Fifth Wheel vs. Tree (tree wins)
I was returning from 10 days at the Philadelphia Folk Festival yesterday when my roof made friends with a tree bough that overhung the road at far less than the 14' minimum height required by the stat...
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I am curious about your statement that the minimum clearance required by the state is 14ft as I know of many state roads that have less. Now if it is a Federal Highway then the requirement is Vertical clearance: Minimum vertical clearance under overhead structures (including over the paved shoulders) of 16 feet (4.88 m) in rural areas and 14 feet (4.27 m) in urban areas, with allowance for extra layers of pavement. Through urban areas at least one routing should have 16-foot (4.88 m) clearances. But I have seen nothing similar for state roads including PA.
