The vertical clearance was three feet lower than he'd reckoned.
The bridge at Cambridge limits traffic to 50 feet vertical clearance.
The span is 450 feet with a vertical clearance of 175 feet.
A bridge would require vertical clearance of 150 feet, and it just won't be built.
In the down position, the bridge provides 24 feet (7.3 m) of vertical clearance.
I eased the stick back to get a little more vertical clearance between us.
When closed the bridge provides 25 feet of vertical clearance.
The vertical clearance is 8 feet 11 inches (2.71 m).
The bridge has a vertical clearance of 135 feet (41 m).
In the lowered position, the vertical clearance is less than five feet above the low water level.