A total of 712 bridges around the country have been hit by trucks in the last five years, according to figures released by Iarnród Éireann.
Yesterday, a pedestrian bridge on the N1 near the Pavilions shopping centre in Swords, Co Dublin was badly damaged after being hit by a truck. There were no injuries.
"There is a significant problem of trucks hitting bridges and it is due to a careless lack of attention to detail by hauliers," Iarnród Éireann spokesman Barry Kenny told ireland.com.
Iarnród Éireann have an information campaign in place to try and ensure hauliers have information about bridge heights. The campaign includes signs on and before bridges, television adverts and carry a list of bridge heights on their website.
"Hauliers should know the height of their vehicle and the bridge heights, not to know this is reckless," Mr Barry added.
Green Party leader Trevor Sargent today called for height bars to be placed each side of bridges at risk of being struck by large trucks. "It would make sense to place bright height bars each side of a bridge," he said.
"This way a truck would hit the bars first and save the bridge from being damaged or knocked down. This is a very serious issue. It is miraculous that nobody was hurt or injured yesterday," he added.
However Mr Kenny said that bars are not always an appropriate solution. "We do have bash beams on the two most-struck bridges, which are both in Portlaoise. However, it is not possible to put them on all bridges.
"Bars don't prevent trucks hitting bridges," he added. "The best way to prevent this is to inform. We are doing everything to make hauliers aware."