Potter Park Zoo is already dressing up for Halloween — with the zoo entrance now disguised as Lansing’s most famished bridge.
Several white, sharp teeth, and two large googly eyes, have appeared above the Potter Park Zoo’s entrance, mimicking the toothy grin affixed to the 12-foot-high Pennsylvania Avenue railroad bridge. The bridge — built in 1928 and located just outside of the zoo, north of the Red Cedar River — has captured Lansing’s attention for years because of too-tall vehicles’ tendency to get wedged underneath while trying to pass below it.
“It’s basically for our Boo at the Zoo, our Halloween event,” Executive Director of the Zoological Society Amy Morris explained.
On Sept. 16, the entertainment Facebook page for the Society for Totally Useless Pranks and Immature Dumbassery (or STUPID) celebrated the spooky entrance.
“Potter Park Zoo has embraced the beautiful beast that is their neighbor,” the Facebook group said. “Too Tall Trucks, and Too Tall Humans please proceed with caution.”
As of Sept. 12, 22 trucks have been damaged in 2025 by the unforgiving height of the Big Penny Bridge, according to the Facebook group’s running tally.
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Reporting by Sarah Moore, Lansing State Journal / Lansing State Journal
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