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Why should us city folks be the only ones to enjoy a good storrowing?
By adamg on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 9:37am
Wellesley Police report that Bacon Street is closed between Rte. 135 and Oak Street in Natick this morning thanks to the driver of a big rig who discovered too late his rig was too big for the Worcester Line train bridge. Crews and engineers are now on scene trying to remove the carcass and ensure the bridge is still structurally sound.
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Wow
I don’t like going under that bridge in my compact car.
Have to say I don’t see any obvious height warnings in street view but wtf was the driver doing.
0/10 for signage
Absolutely no signage, either at the bridge or at the previous decision points.
There's no excuse for this. If a bridge is less than 14 feet, it needs clearance signage by law.
Down the Cape, too!
https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20200706/trash-truck-damages-bikeway-b...
Biased reporting
"his rig was too big for the Worcester Line train bridge"
That's a very one-sided way of phrasing it. Why not say "the Worcester Line train bridge was too small for his rig" ?
Nobody knows how small the
Nobody knows how small the bridge is, because there are NO SIGNS about the low clearance! That's right, zero!
Trucks that are close to the height of the bridge have to eyeball it, I guess.
And if a driver of a truck that won't fit notices the bridge in time (not so easy since it's around a blind curve: https://goo.gl/maps/XmTPwiMmADBJWfHn6 ), they still have to back up all the way to the previous intersection.
There's no way of knowing how
There's no way of knowing how small the bridge is or isn't, because there's NO SIGN showing the clearance, as required by law!