Pylons/electric towers

[TheGrassGuy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4360338,-78.7689366,2796m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=2

5 cuttings, and only 2 of them have power lines.

[GenExpwy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4360338,-78.7689366,2796m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=2

5 cuttings, and only 2 of them have power lines.

Some could be pipelines.

[Scott5114]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4360338,-78.7689366,2796m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=2

5 cuttings, and only 2 of them have power lines.

Some could be pipelines.

Indeed, here you can see the marker posts, and what appears to be them laying a pipeline in the distance: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4369397,-78.7644441,3a,40.7y,80.34h,82.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR3prueXGnNGu0xE8efukHQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?authuser=2

[adventurernumber1]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4360338,-78.7689366,2796m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=2

5 cuttings, and only 2 of them have power lines.

Some could be pipelines.

Indeed, here you can see the marker posts, and what appears to be them laying a pipeline in the distance: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4369397,-78.7644441,3a,40.7y,80.34h,82.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR3prueXGnNGu0xE8efukHQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?authuser=2

That probably explains a lot of these empty (from the surface) cuttings I've seen. For some reason I previously thought these were places where there used to be transmission towers but that they were removed for whatever reason. But given that I've seen an awful lot of these, this certainly makes much more sense. 

[TheGrassGuy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5664897,-74.2560656,3a,75y,346.37h,103.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1fQFO2uc2aRJ1Xnfpjaxmg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=2

Only just remembered this when driving along this section of the Turnpike recently.

[lepidopteran]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5664897,-74.2560656,3a,75y,346.37h,103.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1fQFO2uc2aRJ1Xnfpjaxmg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=2

Only just remembered this when driving along this section of the Turnpike recently.

Good example of old-meets-new.  Notice that if you do a 180, the towers on the far-left have "corona rings" on their insulators, or what looks like floating rings on the top and bottom of each one.  I think the purpose is to serve as a Faraday cage of sorts to prevent arc-ing.  Today's installs just seem to use larger/longer insulators altogether.

[TheGrassGuy]

Okay these are actually interesting
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.662772,-76.1602031,3a,27.3y,47.14h,108.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbOpBXeoh7sFYSw4Qxll2-A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5866629,-76.0756424,3a,39.7y,182.27h,99.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPdke9uy9mJKdc0erc-pYJQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7952355,-77.0562298,3a,24.1y,285.88h,100.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJ4qWauMqvdC1TgK7iZwHRg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DJ4qWauMqvdC1TgK7iZwHRg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D265.15598%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

[TheGrassGuy]

I don't know how these don't just fall over in a good wind. They just stand on what seems to be a single point.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0585368,-93.1740175,3a,75y,239.28h,90.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spSPvXrPURgtkYWhU8onTGw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DpSPvXrPURgtkYWhU8onTGw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D135.51935%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

You can see the guy wires more clearly if you zoom in a bit. The fact that decent-size trucks are being driven around right next to the guy wires might be a concern.

There do seem to be plenty of these in rural areas.