MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) – Friday (1/30/2026) morning delivered one of those classic Murfreesboro moments—the kind that makes you laugh, sigh, and wonder how many trucks have to bonk their heads before we all accept that the W. College Street railroad underpass is not, in fact, a suggestion. It’s a hard limit.
A box truck rolled up to the CSX Railway underpass with the confidence of a toddler wearing a superhero cape. Unfortunately, confidence doesn’t change physics. The old phrase “trying to put a quart into a pint pot” fit perfectly as the truck tried—earnestly, repeatedly, and unsuccessfully—to squeeze under the bridge. The bridge, unmoved by ambition, said no.
Traffic didn’t just slow down. It didn’t even crawl. It froze. One hundred percent stopped, like someone hit pause on Murfreesboro’s W. College Street at the railroad underpass. Police arrived to manage the situation, though “managing traffic” mostly meant shrugging at drivers who weren’t going anywhere anyway…