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2naSalit

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36. In my comment below

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 07:00 PM

Dec 2012

I relate a story of a bridge around south Philly, I think it's a RR trestle on US13, sound about right? It looks almost like the one in the video! I've only been there twice and that was decades ago. I didn't go through and only touched the bridge as I was creeping really slowly and watching but I still tagged it and had "issues" afterward... and I had to get back to south Boston afterward. The trip home did more damage than the actual event since I had to pass through NYC interchanges to get there, and then there were some in CT before I got back. It wasn't pretty.

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Toughest Bridge in U.S.A..... people don't believe in warnings..some people are so sure..they know. [View all] Stuart G Dec 2012 OP

ROFL! Lugnut Dec 2012 #1

The tow truck company owner rocktivity Dec 2012 #2

I thought the exact same thing silhouete2 Dec 2012 #7

Phone hell! I would have a guy parked right by the bridge. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #28

Did you watch the fucking video? taterguy Dec 2012 #8

But do those drivers LIVE in Durham? rocktivity Dec 2012 #17

Name one fucking tow truck driver . . . taterguy Dec 2012 #25

Some seem to not even stop, oh well keep going. I hope I'm never that dumb. n/t Fla Dem Dec 2012 #3

"Never mind, the camper fits now!" (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #4

We have one just like that here. They have signs everywhere, they madmom Dec 2012 #5

Oh, Please... Unca Jim Dec 2012 #6

As a Philadelphian I couldn't agree with you more! PCIntern Dec 2012 #10

In my comment below 2naSalit Dec 2012 #36

Your rental documents tell you how tall the vehicle is adieu Dec 2012 #11

Rental documents? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #16

IIRC there is a sign in the cab of the rental truck with the height in VERY LARGE LETTERS Beaverhausen Dec 2012 #39

I thought that too dsc Dec 2012 #19

We had a bridge here in Houston called the Hazard Street Bridge, it lived up to its name. texanwitch Dec 2012 #9

Happens all the time. MineralMan Dec 2012 #12

I crack up every time I see a truck driving North of the Loop on the LSD. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #13

now, if you really lived in chicago, you would know that trucks aren't allowed mopinko Dec 2012 #29

I live near Chicago, and have lived in it. Stuart G Dec 2012 #30

Back in the 1970s and 2naSalit Dec 2012 #33

Yes, they are not allowed. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #34

It seems like it's a matter of time before someone following in a car gets hurt or killed Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #14

They should know how tall their truck is treestar Dec 2012 #15

Downtown Woonsocket, RI has one of these bridges Marrah_G Dec 2012 #18

Athens, GA has one of those too Budgies Revenge Dec 2012 #20

LOL, I remember that underpass.... mike_c Dec 2012 #26

The dumbest one has to be the driver of the 2nd hay truck Major Nikon Dec 2012 #21

the easy solution is to put one of those height testers a reasonable distance in front of them. unblock Dec 2012 #22

All while listening to Rush Limbaugh. ErikJ Dec 2012 #23

Signs? With numbers? That's all mathy and Soshalisticably! Kennah Dec 2012 #43

It's mentioned at the end of the video, and I don't know if anyone noticed, Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #24

Wonder how many people measured to the top of the truck roof but not the A/C unit above it? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #31

I would guess that a lot of people don't measure at all. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #41

Have the folks in charge of the roads there........... Capt.Rocky300 Dec 2012 #27

We have several in the Syracuse area. whistler162 Dec 2012 #32

How do so many truck drivers sabbat hunter Dec 2012 #35

I feel like I shouldn't laugh... MadrasT Dec 2012 #37

Whoa! I now sees th'trestle at Gregson and Peabody wit new eyeses! struggle4progress Dec 2012 #38

LOL!!! greytdemocrat Dec 2012 #40

Whoa! Aerows Dec 2012 #42

When I moved from NC to SC, Are_grits_groceries Dec 2012 #44

Have driven under it many times over the years. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #45

There's a bridge where I live that always has trucks running into it laundry_queen Dec 2012 #46

2020 UPDATE: The bridge was raised from 11 feet 8 inches rocktivity Jun 2020 #47