Forget the coathanger. Montague Street Bridge is pretty handily becoming Australia’s most controversial piece of civil engineering, due to the fact its siren-song is still calling a seemingly endless stream of heavy vehicles to their doom.
To recap, in the past month, a public bus and two trucks have had their tops fucked up after trying to limbo under the admittedly stout bridge in South Melbourne. Those trucks add to a tally of 101 maimed vehicles since 2009 – a deathcount that’s bound to keep climbing.
There’s even a site dedicated to keeping you up-to-date on this entire deal, because God knows it’s vital stay in the know:
In honour of that particularly malicious span of steel and concrete, YouTuber David Cosma has cooked up a jaunty lil’ ditty, asking the age old question: is it too low?
Well, in all honesty, probably. But, the tune also points out it’s been there for-fucking-ever, so we don’t really have an excuse any more. The bridge doesn’t know any better, so we should just accomodate its special needs.
Get your tops off below:
Source and photo: David Cosma / YouTube.