These two roads in Louisiana and British Columbia have high-tension lines routed on their median, which seems to be pretty uncommon. I've GSVed everywhere and these are the only two examples of such a scenario I've ever been able to find.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.91475,-90.0471052,3a,55.4y,128.4h,94.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX-bPy2ASFxoq6zX9iDFD5Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.91475,-90.0471052,3a,55.4y,128.4h,94.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX-bPy2ASFxoq6zX9iDFD5Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2817841,-123.0233681,3a,43y,351h,99.2t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sL8l0kSLnF222kvguXUnZeQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DL8l0kSLnF222kvguXUnZeQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D52.712692%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2817841,-123.0233681,3a,43y,351h,99.2t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sL8l0kSLnF222kvguXUnZeQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DL8l0kSLnF222kvguXUnZeQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D52.712692%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192)
Any other instances of this, or other objects whose placements in medians would be unusual?
Edit: Note that I wouldn't consider street running railroads to be unusual, thus not really fit for this thread, considering how common they are
Greenfield Road, north of Ford Road (M-153) in Dearborn, Michigan:
https://goo.gl/maps/ggsiorPWjSYNXXiG8
These power lines continue north for about 1/2 mile, then turn east along a side street, going right by a house I lived in about 40 years ago (NE corner in this image). On damp or rainy days, the lines buzzed and crackled loud enough to be heard inside the house.
https://goo.gl/maps/JaZcJCiftETEgpgW7
It also reminds me of the power lines running down the median of 8 Mile Road.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3137/3066373447_4529a73c81_b.jpg)
Also similar to Tonne Road in Elk Grove Village IL. Not a heavy route, but it's used for the warehouses on the right and residential on the left. Power lines in the middle, very wide median
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.998761,-87.9787575,3a,75y,346.6h,89.79t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sY26q8lllSdHGad5WJVNXDA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DY26q8lllSdHGad5WJVNXDA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D113.276596%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.998761,-87.9787575,3a,75y,346.6h,89.79t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sY26q8lllSdHGad5WJVNXDA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DY26q8lllSdHGad5WJVNXDA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D113.276596%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100)
The power lines run right next to NC 12 and US 58 on the Outer Banks. The high-voltage variety.
I noticed today a really low-hanging set of utility wires crossing over the GSP outside Newark. Like, lower than truck height.
There are countless streets in the US that have railroads running in them with no grade separation.
My first thought when I saw this thread wasn't in a median, but this (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0473769,-76.2301825,3a,39.4y,189.53h,100.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s56jJ4-ON2PvpSxCV0ExoTA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D56jJ4-ON2PvpSxCV0ExoTA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D189.92407%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) weird placement of a transmission line tower in a parking lot. I first saw this as a little kid, and I thought it was weird then too.
I've seen DDIs with the sidewalk in the median through the "wrong way" portion, and thought it was unusual that it was there instead of on one or both sides of the bridge. I also think it's weird that the pedestrian and bike path (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5871247,-122.5449787,3a,75y,338.78h,95.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sI3ygQRqql6ZmWV0jFd5peg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DI3ygQRqql6ZmWV0jFd5peg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D40.368164%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) on I-205 near Portland, OR is in the median.
This Sheetz (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8213923,-76.8489239,178m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Selinsgrove, PA is in the middle of a jughandle, which isn't quite a median, but it's still weird. Further north on US 15, there's a house in the median (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3907179,-77.0619788,176m/data=!3m1!1e3) just north of Trout Run, PA. On the NY Thruway, the Angola service plaza (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6357678,-78.9890829,345m/data=!3m1!1e3) is in the median. As I typed that last sentence, I remembered the McDonald's that used to be in the median on the Chicago Skyway.
For other objects in a median - how about a cemetery?
On I-85 in South Carolina, just north of Exit 95, there is a small cemetery in the median. Can't really see it too well through Google SV.
Here's some background information about it: http://www.gribblenation.org/2019/01/the-cemetery-inside-interstate-85-median.html (http://www.gribblenation.org/2019/01/the-cemetery-inside-interstate-85-median.html)
S Industrial Way in Seattle (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5651101,-122.3239889,3a,75y,303.55h,103.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJEMnl2vor_lk-QBPOeDcGQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) has some seriously massive transmission lines in the median. I suspect this was power line right-of-way that later had the road added.
