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That Infamously Low Bridge Has Some Tough Competition
That Infamously Low Bridge Has Some Tough Competition-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:20

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The , has delivered far fewer after it gained another eight inches in height, but that bridge isn’t the only low bridge looking for trucks to snack on.

The reported on Tuesday that a truck driver tried and failed to squeeze his rig, hauling a shipping container, under an 11-foot, 7-inch rail bridge in Ontelaunee Township, Pennsylvania. For those of you counting, that’s an inch shorter than the bridge in Durham before it was raised.

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How did the truck driver get things so wrong? According to police, the truck driver was following a GPS route and thought that the bridge clearance sign said 13-feet 6-inches, not 11-feet, 7-inches. Oops.

Due to the bridge’s awfully-low height, it’s common for trucks and other tall vehicles to get a bit shaved off of the top while trying to roll under it.

But that’s not the only one. reported that a 12-foot, 6-inch clearance bridge in Westboro, Massachusetts, delivered some heavy carnage to a truck that failed to clear it on Thursday.

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Despite this bridge actually being higher than the infamous Durham bridge, it managed to crumple the semi’s trailer like a beer can. Motorists had to face an annoying delay as traffic was reduced to a single lane while the truck was extracted.

But unlike the bridge in Durham, there aren’t cameras around to watch the action unfold at any of these bridges. The cameras at the “11-foot-8+8" bridge are still catching people running the light and shaving off the top of their trucks.

Someone get a camera to these other low-ass bridges! We demand to see trucks opened up like cans!

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