A screenshot from Jürgen Henn's 10-minute compilation of all crashes on the 11foot8 bridge uploaded to YouTube between 2008 and 2016. (Photo: Jürgen Henn/11foot8.com) Truck drivers don't like to see ...

It's been a while since we've checked in with my favorite local celebrity, the ornery-but-fair Durham, NC bridge we all lovingly call the 11foot8 bridge. Unlike what most people think, the name does ...

In fairy tales and folklore, it’s a grumpy old troll who guards the bridge and tries to devour all who dare pass. In Durham, North Carolina, it’s the bridge itself. The South Gregson Street train ...

The famed 11-foot-8 bridge, affectionately known as 'the can-opener bridge', is a train trestle in Durham, North Carolina that has been tearing the tops off of unsuspecting rental trucks for years.

View post: I Drove the 2025 Land Rover Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE in a Chicago Snowstorm, and This is How it Went Over the years, we’ve written a few times about an infamous railroad trestle in Durham, ...

Durham’s renowned “Can Opener” bridge doesn’t open as many cans as it used to. The number of trucks and RVs getting their tops sheered off by the low railroad bridge over Gregson Street at Brightleaf ...

Think the low-clearance warning signs on an infamous North Carolina bridge don't apply to you? If you're wrong, the world may be watching you on video. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a ...

Truly, the infamous can opener bridge is North Carolina's greatest cultural contribution. While its sacrifices have slowed since it was raised eight inches by the cowards of Durham, it evidently isn't ...

There’s a 11’8” bridge in Durham, North Carolina that has a cult following across social media because of how many trucks have smashed into it over the years. Now, the name of the bridge may be a ...

The 11foot8 bridge in Durham, North Carolina has claimed yet another victim, namely a caravan being towed by a pickup truck. This particular incident happened on September 22 and was captured by a ...

Around noon on Dec. 13, Durham’s famed “Can Opener” bridge claimed another hapless victim, crunching through the roof of a Ryder rental truck that tried to pass beneath it, ripping off half the ...

The new laser-guided traffic signal at Gregson and Peabody streets doesn’t just tell you where to stop. If you’re driving a truck more than 11 feet 8 inches high, it also tells you where to go.