#11foot8+8

[tollsoftheclockwerkbelle]

rare perfect peel from the can opener bridge today, beautiful 10/10

[loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob]

i can't find other post, but the 11foot8 bridge bridge has been raised a couple times and is now 12'4". (11foot8+8)

August 9th, 2024 crash 184

[downthegenderriver]

You know the can opener bridge? I once saw an image of the old barrier from before they raised it next to the new one and the old one was deeply fucked up. I want to see it, can anyone help. Pretty sure it was in a yt video.

[eddisfargo]

From the channel description:

The 11foo8 bridge is a railroad trestle over Gregson St in Durham, North Carolina and it has earned a reputation for for its rigorous enforcement of the laws of physics. No truck taller than 11 feet and 8 inches will pass under this stubborn piece of infrastructure. Period. On this channel we document the various attempts of hapless drivers trying to get past this bridge. Some try to be sneaky, some try to be quick, some try to argue, but the bridge always wins. There is a reason why the locals call it the "canopener!"

So if you're driving a truck, please let these videos be a warning not to argue with low bridges. They have the law (of physics) on their side. Just heed the warnings and drive a different route. Be safe, y'all.

(Then it links to their Patreon)

was reminded of that youtube channel that records footage of that bridge that scalps trucks today. one of the fascinating developments that's happened since i last heard about it is that, in one of their many attempts to stop the trucks from being can-opened, they installed a traffic light that detects when a vehicle that's over the allowed height is coming and turns red so the driver can stop and hopefully notice the signage all around that's screaming "YOUR VEHICLE IS OVERHEIGHT TURN AROUND" and avoid an accident. However as a result sometimes drivers see the light turning yellow and IMMEDIATELY start flooring it to avoid having to stop, ensuring that the roof of their truck just gets fucking annihilated instantly. Really beautiful stuff you should check it out

[transtrucks]

spotted on 11' 8"(+8") yt channel crash #171, "Roof removal at the 11foot8+8 bridge"

The TranSource! the source of all trans.

Good to see they're shipping it out around the country. Too bad they crashed into that bridge.

[ryanphantom]

new 11foot8+8 video dropped

[gilmourtheapatosaur]

I love how in Durham the 11foot8 bridge caused so much havoc over the years that eventually the city was able to raise the rail bridge by 8 inches.

Much to the delight of the people running the 11foot8 YouTube channel, it made no difference.

Truck drivers in Michigan have for years smashed into an undersized bridge called The Big Penny. Normal warning signs have not deterred drivers from wedging dozens of trucks into its hungry maw.

So they put eyes and teeth on the bridge, in part as a further deterrent.

It has not worked…

[radio-partywelle]

Wer eine Zeitlang das Internet nach lustigen Websites durchsucht, wird früher oder später auf die Internetseite 11foot8.com stoßen. Diese Website befasst sich ausschließlich mit einer Brücke in Durham. Durch die geringe Durchfahrthöhe der darunter verlaufenden Straße kommt es seit Jahren zu Unfällen von Lastkraftwagen, Bussen und Wohnmobilen. Die häufig gefilmten Unfallszenen haben die Brücke zu einem Internet-Phänomen und damit international bekannt gemacht. Die Überführung überbrückt die South Gregson Street (NC-1327), eine in der Innenstadt von Durham in Nord-Süd-Richtung verlaufende zweispurige Einbahnstraße. Vor der Brücke befindet sich eine Kreuzung mit Ampelanlage; hier quert die entlang des Bahndamms verlaufende West Peabody Street die Gregson Street. Auf der Überführung wird eine einspurige Eisenbahntrasse geführt; 300 Meter südöstlich der Brücke liegt der Bahnhof Durham Train Station. Die Trasse wird von den Bahngesellschaften Amtrak und Norfolk Southern Railway für den Personen- und Güterzugverkehr genutzt. Eigentümer der Brücke ist die staatliche North Carolina Railroad Company NCRC. Die Stahlträgerbrücke ruht auf zwei Betonpfeilern; der Überbau besteht aus einer von vier U-Stahlträgern getragenen Grundplatte, auf der das Gleis liegt. Die Gesamtlänge der Brücke beträgt rund 28 Meter. Bis Oktober 2019 betrug die freigegebene Durchfahrtshöhe 3,56 Meter oder 11 Fuß, 8 Zoll im angloamerikanischen Maßsystem, seitdem 3,76 Meter (12 Fuß, 4 Zoll). Damit liegt die Höhe noch immer 51 Zentimeter unter der seit 1973 festgelegten US-Standardnorm von 4,27 Metern (14 Fuß). Ein weiteres Anheben der Brücke wäre nur bei erheblichen Gleisanpassungen möglich. Von einer solchen baulichen Maßnahme wären auch weitere Überführungen sowie Bahndämme betroffen. Eine Absenkung der Straße ist wegen eines unter der Straße verlaufenden Abwasserkanals nicht möglich. Für den Unterhalt der Gregson Street ist das Transportation Department der Stadt Durham zuständig. Nach einer Untersuchung aus dem Jahr 2003 passieren täglich etwa 11.000 Fahrzeuge die Unterführung, davon 6 Prozent Transportfahrzeuge. Zu hohe Fahrzeuge müssen an der Kreuzung auf die Peabody Street abbiegen.

