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The Montague Street Bridge Claims Another Victim: A Melbourne Tradition
Right, so another truck has kissed the Montague Street Bridge this weekend. During the Australian Grand Prix weekend, no less. You’d think with all the precision engineering on display at Albert Park, someone driving a truck through South Melbourne might exercise a similar attention to detail when it comes to, you know, basic height clearance. But no.
For those not familiar with this particular Melbourne institution, the Montague Street Bridge has become something of a local celebrity – not for any architectural merit, but for its uncanny ability to collect trucks like I collect bargain tech deals at JB Hi-Fi. There’s even been a website tracking the days since the last incident, though apparently it got hit harder than the bridge itself (stopped updating in December, though someone mentioned it’s working again now).