Abinanti’s proposed law would require the Department of Transportation to install height-restrictor bars across the entrances most frequently used by oversized trucks to discourage them from entering the parkways.
Abinanti noted that similar height barriers are already used to keep large and heavy vehicles out of parking lots and other low-ceiling structures. A similar physical device stretches across the northbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan.
“Trucks on parkways are a hazard not just to bridges but to passenger vehicles legally on the roads,” Abinanti said in a statement. “How many more bridges have to be hit before we take effective action?”
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