(I have no idea what big penny means.)
I also like the Milwaukee Roundabout. No recent videos though, sadly. Gotta respect intersections that consistently pwn drivers.
I love how gnarly the underside of the bridge is. Everyone thinks they’re the exception.
What a great idea. Perfect execution.
Reminds me of a bridge that the road passing under got resurfaced and raised a few inches but the signs never got changed. After a truck got stuck, at least they fixed the sign.
Bayswater Bridge RIP
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayswater_SubwaySo what’s the signage before trucks can no longer turn around?
It does seem more effective to place some other form of markers like metal poles down up higher with bells hanging on fishing line or some shit, if you hit the bells, you’d hit the bridge. Place them 50 yards before the bridge
That’s how it’s done in my country. If you hear the dangly bits scraping on the roof of your truck, you won’t fit.
Richest country in history cannot afford to maintain its infrastructure or healthcare for its citizenry.
Sure, but what does that have to do with this picture? The bridge looks deteriorated on that leading edge because 75 trucks have crashed into it at speed.
There’s a bridge near me with scuff marks on the underside like that. I’ve driven under and briefly wondered about the stories behind each one, and now your post makes me want to investigate further.
One would get the impression that truck drivers cant read
Its not usually “Truck drivers” its people who have rented a box truck.
This looks like they want this stat to increase. No warning colors or symbolic signs of danger. But they have a probd counter for their trap.
Iirc, this bridge has a ton of signs, signal lights, and indicators leading up to it- they’re just farther out, so you can actually turn away from it BEFORE you’re committed to going under it, or stopping dead in the street.
You don’t see the big ol flashing hazard lights directly below the googly eyes?
A city I used to live in had a bridge like this in a major inner-city commercial area just outside the CBD. Would cause havoc for commuters because the bridge was for the southern train lines entering the CBD and was on a busy road entering an major arterial.
All the traffic got held up and diverted, the trains couldn’t run until engineers inspected the bridge.
Yeah, I thought how frustrating that must be for the people who live there if that road is blocked time and time again because of the same thing.
i think ive seen that place on youtube before
That bridge needs more 11’8"
I read the site but couldn’t find why the sign says 12’4 if it’s really 11’8"?
Edit: Thanks for all the answers everyone. Now the 11’8"+8" makes so much more sense.
IIRC, they didn’t raise it because of the crashes. It’s a privately owned rail line and they don’t care about that because the bridge itself wasn’t being damaged. It needed to be renovated anyway so they raised it to be level with the nearby at-grade crossing while they were at it.
Yeah the bridge itself wasn’t being damaged because they installed a goddamn I-beam in front of it as a crash barrier.
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They actually raised it back in 2019.
http://11foot8.com/raising-11foot8/
It didn’t help much, obviously.
It was sadly raised due to the high number of crashes
Probably would have helped more to lower the bridge even more 🤣
They won’t because there is an old sewer main that runs underneath and according to the town is prohibitively expensive to reconcile all of that with the bridge lowering.
The rail line won’t increase the height anymore because then it will cause a hump in the train tracks there.
It’s probably the local name for the monster.
https://youtu.be/7pO39Sh6THg?si=BmOcfhOKk0jzjwxS
This video is really hilarious. Idk if it’s the same bridge or not. Also I know people on Lemmy don’t like links to YouTube but I don’t know how to do the thing.
Yeah I’m pretty sure it’s the same bridge. It’s kinda internet famous. They raised the bridge a little since that video, but it still peels the tops off of trucks.
I don’t think it is right? The environment looks completely different and the one in the post is 12", which the 11"8 (or now 12"4) never was.
Correct, this is not the same bridge
No they are not the same bridge. Notice one is 12’ 0’’ and the other is the famous 11’8’’ now the 12’4’’
That’s 11’8", probably the most famous can opener there is. Although they recently raised the bridge height to make it line up better or something, which resulted in it becoming 12’4". It’s still opens a few cans sometimes though.
