They'll be re-routing traffic to another arterial bridge just to the east - you'll get through, but it'll be slow going.

Seriously doubt traffic is "backed up to the border" from this - that's some 50 miles.

They noted on the KOMO broadcast, that only means that the lane design isn't up to current standards; it doesn't refer to safety of the structure design.

Saw this on the news, literally shat myself as myself and my family cross that bridge very, very frequently.

every weekend the border lineup will be a easy 1-2 hours wait. Add to that the collapse of the bridge, its just not worth the headache imho.

in regards to the newspaper, i am sure what they said is that the lineup was backed up from the us border building to the canadian border building at the peace arch or pacific highway. which is pretty common for every weekend and its even more of a backup for long weekends.

I just posted a picture of the Pattullo on my Twitter feed today... it opened in 1937 and handles almost as much traffic daily as the Skagit River bridge does...

http://www.nwheritage.org/heritagesi...mages/1937.jpg

people going to sasquatch are in for a long long wait

holy

Traffics going to be a nightmare for months, shitty deal for people who were planning to head down.

I would need to change my shorts...

KIRO had an interview with the driver of the vehicle that was right behind the oversize truck... said he told his wife he didn't think it was going to fit unless it moved to the left, and then another truck tried to pass, leaving the oversize no room to move over. Said they pretty much saw it coming and were slowing down already when it hit. The wife is one of the two in hospital still - stable condition, but possible head and internal injuries. The other driver was northbound on the other side of the bridge.

Patullo also has a lot more clearance for over-height loads - the Skagit River bridge is really pretty low:

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Washington State DOT @wsdot
.@TweetWashington Detour information will be kept current here, it's still in flux: http://1.usa.gov/MO37C3 #SkagitBridge #I5bridgecollapse

Google has already updated Maps accordingly:

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U literally shat yourself?
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Heard of Global this morning, that the oversized load was on it's way to Vancouver, WA from... Calgary AB :badpokerface:

I haven't seen any pics of the truck with the oversized load, thought for sure there would be some floating around by now.

A Canadian trucker did it.

It's a conspiracy right CiC?

What if local BC businesses paid him to do it?
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Won't let me paste image but here's a link to supposed truck

I-5 bridge collapsed after oversize truck hit span | KING5.com Seattle

A truck should not of done that to the bridge it should of been way more stable then what it is. The scary part is just think what would happen to the bridges when a decent earthquake hits...

I blame Zionists and Islam .

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...id%20there.jpg

Yes, it's the ZioCanadians!

The bridge is supported almost entirely by that overhead structure, and like so many buildings and structures, it's all inter-connected and balanced like a Jenga. With the stresses balanced across everything, you don't even have to completely remove a piece, you just have to weaken it sufficiently, and gravity does the rest. In this case, all it probably took was for an angle joint to buckle, and the rest of the structure couldn't hold the weight. Remember that at that instant, it has several dozen tons of truck and trailer now being supported by that damaged truss - once it starts to go, even after the truck leaves, there's nothing going to stop it.

Cic:
The three victims deserved it. America has committed far more war crimes with far worse casualties than these three people who drove in the bridge. Zionism and jews are the evil power

Ulic:
Bridge collapses happen in china all the time. Rich ppl don't take bridges. They take planes. I am rich. But not too rich. I will network with Chinese beurocrats and become more rich. Money means power. Power means no bridge.
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Ahh have to head down for a tournament... That border lineup + redirect
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I blame Christy Clark. She paid off the truck driver to make his payload overweight for the bridge ride in order to keep people in BC. -need those B.C. consumers to buy the more expensive groceries here to drive the economy.

She's a troll for the bridge. :smug:

I'm genuinely surprised there weren't more people in the water. That section of road is usually pretty damn busy, even outside of rush hour.

One of the victims is a UBC student:

?Please don?t let me die?: UBC student plunges into Skagit River following bridge collapse | Globalnews.ca