Just saw this one over the weekend up in the russian river area in Forestville, CA - What's the lowest you've seen?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.508545,-122.92617,3a,75y,41.6h,90.54t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sdEmKXH_aWJmCs_tsaE2CdQ!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.508545,-122.92617,3a,75y,41.6h,90.54t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sdEmKXH_aWJmCs_tsaE2CdQ!2e0)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbh.polpo.org%2F8ftbridge.jpg&hash=a4d8abc556d42eae732b49d06d0127aabcddb6be)
Renton, WA; 8 ft. As you can tell, they've taken extensive measures to make sure you don't hit the train overpass:
Shattuck Ave between 4th & Houser (http://goo.gl/JzcVwl)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpMbT5XA.png&hash=054cd89e2e5b3c3804b84139a5badbe5ccce133b)
Sault Ste. Marie, MI - 8'11" railroad underpass (https://www.google.com/maps/@46.501391,-84.363983,3a,90y,271.94h,77.49t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sFuci1LUKzA7OKfNCt_0BYw!2e0). If you don't fit under, there's luckily an at-grade crossing a block south.
8'6" on Middlesex CR 657 630 in Edison, NJ; low enough for the Bing Maps car to trigger the overheight lights. (http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=40.555742~-74.344441&lvl=19&sty=x~lat~40.555742~lon~-74.344441~alt~-0.685~z~30~h~114.6~p~-1.9~cz~0.168~pid~5082&app=5082&FORM=LMLTCC) I also note that the only Google Street View under the bridge was in September 2007, just before the lights were installed, but after the installation of the pole (https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.555711,-74.344246&spn=0.006342,0.027874&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.555703,-74.344242&panoid=h_ogG7-HGVR6s_rpNoFJ-A&cbp=11,147.43,,0,-9.77) holding the mast.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.321965,-83.751301&spn=0.00483,0.010568&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=39.321964,-83.753354&panoid=tKRbH6xf_GbA7xQH0DEIAw&cbp=12,201.21,,1,4.02
8' 6" railroad overpass. 345 feet ahead.
Just added a google maps link in the OP.
Petersburg, VA
(https://fbcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-0/970650_10201198335301706_94917565_n.jpg)
Council Bluffs, Iowa has an 8' 8" clearance on Big Lake Road, just east of the county jail where it passes under the Illinois Central (CN) tracks. The low clearance is bad, but the bigger problem is how often that low spot fills up with rainwater or drainage backup.
How are these even legal?
Quote from: ZLoth on April 01, 2014, 12:13:38 AM
How are these even legal?
They are, just don't bring a semi down there.
Quote from: ZLoth on April 01, 2014, 12:13:38 AM
How are these even legal?
Who is going to make them "illegal"?
Quote from: ZLoth on April 01, 2014, 12:13:38 AM
How are these even legal?
I suppose the alternative is just walling up the underpasses that are too short?
My favorite is 11'8" in on NC-1327 in Durham. It has it's own website (http://11foot8.com/) even. Even with flashing overheight sensors, trucks tend to hit it more than occasionally (video (http://youtu.be/xzkWTcDZFH0)).
Quote from: talllguy on April 01, 2014, 10:34:41 AM
My favorite is 11'8" in on NC-1327 in Durham. It has it's own website (http://11foot8.com/) even. Even with flashing overheight sensors, trucks tend to hit it more than occasionally (see website above).
They need to install a 48x48" Low Clearance warning sign, because evidently current methods aren't working.
I could touch the 8' bridges without standing on my tippy toes.
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2014, 11:27:23 AM
I could touch the 8' bridges without standing on my tippy toes.
I can touch it if I jump. Damn, you must be tall.
Quote from: Zeffy on April 01, 2014, 11:35:27 AM
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2014, 11:27:23 AM
I could touch the 8' bridges without standing on my tippy toes.
I can touch it if I jump. Damn, you must be tall.
Not really. Only 6'4". I can touch an 8' ceiling flat footed.
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2014, 11:36:33 AM
Not really. Only 6'4". I can touch an 8' ceiling flat footed.
