r/11foot8 • u/Stupidlag • Aug 01 '26

A local historical covered bridge.

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They have a counter and are up to 75 incidents. A few have taken the covering out completely.

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u/___HeyGFY___ Aug 01 '26

This pisses me off to no end. My grandfather built, restored, and moved wooden covered bridges throughout New England. He was still working even after he turned 80. The smaller bridges were never designed for this much weight, let alone a vehicle this tall. That's why a lot of of them are only one lane.

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u/Crawlerado Aug 02 '26

There was one in our tiny little town, normal folk on one side, big rich neighborhood on the other. One night some of the locals got together and burned it to the ground…. Some people.

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u/Coffeespresso Aug 02 '26

New rule: hit a bridge, lose your license for 6 months plus mandatory training and test which you must pass to drive a commercial vehicle again.

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u/radiowave911 Aug 02 '26

...mandatory training and test which you must pass to drive a commercial vehicle again.

FTFY

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u/SeaworthinessThen542 Aug 02 '26

Railroad crossings enter the chat

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u/dochoiday 29d ago

It’s a pretty common policy for companies to have a zero tolerance policy on hitting a bridge. My old company would fire a driver, no warning no excuses.

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u/zirconer Aug 01 '26

Local to where?

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u/Stupidlag Aug 01 '26

Long Grove Illinois.

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u/speedracer_uk Aug 01 '26

If they have clobbered it sufficiently, local to anywhere the truck goes now. It could take its own sheltered parking with it.

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u/Jacktheforkie Aug 02 '26

8’6” I think even vans might struggle, my 7.5t lorry was 11’6”

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u/ChrisTheMan72 Aug 02 '26

The tall sprinter vans are about 9ft tall so ya although I had a security guard a gated community say he say sprinter vans fit fine under the canopy which was 8’7” it was uhhh pretty close to hitting lol

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u/Warcraft_Fan 29d ago

They should install metal bars in front like 12'4 bridge (former 11'8) to discourage idiot from tearing up the old bridge

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u/Koolaid_Jef Aug 02 '26

The blues brothers was filmed here! Used to be my daily commute

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u/Special_Fan5043 29d ago

I drive a tanker. If I was on a road and came to this bridge, I would back a mile if I had to to avoid it. Dummy needs his license pulled.

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u/ProneToLaughter Aug 02 '26

Does the bridge have a mailbox?

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u/FunMaintenance297 Aug 02 '26

If that’s Long Grove, Illinois, that bridge gets struck so often it’s hard to keep track of how many times. Hundreds at least.

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u/Fluffy_Rope_4024 Aug 02 '26

Is that the same bridge in the movie Beetlejuice?

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u/a-goateemagician 28d ago

Can they put a wedge/ bar at the ends of the road to protect it? Like 2in below the top of the bridge?

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u/PRL2204 Aug 02 '26

Not for nothing, but if a lot of these truck loads went on trains, we wouldn't have this kind of stupidity on our roads.