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BRIDGE COLLAPSED * USA: Costs $ 2,5M daily to trucking industries
* California - I-10 bridge closure
... The I-10 Tex Wash bridge closure is adding an additional cost of approximately $2.5 million per day to the trucking industry, according to data collected by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)...
... The bridge, which supported eastbound traffic between Southern California and Phoenix, collapsed on Sunday afternoon after flash floods near Desert Center. According to the Los Angeles Times, more than 3,100 truck drivers travel on I-10 between Coachella and Arizona every day... Drivers are being re-routed dozens of miles off-course, which is resulting in hours-long delays that have led to the loss of productivity. Delays are showing up in shipment and fuel costs, and, since drivers are paid by the mile, when they are rerouted several hundred miles, those costs increase as well, The LA Times said... If the segment remained closed for a month, the cost would total an additional $75 million to those trucks delivering freight in that area, ATRI said...
Sacramento, CAL, USA - Fleet Owner, by Cristina Commendatore - Jul 23, 2015
Labels: infrastructures
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