to here. six miles from where it s shut down. right now, the virginia department of transportation says nobody is left stranded on i-95, although it is still working to clear about 20 abandoned cars from this mess. the back up on one of the busiest stretches of highway on the east coast stretched more than 40 miles. for hours. stranded drivers moved only inch by inch after 14 inches of snow fell near fredericksburg, virginia. isaac arcos shot this. since i was at a stop, i had to conserve my gas. so i turn off my car every maybe hour and turn it back on maybe every 15 minutes. i try to rest my head as much i could, but there was no resting. we were prepared for the storm that was predicted, a few
Thousands of drivers were trapped in their vehicles for hours along a nearly 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia after a storm dumped up to a foot of snow, forcing the highway to close. - REUTERS
Authorities worked to reopen an icy stretch of I-95 in Virginia on Tuesday, as thousands of people were stranded in their vehicles in standstill traffic. Cars on the 47-mile stretch came to a stop around 8 p.m. Monday night, and the highway was shut down Tuesday in both directions near Fredricksburg – some 55 miles south of Washington, D.C. - after a storm dumped up to a foot of snow. Marine Isaac Arcos was trapped in his car with freezing temperatures outside. "It was kind of like losing hope, everybody just turned off their vehicles almost at once, and I reached that point, I too found myself doing that." Arcos was still on the highway, Tuesday, slowly making his way to a marine corps base. "Another scary part was the fact that I was losing gas because the roads were obviously icy. My vehicle was doing a little bit too much work and I hadn't refilled my gas tank since I left North Carolina. (edit) And right now, currently I'm about 48 miles from my base, so
The I-95 in Virginia is finally unblocked on Tuesday evening, after motorists were stranded for over 24 hours. Meanwhile, the trains and planes remain jammed.