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Dolbear) wrote:

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One local to me in Kingston upon Thames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956

The thing about this is the bridge is 3.6m in height and the
direction it was travelling in has three signs stating that, one on
each side of the road before the bridge and one on the bridge
itself.

Notices only reduce the bridge-bash-rate, so if a bridge gets more
than one bash a year they put up a gantry to be bashed so they don't
have to stop rail traffic until the bridge can be inspected.

Example, also local, the rail bridge over Hersham Road,
Walton-on-Thames

I think it takes a lot more than one bash a year to get a sacrificial beam
put up.

Drivers who are too stupid to read should not be allowed to drive large
vehicles.

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Colin Rosenstiel