How to know bridge clearances on route?
Hi, What (map?) resources do folks use to determine whether the bridges on one's route has adequate clearance? Thanks, Bill
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I am soon getting a fifth wheel that is 15" higher than the one I have now. It is speced at 13' 4", but it will have to be measured to see if there is any nose high effect.
As several have suggested here, I got the Rand Mcnally 2016 Motor Carriers' Road Atlas. I do not travel enough routes to consider an interactive GPS solution. I like to know exactly which roads I am going to take before I leave home. I often use Google Earth street view to look at things as well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0528013211?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
This guide shows the approved routes, highlighted in orange, that truckers take. When I ordered it, I thought I would just use it's huge list of low clearances and see if my route had any. But I now see very few low clearances listed. For example, Florida has 5, Georgia has 3, etc. What I think it means is these are only the low clearance situations on the approved routes. So I am altering my routes to be only on the approved trucker routes, then looking at the short list of clearance locations.
More than bridges, my biggest concern is low hanging wires and small limbs. I get the feeling that in some parts of Georgia on two lane roads, they just let the trucks beat the trees back and never trim. I want to go only where the trucks go, because they will be somewhat taking care of the wires and limbs.
As several have suggested here, I got the Rand Mcnally 2016 Motor Carriers' Road Atlas. I do not travel enough routes to consider an interactive GPS solution. I like to know exactly which roads I am going to take before I leave home. I often use Google Earth street view to look at things as well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0528013211?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
This guide shows the approved routes, highlighted in orange, that truckers take. When I ordered it, I thought I would just use it's huge list of low clearances and see if my route had any. But I now see very few low clearances listed. For example, Florida has 5, Georgia has 3, etc. What I think it means is these are only the low clearance situations on the approved routes. So I am altering my routes to be only on the approved trucker routes, then looking at the short list of clearance locations.
More than bridges, my biggest concern is low hanging wires and small limbs. I get the feeling that in some parts of Georgia on two lane roads, they just let the trucks beat the trees back and never trim. I want to go only where the trucks go, because they will be somewhat taking care of the wires and limbs.
