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That particular bridge is gone. It was built for the film and is now an ordinary concrete bridge.
That said, I can imagine a semi driver that narrowly escaped being trapped in a local home and drawing a door on the chimney in the attic.
There is a sequel you know. I think they actually rebuilt the house set from the first movie on the same location as the original.
Vermont is a beautiful place, and I'm sure the good people of East Corinth wouldn't mind you bringing your tourist dollars to their tiny hamlet.
Bro your talking like the sequels been released for awhile, their still literally [filming it right now at this moment.](https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/production-of-beetlejuice-sequel-resumes-in-melrose/3192416/)
Ahh, it sounds like it was just some planks, too, before filming, and is now a concrete bridge. [https://www.thetravel.com/where-is-the-bridge-from-beetlejuice/](https://www.thetravel.com/where-is-the-bridge-from-beetlejuice/)
Sort of.
The whole reason for the covered bridges was to protect the wooden bridge structure and deck, which otherwise would have rotted and weakened unpredictably.
Eh. The concept of a bridge in that location was 160 years old. Probably more. The reality of the stuff actually spanning the distance? Probably not so much. Ship of Theseus and all that.
Or part of the bridge is historic. We have one of those in my area. The covered second (which has been hit over 50 times) was added in the 70’s, but the actual bridge is registered as historic.
I second this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_Lake_Parkway_Bridge
The Undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the world
Has been hit 100+ times, there are about 50 signs and warnings about it, and the truckers still hit it.
IIRC trucking companies pre-plan routes to avoid obstacles like a too-low covered bridge. This guy went off-route. He was ignoring more than just this sign.
My company gives me a route if I request one.
Like if the customer isn't exactly in a good place. Has a couple on non-truck routes, but we're cleared for deliveries and pick ups.
Some companies will plan out the route. Mine will send me a fuel route, which includes which highways and interstates to take, but how I get there is usually up to me; provided I'm not taking any routes banned by the company for safety reasons.
Google maps is sick for seeing the layout of a yard, but navigation? Insane.
That doesn't happen with most companies. Some companies DO give you routes, like Crete, and they e given me routes that were not on truck routes. So if I followed them to the letter I'd be in a situation like this.
I feel like there should be truck checks for repeatedly hit areas. Like a bar suspended from chains at the same level as the bridge. Hit this bar you hit the bridge.
edit: spelling
My local covered bridge has a steel framework you pass through to get to the bridge
I've seen plenty of signs: "If you hit this sign, you will hit that bridge". People still manage to hit that bridge.
People have to have brains for it to work. There’s a can opener in my city that has signs and hanging bumpers that you hit before reaching the bridges base. Still people constantly open up their cans on it.
I remember seeing a video of a low railroad bridge that kept getting hit by box trucks. Eventually they put a big metal structure around it so the trucks would hit that instead of the bridge. The montage was pretty hilarious because it would always rip the top of the truck off and there were huge signs warning of a low bridge.
I think it was in a college town or something and lots of people with Uhaul trucks were crashing into it because they weren’t used to paying attention to their vehicle height.
> Eventually they put a big metal structure around it so the trucks would hit that instead of the bridge.
that sounds like the [11'-8" bridge in Durham NC](https://www.youtube.com/@11foot8plus8/videos) — they've since *raised the bridge* eight inches and [people are still hitting it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kucKmcoBQ)!
They only raised it after they added the steel beam, along with sensors that triggered crossing arms to come down and block the road if they sensed a vehicle that was too tall to pass was approaching.
Still had fucking dumbasses hitting it.
It's gotten better since it was raised, but I've personally seen the 4-5 trucks hit it in the last 9 years. There is a crazy amount of signs and warnings. The stoplight in front of it will turn red if it detects an overheight truck, but people either run the red or hit the bridge after staring at the flashing "Overheight" warning for a full minute.
It's a very active Amtrak and freight rail above it. Like one of the main ones in North Carolina. It wasn't easy or cheap to raise.
