Bridge Strike in Melbourne

eightf48544

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Bridge Strike in Melbourne

« on: February 22, 2016, 20:58:57 »

Just caught on morning NZ news a 2.5 m high single decker hit a "notorious" 2 m high rail overbridge. Fortunately appears to be only minor injuries.

Interesting no mention of disruption to train services.


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LiskeardRich

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Re: Bridge Strike in Melbourne

« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2016, 22:41:22 »

That is a very low bridge. I have a roof box on my car at the moment, standard car plus roofbox I measured it at 2m02.


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Re: Bridge Strike in Melbourne

« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2016, 23:35:08 »

A lot of larger 4x4's (and most vans) would struggle to get under that, so quite what possessed a bus driver to try it I do not know!


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eightf48544

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Re: Bridge Strike in Melbourne

« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2016, 00:07:06 »

Done some more research seems bridge was 3 m high and bus 3.8 m but still a big difference.

Thought 2 m sounded very low.

Report www.heraldsun.com.au/...crash/.../503ef535e27b638b71c1d674554739dd

But still no mention i can see of rail disruption.


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Re: Bridge Strike in Melbourne

« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2016, 00:16:37 »

It does have that big collision protection beam, obviously not bent at all, so the customary checks of the bridge's condition could probably have been done in the same phone call that reported the accident.

PS: In any case that particular span only carries some sidings inside a depot.


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