Just a reminder. Watch your height!

[Scott & Heather]

Saw this on I-35 south of Dallas. Bridge height indicated over 15 feet. But here's the issue sometimes in this case and in the case of our buses (especially 45 footers) the road has a gradual grade that goes up after you go under the bridge. Enough of a grade, and even though the front area of your coach clears, the rear area might not cause your front is raising up. Just a thought to keep in mind. This guys day was ruined. He was wedged under there.



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[digesterman]

Hey cheap diesel

[luvrbus]

Looks like they used a harbor/freight tape for taking measurements poor guy better hope his permit and measurements are in order if the State routed him under that overpass   

[TomC]

One reason I like my transit-only 11ft tall to the top of the A/C's.

[lostagain]

Easy said, but:

you would think that, knowing the height of your load, and knowing that this overpass is really, really close, you would stop and take a good look first?

JC

[Boomer]

Easy to get out, just dump the trailer air bags.

[bobofthenorth]

Easy said, but:

you would think that, knowing the height of your load, and knowing that this overpass is really, really close, you would stop and take a good look first?

JC

I'd say he did exactly that JC.  I can't see any damaged concrete which you would definitely see if he had hit at any kind of speed.  Looks to me like a "that's really close but I'll just make it" situation. 

[Iceni John]

Many years ago when I was working for an international moving and storage company that serviced the British army bases in the north of what was then West Germany, one of the army tank transporter squadron's officers told us of the memorable occasion (memorable for all the wrong reasons) that several tank transporter trucks each loaded with a tank had come to a halt on the autobahn because they were just too tall to fit under a bridge.   Bear in mind that cars go very fast on German autobahns, very very fast indeed!   This meant they couldn't move out from the slow lane to the fast lane where there was just enough clearance, nor obviously could they turn round or back up .   So what to do?   To a British army squaddie, there's only one solution  -  unload each tank, drive the empty truck and trailer under the bridge, then drive the tank under the bridge, then reload each tank, and repeat umpteen times.   Apparently it took them all day to get under this one bridge, and the locals whizzing by in their cars thought that World War III had started or the Soviets had invaded or something else dire.   And all this happened because someone had miscalculated an all-important measurement.   Oops.

Size does matter.

John   

[luvrbus]

If he was in the left lane he would have cleared all clearances in Texas are measured at the lowest point,I had a driver hit a overpass on I 45 in Houston it wasn't cheap but the state was found liable in my case for routing him on I 45 the over pass was the lowest on I 45 it has since been raised 

[Utahclaimjumper]

 Its a hell of a lot easier to lower the pavement than to raise the overpass.>>>Dan

[luvrbus]

Could be Dan but maintenance wise and flooding most go with raising the overpass in Texas 

[Jim Eh.]

We had a similar issue in town here. The sign was never updated after they capped the roadway with a fresh layer of about 4" of asphalt.

[luvrbus]

A 4 inch overlay at a underpass was some bad planning we never done one that way we always milled the pavement and put it back to the original height, it probably would cost a lot less money to make a different sign though milling is not cheap that takes high $$$ equipment with high maintenance cost  

[boxcarOkie]

Its a hell of a lot easier to lower the pavement than to raise the overpass.>>>Dan

When the cops show up, he could say "he was delivering the overpass" and ran out of fuel" Dan ... I mean ... After all "It is Texas."

BCO

[CrabbyMilton]

That's a good one BoxCar. But as far as buses, that's how they convert regular double decker buses in to open top sightseeing types. Alot quicker than taking it to some shop to remove the top.
Indeed, poor planning. There is an underpass her in Milwaukee that runs under I-94 near MILLER PARK(BREWERS baseball stadium) that is notorius for trucks getting stuck under. It seem like on average it happens once a year.