Okay, so this is actually wild. You know how every time you drive on Circle Drive, you're just praying you don't hit a deer, or worse, someone actually cuts you off on the Attridge overpass? Well, three overpasses have been hit in less than three weeks! That's not just a bad month; that’s a new level of "what in the Saskatchewan is going on here?"
Seriously, the city confirmed it: on Sunday, another "over height" vehicle smacked into the train/pedestrian bridge just south of the Attridge Drive overpass. This isn't some new thing, but three times in a month? One of them was the railway overpass right by the Taylor Street exit — you know, the one that always looks like it's seen better days. It's like drivers are playing a dangerous game of "how low can you go" with our infrastructure, and the bridges are losing.
### What This Means for Saskatoon
* **Traffic delays:** You thought rush hour was bad? Imagine a critical artery like Circle Drive getting inspected every other week.
* **Infrastructure stress:** Our bridges, especially the Broadway Bridge, are iconic. We need to protect them, not treat them like an arcade game.
* **Safety first:** This is just plain dangerous for drivers, engineers, and anyone else on or near these overpasses.
Saskatoon — seven bridges, two rivers, and something happening you haven't heard about yet. We brag about having more bridges per capita, and then our drivers are out here trying to take them down? This isn't just a minor fender bender; it’s a city-wide conversation we need to have about driver awareness and maybe, just maybe, bigger warning signs. Or perhaps we need to start measuring the height of every vehicle coming into the city at the Warman Road entrance. Just saying!
Blessing Adesanya, MiTL Sports Desk, Saskatoon.
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