This is a clip from a comedy tv show, broadcast after the kiddies have gone to bed. You are warned. Three metres in the old money is close to ten feet. The bridge has its own website and Facebook group. A couple of weeks ago, the bridge was slammed three times in three days. The bridge always wins.
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LOL. Good gracious. Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteSandra, I think there may be stronger language used at times.
DeleteOh, my. LOL Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteNo worries, Linda.
Delete"The bridge always wins."
ReplyDeleteI had seen some of those crashes before!
Bob, yes, especially the 11'8" bridge.
DeleteThis bridge is legendary. Recently there was another hit too
ReplyDeleteRoentare, there won't be one for ages and then there were three in three days.
DeleteThere's an old bridge in Kansas City that catches a truck every once in awhile. Warning signs are there but some drivers don't know how tall their truck/trailer are.
ReplyDeleteDeb, your most famous is the 11foot8 bridge, Gregson St in Durham, North Carolina.
DeleteInteresting. Have trucks gotten bigger, or was this bridge too small to begin with?
ReplyDeleteIt is a very low bridge but all possible protections are in place. It is mostly hit by van driven by immigrant workers who seem to trust Google Maps rather too much. The bus in the clip wasn't that case, and it was serious as people were injured.
Delete😂 How to turn your truck into a convertible. I think there is a need for warning signs leading up to the bridge as well as the one already on it. "Low bridge ahead; Clearance 3m"
ReplyDeleteRiver, there are so many warning signs, plus the straps that hit the top of overheight vehicles. It puzzles me.
DeleteIt's always amused me this bridge, how people could go under and crash if their vehicle was too high, and especially the Melbourne people, surely they were told about the bridge being low - nice video clip, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I remember the elderly couple who arrived on the the Spirit at Station Pier and drove under the bridge in their campervan and took off the air con unit on the van's roof.
DeleteThere are similar bridges here, but without the cult following.
ReplyDeleteJB, I do research a little and one a couple in England cropped up. Off route buses seem to be the prime serious offenders.
DeleteMy middle brother drove truck for Disney for 43 years. One night he delivered 40,000 pounds of frozen foods to one of the hotels at WDW. On the way back, the top of the trailer hit a bridge. He thought about it for a moment, and he had gone through on the other side 30 minutes earlier, so he backed up, moved over to the other lane, and was going about 30 mile an hour when he peeled the top off of the trailer. Being 40,000 pounds lighter, the trailer was about 8 inches taller than it was when he went through earlier. He was assigned warehouse duty 90 days after that.
ReplyDeleteTP, yes that happens, but if so, it is already too close. It happens at times when tyres get fully inflated too, but again too close. Also, I would think there can be height variations in the two different directions. Eight inches is significant height change.
DeleteThere is a similar low bridge here in the US; I can't recall the YouTube channel but my husband has showed me video. The story Travel shared is worth sharing, for sure. Be well!
ReplyDeleteDarla, maybe the one I mentioned in a comment above, the 11'8" bridge in NC.
DeleteThat gantry is a good idea. It seems repeated collisions would destabilize the bridge over time.
ReplyDeleteSteve, yes it would, so that's why they have metal beam across before the actual bridge. It should be the beam that does the damage, not the bridge itself.
DeleteThere is a bridge here that gets hit a lot but it isn't on a busy street like yours. What a mess they make of trucks.
ReplyDeletePat, they certainly do make a bad mess at times. Truck owners would be very unhappy.
DeleteWe have a bridge like that here too, the High Level Bridge. The gantry is a great idea.
ReplyDeletePixie, perhaps the misnamed High Level Bridge.
DeleteThat's funny. We have such a railroad bridge downtown Albany that has been hit time and time again, despite all kinds of warnings.
ReplyDeleteStrayer, I suppose you have to be a truck driver to understand why this happens. It perplexes me.
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