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11 foot 8 bridge in Durham, N.C.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:38 pm
This bridge only has 11' 8" of clearance. According to Wikipedia, there is on average at least one truck or RV collision with the bridge every month. There are numerous youtube compilations of tall vehicles colliding with the bridge.
The bridge can't be raised because nearby railroad beds would also have to be raised. The road underneath it can't be lowered because there is a main sewage line running under it. Thus, the bridge remains and people keep running into it.
11 foot 8 bridge
11 foot 8 bridge crash compilation - YouTube
The bridge can't be raised because nearby railroad beds would also have to be raised. The road underneath it can't be lowered because there is a main sewage line running under it. Thus, the bridge remains and people keep running into it.
11 foot 8 bridge
11 foot 8 bridge crash compilation - YouTube
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Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:39 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
This website has been out for a few years and people are still crashing into it.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:40 pm to BearsFan
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This website has been out for a few years and people are still crashing into it.
Yeah, the guy who set up the original camera at that intersection has recorded over 100 vehicles crashing into the bridge. Remarkable, honestly.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:50 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I used to deliver I.T. equipment to schools as part of my job. One day, I pulled in front of a high school in a large Uhaul truck. I got out, and I swear I was 5 inches from hitting the top of the overhang. It was insanely close.
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:50 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I swear if i worked in that area i would take my lunch there every day and watch the action 
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:52 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
It's funny to watch some of those. Surprised they haven't given more clearance
Posted on 3/15/18 at 6:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
You'd think the city would put a HUGE sign about 1/2mile away, with a flimsy pole to test if the vehicle could make it at the height.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 7:01 pm to ThatMakesSense
I never understood the reasoning of posting the vertical clearance of a bridge ON THE bridge itself. It's too late at that point.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 7:01 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I feel most sorry for the poor guys who ripped rooftop ac off of those fifth wheels. You know they had to listen to their wives bitch at them from the passenger seat.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 7:13 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
It’s like a can opener for moving trucks.
How has the city not put bars and massive warming before the bridge? The local Penske rental places must have signs all over their offices about to that bridge
How has the city not put bars and massive warming before the bridge? The local Penske rental places must have signs all over their offices about to that bridge
This post was edited on 3/15/18 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 7:26 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Whatever they made that bridge out of needs to be in every new bridge built. Thing is indestructible.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 7:42 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
How often do you think they change that cross beam. It looks like a I-Beam setup to protect the bridge from being hit.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 7:50 pm to FLObserver
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I swear if i worked in that area i would take my lunch there every day and watch the action
There was another bridge just like this near a summer job I had 30 years ago. I’d want to go that way just to see if any idiot peeled off the top of his (usually rental) truck, but didn’t want to deal with the traffic frick up if someone actually had.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:08 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I've been know to watch those videos for quite a while. I can't stop.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:08 pm to upgrayedd
The best are when they top just peels off like a sardine can.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:10 pm to lsujunky
If the beam structure was larger, the bridge would never get hit.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:11 pm to EarlyCuyler3
I like the ones where they make the truck go 40 to 0 in 0.04 seconds
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:13 pm to Ed Osteen
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How has the city not put bars and massive warming before the bridge?
Why would they? Most of the drivers aren't local taxpayers, this is a great way to collect fines.
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The local Penske rental places must have signs all over their offices about to that bridge
Exactly, that is the warning.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:35 pm to OysterPoBoy
It looks like a steel bulkhead is built in front of the train bridge to take the brunt of the strikes.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 8:46 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Oldie but goodie. I wonder how many of those U-haul and other rentals that just had the top skimmed without any other observable damage were just returned quietly as is? I know I would have.
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