"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
11/14/2018 at 13:10 • Filed to: None
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
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In honor of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I thought I’d post what I believe to be the lowest bridge in my area, and ask Oppos what perilous overhangs exist near them.
Can anyone beat 8'5"? (Fortunately, this is a winding road through a mostly residential area, but I’m sure the occasional moving truck gets nailed.)
For any Indy-area folk who are unfamiliar with Pleasant Run Par kway, here’s where the bridge lurks . I highly recommend the road as a nice way to cross town when you have nowhere to be in a hurry. Unfortunately it’s discontinuous, and definitely not something for the race car drivers in the audience, but for slow vehicles like my Jeep it’s perfect, especially when it’s about 50º warmer.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:13 |
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But is that 8'5" at the center or the edge of the road?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:17 |
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Nope, can’t beat that. I don’t drive in the weird areas of Asheville enough to remember what the local what-were-they-thinking hazards are, but I used to go by here pretty regularly when in college (Decatur, GA):
A nasty one, but not obscene. Although
this is right before Scott Ave splits off from Ponce de Leon, so lots of people (including trucks) are trying to bear right to get into the main part of Decatur
... yeah.
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Just Jeepin'
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
11/14/2018 at 13:17 |
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Excellent question. It occurred to me that if it’s 8'5" at the center, there are probably no shortage of people who can’t walk under it along the edge.
Anyway, I don’t know what the standard is for that signage, and I haven’t stopped to measure.
vicali
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:19 |
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My lift is limited by my work parking;
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Just Jeepin'
> vicali
11/14/2018 at 13:22 |
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Fortunately I have a quick release on my CB antenna; at 7', I have to stop at the entrance to most parking garages to hop out and remove it.
lone_liberal
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:23 |
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I can’t beat it but there’s an 11'6" underpass right by my office that’s had multiple trucks get stuck in it. It has the automatic flashing lights and everything, but people still manage to wedge themselves under it.
Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:23 |
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I used to be able to.
Before it was rebuilt, the clearance was 7'8". In current form, it’s still a 1 lane, with this kinda clearance:
Chariotoflove
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:26 |
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Interesting. I don’t think I’ve ever had occasion to drive that. I may have to check it out when I’m in town.
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vicali
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:28 |
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This is the old truck, CB up front told
me if the roof will clear or not..
New truck only has the Larsen - it hits everything;
adamftw
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:32 |
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Eagle Ave overpass on the Southern State... Long Island, NY.
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Just Jeepin'
> Chariotoflove
11/14/2018 at 13:34 |
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I’ve just uploaded a GPX file I created a couple of years ago to traverse the entire route, both north and south drives IIRC.
(Update: upon importing that to another app it seems a bit haphazard in spots; not sure which of the two apps is responsible for routing you across some yards. Anyway, YMMV.)
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Just Jeepin'
> adamftw
11/14/2018 at 13:36 |
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Wow. Do you know at what point it’s 7'7"?
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Chariotoflove
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:44 |
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Thanks. I’m not really sure what to do with all that.
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Just Jeepin'
> Chariotoflove
11/14/2018 at 13:45 |
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I’ll try creating a visual map instead.
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adamftw
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 13:57 |
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Not sure? Been a while since I drove down that way.
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Just Jeepin'
> adamftw
11/14/2018 at 14:13 |
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Just Jeepin'
> Chariotoflove
11/14/2018 at 14:14 |
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adamftw
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 14:17 |
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Yup, that happens.
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Chariotoflove
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 14:22 |
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Cool. I map quested it too. Funny that in all my years of living there, I never had occasion to go that route, e specially since I’ve been up and down the bigger streets around it.
punkgoose17
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 14:23 |
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I think the standard way to measure is the lowest point that goes over the driving lane, but that does not mean the sign was measured for correctly.
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Just Jeepin'
> Chariotoflove
11/14/2018 at 14:49 |
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I admittedly have a bit of a fetish for winding roads, so your mileage may vary.
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Chariotoflove
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 15:04 |
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I think if I had something smaller than a minivan or full sized sedan, I might enjoy it more. Maybe I’ll get my sister to make a run with me in her RS.
facw
> Just Jeepin'
11/14/2018 at 17:50 |
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A lot of these bridges were built low intentionally to keep buses of poor people from being able to make it from NYC out to the beaches.
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Just Jeepin'
> facw
11/14/2018 at 17:56 |
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I don’t know what’s worse: the fact itself or that I find it completely believable.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Just Jeepin'
11/15/2018 at 05:39 |
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http://howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com
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Just Jeepin'
> pip bip - choose Corrour
11/15/2018 at 08:18 |
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Glass truck? Ouch.
And that tour bus ! What in the world was the driver thinking?
Toobs-n-stuff
> adamftw
11/15/2018 at 11:56 |
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a lot of the NY metro area parkways have low clearance overpasses. generally serves as a “no commercial vehicles” enforcement mechanism (as they are not supposed to use them by law, but often do)
budgetrockshowcase
> facw
11/15/2018 at 12:00 |
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It was always said that it was Robert Moses’ intention to design bridges that way but I believe that no source has ever been found to back that claim up.
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adamftw
> Toobs-n-stuff
11/15/2018 at 13:03 |
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Its bc Bobby Moses was a huuuuuge racist.
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Toobs-n-stuff
> adamftw
11/15/2018 at 14:17 |
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not saying he wasn’t, and they were deliberately built low to ensure only cars could use the roads.
but today they mostly act as commercial vehicle preventers as the racial disparities in car ownership in NY have greatly decreased and the LIE exists.
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adamftw
> Toobs-n-stuff
11/15/2018 at 19:58 |
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We have too much NIMBY and government BS to change any of em anyway.