If they can speed up the cure time of concrete and custom made beams, then I'd say it was an inside job and the replacement materials were on order 3 months ago...
Said no injuries, thankful for that.
I hope nobody got no showed tonight because of it.
compared to the other 364 days a year? 
250,000 cars a day use the stretch of interstate that will now be closed for quite some time. There will be detours out the wazoo and all those folks re-routed through streets in the surrounding area. I'm going to wait a couple weeks to see how things shake out before booking any appointments. I already make a two hour drive one-way...don't think I want to try 4 or 5 hours!
Awesome, thanks for the info. Keep us posted!
when they had an abundance of warehouses in the sticks to put it in? If set on fire by a stray match it can take foam to extinguish as you saw, and it's not easy. If I had to travel through there every day, I would map out my route by testing it when there is little traffic. You can already see the impact on Peachtree Street from SoBuck to North of Lenox during peak traffic--gridlock.
Bad place to store PVC will cost taxpayers billions; eventually up prices of some grocerie 10-20% and change the way businesses in the area operate.
A miracle that no one was physically hurt at rush hour on I-85.
I hope nobody got no showed tonight because of it.
That is a very realistic time frame.
The reason the materials were being stored there were, the material did not need to be kept indoors out of the weather, warehouse space comes at a premium per square ft, ground under an interstate is very efficient as it makes use of an area unsuitable for other uses. They also parked the HERO trucks under there, lucky they were all out directing the traffic. A simple stray match did not cause that fire, it was intentionally started without the forethought of what was actually going to happen...crackhead homeless dude has been arrested.
Just like the GSP Commander stated, people are going to have to get up earlier and plan their trip different, the routine everyone is used to has come to a sudden stop. FWIW, I took a trip from Sandy Springs down the east side perimeter, it was bumper to bumper at 1pm yesterday, just like a regular rush hour trip. My future route is now going to be going down 400 and up 85 since there will be zero traffic to that point. I'd estimate planning an extra 30-45 minutes for anyone that used that stretch of road on a daily basis.
Too bad we can't bet on this. I think I would clean up with odds.
Bad place to store PVC will cost taxpayers billions; eventually up prices of some grocerie 10-20% and change the way businesses in the area operate.
A miracle that no one was physically hurt at rush hour on I-85.
I hope nobody got no showed tonight because of it.
only the second biggest collapse for Atlanta this year!