Low-ass Kansas City Bridge Dubbed 'undefeated Champion' Eats Another Truck

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If you build a span right, it will past an incredibly agelong time. So long, successful fact, that nan things walking nether that span mightiness get excessively large to safely proceed doing so, and moreover pinch signs, drivers still negociate to get stuck. Boston has Storrow Drive. Durham, North Carolina, has the infamous 11-Foot-8 Bridge, and, apparently, Kansas City has the Independence Avenue Bridge. And according to Kansas City's Fox 4, nan bridge, which locals person reportedly nicknamed "Undefeated Champion," claimed different unfortunate connected Monday.

This clip around, nan motortruck that nan driver collapsed into nan span was reportedly carrying roofing materials that spilled into nan road, and while nan clang appears to person destroyed nan truck, nan driver reportedly escaped pinch thing much than "a non-life-threatening wounded to his hand." Whether aliases not his dignity aliases occupation stay intact aft driving his motortruck into a bridge, though, remains to beryllium seen. Especially since Fox 4 reports that 2 years ago, nan metropolis installed a curtain earlier you get to nan span successful an effort to pass drivers their conveyance would beryllium excessively gangly to thrust done safely.

Kansas City's Police Department besides posted astir nan clang connected Facebook and including these photos, on pinch nan caption, "Officers are astatine nan Independence Avenue Bridge. After each this, a motortruck driver has a non-life threatening wounded to his hand."

If you unrecorded successful aliases adjacent Kansas City, you're astir apt already acquainted pinch what the Kansas City Star calls nan "truck-eating" bridge, but since galore of you don't moreover unrecorded successful Missouri, overmuch little Kansas City, you should astir apt cognize nan "undefeated champion" eats capable trucks to gain an full Facebook page dedicated to its dietary habits. And erstwhile you effort to look up this circumstantial clang connected YouTube — say, for an article you're penning astir nan clang that could usage immoderate footage — you'll find news study aft news study of erstwhile crashes. 

In fact, for a blog that loves stories astir trucks crashing into debased bridges, I'm some amazed and disappointed we haven't written astir nan Independence Avenue Bridge before. I mean, here's an October, 2019 report from KSHB 41 astir 2 trucks hitting nan span successful a span of 2 weeks. And here's different 1 from November 2020, this clip connected KMBC 9, arsenic good arsenic a 2nd report from January 2022. Fox 4 has different one from August, 2022, and KMBC 9 has yet different one from February 2024 that took spot conscionable days aft nan informing curtain was installed. 

Somehow, this span has been eating trucks connected a regular ground for years, and we missed it. On behalf of everyone who useful astatine Jalopnik and those who utilized to activity here, I would for illustration to formally apologize for this glaring oversight. Although, thing tells maine we won't person to hold agelong earlier nan Independence Avenue Bridge claims different victim. Stay undefeated, infamous truck-eating bridge.