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Started by Ian, October 17, 2009, 08:42:34 PM

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mightyace

#51
Bump!

The only "Cobra Head" I've seen in person:

Sevierville, TN has this one I photographed at the intersection of "The Parkway" where it intersects US 411.  US 441 makes a left turn here from The Parkway to start a wrong way multiplex with US 411.


20110321 The Parkway @ US 411-441 & TN 66 Sevierville TN by mightyace, on Flickr
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WolfGuy100

Quote from: mightyace on June 11, 2011, 10:09:47 PM
Bump!

The only "Cobra Head" I've seen in person:

Sevierville, TN has this one I photographed at the intersection of "The Parkway" where it intersects US 411.  US 441 makes a left turn here from The Parkway to start a wrong way multiplex with US 411.


20110321 The Parkway @ US 411-441 & TN 66 Sevierville TN by mightyace, on Flickr

Are this signals new? Because last time I was there, it had two left turn signals and two thru signals

US71

I'll have photos in a day or two, but I saw a signal in Liberty, MO that appeared to be Steady Red, Left Green Arrow, Straight Green Arrow.  In the process of getting photos, the 2 Greens turned Yellow.  I saw something similar on a Flashing Yellow Arrow a mile or so away: Red Arrow, Steady Yellow Arrow, Flashing Yellow Arrow. The Flashing Yellow then turned to Steady Green Arrow. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the signal lens had 2 sets of LED's.

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Alps

Quote from: US71 on June 21, 2011, 02:22:01 AM
I'll have photos in a day or two, but I saw a signal in Liberty, MO that appeared to be Steady Red, Left Green Arrow, Straight Green Arrow.  In the process of getting photos, the 2 Greens turned Yellow.  I saw something similar on a Flashing Yellow Arrow a mile or so away: Red Arrow, Steady Yellow Arrow, Flashing Yellow Arrow. The Flashing Yellow then turned to Steady Green Arrow. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the signal lens had 2 sets of LED's.


Straight green arrow should never turn yellow in the same lens. It's fine for a left or right arrow, though. I believe Flashing Yellow can coexist with Steady Green, but I know you can't have Flashing Yellow and Steady Yellow together.

US71

Quote from: mightyace on June 11, 2011, 10:09:47 PM

The only "Cobra Head" I've seen in person:


I saw one along US 80 in Louisiana back in March. I'll see if I got a photo of it.
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Ian

Quote from: mightyace on June 11, 2011, 10:09:47 PM
The only "Cobra Head" I've seen in person:

How many names are there for this style of signal? I've heard "Aliens," "Bugs," and even "E.T.'s."
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Alex

Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 21, 2011, 07:53:17 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 11, 2011, 10:09:47 PM
The only "Cobra Head" I've seen in person:

How many names are there for this style of signal? I've heard "Aliens," "Bugs," and even "E.T.'s."

Those have been used in Delaware for decades now. I always just called them "T-lights". Never had a term for the upside down ones (green arrow / green ball) signals that are also common in Delaware.

Ian

Quote from: Alex on June 21, 2011, 09:09:43 PM
Never had a term for the upside down ones (green arrow / green ball) signals that are also common in Delaware.

Dolly Parton's!  :sombrero:
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mightyace

^^^

That would be more appropriate for the one I posted as Dollywood is only a few miles away from it!  :sombrero:
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ctsignguy

Quote from: thenetwork on November 14, 2009, 12:00:15 PM
Anybody remember the old style of traffic light that was composed of THREE red lights (slightly spaced apart across the top) with the standard strip of the yellow and green (sometimes with a 4th green arrow) lights down the center red light?

The only places where I have seen them were in Ohio (Scattered around in Lorain & Medina Counties), at a few drawbridges in the Flats area of Cleveland, and back in the early 70's near Daytona International Speedway. 

I would guess that this was a design used in the 50's & 60s.

