Gps Coordinates / 37.9775388,-90.0423683
11 Foot 8 Bridge Missouri
98-2 S Gabouri St, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670, USA
Link Location Direction Gps -90.0428358
Gps Coordinates / 37.9780602,-90.0428358
The Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, commonly known as the 11-foot-8 Bridge or 11-foot-8+8 Bridge and nicknamed The Can Opener or The Gregson Street Guillotine is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States, which was designed in the 1920s and built in 1940. The 81-year-old bridge allows passenger and freight trains to cross over South Gregson Street in downtown Durham. The bridge was built with a clearance for vehicles of 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m). This was a standard height at the time it opened. The standard clearance, since 1973, has a minimum height of 14 feet (4.27 m)
Link Location Direction Gps -90.0428914
Gps Coordinates / 37.9778873,-90.0428914
This famous bridge was heightened but not before claiming a few more victims, however the heavy traffic of heavy trains didn't raise it by far meere inches so it's still claiming victims as the curse of the bridge continues.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -90.0428046 / Gps Link -90.042808 / Gps Link -90.0427975
Gps Coordinates / 37.9776722,-90.0428046 / 37.9775645,-90.042808 / 37.9774712,-90.0427975
Despite numerous warning signs about the low clearance, a large number of trucks, buses, and RVs have collided with the overpass at high speed, tearing off roof fixtures, and at times shearing off the trucks' roofs, earning the bridge the nicknames the "Can Opener" and the "Gregson Street Guillotine". In October 2019, the North Carolina Railroad Company, which owns the bridge and tracks, raised the bridge by 8 inches (20 cm) to 12 feet 4 inches (3.76 m) to reduce collisions (although that is still well below standard height).
Link Location Direction Gps -90.0425709
Gps Coordinates / 37.9776474,-90.0425709
As you approach or descend further away from the bridge sometimes it's very clear when a victim has been made under the scene of beautiful oak trees as you capture the damage for insurance purposes as the bridge will also claim your cargo as it's tax so you may be there for sometime capturing all manners of insurance.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -90.0427899 / Gps Link -90.0427823 / Gps Link -90.0427766
Gps Coordinates / 37.9773805,-90.0427899 / 37.9772916,-90.0427823 / 37.9772055,-90.0427766
This bridge even has its own youtube channel and website found at 11foot8.com with tens of millions of viewers, the comments on the youtube 11foot8 videos are hysterically funny. They can't remove the trainline in favour of the trucks nor can they raise the bridge any further so the damage is here to stay
Bridge meets truck at 60+mph
local town spends a fortune raising bridge in late 2019 by eight inches, but it aint gonna stop the massacres. Its still claiming victims
Aerial View of the Direction Locations of The Famous Bridge
