The Bloodthirsty Montague St Bridge Finally Has Its Fancy Safety Gantries

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May 27, 2016

It’s over.

At long last the reign of terror wreaked upon unsuspecting vehicles by Melbourne’s insatiable Montague Street Bridge has come to an end.

The notoriously low bridge has claimed some 100-odd vehicles since 2010, all ripped open like tins of Chum.

After it became a running joke amongst Melburnians, to the point where it has its own very snarky and very funny Twitter account, VicRoads has finally gotten around to doing something about it.

The bridge is now sporting a pair of impressive looking safety gantries, designed to help people judge the height of their vehicles. Two large steel beams have been erected on either side of the bridge, and a series of large rubber paddles have been hung beneath.

The theory behind them being as simple as possible: If your truck hits the paddles, it’s gonna hit the bridge m8.

And look! It works!

Success! Montague Street Bridge avoided!https://t.co/szpZ6dKTJN

— 3AW Melbourne (@3AW693) May 27, 2016

The bridge itself seems unnervingly relieved about the installations.

Now I get to watch jerks crash into these instead of me!
Thank you @VicRoads! https://t.co/PLL6SvJuh3

— Montague St Bridge (@MontagueStBridg) May 26, 2016

And because this is the internet and people are *hilarious* the gantries themselves have not one, but TWO Twitter accounts. And they’re bloody brawling over which one is better.