Notorious truck-eating bridge in Lansing defaced

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Big Penny, the notoriously low truck-eating bridge in Lansing, has been defaced, with her eyes and teeth removed.

According to a social media post by the Society for Totally Useless Pranks and Immature Dumbassery – Lansing (STUPID), the damage was done to the northbound and southbound sides of the bridge between 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday.

Big Penny strikes again!

“We are fairly confident that this was an intentional act,” the organization said in the post.

In a comment shared with 6 News, the organization said that Penny has been damaged several times in recent weeks, with the scoreboards and a tooth stolen.

While repairing some of the damage on Sunday, members of STUPID saw a “masked individual” emerge from the nearby woods…

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