Scratch one covered bridge...

[Gunmetalgray]

I believe there is an old quote that goes something like, "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to jam your semi in a covered bridge and remove all doubt." Or something like that...

That's one of my favorites, along with "light travels faster than sound, which is why some people first appear bright, until they open their mouth semi's door and start driving into a bridge."

 

[Gunmetalgray]

We have a one lane, steel bridge over the Wabash in Battleground, Indiana.

Not the same situation, but it’s shut down due to folks exceeding the weight limit. I wish people would pay atttention.

I believe they are beefing it up for the long term. Not as nice looking as the covered bridges.


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Gonna be a long 2 years until it's back open, 2024 they estimate, assuming no delays

 

[Bugzilla]

BT stated it right many divers cannot speak or read English.

I made a wrong turn in Bethlehem, PA no way to turn around. Called the local police they showed up with a trooper. They helped me back out trooper checked my books.

They thanked me for calling them.

I double check GPS with google maps to ensure what route to use. My gut often tells me something is off I stop and figure it out.
The mill @actaeon277 works at has two routes into it one for less than 12,7 and one for 13,6.

Seen more than 1 rig peel the top off on that viaduct. Though the low clearance signs look like they were put there when the mill was built in 1909!

 

[Kozaturf]

That driver is a ******* dumb ***

That steering-wheel holder is a ******* dumb ***
FIFY

BT and Brad can confirm this, drivers these days are getting few and far between.

 

[Frosty]

That steering-wheel holder is a ******* dumb ***
FIFY

BT and Brad can confirm this, drivers these days are getting few and far between.

The problem I see is a lot of them want to drive like the four wheelers, and they have no professional courtesy.

 

[Frosty]

Gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure.

https://youtube.com/c/yovo68

 

[funeralweb]

There's a railroad underpass in Connersville that regularly doubles as a limbo stick for clearance-challenged operators.

 

[patience0830]

There's a railroad underpass in Connersville that regularly doubles as a limbo stick for clearance-challenged operators.

I go around that one regularly.

 

[wcd]

Not too many of the old iron bridges left either. They upgraded one N of Wheatfield just recently.

The one on 49?

 

[actaeon277]

BT stated it right many divers cannot speak or read English.

I made a wrong turn in Bethlehem, PA no way to turn around. Called the local police they showed up with a trooper. They helped me back out trooper checked my books.

They thanked me for calling them.

I double check GPS with google maps to ensure what route to use. My gut often tells me something is off I stop and figure it out.
The mill @actaeon277 works at has two routes into it one for less than 12,7 and one for 13,6.

And I have seen this a BUNCH.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

The one on 49?

Hope they're not monkeying with Dunn's bridge.

 

[BigRed]

Hope they're not monkeying with Dunn's bridge.

Isn't that the one constructed usimg steel from the ferris wheel that was ar the Chicago World's fair?

 

[printcraft]

Remember Paoli?



What a bunch of dip*hits.

 

[thompal]

Gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure.

https://youtube.com/c/yovo68

11foot8.com is a hoot to look through.

 

[femurphy77]

What kind of funding idiot. . . . . . .


Auto fill entered funding, not me.

 

[churchmouse]

They are still not that great. The ones our company put in the trucks was notorious for sending drivers down wrong roads. That's how I ended up in the neighborhood, standard small roads, tight corners etc, on the SE corner of the IMS.

Nothing beats trip planning. Yes there are unexpected detours but you still need some common sense.

There are also a huge number of drivers who don't speak or read English. Up in my area, we are swamped with the drivers from Canada coming across through Detroit headed elsewhere in the country. It's a problem.

I remember you getting shuffled down the tightest streets in the NW side. In your truck that had to be insane.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Isn't that the one constructed usimg steel from the ferris wheel that was ar the Chicago World's fair?

Yup

 

[brentlacy]

Every few years, we have a particular bridge in Parke Co. that gets this. https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/police-investigate-damage-to-historic-indiana-covered-bridge

Usually a trucker going to/from a local plastic plant "following the GPS"

 

[indyjohn]

Not too many of the old iron bridges left either. They upgraded one N of Wheatfield just recently.

Indiana 42 southeast of Cloverdale is closed at the Iron Bridge that spans Mill creek. I suspect it will be replaced.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I wonder how much it costs to install a set of I beams before each bridge like the 11'8 bridge has? Set them not at the height of a semi, but a few feet lower. So since the average trailer height is 13.5' set the beam at 10'. replacing or righting a beam has to be cheaper than fixing a bridge.

Hell, we could probably install beams at all bridges for less than the rebuild cost of one bridge. And I'd bet the locals would happily fund their bridge's beams.