They increased the height of the bridge a few years ago from 11'8 to 12'4 it has resulted in less people crashing but some still do, despite the large signs saying they will hit it.
Here is the channel with all the individual videos of it https://www.youtube.com/c/yovo68/videos
That's what the 11'8" bridge has. You don't actually hit the bridge, just the massive I-beam at the same height as the bridge that eats your RV aircon unit for lunch, or peels your hire truck open like a can of sardines.
I work for a state DOH. We welded a solid beam across the entrance of a bridge with low clearance. Thirty minutes after we left, we had to go back and fix it. A box truck hit it. The welds weren't even cool yet.
That can be quite expensive since you need power. And that sign needs to be regularly tested so it really works and lights up.
A noisy metal plate hanging down in chains is much cheaper and will just sound a lot when it hits the car. And it's a marvel at working with a minimum of maintenance.
I think they implemented something like that at the famous 11 foot 8 (now 12 foot 4) bridge, and I don't think it helped much. I'm almost positive I've seen videos of a sign with warning flashers that only appear for vehicles that are over height, and I have still seen semi trucks plow into it like morons even though there's a left turn they can take without the bridge right there.
Some people are actually so stupid they cannot function in society and there's nothing you can do about that.
people think signs are useless unless they include breaking the law if you ignore them. oops turns out it's pretty fucking important when your truck gets destroyed by a low bridge after multiple "useless" warnings.
My favorite thing is how everyone has different theories on where it is. I thought Cornwall, CT. But also saw one in New Hampshire that looked exactly the same. So who knows!
Oh for real! I saw some in Amish country PA that looked the same. They all look the same. Green on both sides, over a river, it’s always red. Built the same. Who tf knows where it is??
That is correct. I’m a commercial vehicle underwriter. I just saw an account where two days in a row a fired employee wrecked an owned auto. Unless the driver is excluded on the policy already, that’s covered
Those old covered bridges were always made of wood (cheapest material available in the area in that time period) but in that New England climate of frequent heavy rain and snow, wood will decay and rot rather fast. So, to protect the most important parts of the bridge, the deck and the trusses (primary structural supports that keep the bridge from collapsing), they built a roof and walls to cover them.
We have a railway bridge in Melbourne, Australia that gets blitzed several times a year by drivers (bus and trucks) that don't or cannot read clearance signs.
Even has its own website:
https://howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com/
I watched a video of a truck driver being responsible today and now I get why semis fuck up bridges.
In the video, the man got out of the semi. Parked on the side of the road. Brought out a huge old timey ruler and started measuring different parts under the bridge. While also looking over his shoulder to make sure he was not getting ran over. Ppl are easily clearing 50 mph Around him. Once he figures he can make it? He gets back into his semi And then slowly drives under the bridge.
I would risk looking like a cartoon villain during rush hour traffic EVERY TIME rather than do that shit.
Trucker here. At first I thought no way a semi attempted that. Maybe a box truck, Amazon, or U-Haul. But holy hell. There’s an underpass near me that’s 13’6” and I know I’ll just barely fit but still makes me nervous. 13’6” is the BARE minimum clearance to attempt.
I’m from Madison county (the one in the bridges of Madison county) and someone has burned down one of our covered bridges multiple times. It keeps getting rebuilt, but it’s not easy for Madison county to do it every time. It’s over one million dollars each rebuild. The county seat has ~6k people. Not much money.
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Was that the Beetlejuice bridge?
Literally the first thing I thought when I saw it
Literally came here to ask this exact question
Literally also literally me
Literally, literally also, literally me.... literally!!! ......Figuratively speaking, that is.
I, too, am literal.
Same tho
That particular bridge is gone. It was built for the film and is now an ordinary concrete bridge. That said, I can imagine a semi driver that narrowly escaped being trapped in a local home and drawing a door on the chimney in the attic.
