Napalm wrote:

Slowhand wrote:Everything about that is great. Music is dope.

Slowhand wrote:This guy’s channel has over 100 videos of trucks being shredded at this low bridge (affectionately known as “The Can Opener”) despite flashing lights and signs warning the drivers that the trucks are too tall and need to turn. Fascinating.

swishnicholson wrote:

Slowhand wrote:This guy’s channel has over 100 videos of trucks being shredded at this low bridge (affectionately known as “The Can Opener”) despite flashing lights and signs warning the drivers that the trucks are too tall and need to turn. Fascinating.

Thanks for the reminder. i haven't checked in on 11foot8 for quite a while. Good to know people are still assuming that they don't REALLY mean it.

Oct. 23 – Gregson St. was closed for all traffic at the RR bridge. Crew started bringing in eqipment.
Oct 24-28 – Bridge cleanup … contractor crew removed all old, obsolete parts of the bridge and prepared the structure for raising. The also installed the new crashbeam on top of four 2-inch shims. NS dropped several truckloads of additional ballast along the tracks on both sides of the bridge
Oct 29 – Bridge raising … Tracks were closed for train traffic that morning. The contractor crew installed twelve 55-ton jacks under the bridge and raised it by 8 inches. Norfolk Southern track maintenance crew then used a ballast tamper and a regulator to raise the tracks to the new grade (see video). An NS signal crew was also on site, as well as a supervisor from the NC Railroad Company. At 18:10 that evening, the #79 Carolininan was the first train to cross the newly raised bridge.
Oct 30-Nov 4 – Bridge painted … Another contractor crew came in and covered the entire structure in heavy tarps. Then they sandblasted and thoroughly cleaned the structure. Finally the crew painted the bridge.
Nov 5 – at 10:00 AM Gregson St was re-opened for traffic under the bridge.
Nov 26 – the first truck hit the crash beam