How much does it cost to raise a railway bridge?

[Simpo Two]

Lily the Pink said:

That photo has been around a very long time.

Not before 24 October 2018 we trust...

[saaby93]

Overdone the skip stacking
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60925637

[dhutch]

Sigh

[spitfire-ian]

Not a bad effort this morning



https://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/ne...

[The Mad Monk]

saaby93 said:

One driver reported
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshi...



Do they have enough warning signs and cctv.

He should also be reported for taking landscape photos in portrait mode. Hanging's too good for 'em.

[valiant]

spitfire-ian said:

Not a bad effort this morning



https://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/ne...

I nearly stoved a Luton van into that very bridge years back. Was a hire van and I’d been driving for hours and forgot I was driving a van. Cue a scream from my workmate as I merrily approached it at speed and a sheepish reverse afterwards.

[saaby93]

Sheffield (not railway - pedestrian bridge)

Four hurt as bridge crushes double-decker's roof

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...



Caption?

Edited by saaby93 on Thursday 26th May 20:51

[eldar]

saaby93 said:

Sheffield

Four hurt as bridge crushes double-decker's roof

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...

It takes a special kind of stupidity to achieve that. Do the drivers get any training?

[Rick101]

I cover this area. Not a railway bridge but none the less, total idiocy.

I simply cannot understand how this occur with such regularity. Yes, people make mistakes but the number of bridge strikes, on railway property alone is unfathomable.

Edited by Rick101 on Thursday 14th July 16:32

[saaby93]

The most popular bridge - another customer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

[saaby93]

Again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...
No adverts on the cab?

[P5BNij]

I’ll be driving over that bridge in a few hours - out of habit I always look left and right to see if there are any artics or double decker buses about to drive under it.

[mcdjl]

P5BNij said:

I’ll be driving over that bridge in a few hours - out of habit I always look left and right to see if there are any artics or double decker buses about to drive under it.

Is there anything you can do if you see one?

[DanMalkin]

The bridge however is protected by collision protection beams on either approach.. so the lorries don’t actually strike the bridge and potentially damage/ move it off it’s bearings.
Unusual design though, most of the ones I’ve installed following the NR standard design detail are circular hollow sections filled with concrete.

[saaby93]

Uckfield
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/20274193.southern-...

[Chrisgr31]

saaby93 said:

Uckfield
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/20274193.southern-...

I wonder what hit the bridge hard enough to do that. Apparently there was no damage to the bridge which needed fixing, just the tracks on top, so the line reopened this morning

[dudleybloke]

Argos driver breaks nose when van hits railway bridge.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...

[Viperzs]

This would make for interesting reading for some of you www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/most-bashed-bridge-i...

[eldar]

The A5 at Hinckley closed yet again yesterday thanks to another truck/bridge interface malfunction.

[MrBig]

At least they had the decency to do it on a bank holiday weekend and not during weekday rush hour