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Acura604 01-21-2010 07:51 AM

Alex Fraser incident *Wed Jan 20*
 
So who else was stuck in that chaos during the closure of the Alex Fraser bridge?

I work downtown..left at 2:30pm.. got home at.. .. .. 6:24pm. / North Delta.

I took a detour and got off the main hwy onto a muddy pathway that linked up to the queensborough exit .. felt my TL shocks bottom out on all 4 wheels.. thought I F*cked up the car big time.. but she's riding fine so far. sounded like a gun going off when they bottomed out.

quasi 01-21-2010 08:10 AM

Took you that long? My wife works in Burnaby and usually takes the Alex Fraser, she got off at 4:00 and got to our house in Langley at 5:05 taking Hwy 1. You gotta listen to the radio and alter your route when necessary.

Edit: Lol at root = route.

Greenstoner 01-21-2010 08:19 AM

AM730 for 5 mins then you can planned your route

Acura604 01-21-2010 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quasi (Post 6780765)
Took you that long? My wife works in Burnaby and usually takes the Alex Fraser, she got off at 4:00 and got to our house in Langley at 5:05 taking Hwy 1. You gotta listen to the radio and alter your root when necessary.


YUP..totally my fault for not tuning in until it was TOO late.. had the XM going and didn't think of checking the local traffic news.. damn!!!

Roach 01-21-2010 08:51 AM

Any pictures of this accident? I heard there was a fatality.

Kev

saiko 01-21-2010 10:38 AM

Missed a class last night, was stuck after queensboro before the Alex Fraser.. Usually there's slight bump to bumper traffic but it moves, didn't check 730 until I was too late.

I took a few pics, but the quality is very bad that it doesn't show the extent of the congestion.

Apparently a semi went up in flames, a van flipped on its side, and a small passenger car as well. RIP.

Saw a helicopter view on the news last night. They said the fire was quite big and initial fear was that it could compromise the safety of the bridge. That and the investigation were the reasons to shut down North bound traffic.

skillznrice 01-21-2010 11:13 AM

http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_.../82206387.html

Drow 01-21-2010 11:16 AM

fuk i left sfu surrey at 430 and got bak richmond 730. Took hwy 99
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asahai69 01-21-2010 02:05 PM

never seen traffic that bad. took ages to get out of surrey to get into richmond. took patuello, down royal ave. then queensborough. past that road by starlight and a right turn onto river road. wasnt too bad. took me 40 mins. thank god i wasnt goin the other way. lol

q0192837465 01-21-2010 02:10 PM

It's just a taste of wut's gonna happen in 20 days

tonyvu 01-21-2010 02:13 PM

ouchhh, hows your undercarriage?

Inaii 01-21-2010 02:16 PM

Took my brother and I 2 hours to go from Richmond to Burnaby last night. Unfortunately my car's radio doesn't work (antenna snapped off or it's stuck inside... can't remember) and the am730 website traffic alerts were down so I couldn't look at them on my phone.

It sucked major ass.

shenmecar 01-21-2010 02:21 PM

I took Knight St into richmond and took the Alderbridge exit, that exit was all backed up because Hwy 99 was so jammed. I heard on the radio that it was backed up from the Massey tunnel to Oak St Bridge.

CP.AR 01-21-2010 03:48 PM

that's what you get when there's only 2 main routes (1 lane at Massey and 3 lanes at Alex Fraser) connecting the two fastest developing regions together!

hk20000 01-21-2010 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Picard (Post 6781354)
that's what you get when there's only 2 main routes (1 lane at Massey and 3 lanes at Alex Fraser) connecting the two fastest developing regions together!

Pattullo and Queensborough will give you similar effect actually.


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