bitterbeard
Posts:207

 | | 08/30/2007 7:20 AM |
Alert | There is an accident at Riggs and 347, two semis one on its side. Traffic is backed up to Casa Blanca because of it.
Not sure if Casa Grande route is faster at this point.
** South 347 and Riggs is now closed ** | | | |
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leehopper
Posts:117


 | | 08/30/2007 7:28 AM |
Alert | | just saw channel 10 at 7:20am they mention the accident | | There are no real reasons for failure, only excuses | |
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nancyj1922
Posts:131


 | | 08/30/2007 7:40 AM |
Alert | | Is any traffic getting through? I have to head to Phoenix and need to know if I need to leave early enough to go through CG. | | A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ~Author Unknown
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bitterbeard
Posts:207

 | | 08/30/2007 7:42 AM |
Alert | Wife just got past it, it is in the middle of the intersection but North bound is still open. Takes an hour to get past Riggs road.
Police are directing traffic through the intersection. | | | |
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nancyj1922
Posts:131


 | | 08/30/2007 7:46 AM |
Alert | | Thanks bitterbeard, I'll give extra time | | A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ~Author Unknown
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azreplant
Posts:220


 | | 08/30/2007 7:57 AM |
Alert | Posted in error. Corrected | | <=== Galaxies In Collision | |
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Fritzydoodle
Posts:930


 | | 08/30/2007 8:03 AM |
Alert | From az511.com
Event Id 223201 Location On State Route 347, South-bound from mile post 185.20, at Riggs Road Duration August 30from 7:06 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Description closed due to crash | |
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demons19
Posts:15

 | | 08/30/2007 8:27 AM |
Alert | Anyone have any updated info on this? Thanks | | | |
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sewfun
Posts:28

 | | 08/30/2007 8:31 AM |
Alert | | The road northbound is not closed. However, my hubby left here at 7:00 and is just now approaching the onramp at I-10. | | | |
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mikethegoalie
Posts:415


 | | 08/30/2007 8:37 AM |
Alert | | I heard body bags were on the side of the trucks... so it will be closed for some time.. | | | |
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Still Waiting
Posts:56


 | | 08/30/2007 8:44 AM |
Alert | Has anyone been thru there recently...or heard from someone who has? I was suppose to be at work downtown (Phx) at 9. Obviously, wreck or no wreck, that is not happening. At this point, I'm not leaving until the back-up is reasonably cleared.
Does anyone have any updated info?
Thanks. | | Judy www.andwillowmakes3.blogspot.com Still waiting for Willow | |
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vinny
Posts:599


 | | 08/30/2007 9:20 AM |
Alert | Posted By Still Waiting on 08/30/2007 8:44 AM Has anyone been thru there recently...or heard from someone who has? I was suppose to be at work downtown (Phx) at 9. Obviously, wreck or no wreck, that is not happening. At this point, I'm not leaving until the back-up is reasonably cleared.
Does anyone have any updated info?
Thanks.
i left red around 7 and got to chandler around 9, use casa grande if you can.
overturned rig, looks like it was hauling gravel. adot just showed up with a loader and dump truck to start cleanup when i passed throuigh. there was also a green mass of metal that may have been a car at some point, there wasn't enough left in tact for me to determine make and model as i passed...
northbound was being directed through the riggs intersection by police, and 347 is ruduced to one lane where you would make the left to get on maricopa road (behind the race track).
and of course everyone is driving erradically after the road reopens since they are now frustrated and late. | | Follow your bliss. Happiness is a conscious decision | |
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Sinbad
Posts:3019


 | | 08/30/2007 9:38 AM |
Alert | Wife needs an update.
Can she take the Southbound 347 home? or does she go all the way to Casa Blanca or Casa Grande?
She is awaiting my phone call.... | | Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem. ______________________________________ *************************************** San Diego Super Chargers! GO!!! Joined old forum March 2006 Post count: 3068 + these | |
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Still Waiting
Posts:56


 | | 08/30/2007 9:44 AM |
Alert | Sinbad, This is what ADOT has on their site about 347:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event Id 223201 Location On State Route 347, South-bound from mile post 185.20, at Riggs Road Duration August 30from 7:06 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Description closed due to crash Restrictions
____________________________________________________________________ Looks like S/B is closed....I would take Casa Blanca, I doubt a large number of people coming this way at this time of day.
I need to get downtown and am wondering if N/B traffic has cleared yet on 347 for me to get to I10.
| | Judy www.andwillowmakes3.blogspot.com Still waiting for Willow | |
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Master Shake
Posts:58


 | | 08/30/2007 9:51 AM |
Alert | From what I could tell, the "green mass of metal" was the front cab of one of the tractor-trailers -- the one that was in the intersection, not the one that turned over.
Southbound is still closed, as of 9:25 AM. It is being re-routed onto Maricopa Road (which runs north along Firebird and one of the Gila casinos, back onto the 10). | | | |
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twostep23
Posts:1680


 | | 08/30/2007 9:51 AM |
Alert | | Even if it is now open there might be traffic for a bit. At least going around she knows that she'll make it home sooner than later. | | Senior Member Posts: 4625 Joined: Feb 2006 | |
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Ghost_of_tjtellez_past
Posts:0

 | | 08/30/2007 9:59 AM |
Alert | | Story on front page shows no injuries, but story frompeople who drove past says body covered with a sheet. Whattup? | | | |
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maricopamommy1
Posts:552


 | | 08/30/2007 10:02 AM |
Alert | | Hubby just said Northbound is brutal and southbound is still closed. He had to go to Casa Blanca to get back into town. | | I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. -Albert Einstein | |
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bitterbeard
Posts:207

 | | 08/30/2007 10:13 AM |
Alert | | A friend said he just was able to drive from I-10 to Riggs and continue to Maricopa, North bound traffic is backed up pretty far though still. | | | |
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LVMADONNA
Posts:399


 | | 08/30/2007 10:18 AM |
Alert | | so is southbound open now??? | | LVMADONNA Senior Member Posts: 1974 Joined: Jan 2006 | |
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