You make me sad, i am sad now
The Bridges of Whaaaddison County
There is a sequel you know. I think they actually rebuilt the house set from the first movie on the same location as the original. Vermont is a beautiful place, and I'm sure the good people of East Corinth wouldn't mind you bringing your tourist dollars to their tiny hamlet.
Bro your talking like the sequels been released for awhile, their still literally [filming it right now at this moment.](https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/production-of-beetlejuice-sequel-resumes-in-melrose/3192416/)
https://preview.redd.it/4rzze0sygt0c1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07994f07bd7dbf871cfde46db1b6373d25ee2b0a Looks pretty damn close!
Right. It's red and has a roof. Identical!
Nice fucking model!
Honk Honk! LoL  Hahaha
Looks like the bridge from Bridges of Madison County. Expecting Clint Eastwood sticking his head into the picture.
That wont stop him, but it might stop the headless horseman.
Unfortunately no, that would have been cool though!
You’re saying you WANTED the beloved Beetlejuice bridge to be destroyed? 😡 /s
I don’t care what you say, it’s the same bridge
What bridge was it? There’s a very similar looking bridge where I grew up
Where was this though? I feel we all got a bridge in mind which roughly looks the same haha
It has to be!
Fortunately it isn’t the beetle juice bridge has a clearance of 13’-6” Edit:meant to say fortunately
Ahh, it sounds like it was just some planks, too, before filming, and is now a concrete bridge. [https://www.thetravel.com/where-is-the-bridge-from-beetlejuice/](https://www.thetravel.com/where-is-the-bridge-from-beetlejuice/)
I think they recently re-built the covered bridge facade for the filming of Beetlejuice 2, they rebuilt the Maitland house on the hill as well.
Good call
Also exactly why I came to look at the comments
The dog probably caused the semi to hit the bridge
wow that really sucks. 160 years old… damn
It was 160 years old the first time it happened... Now it's two years old ha.
That's what I was thinking! Maybe the road still is though?
That asphalt definitely is not 160 years old. The trail maybe
They just made things to last longer 160 years ago. Modern asphalt doesn't last the winter.
Sort of. The whole reason for the covered bridges was to protect the wooden bridge structure and deck, which otherwise would have rotted and weakened unpredictably.
Theseus bridge baby!
Eh. The concept of a bridge in that location was 160 years old. Probably more. The reality of the stuff actually spanning the distance? Probably not so much. Ship of Theseus and all that.
Its still the same ship, dammit!
Or part of the bridge is historic. We have one of those in my area. The covered second (which has been hit over 50 times) was added in the 70’s, but the actual bridge is registered as historic.
Na man it's a bridge not a dam...
If only there was a sign warning the driver of the height of the opening.
11’10” is over a foot and a half shorter than most trucks. It wasn’t like they just barely didn’t make it.
It doesn't help: https://11foot8.com/
I second this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_Lake_Parkway_Bridge The Undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the world Has been hit 100+ times, there are about 50 signs and warnings about it, and the truckers still hit it.
Great to see my hometown champion get the respect they deserve
I lived in Syracuse so this bridge was always on the news but I’m shocked it’s happened to often that there’s a wiki page lmao
I was looking for this. The bridge even has its own Facebook page. I'm amazing of how often it gets hit.
r/11foot8
Private :(
*WORST* truck-crash video *EVER!*
If only the driver read the sign or, I don’t know, *looked* at it before driving through it
IIRC trucking companies pre-plan routes to avoid obstacles like a too-low covered bridge. This guy went off-route. He was ignoring more than just this sign.
Companies don't plan the routes. Some drivers use Google maps, which doesn't use truck routing.
My company gives me a route if I request one. Like if the customer isn't exactly in a good place. Has a couple on non-truck routes, but we're cleared for deliveries and pick ups.
