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Bridge’s Secret Height Crisis | Raleigh News
A bridge nicknamed “The Peace Street Peeler” is becoming a crash magnet—five incidents in two weeks alone, including two recent truck collisions that tore off their tops. Despite posted 12-foot-4-inch clearance signs, measurements show the bridge is actually 12 feet 9 inches tall, but drivers are still hitting it thanks to a steep 4-foot drop over 50 feet leading up to it. The North Carolina DOT urges height checks, while blaming Raleigh for the road’s slope. Norfolk Southern says they don’t own the bridge and aren’t responsible for height rules. Raleigh Police have responded to 13 crashes…
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