They milled the southbound lanes (last night ? ) starting about at the trace and there have been, I would bet, 1000 cracked windshields this AM. Got mine in 3 places...it's bad...beware.
Southbound I55 coming into Jackson
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I took a rock on I-20 a month ago. I was going to replace the window but waited. I am glad I did. I got caught be hide a gravel truck with out a cover and took six rocks. I imagine there were at least seven other vehicles that took multiple hits.
For your sake, I hope it progresses quicker than the project for Northbound I55 coming into Jackson. It seems like that cluster has been going on for over a decade.
Back years ago when they were working on the Hwy 25 4-lane project, I got windshield damage and hood damage that the body shop said looked like I came through a major hailstorm. I met this dump truck and it looked like dust and stuff behind him. It was crapping rocks. He didn't have the tailgate latched. The contractor went by several names so I never got one cent out of that crap. Even the workers on the side of the road stopped and looked when the rocks hit my car. It was that loud.
I20 and I55 are really bad in the jackson area all the time. I swear i've gotten more cracks and stars on my wind shield in that area than any other place i've been.
I thought that getting ones windshield patched 3 or 4 times a year was common place, until I moved.
In the 12 yrs since moving to another state I’ve never had to get my windshield fixed. Wife has had one crack in hers.
In the 12 yrs since moving to another state I’ve never had to get my windshield fixed. Wife has had one crack in hers.
Knock on wood, so have I. Police and HP take a dim view of uncovered trucks here and check trucks constantly.
MS needs some type of enforceable Tarping Dump Truck Law or just Tarping Truck Law. I don't ever see it happening though. Too much politics involved.
This happened to me last Friday,the 13th, on I-70 in Denver on way to work.
I thought I had been shot, i assume it was a rock. Loud as hell...
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I thought I had been shot, i assume it was a rock. Loud as hell...
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Follow up. Called MDOT (601-683-3341) and they've had "numerous" calls about this today. They immediately gave me the name and number of the contractor to call. I've called and left a message. I have no idea what will come of it but I am going to pursue it . I can assure you several hundred windshields (and probably paint jobs) got damaged. It was that bad.
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Is it construction for adding lanes, or just milling and repaving? I haven't been there in years, but thought I remembered the road surface being concrete.
Looks like just milling and repaving. It's the far two left lanes of 4 or 5 total lanes for about a mile stretch that his heavily traveled.
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Would be good if they worked at night, and also came right behind the milling machine with a paving machine and then a sweeper. Is the contractor liable for property damage? I suppose it could be a hard thing to prove though. Hefty fines might be better to get them to clean up their act. The contractor working on the I-59/20/65 interchange in B'ham was being fined $500,000/day for closures. That had to have have gotten their attention.
I drive from the Florence area and back to the Nissan plant every day and they started on that yesterday and did some last night. Yes it is bad from flying debris. They are going to repave south and north 1-55 from pearl river to Ridgeland. Sux for me because I have to go through that and the hwy 49 construction.
What a great game
General contractors pull this stunt all the time building houses. The guy who built my house used three different companies building my neighborhood of about 30 houses. Every two years he would just start a new one and let the other go extinct.
General contractors pull this stunt all the time building houses. The guy who built my house used three different companies building my neighborhood of about 30 houses. Every two years he would just start a new one and let the other go extinct.
I could cite numerous things defining how halfass the project has been between Byram and Jackson. Mismanagement has literally killed people in that stretch. Here is just one example.
I went through one Saturday awhile back and they were digging the holes for the sign pilings from the right lane of the interstate(shutting down one lane in what is already an extremely narrow work zone) with a single mdot vehicle with it’s warning lights on behind the pole truck. No signs, no cones, no anything other than running up on the truck with its lights on. Thought to myself that this is dangerous and stupid considering all of this was easily accessible(downhill) from the frontage road. Sure, you might have to pull the pole truck back up the hill once or twice with the unlimited resources and equipment in the area at the time. But having a little experience in a pole truck years ago, it seemed like a no brainer to me. A couple hours later I heard...