[merelygifted]

On May 11, a courier truck came cruising down Gregson St. to beat the light and ended up getting a perfect, clean roof removal from the canopener bridge. This was crash #167 since 2008.

[corvidinthewoods]

nature is healing... the canopener bridge (11foot8.com) is being fed again

[moral-autism]

I appreciated this video about the [in]famous low-clearance bridge, which interviewed someone from the DoT, showed changes made to reduce accidents, et cetera. It's in the documentary style, but not at the documentary length.

(If you consistently don't like videos, this is IMO not worth overriding your aversion to watch, I just quite liked it.)

[shrimp-gender]

I love the confidence that some of the drivers who hit the 11foot8 bridge have. did these truck drivers see a red light and a low bridge, with a sign, and think not only "I can get under that bridge" (spoiler alert: they can not) but also "I could drive through this red light at a high speed to get under that bridge"? Yes yes they did

[bookgeekgrrl]

from 26 Apr 2022

here’s a compilation of different people driving box trucks into a low bridge over and over

[thegeminisage]

my latest new reason for living is the youtube channel 11foot8(+8), featuring videos of an 11ft 8in bridge (eventually raised 8 more inches) in north carolina that repeatedly eats the trucks of drivers dumb enough to ignore the warning signs (167 crashes since 2008, to date), while whoever runs the channel gleefully narrates the carnage. the comments are always like stupid funny:

it’s such harmless fun bc like there are warning signs. nobody ever gets hurt. their trucks just get shaved. and the more videos you watch the more absurd it gets that nobody EVER turns dlgjhdklfjgh

[doubleca5t]

Minerva "Perfect Peel at the 11foot8+8 bridge" Kelley

oh hell yeah this is a good one

[rawrrawr0221]

Obsessed (x)

[Image ID: a series of screenshots of YouTube thumbnails and titles. The first is titled “A new year and another 11foot8 box truck can opener“ with the thumbnail featuring a truck attempting to pass under a bridge. The second is titled “Two men and a truck that almost fit under the 11foot8 bridge” with the thumbnail featuring a truck, labelled with “two men and a truck” on its side, also attempting to pass under a bridge. The third is titled “Hope lost and bumped into the 11foot8 bridge” with the thumbnail featuring a truck with “hope” labelled on the side attempting to pass under a bridge. The fourth is titled “Right turn was the wrong move at the 11foot8 bridge” with the thumbnail featuring yet another truck attempting to pass under a bridge. The fifth is titled “Box truck carnage on Friday the 13th at the 11foot8 bridge” with the thumbnail once again featuring a truck attempting to pass under a bridge.

The final image is of a series of 3 videos. In order, “Raising the 11foot8 bridge by 8 inches” with a construction site in the thumbnail, “the new, shiny 11foot8 +8 can opener is open f...” before is gets cut off, featuring a sign of the bridge’s new, 12’4” height, and “The new can opener nibbles on a box truck”, with a truck attempting to pass under a bridge as the thumbnail. End ID.]