Raising the 11foot8 bridge by 8 inches
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- On October 29, 2019, a crew hired by Norfolk Southern and the NC Railroad Company raised the 11foo8 bridge on Gregson St. in Durham, NC by 8 inches (20 cm) to increase the clearance over Gregson St to 12 foot 4 inches. The purpose of this $500000 project was to improve traffic safety at this railroad trestle. We have documented 150 crashes of overheight vehicles at the old 11foot8 bridge since April 2008. This is the end of the old 11foot8 canopener ... welcome to the 11foot8 +8 bridge. Let's see what happens :)
In a related story Uhaul has raised the height of their entire fleet by 10 inches.
the local rental dealer knows every time he ends up with a truck that needs service, he sends it that way. someone else will pay for it. "well, of course the brakes and radiator were fine when you rented it." snicker.
Lol, best statement this year !
😂😂😂
Interesting point: why don’t the rental companies lower their fleet’s max height so they’ll all fit?
You’re too funny buddy
Im surprised someone didnt smash through the "Road Closed" signs. lol
Bro this needs more likes
lol, I was half expecting the over height sign to come on and a semi to plow through the middle of everything.
Hahaha!
Ikr 😂😂
Lol, me too 🤣
I’m embarrassed to say that I was one of the many trucks that tried to move that bridge by hitting it.
Did you have to pay for the truck damage or did your insurance cover it?
when you are going downhill to drive under the bridge its almost impossible to realize you are not going to make it until the sun shines in .
Could your boss tell there was any damage on the top?
@@Edwinthebreadwin insurance won't cover damages to your own vehicle if you hit a fixed object, it only covers the damaged property u hit...especially if it has warning signs saying u could hit it, Used to work for allstate
really?
here in Sydney, Australia the road tunnels have height detection systems (like this bridge) but instead of a pissy little sign that people evidently don't notice, they have a water system that drops a continuous sheet of water across the entire mouth of the tunnel onto which they project (with lasers) a massive red STOP sign that you can read from a long way back and stop safely
yall are living in the future man
The drivers could already recognize the writing. Only they never learned to read and write. And then it becomes difficult.
Holy shit it was so unbelievable that I had to google it and
IT'S REAL
@@iaial0 lol yes it certainly is real
You know, if they can't see that -pissy little- massive flashing sign, at that point it's their fault. No need for a town of this size to pay more just for one simple bridge.
The reopening of the bridge should be celebrated by reopening of a Penske truck with a bottle of champagne attached to the roof.
This is the best comment. You'd almost expect the local truck rental shop managers and insurance agents will be getting better balance sheets from here on.
Kickstarter campaign to fund this???
@@MartinVisser Ryder,Truck is Actually Holding the Event. They lost the most they said.
ROFL -- I'd pay to see that!
With the luck they have had at that bridge I would guess they would send out a truck that is still too tall to fit underneath.
When they change out the sign with a 12’ 4” clearance they need to give you the 11’ 8” one.
DID THEY
@@stevethea5250 They know people won't read it anyway! 😅
They didn't. The sign belongs to the DOT. The channel would have to buy it.
@@JesseJames83 That's my experience with a PRIVATE dentist.
They said I had cavities and showed me on the pen-video thing on screen (which I now suspect was pre-recorded of someone else).
I said I'll think about it, just clean up.
Then I went to the public/govt dentists a while later and they said no caries! Forgot to ask are they able to heal itself??
I reckon government dentists have better standards, privates just wanna milk you under the table.
@@stevethea5250 Asking for a friend, where do you go to find the privates who will milk one under the table?
I’m more impressed with the strength of the scaffolding than the jacks.
Exactly what I was thinking
Just noticed that and I can’t believe that’s actually possible
metal is strong
Harbor freight jacks?
@Danni Chesney I dont think that scaffold is substantial enough for the weight of that bridge , it may be holding it up but it will be very near its limit.
