Durhamâs âCan Openerâ Bridge Defeated Dozens of Ambitious Truck Drivers Last Year Stills from six of the 162 videos from 11foot8.com. The stoplight is red and the âOVERHEIGHT MUST TURNâ sign flashes urgently as a semi-truck waits at the intersection. The driver has a moment to consider turning before impact with the railroad bridge above Gregson Street. Instead they keep going and approach the bridge at a crawl, hesitate, then charge on. Wrong move. The crash on November 13, 2020, was just one of more than 160 recorded in this very spot, the scars etched onto the bridgeâs protective beam. The beam is the real foe, unmoving and unforgiving. Its scratches are an inventory of human error, of man versus metal (man losing).Â