To be effective they must: Provide clear explicit warning that overheight trucks will sustain damage if they exceed the limits of the impact beams. Have the above warning sign placed a sufficient distance from the impact bar at a location that will ...

Although the measures that Drew refers to at the bridge in Durham, NC reduced the number of vehicles striking the crash beam, there remained a significant number of incidents. In 2019 North Carolina Railroad and Norfolk Southern raised the bridge approximately ...

Reference the website 11foot8.com: The location in Durham, NC had low clearance warning signs for years. A collaboration among NCDOT, NCRR, NS, and the City of Durham resulted first in construction of a crash beam; the referenced website captured strikes ...

I agree with Mike. Since you already have an over height waning system in place, a sacrificial beam is the only real solution. Other traffic calming suggestions are unlikely to deter a determined driver. Similar situation by me on a No Trucks Road. Gets ...

The only effective treatments are "glaring" advance warning at a point where a diverging route is available (provided by the local traffic authority, not the RR or transit district) plus a sacrificial beam, if increasing the vertical clearance or closing ...