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Louisville, Kentucky, has no shortage of traffic headaches on a normal day, but the city's two-month closure of Interstate 65 has turned one particular stretch of South Third Street into something of a recurring disaster. Despite nearly 30 warning signs directing drivers away from a low-clearance railroad underpass near Winkler Avenue and Eastern Parkway, at least a dozen semi-trucks have collided with the structure since the closure began on June 1.
Locals call the bridge "the Can Opener," a nickname earned the hard way. Footage captured by local news crews shows the roof of at least one semi-trailer peeled back after the driver attempted to squeeze beneath a bridge that is simply too low for standard truck traffic.
A popular Facebook group, Louisville Can Opener, has nearly 30,000 members, and countless Reddit posts track the bridge's latest victims. The structure has become a local celebrity, but the recent I-65 closure has introduced a new wave of out-of-town truck drivers to one of Louisville's most infamous landmarks.
The closure affects a corridor that normally carries around 125,000 vehicles per day. With I-65 shut down between Jefferson Street and the Watterson Expressway (I-264), a significant portion of that traffic is being pushed onto surrounding streets. Truck drivers unfamiliar with Louisville and relying on GPS navigation are wandering directly into the Can Opener's territory in numbers the city has rarely seen before.
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Locals call the bridge "the Can Opener," a nickname earned the hard way. Footage captured by local news crews shows the roof of at least one semi-trailer peeled back after the driver attempted to squeeze beneath a bridge that is simply too low for standard truck traffic.
A popular Facebook group, Louisville Can Opener, has nearly 30,000 members, and countless Reddit posts track the bridge's latest victims. The structure has become a local celebrity, but the recent I-65 closure has introduced a new wave of out-of-town truck drivers to one of Louisville's most infamous landmarks.
The closure affects a corridor that normally carries around 125,000 vehicles per day. With I-65 shut down between Jefferson Street and the Watterson Expressway (I-264), a significant portion of that traffic is being pushed onto surrounding streets. Truck drivers unfamiliar with Louisville and relying on GPS navigation are wandering directly into the Can Opener's territory in numbers the city has rarely seen before.
Semi-Trucks Keep Hitting Kentucky's Famous 'Can Opener' Bridge Despite Nearly 30 Warning Signs
Louisville, Kentucky, has no shortage of traffic headaches on a normal day, but the city’s two-month closure of Interstate 65 has turned one particular stretch of South Third Street into something of ...
