Pennsylvania I-95 collapse: Truck-safe detours and alternate routes

@PhillyFireDept via TwitterAfter a bridge collapse on Pennsylvania's stretch of Interstate 95 near the Cottman Avenue exit in Northeast Philadelphia, truck drivers are sharing alternative routes and detours to work around the disruption to the major artery. 

Right now, I-95 remains closed between exists 30 and 32.

"Southbound I-95 motorists can go as far south as the Cottman Avenue exit. Northbound I-95 motorists can go as far north as Exit 26, which is Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue," PA's Department of Transportation posted. 

PennDOT recommends the following detour routes:

But are these detours safe for trucks?

"The PennDOT-established detours were developed to carry standard commercial truck traffic," the organization wrote to Overdrive. "As is standard PennDOT practice, any oversized vehicles should continue to go through our regular permitting process."

Chris Porricelli, owner of CAP Trucking, an Overdrive 2022 Small Fleet Champ, runs an LTL reefer operation mostly from Florida to New York and New Jersey as well as parts of Pennsylvania, and knows the area well.