The 11 foot 8 inch can opener (bridge)!
This bridge is located close to my sister’s house in Durham NC, and she calls me when there’s a truck roof or camper air conditioner peeled off…
Know your vehicle height and read the clearance signs!
There’s an infamous 11 ft 8 in bridge located close to my sister’s house in Durham NC, and she calls when there’s a truck roof or camper air conditioner peeled off by it. And even after they added another 8 inches of clearance a few years ago, drivers still ignore the signs and warning lights.
Yes, there’s lots of 11foot8 videos
One of the most import things you can know about your RV is its height. And another important thing to watch for are any bridge or tunnel height signs. But dozens of drivers in Durham, NC have not payed attention to the signs and warning lights, so they made impact with the bridge and did a lot of damage to their vehicles.
My sister lives in Durham so I get updates whenever there’s a big crash. There’s videos of dozens of box truck, construction vehicle and RV drivers who ignore the warning signs and peel off their roofs or air conditioners. Watch all the 11foot8 videos HERE.
They raised the bridge by 8 inches a few years ago, and a truck hit it less than a month later. Plus other RV drivers have peeled off their air conditioners on the 11foot8+8 bridge.
Let’s play safe out there… Mike
Ouch!
Also a good reason to have a truck or RV GPS! You put your vehicle\RV dimensions into the GPS, it routes you around road restrictions such as bridges lower than your RV height, weight\length limited roads\bridges, propane tank restrictions (like tunnels).