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Bitumen Boy · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:51 pm Post subject: Low bridge...

It shows how bad British television has become that this youtube vid is one of the funniest things I've seen for a quite a long time... enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkWTcDZFH0

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4850 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
Very good,
If you are holidaying over in Norfolk and use this road to get from the A1 into the north of the county watch out for this level crossing avoider.
http://goo.gl/maps/z80qr

About 200yds before this picture there is a 7ft warning sign and another just as you enter the righthand carriageway, but to be honest I even ducked when in an Imp
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Bitumen Boy · Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:27 am Post subject:

That's an interesting one, Penman. But as far as the headroom under the bridge goes, I have a more extreme example closer to home - Church Lane, Govilon (near Abergavenny) so low at 5'6'' that the Google Streetview car couldn't get underneath without dropping its camera! First a view from a little way down the road showing the advance warning sign,
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2ohp8nz3cvoikz4qozjiz2u
then a not very good view of the bridge (actually an aqueduct carrying the Brecknock & Abergavenny canal) where it looks like they stopped to take the camera down,
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2ohp2wz3cvnfsz26uzpez2u
then a couple from the other side
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2ohowgz3cvmrczzquz2u
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2ohp0ez3cvn0azzquz2u

Is 5'6'' the lowest bridge around or can anyone beat it? Bet someone does Laughing

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7211 Location: Edinburgh