The foregoing description implies that a railroad bridge might be involved
here, which it is.
It stands between the most convenient route in along highway 97, and access
to the building.
It is signed for 13' 4" clearance which is only a *little* taller than our
typical 13' rental box trucks, so I was curious how much wiggle room that
might actually include.
On one of our site visits I took the laser rangefinder and shot some heights
above the roadway, and didn't measure anything shorter than 13' 8".
However, it turns out that trucks go under here all the time, and I
was fortunate to snag a couple of them in the act.
The unmarked Hino turned out of the road beyond the bridge and just
barreled right under; they probably do it every day so they don't even
think about it.
The Ryder was a slightly different story -- two guys happened to drive up
in it as I was out here, and *stopped* to size up the situation because
they'd never been through there before.
Oddly, their box wasn't even marked with its own height.
I told them my measurement results from *mere minutes* before and suggested
they go slow and look up, so they gingerly approached the bridge.
And they made it under just fine -- close-ish, but no problem even at the
slightly crowned center of the road.
I believe the bridge at the far end of the train station is a couple of
inches higher, if that might help someday.
There are quite a few restaurants within easy walking distance, as well
as the rest of the town's infrastructure.
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