Oversize Load Wedged Beneath A Bridge-I-93-Medford,MA

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  1. RocketScott

    RocketScott Medium Load Member

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    Looking on Google street view you can see a sign before the first bridge, 14'5"

    Google Maps

    Whoops, that's going northbound. He was going southbound. That sign says 14'1"

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  3. IH Truck Guy

    IH Truck Guy Road Train Member

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    George Massey tunnel going into Richmond B.C.
    I was permitted by B.C this way at 4.3m high.
    Fun times. They had to escort me into the maintenance area,and up and over the tunnel and back southbound.
     
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  4. Bud A.

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    It's guesswork if I'm in Canada and all the heights are given using the French system. That's another reason I'm glad I'm regional now -- no Canada, no kilometers per hour, no bridge heights in meters. Nothing against you Canadians personally, just your signage.
     
  5. IH Truck Guy

    IH Truck Guy Road Train Member

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    I just put everything on and call it good...lol
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  6. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    Needs more flair.
     
  7. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    Yes,
    It’s called a tape measure .
    They can be very useful for determining exact distances .
     
  8. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    In another thread I got made fun of because I mentioned that I know a driver that gets out his road atlas and traces the permitted route with his finger and makes notes.
    Tracing it on Google maps satellite is a good idea too, but for long distances the atlas map is easier to get the big picture.
    All the scrolling on an iPad is annoying.
     
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  9. RDBG

    RDBG Medium Load Member

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    That doesn't exactly work in Canada. They have pages for the provinces but the routes aren't marked.
     
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  10. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    There's no difference; US permit routes are not marked in the atlas.
     
  11. Flat Earth Trucker

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    That audio from the video sounds like a dial up connection from the early 90s that went to hell and back.
     
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