I-95 reopens in Norwalk, Connecticut

BOULEVARD. REST OF THE RAILS LOOK GOOD, RUNNING ON OR CLOSED. SHAWNEE, BACK TO YOU AND AS THANK YOU. >> WELL, THE DAMAGED SECTION OF I-95 IN CONNECTICUT IS NOW FULLY REOPENED TO TRAFFIC. THIS AFTER A FIERY TANKER AND MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH LAST WEEK CAUSED THE MAJOR DAMAGE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO AN OVERPASS ABOVE THE HIGHWAY IN NORWALK, CONNECTICUT. GOOD DAYS. KENDALL GREEN HAS A LOOK AT THE REPAIRS AND CAUGHT UP WITH SOME DRIVERS WHO ARE GLADLY WELCOMING THE NEWS AFTER DAYS OF DELAYS IN A MASSIVE COMMUTER CRUNCH, DRIVERS ARE GETTING A SENSE OF RELIEF EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. >> I WAS IMPRESSED SOMEONE WORKED REALLY QUICK TO GET THIS DONE. >> AFTER LESS THAN 80 HOURS OF HARD WORK LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF I-95 IN NORWALK ARE BACK OPEN WITH TRAFFIC BREEZING BY AGAIN, A SMALL SECTION OF ONE OF THE NATION'S BUSIEST HIGHWAYS WAS CLOSED OFF NEAR EXIT 15 FOLLOWING A LARGE TANKER TRUCK CRASH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. >> I WAS HAVING TO GO THIS WAY DURING THAT DAY, AND IT WAS A LOT TO GET FROM STAMFORD TO NORWALK. >> THE TRUCK FILLED WITH MORE THAN 8000 GALLONS OF GAS, BURST INTO FLAMES DURING THE BUSY MORNING COMMUTE AFTER A WRECK WITH A CAR AND A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT CRASH KINDLED A MASSIVE FIRE, DESTROYING THE FAIRFIELD AVENUE BRIDGE OVERHEAD, LEAVING IT CHARRED WITH DOWNED WIRES AND TONS OF DEBRIS LEFT FOR CLEANUP. THE DELAYS, STRESSFUL FOR DRIVERS. LUCKILY, THIS ONE MADE IT TO HIS DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AFTER HIS COMMUTE WAS STRETCHED NEARLY FIVE TIMES LONGER. IT NORMALLY TAKES MAYBE 20 MINUTES, TOOK AN HOUR, HOUR 30 ALMOST, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO NORTH AND YOU JUST COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE TRAFFIC WAS TOO BAD. >> FOLLOWING DEMOLITION, CONNECTICUT D.O.T. CREWS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO CLEAR ALL THE DEBRIS FROM THE BRIDGE OFF THE HIGHWAY. THEY ALSO REPAIRED PARTS OF I-95 SO IT'S PASSABLE FOR DRIVERS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. HOW MUCH DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE COMMUTE TOMORROW? >> IT WILL BE HEAVY, BUT IT'LL WORK DEPENDING ON THE TRUCK TRAFFIC. I THINK THE TRUCKS CARRY A LOT MORE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CUMBERSOME, BUT IT'LL WORK. >> HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IT BACK UP THOUGH I KNOW THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER AT THE TIMELINE FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE FAIRFIELD AVENUE BRIDGE REMAINS UNKNOWN. >>

Channel: FOX 5 New York

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Length: 2min 7sec (127 seconds)

Published: Mon May 06 2024