Scratch one covered bridge...

[Lmo1131]

Last night in Preble Co., Ohio (southwest of Dayton)

Brubaker Bridge,
Preble County, Ohio
Built; 1887.
Destroyed; last night 8.5.2022.

Journal-News video https://www.journal-news.com/news/s...-county/d999734e-7d4d-4a7f-b7d0-853391f2b2b4/

 

[KellyinAvon]

 

[Born2vette]

Really!? WTF was he thinking!

 

[Farmerjon]

WTF! I would back up and turn around with my stock trailer let alone a semi. And they drive among us. They should have to pay to repair/replace that bridge back.

 

[bmanguns]

Kinda sad! I’m sure they will do a resto.

(Sorry fella… how did you NOT know?!?!?)

 

[indykid]

Just because I can drive a semi forward doesn't mean I can back up, especially on a very narrow curving road.

How fast was he/she going to get that far into the bridge before realizing they did something really stupid?

 

[bmanguns]

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.

 

[Bugzilla]

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

 

[Expat]

a lot of mo-rons out in the world.

 

[Frosty]

Oh good grief There’s a point where you have to stop, take a breath, and think for a minute! I mean call the cops, tell them you made a stupid and need assistance, whether that’s traffic control or a tow truck but why just seal the deal and prove to everybody you’re a dummy???

 

[Frosty]

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

There’s still a few around here, thankfully they are pretty far off the beaten path so they don’t see much traffic.

 

[KittySlayer]

Probably followed his GPS.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Oh good grief There’s a point where you have to stop, take a breath, and think for a minute! I mean call the cops, tell them you made a stupid and need assistance, whether that’s traffic control or a tow truck but why just seal the deal and prove to everybody you’re a dummy???

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...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Probably followed his GPS.

"Recalculating."

 

[Cameramonkey]

Probably followed his GPS.

The one on his phone or cheap AUTOMOTIVE GPS.
There are specific GPS units for semis. They contain route information that is pertinent to big rigs. Like weight limits, excess curves, height requirements, etc. The problem is those units cost hundreds of dollars more than what you or I would buy to drive our grocery getter to Disney.

That is how some of these morons get into these situations. The consumer GPS assumes you are a 4 wheeler and can go anywhere. So it doesnt skip narrow/low bridges, roads with constant hairpins, etc.

And the stupidity continues when they cant use common sense and say "No way in hell I'm under 12 tons or 8'." And here we are.

Dude needs to lose his CDL and go back to being a cashier somewhere.

 

[Bigtanker]

The one on his phone or cheap AUTOMOTIVE GPS.
There are specific GPS units for semis. They contain route information that is pertinent to big rigs. Like weight limits, excess curves, height requirements, etc. The problem is those units cost hundreds of dollars more than what you or I would buy to drive our grocery getter to Disney.

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.

 

[Cameramonkey]

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.

This should be illegal for a CDL holder IMHO.

 

[BigRed]

Last night in Preble Co., Ohio (southwest of Dayton)

Brubaker Bridge,
Preble County, Ohio
Built; 1887.
Destroyed; last night 8.5.2022.

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Journal-News video https://www.journal-news.com/news/s...-county/d999734e-7d4d-4a7f-b7d0-853391f2b2b4/

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

 

[Bigtanker]

This should be illegal for a CDL holder IMHO.

No argument from me on that.

 

[Brad69]

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.