RE: [gatortalk] And now this. 1-75 may be closed

2017-09-14 Thread Jay Cicone
On Thursday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced that I-75 will remain open, as flood waters have been receding on the Santa Fe River. As of this morning, FDOT engineers and state meteorologists do not believe that the Santa Fe River will reach a level to make the interstate

Re: [gatortalk] And now this. 1-75 may be closed

2017-09-14 Thread Jerry D. Belloit
I am pretty sure it does not. I have driven through Starke many times and never noticed anything that resembled a bridge. In fact, I am heading down tomorrow from PA and will be going through Starke. Jerry On 9/13/17, 3:55 PM, "gatortalk@googlegroups.com on behalf of Charles Simpson"

Re: [gatortalk] And now this. 1-75 may be closed

2017-09-13 Thread Charles Simpson
>From the maps it does not appear the Sante Fe crosses 301. If it did it would be somewhere around Starke. I'm not that familiar with that area though. If you saw the map of the proposed detour you'll they are going to send people headed south either east or west on I-10 so 301 will draw a lot

Re: [gatortalk] And now this. 1-75 may be closed

2017-09-13 Thread Mark A. Adkins
I just heard about this. It doesn't say whether they think 301 will be affected. I hope not since I am suppose to head down to Gainesville tomorrow from North Carolina. GoGators!!! Mark On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:23:38 +, Charles Simpson wrote:

[gatortalk] And now this. 1-75 may be closed

2017-09-13 Thread Charles Simpson
http://jacksonville.com/news/public-safety/2017-09-13/santa-fe-river-rise-could-spell-i-75-shutdown-and-detours-florida The Santa Fe River has rapidly risen 15 feet within the past 36 hours due to heavy rainfall over North Florida from Hurricane Irma, and could force Interstate 75 east of Ft.