This post originally appeared on Northeastern Global News. It was published by Cyrus Moulton.
The collapse of an Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia creates not just a traffic problem, it's also a “really serious” supply chain problem—and that's going to hit your wallet, Northeastern University expert Nada Sanders says.
“You're going to feel this on the national level,” says Sanders, a distinguished professor of supply chain management. “It's staggering.”
A deadly and fiery crash involving a tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline collapsed a section of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia, closing a stretch of highway that the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission says carries roughly 150,000 vehicles per day, including 14,000 trucks.
