Louisville's Can Opener gives 11foot8 a run for its money, peeling open trucks at a rate of about 1 per day

North Carolina's famous eleven-foot-eight can-opener bridge was raised to twelve feet four inches, which significantly reduced its truck-strike rate. As Boing Boing reports, Louisville, Kentucky's equivalent has since claimed the crown: a major road closure has diverted traffic straight into a low-clearance overpass now averaging about one truck impact per day.

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