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TIL despite numerous warning signs about the low clearance of the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, a number of trucks, buses, & RVs have collided with the overpass at high speed, tearing off roof fixtures and shearing off the trucks' roofs, earning the bridge the nickname the Can-Opener

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