Traffic alert for you Denverites....

[24champ]

I-25 northbound is shut down pretty much. Four of the five northbound lanes of Interstate 25 are closed at 56th Ave. due to a water main break that caused a massive sinkhole. Traffic is being detoured onto Interstate 70.

Avoid if you can...

http://cbs4denver.com/


http://static.cbslocal.com/cbs/kcnc/webcams/video2.jpg


Can you find Spider?

[Meck77]

oh man that is going to be one nasty jam...All of I-25 packed onto I-70 which is always a mess at this time of day!

Good call on the heads up Champ. Calling a few friends now.

[DBruleU]

Right on my drive home...just perfect...

[24champ]

Fox 31 is saying the sinkhole COULD BE 3-10 FT deep...HOLY ****.

[bfoflcommish]

just a few minutes from my house...like seriously less than 7 minutes. Glad I stayed home with the sick kid today

[24champ]

Fox 31 is saying the sinkhole COULD BE 3-10 FT deep...HOLY ****.

Just a correction. 9news is saying it is 16 feet deep...

[bfoflcommish]

Fox 31 is saying the sinkhole COULD BE 3-10 FT deep...HOLY ****.

9news said this

it is unclear what caused the water main break. The sinkhole is right before the 58th Avenue exit and is 16 feet deep.

[Old Dude]

This sux. I might be late for parent-teacher conference tonite.

[Spider]

There should be a traffic alert every time you people get behind the wheel ....... you people drive like I spell

[Spider]

I am just wondering , for you folks that live there , why not use city streets to get where you are going ?

[Old Dude]

I am just wondering , for you folks that live there , why not use city streets to get where you are going ?

The problem isn't I-25. The problem is when the I-25 traffic gets diverted. It's like when something plugs your intestines. The bad stuff still has to go somewhere, and then things get more complicated than you hoped.

[24champ]

I am just wondering , for you folks that live there , why not use city streets to get where you are going ?

Because we would love it for the Truck Drivers to be late....;D

[Meck77]

I am just wondering , for you folks that live there , why not use city streets to get where you are going ?

Well Spider I imagine that is what the 50,000 or so cars will have to do as they leave downtown in 25 minutes.

[Spider]

Because we would love it for the Truck Drivers to be late....;D

LOL . now this I would believe ....I am so glad Iam not down there right now ;D

[Bronx33]

Looks like they are using the hell out of the HOV lane.

[Spider]

Well Spider I imagine that is what the 50,000 or so cars will have to do as they leave downtown in 25 minutes.

50,000 ..... alot of people missed work today ? ;D

[Spider]

Looks like they are using the hell out of the HOV lane.

i wonder if i had someone in my rig with me if I could use the HOV lane ?

[Hotrod]

I really dont miss that ****

[Bronx33]

i wonder if i had someone in my rig with me if I could use the HOV lane ?

I think they are letting everyone use it even truckers with blow up dolls ;)

[Meck77]

Just saw it on the news. Looks to be as large as a backyard swimming pool.

[Spider]

I think they are letting everyone use it even truckers with blow up dolls ;)
LOL .. well I should try that then .... I got busted pretty hard in New York over using a lane that wasnt for trucks

[Spider]

Just saw it on the news. Looks to be as large as a backyard swimming pool.

damn

[broncocalijohn]

This sux. I might be late for parent-teacher conference tonite.


Dont you mean grandparent-teacher conference?

[24champ]

Just saw it on the news. Looks to be as large as a backyard swimming pool.

16 ft deep pool there Meck...

[Meck77]

Get your speedo champ.

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[Bronx33]

LOL .. well I should try that then .... I got busted pretty hard in New York over using a lane that wasnt for trucks

Remember lovely linda can be used as a flotation device.

[Meck77]

7 news reports. 150k-200k cars per day use that corridor. Denver water and CDOT say it will take 10hrs to 1 week to fix. I'm leaning towards the one week time line over the 10 hr quick fix. 10 hrs. Yeah right.

[Spider]

Remember lovely linda can be used as a flotation device.

If she can , I have no fear of the sink hole then ;D

[RhymesayersDU]

There should be a traffic alert every time you people get behind the wheel ....... you people drive like I spell

This is soooo going in my sig. Best line by anybody here in a long while.

[Spider]

This is soooo going in my sig. Best line by anybody here in a long while.

LOL ....

[Bronx33]

7 news reports. 150k-200k cars per day use that corridor. Denver water and CDOT say it will take 10hrs to 1 week to fix. I'm leaning towards the one week time line over the 10 hr quick fix. 10 hrs. Yeah right.


Now that right there is some funny shyt!

[Dudeskey]

I am just wondering , for you folks that live there , why not use city streets to get where you are going ?

Thats what I would've done, but work was slow today... I finished @ about 1 this afternoon

[Spider]

Thats what I would've done, but work was slow today... I finished @ about 1 this afternoon

Slacker ;D

[Dudeskey]

7 news reports. 150k-200k cars per day use that corridor. Denver water and CDOT say it will take 10hrs to 1 week to fix. I'm leaning towards the one week time line over the 10 hr quick fix. 10 hrs. Yeah right.

Nope, CDOT wil milk it... They've seemingly begun to pick up CALTRANS' (Cali's equivalent) bad habits.

[Spider]

Nope, CDOT wil milk it... They've seemingly begun to pick up CALTRANS' (Cali's equivalent) bad habits.

