Garmin I3

[jonkers]

Hi

Please can someone give me some advice, we have just purchased a motorhome, and have a Garmin I3 sat nav - does anyone know where I can obtain a program for the I3 in relation to low bridges, so we can use it with motorhome and not have any worries!

 

Thanks

:-)

[michele]

Hi welcome ,

You need W2Go stick around he will be around no doubt

 

other will tryto help I'm sure.

 

good luck

[Champstar]

Hi I have had an I3 for over a year...it was my first foray into sat nav..I find that it usually work well I have even loaded speed camera data and motorhome parking and campsite details but did not know about low bridges!! this would be very good and I wouls be interested to find out more if anyone knows...even for other sat navs as I have a converter program for custom points.

[davenewellhome]

While I am in no way denigrating the use of sat nav for identifying low bridges I do have to ask are they really such a problem? Surely every road that has a low bridge on it also has a warning notice at the start of that road, or am I missing something? Also, while I accept that there are a few bridges that are very low, I've never encountered one low enough to stop my motorhome, I think the lowest I've seen personally was 11'6", which I know is lower than some of the bigger European built motorhomes but it was in such a narrow road that I doubt you'd voluntarily take one down there anyway.

 

D.

[michele]

Are you not able to select a button that is there for lorries Buses and the like ? without downloading a whole programme ?

[jonkers]

Thanks for your replies, as I said I've just started out on the whole motorhome and satnav so i'm new to it all, just thought it would make my life a little easier.

Champstar could you let me know where you got the motorhome sites and parks program.

 

Thanks again, and any help is appreciated,

 

[Champstar]

Hi I have sent the links to the site by pm

 

Cheers

[Champstar]

Hi Michelle I always use the setting for buses but I do not get warnings for low bridges

[JohnP]

If you google POI low bridges this will bring up sites that provide this information. I have yet to see a free one advertised because they are geared to lorry transport who have to pay for the service.

 

I agree with Dave that you are unlikely to come across this problem during touring on normal roads.

 

There is a book map of the UK on sale in W H Smiths which shows low bridges.

[Mel B]

We've experienced low bridges - when tootling around a couple of years ago especially we were at one of the seaside resorts and trying to get down to the sea front which meant going under the railway which ran between the beach and the town. Only problem was the low bridges on nearly all of the roads leading down to the beach ... quite a few weren't marked until you were within 30 ft of them!!! In France we found the same problem, sometimes they are not marked until you're just about to go through them then have the fun of trying to turn round, unfortunately not all of them are on narrow streets.

[jonkers]

Thanks again, after some searching I have found a website lowbridges.com and got a download from them.

Again I'd rather be safer than sorry.

[Way2Go]

Hi,Sorry to be slow to respond but we've been out.I have a link to a good web site but cannot remember it at the moment as I'm not on my PC!!I did produce a downloadable document on how to set a warning for low bridges (which includes the low bridge web site address)Have a search for it ;-)

[Way2Go]

Here's a link to the article I posted.

http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7664&posts=1

The download discusses how to setup a POI (in this case a low bridge) and link it to a warning sound.  It's written for a TomTom but the general principles apply to any SatNav.

Hope this helps

W2G

[jonkers]

W2G, thank you very much for you help. It is greatly appreciated for us novices!!

 

Thanks

[J9withdogs]

davenewell@home - 2007-06-17 1:24 PM

 

While I am in no way denigrating the use of sat nav for identifying low bridges I do have to ask are they really such a problem? Surely every road that has a low bridge on it also has a warning notice at the start of that road, or am I missing something? Also, while I accept that there are a few bridges that are very low, I've never encountered one low enough to stop my motorhome, I think the lowest I've seen personally was 11'6", which I know is lower than some of the bigger European built motorhomes but it was in such a narrow road that I doubt you'd voluntarily take one down there anyway.

 

D.

 

What about the Jackfield bridge, Dave?

 

I followed a very large wagon of Polish origin all the way down to the bridge - he had come out of a factory unit in Broseley so didnt see the signs.

