95 Reopened; Cracked Pillar Enshrined

Well, well! After two days of drivers plowing through potholes on Richmond Street, 95 in Port Richmond is now re-opened. Although PennDOT pinky swore it would re-open Wednesday night, it actually reopened early this morning.

KYW 1060 reports, “KYW’s John McDevitt reports workers made significant progress since Tuesday.” I hope so, since they closed down a major highway for two days. Ooh, significant progress. Good job, guys! Still, the closing only lasted four rush hours; this is clearly an actual quick bang-up job by a state agency, and frankly I’m a little scared the end of the world might be soon because of it.

Anyway, apparently the problem is highway salt, and it’s going to cost billions to completely overhaul I-95 over the next couple years. Ooh, boy, I can’t wait!

95 Reopens [KYW 1060]
[Photo of cracked pillar by Brad Maule]