re: #225 lawhawk

Correct. They could go with a tunnel to replace the bridge, but that runs into different problems - higher costs, and the hazmat cargos are not able to use the new crossing.

They can’t block the harbor traffic while they’re rebuilding; the Army Corps of Engineers has already mustered 1,000 to work on clearing the harbor of the bridge and related debris. It will involve pulling out the wreckage, plus making sure that debris on the river bottom doesn’t pose a navigation hazard - so there will probably be dredging at the site as well. They will be trying to get one-way traffic flowing in the harbor asap, and once they can stabilize the ship and its cargo, they’ll tow it to a nearby pier for further investigation, offloading, etc.

Pretty much has to be a new bridge since the other methods for the I-95 traffic to get south without exiting and detouring quite a bit uses tunnels.