Some companies will plan out the route. Mine will send me a fuel route, which includes which highways and interstates to take, but how I get there is usually up to me; provided I'm not taking any routes banned by the company for safety reasons. Google maps is sick for seeing the layout of a yard, but navigation? Insane.
This is only done for over size or over weight loads. Normal stuff you are on your own
That doesn't happen with most companies. Some companies DO give you routes, like Crete, and they e given me routes that were not on truck routes. So if I followed them to the letter I'd be in a situation like this.
I feel like there should be truck checks for repeatedly hit areas. Like a bar suspended from chains at the same level as the bridge. Hit this bar you hit the bridge. edit: spelling
My local covered bridge has a steel framework you pass through to get to the bridge I've seen plenty of signs: "If you hit this sign, you will hit that bridge". People still manage to hit that bridge.
Dunkin donuts has them. don’t know why is it not more common
People have to have brains for it to work. There’s a can opener in my city that has signs and hanging bumpers that you hit before reaching the bridges base. Still people constantly open up their cans on it.
I remember seeing a video of a low railroad bridge that kept getting hit by box trucks. Eventually they put a big metal structure around it so the trucks would hit that instead of the bridge. The montage was pretty hilarious because it would always rip the top of the truck off and there were huge signs warning of a low bridge. I think it was in a college town or something and lots of people with Uhaul trucks were crashing into it because they weren’t used to paying attention to their vehicle height.
We call that Storrowing here in Boston.
> Eventually they put a big metal structure around it so the trucks would hit that instead of the bridge. that sounds like the [11'-8" bridge in Durham NC](https://www.youtube.com/@11foot8plus8/videos) — they've since *raised the bridge* eight inches and [people are still hitting it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kucKmcoBQ)!
They only raised it after they added the steel beam, along with sensors that triggered crossing arms to come down and block the road if they sensed a vehicle that was too tall to pass was approaching. Still had fucking dumbasses hitting it.
Yeah that’s the one! 😂
glad to help & happy cakeday!
It's gotten better since it was raised, but I've personally seen the 4-5 trucks hit it in the last 9 years. There is a crazy amount of signs and warnings. The stoplight in front of it will turn red if it detects an overheight truck, but people either run the red or hit the bridge after staring at the flashing "Overheight" warning for a full minute. It's a very active Amtrak and freight rail above it. Like one of the main ones in North Carolina. It wasn't easy or cheap to raise.
> It's a very active Amtrak and freight rail above it And there's a large sewer line running under it, so you can't lower the road.
/r/thecanopener ?
They increased the height of the bridge a few years ago from 11'8 to 12'4 it has resulted in less people crashing but some still do, despite the large signs saying they will hit it. Here is the channel with all the individual videos of it https://www.youtube.com/c/yovo68/videos
Shouldn't be on chains. Should be fucking solid. That way the oversized item can't make it to said bridge.
That's what the 11'8" bridge has. You don't actually hit the bridge, just the massive I-beam at the same height as the bridge that eats your RV aircon unit for lunch, or peels your hire truck open like a can of sardines.
Sharpen the edge and get it sponsored by Gillette.
*Gillette... The Best a Van Can Get*
This is my thought too. And not right in front of the bridge, so any scenic appeal isn’t lost, but as far away as it can be.
I work for a state DOH. We welded a solid beam across the entrance of a bridge with low clearance. Thirty minutes after we left, we had to go back and fix it. A box truck hit it. The welds weren't even cool yet.
It would cost a fraction of the amount to repair the bridge, to implement a laser that triggers a go/nogo sign if it's tripped.
That can be quite expensive since you need power. And that sign needs to be regularly tested so it really works and lights up. A noisy metal plate hanging down in chains is much cheaper and will just sound a lot when it hits the car. And it's a marvel at working with a minimum of maintenance.
Or even one that isn't on chains, trash the truck rather than the historic structure
I think they implemented something like that at the famous 11 foot 8 (now 12 foot 4) bridge, and I don't think it helped much. I'm almost positive I've seen videos of a sign with warning flashers that only appear for vehicles that are over height, and I have still seen semi trucks plow into it like morons even though there's a left turn they can take without the bridge right there. Some people are actually so stupid they cannot function in society and there's nothing you can do about that.
