I drive a tractor trailer for a living. I have experience driving in the 4 of the 5 boroughs of NY and let me tell you it's a nightmare. I've pulled a 53' trailer in Staten Island, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Long Island. It sucks. Thankfully my company refused to make deliveries in Manhattan. For starters the bridges are NOT clearly or correctly marked. The truck "routes" aren't marked well either and on occasion a truck route puts you right up against a 12' bridge....WTF. Everything is tight and the people up there drive like complete and total A-holes. I've had to blind side back into a super tight dock from the street with wing nuts flying by and not even watching me. Every time I went up there I drove around with my you know what puckered.
Just watch the video. You can see that the first bridge the truck goes under is marked 13'3" and he clears it. Tractor trailers sit 13'6" high. This is part of the reason NY driving is a nightmare.
That being said, it is CLEARLY marked that all trucks must stay off the Parkways. Most expressways are OK but Parkways are strictly forbidden.
Thankfully now that I have a new position at work, I am no longer required to go to NY.
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