anyone else seeing this footage? retaining wall came down in NY, NY. Now a railroad bridge between NJ and NY is burning.

[PlatinumGold]

it's on TV right now. pretty funky. a retaining wall came down and has completely blocked about a 150 foot stretch of road on Henry Hudson Parkway right next to the George Washington Bridge.

traffic in and out of NY this weekend is going to be HORRIBLE.

That's the bridge that amtrack and NJ Transit use to get into NY, NY from NJ.

 

[DainBramaged]

No link = leaving thread

 

[PlatinumGold]

i'm watching live coverage right now. it seems to have happened within the last hour or so. i figure links will be available soon

 

[xospec1alk]

how will that affect traffic?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
how will that affect traffic?

:laugh:

I'm sure it will be minor.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
how will that affect traffic?

slow down george washington a little bit. don't know all the ramifications of it as i'm not to familiar with NY.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
how will that affect traffic?

Like anything else effects traffic in NYC... it stops it.

 

[KarenMarie]

they interrupted judge judy to a play by play.

not that i watch judge judy or anything... but that channel was on from this morning.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: Thera

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
how will that affect traffic?

Like anything else effects traffic in NYC... it stops it.

the northbound side i guess is closed...but i wonder how southboundn will do..my buddy needs to drive over there

 

[Baked]

Bin Laden did it. Red alert, red alert. Evacuate Manhattan now.

 

[raystorm]

Just starting looking at the coverage. I wonder if any cars are trapped under the rubble.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk

Originally posted by: Thera

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
how will that affect traffic?

Like anything else effects traffic in NYC... it stops it.

the northbound side i guess is closed...but i wonder how southboundn will do..my buddy needs to drive over there

Don't even think about it. My worst commute in NYC was going 20 miles in 5 hours, a bridge section separated. Best advise is to totally avoid that area.

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
how will that affect traffic?

slow down george washington a little bit. don't know all the ramifications of it as i'm not to familiar with NY.

GWB is already the worst traffic jam in NY. This should make commute a night mare for people returning home to Jersey.

 

[MrChad]

NY Times article

Pkwy closed in both directions. Apparently there are some parked cars under the rubble.

 

[Tylanner]

LOOOOOOK AT MEEEEEEE I'm New York!

 

[43st]

1010wins coverage.

 

[Legendary]

Wow, that's terrible.
And to think, I was almost going to go into the city on that road.

 

[rh71]

Ya know, everytime I travel across the Manhattan Bridge, I feel like it's going to fall at any minute...

 

[gshock888]

its new york. nobody gives a crap except the one involved in the said traffic jam

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: rh71
Ya know, everytime I travel across the Manhattan Bridge, I feel like it's going to fall at any minute...

Manhattan I have faith in, it's the Tapanzee that makes me a little scared ....

 

[gshock888]

Tappan Zee is fine. anybody ever WALKED on Williamsburg Bridge? now that takes courage

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: gshock888
Tappan Zee is fine. anybody ever WALKED on Williamsburg Bridge? now that takes courage

Williamsburg is practically brand new now after the years of renovation (goddamn I hated that)...

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: gshock888
its new york. nobody gives a crap except the one involved in the said traffic jam

i'm not involved in the traffic jam and i care. speak for yourself.

 

[gshock888]

ok. im sorry. but i dont really give a crap who gives a crap about this crappy retaining wall.

 

[geecee]

It's probably going to be a traffic nightmare through the weekend, I'm guessing. A lot of GW traffic will shift to the tunnels and local street traffic is going to increase markedly on the west side. Now just imagine if the West Side Stadium had already been built.

EDIT: Yikes. Just read that there my be some cars under there. Hope no one was trapped in there and it was just parked cars.