I'm 6'0" and flat footed, so I guess your armspan is really wide then. I can't touch the ceiling in my room which is around 8 1/2 inches without standing on my toes
and jumping.
I have long gorilla arms.
Quote from: Zeffy on April 01, 2014, 11:38:52 AM
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2014, 11:36:33 AM
Not really. Only 6'4". I can touch an 8' ceiling flat footed.
I'm 6'0" and flat footed, so I guess your armspan is really wide then. I can't touch the ceiling in my room which is around 8 1/2 inches without standing on my toes and jumping.
How can you even fit in an 8 1/2 inch room?
Quote from: Takumi on March 31, 2014, 07:35:28 PM
Petersburg, VA
7'1" is ludicrous.. is that underneath an overpass that is descending to street level in the same spot where the tunnel goes underground?
Quote from: relaxok on April 01, 2014, 03:17:14 PM
Quote from: Takumi on March 31, 2014, 07:35:28 PM
Petersburg, VA
7'1" is ludicrous.. is that underneath an overpass that is descending to street level in the same spot where the tunnel goes underground?
It's not much lower than most parking garages. I've been in several that have a height limit at or just above 6 feet.
Quote from: Brandon on April 01, 2014, 04:16:17 PM
Quote from: relaxok on April 01, 2014, 03:17:14 PM
Quote from: Takumi on March 31, 2014, 07:35:28 PM
Petersburg, VA
7'1" is ludicrous.. is that underneath an overpass that is descending to street level in the same spot where the tunnel goes underground?
It's not much lower than most parking garages. I've been in several that have a height limit at or just above 6 feet.
I didn't think it was a parking garage though.. maybe it is.
It's a street under a bridge. The street goes uphill while the bridge goes towards the ground.
Quote from: relaxok on April 01, 2014, 04:21:38 PM
Quote from: Brandon on April 01, 2014, 04:16:17 PM
Quote from: relaxok on April 01, 2014, 03:17:14 PM
Quote from: Takumi on March 31, 2014, 07:35:28 PM
Petersburg, VA
7'1" is ludicrous.. is that underneath an overpass that is descending to street level in the same spot where the tunnel goes underground?
It's not much lower than most parking garages. I've been in several that have a height limit at or just above 6 feet.
I didn't think it was a parking garage though.. maybe it is.
Most trucks aren't even 7 feet tall, so even if it's not, the majority of through traffic (which would exclude semi trucks and buses considering its apparent non-thoroughfare appearance) would fit fine.
Under I-380 in Cedar Rapids:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/602/20266757543_f975fb994d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wSUqWc)
Six feet (towards the left), but about a two feet higher over towards the right. I drove my rental Ford Taurus under the short stack.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F3%2F3f%2FCalhoun_Street_Bridge_2.jpg&hash=fbd82e53f5bca6ce58cc620d898042061854801f)
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 01, 2014, 07:15:26 PM
Is this one of those artificial height limits to keep trucks (and horses) off the bridge? Seems like the "Strictly Enforced" weight limit, however you enforce that, would take care of the problem.
The first 2 Street Views (the OP and the next one) are amusing if you click the arrows on forward. The OP's goes from one side of the low clearance to the other, no transition. The second one, you get up to it, then at the last minute, you only get a backward arrow. No going on past the low clearance at all.
I wonder if the Googlers have to get out of their cars to do some kind of fold-down of the camera stick to get under really low clearances. There's one in Longview, TX that it got under, on Green St. by downtown (10', http://goo.gl/maps/6OvOS, with yellow/black 'decorations' ahead of it); several blocks south on Green, another low one, different railroad line (10' 6", http://goo.gl/maps/y830c, no advance 'decorations'). These are the lowest I ever drove by or under.
Quote from: getemngo on April 01, 2014, 07:19:59 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 01, 2014, 07:15:26 PM
Is this one of those artificial height limits to keep trucks (and horses) off the bridge? Seems like the "Strictly Enforced" weight limit, however you enforce that, would take care of the problem.