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wapt.com/article/3-killed-in-fiery-crash-on-i-55/2642457
It’s been constantly this kind of stuff that is either ignorance or nonchalance, neither of which is acceptable when lives are on the line imo. I just hope they actually finish it in the next year or so.
I went through one Saturday awhile back and they were digging the holes for the sign pilings from the right lane of the interstate(shutting down one lane in what is already an extremely narrow work zone) with a single mdot vehicle with it’s warning lights on behind the pole truck. No signs, no cones, no anything other than running up on the truck with its lights on. Thought to myself that this is dangerous and stupid considering all of this was easily accessible(downhill) from the frontage road. Sure, you might have to pull the pole truck back up the hill once or twice with the unlimited resources and equipment in the area at the time. But having a little experience in a pole truck years ago, it seemed like a no brainer to me. A couple hours later I heard...
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wapt.com/article/3-killed-in-fiery-crash-on-i-55/2642457
It’s been constantly this kind of stuff that is either ignorance or nonchalance, neither of which is acceptable when lives are on the line imo. I just hope they actually finish it in the next year or so.
I’m now also a victim. But my windshield already had a significant run so I’ll just wait till they complete the work to fix it.
Might be useful to buy a piece of junk for going to work temporarily and leave the nice car at home. Then throw the piece of junk away once the construction is done.
It's common practice to mill and turn traffic on the milled surface to clear out debris and dust for good tack adhesion. Couple of weeks of traffic cleans out grooves way better than sweeping it a hundred times.
That said, if wearing surface gets milled and the underlying binder starts to ravel out (which is what this sounds like), it's a freaking mess and they have to go back to the drawing board to approve deeper milling, patching, skimming, contract addendums, extensions, etc. Government work is awesome.
That said, if wearing surface gets milled and the underlying binder starts to ravel out (which is what this sounds like), it's a freaking mess and they have to go back to the drawing board to approve deeper milling, patching, skimming, contract addendums, extensions, etc. Government work is awesome.
I bought a new truck in July of last year. Since I have had it, I have been hit by 6 rocks big enough to crack. I drive daily on both 55 and 20. I have decided I'll just have cracked windshields until I move out of the area. No point in wasting several hundred bucks just to turn around and have cracked windshields again in a couple of weeks. You're lucky if you get a ding and have enough time to get it fixed before it starts running. I'm never that lucky.
I was on I-55 South near McComb this past weekend. The contractor there was using what looked like a large jackhammer attached to a track hoe. They were busting up the upper layer of concrete roadway, sweeping it off a bit and laying asphalt. Is this a new method as opposed to milling the road surface?
I agree, it was that bad. I came through this morning. I jumped on the right side that hadn't yet been milled. Problem was there was an 18 wheeler ahead of me on the milled side and he had small rocks coming out from under that truck literally like confetti. When I tell you that rocks were hitting my vehicle like a hail storm, I'm not kidding.
And I NEVER repair a rock crack in my windshield until it gets too unsafe. It doesn't make sense to because on I55, it's gonna get cracked again in a matter of days.
You just have to go thru there during rush hour. Then you will never get over 25 mph. Problem solved.
CALL THE CONTRACTOR AT 601-833-4291 AND THEY WILL REIMBURSE YOU!!
You will have to email them for the claim.
You will have to email them for the claim.
You could pick one up for less than the cost of a new windshield most likely, not to mention the paint repair. You'd need liability insurance, but that's about it.
It's too hard for milling, plus when they mill asphalt it can be recycled for new asphalt.
I remember way back when interstates were being built initially, there were advertisemens for something called "new type concrete" that was used on interstates. It had air bubbles entrained in the mix, and supposedly didn't need expansion joints. I don't know how that worked out, but there are still roadways existing that were built in that timeframe. Concrete lasts longer than asphalt, but it's harder and much noisier.
I remember way back when interstates were being built initially, there were advertisemens for something called "new type concrete" that was used on interstates. It had air bubbles entrained in the mix, and supposedly didn't need expansion joints. I don't know how that worked out, but there are still roadways existing that were built in that timeframe. Concrete lasts longer than asphalt, but it's harder and much noisier.
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