Fold Your Mirrors In Bridges

Started by seicer, July 31, 2020, 09:31:23 PM

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seicer

July 31, 2020, 09:31:23 PM  
Have you been on bridges where you've had to fold in your mirrors in order to cross?

I came across this Erie Canal bridge, which required driving through significantly sized mud holes. It's not for a Prius (or a large truck) for sure! The width of this crossing is 7.9 feet (95 inches); my car's width is 73 inches without the mirrors or about 93 inches with the mirrors!

J3ebrules

#1
August 01, 2020, 12:29:16 AM  
You are brave; did you read the Bridgehunter Condition Report before or after driving across?? Built in 1913, rehabbed 1955, about to fall into canal without another rehab.

Closest I can think of near me is the Lambertville-New Hope Bridge -and a couple other minor bridges across the Delaware River. That one in particular stands out because I believe it's also a drawbridge, so you're trying to steady your car on little traction across this tiny two-lane bridge without losing a tire to the curb or a mirror to oncoming traffic.
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike - they’ve all come to look for America! (Simon & Garfunkel)

Revive 755

#2
August 01, 2020, 11:13:13 AM  

Max Rockatansky

#3
August 01, 2020, 11:26:05 AM  
I thought about it on the Italian Bar Bridge but I found later the bridge deck is just over 11 feet wide.  I was more concern about keeping my wheels on the steel supports given the wooden deck boards looked pretty ratty. 

kkt

#5
August 23, 2020, 08:18:37 PM  

Flint1979

#6
August 23, 2020, 10:02:41 PM  
How about a tunnel? Nada Tunnel in Kentucky could be one.

MCRoads

#7
September 04, 2020, 02:39:03 PM  
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 23, 2020, 10:02:41 PM
How about a tunnel? Nada Tunnel in Kentucky could be one.

Oh boy....
I build roads on Minecraft. Like, really good roads.
Interstates traveled:
4/5/10*/11**/12**/15/25*/29*/35(E/W[TX])/40*/44**/49(LA**)/55*/64**/65/66*/70°/71*76(PA*,CO*)/78*°/80*/95°/99(PA**,NY**)

*/** indicates a terminus/termini being traveled
° Indicates a gap (I.E Breezwood, PA.)

more room plz

kphoger

#8
September 04, 2020, 03:12:02 PM  
He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

MCRoads

#9
September 04, 2020, 03:31:46 PM  
I build roads on Minecraft. Like, really good roads.
Interstates traveled:
4/5/10*/11**/12**/15/25*/29*/35(E/W[TX])/40*/44**/49(LA**)/55*/64**/65/66*/70°/71*76(PA*,CO*)/78*°/80*/95°/99(PA**,NY**)

*/** indicates a terminus/termini being traveled
° Indicates a gap (I.E Breezwood, PA.)

more room plz

hotdogPi

#10
September 04, 2020, 03:40:14 PM  
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

MCRoads

#11
September 04, 2020, 07:38:22 PM  
I build roads on Minecraft. Like, really good roads.
Interstates traveled:
4/5/10*/11**/12**/15/25*/29*/35(E/W[TX])/40*/44**/49(LA**)/55*/64**/65/66*/70°/71*76(PA*,CO*)/78*°/80*/95°/99(PA**,NY**)

*/** indicates a terminus/termini being traveled
° Indicates a gap (I.E Breezwood, PA.)

more room plz

kphoger

#12
September 09, 2020, 01:52:48 PM  
Quote from: MCRoads on September 04, 2020, 07:38:22 PM
It says that google maps doesn't support the link, so idk.

On your phone?  Is it trying to use the Google Maps app instead of the web?
He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

In_Correct

#13
September 09, 2020, 04:22:29 PM  
Link Viewed Successfully.
Drive Safely. :sombrero: Ride Safely. And Build More Roads, Rails, And Bridges. :coffee: ... Boulevards Wear Faster Than Interstates.

webny99

#14
September 09, 2020, 04:28:47 PM  
Quote from: MCRoads on September 04, 2020, 07:38:22 PM
It says that google maps doesn't support the link, so idk.

Google Maps doesn't support this road, that's for sure.



(oh shoot... it has street view... so my joke isn't as cool as I thought it was, but I'm going to post it anyway)

seicer

#15
September 09, 2020, 08:16:02 PM  
Works for me but may not work for mobile web browsers. If you can't see it, it's an truck mounted RV going through Nada Tunnel in Kentucky with an arm outreached from the passenger window bearing the peace symbol!

ThatRandomOshawott

#16
September 25, 2020, 09:25:11 AM  
The old Eggner's Ferry Bridge and the old Henry Lawrence Memorial Bridge over Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, respectively, were narrow enough where two tractor-trailers passing each other could end up losing mirrors.

ethanhopkin14

#17
September 25, 2020, 11:36:35 AM  
I have been on some tight bridges, but never as tight as to slap my mirror.  I just love this title and thread. 

bwana39

#18
September 25, 2020, 12:52:27 PM  
I can think of a couple. The old Index Bridge north of Texarkana on US71.  While I never traveled on it with two-way traffic, the US-80 Vicksburg bridge was pretty tight/
Let's build what we need as economically as possible.

cjk374

#19
October 17, 2020, 09:36:33 AM  
Quote from: bwana39 on September 25, 2020, 12:52:27 PM
I can think of a couple. The old Index Bridge north of Texarkana on US71.  While I never traveled on it with two-way traffic, the US-80 Vicksburg bridge was pretty tight/

I got to drive the US 80 bridge a few times while I was in college before it was closed. It was tight in my '83 Grand Prix when passing another car, but I never had the opportunity to catch a train on the bridge. That would have been very interesting.
Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.
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