MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) – Friday morning (1/30/2026) delivered one of those classic Murfreesboro moments—the kind that makes you laugh, sigh, and wonder how many trucks have to bonk their heads before we all accept that the W. College Street railroad underpass is not, in fact, a suggestion. It’s a hard limit.

A box truck rolled up to the CSX Railway underpass with the confidence of a toddler wearing a superhero cape. Unfortunately, confidence doesn’t change physics. The old phrase “trying to put a quart into a pint pot” fit perfectly as the truck tried—earnestly, repeatedly, and unsuccessfully—to squeeze under the bridge. The bridge, unmoved by ambition, said no.

Traffic didn’t just slow down. It didn’t even crawl. It froze—completely stopped—like someone hit pause on W. College Street at the railroad underpass. Police arrived to manage the situation, though “managing traffic” mostly meant explaining to drivers that no one was going anywhere.

Then came the wrecker crew—the folks who use experience, muscle, and occasional creative problem-solving to get big things unstuck. After some head-scratching and likely a few “bless his heart” moments, they went with a classic solution: letting air out of the tires. Pound by pound, the truck lowered just enough to wiggle free.

Whether the cold weather puffed those tires up like balloons or someone simply forgot to check the height of the vehicle remains a mystery. One thing, however, is not mysterious at all: this underpass has been humbling trucks for decades.

Could the city dig the road deeper? Sure—if someone finds a spare fortune lying around. Until then, the underpass remains undefeated.