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Davenport's 'Truck Eating Bridge' strikes again

The bridge spans over Brady Street right before the Fifth Street intersection. It's notorious for taking the tops off of semi-trucks. It happened again on Wednesday.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Davenport's "Truck Eating Bridge" has struck again. 

Located over Brady Street, right before it intersects with Fifth Street downtown, the bridge has a notorious history of taking the tops off of semi-trailers. A semi-driver heading along Brady on Tuesday morning met a similar fate. Social posts show it happened around 10 a.m. 

A News 8 photographer was at the scene and said a crane was used to remove the truck. As of 12:20 p.m., the scene is clear. Brady Street remained open as crews cleaned the area. 

A sign at the bridge clearly marks the clearance as being 11 feet and 8 inches. It has yellow lights attached as well.

Just a block down Fifth Street is another 11' 8" bridge crossing over Harrison Street. It also has a history of "truck eating" tendencies, and has become an official location on Google Maps. 

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