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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truckDate: 09/12/19 07:16 Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: joemvcnj "Trucks continuously get stuck underneath the train underpass despite signage posted."
This time, the northbound side. Moore often than not, it is the southbound side, which has a brand new sacrificial girder as a container truck destroyed the old one about a year ago https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/s/gua0k/yet-another-truck-crashes-manville-underpass Date: 09/12/19 07:30 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: bioyans Maybe a mandatory 30-day loss of CDL for first offense of a bridge or overhead clearance strike, would cause truckers to be a bit more careful.
joemvcnj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Trucks continuously get stuck underneath the > train underpass despite signage posted." > > This time, the northbound side. Moore often than > not, it is the southbound side, which has a brand > new sacrificial girder as a container truck > destroyed the old one about a year ago > > https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/s/gua0k/y > et-another-truck-crashes-manville-underpass Date: 09/12/19 07:43 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: Lackawanna484 Definitely has a bullseye painted on it.
There may be some trigonometry involved here, however. While the clearance from the roadway up to the bridge may be 17 feet, it isn't a useful number for a 53 foot trailer. The tractor may already be on its way up the far side, as the back of the trailer is still on the way down. So, they've eaten 3 or 4 feet of the 17 feet. A deep plunge like the once in Manville is asking for trouble. Date: 09/12/19 07:49 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: joemvcnj I know about the trigonmetric issues, but the underpass was built 80 years ago ? Why now such an issue ? "The GPS said to go that way" ?
Date: 09/12/19 08:10 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: dreese_us Closer to Middlesex, there is a bridge marked 13ft, but no way will you get a 48’ x13’ high trailer under it. I do agree there are to many drivers that don’t pay attention.
Posted from iPhone Date: 09/12/19 08:12 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: joemvcnj Often when they repave a road that once was concrete, they do not bother to asphalt the part under the overpass. That remains concrete probably so as not to disturb the clearances.
Date: 09/12/19 09:00 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: rbenko Speaking of bridge strikes, I'm sure this has been posted before, but it's now a classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USu8vT_tfdw Date: 09/12/19 09:14 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: joemvcnj Some background Laurel & Hardy or Three Stooges music would be appropriate. I am surprised no tailgating 4-wheeler never rear-ended one of these trucks. The campers get their AC equipment lopped off, seem unphased, and keep going.
Date: 09/12/19 09:15 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: ALCO630 joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Often when they repave a road that once was > concrete, they do not bother to asphalt the part > under the overpass. That remains concrete probably > so as not to disturb the clearances. That's exactly why. that's also why they sell them pave over the top of bridges it can change the weight rating. Posted from Android Doug Wetherhold Macungie, PA Date: 09/12/19 09:25 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: ALCO630 joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Some background Laurel & Hardy or Three Stooges > music would be appropriate. I am surprised no > tailgating 4-wheeler never rear-ended one of these > trucks. The campers get their AC equipment lopped > off, seem unphased, and keep going. They're not unphazed, they just don't know it happened yet. I know somebody that did it with a brand new 5th wheel camper trailer (however let me say now that it was not his fault, I know what bridge, and it was not marked right). He couldn't get the AC to work, so he took it back to the dealer to have it checked. imagine his surprise when he found out that the problem with the AC was that it was gone 😂 Posted from Android Doug Wetherhold Macungie, PA Date: 09/12/19 09:43 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: Lackawanna484 There's an elaborate over height detector for the underpass of the NEC on Wood Avenue in Linden NJ. There's a horizontal bar with paint cans hanging to the appropriate height. Followed by a laser pair which calculate the acceptable distance. And set off a honking horn and laser lights.
Still, it gets hit every once in a while. Date: 09/13/19 03:20 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: mkerner Just remember folks most states allow you to use a translator to take your CDL test. So if you can't read the test how do you read the signs?
Michael t Kerner Collinsville, IL Posted from Android Date: 09/13/19 05:24 Re: Manville, NJ Lehigh RR overpass claims another truck Author: joemvcnj Arabic numerals state the clearances.
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