N.Y. Bridge Heights and laws regarding going under some of them.

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  1. Cherokee65

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    I wasn't in NYC- I was in Upstate New York
     
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    Everybody has the pet theories but the truth is nobody knows. When's the last time New York City saw much snow at all? Let alone packed snow on the road. Last big storm I saw was 2017 and they use plows.
     
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    Where is there ever a foot of snowpack on the road? If there's a foot of packed down snow on the streets of NYC, then that would be one of the worst snowstorms in history and nothing is going to be moving until the bulldozers and snowplows come out.
     
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    NY and CA...
    Alien nations that should be avoided if at all possible.
     
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    BQE… and 13’6” fits the whole way
     
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    NY. As in New York State.
     
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    This is a STATEWIDE rule. Works the same in NYC, Buffalo, and Watertown.

    Have you ever driven through Oswego or the Southtowns of Buffalo in the winter? Places where we sometimes get 4 FOOT snowfalls? Wayne County after a week of lake effect snowfalls? The areas in the Tug Hill Plateau?
     
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    Did you know you can run the bqe all the way to the gowanus @ 14’ just fine?
    Did you also know that you can NOT run it @ 14’.5” tall?
    Now you do.
     
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    New York City is the only place where it's made obvious. Warehouses stuck behind 12 ft 6 bridges all over the place. Long Island practically bisected by a 12'6 rail bridge.
     
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    Yes