Raising the rail grade would be very expensive. You can't just raise it 4 feet higher 50 feet on each side of the bridge...the rail companies would never stand for that...maybe 1/4 mile on each side...or 1/2 mile.
Signs are a lot cheaper and the city isn't isn't liable so....So, in all those 83 years and nobody ever thought of increasing the height of the bridge or lowering the road beneath it for the last 40 years ? That is disappoint.
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Think of the greater good : No repairs needed or even discarding trucks to the scrapyard, no insurance policies that rise in monthly costs over the years, no traffic jams because of the accidents, no people that arrive late on work resulting in lost customers or ending up in lawsuits. No human hospitalization needed, no deaths in the worst case scenarios... And the best of all : No paint needed for the bridge protection bar.Signs are a lot cheaper and the city isn't isn't liable so....
Should just be, if you hit this it's a life time ban to legally drive again, tough shit.Problem: Truckers don't follow instructions.
ATOT: Modify the underpass.
Raising the rail grade would be very expensive. You can't just raise it 4 feet higher 50 feet on each side of the bridge...the rail companies would never stand for that...maybe 1/4 mile on each side...or 1/2 mile.
State owned railway xdYoutube clip said the rail companies weren't interested. As alterations go I've heard of a lot worse. Sounds like another great reason to nationalize the tracks. We'd finally get somewhere with rail car safety too.
We have a mountain road in VT with much the same problem. Rather than a low bridge it's some paved but extreme turns between gigantic boulders. Small trucks can make it, but without fail and despite all the signs and lights, every year many 18 wheelers give a shot and get stuck.
Too many idiots out there trust google maps over their own damn eyes.
Because sewer lines are a gravity system... just like at work, shit only flows down.EDIT #2
Why not lower the road AND the sewer line, under the bridge?
Because sewer lines are a gravity system... just like at work, shit only flows down.
That sounds uncomfortable.We have a vacuum sewer system here. No “downhill” available.
That sounds uncomfortable.
Note to self: use the restroom before visiting Boomer's abode.
I fully understand and agree. It is really difficult. And of course the bridge warning signs are there, when looking only from that point of view you are totally right. But we all know how human civilization works. People are tired that still have to perform duties. People still jump behind the wheel. Humans have emotions, diseases. Now we got as extreme example, SARS-CoV2 with the brainfog issues. The flu causes people to have less attention. Heavy rain, heavy snowfall. A lot of uncontrollable variables can limit the view of the driver. The point is, when safety measures are needed. Might as well do them properly. Our society is pushing people beyond healthy limits which makes those bridge warning signs not sufficient , especially when looking at all those youtube videos with all the evidence that the bridge warning signs do not help.They did raise it 8", maximum allowed due to other bridges nearby.
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