Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Morning Traffic

Early morning traffic makes its way under this infamous bridge above Broadway in South Portland. Running across from Calvary Cemetery, this bridge has 'caught' more 18 wheelers in its grasp then any other bridge around. I guess drivers of the big rigs just think it won't be them this time. It's got to be a scary and jolting experience as your day comes to a grinding, sudden halt here. I can't imagine what that feeling is like, not to mention the embarrassment. Yesterday, under it in my SUV. Today, I'll be coasting over it on Amtrak.
Hopefully, no tractor-trailer ruins my morning.
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13 comments:

  1. RevrunnerAugust 20, 2014 at 7:49 AM

    Surely there's a sign somewhere indicating the bridge's height.

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  2. Tanya BreeseAugust 20, 2014 at 8:58 AM

    we saw one stuck under a bridge once...scary!

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  3. KateAugust 20, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Amtrak? Sounds like a trip to me?!

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  4. TexWisGirlAugust 20, 2014 at 9:56 AM

    hope you have a good rail trip!

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  5. SharonAugust 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM

    There were lots of these low bridges in Illinois where I grew up. Even motorhomes would have some trouble with some of them.

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  6. Coloring Outside the LinesAugust 20, 2014 at 10:56 AM

    Yikes that can't be fun! Going on a trip? Have a great train ride!

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  7. Sketchbook WanderingAugust 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM

    I love how you see stuff that I don't. Good trip on Amtrak!

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  8. DinaAugust 20, 2014 at 11:44 AM

    America -- always on the move. Nice capture.
    Have a good trip.

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  9. RedPatAugust 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM

    That used to happen a lot at an underpass near me. They would have to let air out of the tires and back the truck out. The road was lowered 1 foot about a year ago and problem solved!

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  10. William KendallAugust 20, 2014 at 8:41 PM

    I've seen the odd bridges here and there that look too low, built in a time when the trucks weren't that big.

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  11. Yogi♪♪♪August 20, 2014 at 10:38 PM

    Hah, dealing with truckers. Years ago at a job site near Houston we had been waiting on a big load with a preassembled processing equipment. The truck showed up three days late and it was obvious that he had a hit a bridge or something because the top of the load was horribly mangled. I still remember when we pointed it out to him. "Dang, I wonder how that happend!" He said. I still think that there was a half destroyed bridge somewhere in Texas.

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  12. Anna SchaferAugust 21, 2014 at 2:02 AM

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  13. PerthDailyPhotoAugust 21, 2014 at 9:38 AM

    Are the bridges not marked with a height restriction sign Birdman, mind you I guess it's up to the truckies to know that info!

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