~Bird Leaf~

They can’t raise the bridge because it’s a train trestle, and raising it would require closing and modifying miles of busy track.

They can’t lower the road because it’s directly over a sewer main.

They can’t ban trucks entirely because there are too many local deliveries.

That section of road has a speed limit of 25 mph, numerous signs alerting drivers to the 11'8" limit, and recently they added a sensor that activates the stoplight and a flashing “overheight warning” sign so that drivers have to stop and think really hard about going forward.

The clearance is actually nearly three inches more than 11'8", the maximum deviation from the signage allowed.

Trucks have been getting stuck or damaged since the 1960s.

But anyway, yeah, this video is cathartic in a way.