I-10 closure in California prompts state of emergency

When the Northridge quake hit in 1994 and took out a section of I-10 (it literally fell and crumbled), they had it rebuilt in 31 days, using the state of emergency bureaucratic &quot;fast pass&quot;.<p>I have a feeling this will be reopened by Thanksgiving.

You would think that after what happened in Atlanta with 85 a few years ago, which was ironically storage owned by the state where a homeless person set some stuff on fire, they would have known better than to allow any storage under a bridge like this, especially private. Just from a national security standpoint, taking out a few bridges like this could cause havoc.<p>They did rush the construction to get it back open but it was crazy for a while. Another great reason to support remote work :).

There’s some large encampments under bart in East Oakland, in addition to other overpasses, underpasses, and other raised concrete infrastructure.<p>I’m surprised more didn’t happen with the 580 (880?) overpass when there was a big fire near west oakland a few years ago, but they did finally take that as an opportunity to clean some things up. It really is irresponsible to let these things slide

Ok - sucks about the closed interstate.<p>But that robot fire fighter in the lead photo - wow that’s awesome!

Philly replaced a burnt bridge pretty quickly. Not sure how different the sizes are but hoping for a speedy fix.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;philadelphia-turns-heads-speedy-i-95-bridge-reconstruction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;philadelphia-turns-heads-spe...</a>

Native Californian, and Angelino here. It took me a minute to realize all the headlines about I-10 meant THE 10 freeway.

Excellent video on the pain points and tradeoffs related to freeway bridge designs and fire safety.<p>Practical Engineering: Why fires destroy bridges<p>Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse Explained<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;iKNw1mnA5M0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;iKNw1mnA5M0</a>

How ridiculous that this even happened. It happened in Atlanta 3 years ago. Don’t we learn from huge mistakes like this anymore? The circumstances are exactly the same. Look it up. It’s really stupid that this was allowed to happen again.

&gt; People are advised to take public transit if traveling in and around downtown Los Angeles<p>I know HN asks that we post thoughtful comments, but the only thing that comes to mind when I read this sentence is &quot;lmfao&quot;

Seems like storage of flammable materials under busy freeways is not always a great idea: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Interstate_85_bridge_collapse" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Interstate_85_bridge_collapse</a>