A Bridge Too Far

[JJVP]

Or maybe too low.

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[Thomas]

Ah, BoingBoing. It used to be a good site, and maybe it is again now. But after every other post start to become about the Occupy movement, I got real tired of seeing that.

But anyway, after so many accidents, you would think they would carve the road a little lower under the bridge.

[tbrown]

Ah, BoingBoing. It used to be a good site, and maybe it is again now. But after every other post start to become about the Occupy movement, I got real tired of seeing that.

But anyway, after so many accidents, you would think they would carve the road a little lower under the bridge.

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"Norfolk Southern Railroad owns the train trestle, and their concern is primarily with keeping the trains running and keeping them running safely. So their concern is mainly with reducing the impact of the truck crashes on the actual structure of the train trestle. As far as they are concerned, they solved that problem by installing the crash beam."

[mamabearCali]

Having had an RV damaged by a bridge that was incorrectly marked (and then because no one got hurt was told to pound sand), it makes me very irritated that they have not put up further signs around the route. In this case I am betting that one does not see the signs until it is too late to stop. If one is goin got have a low bridge one needs to mark it clearly before you are on top of the bridge and could do nothing to stop.

[tacticool]

Having had an RV damaged by a bridge that was incorrectly marked (and then because no one got hurt was told to pound sand), it makes me very irritated that they have not put up further signs around the route. In this case I am betting that one does not see the signs until it is too late to stop. If one is goin got have a low bridge one needs to mark it clearly before you are on top of the bridge and could do nothing to stop.

You would lose that bet according to the FAQ on the website tbrown posted.

The city of Durham has installed "low clearance" signs on each of the 3 blocks leading up to the trestle (Gregson is a one-way road). There is a "overheight when flashing" sign with flashing lights that are triggered by vehicles that are too tall. Several blocks ahead of the trestle the speed limit is 25 MPH. The folks from the city planning department said that they made an effort to prevent accidents.

It sounds like the city made a powerful effort but the weak link is drivers ignoring the HUGE FLASHING SIGN.

Also from the FAQ,

On average, about once a month a truck gets visibly damaged at the bridge. Hoewver, every day I see trucks that trip the overheight warning lights, stop and turn into the side street.

I was playing around and if you want to see what the drivers see, go to Google Maps, enter "175 S Gregson St, Durham, NC" and hit Street View. It's hard to miss.

[mamabearCali]

I am glad the city has done due diligence. Stupid cant be helped sometimes.

In our case a tunnel marked for X number of feet (don't remember now) was not. We knew the height of our RV to the inch and after the top of our ac was damaged, we has it checked again, Sure enough it was still under what the bridge said it was by 6 inches......but this one was in Philly.......so I am not surprised at the baloney they were selling. Could have taken them to court, but it cost less to fix the AC and move on. Perhaps a trucking company will take them on and get them to change the sign.