Kansas City driver shares video of driving over raised expansion joint on US 169

KSHB 41 anchor/reporter Daniela Leon covers transportation-related issues in Kansas City. Share your story idea with Daniela. — A Kansas City-area motorist has shared video with KSHB 41 traffic anchor Daniela Leon showing the motorist hitting the raised expansion joint on a bridge that’s closed parts of U.S. 169 Highway north of the downtown airport. […]

How will California’s freeways survive a major earthquake? – Daily Bulletin

The 1971 Sylmar earthquake sent a 6.6-magnitude jolt through the Newhall Pass, toppling a new interchange at Interstate 5 and Highway 14 and two nearby freeway overpasses, killing two. The 1994 Northridge earthquake sent an even stronger tremor through the San Fernando Valley, once again demolishing the “5-14 split.” LAPD Officer Clarence Wayne Dean, whose […]

That “crack” in the I-75 bridge was actually an expansion joint – NBC 6 South Florida

Drivers in Broward have recently spotted what appears to be a gap along a stretch of I-75 — and experts are saying it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The so-called “crack” has been getting a lot of attention on social media, but the Florida Department of Transportation says it’s completely safe. Pictures circulated […]