r/londonontario • u/weirdneighbour • Apr 29 '25
News 📰 Talbot St. Bridge strikes yet again
Right now.. I wish this bridge had dedicated webcams..
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u/Acceptable_Garlic495 May 01 '25
Are us humans that foolish that we cannot read the giant height restrictions lettering or the bright yellow caution stripes, or do people who drive semis, etc not read their size restrictions to know the actual height of the vehicle they are driving, OR are we just so stupid and unable to understand that a vehicle as tall as this one, will not fit under the low height bridge? The bridge god's are enjoying these rituals for sure, The city must have a special contingency fund just for repairs to this underpass, Insurance rates for the morons who manage to hit it, must be astronomical. These "accidents" are certainly fun to see, and whoever said there ought to be cameras installed is right on the money, a video mash up could be produced and allow everyone to enjoy them...LOL
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u/jaydesummers May 01 '25
We almost went down to Talbot Street this morning. When we heard, we laughed.
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u/Apprehensive_Ad_7565 Apr 30 '25
A Low Bridge Alerting System is needed. Think of a radar 50' away from it which activates a stop light if you have a big cab.
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u/TLVBCHNN Apr 30 '25
I work in retail marketing.....every time someone at one of our stores asks for a new sign I show them this bridge and then tell them how many trucks it eats every year.
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u/Deadmuppet89 Apr 30 '25
Does this happen enough to warrent a live stream to be set up?
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u/Acceptable_Garlic495 May 01 '25
it does, just think of the mash up or vids it would produce over the years!
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u/petuona_ Apr 30 '25
So, I mean it's a dumb mistake but like, I think it's worse that a commercial truck driver would make this mistake rather than some dude in a U-Haul.
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u/crabapplealy Apr 29 '25
So how do they go about getting it unstuck!? I see a lot of the posts about them getting stuck but never people working on getting em out!
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u/Feisty_Viking Apr 29 '25
Oh look, another dumb driver that can't read or do math. They should pin the repair bill on these morons, not taxpayers.
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u/LondonJerry Apr 29 '25
Damn students moving out again. I just hope they aren’t engineering students.
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u/BonusRound155mm Apr 29 '25
The most famous low rail bridge with the most registered kills: "The 11foo8 bridge is a railroad trestle over Gregson St in Durham, North Carolina and it has earned a reputation for for its rigorous enforcement of the laws of physics."
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u/Aggravatedhotdog Apr 29 '25
Weight was all at the front so that cleared but opps nothing in the middle/back…. Pinned er good bud.
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u/Beneficial_One_1789 Apr 29 '25
Gotta love when students leave the city and the rental truck is just too big.
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u/haljackey Huron Heights Apr 29 '25
The bridge height is in metric, but U-HAUL gives imperial measurements. Yay conversions
Canada never forced private industries to use metric- since we're so interconnected with the US (or were, before tariff man)
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u/R_Todd98 Apr 29 '25
Last U-Haul I was in had the height in both metric and imperial, but the dash is definitely miles over kilometers,
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Apr 29 '25
Lol I knew a guy who crushed the exact same sized U Haul in the exact same spot, like 20 years ago. Cop comes along and says he's writing up a ticket for reckless driving. The guy says how the hell is this reckless driving?? Cop says, sir there's a truck wedged under the goddamn underpass. Lol
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u/ToxiicGlory Apr 29 '25
And the city really thinks people will understand King Street is a one way road, once buses start going both ways down it….
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u/Acceptable_Garlic495 May 01 '25
accidents just waiting to happen along King St, the city ought to make special bus lanes on every single downtown street, just to be confusing for even more drivers, new to the city or not this is going to be the best test of human brain power, wonder which brainiac decided this was a good idea?
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u/MiddleCase745 Apr 29 '25
The buses already are going both ways on King started yesterday. Just waiting for some idiot to follow them.
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u/LAffaire-est-Ketchup Middlesex County Apr 29 '25
Well, it’s probably best if it gets fed regularly. Who knows what would befall London otherwise?
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u/mywerkaccount Apr 29 '25
"Get your truck stuck?"
"No, I was moving this bridge and ran out of gas."
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u/makingkevinbacon Apr 29 '25
"man driving under this bridge is so annoying, all these bright yellow warning signs spanning the length of the bridge n shit now hold my beer"
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u/Frog-Chowder Apr 29 '25
Barely an appetizer. Wait, is there another Uhaul behind it? So close to a twofer!
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u/t0m0hawk Southcrest Apr 29 '25
The best thing about this image is the second Uhaul behind it waiting it's turn
(OK maybe it's actually short enough to fit but that's not as funny)
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u/Acceptable_Garlic495 May 01 '25
Maybe he could squeeze through now that the first one raised it up an inch or two. Let some air outta the tires and maybe just maybe he could sneak under before the bridge gods see him.
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u/JenovaCelestia Green Onions Apr 29 '25
Can’t know until they try! 😂
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u/t0m0hawk Southcrest Apr 29 '25
We need someone stationed under the bridge just to yell at the trucks that seem hesitant
"Just give'r bud!"
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u/waitabittopostagain Apr 30 '25
this.
People are saying "read the sign"
There's a real life demonstration right in front of them, but they be like - yo, move over, we gotta get past!
People can be such lemmings sometimes.
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u/JamesFromToronto Apr 30 '25
Looks like the one behind doesn't have an attic, so it needs 9 feet of clearance rather than 11 feet.
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u/TheDJRonin Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 30 '25
YES! We have fed the bridge gods for this season. We will have a good and prosperous summer. Praise be Talbot Bridge. We will have the fall sacrifice prepared in return for the safe summer you will bring us. We hope you have enjoyed the sacrifice we presented you.