Railroads always have the coolest, specialized vehicles. Ballast tampers, rail welders, gaugers, straighteners, all expensive, all super specialized, all super powerful. I've dug watching them work since I was 4 years old.
Are you old enough to remember the steam powered locomotives?
@@punothebear: I am.
*Sheldon (TBBT), is that you?* 😊
dude, i had no idea...all i know is i loved them as a child
I was watching a railfan video a few months back, showing how they "lift" the entire track, rails, baseplates and sleepers all at once and clean the ballast below it. I was astounded how "flexible" it all is.
The local truck roof repair shop has just fired most of their staff.
Kara Gregory I wonder what their termination papers said. Maybe something like “Due to an extra 8 inches, your services will no longer be needed...”?
@@jasperjasper77 can I please insert a that's what she said joke?
New AD
.. We're hiring!!
It won't change much. If it is 12'4" than many trucks will still hit it. Many are at least 12'6".
No, they did just go and lower the bridge down to 10 feet overnight, and also start a train repair shop there too!
It's like seeing a friend take off for college or the military
@Pooh Xi not till you are in your 4th or fifth year of work. Same with college grads . Oh and you are going to spend 3-5 years in school for trades just like going to college
@@niyablake That may have been the case decades ago when entry level was starting out and 3+ years meant experienced. Now employers consider entry level to be the 3+ years with the appropriate entry level pay. Look at many job applications online regardless of the occupation. You'll see plenty of "entry level, must have at least 3 years experience, part time, temporary position, etc."
@@robclark3095 But you are not going to make bank right out of trade school. Not till you become a journyman
College? All for it.
Military? I'd do my best to talk them out of it
@thegrandfinale2 HAHAHAHA!!!!
I'm kinda suprised some box truck didn't come barrelling through all the barricades while you were recording.
They should’ve just left those “Road closed” barriers there
Really amazing considering this was a complete waste of money. They don't care because everyone that lives there knows about it. What is this a third would country? Close the underpass or find a way to fix it already.
Then purpose of that fucking bridge gone
I looked this road up on the map and I have no idea why it's such a major thoroughfare, there's other streets around that are a clean way through town.
@@TheNiteNinja19 it is surrounded by one way streets tho
@@TheNiteNinja19 if you’re going in or out of downtown from certain parts of the city it’s just the most obvious way to do it
Penske Yellow was the perfect color choice for that new crash beam.
LOL
I'm sure no one will miss that... ;)
I bet they didn't even have to paint it. The trucks involuntarily donated the paint.
I was thinking orange and blue, for Budget rent a truck
**slow clap**
Kinda surprised someone isn't trying to drive through the "road closed" signs
best comment lmao
Road closed? Nah it's probably not, I'll make it through
"They raised the bridge and and that should do it".
UPDATE: That didn't do it. 😂
Of course it didn't. Because people.
@Golden Knight sewer line runs right under the road.
Golden Knight actually it is manholes there
Golden Knight drive thru there, it’s manholes under that bridge. I go thru there daily so I don’t need a google nothing to tell me what I run over and almost get hit by others dodging them either, what makes you think they have to be in the center of the road?
Golden Knight you’re so smart and everyone else are idiots!
My RV trailer is 12'6" so I'm sure some A/C units will be coming off shortly.
You were right
its a small price to pay some a?c units to be famous forever !
Lower your tire pressure…
I hope you get one of the old 11" 8" signs when they're done with them.
They spray "+8" on the signs
@@HNBGamer They should make signs which show it to be 11'16", instead of 12'4".
SECONDED.
@@planethedgehog2427 I love it. My father-in-law always said he was 5 ft 12 in.
The city (or whoever owned the signs) might have made a lot of $$$$ if they'd auctioned off those old signs!! Just to say ... I'm smarter.
That's a spiffy new crash beam they put there. It would be a shame if... something happened to it ;)
Mick 92. It’s not called a miss beam is it....😂😂
We can rest assured that someone at some time will be documented either giving it a boop or a bash.