Here's an example in Tacoma (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2672767,-122.489509,3a,74y,265.93h,100.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWNs0Mac3IIdKnsWyikqKng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) that's very similar to the ones in the original post.
There's a long stretch of I-5 along the Columbia River (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9350536,-122.7631421,3a,60y,295.33h,92.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snyw_8Be2UDrCo_uoe-b3BQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en) with both a railroad line and power lines running in a wide median.
This only kind of counts, since it's not visible aboveground, but the reason that much of Beacon Ave S in Seattle (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5495673,-122.3013145,3a,75y,190.95h,79.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0_e2noso8hJG4Pmj-yvm9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) has such a wide median is that the Cedar River Pipeline -- several huge water mains that supply about half of Seattle's water -- are buried under it.
A few from Las Vegas:
*N Decatur Blvd, between Vegas Dr & Smoke Ranch Rd (https://goo.gl/maps/Cjz3UAs9oT8Jc9Qe8) has some power lines in the median. It's a narrower pole and median than many others linked above.
*I-515/US 93/US 95, just south of the Tropicana Ave Interchange (https://goo.gl/maps/24JEjgTqRKtaM26k8) has two power line poles in the median as the highway curves. The median widens out here to provide an access area for utility trucks.
*In a few places, but most notably along Sands Ave between Koval Ln & Paradise Rd (https://goo.gl/maps/FDCqd7dZAPwP2apn7) and along Paradise Road between Sands Ave & Desert Inn Road (https://goo.gl/maps/egWkTyLSXVSn1mPc9), the Las Vegas Monorail line runs along the street with several support pillars located in the median. In a few (https://goo.gl/maps/CtY19DPnwzo8fohH6) different spots (https://goo.gl/maps/u7xEc4wzBU5xnjuF9) along Paradise, left turn pockets actually weave between the pillars.
*Most notably, the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is in the median of Las Vegas Blvd (https://goo.gl/maps/pjU25Apa6WKs1cjf9). Due to the tourist draw and safety issue of people darting across the traffic to take pictures at the sign, a parking lot was constructed in the median (https://goo.gl/maps/upfUf8nSS34tMcMC8) to provide safer access–the lot was later expanded and pedestrian crossing signals added. (Probably one of the few cases anywhere of a pedestrian signal designed to for people to cross to the median instead of the entire road.)
EDIT: Fixed link to Sands Ave example
In Louisville, Zorn Avenue features unusually wide medians with no landscaping or trees. The common driver won't know the reason why, but just beneath the surface of the median are large water mains carrying the city's drinking supply. In GSV you'll notice extra signs telling people to not park in the medians. Further down Zorn Ave, you'll see the historic Louisville Water Tower and pumping station.
https://goo.gl/maps/riUXoJNjQUJNVq688
Related fun fact: Louisville Water is consistently rated the best in the nation. It's so good, that it's trademarked and sold as "Pure Tap."
Quote from: roadfro on July 28, 2019, 05:17:12 PM
A few from Las Vegas:
*In a few places, but most notably along Sands Ave between Koval Ln & Paradise Rd (https://goo.gl/maps/24JEjgTqRKtaM26k8) and along Paradise Road between Sands Ave & Desert Inn Road (https://goo.gl/maps/egWkTyLSXVSn1mPc9), the Las Vegas Monorail line runs along the street with several support pillars located in the median. In a few (https://goo.gl/maps/CtY19DPnwzo8fohH6) different spots (https://goo.gl/maps/u7xEc4wzBU5xnjuF9) along Paradise, left turn pockets actually weave between the pillars.
Reminds me of the DC Metro viaduct in Tysons Corner, kind of unusual in an area known for suburban sprawl, typically you'd only find elevated metro trains in places like Chicago and NYC.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9273148,-77.2401779,3a,75y,155.19h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spTvzXacUOTYTfIZA6QQYdA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DpTvzXacUOTYTfIZA6QQYdA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D160.21951%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
While light rail running in medians isn't exactly uncommon, the lynx blue line in Charlotte runs in the median on US 29 and has some neat overpasses in doing so which aren't too common a sight.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2626558,-80.7718573,3a,87.9y,284.47h,94.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s0FK8UOlvcsEFWpw8C_02WA!2e0
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2829095,-80.7641854,3a,15y,25.15h,90.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4ylTcKav3RdoXneCtuyjCQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: roadfro on July 28, 2019, 05:17:12 PM
*In a few places, but most notably along Sands Ave between Koval Ln & Paradise Rd (https://goo.gl/maps/24JEjgTqRKtaM26k8)
Link needs to be fixed. You duplicated the Tropicana Ave interchange link.
