Gridlock as truck strikes bridge

A CALL has been made to erect flashing “over height” warnings signs on the approach to the railway bridge in Cork after it was hit by yet another truck yesterday.

It was the second time in less than two months that rail commuter services were disrupted as Iarnród Éireann was forced to close the bridge for a damage inspection.

On the morning of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Cork on May 20, both rail and road traffic in the area was severely disrupted after a truck carrying acid for recyclable batteries hit the underside of the rail bridge