🤣🤣
Not sure if the yellow Penske trucks will add more paint to it this time. ;-)
When I saw the new yellow crash beam I was thinking there is the new cheese grater.
Maybe if they change the 12'4" to 3,75meters, they will think wtf is that number i wont fit in that bridge :v
Americans are used to small numbers most of the time but for huge numbers like selling property in 30cm x 30cm squares instead of 1m X 1m like everyone else. "Oh, I got a 1000 square foot office space!""Loser it's just 92 square meters!"
@@LucasPereiradaSilva metric makes more sense anyway
@@LucasPereiradaSilva 92 sq m could very well fit a tiny company inside.
Not a bad idea.
The truck drivers might think its the its a race track in meters and speed up.
The scaffolding those jacks were on, im blown away that supports a bridge!
That's what I thought. What are the jacks even doing there? A quick check of acrow prop limits shows that each 'screw pole corner' of those scaffolds can support about 3 tons. Looks like there a 2 x 4 lots. So under each jack I'm assuming 12 tons max working limit. 24 tons for 2 jacks combined. Surprising amount actually
If you think about it, the bridge itself probably isn't that heavy - it's the trains overtop that really need the support! So shutting the bridge means they can use very small jacks.
You'd be surprised. If I'm not mistaken same jacks are used when leveling a house where the foundation has sunk.
@@alexzee4564 I think he was more surprised about the jacks being on scaffolding being able to lift, not the jacks themselves.
Yeah, that looks safe.
I really think this bridge should have been lowered. Raising it is only going to make people think they can fit!
Sewer lines under it
But then city bus routes have to be re-routed lmao just nuke the bridge out of existence
@Marceline Ingot
That is an exelent Idea!
You found a way to fund public healthcare in the United States!
@@Tybeef Rail Roads have priority over vehicular roads. RR were here 50 years before cars.
Don't have to do anything to the bridge. Just lower the yellow guard beam. And maybe make it a yellow metal "wall" of sorts up to the bridge with black stripes. Only blind truck drivers will miss that.
The lights, the warning signs, the giant orange bar, even just the legacy of the bridge and it still wasn't enough to stop idiots from slicing off the roof of their trucks. That it's come to this, literally lifting a bridge off its supports so that it can be raised higher, is just astounding. Yet here we are, nearly a year later, and it still wasn't enough. Incredible.
Esspecially since it would have taken a weeken to lower the roadway 4 feet.
just put a beam over each approaching roadway AHEAD OF THE BRIDGE and hang Chains from them a little longer than the clearance of the bridge, then the driver can hear in advance when his truck hit the chains if its to high, now you have gone and raised the bridge, what videos are we going to watch now
The city is at fault here. If there are this many accidents occuring because of the bridge, they need to fix it. A basic traffic survey and the city not being cheap would solve it.
@@russelljuma9585 Railroad Right-of-Way, FEDERAL clearance and decision making needed. Railroads even have their own POLICE forces.
@@russelljuma9585 There's not much you can do to fix it. There's a marked detour route around this bridge nearby. The railroad is the railroad companies responsibility not the cities.
And I bet that the next thing they’ll do is re surface the road by, yep, 8 inches but forget the change the new sign.
you crack me up
Thats one hell of a resurface
Amazed at the strength of the scaffolding holding up that bridge.
Waiting for the first truck to go through the "ROAD CLOSED" signs.
😂hoahhahahahahah😂😂🙏
Me too. My very first thought. 👩🦰
😂🤣
They need to be in spanish!!!
I was thinking the same thing. 😂
Is anyone normally allowed to get that close, or do they just let you in because you're THE GUY?
He's THAT GUY. He documented the story. It's like Walt Disney. They just open the gates and say "sir".
No idea ... no one else tried to get this close.
I was thinking the same. I also wonder how many of the workers there are familiar with the videos.
@@11foot8plus8: Nevertheless, you're still The Guy!
@@11foot8plus8 You didn't try to get TOO close or they'd have said something, fer shur.
Why not just put a sign on the bridge that says _"Cars only"_ ?