 

Bet he wished his Satnav had told him it was there!! *-)

[Way2Go]

I appreciate it's only a minor part of driving and motorhoming but I was surprised at how many bridges are 10ft or below:-

NM 9187 3410 - 8'3 - H13 - U79 010 - Achaleven Railway	-5.37906	56.45305
NO 5056 1653 - 10'0 - Argyle St 10'(3.05M)"	-2.80127	56.33864
NO 5068 1656	-2.79932	56.33888
NS 5696 6889 - Lochburn Road - Maryhill - Glasgow - G20 9AE	-4.2888	55.89195
NS 5717 6902 - 9'0 - Lochburn Road - Maryhill - Glasgow - G20 0LQ	-4.28555	55.89313
NS 6159 6694 - 8'6 - Darnick Street - Springburn - Glasgow - G21 2BL	-4.21384	55.87578
NS 9850 7689 - 9'6 - B8029 - Mill Road - Linlithgow Bridge - Falkirk - EH49 7RN	-3.62788	55.97428
NU 1883 1323 - 9'3 - B6346 - Bondgate Within - Alnwick - Newcastle upon Tyne - NE66 1TB	-1.70408	55.41272
NU 1894 1315 - 9'3 - B6346 - Bondgate Within - Alnwick - Newcastle upon Tyne - NE66 1PN	-1.7023	55.41195
NZ 2942 1320 - 6'6 - Parkside - Darlington - DL1 5AH	-1.54697	54.5133
SD 3665 3730 - 10'0 - B5266 Fairfield Rd 10'(3.05M)"	-2.96398	53.8281
SD 3665 3730 - 10'0 - Blackpool 3 - FY6 8LQ	-2.96398	53.82813
SD 3812 2950 - 8'6 - Cartmell Lane - Moss Side - Blackpool - FY8 4JW	-2.94	53.75825
SD 3937 0350 - 9'6 - Butchers Lane - Maghull - Liverpool - L39 6SY	-2.91603	53.5247
SD 4773 6036 - 9'3 - Bridge Road - Lancaster - LA1 4WF	-2.79951	54.03661
SD 4777 1102 - 7'3 - Deans Lane - Parbold - Ormskirk - WN8 7UT	-2.79052	53.59321
SD 4913 6999 - 9'0 - Crag Bank Road - Carnforth - Lancaster - LA5 9JL	-2.77979	54.12333
SD 4957 7112 - 9'0 - off Warton Road - Carnforth - Lancaster - LA5 9EY	-2.77321	54.13348
SD 5265 3138 - 6'6 - Lytham Road - Sharoe Green - Preston - PR2 3HE	-2.71994	53.77659
SD 7419 4203 - 6'3 - Chester Park Avenue - Clitheroe - Burnley - BB7 2JG	-2.39396	53.8739
SD 7425 4214 - 7'0 - Milton Avenue - Clitheroe - Burnley - BB7 2HE	-2.39311	53.8749
SD 7910 1872 - 10'0 - Strongstay Rd.E 10'(3.05M)"	-2.31768	53.66462
SD 8626 2180 - 9'9 - Lee Road - Stacksteads - Rawtenstall - OL13 0DL	-2.20955	53.69253
SD 8815 2189 - 8'0 - Railgate - Bacup - Rawtenstall - OL13 9XE	-2.18088	53.69332
SD 8876 0486 - 9'9 - B6189 - Grimshaw Lane - Middleton - Oldham - M24 1GQ	-2.17106	53.54034
SH 3279 7385 - 9'6 - A4080 - Station Road - Rhosneigr - Anglesey - LL64 5QZ	-4.50674	53.2353
SH 4118 8967 - 10'0 - Rhosgoch Overbridge	-4.38919	53.37996
SJ 3405 9852 - 6'7 - Pankhurst Road - Litherland - Bootle - L21 0EF	-2.99514	53.47931
SJ 3414 9434 - 9'10 - Bedford Rd W 9'10 (3M)"	-2.99297	53.44176
SJ 3514 9463 - 9'10 - Bedford Rd E  9'10 (3M)"	-2.97793	53.44445
SJ 7039 8736 - 9'0 - B5159 - Burford Lane - Lymm - Warrington - WA13 9JN	-2.4466	53.38226
SJ 7040 8736 - 9'0 - Lymm - WA13 9JN	-2.44646	53.3823
SJ 7307 8772 - 9'0 - Dunham - WA14 4SH	-2.40631	53.3857
SJ 7307 8773 - 9'0 - B5160 - Woodhouse Lane - Dunham Town - Altrincham - Manchester - WA14 4SH	-2.40623	53.38572
SK 5285 6004 - 10'0 - Sheepbridge Ln  10' (3.05M)"	-1.21148	53.13496
SK 6188 0910 - 9'6 - Church Hill Road - Thurmaston - Leicester - LE4 8DH	-1.08619	52.67613
SO 7784 3302	-2.32418	51.99519
SO 8258 1440 - Grange Road - Whadden - Gloucester - GL4 0PL	-2.25414	51.82798
SO 8258 1441 - 9'9 - Grange Road - Whadden - Gloucester - GL4 0PL	-2.25412	51.82801
