http://11foot8.com/

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2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

We have a bridge like that in town, it seems a truck is stuck under it every other week, backing up traffic and pissing everyone off. Clearly most truck drivers either don't pay attention to bridge heights, look, or know how high there rig is. In this case since 18 wheelers are the worst offenders, usually they get stuck 1/2 way through and it splits the trailer.

On this railroad bridge it happens so frequently the front beam never gets a chance to really rust, its always pretty shiny where they hit.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Perhaps posting some information about the link......
It's trucks hitting low bridges.


I see it happen on the Merrit Parkway at least once every year but I know it's fairly common. (The sign says NO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES for a reason) The last one I saw was actually a few weeks ago just over the boarder on the Hutchinson river parkway....18 wheeler had the entire trailer roof ripped off from front to back.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Funny video.

Had a bridge south of here many years ago.
Whatever the height was 14 foot directly below the bridge.
But it was an underpass that went down under the bridge.
So long trucks under 14 feet would get stuck, as the front started to climb up the far side of the underpass, while the rear was still up on the entry to the underpass.

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

Road engineers; I often question their logic and foresight....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I laughed too hard at that. I guess I am an ass after all. I'm wondering who ran the camera on that spot.

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1984 300D, 138K

That underpass is about 10 minutes from my house. I drive through there all the time... In a car...

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Ha! Notice how many were rental trucks?

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

There is an underpass (several actually), near the University of Louisville, Ky that catch trucks all the time. Buddy of mine's kid peeled part of the top off a truck one time there.

I grew up in Indianapolis. There was a rail road over-pass on Emerson road which was commonly smacked by trailers. There was a glass factory/warehouse located next to the tracks. The semi drivers would go through the bridge loaded with no problem. They'd unload and try to come back through, at full speed of course because they were headed home, with the expected results.

morons.but as a buddy of mine who works for an ins company that insures over the road trucks would say"we cover stupidity"

Just for kicks, I drove through it today. They give you fiar warning several intersections ahead. There's also a good sized side street that will allow a truck to go around the block and cross the tracks at the next intersection.

You can also see the low bridge plenty far up the road.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

There are a couple bridges in my area that have the same problem...freshman year of college I had just walked under a bridge when BOOM! a moving truck hit the thing, sheared off the whole roof and flung all sorts of debris past me and my friend. The woman then backed up and drove off, roof flapping away in the wind

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

There is no insurance for that kind of damage from the rental companies, out of pocket 5 to 10 grand!

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