Ok, there's already a lot of signs there. And you think that the drivers will read this new sign all of a sudden? Ya can't fix stupid!
That is discrimination , against short trucks like F1 , you want the city to be fighting off lawyers ? Right now white , black , purple , or lime , gay or straight you have the right to tear the roofs off the trucks , even big Rvs . Lets keep it so everyone has the chance to experience the thrill of instant convertible.
Cars only ? That would be selfish , this bridge has a lot of fans and even bridges have to eat now and then.... I vote keep making convertible trucks etc. vitamin D will save you from Covid and the entertainment value to the city is invaluable . One would wonder why no one has brought out a RIP burger or convertible egg sandwich called LET THE SUN SHINE IN .
Good idea in theory, but then CZcams will be slightly less entertaining...
That's too exclusive. Yet if they lowered it to 7 or 8 feet, it's probably easier.
That ballast machine...wow, this channel is just endless entertainment
Well knowing people we will still be getting 12’ 4” videos
Since most trucks are 13' 6" Id say its likely .
@@chexlemeneux8790 not box trucks
Evolution.
@@chexlemeneux8790
I was thinking the same. That they're missing a foot in height.
I'm thinking the next step the city is going to take his regrading the road lower.
I wonder just exactly how much HECK the city and railroad were catching from city residents (traffic regularly screeching to a halt), the bad *national* press, and the INSURANCE companies!! Must have been a lot ... as for years we were told it was impossible to raise the bridge. Really, does the web site owner, locals chime in, railroad employees, and give us some inside gossip? Please? Local police? 👩🦰 Yeah, I'm a redhead.
Amazing. The favourite food of this bridge are rental trucks at 12' 6".
So to avoid collisions, they raised the bridge to 12'4"
Somebody has a sense of humor.
@@user-sg2cm4vq5k normally yes but i assume it's due to thr intersection being too close to the bridge, they'd have to lower the entire intersection and part of the roads connecting to it to make sure they have enough room to properly slope the road and be driven on.
NinjaTyler
As far as I understand, there is a sewer line directly under the road there, so they can’t lower the road any more than it is.
The railroad not gonna raise the bridge, they DON'T CARE
Not to mention that lowering the road would increase flooding issues for the area when it rains.
That's gov't work for ya'
Thank you so much for documenting this. I am watching this during the 2020-2021 pandemic and catching up on the stuff I missed before.
can we talk about how cool those machines on the tracks were?
The ballast temper looked like some sort of mechanical tardigrade!
It would only take 8 inches of asphalt under that bridge to restore order in the Universe.
I hope Big John's commercial wrecker service won't suffer too much.
what a great idear
And that is when it becomes a lake.
I was thinking the same thing. I'm guessing to allow a semi length vehicle to pass under the bridge, the road would need to be lowered for quite a distance and it would affect the intersection just before the bridge. That would run into $$ to rebuild.
@@shaynelowther8893, Not with proper drainage.
8 inches? Are you kidding? Now everyone is gonna think they'll fit and it's gonna be worse! 😂
That would be awesome! Ehm, I mean, oh no, let's hope that doesn't happen
That's what SHE said !!!😏
@@felineboy My sentiments precisely. After all "Reading Is Fundamental".
According to my mathematical calculation there are always more idiots on the way😂
A lot of guys think that 8” makes all of the difference, but you still have to know how to drive.
As the ol’ saying goes ‘size doesn’t matter.’...Seems eight inches still isn’t enough.
You sound like my wife
You sound like my girlfriend
You sound like my crush
so you can't talk shit about a woman, but, oh boy, no problem if it's stereotyping dudes.
@@martinpope3835 Nah, that's equally as shit.
This was REALLY well videoed and edited, documentary-level quality.
Look at that shiny, new yellow crossbar waiting for it's next victim.
No, no, no... NOT "next victim"; "FIRST victim" of the all grown up 12 foot 4 bridge.
It will get Penske-ized or Swifted pretty soon 🥳
The bait's set. Happy trolling!
