Route 52 Drawbridge in Action (West Side) Joliet, IL 5/9/20

Here's something a little different but similar for this channel: drawbridge activations. I spent this weekend filming the 5 drawbridges around downtown Joliet. All of them have WRRS motor bells, either 2 or 4 of them, and a Sentry F2 siren. Eventually I may try to film the drawbridges in Chicago and Milwaukee as well.
Filmed May 9, 2020.
Camera used: Canon Vixia HF-R700.

[@dangeary2134]

Many years ago, I had to reroute from I-80 to cross that bridge.
I was driving a flatbed, and I had a stack of conveyors.
The bridge has a limit of something like 65,000.
I knew what I scaled, no prob.
I go across it, and two city cops were sitting on the other side.
So, the nearest place to safely park was in the center turn lane about half a mile down the road.
I am grinning ear to ear as the cop comes up to the door.
I already have the bills out, and I let him know that the trucks empty weight is 31,000.
He looks at the bills, sees all the empty space in the load, and lets me go.
I told him that I would have pulled me over, too!
It looked heavier than what it was!

[@Aaron200707]

Can't wait to see the rest of them in action. I love drawbridges as well as trains

[@SydeLeaderRay]

Nah screw that! Trains and trains only for me. Boats are scary.

[@lifewithsemaj.1296]

PlayStyle Gamer // Syde-Leader Ray STFU

[@noahmeldman9428]

This big boat that went by the drawbridge reminds of a cruise that people would be on as for having a party to go past a drawbridge

[@noahmeldman9428]

Almost the same with me as different drawbridges are operating in different ways and different kinds of train crossings of different kinds of trains with the way the videos on utube people advertise of the different way the lights are for the railroad crossings of design types of the different states and cities

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

Nice

[@plateshutoverlock]

I love how one of the bells has slightly slower timing causing it to slowly drift in and out of sync with the other bell in a nice sine wave.

[@frankym274]

Nice Catch

[@ShaneLiccardi2777]

Bro, do you mean McDonough Street.? I'm from Joliet as well man.!

[@hiawathafilms4821]

I love motor bells but I love Chicago bridged

[@kennethlockley886]

Nice. Don't see maney drawbridges like that now. They repaced them with new bypassea and inner state highways with higher bridges.

[@michaelflores2318]

The drawbridge in Detroit have flashing red lights and the bell rings as the lights start flashing the gates go down and when the bridge starts raising then stops ringing then they start ringing again after the bridge is lowered and the gates goes up then everything shuts off

[@charles97th]

00:33 That last car sneaking across is really hauling

[@davidchunko]

You would be too if you had to sit for 30 minutes im sure alot of impatient drivers turn around and go the other way

[@niks_crazy_world]

I need to get back up to Charlevoix and film theirs!

[@jacoblarsen4234]

They put different gels on I'm very sad about it other are no longer motor bells now just regular bells

[@eddieg749]

Is this US Hwy 52?

[@daliladiaz2589]

Like how

[@michaelaccardofrontczak]

Looks like the McDonough Street Bridge.

[@charles97th]

Those warning bells sound ancient.

[@piktureit]

They sound more beautiful than they sound ancient

[@flattrain5834]

That model is around the 1950s

[@loganmusovich9409]

Yes

[@daliladiaz2589]

Me too but I’m just trying to figure it out

[@noahmeldman9428]

This drawbridge takes a very long time to be fully up for big boats but sail boats might be able to go a little sooner

[@paulcarter1280]

Sounds like railroad crossing bells.

[@nicodo123]

Hold up, there's wishbone gates on that thing

[@katiesmith3402]

Yeah

[@rms492]

Do any drawbridges bells come in electronic form, like modern RR crossing signals? Or are they all still mechanical bells?

[@TommyBNSF]

I've seen some drawbridges with GS E Bells, but most have mechanical bells.

[@DRrailfanning3115]

such a quiet siren!