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Another boxtruck scrapes its roof on the railroad bridge

Another boxtruck hits the Gregson St train trestle.
This one gets its roof scraped.
Gregson Street is a one-way road running south through downtown Durham.

The bridge , owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, has a series of bright yellow warning signs and employs an electronic sensor that sets off flashing lights to warn tall trucks.
At 11 feet, 8 inches, the bridge is low, yes. But it is also clearly marked as such.

The truck-shredding bridge, at Gregson and Peabody streets, is notorious among police, truck drivers and tow-truck operators. Too-tall trucks barreling under it come out with convertible tops.

The bridge has a Raleigh counterpart -- the Peace Street railroad overpass -- where truckers also miss the message.

Of the 46 accidents at the Durham intersection since 2000, 30 were caused by trucks banging into the bridge, according to statistics compiled by the state Department of Transportation. Damages totaled more than $115,000.

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Added: Oct-27-2008 
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Tags: railroad bridge, boxtruck, roof, cctv, caught, tape, cam, traffic, security, surveillance, accident, mishap, dumb, oops
Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States (load item map)
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