Tag: Bridge

This dashcam footage documented a driver going over a flooded bridge with an empty trailer.

The end result is the Hardangerfjord Bridge in Norway, and the dimensions of this oversize haul include a truck and trailer reaching 25 meters in length, 5.5 meters in width, and a height of 6.3 meters.

Watch as this driver hesitates, and then hits the 11 foot, 8 inch bridge anyway.

In light of the many recent bridge clearance incidents, we’ve gathered viaduct-clearance information for the city of Chicago (prepared by the CDOT). The attached list indicates up-to date clearance heights along Chicago streets and highways.

A truck gets taken out by a bridge.

A truck meets a low bridge on a New York highway. The truck stops before hitting the bridge.

It took rescuers nearly two hours to free a trapped driver from his dangling cab in New York on Monday afternoon.

A truck hauling lumber products crashed on a bridge in southern Oregon on Thursday, spilling its load and leaving the trailer hanging over the highway.

A daring truck driver drives across a rickety old bridge.

A truck with the bucket still raised hits a bridge. The impact knocks the bridge down.

On Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3, 2014 the westbound outside lane of the I-10 Mississippi River Bridge will be closed.

Gotta watch out for those clearance bridges!