Following A Massive Fire

A large section of a bridge on the I-85 in Atlanta, Georgia was effectively eaten up by a fire on Thursday

31 Mar 2017

The I-85 in Atlanta, Georgia is now missing around 30 metres from one of its bridges, after being engulfed in a huge fire for an hour and a half.

The fire started at 6.00pm local time on Thursday, fueled by a large stock of PVC pipes. It’s not currently known what started the blaze.

When you're just trying to get home and Atlanta is on fire again. #hotlanta #atlantafire #i85
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With around 250,000 vehicles using the bridge every day, its collapse is catastrophic for the local network. Given how extensive the damage is, it’s estimated that repair work will take several months.

While it’s the northbound section that’s collapsed, the southbound carriageway will also be closed until the damage can be assessed. Local business are said to be pushing their opening times later to compensate for the traffic hell their employees will be forced to sit through.

Source: CNN

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Comments

I guess it just became the “highway to hell”

I guess you can say the high way was LIT FAM.

ill show myself out.

Must have been a Lamborghini LM002 on it

I actually saw that happen

im a georgian and welp i did not expect for this to be on CT

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I’ve found a solution.

My fadw was a trucker for about 20 years and dro c.f. e on this strwtch of road hundreds of times, the way he tells it the road was in need of work every single time, could have been part of the reason for such a catastrophic failure