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The 11′8″ + 8″ bridge ends 2025 undefeated

Converting potential energy to kinetic energy is always a good time. Apparently, reading is less so.

Jason Weisberger
Jan 06, 2026
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As the year winds down, Durham’s most reliable content generator has delivered one final reminder that clearance signs are not suggestions.

A new video making the rounds shows the 11′8″ + 8″ bridge doing what it has always done best: calmly, silently, and without malice, telling a cement mixer to be shorter. Despite years of viral fame, added warnings, f…

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