In Cressona PA, a low stone arch bridge that the READING RR passes over, was a problem no matter what they tried. Finally a smart person came up with the idea of hanging sections of large PVC pipes from chains, which looks like monster wind chimes, on structures several yards ahead of the bridge. Just seeing this odd structure grabs your attention cause it's so different then anything the mind is use to seeing. If the trucker doesn't hear his truck hit them, he can check to see if their swinging in his mirrors after driving through them. It's been working great.
I knew that I-beam was a good idea. 
Bridge raising done.
Bummer, no more good videos. 
John,
There are many trucks over 12 6 to feed the bridge.
Well, I'll watch for the new videos.
We have our own version of "11ft 8 in" bridge, over by Monrovia, Md....but it is essentially an Arch stone "bridge" built by the Irish masons for the 1st B&O RR.
Despite more and more warnings and warning gadgets installed, even for an 1/8 of a mile BEFORE the Arch stone bridge, we still get trucks stuck under that tunnel/arch. A camera would be quite useful!!!!🚫🚫🚫🚫
Raising did not work. Bridge, at 12foot4 ate the top of a boxtruck!
Dominic Mazoch posted:Raising did not work. Bridge, at 12foot4 ate the top of a boxtruck!
Not really. Simply knocked off a VERY SMALL piece of something from the top, and the driver apparently never knew it. At least from the video I watched.
Give it time, the bridge gets hungrier everyday.
Apparently, it has an evil twin, and there's even a dogleg right at the bridge that gets a few people and causes more crashes!
So this farmer was trying to jack up his barn when a passerby asked why?. My donkey bumps his ears going through the door, the farmer replied. Passerby said "wouldn't be easier to dig out the doorway than jack up the barn?"
The farmer replied "you moron, it's his ears that are too long, not his legs."
I'm retired from PENNDOT, when I started working for the state, I was on the bridge crew. We called the height restricted I-beam, "headache bars". The posted height is usually a few inches lower then the actual height of the bridge or headache bar. Many times the road under the underpass can not be dug out to allow for more clearance because of drainage.
We put a headache bar to restrict large trucks from going across an old thru truss bridge, I did the welding on the bar. A few days after traffic was allowed to cross the bridge, my foreman told us we had to go fix the headache bar, a truck hit it. I said to my supervisor, I have one question, did any of my welds break ? He said nope.
Edited for spelling, ;-)
Must be a Bermuda triangle magnetic field under the bridge causing the weird swerving cars. Was that a fire engine at 1:18 or so? Bet that was costly!
It's kinda' like a Bermuda Triangle there, note the curb. The road narrows suddenly right at the bridge, one of the cars actually hits that curb before it swerves into oncoming traffic.
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Did anyone notice that the DOT actually spent money to re-pave the road under the devil but left the curbs as-is??????? 
Yea- bet the ladder truck was an expensive repair.
Missed the curb detail, OUCH!
