Do you think that 12 ft 4 bridge needs to be turned into a RXR Crossing

[ZLoth]

This bridge is a railroad bridge over a local street in Bloomington IN.
https://goo.gl/maps/Zbdu1iyEz69oaVs67

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The truck used that underpass because the road a block to the west was closed.

Hmmm... one block west, and the underpass is 12' 0" high, but as you stated, it was closed. Two blocks east, however, and it's a at-grade crossing.

[kphoger]

When I used to drive a box truck for a living, if I came to a bridge I wasn't sure I could fit under, I would stop the truck a couple of feet short of the bridge, get out, and climb up on top of the cab just to make sure.

[wanderer2575]

Here's one that stumped even the driver who hit the bridge and the police.

This bridge is a railroad bridge over a local street in Bloomington IN.
https://goo.gl/maps/Zbdu1iyEz69oaVs67

The problem is that the truck that hit the 9'6" bridge was a single box that was only 8'6" high.

The answer was that the road rises on both sides of the bridge, and that both ends of the truck were on road higher than the the road under the bridge.

The truck used that underpass because the road a block to the west was closed.

This is the mirror image of when a low-undercarriage-clearance vehicle gets stuck on a railroad crossing because the rise and fall of the approaches are too steep for the vehicle.

[mrsman]

Here's one that stumped even the driver who hit the bridge and the police.

This bridge is a railroad bridge over a local street in Bloomington IN.
https://goo.gl/maps/Zbdu1iyEz69oaVs67

The problem is that the truck that hit the 9'6" bridge was a single box that was only 8'6" high.

The answer was that the road rises on both sides of the bridge, and that both ends of the truck were on road higher than the the road under the bridge.

The truck used that underpass because the road a block to the west was closed.

This is the mirror image of when a low-undercarriage-clearance vehicle gets stuck on a railroad crossing because the rise and fall of the approaches are too steep for the vehicle.

If that is the case, shouldn't the clearance sign have a lower height to account for this possibility?

Can you link to any articles that discuss this?  It does seem to be a curiosity.

[Road Hog]

Most DOTs ought to account for clearances at various angles, especially for standard 53' trailers. Unfortunately most of these low-clearance RR underpasses have been handed off to cities and counties who either don't want to deal or are glad to accept fines from violators who get their can opened.