SO 8653 0243	-2.19637	51.72042
SO 8653 0243 - 9'11 - Orchard Lane 9'11 (3.04M)"	-2.19635	51.72045
SO 8662 0189 - 6'7 - Walls Quarry - Brimscombe - Stroud - GL5 2PE	-2.19505	51.7156
SO 8662 0189 - off Brimscombe Hill - Brimscombe - Stroud - GL5 2PE	-2.19508	51.71557
SO 9262 3279	-2.1088	51.99355
SP 0175 7330 - 7'9 - Aqueduct Lane - Alvechurch - Redditch - B48 7BS	-1.97565	52.3578
SP 0213 7352 - 7'9 - Aqueduct Lane - Alvechurch - Redditch - B48 7PY	-1.97013	52.35975
SP 0506 8113 - 10'0 - Bourneville Ln 10' (3.05M)"	-1.92695	52.4281
SP 6311 5961 - 9'3 - Bridge Street - Weedon Bec - Northampton - NN7 4PJ	-1.0773	52.23106
SP 6533 5780 - 9'10 - Furnace Lane  9'10 (3M)"	-1.04512	52.21455
SP 7049 8699 - 9'6 - Rushes Lane - Lubenham - Market Harborough - Northampton - LE16 9TA	-0.96357	52.47629
ST 6581 6878 - 9'6 - Avon Mill Lane Railway Bridge	-2.49307	51.41695
ST 6625 6862 - 9'9 - Unity Road Railway Bridge	-2.48673	51.41554
ST 7311 6462 - 6'6 - Jews Lane (Railway) Bridge	-2.38778	51.37994
ST 9125 7316 - 10'0 - C170 Lowden 10'(3.05M)"	-2.12722	51.45733
SU 1517 8533 - 10'0 - 11 Ft 003:Corporation St - Swindon Sn1 1	-1.78247	51.56663
SU 1519 7977 - 10'0 - Corporation St 10' (3.05)"	-1.78247	51.51662
SU 1665 6073 - 9'9 - Hollybush Lane - Pewsey - Swindon - SN9 5JQ	-1.76228	51.34539
SU 7036 7405 - 10'0 - Cow Lane 10'(3.05M)"	-0.98861	51.46102
SU 8915 5181 - 8'9 - Lakeside Road - Ash - Aldershot - GU12 5AB	-0.72379	51.25849
SU 9668 4410 - 6'9 - Westbrook Road - Godalming - GU7 2AE	-0.61786	51.18798
SU 9991 5025 - 6'9 - Kings Road - Guildford - GU1 4JW	-0.56993	51.24268
TL 5437 7947 - 9'0 - A142 - Station Road - Ely - Cambridge - CB7 4BP	0.26721	52.39152
TM 0936 5463 - 8'3 - B1078 - Coddenham Road - Needham Market - Ipswich - IP6 8HB	1.05885	52.15024
TM 0995 3205 - 10'0 - B1352 Station Rd 10'(3.05M)"	1.0536	51.94734
TQ 0457 6136 - 9'9 - Camphill Road - Dartnell Park - West Byfleet - Woking - KT14 6HF	-0.50002	51.34171
TQ 0581 6223 - 9'9 - A318 - Oyster Lane - Byfleet - Woking - KT14 7JJ	-0.48194	51.3493
TQ 1355 6576 - 10'0 - D6898  Mill Rd 10'(3.05M)"	-0.36967	51.37954
TQ 1640 6625 - 9'0 - Angel Road - Long Ditton - Kingston upon Thames - KT7 0AZ	-0.32863	51.38338
TQ 1709 8475 - 10'0 - Bridgewater Rd 10'(3.05M)"	-0.31265	51.5495
TQ 2392 6970 - 7'9 - Lower Downs Road - Wimbledon - London - SW20 8QG	-0.21938	51.41275
TQ 2870 8182 - 8'9 - Weymouth Mews - Regent's Park - London - W1G 7BQ	-0.14632	51.52067
TQ 3098 8001 - 9'6 - off York Road - Waterloo Station - London - SE1 7LJ	-0.11415	51.50386
TQ 3100 8002 - Mepham Street - Waterloo - London - SE1 8SQ	-0.11381	51.50392
TQ 3280 8129 - 8'6 - Angel Court - Bank - London - EC2N 2BL	-0.0874	51.51494
TQ 3492 8237 - 9'9 - Coventry Rd 9'9 (2.97M)"	-0.05653	51.52409
TQ 3540 7835 - 8'9 - Bolina Road - Bermondsey - London - SE16 2ST	-0.0511	51.48786
TQ 3586 7765 - 9'6 - Cold Blow Lane - New Cross - London - SE14 5RR	-0.04472	51.48152
TQ 3589 8107 - 6'6 - Ratcliffe Cross - Stepney - London - E1 0JQ	-0.04298	51.51225
TQ 3637 7584 - 9'9 - Mantle Rd 9'9 (2.97M)"	-0.03816	51.4651
TQ 4917 7336 - 10'0 - Manor Way - Bexley - London - DA5 3QF	0.14499	51.43958
TR 0149 4176 - 9'9 - New Town Road - Ashford - TN24 0PU	0.87898	51.13961