Maybe that bright yellow can be seen better by drivers now too
Did anyone crash into the “ROAD CLOSED” signs?
aqueousone this comment is way too good lol.
If you keep them there long enough, they would....
aqueousone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well,they are down south 😂😂😂
My guess would be yes - a Penske Truck.
That was awesome and really appreciate you sharing how they level the tracks and grade.
I’ve never seen those two machines before. 👍🍺
Amazing work. Thank you for all the videos you provided when it was 11'8".
"Almost 11 years and 8 months..." Coincidence?
interesting..
He obviously waited for that month
Almost don't count.
@@risingaquarius7460 was hopin some dumb trucks still drove thru even with barricades installed
@@litiviousspartus4611 just take some of the top and it counts
It's the end of an era. Nothing will ever be the same :(
I wish they left the bridge the same height. People need to learn how to read signs. This bridge has help identify people who shouldnt been driving trucks.
deweys Perfectly said,,, i cannot believe its over 😟
It was fun while it lasted, our world will never be the same again.
No matter what was going on in the world, we always knew that we could rely on old 11ft 8in for some awesome carnage with no one getting even injured. Yes, it truly is the end of an era😔
t mac dont worry lad, we still have the infamous 10’ 6”! 11’ 8”s little brother.
good things come to an end too 😩
No worries, that 8" increase does not mean significant hunger degradation.
I, too, had the question of why the road wasn't lowered. But then I checked the comments to see if it was answered before asking it myself. Turns out, it's been answered already. More than a dozen times. Now I'm amazed that people are still asking the question rather than just reading the other comments.
The repeat answer is that there's a sewer main beneath that road that would be far more complicated and expensive to deal with than raising the bridge is.
Nice vid, fascinating seeing the Tamper ballast the rails.
Amazing to see some the equipment they used to achieve this. Thanks so much for documenting it!
It's absolutely fascinating to watch the whole process.
And to think this must have once largely been done by manual labour
@@KeanM Exactly what I was thinking. I live in the house my grandfather built by hand. The closest power tool was the lumber yard. 👩🦰 Weirdest note: I often talk to him, as if anyone's listening, and thank him for this wonderful house. When I've had contractors come in for one thing or another, they often exclaim "This house is still square." A handicapped friend recently noticed the floors are all level. Ninety years old and still going strong. 👍 Excuse my blithering on, but I'm impressed as heck by my grandfather's skills. ✨
@@veralenora4033 My house is over 70 years old and the best way to describe it is solid, this house will still be standing long after I'm dead no doubt about it.
It's the construction equivalent of putting a couple of books underneath a table leg to even it out, kinda looks that way too lol
Signs: "Road Closed"
Budget Rental Driver: "Pfffffffffffffffffffffft"
I laughed at the idea you gave me of someone crashing through the "road closed" signs, then into the raised bridge xD
@@StrangerCoug nooooooo
There was the end of Roman Empire.
There was the End of the Dark Ages, with the coming of the Renaissance.
We had the end of the French Revolution too.
The end of the USSR.
And now, we have the Raising of The 11'-8".
What a sad time to be alive.
Luckily people are still stupid and they still crash into the raised bridge
Can’t wait till they lift the bridge to the point where speeding trains go airborne.
Chapter two: revenge of the cargo train
Dukes of hazard.... with trains! I call dibs pitching this to netflix.
@@TheCrazyCanuck420 why aren't we funding this
History in the making, and incredibly documented by this renowned bridge historian
Is he not a box truck historian?
Either way he talks slow and might have a brain tumor.. not confirmed yet
The ending drone video is quite spectacular.
Thanks for keeping us updated!
That is a really well-made video. It’s always interesting to see how things get done.
Turns out further down the line there is a bridge that is 11'4" . Time to move the cam :)
Yeah. This is kind of bad cause the best part was seeing the trucks get the tops ripped off and slammed under the bridge. Like woooah!
@@greenlawnfarm5827 they still will. Most are 12'6".
