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[Imperial One]

Guy shoulda turned left at Albuquerque.

 

[dadsbee]

A weekly routine in Smiths Falls.. damn near looks like it even, but the factory in the background is on the wrong side of the tracks..

 

[khryslerkid]

 

[Imperial One]

A weekly routine in Smiths Falls.. damn near looks like it even, but the factory in the background is on the wrong side of the tracks..

London Ontario - Talbot St. just south of Oxford. I used to live about 300 yards north of this. It was a regular occurrence. I took this photo maybe 6 years or so ago. They have now put in massive beams on each side of the train bridge so people hit the beam rather than the bridge.

 

[Ironbuilt]

London Ontario - Talbot St. just south of Oxford. I used to live about 300 yards north of this. It was a regular occurrence. I took this photo maybe 6 years or so ago. They have now put in massive beams on each side of the train bridge so people hit the beam rather than the bridge.

You'd think a simple sign would suffice.

 

[dadsbee]

Sign.. never.. LOL. As a kid my buddy lived 3 doors from the train bridge in Smiths Falls, highway to Merrickville. Hershey plant just beyond it. Best load to watch was loads of lumber... LOL. Just like the game pick up sticks..

 

[Ironbuilt]

Sign.. never.. LOL. As a kid my buddy lived 3 doors from the train bridge in Smiths Falls, highway to Merrickville. Hershey plant just beyond it. Best load to watch was loads of lumber... LOL. Just like the game pick up sticks..

Unless your the driver.

 

[khryslerkid]

Same thing in Durham N.C. Guy has had a video camera set up there for years. RR raised the bridge and some still hit it, flashing billboard and all.

 

[chtampa]

Ducka you head, Lolabridgeta.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Same thing in Durham N.C. Guy has had a video camera set up there for years. RR raised the bridge and some still hit it, flashing billboard and all.

I know exactly where that bridge is. They start warning drivers about that bridge for over a mile before they hit it.

 

[tnfastback]

Now that’s what you call a big “Milk Shake”

 

[Imperial One]

I know exactly where that bridge is. They start warning drivers about that bridge for over a mile before they hit it.

That is A WHOLE LOT OF MAYHEM! A lot of rental trucks - non professional drivers?

 

[Ironbuilt]

That is A WHOLE LOT OF MAYHEM! A lot of rental trucks - non professional drivers?

Yes, mostly 26' box trucks. Ryder has probably paid for that bridge 100 times over.

 

[33 IMP]

Ive been watching you tube videos of that bridge for years. Made me go out and measure our new (to us) box truck (12 ft).
What amazes me is that i have never seen one of the instant-stop trucks get rearended.

 

[khryslerkid]

Ive been watching you tube videos of that bridge for years. Made me go out and measure our new (to us) box truck (12 ft).
What amazes me is that i have never seen one of the instant-stop trucks get rearended.

They raised it to 12 ft 4 in and some rental trucks are still scraping it. I've never seen a rear ender either. Most of the time other drivers are aware of what's about to happen and get out of the way.

 

[Ironbuilt]

They raised it to 12 ft 4 in and some rental trucks are still scraping it. I've never seen a rear ender either. Most of the time other drivers are aware of what's about to happen and get out of the way.

I am 13'6" at the top of my exhaust stacks. I get chills when I see a sign that says 13'6" on the interstate.

 

[dadsbee]

.. and think to yourself WHICH LANE>> WHICH LANE>>

 

[Ironbuilt]

.. and think to yourself WHICH LANE>> WHICH LANE>>

I have been known to "dump" my air bags on some bridges. LOL
NYC is famous for signing their bridges 3 inches under the actual height to allow for snow. My butthole still puckers up every time I am on I-278 through Brooklyn.

 

[Jerry Hall]

On the way to NJ to pick up a GTX, I'm not exactly sure where I was but I had measured the enclosed trailer height, but forgot about the vent domes on top. I came up on a road with several bridges that were marked just a inch or two more than my measurements. Needless to say I had to replace both domes when I got back. I don't know which bridge got them as I heard no noise or felt any disturbance going through.

 

[khryslerkid]

I have been known to "dump" my air bags on some bridges. LOL

I think that's what this driver did to get himself out of a fix.