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Jeff Morrison
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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: Early Thanksgiving dinner for truck-eating bridge |
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richard
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Early Thanksgiving dinner for truck-eating bridge |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:59:28 -0800 (PST), Jeff Morrison
<jeffmorrison@gmail.com> wrote:
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Found via Fark. Bonus: Jason Hancock's picture of the bridge makes a
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In Buffalo NY there is a railroad bridge right by the Sorrento plant.
It's marked as 13'4" and plenty of guys try getting under it, empty.
They say you can barely squeek through loaded, but if a train is
parked on the bridge, no way.
What kills me is the fact that the damn local drivers are the one's
most likely to pull this kind of stunt. I know damn good and well
that Brady st bridge is properly marked well before it each way. |
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Ralph Herman
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Early Thanksgiving dinner for truck-eating bridge |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:19 -0800, richard wrote
(in article <aeu9i4t0ad392885k5nm8hho62h9voedr7@4ax.com>):
| Quote: | On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:59:28 -0800 (PST), Jeff Morrison
jeffmorrison@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/11/18/news/local/doc4922cdb84526b078769
520.txt?sPos=1
Found via Fark. Bonus: Jason Hancock's picture of the bridge makes a
slightly modified appearance in the discussion. (Search for "Flannel
Avenger")
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=4026264
In Buffalo NY there is a railroad bridge right by the Sorrento plant.
It's marked as 13'4" and plenty of guys try getting under it, empty.
They say you can barely squeek through loaded, but if a train is
parked on the bridge, no way.
What kills me is the fact that the damn local drivers are the one's
most likely to pull this kind of stunt. I know damn good and well
that Brady st bridge is properly marked well before it each way.
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NYSDOT Supplement sez,
Section 2B.108 Regulatory Clearance Signs (NYR5-6, NYR5-7)
Standard:
Regulatory Clearance (NYR5-6 and NYR5-7) signs (see Sign Drawing SD-R7)
shall be used to indicate legal overhead clearances at bridges and elevated
structures when measured overhead clearance is less than 14 feet. Such legal
overhead clearance shall be one foot less than the measured clearance (the
vertical distance between the traveled portion of the roadway and the
overhead structure).
(end cite)
The 13'6" trailers can make it.... although not legally (g).
Ralph |
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brink
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: Re: Early Thanksgiving dinner for truck-eating bridge |
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Jeff Morrison wrote:
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Found via Fark. Bonus: Jason Hancock's picture of the bridge makes a
slightly modified appearance in the discussion. (Search for "Flannel
Avenger")
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=4026264
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Saw this truck-eating bridge (and its cousin a block down the street) a few
months ago for the first time.
Not only are all the warning signs attention-getting, the height of the
bridge itself is very striking -- it LOOKS way too short and it's hard for
me to believe that a driver would miss that.
But I attune to those kinds of visual cues when I'm driving, I'm sure some
drivers wouldn't even think about bridge heights since they seldom come into
play...
brink |
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Michael Moroney
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Early Thanksgiving dinner for truck-eating bridge |
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Ralph Herman <rlaherman@earthlink.net> writes:
| Quote: | On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:51:19 -0800, richard wrote
(in article <aeu9i4t0ad392885k5nm8hho62h9voedr7@4ax.com>):
In Buffalo NY there is a railroad bridge right by the Sorrento plant.
It's marked as 13'4" and plenty of guys try getting under it, empty.
They say you can barely squeek through loaded, but if a train is
parked on the bridge, no way.
What kills me is the fact that the damn local drivers are the one's
most likely to pull this kind of stunt. I know damn good and well
that Brady st bridge is properly marked well before it each way.
NYSDOT Supplement sez,
Section 2B.108 Regulatory Clearance Signs (NYR5-6, NYR5-7)
Standard:
Regulatory Clearance (NYR5-6 and NYR5-7) signs (see Sign Drawing SD-R7)
shall be used to indicate legal overhead clearances at bridges and elevated
structures when measured overhead clearance is less than 14 feet. Such legal
overhead clearance shall be one foot less than the measured clearance (the
vertical distance between the traveled portion of the roadway and the
overhead structure).
(end cite)
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Well, that explains 1 foot of how I once drove a U-Haul truck with a
(marked) 11' height under a RR bridge posted with a 10'4" clearance in
Schenectady NY, with about a foot to spare.
(I had forgotten about that bridge, stopped before it, got out to look
and saw what appeared to be all kinds of room, even measuring it with a
convenient stick to be sure) |
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