[Guest JudgeMental]

 

On recent trip to France, low petrol station forecourts where as much of a hazard as low bridges..

 

with a new hightop you really have to engage your brain...

[michele]

As a X Bus driver it drummed into you ! did me one good thing then ! ;-)

[Dave Newell]

J9withdogs - 2007-06-18 10:25 AM

 

davenewell@home - 2007-06-17 1:24 PM

 

While I am in no way denigrating the use of sat nav for identifying low bridges I do have to ask are they really such a problem? Surely every road that has a low bridge on it also has a warning notice at the start of that road, or am I missing something? Also, while I accept that there are a few bridges that are very low, I've never encountered one low enough to stop my motorhome, I think the lowest I've seen personally was 11'6", which I know is lower than some of the bigger European built motorhomes but it was in such a narrow road that I doubt you'd voluntarily take one down there anyway.

 

D.

 

What about the Jackfield bridge, Dave?

 

I followed a very large wagon of Polish origin all the way down to the bridge - he had come out of a factory unit in Broseley so didnt see the signs.

 

Bet he wished his Satnav had told him it was there!! *-)

 

True but then I've never been down there in a motorhome. I did see a foreign truck (Hungarian I think) last year at the bottom of Jiggers bank, he'd got all the way down to the bridge and when I saw him was reversing a 40 foot artic back up. For those of you who don't know Jigger's bank its about half a mile of twisty windy steep hill from the roundabout on the Ironbridge bypass down to Coalbrookdale but at the bottom of the hill is a railway bridge that's about 12'-13' high. Oh yeah, the road ain't wide enough to turn a 40 footer round either and its on a main bus route so its a busy road. Anybody fancy reversing 40 foot of artic up a seriously steep and bendy hill in a foreign country with buses and cars coming down it?

 

To be fair though it is signposted for a low bridge as you come off the roundabout.

 

D.