| Posted by Michael Harding on September 18, 2013 | |
Great shot of a trucker "Doh!" moment Aaron.
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| Posted by J. Randall Banks on September 18, 2013 | |
Having been by that spot countless times, it's truly a Doh moment. That low viaduct is well signed at 10' 9".
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| Posted by Tony King on September 18, 2013 | |
Ship by rail!!
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| Posted by John Simpkins-Camp on September 18, 2013 | |
"Titan", huh? Looks more like "Titanic"!
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| Posted by Roy S. on September 18, 2013 | |
Who needs a sign? If the bottom of the bridge is 6 inches above your eyebrow, you're not going to make it!
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| Posted by Jim Thias on September 19, 2013 | |
There's got to be an obstruction rejection joke in here somewhere. :-)
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| Posted by Mark R. Lynn on September 19, 2013 | |
@ Roy S: Great comment--I was thinking the very same thing. I've been under this bridge a number of times as well and it always seemed like a tight fit for an SUV. I can't imagine a trucker thinking he would fit under here. Excellent shot as well, really puts the whole thing in context with the train and the tow truck.
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| Posted by bnsfwarbonnet on September 19, 2013 | |
And the bridge is cursed by CN.
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| Posted by Carl Massart on September 19, 2013 | |
He obviously does not own the equipment he is driving.
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| Posted by knine on September 19, 2013 | |
"Are you stuck?" "Nope, I'm delivering a bridge."
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| Posted by Steve McClenney on September 19, 2013 | |
I drive a truck. For a living. I know what he is feeling. Nice CN shot
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| Posted by David Doty Sr. on September 19, 2013 | |
I drove trucks for over 38 years and have been directed by my consignee to a similar location in Massachusetts. When I called her I asked her why she sent me the way she did and she said "Well, I go that way every day coming to work and I don't have any trouble". When I asked her what she drove she said "a VW Beetle". The authorities should make an electronic image of this photo and put it up near every bridge that is below 14 feet in clearance. Aaron you should submit this photo to the Federal Highway Safety Board for consideration of safety message of the year.
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| Posted by huebi on September 19, 2013 | |
We have here in Cologne, Germany a very similar bridge, called Idiotenbrücke: https://www.google.de/search?q=Idiotenbruecke+Koeln&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UHY7UtCxOsH40gXWxoGwCg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=922&dpr=1
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| Posted by Jeff Swanson on September 19, 2013 | |
That wasn't even close, folks!
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| Posted by Rob Jacox on September 20, 2013 | |
Truck driver is probably a railfan. Saw that train with that zebra-striped SD60F and watched it until the last second... Crunch!
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| Posted by Russell Wiggins on September 21, 2013 | |
...the moment when you realized that it would probably be a good idea to look for other employment.
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| Posted by Robert Olson on September 21, 2013 | |
The GPS told me to go this way.
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| Posted by knine on September 22, 2013 | |
Yup, I've heard that one a few times. I always ask if they programmed it for tall truck instead of car.
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| Posted by Brian McE on September 22, 2013 | |
Check out Google's "Street-View" here, the camera barely made it!
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| Posted by Aaron C. Schlegel on September 23, 2013 | |
Street View does give quite the perspective. Really cool when you look up under the bridge.
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| Posted by Ken Huard on September 24, 2013 | |
Not even close!
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| Posted by MNRailfan02 on July 25, 2015 | |
Trucks, Tow Trucks, and Trains Oh my!
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| Posted by MNRailfan02 on July 25, 2015 | |
Tow trucks, trucks, and trains oh my!
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| Posted by Carl on August 18, 2020 | |
Maybe his GPS unit told him the bridge was a truck route, with that being said today's drivers just don't think, use common sense, or too lazy to check the directions before striking out, back in the old days I'd look at where I'm going on the map, ask the shipper for the best directions in a large truck, checking the map with the directions given, and wrote out a small diagram in which I stuck on the right corner of the drivers side window, besides paper maps always got me safely from Point A to Point B just fine,
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