Emergency I-495 Bridge Closure in Deleware

bucky wrote:
News this morning states that the bridge will be closed for weeks or longer. They allegedly have identified the contractor that dumped the dirt, and believe the weight of the massive pile may have contributed to the problem. What a mess this will make of travel in the entire region, as traffic is being shifted to I95. Best to take another route if you can.

According to DELDOT the bridge piers rest on a massive foundation that in turn rests on steel pilings that are driven down INTO the bedrock. They should be able to pile LEAD 2 stories high under the bridge and not have it affect the foundations. They don't rest on dirt, they should rest on bedrock.

Either a bad design or it wasn't built according to the plan. And DELDOT engineers and inspectors where where??? Obviously not on site or looking where they were supposed to before or during construction... Looks like another Indian River Inlet fiasco.