@@ptmy8590 Ok. Good.
These guys came in and negatively affected your CZcams revenue :(
Jeremy H. We should protest that the 11’8” bridge was an historic treasure and now they have defiled it
The new signage had dropped filmable crashed down to 2 or 3 per years anyway...
They should of pretended to make it higher but lowered it instead.
They have no respect voor the art of CZcams footage editing
Oh, there will still be truckers that hit it.
Wow the railroad finally gave in? That's amazing in itself.
Many rental trucks lost their life here at this bridge.
it should've been notched on the bridge for every kill. give some respect to the can opener.
While the individual trucks lost the battles, they won the war.
Bridge has to retreat to higher grounds.
Higher ground is always an advantage, the bridge will still collect scalps, although at a slower rate.
@@eamontreanor1363 You underestimate the power of the trucks.
lol funny
@@nsfigaro I understand the power of a 660 tonne bridge.
@@eamontreanor1363 You clearly dont understand a joke.
It's still under standard 13'6" so there will still be crashes but probably not as many
Not to worry.... The crashes may be not as good as before, but there are always morons out there trying to squeeze through.
I don't know, there's another bridge the same height on the next block over. I never hear of it getting hit
@@BrentRoberts01 Because most rental trucks came from the same side of 11'8 and their drivers have learned their lesson for their return trip :)
A few 11'8 crashes were on trailers tall enough for the top to be above the old crash beam, pretty sure those would still get de-lidded by 12'4. Wouldn't be too surprised if 12'4 got a fresh diet of 12'6 trailers thinking they can go straight through now.
Do you think professional truck drivers behind the wheel of a semi are going to not read the signs ? It's not like you can rent the vehicles that are going to potentially crash on this - with a regular driving licence.
@@teardowndan5364 for everyone's sake here, I hope you are right!
Appreciate the crew being cool with you filming onsite
Great job documenting the raising of the bridge.
Only 8 inches? That won't be enough.
You'll be surprised on how much 8 inches can do UwU
So The truck Will continue to crash?
I guess the most crashes we did see here wouldn't happen with the 8" more. But i guess we will see more crashes.
That is what she said....
@@codeythesergy6010 espwecially when you fwuk uwu
Still low, the can opener is not over yet.
That Ballast Tamper machine is one of a kind wild lookin
Crazy interesting on how they do this. Thanks so much for sharing. Great video.!
Figures an Amtrak train full of people would be the first “test” train...
Amtrak trains are usually not "filled" with people.
The video didn't say that the train was in service. If it was the first train, very possibly it was just a test run with an out-of-service train.
@@IkeOkerekeNews would have been epic if it was
David, I am a railroad machinist and I can guarantee the only people on that train were the engineer and safety personnel.
If you are the oldest child, are you a "test run"? We all can see the equipment calibrating the tracks. I'd say they are the test run.
I cant believe that scaffolding held with those jacks.. Jacking up the whole bridge.. Insane.
@dsndicmsa sewer line doesn't allow the road to be dug deeper.
I came down looking for this comment.. Didn't realize scaffolding is that strong.
If you look the end points had jacks under pieces of timber. If I & my neighbor lift a beam & have your 8 year old brother & sister under its middle. Are they actually holding all of that weight ? Or is it still just me and my neighbor ? 🤣🤣 Carry on .. & have a great day !
thats probably speciallly enginired for that ..not regular scaffolding
Ok, I'm glad I saw this comment because I was sure there was something I was missing when I saw those jacks and I beams sitting on scaffolding.
Makes you wonder why they needed those I beams if the scaffolding was strong enough to hold it.
This guy should be a newscaster he's very good at getting his point across. RIVITING !
So this country has infrastructure that couldn't even suspend a decoy height restriction bar atleast 20 metres before the bridge so that there is minimal damage on both ends?
After playing the game and grinding away for years, the bridge has finally made it to the Boss Level of the game. It's now ready to defeat the bigger, taller trucks.
