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The 11 foot 8 bridge [Update: Now 12'4" and open again]
- Thread starter DrFunk
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I was kinda hoping that after all that, they would try to go through again.
It's red at the very very beginning of the video, I think the truck must've just waited through the red light and still decided to give it a go
There is just a giant screen saying turn if above height and people still go through the light lol. I have no clue how that's possible.
Penske rents trucks. It's like Uhaul but only with trucks. So lots of people that have zero familiarity with trucks driving one.
I suspected that later on, but you would think people would at least learn basic information about the vehicle such as it's height upon signing the paperwork to rent one.
I wonder if there are any crashes at the 11'4" bridge in a different part of town. I drive under it all the time and I've never seen anything.
You live in Durham, too? There's dozens of us!
You live in Durham, too? There's dozens of us!
Most GPS apps don't take bridge height into account which combined with ignorant drivers is what causes a lot of these types of crashes. I know since I drive large box trucks for my job all the time and I have to plan my course out ahead of time to avoid low bridges.
Was the driver sleeping? How the fuck could you not noticed your bus wouldn't fit?
I love how the people walking by are unphased by it. Those drivers really need to get the height of the vehicle before driving it so they can avoid this very issue.
Most people are told about the height limits and it goes in one ear and out the other
There's an 11-4 bridge in Durham as well, that has similar signs all around it. It's in a really busy part of the city though, so maybe trucks are more familiar with it? Would think that height would cause even more hilarity but maybe it's too short to trick drivers into thinking they can make it.
When I rented a uhaul recently, earnings about the height were everywhere in the cabin. Tough to miss.
I've watched many of these videos a few years ago, if this is still going on how many times did they have to repair that bridge, I mean it can't be that tough if you keep crashing on it over and over again even with those safety guards some damage and weakness must show up sooner or later.
the cars aren't reaching the bridge. the can-opener effect is being done on a metal guard rail erected just before the actual bridge-edge. i'm sure that needs maintenance every so often though
looking at those other bridges posted it seems that metal guard does the trick at all those underpasses.
Now I am kinda curious how that website on the OP managed getting 2 cameras on both sides of the road, I never went to his website just found his channel on youtube will watching some Russian traffic crash videos and it went to that bridge next.
That bridge has gotten this guy some good views
lol people walking under the bridge didn't even flinch...
How would you guys solve this?
I think, I would close to road dig the street 4 more feet down under the bridge but I guess this would cost the city too much money to do? I mean you would have to dig at least 2 blocks so the slope would be smooth and not a sudden dip down.
I think, I would close to road dig the street 4 more feet down under the bridge but I guess this would cost the city too much money to do? I mean you would have to dig at least 2 blocks so the slope would be smooth and not a sudden dip down.
Yeah, apparently there are water and gas lines that you would have to do something with.
it's not as simple as that.
There are underground utility lines to consider. Not to mention drainage now needs to play into effect on a bigger scale if you are introducing the risk of water pooling under the bridge. During heavy rain you are likely guaranteeing a flood. And as you said, they would need to slope that accordingly to take into account any roadway standards of the city and state, and depending on that it could reach nearby intersections of reconstruction which means a full blown redesigning of a block in the middle of busy streets.
Your other option is to demolish the bridge overhead, but having JUST done that in a city in the middle of Downtown, this option also sucks because it requires SO much planning that a fulltime project needs to be on top of it vs just the city officials hiring a third party group to do whatever. Now you have to also design foundations, slopes on the bridge, etc....
The cheapest option is likely to put more means of warning oncoming traffic about the clearance of the bridge. Don't know if there's a scanner/camera of some sort that can quickly identify the height of a video, but if there is maybe add something like that to flash to turn left/right to avoid damage cause they are too tall.
At the end of the day, I would not be surprised if option 2 ends up happening. The amount of damage and hits that bridge has gotten will eventually catch up and they will not have an option due to the safety of regular traffic because of the structural integrity.
According to the site, Tthere's a train track on the bridge so they can't just make that part taller and there's a sensor that detects trucks half a block away and turns the light red+lights up the signs.
yeah if it's a train track bridge that removes that option then, unless they plan on somehow redirecting the train and redesigning that which is also very costly.
If warning is their only solution at the moment, then the sensor they have half a block away they might have to add flashing message board signs and other means to catch the attention of even the MOST distracted driver day or night throughout more upcoming blocks and at small intervals as you approach the bridge.
I don't know if the city can have the police department set up a traffic officer there during busier seasons/hours.
oh damn not so simple forgot that we might have things under most city roads.
I think I would put a huge billboard a block on each direction with a Photo of a wrecked truck under that bridge it seems none of the drivers understand what 11-8 means. Even a visual sign with a wrecked truck under a bridge would be clearer
Yeah I have been in a few and they have the height of the vehicle clearly displayed. Thinking about it I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the same people who ignore red lights and flashing warning signs also ignore the stuff in the vehicle's cabin.
These people aren't just hitting the bridge, they're running a red light to hit the bridge because the sensor changes the light way before the truck gets to the intersection and turns on that overheight sign. Like I said earlier, 12 crashes in 2018. The town isn't going to go much further than they have for a crash a month that's not really costing them any money.
I don't think the bridge is taking any damage; it looks like they've put a steel structure in front of the bridge to take impacts from traffic, and that's what is getting hit. Otherwise the bridge would probably have to be rebuilt on an annual basis.
Are truck drivers REALLY that stupid that they can't realize that, hey, their delivery truck can't fit under this bridge?
The only tragedy here is the imperial system here. I'd hit that bridge because I wouldn't know what the helll 11 foot 8 means, lol.
If you're trying to fix 11'8", my recommendation would be to make the opening visibly shorter, so much that a car could get through, but a box truck would be insane to even try. It would cut down on the number of vehicles that could squeak through, which I'm sure will annoy some, but just putting a steel beam across painted yellow with black text "YOUR TRUCK WON'T FIT" would be a comparatively cheap solution.
It's a lot of rentral trucks, people not used to having to worry about clearance. RVs losing AC units, too.
Although there are still plenty of professional truck drivers.
It's a lot of rentral trucks, people not used to having to worry about clearance. RVs losing AC units, too.
Although there are still plenty of professional truck drivers.
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Was the driver sleeping? How the fuck could you not noticed your bus wouldn't fit?
The driver was sentenced to 5 years in prison a week or two ago.