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Re: (erielack) Boonton Line Bridge - US 202, Towaco

IIRC, Lakeland switched from the bridge to the eastern underpass when the bridge's weight limit was reduced.  Regardless, all turns at the underpasses and the bridge were sharp; they would be designed much differently today.  The Lackawanna built for the vehicles of 1900, not today's 53' trailers.

When the limit was reduced, truckers tended to ignore the weight limit and the only way to really enforce it was to tear the bridge down!

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey


- --- On Sat, 7/23/11, Ed Montgomery <etmontgomery46_@_gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember watching Lakeland buses avoid the 202 bridge by
> rerouting their runs to the bridge currently used for 202.

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