“The proposed fixed bridge should provide at least 230 feet of vertical clearance above mean high water,” Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath wrote in a June letter to the transportation ...

N.C. Department of Transportation Division 3 Bridge Program Manager Amanda Glynn explained the vertical clearance over the Intracoastal Waterway channel is 65 feet from mean high water – the U.S ...

Vertical clearance — the space between the water and the bottom of a bridge’s roadway — is one of many factors that will be decided as state officials work with a selected Key Bridge builder.

A new bridge proposed to span the Cape Fear River in Wilmington should include a vertical clearance of at least 135 feet to meet current and future navigation needs, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a ...

A ten-wheel truck was stuck in an underpass after its bungling driver misjudged the vertical clearance. The lorry tried to pass under the Mahanam Bridge in Ang Thong province, Thailand, while ...

Drawbridge-style design has no clearance problems. The study listed the vertical lift bridge and the Double-leaf Dutch Bascule Bridge as both being viable, long-term alternatives.

Crews aim to increase the vertical clearance on the bridges, which cross over Interstate 80: Magazine Street, Benicia Road, Georgia Street, Springs Road, Tennessee Street and Redwood Street.