RusLwt001
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How come there are still over passes that still exist that could absolutely detroy a persons TT? We were driving through Jacksonville, FL and my GPS started making this Cuckoo sound. I had no idea what was happening....about five seconds later, it hit me....I set that sound to notify me whenever a low clearance overpass was on my current route! The DW looked at the GPS and it told us a overpass measuing 10'3" was 5000 feet ahead on our route. WOW! You know, you are driving along, enjoying the world around you and it would be so easy to just drive up on this thing and it would just ruin your day, week month and year. We had time to avert the disaster. We just bought our TT in April and I saw all the videos of people forgetting they are towing a house on wheels and hitting overpasses, banks, etc. I was very concerned so I did the research. I found this website, LowClearances.com. It has downloads for over 5000 low clearances in the US for Tom-Toms, Garmin and others. This is absolutely the best thing I ever did. I just can't imaging the devastation of hiting an overpass. If anyone is intersted try this link, Happy and Safe camping everyone.
http://www.lowclearances.com/amember/go.php?r=1827&i=l0">LowClearances.com
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Gale Hawkins
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Good save there. I remember one in the MH where the radio antenna made contact while in the under pass. That was right after we got it and I would find a way to get the traffic from behind me next time so I could back out.
It was a small town and when I turned right there it was without warning and the traffic was heavy on the two lane street.
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mockturtle
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Wow, that was close!
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Golden_HVAC
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Hi,
I was driving to my great grandparents homestead near Punxatawny PA, and was presented a 12' overpass to go under, and I was lucky that my RV is only 11'5" tall. I took it slow, and made it!
I wondered why they don't just remove about 3' of ground under that paved road, then pave it again so that there would be 14' clearance? Yes I know that building a taller bridge would be expensive, but removing roadway is fairly cheap, a pavement grinder can do the job in a day!
Fred.
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skipnchar
Topeka or somewhere else
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Heights are nearly always posted at the site of the overpass also so pretty hard to ignore it when it's coming up. ALMOST always there is a convenient detour around the obstruction since there are delivery trucks EVERYWHERE these days and they need a means to get through.
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rockhillmanor
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Just don't trust the signs and GPS to the N'th degree.....the roads in and around Chicago have been repaved so many times that if it says you've got 12' clearance, you can bet it will be less! 
I would guess that the same would go for just about any town where there is snow and cold winters were they have to repave often.
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so as to have the life that is waiting for us".
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RusLwt001
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skipnchar wrote:Heights are nearly always posted at the site of the overpass also so pretty hard to ignore it when it's coming up. ALMOST always there is a convenient detour around the obstruction since there are delivery trucks EVERYWHERE these days and they need a means to get through.
Yes, sometimes the heights are clearly posted. But you may be driving at 35-55 MPH when you see it....Then you are there. Either no time to stop or if you do, you have to back up in traffic. I'm just saying this was the best thing I ever found on the internet. It gives me peace of mind. I just don't want to leave it up to chance. Too many distactions and so many things to think about, why not subtract just one...one BIG one!
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Fish-a-Palooza
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Actually it sounds like the best thing you did was purchase a GPS and then program it. It sounds like you had other things on your mind so if all you did was look it up you would'nt have remembered until it was too late.
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korbe
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rockhillmanor wrote:Just don't trust the signs and GPS to the N'th degree.....the roads in and around Chicago have been repaved so many times that if it says you've got 12' clearance, you can bet it will be less!
I would guess that the same would go for just about any town where there is snow and cold winters were they have to repave often.
Not to disagree, but, big liability issue if thoses signs were not accurate. I have seen on overlay projects where the AC gets grinded down where as the finish drade doesn't change - in the area of low clearance.
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Chuck&Gail
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Thanks for the link. Trying to email them now to find out how to load into my TomTom.
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