X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.202] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1117597 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 17 May 2006 17:12:57 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.162.202; envelope-from=russell.duffy@gmail.com Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id o1so159410nzf for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 14:12:13 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:importance:in-reply-to; b=dlOZWuxE2IJAzmLXG8i8dST+iTOOjpd3JV+0wc7ZaWWA9DE6biSC4BgHKVILjBgpuRqxOw0oj1VgxMwKM27+LOzOLkCjmei54UEoK9Q93/ChTRq+hqYOUKLAk5rhm1wGXYaAKfWauVKhTvxWqyLjXbgUNJ330Y65vH8rbW6qY60= Received: by 10.36.48.7 with SMTP id v7mr1437386nzv; Wed, 17 May 2006 14:12:12 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from raddell ( [209.114.234.11]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 37sm56798nzf.2006.05.17.14.12.11; Wed, 17 May 2006 14:12:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] I-10 bridges in Florida (off to[ic) Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:12:10 -0400 Message-ID: <001501c679f6$90094480$c49412c6@raddell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01C679D5.08F7A480" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C679D5.08F7A480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My family and I are leaving Friday afternoon for Orlando (Florida). We = will be hitting I-10 at Mobile. My question for Rusty (and anyone else who = might know) is: Are the I-10 bridges east of Mobile still one lane or is = traffic back to normal? =20 =20 Hi Ken, =20 The new I-10 bridge over Escambia Bay in Pensacola is not going to be finished for years... The eastbound span is still one lane, with much = of it being temporary steel grating sections. The westbound span has both = lanes open, but with a low speed limit. You can get more info on the bridge construction here, including live cameras on both ends: =20 http://www.escambiabaybridge.com/ =20 =20 I-10 through all of Pensacola is under construction as well, due to = other projects that were ongoing before the storms. I-110 in Pensacola is = also screwed. It's a mess, but not nearly as bad as it could be. =20 =20 Heading west is almost never a significant delay. Heading east can be = good or bad, and it seems totally random from what I can tell. Sometimes you just sail through, and sometimes you waste 20-30 minutes. Still, it's probably just as fast, or faster than trying to bypass I-10 east. BTW, = when heading east, the left lane is the one that ends before the bridge. =20 =20 This is week 4 in Cleveland for me, with another week to go, so I = haven't seen the bridge in person recently. Sure would like to though. There = was an unexplained light outside today, which I seem to recall being = "sunshine". None of the locals recognized it, and it didn't last long anyway :-) =20 =20 Rusty (Tracy better be taking advantage of my downtime) ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01C679D5.08F7A480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
My family and I are leaving Friday afternoon for Orlando = (Florida). =20 We will be hitting I-10 at Mobile.  My question for Rusty (and = anyone else=20 who might know) is:  Are the I-10 bridges east of Mobile still one = lane or=20 is traffic back to normal?
 
 
Hi=20 Ken,
 
The new I-10=20 bridge over Escambia Bay in Pensacola is not going to be finished for=20 years...  The eastbound span is still one lane, with much of it = being=20 temporary steel grating sections.  The westbound span has both=20 lanes open, but with a low speed limit.  You can get more info = on the=20 bridge construction here, including live cameras on both=20 ends:
 
http://www.escambiabaybridge.c= om/   
 
I-10 through=20 all of Pensacola is under construction as well, due to other projects = that were=20 ongoing before the storms.  I-110 in Pensacola is also = screwed.  It's=20 a mess, but not nearly as bad as it could be. 
 
Heading west=20 is almost never a significant delay.  Heading east can be good or = bad, and=20 it seems totally random from what I can tell.  Sometimes you just = sail=20 through, and sometimes you waste 20-30 minutes.  Still, it's = probably just=20 as fast, or faster than trying to bypass I-10 east.  BTW, when = heading=20 east, the left lane is the one that ends before the bridge. =20
 
This is week=20 4 in Cleveland for me, with another week to go, so I haven't seen the = bridge in=20 person recently.  Sure would like to though.  There was an = unexplained=20 light outside today, which I seem to recall being "sunshine".  None = of the locals recognized it, and it didn't last long anyway = :-) =20
 
Rusty (Tracy=20 better be taking advantage of my = downtime)
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