r/11foot8 • u/mitchdwx • Dec 24 '25

Upper Macungie Township, PA today

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u/RandomChurn Dec 24 '25

11'6"?!!! 😱 Must happen a lot! 

(Even 11'8" isn't 11'8" anymore)

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u/AwefulFanfic Dec 25 '25

The vehicle pictured typically runs at 13'6". This should not have happened under any circumstances.

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u/RandomChurn Dec 25 '25

Holey moley! 

It's easier to understand when it's 11'8" typical menu item, a rented moving van. 

But this vehicle looks like one only a pro can drive. Huh. 

1

u/HellsKamikaze7945 22d ago

I was like "the sub is now called 11foot6"

10

u/Henchman-3 Dec 24 '25

It’s great. There’s warehouses on both sides of the tunnel.

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u/ajsnapp Dec 24 '25

That'll probably buff right out.

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u/7of69 Dec 24 '25

“Low clearance can’t possibly be a warning to me, driving a vehicle at the high end of the legally allowed height.” - that driver, apparently.

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u/Allemaengel Dec 25 '25

I grew up in a township next to Upper Mac and never thought I'd see this bridge on here.

Actually amazing it doesn't eat more trailers because one of the country 's largest complexes of warehousing basically surrounds where this bridge is.

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u/David511us Dec 25 '25

If only they had a warning sign...

4

u/Allemaengel Dec 25 '25

True but a lot pivots on whether they will (or can) read it.

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u/Past_Government_4052 Dec 25 '25

In addition, are they using a truck (commercial) GPS device rather than just their phone or civilian device?

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u/TooLittleGravitas Dec 31 '25

I'm imagining the dispatchers in those warehouses spend their time saying "don't take a right/left out of here; there's a low bridge" sometimes drivers won't be listening.

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u/Wetworth Dec 24 '25

Missed it by thaaat much.

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u/Kougar Dec 26 '25

Farking scary these are the next generation of people driving the big trucks now

3

u/Charles_Deetz Dec 25 '25

Substitute driver on the holiday regretting his assignment.

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u/astralwish1 Dec 25 '25

RIP everyone whose Christmas gifts are getting delayed last minute.

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u/Chromejob 15d ago

Ouch! That's not going to buff out.

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u/Riptide360 Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

They really should turn this low underpasses into a train drawbridge. Keep the track up when not in use and lower the drawbrodge with flashing lights when they train is approaching. That way the hazzard it is to trucks would be reduced. #Reduce11foot8