Yeah, I think the logic behind this one is that if you're vehicle is over 8 feet tall, you're most likely too heavy for the bridge.
The Google car clearly wasn't going to make it under this 7" high overpass.
http://goo.gl/maps/99M61
Quote from: NJRoadfan on April 04, 2014, 12:13:34 AM
The Google car clearly wasn't going to make it under this 7" high overpass.
http://goo.gl/maps/99M61
I'd have a real hard time crawling under one of those!
Quote from: talllguy on April 01, 2014, 10:34:41 AM
My favorite is 11'8" in on NC-1327 in Durham. It has it's own website (http://11foot8.com/) even. Even with flashing overheight sensors, trucks tend to hit it more than occasionally (video (http://youtu.be/xzkWTcDZFH0)).
I can understand somebody driving a Penske or UHaul truck for the first time in his life and he doesn't realize just how tall the vehicle is, but many of these trucks are driven by alleged "professionals" who should know better than to jam their rigs in a low underpass! :pan:
And there's signs all over the place; there's lights merrily flashing to let them know, "Hey, ding-a-ling, your truck's too tall!"
But wouldn't you want to be a fly on the wall at the dispatch office when one of these drivers gets to explain to his boss, in great detail, exactly how he managed to wreck the rig? :colorful:
Quote from: hm insulators on April 22, 2014, 03:45:43 PM
Quote from: talllguy on April 01, 2014, 10:34:41 AM
My favorite is 11'8" in on NC-1327 in Durham. It has it's own website (http://11foot8.com/) even. Even with flashing overheight sensors, trucks tend to hit it more than occasionally (video (http://youtu.be/xzkWTcDZFH0)).
I can understand somebody driving a Penske or UHaul truck for the first time in his life and he doesn't realize just how tall the vehicle is, but many of these trucks are driven by alleged "professionals" who should know better than to jam their rigs in a low underpass! :pan:
And there's signs all over the place; there's lights merrily flashing to let them know, "Hey, ding-a-ling, your truck's too tall!"
But wouldn't you want to be a fly on the wall at the dispatch office when one of these drivers gets to explain to his boss, in great detail, exactly how he managed to wreck the rig? :colorful:
Well, in some cases, these "professionals" paid for their CDLs. It was a big scandal in Illinois not too long ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryan).
Quote from: Brandon on April 22, 2014, 04:25:11 PM
Well, in some cases, these "professionals" paid for their CDLs.
you couldn't pay
me to want to drive a truck.
the first time I hit the limiter and went 62 mph to pass someone doing 61.999, my soul would leak out of my rectum.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 22, 2014, 04:34:18 PM
Quote from: Brandon on April 22, 2014, 04:25:11 PM
Well, in some cases, these "professionals" paid for their CDLs.
you couldn't pay me to want to drive a truck.
the first time I hit the limiter and went 62 mph to pass someone doing 61.999, my soul would leak out of my rectum.
Who says they all have limiters? I've watched trucks going 75-80 mph easily, and those dump trucks (cartage carriers) don't seem to have limiters either. Can't count the numbers of times I've had them pass me doing 80+.
Here's are 11'6" and 13'6" low clearances on Grant Ave. in Springfield, Missouri:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2302398,-93.2979913,3a,37.5y,183.91h,85.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLw__WV_kjqoFGy-jfJ8Clw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2302398,-93.2979913,3a,37.5y,183.91h,85.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLw__WV_kjqoFGy-jfJ8Clw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Quote from: talllguy on April 01, 2014, 10:34:41 AM
My favorite is 11'8" in on NC-1327 in Durham. It has it's own website (http://11foot8.com/) even. Even with flashing overheight sensors, trucks tend to hit it more than occasionally (video (http://youtu.be/xzkWTcDZFH0)).
From the videos on the website, it appears the flashing OVERHEIGHT MUST TURN sign operates erratically. And that wording comes across as general information and not as a specific warning that
YOU ARE (no "if") overheight and
YOU must turn.
According to the website, the bridge clearance was raised from 11'8" to 12'4" in October 2019. It's still had some scrapes (har!) since then.