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the one on the A21 kept getting spanked until they took it down and changed it

 

The footbridge on the A21 was also hit by a lorry, carrying timber. There were 4x2s everywhere and they were all chucked into the verge. Recovered some myself! New bridge has just been put up, only took about 2 years.

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this happened around our area in the late 70s early 80s,

The driver had loaded the machine before knocking off for the night, someone else had gone onto the machine between him knocking off and starting next morning and left the jib sticking up , the driver was still told to, DCM .afterwards.

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If you look at a pre-accident Google streetview image you can see that (a) the clearance under the bridge is much less over the hard shoulder on the London-bound carriageway, and (b) that the extreme end of the now-dislodged span is very thin, and presumably therefore light. It wouldn't take much to dislodge that.

 

It also explains why the damage to the excavator is so minimal, and it hasn't even broken the chains securing it to the transporter.

 

I think that the link below will show the view, if I've got it right!

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3088252,0.3800043,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxKWMDHJZQ_cn9mgjemIkDg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

 

Given that the motorway was evidently fairly busy, it is a minor miracle that there were no fatalities and only one significant injury!

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