Pennsylvania governor says section of I-95 that collapsed last weekend will open in two weeks

The section of Interstate-95 in Philadelphia that collapse last weekend, snarling traffic along the major East Coast highway, is set to reopen in two weeks, Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday.

"I can now talk a little bit more about the progress that we're making," Shapiro said at a press conference, according to CBS Philadelphia. "We will have I-95 reopened within the next two weeks. We are going to get traffic moving again thanks to the extraordinary work that is going on here by these union trades workers."

Last weekend, a truck caught fire under an I-95 on-ramp in northeast Philadelphia early in the morning, causing part of the overpass to collapse.

Shapiro in response signed an Disaster Emergency proclamation, direct an all-of-government response and $2 million in state coffers  going to the effort. 

President Joe Biden took a helicopter tour Saturday of the collapsed part of the highway and promised that the federal government would reimburse 100% of work for the first 200 days of emergency repairs.

Both Biden and Shapiro praised the work of the construction crews working to fix the disaster. 

"I want to thank the fire first responders who dealt with the immediate aftermath and the workers on site. I saw some of them today as we flew over the site. And [they] have been working 24/7 to clear the debris," Biden said during the press conference.