So long old friend. Idiot truck drivers knew you well...

[TheSHAD0W]

So supposedly they are *not* raising it high enough for most of the vehicles hitting it to no longer hit it, though it's going up quite a bit. It'd need another 6 inches or so for semis to clear.

[Ironclad Alibi]

They installed a new one, there's video on YouTube. Includes a shot of the old one, looking rather bent.

I found that video.

They haven't actually raised the railroad bridge yet. According to the Wikipedia article on the bridge that task will take about two weeks.

[It's me]

I hope they reinstall the "can opener" bar and keep the camera going to catch those vehicles that are still too high.

They installed a new one, there's video on YouTube. Includes a shot of the old one, looking rather bent.

[Javarod]

Eh, it just means that all those RV's scraping their air conditioners off will get through fine now. Prolly some moving trucks too, but I don't think eight inches is going to help the majority going through there.

[YamiNoHime]

On Long Island, that's every street named "Parkway". Designer Robert Moses did it in purpose to keep mass transit busses off Long Island. He was a classist jerk

[Ironclad Alibi]

I hope they reinstall the "can opener" bar and keep the camera going to catch those vehicles that are still too high.

[Arcus]

On October 26, crews began the work to raise the 11foot8 bridge.

The 11foot8 bridge Has been an internet favorite for a long time with the many videos of trucks getting ripped open when the drivers failed to see the flashing lights and warnings all around. With it's new height of 12foot4, there will still be trucks to split open. Just not as many.