Truck hits train bridge.

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Occasionally, road work "changes" the bridge clearance, and the change is not reflected in the signage, or in available documentation . Illinois Railway Museum lost a newly acquired wood boxcar to a bridge, where the posted clearance, and the declared clearance in State provided documents, were in error due to road resurfacing, which changed the road height below the bridge. The State Police trooper measured the clearance, and could not write a ticket because the clearance was short of the stated value. (the height of the load was correct). :oops:

There was a local bridge in Lismore that had that happen- truck that had gone under the bridge daily for years with about 6" clearance um....didn't..... after they regraded and resurfaced the tar (was a full rip it all up and start again job after major flooding)

signs were still the same, truck was still the same, bridge was still the same.... shame the road height wasn't

it physically moved the bridge (old wooden one with overhead r/r going over the road) about 8" offline