Lansing's truck-munching bridge Big Penny now has a video game
A Michigan bridge infamous for repeatedly striking trucks—nicknamed "Big Penny"—has inspired a video game. The game lets players navigate the low-clearance bridge while avoiding collisions, turning a local traffic hazard into digital entertainment.
Background
Lansing, Michigan, has a railroad bridge on Cedar Street notorious for repeatedly getting hit by trucks that are too tall to pass under. Locals nicknamed it "Big Penny" after a running joke: someone taped a penny to the bridge, suggesting that drivers who hit it should "take a penny, leave a penny." The city eventually made the penny huge and official. Dozens of crashes have occurred there despite warning signs and sensors. Now a local developer has released a free browser game called *Big Penny: The Video Game* where players dodge falling pennies and jump over crashed trucks — a lighthearted tribute to one of Michigan's most famously stubborn infrastructure problems.