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Problems with a low bridge
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:41 pm
by Autocar Publicity
According to the author of this footage, this train trestle is 100 years old, so it was built at a time when there were no standards for minimum clearance. "The Norfolk Southern Railroad has no plans to raise it, it's their bridge and the only thing they want is to guarantee the safety of their trains. As far as they are concerned, they solved that problem by installing the crash beam. Any potential solution—like raising the bridge or lowering the road—is too expensive to be worth it."
The city of Durham installed warning sings along the three blocks that precede the bridge, but drivers still keep ramming into it ...
http://www.prochan.com/view?p=da1_1351183858
Re: Problems with a low bridge
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:27 pm
by 60800
That was a rather hilarious two and a half minutes - thanks for sharing
Re: Problems with a low bridge
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:51 am
by giner
Here in Edmonton we have a low clearance bridge, the High Level Bridge, the clearance is 3.2m, or 10' 6", and many an unwary trucker has met his match here. The bridge itself is a solid girder design built in 1911, carrying a roadway on its lower deck and a single rail line, previously operated until 1989 by Canadian Pacific, on the top, 212 ft. above the North Saskatchewan River which runs through the centre of our city. Nowadays, a preserved streetcar runs a short tourist route across the bridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Level ... _Streetcar
This itself was involved in a mishap a while ago. Here's a link:
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/08/28/s ... vel-bridge
Re: Problems with a low bridge
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:47 pm
by Postman Prat
About 30 yrs ago I had a job driving a truck.
On the day in question I had to deliver to a farm a long way down a lane. Before reaching the farm I encountered a tunnel where the lane passed under the LSWR main line, nr Winchfield. Well, the sign said 10' 6" and my van was 10' 3" so through I went. The road suddenly became quite a steep incline as I emerged from the tunnel and as 1 was driving a long wheelbase lorry the increase at the front led to the roof scraping against the tunnel. Nothing daunted I 'pressed on' and then found the farm only a few yards from the tunnel - I could have walked it and I was only delivering a very small box.
While getting the signature I asked the farmer where the lane led to. You've guessed it already - I was in a cul-de-sac!!!!
