PhotonWrangler
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Yeah, I was thinking of that bridge also.
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Yeah, I was thinking of that bridge also.
The 11'8" bridge was raised to 12'4". The level crossing a block away was 8" higher and the railroad tracks sloped up 8" from the low bridge to the higher crossing. So now the YouTube channel calls it the 11'8"+8" bridge. Major damage collisions have become less common.
The road surface could be altered to add some more clearance by stripping all the pavement out from under the bridge and for a distance to either side, then repaving it with almost zero crown.
The road surface could be altered to add some more clearance by stripping all the pavement out from under the bridge and for a distance to either side, then repaving it with almost zero crown.
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Why didn't they raise it high enough?
Or dig down a little bit?
The idiots will STILL crash into it! 😆
IMA SOL MAN
Flashlight Enthusiast
My family member that used to truck said that a rig is 13.5 ft tall, so you really probably should have 14 feet of clearance. So even raising the bridge 8 inches is vastly insufficient for tractor trailer rigs. Ii might help with maybe some box trucks, I don't know.
As for going down, there is a sewer line under it that would have to be removed or lowered, and going into that would require major disruption and a LOT OF MONEY so it hasn't been seen as a feasible fix, according to what I got from the videos.
As for going down, there is a sewer line under it that would have to be removed or lowered, and going into that would require major disruption and a LOT OF MONEY so it hasn't been seen as a feasible fix, according to what I got from the videos.
pnwoutdoors
Enlightened
White-Out's sort of a "Twinkie" type product. Some of a bottle's contents will probably still be usable in 1000yrs. Of course, who knows whether we'll even have paper then. Ah! the miracle of modern technology.
The bridge was a low spot in the line. A block away (to the left from the webcam views) is a level crossing that was 8 inches higher than the bridge. For years the railroad claimed it was too costly and they'd have to re-grade a large amount of track to raise the bridge. From the videos of the raising it looks like they only had to level up a couple of blocks of track.
One video said the reason they raised it was trains had to slow down for the dip across that bridge so by raising it to the level of the track to either side the trains wouldn't need to slow.
Dave_H
Flashlight Enthusiast
Guy is not happy with his dog, who is sitting beside a pile of poop.
No, no, I said "sit"!
Dave
No, no, I said "sit"!
Dave
Toulouse42
Enlightened
You know those signs that say Slow Children. Well it might be true but what's it going to do to their self esteem.
Toulouse42
Enlightened
Two blonds walk into a building. You'd think at least one of them would have seen it.
Yesterday my daughter was talking with our next door neighbor.
She asked my daughter if she had seen any deer in our back yard, because my neighbor pointed out two piles of deer poop in her back yard.
Well... no, my daughter replied, but at 2:00 AM, my daughter's dog went out to pee, and saw the deer, and barked, barked, barked at them.
My neighbor said... "Oh my, he barked and scared the sh1t out of them!"
She asked my daughter if she had seen any deer in our back yard, because my neighbor pointed out two piles of deer poop in her back yard.
Well... no, my daughter replied, but at 2:00 AM, my daughter's dog went out to pee, and saw the deer, and barked, barked, barked at them.
My neighbor said... "Oh my, he barked and scared the sh1t out of them!"
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
I think I'm in trouble. I have a blood test tomorrow and I forgot to study for it
LOL... That's funny.
Fun fact, traffic lights are oriented with RED on TOP, and Green on bottom. I believe that this is for color blind drivers.
Fun fact, traffic lights are oriented with RED on TOP, and Green on bottom. I believe that this is for color blind drivers.
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👆Give that man a cookie
My daughter sometimes makes chocolate dipped/encased Orios.
I'm at the point in my life that I have to start watching sweets, and not consuming too many, but boy oh boy, are they good.
I'm at the point in my life that I have to start watching sweets, and not consuming too many, but boy oh boy, are they good.
