LocalizationOtazka niekolkych dni... realita je taka ze par stop pod vozovkou je kanalizacia - stoka - ktora je rrovnako 100 rokov stara. A kedze ide samospadom v rovinatej oblasti by bolo asi este nakladnejsie ako zvysit tu zeleznicu.
Problem je ze je to jeden z mala podjazdov nesplnajucich standardy na vysku a vacsina vodicov nevie, ake vysoke ma auto pretoze to nikde inde (ak nevchadzaju do nejakych garazi a hangarov) nemusia riesit.
Ale hlavne: nikomu (zeleznicnej spolocnosti anio mestu ani cestarom) sa nechche do toho investovat.
FAQ:
1. Why is the bridge so low?
This train trestle is about 100 years old. At the time when it was built, there were no standards for minimum clearance..
2. Why don’t they fix it?
Depends on who “they” are and on what “fix” means.
The North Carolina Railroad Company owns the train trestle, and their concern is primarily with keeping the trains running and keeping them running safely. So their concern is mainly with reducing the impact of the truck crashes on the actual structure of the train trestle. As far as they are concerned, they solved that problem by installing the crash beam.
The city of Durham has installed “low clearance” signs on each of the 3 blocks leading up to the trestle (Gregson is a one-way road). There is a sensor that triggers an LED blackout warning sign when In overheight vehicle approaches the trestle (more info below). Several blocks ahead of the trestle the speed limit is 25 MPH. The folks from the city planning department said that they made an effort to prevent accidents.
The North Carolina Dept. of Transportation maintains the road, but not the signage. I suspect they have much bigger problems to deal with statewide than this bridge.
3. Can’t the road be lowered?
That would be prohibitively expensive because a sewer main runs just a few feet below the road bed. That sewer main also dates back about a hundred years and, again, at the time there were no real standards for minimum clearance for railroad underpasses.