Forty percent of the nation's long-haul freight is carried on trucks.
It may be 2,500 miles from Connecticut to Southern California, but a highway problem there can still cause repercussions locally.
When a section of Interstate 10 between
"There’s significant delays that they are experiencing, and trucking companies have reassessed the way they are paying drivers, to make sure they give them money for the extra time," Riley said. "Customers are being told that the price of transportation of the goods are going to increase as a result of the delays that this -- this, it’s really a cut artery, are causing through the whole goods transportation system, not just in California, but all across the country."
Riley said many trucks on
"When you look at studies that have been done, trucks that might be in
Watch videos of the collapsed highway below:
Bridge collapse near #DesertCenter. @CHPsouthern, @Caltrans8 structural engineers assessing damage, solutions. pic.twitter.com/r5h2QuagEr
— Samantha Cortese (@SamanthaCortese) July 20, 2015
The California Department of Transportation provided a map showing the detour routes to avoid the problematic portion of highway:
The federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics said nearly 40 percent of the nation’s long-haul freight is carried on trucks -- and Riley said the truckers find a way.
"It’s like water," Riley said. "It flows to the point of least resistance. When that bridge in
Work continues to open #I10 temporary crossover #caltrans8 pic.twitter.com/SzbGcCT7qY
— Caltrans District 8 (@Caltrans8) July 22, 2015
California now hopes to have I-10 open with a single lane in each direction by the end of the week.