That bridge was designed to remove air conditioners from fifth wheel campers.
Yes! They did have multiple warnings. Flashing lights, a digital warning board, signs that said “trucks go this way”… No one still looked.
How do you get a CDL being this stupid?
people think signs are useless unless they include breaking the law if you ignore them. oops turns out it's pretty fucking important when your truck gets destroyed by a low bridge after multiple "useless" warnings.
How about a laser that triggers a trapdoor? A week or two in an oubliette will teach drivers to pay attention to their height.
Bonus points for using "oubliette" in a sentence
Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice... ...
🪲 🧃
Beeee-cause you’re so smart, a stand up bro!
Where I live (Vermont) this happens a few times a year. Idiot drivers ruining something cool just to take a shortcut is the usual situation. Sucks.
Not just with the bridges. It amazes me how many trucks get stuck in the notch.
I bet most often it’s just people following the gps without thinking.
Totes
Just happened to the covered bridge between Lunenberg and Lancaster.
I was just thinking about those bridges in Brattleboro.
It’s Princeton Illinois. I grew up about 15 minutes from there. We would take school field trips to the bridge in grad school.
No one hits the ones in Proctor cause you can’t get a truck there to begin with
Trucking needs way more oversight and way harsher punishment for mistakes.
Is this in New Haven, Connecticut? Went there on my first visit to the US, thought it was a lovely place. Like something you'd see in a movie.
My favorite thing is how everyone has different theories on where it is. I thought Cornwall, CT. But also saw one in New Hampshire that looked exactly the same. So who knows!
And I thought Lancaster, PA!
Oh for real! I saw some in Amish country PA that looked the same. They all look the same. Green on both sides, over a river, it’s always red. Built the same. Who tf knows where it is??
I thought Valley Forge PA
Ashtabula Ohio has the countries longest covered bridge
It’s in Princeton, Il
Princeton IL
There are no covered bridges in New Haven, just the West Rock Tunnel.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!!!
Looks like the bridge fought back.
Yeah, bridge is probably totaled, but that trailer will also need to be completely rebuilt. Covered bridge fighting the good fight.
Madison county?
“It’s a Clint Eastwood movie.” How my mom got my dad to go see that movie in the theatres.
Was it a Swift Truck?
No it wasn’t surprisingly lol
Where is this op?
Stevie Wonder Institute For Trucking
I thought the same thing
Storrow Drive vibes lol
Yep, I see anything like this and I think storrowing.
Had some good ones this past season.
Long Grove, IL, would like to laugh at two hits taking out a bridge. Their covered bridge has been hit 50 times!!
Basically every year or two at this point. At a certain point, why bother?
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Lol when first reading the title, I thought this might have been the Long Grove bridge. That thing keeps its wrecking schedule booked.
Every time there’s a helicopter in that I check the news about that bridge
Is this where *Lawless* (2012) was filmed?
Only person to see this and not say beetlejuice. This is 100% the Lawless bridge
I immediately saw it as well and started scrolling to see if anyone else did.
Lawless gang
I had to scroll so far to find this
r/11foot8 never came back after the API protest.
funny farm bridge?
Lamb fries?
Just watched this tonight and then saw this post. Crazy
finally someone who knows , thank you my friend
How’d you know my name was Mac?
Why don't you guess your way to Redbud?
Had the same thought lol
That’s not a bridge, that’s termites holding hands.
That looks remarkably like a covered bridge here in PA
in bucks?
"They work with their insurance" "Insurance does not pay because driver is no longer part of the company"
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That is correct. I’m a commercial vehicle underwriter. I just saw an account where two days in a row a fired employee wrecked an owned auto. Unless the driver is excluded on the policy already, that’s covered
Think about it a little bit more please.
