15 U.S. Railroad Bridges Trucks Keep Hitting — And Why Nobody Raises Them

Discover America's strangest roads, bridges, tunnels and railroads — and the real reasons they were built that way. Subscribe to America Is Built Weird! 🛣️🌉🇺🇸    / @americaisbuiltweird   These are 15 U.S. railroad bridges trucks keep hitting, and why nobody raises them. From the famous Eleven Foot Eight bridge on Gregson Street in Durham, North Carolina, to the Onondaga Lake Parkway bridge near Syracuse, Big Penny in Lansing, the clanker bridge on Casho Mill Road in Newark, Delaware, Lenny in Zanesville, The Ripper in Council Bluffs and the truck-eating bridge in Kansas City. Box trucks, semis and buses keep hitting these low railroad bridges, and almost none of them ever get raised. 👇 Which bridge surprised you the most? And is there a low railroad bridge in your town that keeps catching trucks? Tell us in the comments. Thumbnail based on a photo by [AUTHOR], [LICENCE], modified. 🛣️ About America Is Built Weird We explore the strangest roads, bridges, tunnels and railroads in the United States, and the real reasons they were built that way. Every list is researched from state DOT records, historical archives, newspaper reports and official sources. 📚 How we make our videos Scripting: every episode is built on research into highway records, engineering reports and local history, written as a clear countdown. Editing: maps, archive photos, footage and visual overlays are curated and edited to show each place as it really is. Accuracy: facts are checked against official and historical sources before publishing. Spotted something we got wrong? Let us know in the comments. © 2026 America Is Built Weird. All rights reserved. No part of this video may be re-uploaded or repurposed without written permission. #11foot8 #RailroadHistory #LowClearance LET OP (niet plakken): vul [AUTHOR] en [LICENCE] in met de maker en licentie van jouw 11foot8-foto. Is de foto van jezelf of zonder licentieplicht: verwijder die ene regel.