Another Truck Peeled Open by Infamous Glenville Bridge

It Happened Again

The notorious low-clearance railroad bridge on Glenridge Road in Glenville — often nicknamed “The Can Opener” — has claimed yet another truck, tearing the top off a trailer and leaving a mess for crews to clean up.

The latest image was posted to Facebook on Thursday morning from a Scotia resident who captured the pic, “I suggest you don’t go on Glenridge, just happened at 10:30.”

Dozens of Strikes

It’s taken less than an hour for the image to garner thousands of reactions.

The Glenville bridge, which spans Route 146, has a clearance of just 10 feet, 11 inches, and has been smashing into over-height trucks for decades. Despite multiple warning signs posted well in advance, drivers still manage to hit it more than a dozen times each year. In some years, the bridge has been struck over 20 times…

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