Thats because the broad that used to run Caltrans is now running Cdot

[Dudeskey]

Slacker ;D

lol...

[Dudeskey]

Thats because the broad that used to run Caltrans is now running Cdot

So thats what it is... they're running on CALTRANS' slogan "Got Milk?"

[Spider]

So thats what it is... they're running on CALTRANS' slogan "Got Milk?"

Damn near , she passed that new law about oversized ...... Some of it makes sence , but like everything else a good idea goes way overboard

[Dudeskey]

Damn near , she passed that new law about oversized ...... Some of it makes sence , but like everything else a good idea goes way overboard

Crazy... this gig doesn't take me out of the city, so I don't deal w/ DOT too much anymore.

[Spider]

Crazy... this gig doesn't take me out of the city, so I don't deal w/ DOT too much anymore.

I am so concidering going to work for MME

[CBF1]

Now you people know what it is like driving in Los Angeles every rush hour, every day.

[Spider]

Now you people know what it is like driving in Los Angeles every rush hour, every day.

LOL

[sixtimeseight]

Now you people know what it is like driving in Los Angeles every rush hour, every day.

You chose to live in LA, I have zero sympathy for you.

[CBF1]

You chose to live in LA, I have zero sympathy for you.

Your proof you dad married his sister. You are what you are.

[Los Broncos]

Now you people know what it is like driving in Los Angeles every rush hour, every day.

I think the traffic out in LA county is much worse then here in the OC.

My commute is a straight line down the 5 south.

[24champ]

My Commute used to be on the 101 going from Newbury Park/Thousand Oaks to either Calabasas or Simi Valley depending on what was going on with work. It'd take at LEAST an hour.


Here in Colorado, the only area that reminds me of California is the I-25 near Arapahoe rd. Sucks.

[CBF1]

Everytime I go back to Denver, I totally laugh when someone on the radio claims there is traffic.... They have no idea.

[sixtimeseight]

Your proof you dad married his sister.

Huh?

Don't blame me that you're (note the apostrophe) a bitter old man who hates his dead-end life. Not my fault.

[TailgateNut]

I just spoke to the company who is doing the pipeline welding on my project. They are going to do the repairs/ welding of the replacement pipe. In the past we've done quite a few projects for Denver water, but this is an ugly one.
Apparantly there was some sort of PRV failure which caused the pipeline to burst. A 66" diameter pipe can spew quite a bit of water in very little time depending on pressure. I've heard over 2million gallons were lost prior to shutdown of the distribution line.
As time passes we'll see many more of these types of breaks due to the age of the system and the lack of protection and cathodic systems.

[Meck77]

I just spoke to the company who is doing the pipeline welding on my project. They are going to do the repairs/ welding of the replacement pipe. In the past we've done quite a few projects for Denver water, but this is an ugly one.
Apparantly there was some sort of PRV failure which caused the pipeline to burst. A 66" diameter pipe can spew quite a bit of water in very little time depending on pressure. I've heard over 2million gallons were lost prior to shutdown of the distribution line.
As time passes we'll see many more of these types of breaks due to the age of the system and the lack of protection and cathodic systems.

So two million gallons rushed out of this pipe under a highway and they said they might have it all fixed in 10hrs?Ha!

I'm not a soils engineer but I'd imagine that water seeped quite a distance in every direction. I don't think a mop is going to dry this situation out in a day.

[TailgateNut]

So two million gallons rushed out of this pipe under a highway and they said they might have it all fixed in 10hrs?Ha!

I'm not a soils engineer but I'd imagine that water seeped quite a distance in every direction. I don't think a mop is going to dry this situation out in a day.


It's ****ing miracle no one was hurt. The saving grace was that the break occured under the hwy. If this pipe had blown under landscaped areas or under a thin asphalt road it would have been "SPECTACULAR". I think that the 11-17 concrete roadway actually saved a bunch of lives.

The real hero is whoever saw an irregularity in the roadway and made the initial call to emergency services.

[TailgateNut]

http://cbs4denver.com/local/sinkhole.interstate.denver.2.649062.html


Check this out.

I wish I would have been called to do the repairs. NICE PROFIT MARGINS!:~ohyah!:

[DBruleU]

My Commute used to be on the 101 going from Newbury Park/Thousand Oaks to either Calabasas or Simi Valley depending on what was going on with work. It'd take at LEAST an hour.


Here in Colorado, the only area that reminds me of California is the I-25 near Arapahoe rd. Sucks.

That interchange is easily the worst one in Denver. It's always a mess around there.

[24champ]

That interchange is easily the worst one in Denver. It's always a mess around there.

Yeah it was a real cluster**** a couple Fridays ago when we got that surprise snowstorm. You know the one where the weather people said "only a couple flakes and not much to worry" about storm. I try to avoid that area in general during Rush Hour.

[broncocalijohn]

I think the traffic out in LA county is much worse then here in the OC.

My commute is a straight line down the 5 south.

Try the 10 freeway anytime of the day while you are in LA. CBF1 rates all of SoCal in one group lump because of the LA problems. We dont have that bad of a traffic problem in OC. The worst freeway was the 22 and now that the construction is done, it is probably 300% or more better in rush hour. I dont like giving away more tax money but that 1/2 sales tax to transportation has been the best spent. Enjoy the roadside pool Denverites. Maybe the Avs can have an outside practice if it gets cold enough to freeze over. Also, nice to know that you have our old CALTRANS "lady". She did wonders here in California. LA SUCKS! Great, now Jason will be responding.