I remember those triple reds....they used to hang out on Ohio 444 back in the 60s into the 70s....the last of them i recall seeing in actual use was in Oakwood on Ohio 48 (Dayton suburb) in the very early 80s but they came down soon afterward
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vtk

Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

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Quote from: vtk on June 22, 2011, 07:49:08 PM
4-way vertical-inline 5-head lefts in Van Wert, Ohio:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=40.858842,-84.596984&spn=0.00568,0.010933&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.858842,-84.596984&panoid=3Z0fnd5LEMX-2fdm0q0u0w&cbp=12,301.63,,0,-26.05


There is/used to be one somewhere on the North side of Canton -- possibly in North Canton along SR-43 with the same set-up.

Since I couldn't find that one, here is something 1/2 as good (or twice as good -- depending on how you look at it), a little further south in Dover, OH on Old US-21.

http://goo.gl/maps/92yu

Hot Rod Hootenanny

Quote from: thenetwork on June 24, 2011, 04:46:11 PM
Quote from: vtk on June 22, 2011, 07:49:08 PM
4-way vertical-inline 5-head lefts in Van Wert, Ohio:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=40.858842,-84.596984&spn=0.00568,0.010933&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.858842,-84.596984&panoid=3Z0fnd5LEMX-2fdm0q0u0w&cbp=12,301.63,,0,-26.05


There is/used to be one somewhere on the North side of Canton -- possibly in North Canton along SR-43 with the same set-up.

Since I couldn't find that one, here is something 1/2 as good (or twice as good -- depending on how you look at it), a little further south in Dover, OH on Old US-21.

http://goo.gl/maps/92yu

Photo of the Dover 5-tall traffic signal.
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

Hot Rod Hootenanny

And a "T" configuration signal from Painesville, Ohio
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

US71




Liberty, MO old MO 33 at Route H

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roadfro

Quote from: US71 on July 01, 2011, 01:31:56 PM



Liberty, MO old MO 33 at Route H

Wow, that is an interestingly non-compliant signal face!

Looks like the intersection runs split phasing all the time. A more typical signal application for this would be a 4-section head using circular red, circular yellow, circular green, and green left arrow.
Roadfro - AARoads Pacific Southwest moderator since 2010, Nevada roadgeek since 1983.


Lightning Strike

I don't have a pic and it erks me that I never took a picture but on US 1 near the Melbourne area the far right lane of NB US 1 has green signal that I believe is permanently green because the far left lane is painted with a solid white lane indicating people turning onto NB US 1 not to switch lanes.
Kinda hard to explain, wish I had a photo, maybe someone who knows the intersection I;m talking about can help to shed light?

Dr Frankenstein

#70
3M in downtown Montreal (E Ste. Catherine St. & Frontenac St.). I think that's unusual.

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.530095,-73.545796&spn=0.004592,0.010031&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=45.530043,-73.545682&panoid=dXzX1CUE4P_ars8OpAltDQ&cbp=12,44.31,,1,-2.66

One of the few unique signals-in-a-pole in Montreal. (Not visible from all angles on Street View, some photos are older). St. Urbain Street & Viger Ave. near the Place-d'Armes subway station.

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.50643,-73.55977&spn=0.002278,0.005016&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=45.506547,-73.559654&panoid=r5IiWhBe85IAc-K-ywtMQg&cbp=12,165.04,,2,-2.7

tchafe1978

Those signals in Milwaukee are pretty typical for an older installation.  Nothing too unusual there.

rickmastfan67

Quote from: Lightning Strike on August 16, 2011, 05:43:10 PM
I don't have a pic and it erks me that I never took a picture but on US 1 near the Melbourne area the far right lane of NB US 1 has green signal that I believe is permanently green because the far left lane is painted with a solid white lane indicating people turning onto NB US 1 not to switch lanes.
Kinda hard to explain, wish I had a photo, maybe someone who knows the intersection I;m talking about can help to shed light?

Is it something like this?

US71

Here's one in Van Buren, AR has something similar

Up until 4-5 years ago, it was a standard 3 head signal, but far right signal never changed from a green arrow.
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Lightning Strike

 Yea that's it, thx Rick and US71, sorry I did'nt have a picture. But glad someone knew what I was referring to! :D



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