06-27-2013, 05:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Train derailed in Bonnybrook
Avoid Deerfoot this morning.
http://www.660news.com/2013/06/27/tr...down-deerfoot/
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Police, fire and EMS are on scene at a structural failure of the Bonnybrook rail bridge over the Bow River.
The City of Calgary has closed Ogden Road between 42nd and 50th Avenues and Deerfoot Trail between Glenmore Trail and the Calf Robe Bridge in both directions.
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More info.
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The bridge in Ogden is in danger of collapsing, and is apparently coming apart in two places.
There is a train on the bridge, and there are fears that the structural damage could cause it to fall into the water – or that its cargo could leak.
Police have the whole area blocked off, and warn it could be dangerous to be nearby.
Deerfoot Trail is closed in both directions between Glenmore Trail and 17th Avenue
Deerfoot Trail & Ogden Road is closed.
Ogden Road is also shut down at the following locations:
17 Street
50 Avenue
Millican Road
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Last edited by Regulator75; 06-27-2013 at 05:55 AM.
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06-27-2013, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Originally Posted by Regulator75
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Guess I am leaving for work now!
Hope I get there by 10...
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06-27-2013, 06:04 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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yes, apparently traffic is already f'ed everywhere.
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06-27-2013, 06:07 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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That's terrible, the city can't catch a break this week.
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06-27-2013, 06:32 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Avoid glenmore at all costs. The lineup to get nb on 52 from Glenmore is miles long. Traffic is massive between deer foot and Ogden road on Glenmore EB.
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06-27-2013, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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This bridge goes under Deerfoot, I wonder if they closed it as a precaution.
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06-27-2013, 06:45 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary, AB
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Looks like CP is really getting pooched by this flood. They have been working to fix washouts in Canmore and near Edworthy, now this between Ogden and Alyth.
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06-27-2013, 06:46 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary
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Reports on twitter are saying the the bridge dropped 2 feet and the cars are full of petroleum products. Awesome.
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06-27-2013, 06:50 AM
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#10
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Powerplay Quarterback
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@markusoff
Uzeloc: road closures around rail bridge failure... "each car could have 80,000 lbs of product" Product is flammable oil product.
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06-27-2013, 06:54 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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After everything else...terrible news.
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06-27-2013, 06:56 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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@markusoff
Burrell: we've inspected all city-owned bridges. CP bridge is a federal bridge. Outside scope of city's bridge.
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06-27-2013, 06:59 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bossy22
@markusoff
Burrell: we've inspected all city-owned bridges. CP bridge is a federal bridge. Outside scope of city's bridge.
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Thanks a lot Harper.
/sarcasm
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06-27-2013, 07:00 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: May 2012
Location: The Kilt & Caber
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I picked a bad day to try and make it downtown from McKenzie Towne. Stuck on the bus, after going through a detour in the foothills industrial. On Memorial now and barely moving. They aren't letting traffic from Paigan onto NB Deerfoot.
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06-27-2013, 07:04 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: May 2012
Location: The Kilt & Caber
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So... Now it looks like they've blocked WB Memorial over Deerfoot?
Edit: one lane getting through. Avoid WB Memorial if you're coming in from Foothills Ind.
Edit 2: They just opened it up again. Weird.
Last edited by Nyah; 06-27-2013 at 07:11 AM.
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06-27-2013, 07:07 AM
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Self Imposed Exile
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Calgary
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pic from news sources:
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06-27-2013, 07:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Left shortly after 6 this morning on the 117 express bus, and actually got to work faster than I ever have before.
Apparently the Road King truck stop is being evacuated. I don't have any link, because Internet is down at work, but my Mom works a block or so away and has been advised that they may have to leave as well.
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06-27-2013, 07:09 AM
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Self Imposed Exile
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Calgary
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I think they are afraid of an explosion.
This rail goes under deerfoot, they have a 1 mile radius evacuation notice, aka a circle.
To me that doesn't sound like fear of a leak or trying to repair a bridge, that sounds like an explosion radius.
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06-27-2013, 07:10 AM
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Hard to tell from the overhead if there is a pillar at the point of failure of the bridge. If there is it looks like the pillar has failed.
Edit: Doesn't look like there is a pillar there.
Last edited by LockedOut; 06-27-2013 at 07:17 AM.
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