Crashes in which trucks become wedged under overpasses of Storrow Drive in Boston are so prevalent, they’ve become a verb.
Trucks get "Storrowed," that fabled term for driving trucks that are too big for Boston's low overhanging bridges. It's especially common during college move-in season and can cause serious delays in an already congested area of the city.
To watch NBC10 Boston's special report on the history of "Storrowing" from 2021, click here.
Below are over three dozen photos showing examples of "Storrowing" from the past decade:
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Mark Garfinkel
A truck got stuck on Boston’s Storrow Drive under the Silber Way footbridge, Eastbound.
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Mark Garfinkel
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A box truck filled with water and ice overturned on Aug. 7 on the westbound side of Storrow Drive under the overpass of Kenmore Square.
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The top of a truck ripped off after the driver tried to squeeze under the Dartmouth Street footbridge on Storrow Drive on July 27. The truck was then moved to Beacon Street to get it out of the way of traffic.
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Yet another tractor-trailer truck fell victim to one of the low bridges on Storrow Drive in Boston, getting stuck underneath on July 22.
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NBC10 Boston
The aftermath of a Ryder box truck striking the overpass on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
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Mike Biuso
A struck truck on Storrow Drive on January 12.
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@TheAwesomeBoston
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Massachusetts State Police
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Massachusetts State Police
This truck got stuck on August 30, 2016, just in time for college move-in day.
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@j goodell
This truck got "storrowed" on May 6th.
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@CraigglesofDoom
Aftermath of a "Storrowing" on Memorial Drive in Cambridge on June 9th.
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Shamus Moynihan
This one happend on June 21st.
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Diane McLaughlin
Diane McLaughlin shared this photo of a stuck truck on July 5.
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Teddy Kokoros
Here's Teddy Kokoros' photo of a truck on July 20.
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Dustin Fitch, Massachusetts State Police
This truck was "Storrowed" on the Bennington Street ramp onto Route 1A southbound on August 11th.
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Chris Rucker
A truck hit an overpass and rolled over on Jan. 12, 2018.
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NBC10 Boston
This moving van out of Maine hit an overpass on Storrow Drive westbound on July 24, 2018.
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A Storrowed truck in Boston on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.
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A truck gets “Storrowed” overnight in Boston.
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Getty Images
(Boston, Ma 011218) Workers unload the contents of a Servpro truck as it lays on its side, on the Kenmore off ramp from Storrow Drive west bound. January 12, 2018 Staff photo by Chris Christo (Photo by Chris Christo/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
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BOSTON – MAY 4: A tractor trailer truck became stuck under the Fenway/Charlesgate ramp on Storrow Drive on May 4, 2015. (Photo by Jaclyn Reiss/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