And it's more deceptive now since it's closer to normal height. Deceptive level 100
I think we should preserve the 11'8" bridge as a national monument, personally
Make it the state bridge!
Have 11'8" day where we run an entire parade of too tall trucks underneath it at top speed, awarding both distance and peelability, as well as most damage. It includes brisket cookout, fireworks, and a gun swap meet. Constitutions and amerian flags will also be given to attendees.
3 and a half years later and this video is still awesome
Wow, I was unaware that it had been raised until I saw your new upload from today.
I'm surprised no one tried driving through the "ROAD CLOSED" barricades just like they don't see the flashing "Overheight" warning sign.
Rip 11foot8 😢❤😢
Welcome 11foot8+8 😁😎😁
It’s nice they allowed him to film so closely everything that’s being done
ickess
Definitely. They helped him put out an awesome video.
📻🙂
Well, the bridge IS the Star!! The bridge rips roofs off trucks for comic relief. Most workers chuckle that 8” wasn’t enough so, they just showed effort and still watch rental trucks get ripped! But if rental trucks put smaller van boxes... Nah it’s a rental and they sell lots of insurance policies.
I wonder if someone on the crew actually handled the camera or was it yovo? When I was on a stage crew for a HUGE band, the local news came. They stood on the ground (off stage) and they asked me to take their camera and record a few things. After that, I took the microphone and recorded some sound for them, too. It was different but interesting. I'm a contractor so I didn't have to ask anyone for "permission".
Yeah, it was neat to see the area from angles I've never seen it before.
@@lawnmowermanTX most of them void the roof
Wow! I didn't notice when it turned out to be another episode of Thomas and his friends.
I'm amazed at the strength of the scaffolding holding at that weight
*Most rentals like Enterprise, Ryder etc, are 12'6", so get ready for some sweet peel-backs!!*
The road surface moves up and down a fraction of an inch, changes in tire inflation can change ride height by inches. The metal on the truck expands and contracts with temperature. The suspension of a truck can add or subtract inches.
A loaded truck with springs might fit under the bridge in the morning when everything is a little chilled, then not make it through on the return trip after everything warms up and the truck is loaded.
@@hamjudo unloaded*
@@hamjudo Traffic under the bridge is one way.
Ooooooh yah! In Texas some low bridges have exits and entrances for truckers to bypass.. Urban areas don’t have the luxury.. Ennis,TX has a low and tight bridge that only cars and tiny trucks can go. The rest are stuck out.
@@lawnmowermanTX There's a low bridge in the middle of downtown Austin which has been hit so many times that the inner steel rebar is starting to be exposed and chunks of it broken off. It was only until a couple of years ago that the city put up overheight warning signs, but they're mostly useless because the exit for overheight vehicles is literally a few dozen yards before the bridge and is dangerously short, making a multi-vehicle accident a high chance of happening.
But that's assuming an overheight vehicle isn't smack dab in the middle of heavy traffic, which on that part of the interstate is from 5am-10am and again from 2 pm to 8 pm.
12’ 6” is pretty much a standard rental. sometimes 12’ 1”. Let the crashes continue
Engineers...
Ya, most of the trucks I have driven 12'6.... Keep the cameras rolling!
So is 13' 6" around my parts.
@@ElevatedEyes2023 13'6'' is semi height. 13'1'' is usually the cut off height for Penske straight trucks.
@@leocardenas7306 this was a Ryder rental truck.
5:20 Lol what kind of funnky robotic trance is this all of a sudden ^^
They can rise it to the moon and idiots are going to still be smash it.
"IF" I were a betting man...
I'd place a bet that the bridge eats its first meal at its new height with-in three (3) days {72 hours} of opening the road.
Long live the 11 foot 8 +8 Bridge.
i got a dollar on 21 and 48 days.
On the previous video, I made a prediction that it will be getting hit in 11 weeks plus 8 days......
I prefer the 11 foot 16 Bridge.
