Interstate 25 in southern Colorado is expected to reopen Thursday, four days after the main north-south route through the state was shut down when a train derailment collapsed a railroad bridge onto the highway and killed a truck driver.
Workers repair Interstate 25 northbound Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, north of Pueblo, Colo. A train derailed and spilled railcars on to Interstate 25 Sunday, forcing officials to close the main highway and reroute traffic through Pueblo. Colorado Governor Jared Polis said that the southbound lanes of the interstate will reopen to travellers on Wednesday afternoon; northbound lanes will be navigable some time on Thursday.
The steel bridge, built in 1958, collapsed Sunday when 30 cars from a BNSF Railway train hauling coal derailed while crossing over I-25. Investigators are examiningand why warning systems did not alert crews to the condition of the track, according to the NTSB. The southbound lanes of I-25 were being repaved Wednesday and were expected to open later in the day. Crews were working to open the northbound lanes by Thursday evening.
Pressure for the railroad industry to improve safety has intensified since a February derailment of a train haulingthat triggered evacuations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. There were more than 12,400 train derailments in the U.S. in the past decade, or more than 1,200 annually, according to Federal Railroad Administration data based on reports submitted by railroads.
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