Another Truck Crashes Into A North Buffalo Bridge

Buffalo can be a pretty wild and interesting place. There are all kinds of great activities sprinkled all over town, from downtown to North Buffalo and everything in between.

One place that was pretty active today was a stretch of Colvin Avenue in North Buffalo, between Amherst Street and Linden Avenue, where something that shouldn't have happened, in fact, happened. It's not the first time it's happened, and it likely will not be the last.

The old New York Central Railroad has a rail line that encircles Buffalo. For most of its existence, it's been called The Belt Line because of how it forms a belt around the city. During its heyday, the rail line had nineteen different stops spread around the city, with the main hub being downtown on Exchange Street.

In several spots where the Belt Line crossed major streets, the road was lowered below grade, and the train traveled over the street using viaduct bridges. You can still see it today at Amherst near Austin Street, Parkside near Linden, and Colvin Ave near Crescent.

This brings us to why we are here, as, for some reason, this rail viaduct seems to attract trucks that like to crash into it.

As someone who lives in North Buffalo and drives under this bridge several times daily, I find myself surprised every time this happens, and yet it still happens every few months. Facebook User Erin Arrigo, who also lives in North Buffalo, snapped these photos of the truck stuck under the bridge, with remnants of the truck still stuck to the bridge and debris spread all over Colvin Avenue.

Luckily, no one was injured in the crash.

North Buffalo Truck Crash

The rail overpass has claimed several trucks over the years

Gallery Credit: Ed Nice

Hopefully, future drivers will pay attention to the huge white sign showing the safe clearance height for vehicles traveling under the bridge. They likely won't, but we can still hope they do.