50% of rental trucks on US roads are over 13 feet high, so I'd say your bet is pretty accurate. Get down the betting shop whilst you still can!
Waiting for the 11 foot 8 +8 +8 bridge
This is unamerican we love watching truck roofs crumble like sardines
Don't worry they still didn't make it tall enough lmao. Most rentals are 12' 6" and other trucks and trailers can be even higher.
@@C8mon yeah, but they got it at that perfect heights where it just hits and that's gotta hurt even more
The thing is most of these trucks are 12' 6" and still wont fit.
Have you seen the video for 11-8 evil brother???
It's unamerican as a corporation had to pay to upgrade their own infrastructure.
There were 150 crashes recorded between April 2008 and October 2019, averaging 13.6 crashes per year. After raising the bridge, 18 crashes were recorded between October 2019 and June 2021, averaging just under 9 crashes per year. It *is* safer than before, according to those numbers... but drivers gonna drive.
I saw a previous video where 'the railroad' refused to raise the bridge and the road below could not be lowered because of sewer pipes under it. I'm glad the 'railroad' finally decided to 'GET IT DONE"!
They only allowed for 8 inches though. Raising it to national standard would require re-leveling miles of track and that's.... just not going to happen.
"i'm not sure what the weight of the bridge is, but it's gotta be pretty heavy" - great quote
Plot twist: They forgot to raise the bars in front of the bridge.
Only if you were one to not see the previous video of that being done first. or notice the new beam.
Wanna Bet? They did that first.
I love that they show the making of season 2
London double decker: "hold my beer."
Damn, I was hoping they'd keep lowering it a few inches each year.
@Myriad Montaine Professional Cat xD
Hahahaha
they need to add a speed bump under the bridge
It will as the city keep s repaving
@@samuelcantley5500 lmao do you think they just add layers on top when they repave?
My greatest regret is that I'll never get to see this bridge at its 11'8" glory.
The 55-ton jacks on a scaffold structure stunned me. You would have thought the scaffold uprights would have buckled like toothpicks.
rip eleven eight i will always remember the work you did
I'm amazed that the scaffolding is holding up the bridge
I know, right?
I had to go back and look again, I was sure you must have been mistaken. But sure enough it does just look like scaffolding and some I beams to spread the load. Huh... who would have guessed?
@@--_DJ_-- pretty sure the other jacks that were sitting directly on the abutment were doing all the heavy lifting. Those jacks on the scaffolding were there to minimize sagulation in the center for shimming.
@@mitchdenner9743 Sagulation, I like that.
@@--_DJ_-- The word sagulation itself is likable but not any thing saggy it is describing!
It's a sad day in CZcams history! No more 11'8" bridge.
Whoa.. That mechanical caterpillar is picking up each little loft and giving those tracks the tender chiropractic treatment. I never knew. learned today.
I have been recently obsessed with this bridge following all those videos where trucks served as sardine cans. I was like - to higher it is most unlikely, more like to deeper the surface, with necessary serve works (sort of the ones like while building by the "cut-off" - NY metro. Then thinking, it is not going to happed. Now seeing it has been that in unlikely to me direction, I do remember a litle bridge with narrow one-direction lane for traffice, like that (in Cracow/Poland), the solution was - to build the new bridge near by :D
5:28 This ballast tamper is nicknamed "the beam".
It uses laser beams aimed at a cart 50 to 100 feet ahead to measure a tracks geometry.
The computer then tells The tamper components how high to lift the track and how far left and the right to move the track
People did not pay attention to the sign that showed the bridge was 11' 8", I'm sure that there are plenty that will not pay attention to the 12'4" sign.
Trucks will go under without paying attention, which is the point.
Pay attention while driving?! What kind of man are you?! :)
Greetings from the future. Here to tell you that you were absolutely correct.
This would actually be a really cool project to work on. I’ve gotten to do false work on a few bridges and it’s pretty interesting how it is all simple physics to move the craziest stuff.
I was just wondering why they didn't add height by lowering the ground level. Our over pass bridges are like that in Detroit.