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(WCVB Boston)   11foot8 bridge meet 12foot6 tunnel   (wcvb.com) divider line
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    More: Dumbass, Massachusetts Turnpike, Logan International Airport, Sumner Tunnel, inbound lanes of the Sumner Tunnel, Members of the Massachusetts, Callahan Tunnel, overheight tractor-trailer, inside.State police  
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5626 clicks; posted to Main » on 26 Nov 2022 at 11:05 AM (16 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2022-11-26 11:38:44 AM  
20 votes:

unchellmatt: You know, Boston will always be "home" in my heart, but so help me farking god I will never, ever miss the abject farking stupidity of drivers. Both local and visiting. Storrow, Mem, countless other little side streets, every month there's at least one snappah head he doesn't read the height signs.

And who the hell designed a tunnel like that without taking into account the number of product hauling tractor trailers?? They didn't think about the fact that so many are around 13.5'?

/end rant


Opened in 1934. Before big trucks.

Just grateful they have the Ted Williams Tunnel, or traffic would have been more farked up.
 
offacue [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 7:44:59 AM  
16 votes:
I guess letting the air out of the tires wasn't going to work?
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2022-11-26 11:38:23 AM  
13 votes:
I will depart from my usual picture of our pet bridge to show some of the carnage we see every year. Note the gouges in the concrete.

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unchellmatt [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 11:35:27 AM  
5 votes:
You know, Boston will always be "home" in my heart, but so help me farking god I will never, ever miss the abject farking stupidity of drivers. Both local and visiting. Storrow, Mem, countless other little side streets, every month there's at least one snappah head he doesn't read the height signs.

And who the hell designed a tunnel like that without taking into account the number of product hauling tractor trailers?? They didn't think about the fact that so many are around 13.5'?

/end rant
 
Unobtanium [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-26 9:41:54 AM  
4 votes:
Police said the tractor-trailer was being driven by a 36-year-old from Ontario, Canada.

Honest mistake. He obviously thought the clearance was in meters.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 10:38:12 AM  
4 votes:
Done in one
 
Floki [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 11:43:14 AM  
4 votes:
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unchellmatt [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 11:43:12 AM  
3 votes:

OtherLittleGuy: Opened in 1934. Before big trucks.


That's true, that's true, very good point. It's the Sumner, hadn't thought of that. But... The drivers who don't read the signs.... I can imagine the shiat show that created with traffic on a holiday weekend.
 
AmbassadorBooze
2022-11-26 1:43:33 PM  
3 votes:

jtown: Driver just wasn't going fast enough.

Apparently it happens so often they have a flippy-sign to indicate a road closure.


Going faster won't help.  Light speed contraction happens in the direction of travel.  The vehicle will get shorter front to back.  Not shorter top to bottom.
 
ScrimBoy
2022-11-26 11:17:18 AM  
2 votes:
I'm guessing anyone walking out of the tunnel with hopes of making a flight likely missed it. Depending on the terminal, it's gonna be a longer walk then they thought.  MAYBE there is a shot if there is a shuttle from the blue line.
 
HighlanderRPI
2022-11-26 11:56:28 AM  
2 votes:
Oblig

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The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 12:05:10 PM  
2 votes:

OtherLittleGuy: unchellmatt: You know, Boston will always be "home" in my heart, but so help me farking god I will never, ever miss the abject farking stupidity of drivers. Both local and visiting. Storrow, Mem, countless other little side streets, every month there's at least one snappah head he doesn't read the height signs.

And who the hell designed a tunnel like that without taking into account the number of product hauling tractor trailers?? They didn't think about the fact that so many are around 13.5'?

/end rant

Opened in 1934. Before big trucks.

Just grateful they have the Ted Williams Tunnel, or traffic would have been more farked up.


I'm for making trucks smaller anyway. It's safer for everyone on the road, reduces wear, and perhaps more stuff should travel by rail.
I'm not holding my breath.
 
Ganon D. Mire
2022-11-26 4:37:46 PM  
2 votes:
Isn't the Sumner "Tunnel" underwater?
That could have ended worse.

"Daylight" with Sylvester Stallone was a fun movie
 
The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 12:06:28 PM  
1 vote:

jtown: Driver just wasn't going fast enough.

Apparently it happens so often they have a flippy-sign to indicate a road closure.


You have to go fast so it doesn't realize that it's too tight until after the truck is through?
 
Miss_Dorothy_Kilgallen [TotalFark]
2022-11-26 1:10:43 PM  
1 vote:
Easy fix.
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jtown
2022-11-26 1:22:56 PM  
1 vote:

The Irresponsible Captain: jtown: Driver just wasn't going fast enough.

Apparently it happens so often they have a flippy-sign to indicate a road closure.

You have to go fast so it doesn't realize that it's too tight until after the truck is through?


The speed creates downforce that compresses the suspension.  And, if that's not enough, the inertial will push it thru.
 
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