White House bridge may have been the most hit bridge in the UK at one time, but it still retains the accolade of being the bridge that demonstrated that you shouldn’t take a double decker bus under a low bridge!
…Besides the unintentional impact the bridge received from unwary drivers of large vehicles, it received international attention when Network Rail decided to show the world what it was like when a double deck bus tried to pass under our famous most hit bridge. The slightly modified former Leeds bus was driven into Whitehouse Bridge at speed, by a professional stunt driver John Carr, infront of the waiting press and TV cameras, for a stunning stunt that was seen worldwide…