Truck info for NYC.

i just finished CDl training in NY. All Unmarked bridges are considered 14ft or higher and all bridges are set a foot higher then the posted. This takes into consideration the snow and other factors. Also All Over passes on Thruways in New York are also 14 ft or higher and bridges area 80,000 lbs or more.

 

Most Parkways here in NYC post a sign for Commercial vehicles to exit at the first exit sign on the Pkwy!!!

If you entered on a Pkwy and stop just past the entrance I say back up or get off ASAP...Cops are busy most of the time so you have a good chance of getting out of there without a ticket...

DONT just sit there, the knuckleheads in the 4 wheelers love to call 911 and report a mis-placed Tractor Tralier

When the police get that call, they usually dont take their time and you can bet your ### that he'll give you a six pack maybe a 12 pack after the inspection he hits you with!!! not talking Budweisers

 

Wow! this all brings me back aways... I lived in brooklyn until '99. Would be sorta jazzed to visit again driving truck. (someday)

 

Question: Do the truck driving GPS systems know this? Ex. If I had to make a delivery at JFK or LGA airports, would they know which routes to route on so a ticket couldn't be issued?

Hunter

 

Kinghunter: JFK and LGA airports are massive.... your gps won't necessarily show you the correct route....

 

i used to have to go to nyc at least once a week and i wont ever go back there agin i will quit driving before i do lol

 

Long time NY'er here, I used to read about the Hutch and it's insatiable appitite for truck roofs at LEAST once a month. Also there were some low clearance train bridges between New Rochelle and Rye too. Although to be honest, pinheaded local governments are doing their damnedest to get rid of every job in lower westchester that does not involve pouring coffee for someone.

Frankly The Hutch is an absolute NO-GO for trucks. If you're coming South on 684 and do not get off at 287 you will very likely get a ticket becuae the cops love to sit there and write speeding tickets for 4 wheelers all day. You MUST get off at Harrison Ave. because YOU WILL NOT CLEAR ANYTHING ELSE, NOT EVEN HARRISON AVE. Even if you squeek by, and don't get pulled over, or reported, you really really really, must get off at Mamaroneck AVE. but your truck will probably not make the button hook ramp on the south side exit.

Okay you're REALLY tempting fate, you've now passed Mamaroneck AVE. Harrison Ave. 287 and the sleeping ticket writer. LAST CHANCE and you will hate it. Mamaroneck ROAD. (or Old Mamaroneck Road) you get off here, you will stand out like a Nun in Vegas, because this is a tight residential street and you will probably hit every tree limb in the canopy because they don't get tall trucks up there much (except for the occasional moving van).

But if you don't get off,,, DUCK. Because that sub-10 foot clearance bridge you're about to hit is gonna leave a mark. And not just on your DAC.

 

I am always amused by drivers who " tore that page out". New York is easier to get around in than Chicago anyday. Like any major city, using a map and making a phone call or two will save a driver alot of grief.

 

If you call make sure the person on the other end knows what they are talking about. Twice I've been given directions by someone at the shipper and they've given me a route that would take the roof off.

Should you hear "That's the way I come to work." DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON.

 

Definitely make sure on this! Very good point!