Buttigieg Vows to Reopen Philadelphia I-95 Bridge ‘Within Weeks’

Road collapsed after gasoline truck flipped and caught fire
President Biden flew over the site in a helicopter on Saturday

Workers clear debris from a section of the collapsed bridge in Philadelphia on June 15.Photographer: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg

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By Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou and Haslinda Amin

June 18, 2023 at 6:38 PM UTC

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US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reiterated the government’s determination to respond quickly to revive the collapsed Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia, saying it was expected to reopen “within weeks.”

“Within weeks they are going to be able to get that done with novel approaches to filling that back in,” Buttigieg said Sunday in an interview with Bloomberg TV.