A highway bridge at 7 ft., 7 in. -- what could go wrong?

JCR-1 wrote:
Instead of building walls, perhaps we should be rebuilding our bridges ??? and roads !!!!

Wow, somebody is politically correct!!!!! ????

profdant139 wrote:
As Napoleon said, "Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence."

But where is the incompetence? They built exactly what they intended to build. The roadways were built for passenger cars of the era.

You've obviously never been to Chicago and tried to get under the EL going to Wriggly Park. It's all 10-11 ft and not marked. No one ever goes to Mass unless they fly. Who, in their right mind would drive in Boston?

As Napoleon said, "Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence."

proxim2020 wrote:

captnjack wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
We should all have special roads that exclude the unwashed so we can drive our overpriced little car from our overpriced home to our overpaid job, and not use the public transportation system. Of course politics has nothing to do with it, no way, no how, not in the NYC area.

You forgot to mention that the public transportation is also over priced.

If you have evidence, or even an opinion, supporting the politics-based argument you should share it with us.

If I remember correctly, it's believed that the designer of the Southern State Parkway had the bridges built low on purpose to keep commercial truck out of the area and bus traffic from traveling to a popular beach. Since only the upper class owned vehicles in those days, it would limit lower income and minorities access to the beach.

Conspiracy theory? Urban legend? Truth? Who knows? The design of those parkways mimics other earlier parkways north of the city. But the Long Island parkways do have slightly lower bridge heights on average. So it's certainly possible.

This is also a bad idea, for a couple of reasons:



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Drew A. wrote:



Are motorcycles allowed when signs state "Passenger cars only"?

Maybe...

Mickeyfan0805 wrote:

Drew A. wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
The dumbing down of America, "passenger cars only" apparently has a secret meaning.

My pickup is registered as a "passenger car", so by definition it is allowed on a parkway. The signs does not say no trailers allowed.

I understand that anything could be more clear (the counter argument, however, is that the more you put, the more confused people can get!). That said, this point is where I diverge. "Passenger cars ONLY" means nothing but a passenger car! A trailer is not a passenger car. A bus is not a passenger car. A RV is not a passenger car.

Could heights help, maybe (although anyone who tows a trailer down a road with such signage likely doesn't know their vehicle height anyway!). But, this clearly tells you that a trailer isn't allowed - it's not a passenger car!

If the signage is easy to miss or hard to read - that's one thing.
If someone sees signs saying no trucks and passenger cars only, however, and tows a 12' tall trailer down that road - they shouldn't be towing anything!

Are motorcycles allowed when signs state "Passenger cars only"?

Drew A. wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
The dumbing down of America, "passenger cars only" apparently has a secret meaning.

My pickup is registered as a "passenger car", so by definition it is allowed on a parkway. The signs does not say no trailers allowed.

I understand that anything could be more clear (the counter argument, however, is that the more you put, the more confused people can get!). That said, this point is where I diverge. "Passenger cars ONLY" means nothing but a passenger car! A trailer is not a passenger car. A bus is not a passenger car. A RV is not a passenger car.

Could heights help, maybe (although anyone who tows a trailer down a road with such signage likely doesn't know their vehicle height anyway!). But, this clearly tells you that a trailer isn't allowed - it's not a passenger car!

If the signage is easy to miss or hard to read - that's one thing.
If someone sees signs saying no trucks and passenger cars only, however, and tows a 12' tall trailer down that road - they shouldn't be towing anything!

captnjack wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
We should all have special roads that exclude the unwashed so we can drive our overpriced little car from our overpriced home to our overpaid job, and not use the public transportation system. Of course politics has nothing to do with it, no way, no how, not in the NYC area.

You forgot to mention that the public transportation is also over priced.

If you have evidence, or even an opinion, supporting the politics-based argument you should share it with us.

If I remember correctly, it's believed that the designer of the Southern State Parkway had the bridges built low on purpose to keep commercial truck out of the area and bus traffic from traveling to a popular beach. Since only the upper class owned vehicles in those days, it would limit lower income and minorities access to the beach.