10-26-2012, 03:31 PM
mrlynn wrote:
Storrow Drive in Boston has similar problems (trucks are supposed to stay off, but. . .).
You'd think it would be easy enough to put up stoplights, triggered by height sensors in well in advance of the bridge.
Notice the train crossing in one of the clips. I'm surprised that those impacts don't compromised the integrity of the tracks—or the bridge itself.
/Mr Lynn
The page on the bridge provided by pRICE cUBE, http://11foot8.com/, mentions the following:
So frequently do trucks crash into the 11-foot-8 clearance trestle, that the railroad company installed a crash beam in front of it. This massive steel I-beam bears the brunt of the impact, protecting the structure that supports this fairly busy railroad track. Believe it or not - they already had to replace the beam once!