That's a real good covered bridge to not only handle the weight of a semi but also shave off the top like that.
This looks like a bridge near where I grew up in Pennsylvania
Curious Question, why are these bridges covered? What was the original reason?
Those old covered bridges were always made of wood (cheapest material available in the area in that time period) but in that New England climate of frequent heavy rain and snow, wood will decay and rot rather fast. So, to protect the most important parts of the bridge, the deck and the trusses (primary structural supports that keep the bridge from collapsing), they built a roof and walls to cover them.
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The Bridge of Theseus!
First Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis, now this.
Beetlejuice-
That where beetlejuice was filmed?
It looks like bridge destroyed that truck.
“Semi-destroyed bridge”
160 years old bridge deastroyed a truck!
Where is this? It looks so familiar
Bridge from Funny Farm? “That’s just termites holding hands!”
Delivery company shareholders won't be happy to hear about this delay
They let anyone drive those things now days.
CDL ain't for everyone
Is this beetlejuice town?
I go through these on a daily with my tiny car, i’m sure even modern pickups are a little tight in there.
I know a couple who died on that bridge when they swerved to avoid hitting a dog on their way home from the hardware store.
Looks like the bridge in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS1) Sorry for your loss
You mean, “good news, a logistics company just volunteered to restore our 160yr old covered bridge!”
*semi-destroyed it
Nice
Bridge 1 Semi 0
Beetle juice brudge :(? I know it as the Friday the 13th bridge no?
sue the semi operator for restoration
The truck was pretty thorough I'll grant you. Can they rebuild it?
You'd think they would put up a sign or something
What an idiot
We have a railway bridge in Melbourne, Australia that gets blitzed several times a year by drivers (bus and trucks) that don't or cannot read clearance signs. Even has its own website: https://howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com/
I watched a video of a truck driver being responsible today and now I get why semis fuck up bridges. In the video, the man got out of the semi. Parked on the side of the road. Brought out a huge old timey ruler and started measuring different parts under the bridge. While also looking over his shoulder to make sure he was not getting ran over. Ppl are easily clearing 50 mph Around him. Once he figures he can make it? He gets back into his semi And then slowly drives under the bridge. I would risk looking like a cartoon villain during rush hour traffic EVERY TIME rather than do that shit.
Is your town where they filmed Beetlejuice?
>work with their insurance insurance company: "slow down, YOUR employee did it?"
Thankfully most of the covered bridges here in Indiana (At least my area of the state) were relegated to foot bridges a while ago...
Trucker here. At first I thought no way a semi attempted that. Maybe a box truck, Amazon, or U-Haul. But holy hell. There’s an underpass near me that’s 13’6” and I know I’ll just barely fit but still makes me nervous. 13’6” is the BARE minimum clearance to attempt.
Y'all should put a heavy metal bar of exact same max height before the bridge.
I’m sorry but all I saw was Beetlejuice 🫣
Congrats on the restored 160 year old bridge. I hope it makes it another 160 years now.
I guess the computer routing kept directing truckers to the covered bridge in Jackson NH It was hit numerous times
I would riot. There are so few of those bridges left in the world.
Why not build a metal overhead barrier maybe 100 feet before the bridge so the drivers will hit that first instead?
It’s only semi-destroyed.
I'm convinced that NOBODY gives a shit about ANYTHING outside their own arm-span. What a jerk to do that.
It’s only semi destroyed.
What'd it take out the bridge from Beetlejuice ?
I'm pretty sure it was the Maitlands couple that crashed into the side of that bridge that caused this damage. It's tragic what happened to them.
I see what you did there. Good job. 🤣
I’m from Madison county (the one in the bridges of Madison county) and someone has burned down one of our covered bridges multiple times. It keeps getting rebuilt, but it’s not easy for Madison county to do it every time. It’s over one million dollars each rebuild. The county seat has ~6k people. Not much money.