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Fire Closes Major Highway in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) __ A major highway near downtown Los Angeles was closed in both directions Saturday after a fire rampaged through storage lots underneath it. The fire sent towering flames into the night sky early Saturday morning. Daybreak revealed …

Interstate 95 Reopens Less than Two Weeks After Deadly Collapse in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Interstate 95 reopened Friday less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway. Workers put the …

Long Commutes Start After Part of I-95 Collapses in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Drivers began longer commutes Monday after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire. Sunday’s fire closed a heavily traveled segment …

Officials Hope to Reopen Flood-Damaged LA to Phoenix Highway

DESERT CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Officials hope to fully reopen the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix by early next week after a flash flood washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert. The flooding began …

Crews Work to Repair Washed-Out Scenic Highway Near Big Sur

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crews worked Monday to determine when they can rebuild a section of scenic roadway near Big Sur after it collapsed in torrential rain last week, but the damage was not as bad as from a 2017 …