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sqqueen2 OP t1_iycyxv4 wrote

Reply to comment by ChefGuru in Where do the emergency exits in the Squirrel Hill tunnel come out? Wouldn’t they have to be In people’s backyards? by sqqueen2

Yes…is that where they go? That don’t go up and out?

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ChefGuru t1_iyczk8e wrote

If there's a fire or something in one side of the tunnel, you use those to get to the other side of the tunnel where there isn't fire and smoke.

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Upbeat_Estimate1501 t1_iydfd3e wrote

Independence Day literally has had me preparing for this possibility since 1996.

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CARLEtheCamry t1_iydmuf7 wrote

'96 is when Daylight came out as well. I still can't drive the Chesapeak Bay Bridge Tunnel without an increase in anxiety due to that movie.

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MCRNRearAdmiral t1_iydz2nk wrote

Just treated two (three, if you count an infant) native Yinzers to an over-and-back roundtrip on that beast last month- the CBBT never fails to blow people’s minds, even those of us who were scampering around in the sands underneath since as far back as we can remember.

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Wildman_916 t1_iyd3ie2 wrote

So everybody stuck in a tunnel of fire and smoke runs through a small passageway to the other side of the tunnel where there’s still ongoing traffic? Great call from the tunnel guys lmao

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ChefGuru t1_iyd4bic wrote

Damn... if only traffic could be stopped if there was a fire in one side of the tunnel. It's too bad that there's no possible way for that to happen, and that everyone escaping a fire would be forced to run directly into speeding traffic.

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ScratchMoore t1_iyd603n wrote

Right? I feel like maybe if someone invented a light to put at one end of the tunnel as a warning system to stop traffic. Maybe blue? Or purple? Not sure what colors could be used, just spitballing……

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omgwouldyou t1_iyddz2t wrote

It is kinda funny to think the tunnel staff and emergency services would just let traffic continue on as normal through the second tunnel as they use it as an evacuation route.

Tunnel guy screaming over the noise at an evacuating motorist "so sorry sir, it's the Tuesday special at olive garden! We need to keep these people moving! Try to stick close to the walls!"

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westinghousesghost t1_iyd4zhi wrote

Why would you go up out of a tunnel? 1) the heat and smoke of a fire would follow you. 2) that's probably the slowest way to evacuate. 3) that's not at all useful for disabled people.

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CL-MotoTech t1_iyd3i5y wrote

The emergency walk way is perpindicul to the vehicle tunnels. Basically it is a separate tunnel but for people cross to the other side. They don't exit elsewhere. I have seen it in person. The Liberty tunnels have a parallel emergency tunnel that runs the length of the tunnels.

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