As funny as this joke sounds, we have a truck eating bridge in our town. It averages a couple dozen a year. Just yesterday it ate TWO! It hasn't made the paper yet or I'd post a link.
The problem is that the rate of incline exiting the area below the bridge is steep enough to elevate the trailer if it is more than XX feet long. They always blame the trucker and fine them, but I call BS... those truckers know EXACTLY how tall their trucks are. The bridge needs to be signed with a sign that says no trucks over 12' rather than bridge height 13' 6"...
They are finally getting a federal grant to resolve the issue... the problem is that it is a train overpass and there are water, gas and powerlines below the road surface, so they have to relocate all of the utilities in order to lower the road surface to make adequate clearance.
Leave it to a town that has the past accomplishments of being one of the only towns in the US that Main Street is a dead end on both ends and the town sued itself over a giant hot dog on the roof of a restaurant.
On the plus side, we are the home to the state flower and a multi-season national champion college football team.
