Watch that bridge!!!

smacdiesel wrote:

Sprink-Fitter wrote:

smacdiesel wrote:
The local city/state municipality really should fix this problem, I feel for all those drivers.

What is the problem that needs fixing? The clearance is 11' 8", if you are taller, go around.

Obviously not everybody does so, it seems most collisions with this bridge are rv people or rented vans, and a lot of commercial trucks. Why not fix it, improved roads means more jobs and more efficient commerce. In my opinion this should have been fixed years ago, unless you like 3rd world situations like this one. Been to India lately?

How exactly do you propose to fix this?

You can't really raise the height of the railroad a couple feet without a whole lot of work because railroad grades are quite limited. It would involve raising hundreds of feet of railroad track and interrupt rail traffic for some time.

Lowering the street roadbed would also be expensive, perhaps very expensive depending on the local geography and geology, and disrupt road traffic for some time.

Likely the most practical way of fixing it is to simply close the road and force everybody to go around, which hardly seems like a real improvement to me; it inconveniences everybody who normally uses the underpass uneventfully.