Toughest Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=20MCxSFgrnc

It's a wonder the bridge is still standing!

My! But I think they must have build this bridge a little taller!!! Every single truck that goes under it, could not avoid to hit it!

Vanesa.

We have an underpass in town. The height of the railroad tracks above it are about 10' 6". There are no less than 4 signs that state the height and arrows that point to the alternate truck route. Multiple trucks get stuck under it a year.

This is what they need...

Rob, you are right!

That bridge has held up because it is for a train to cross over.....need lots of iron to hold a train as it crosses over a road.....so yes, it will hold up to all those trucks hitting it.....

Whoa. What I want to know is how the semi drivers don't know how tall their rig is? I mean, wouldn't anyone seeing that ahead, look at the sign and READ the height allowance??


But, I have a confession to make. My mom and sister and I were on a girls shopping trip in Detroit around Christmas time, probably around 10 years ago now, and we were driving my parents' conversion van. We were going into a parking ramp and I was driving. I TOLD my mom and sister that I had strong doubts that I was going to fit under the first overhang thingy that you had to go through (and there was a height sign, but of course we had no idea what the height was). My 'all knowing' sister, ahem , assured me that I was over-reacting and was certain that we would be juuuuuuust fine. So I went veeeeeeery slowly and all of a sudden heard this screeeeeeeeech sound. Well, I do believe I had a string of "Ohmigods" coming out of my mouth (probably among other no-so-nice words ), and I do believe my mom and sis were 'screeeeching' themselves, lol, and when I got through the overhand thingy we got out to 'check for damage, which of course was impossible to see anything on the top of a conversion van. We went about our trip (mostly in shock, lol) and oddly enough, there was no exit overhang thingy on our way out, so we were in the clear after that. Once we got home to my house, I got a ladder out and checked for damage, and it was that top center area that kind of 'bubbles' up on the roof of a conversion van....it was still intact, but let's just say not looking pretty.

Needless to say, my dad, to this day, has never heard this story, and was never the wiser.

Funny video, and your story is great, too, Amy.

Oh Amy...thats funny. Always go with your gut. lol

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Always go with your gut. lol

That's the lesson I'm taking from that.

Is it me??? I am not getting anything I should be seeing when I click on the link.

It says Youtube but the site I see looks like it is like the world's first webpage.


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It says Youtube but the site I see looks like it is like the world's first webpage.


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I think it's been removed now... :/ Message says,
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Sorry about that.