There were more “Storrowing” incidents in August than days in that month. Crashes in which trucks become wedged under overpasses of Storrow Drive in Boston are so prevalent, they’ve become a verb. The TEN looks at why they’re so common and what can be done.
And seemingly every year, some unlucky student or parent fails to navigate the low bridges on Storrow Drive and the surrounding roadways.
Shortly before noon on Thursday, one such person driving a U-Haul on Soldiers Field Road in Boston struck the North Harvard Street bridge, ripping the top off the vehicle.
Traffic is now flowing on Soldiers Field Rd. at North Harvard St., on the Boston/Cambridge line after this truck struck the bridge there. No injuries reported. 📸@pictureboston pic.twitter.com/I0PRpqDmkt
Soldiers Field Road eastbound near the Boston/Cambridge line was temporarily closed for a bridge inspection and cleanup no thanks to the "too-tall" truck. All lanes reopened minutes later after it was determined that the bridge was not damaged.
Mark Garfinkel
A truck got stuck on Boston’s Storrow Drive under the Silber Way footbridge, Eastbound.
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Mark Garfinkel
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A box truck filled with water and ice overturned on Aug. 7 on the westbound side of Storrow Drive under the overpass of Kenmore Square.
The top of a truck ripped off after the driver tried to squeeze under the Dartmouth Street footbridge on Storrow Drive on July 27. The truck was then moved to Beacon Street to get it out of the way of traffic.
Yet another tractor-trailer truck fell victim to one of the low bridges on Storrow Drive in Boston, getting stuck underneath on July 22.
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The aftermath of a Ryder box truck striking the overpass on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
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Mike Biuso
A struck truck on Storrow Drive on January 12.
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This truck got stuck on August 30, 2016, just in time for college move-in day.
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This truck got "storrowed" on May 6th.
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Aftermath of a "Storrowing" on Memorial Drive in Cambridge on June 9th.
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Shamus Moynihan
This one happend on June 21st.
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Diane McLaughlin
Diane McLaughlin shared this photo of a stuck truck on July 5.
Teddy Kokoros
Here's Teddy Kokoros' photo of a truck on July 20.
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This truck was "Storrowed" on the Bennington Street ramp onto Route 1A southbound on August 11th.
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A truck hit an overpass and rolled over on Jan. 12, 2018.
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This moving van out of Maine hit an overpass on Storrow Drive westbound on July 24, 2018.
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A Storrowed truck in Boston on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.
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A truck gets “Storrowed” overnight in Boston.
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(Boston, Ma 011218) Workers unload the contents of a Servpro truck as it lays on its side, on the Kenmore off ramp from Storrow Drive west bound. January 12, 2018 Staff photo by Chris Christo (Photo by Chris Christo/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
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BOSTON – MAY 4: A tractor trailer truck became stuck under the Fenway/Charlesgate ramp on Storrow Drive on May 4, 2015. (Photo by Jaclyn Reiss/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Other than perhaps the driver's pride, no injuries were reported in the crash.
