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- Well I am pretty sure if the railroad could raise it higher they would. If you read the article it says they can't because of the train station. The city could dig the street lower and get some more height that way.
gbopp wrote:
The railroad is spending $500,000 to raise a bridge 8 inches because there are people who can't read or understand signs?
That sounds like a government project.
Maybe? But we are going into the 20's here (2020 that is) and this bridge should've been raised a long time ago! It's on a very heavily traveled route and it should've been taken care of at least 50 years ago.
With that said.....only raising it 8 inches isn't doing much. If they are going that far they can raise it to at least 12'6"!down home wrote:
13'6" is Fed max height on Mh and standard semis. 12'4" will take our acs and some roof with it. I don't think I have ever seen a Mh that was not 13'6" and does not include radio or other antennas sticking up.
Most class C motorhomes are well under 13'6" tall; mine is approximately 10'9" to the highest point (the top of the air conditioner) if my memory is correct. Failing to crank down the TV antenna alters that maximum height significantly, of course.- Maybe this one can take its place. Ironically this was today:
https://www.kptv.com/news/truck-crashes-into-railroad-trestle-along-helvetia-road-no-injuries/article_5435d65e-f5c4-11e9-914b-7bb4277658d9.html
This was 2 years ago:
https://katu.com/news/local/dump-truck-crashes-into-train-trestle-damages-tracks-in-helvetia - 13'6" is Fed max height on Mh and standard semis. 12'4" will take our acs and some roof with it. I don't think I have ever seen a Mh that was not 13'6" and does not include radio or other antennas sticking up.
Standard height mandated by NTHSA for bridges and over passes is 14'-16' on interstates and arterial feeds. it is 14' on collector and local plus additional allowance for resurfacing. 15' is what we mostly see. on streets with 14' clearance you will hear your antennas clanging and maybe coming off. 15' is just about universal but don't quote me. The statutes say to establish a minimum of 1' between bridge an overpasses to the highest legal vehicle which is 13'6"
So the figures don't exactly jibe. So 15' is what we mostly see,
on state and local roads sometimes our GPSs doesn't not give a warning, such as two instances in Indiana, Nothing like turning a corner and seeing a low clearance sign with no place to turn around, or approaching, at speed, all of a sudden a sign warning of low clearance. Co-pilot is always on the lookout for low clearance bridges etc, among other things, on state and local roads in the boonies or small towns.
AASHO standard for national defense purposes was established in the sixties at 17' on Interstate overpasses..Imagine the carnage if Interstates only had 14' clearance on overpasses. - we had a bridge like this in alliance ohio took fifty years and all the local industry faded away ,now they,ve raised the bridge.
- Do the job right, or don't do it at all
- Less entertainment in the future.
Chris Bryant wrote:
12’ 4” is still pretty short.
Yeah, but that will save many a box truck.- The railroad is spending $500,000 to raise a bridge 8 inches because there are people who can't read or understand signs?
That sounds like a government project.
