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Oversized load strikes overpass on I-70 at Highway 58 in Wheat Ridge (Colorado)
KDVR ^ | 9-3-25 | Abraham Jewett

Posted on 09/04/2025 4:51:05 AM PDT by dynachrome

An oversized load struck an overpass on Interstate 70 westbound at Highway 58 in Wheat Ridge on Wednesday, causing delays.

The Wheat Ridge Police Department said at 10:30 a.m. that its crews were at the scene to inspect the damage and that there were no injuries to report.

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To: BradyLS
If there isn’t an app for determining the height of overpasses along a designated route and alerting you to the lowest ones, there’s a money-maker for someone!

Garmin RV is one of many

21 posted on 09/04/2025 6:00:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: CodeToad
Oversized load, no escort vehicle?

Yea, thought that was required, guess not.

22 posted on 09/04/2025 6:03:09 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: BradyLS

https://lowclearancemap.com/

Permit routes are checked as before they are issued. The problem occurs when the load doesn’t match the permit.


23 posted on 09/04/2025 6:07:42 AM PDT by Shanty Shaker
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To: CodeToad

Escorts are not required in all states. I don’t know if they are in CO.


24 posted on 09/04/2025 6:22:30 AM PDT by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
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To: MarlonRando


"It’s a relatively new phenomenon in the last few months"


Wait.. how old are you?

They were doing that back in the 70's...
25 posted on 09/04/2025 6:24:41 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: dynachrome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQfSvIgIs_M&list=PLeEO-vdcfsYF1jI5rNcLs0UZAe5jqfSfS


26 posted on 09/04/2025 6:28:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MarlonRando
here in Florida, the speed limit is 70 on the freeways but I’ve noticed that all of the big heavy trucks. All of the big 18 wheelers are going 80 and 85. It’s a relatively new phenomenon in the last few months so I guess the companies are telling them to shorten their times.

We should have accurate traffic data down to the .1 percentage and be able to see what is causing accidents and why. If people are too stupid to gather and analyze data and respond it's on us.

27 posted on 09/04/2025 6:30:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: CodeToad

Hauler, no load


28 posted on 09/04/2025 6:34:05 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: CodeToad

Not unless it’s over width, weight, or length


29 posted on 09/04/2025 6:35:32 AM PDT by digger48 (Mp)
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To: digger48

Not height?


30 posted on 09/04/2025 6:39:13 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: T.B. Yoits

A photo for his scrap book

My last haul


31 posted on 09/04/2025 6:51:46 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: T.B. Yoits

Looks like he had last second doubts and slowed down. If he was going the speed limit, either the load, the truck or the bridge (or any combination of the three) would have given out.


32 posted on 09/04/2025 7:05:55 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Hatteras
Looks like he had last second doubts and slowed down. If he was going the speed limit, either the load, the truck or the bridge (or any combination of the three) would have given out.

It might have been at speed and just barely caught the beam. It looks like the damage is to the upper corner of the item on the passenger side while the driver's side looks untouched. This would match the slope of the bridge where the right lane is marked 15' 11" and the shoulder is marked 15' 7".

The bridge is a concrete box beam which would take some of the impact but still allow an "almost" to pass through. A look at Street View in Google Maps (mile marker 265) shows previous hits on the bridge.

33 posted on 09/04/2025 7:53:39 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: dynachrome; MileHi; backspace; Balata; bboop; Ben Dover; Benito Cereno; BigEdLB; bluejean; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


34 posted on 09/04/2025 7:58:53 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: albie

احترس


35 posted on 09/04/2025 8:03:48 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: CodeToad

That doesn’t look overheight. Just too tall particularl bridge

Doesn’t look over 13’6”


36 posted on 09/04/2025 8:30:28 AM PDT by digger48 (Mp)
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To: T.B. Yoits

37 posted on 09/04/2025 8:31:34 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: IYAS9YAS; 1Old Pro; Shanty Shaker

Thanks for cluing me into those reasons and tech. I didn’t realize a permit had to be issued for some rigs and loads. I have seen escorts for oversize vehicles, but they are not much further ahead or behind.

Could a pick-up with something like a whip antennae that’s the height of the load (or a couple of inches more) travel like a mile or so ahead and if it touches the overpass, a warning goes off in the vehicle and maybe even the carrier and escorts?


38 posted on 09/04/2025 8:45:40 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS
Could a pick-up with something like a whip antennae that’s the height of the load (or a couple of inches more) travel like a mile or so ahead and if it touches the overpass, a warning goes off in the vehicle and maybe even the carrier and escorts?

exactly

39 posted on 09/04/2025 8:46:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dynachrome

Lovely.
I drive that every day going to/from work.


40 posted on 09/04/2025 9:51:52 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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