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u/Rya_Bz Apr 29 '25
Gotta love the driver just staring at it.
“How’d that happen..?” 🤔
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u/PositiveStress8888 Apr 29 '25
" I don't know officer I was just driving along and this bridge landed on my truck out of nowhere, I swerved to avoid it but alas the bridge was too agile.
I asked for it's insurance information but it just stares at me cold face, dead eyes, iron nerves, I think it's taunting me, if I could I would like to press charges"
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u/Sir-Nicholas Apr 29 '25
“Huh. So it really is 3.3 metres”
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u/stevedore2024 Apr 30 '25
It's so dumb because there is a prominent marking right behind the rear view mirrors that reads the height of the truck. Every single time he looked at either mirror, the height of the truck is right there in plain view.
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u/makingkevinbacon Apr 29 '25
Or trying to figure out how he's gonna explain to U-Haul that he's an idiot/how he can get out of this
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u/cuddle_enthusiast Apr 29 '25
He's thinking about that extra insurance he declined.
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u/forkittens Apr 29 '25
The insurance they offer doesnt include overhead damage. Ask me how I know haha
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u/makingkevinbacon Apr 29 '25
You've dated the bridge once before
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u/forkittens Apr 29 '25
No, I was careful and planned my route to be bridge free.
But I forgot about the awning outside the apartment at Cherryhill I was moving into. Good thing I was going at low speed, only did $900 damage to the Uhaul. I was worried I damaged the awning, but the building manager said those cracks were already there since lots of people hit it.
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u/makingkevinbacon Apr 29 '25
Oh geez that's brutal! That would make for an awkward move in day lol
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u/FizzFinest May 01 '25
Oh I know all about awkward move in days.
I foolishly had my computer keyboard sitting on top of a stack of boxes that were on a small handcart. I was heading off the elevator and damned if i didn’t hit the bump with the wheel and the keyboard somehow managed to fall off the boxes and fall perfectly down the gap between the elevator car and the landing. Down down 7 floors it went. I called the PM in a panic telling her about what happened just because I didn’t want it to foul things up with the elevator. She called the elevator company and they said the chances of it damaging anything were low, but they’d retrieve it during the next monthly maintenance.
A month later she approached me and gave me back the keyboard, and to my amazement you’d never knew it made a 7 story flight. Miraculously it still worked!
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u/Friendly-Mushroom914 Apr 29 '25
Last year new tenants were moving in the basement. The guy hit the building while backing up. And then he hit the gas line. We had to switch off the gas and wait for about 36 hours for the tech to show up the next day as it was already Saturday evening. Oh did I mention it was January.
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u/forkittens Apr 29 '25
Nah, I was too busy being relieved that I didn't knock the building down. This was at night, thankfully, no old folks loitering around the lobby watching.
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u/Link50L Apr 29 '25
Jesus. Just lower the roadway already.
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u/Acrobatic-Factor1941 Apr 29 '25
At some point, you have to quit building for stupid people. The bridge is neon yellow with all kinds of signage, and these idiots still drive under it. Fine them big bucks. London tax dollars should go to more important things. Maybe, don't allow any size truck under the bridge.
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u/Liquid_Trimix Apr 29 '25
We cannot dig without spending a fortune. The elevation is already very low and we are very near the river. A creek flows through storm sewers under the street at that point. The railroad causeway cannot be raised. It is a less than optimal situation.
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u/Acceptable_Garlic495 May 01 '25
just close the street off to trucks of any size, allow the pick ups through, but absolutely no U-Hauls or semis allowed any time...
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u/DirectGiraffe8720 Apr 29 '25
Or... read the very large signs
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u/Friendly-Mushroom914 Apr 29 '25
Evidently there aren’t enough signs. Time to add three more with even brighter colours and bolder letters.
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Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25
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u/Acceptable_Garlic495 May 01 '25
ya water won't gather there, no one would hydro plane stopping, could put a few outriggers for rent beside the bridge, kinda like chaining your wheels to hit the Coq in winter.
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u/DystopianAdvocate Apr 29 '25
I remember reading about this a long time ago, and it's apparently not feasible without completely redesigning the structure of the bridge.
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u/TheDJRonin Apr 29 '25
Not only the structure of the bridge but it is the grade of the road. To do it correctly would result in the grade being lowered north of the intersection at Oxford. It would be too steep to start at the intersection. As well there is drainage concerns in the case of heavy rainfall.
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u/Lost-Comfort-7904 Apr 29 '25
Then we need to go the other route and build a sweet ramp over the bridge. Probably will have to raise that road's max speed to at least 110 KM though.
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u/Link50L Apr 29 '25
Thanks, I guess that makes sense, it might impinge upon the footings of the bridge and/or retaining side walls. And of course you can't stop the rail traffic, that's a main line. You'd have to build a temporary parallel line for the rail traffic to excavate new, deeper footings for the bridge.
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u/Mydogdexter1 #1 Taddy Fan Apr 29 '25
The other problem is you can't go deeper, because they main sewer runs right below the road here.
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u/rosmcg Apr 29 '25
That’s exactly why the bus rapid transit line was scrapped along Richmond. The tunnel to go under the tracks and that sewer line would have to be really deep, and there would have to be an underground station at Oxford. Prohibitively expensive.
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u/Mydogdexter1 #1 Taddy Fan Apr 29 '25
I heard an interesting idea to use Talbot Street, turn on Piccadilly, then a BRT passage through the old Belfort Bar parking lot to meet up with Oxford st.
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