CAM Posted November 8, 2019 Posted November 8, 2019 It's the 12 foot 4 bridge now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-50340631/north-carolina-can-opener-bridge-raised No more videos of inept and clueless truck drivers? 1
localzuk Posted November 8, 2019 Posted November 8, 2019 I suspect it'll still catch some oversize loads. Just not all the rental trucks. No more free meals for the hungry bridge.
6Foot2 Posted November 30, 2019 Posted November 30, 2019 ...No more videos of inept and clueless truck drivers? Not so fast?
Boredguy Posted November 30, 2019 Posted November 30, 2019 they could have just gone for the extra 4 inches and been safe
Dos_Box Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 they could have just gone for the extra 4 inches and been safe They probably maxed out the safe limit for the steel girders to be shifted adjusting it to it's new height.
mikeprice Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 Surprised that didn't dig the road a bit deeper rather than raising the bridge
Boredguy Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 They only put metal shims between the pillars and the beam and sloped the rails up at each side... could have done that for a few more inches. Lot easier than digging the road as they would have had to redo all the pillars that way
AJWhite1970 Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 Usually that just results in the bridge flooding every winter and becomes unpassable
mikeprice Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 Usually that just results in the bridge flooding every winter and becomes unpassable good point - didn't think of that!
AJWhite1970 Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 This is one they dug the road lower in the New Forest, the railway above it is the Weymouth to Waterloo mainline, the road under it a long way round when closed....
Andrew_C Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 If it isn't full of water, it is blocked by a herd of ponies. 2
6Foot2 Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 An early warning that could be deployed at the '11 foot 8 + 8 bridge' to, hopefully, prevent further accidents? 1
6Foot2 Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 Train vs (another low) bridge: https://youtu.be/oOpf-xw9FNU
Andrew_C Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 A train? Those things all have to conform to a loading gauge, and don't vary their routes much. Not the drivers fault, but the idiot that picked the route.
elsiegee40 Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 Only 2 million damage? The train, the cars on it and the bridge! Surely more than that. Definitely not the driver’s fault for the route, but surely stopping when you know you have hit it is a no-brainer?!
Davit2005 Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 Only 2 million damage? The train, the cars on it and the bridge! Surely more than that. Definitely not the driver’s fault for the route, but surely stopping when you know you have hit it is a no-brainer?! "I've started so I will finish", in that Magnus Magnusson voice. We had a low bridge on the way into a huge industrial estate for years as a sole route in and out, used to get hit by lorries often. Thankfully it has been replaced with a dual carriage way avoiding the bridge.
Andrew_C Posted September 16, 2020 Posted September 16, 2020 Trains don't stop on a sixpence... Nor for that matter do buses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54099591
TechMonkey Posted November 13, 2020 Posted November 13, 2020 Love the way the blue car is indicating that way and just nopes out of there.
Andrew_C Posted November 13, 2020 Posted November 13, 2020 Did someone mention the most struck UK bridges? 1
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