I-495 north and south lanes reopen in Wilmington after multi-vehicle crash
All lanes on Interstate 495 North between Terminal Avenue and 12th Street/Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware, have reopened after a crash Tuesday morning.
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All lanes on Interstate 495 North between Terminal Avenue and 12th Street/Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware, have reopened after a crash Tuesday morning.
Delaware State Police say a man driving a Ford pickup truck sideswiped a tractor, causing the truck to spin and flip over.
A tractor-trailer has flipped over on Interstate 495 in Delaware, blocking traffic and sending a driver to the hospital.
Janelle Burrell reports.
All northbound lanes on I-495 at Philadelphia Pike are shut down as police investigate a fatal crash.
The accident caused the closure of I-495 for approximately 11 hours.
Two people were killed in a multi-vehicle accident that shutdown a portion of I-495 in Wilmington on Friday afternoon.
Police say a single-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer shut down the roadway overnight, but all lanes have since reopened.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Master Corporal J. Aube at Troop 2, Glasgow, at 302-365-8483.
A DelDOT spokesperson says work on I-495 southbound is complete, weeks ahead of schedule.
As Congress decides whether to add money to the nation's highway trust fund, President Obama will visit Delaware later today to see a damaged bridge.
Repairs to the Interstate 495 bridge in New Castle County are moving along, though there's no indication the span across the Christina River will open any sooner than expected.
Federal officials, in a letter to DelDOT, say the bridge appears to be well maintained and inspected and the state couldn't have predicted all that dirt would cause the bridge to tilt.
After Delaware highway officials discovered a giant dirt pile caused a bridge on Interstate 495 to tilt, Penndot says the situation under I-95 is much different.
The recent closing of the Interstate 495 bridge and the resultant overload on I-95 have frustrated the summer crowd heading for popular destinations on the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware seashore. Here are alternatives.
Officials in Delaware are still monitoring the I-495 bridge over the Christina River. They closed it last week because of support columns that shifted, causing safety concerns.
The removal of a massive mound of dirt suspected of causing a nearby interstate bridge in Delaware to tilt is almost complete.
Delaware US Senator Chris Coons touring the site around the I-495 bridge, says $2-million in initial emergency federal funds have been made available.
The action comes after the Interstate 495 bridge was closed because of tilting support columns.
State transportation officials said Wednesday that they believe a contractor is responsible for dumping a massive mound of dirt suspected of shifting the ground underneath an interstate highway bridge and forcing its closure.
DelDOT closed the bridge at 6 p.m. Monday because an inspection showed four of the 37 support columns are tilted as much as four percent out of vertical alignment.
Engineers are only in the early stages of this investigation. The findings presented today are preliminary.
DelDOT is closing the bridge at 6 p.m. because an inspection showed four of the 37 support columns are tilted as much as four percent out of vertical alignment.
The accident was reported at about 2:45 p.m. on I-495 northbound on the Christina River Bridge.
Delaware State police have identified a Maryland man who was killed when his truck overturned and rolled down an embankment on Interstate 495.
