Anyone going towards Blythe - I-10 Closed - Bridge Out

[fish dog]

If anyone is going out towards Blythe today the I-10 is closed indefinitely due to a bridge washout near Desert Center...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/19/i-10-collapse-california/30399815/

 

[ilovesprig]

Re: Anyone going towards Blyth - I-10 Closed - Bridge Out

Serious amounts of rain in a lot of places.........4" yesterday in Ramona.

 

[MurdaJ]

Re: Anyone going towards Blyth - I-10 Closed - Bridge Out

I was driving home from az. The desert was a lake with the "shore" brimming the raised lanes of the 10 and pouring over in spots. That was between blythe and desert center, had to turn around at corn springs rd, back to blythe. I live in wrightwood so i took 95n to the 62 w to the 247n to the 18w to the 15 to bypass the 10 all together as the 10 was flooded in other areas.

6 hour drive turned into 11 with a 200 mile detour

 

[Bonejour]

Re: Anyone going towards Blyth - I-10 Closed - Bridge Out

SDMike and I were planning to go out east Sunday for some cottontails and scouting, but called it off due to danger of flooding and washouts. Turned out to be the right call. Sorry to hear your trip went badly, but glad you are safe.

 

[MurdaJ]

Re: Anyone going towards Blyth - I-10 Closed - Bridge Out

Since i wasnt in immediate danger, with the thought of the drought situation on my mind, and seeing the most water in the desert that i can remember, it was an overall good experience

I hope the driver of the truck that got smashed is ok

 

[ilovesprig]

The desert can change quickly!........Don't cross streams of mud.......This was just outside of Ocotillo.

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[TJD123]

Jeez those are some crazy pictures

 

[Forum Janitor]

darwin at work.... hope he made it just the same

 

[Bonejour]

Lol

 

[ilovesprig]

He did and was as lucky as he could be.......Crawled out the passenger side window into the big stand of salt cedars.......It also shows the power of water. He was loaded with refrigerators on a trailer and a 1 ton dually......UNBELIEVABLE!

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[sportyg]

Dumb is as dumb does.. Anyone with half a brain could see you couldn't drive through that water...