I saw this thread a few days ago and today happened to run across this electrical tower in a traffic island in Carman, Manitoba
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fafiler.com%2Froads%2F182%2520MB-3%2520-%2520Google%2520Maps.png&hash=29f016729c83d71d776277d7caa90b633a29e0b9)
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.5024654,-98.001692,3a,75y,111.08h,100.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHOwJ30oW1xyQcYSv-lA_0w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I've visited this part of Manitoba before and there's another neat thing to notice about the electrical network: farms with Single Wire Earth Return.
Jefferson Davis Highway in Richmond, VA has the wooden power poles in the median.
Quote from: Michael on July 26, 2019, 10:33:22 PM
My first thought when I saw this thread wasn't in a median, but this (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0473769,-76.2301825,3a,39.4y,189.53h,100.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s56jJ4-ON2PvpSxCV0ExoTA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D56jJ4-ON2PvpSxCV0ExoTA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D189.92407%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) weird placement of a transmission line tower in a parking lot. I first saw this as a little kid, and I thought it was weird then too.
I've seen DDIs with the sidewalk in the median through the "wrong way" portion, and thought it was unusual that it was there instead of on one or both sides of the bridge. I also think it's weird that the pedestrian and bike path (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5871247,-122.5449787,3a,75y,338.78h,95.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sI3ygQRqql6ZmWV0jFd5peg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DI3ygQRqql6ZmWV0jFd5peg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D40.368164%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) on I-205 near Portland, OR is in the median.
This Sheetz (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8213923,-76.8489239,178m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Selinsgrove, PA is in the middle of a jughandle, which isn't quite a median, but it's still weird. Further north on US 15, there's a house in the median (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3907179,-77.0619788,176m/data=!3m1!1e3) just north of Trout Run, PA. On the NY Thruway, the Angola service plaza (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6357678,-78.9890829,345m/data=!3m1!1e3) is in the median. As I typed that last sentence, I remembered the McDonald's that used to be in the median on the Chicago Skyway.
Ah, good old Fairmount Fair. The power lines have been there since the 1960's. At that time, these power lines were near the end of the parking area. There was only an empty field where Key Bank, Five Guys, and the other stores are now. Sears used to be where the Michaels is now (not exactly--the east end of the Sears was where the Marshalls/Home Goods stores meets the wall of the Michaels). The road leading out of the lot to Blueberry Lane was there back then. We would use this as a shortcut to go from Fairmount Fair to the Western Lights Shopping Plaza if my parents were in a shopping mood (DestinyUSA wasn't even thought of back then, nor was any other mall built at that time).
The Bronx River Parkway is separated by a lake in the median at one point.
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on July 31, 2019, 06:19:13 PM
The Bronx River Parkway is separated by a lake in the median at one point.
I think its the Sprain Brook you are referring to.
Plus the OP I think is looking specifically for power lines and not lakes or reservoirs.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 31, 2019, 09:33:50 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on July 31, 2019, 06:19:13 PM
The Bronx River Parkway is separated by a lake in the median at one point.
I think its the Sprain Brook you are referring to.
Plus the OP I think is looking specifically for power lines and not lakes or reservoirs.
Title says other objects, so what they're saying would count
In some small towns in Oklahoma, they have objects inappropriately placed in the middle of the street. These objects include flag poles, business-style signs with changeable message sections, planters, ect.
Marshall, OK (town is practically dead):https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1539043,-97.6260342,3a,39.4y,101.79h,91.09t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sXDOlPTOF3B_vXCOPz4PCLg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DXDOlPTOF3B_vXCOPz4PCLg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D259.67096%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100 (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1539043,-97.6260342,3a,39.4y,101.79h,91.09t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sXDOlPTOF3B_vXCOPz4PCLg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DXDOlPTOF3B_vXCOPz4PCLg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D259.67096%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100)
Ryan OK: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0205904,-97.9573521,3a,52.3y,215.34h,82.11t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s4WQoNHuGz6HfOlZgG6Q_Iw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4WQoNHuGz6HfOlZgG6Q_Iw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D52.620148%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0205904,-97.9573521,3a,52.3y,215.34h,82.11t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s4WQoNHuGz6HfOlZgG6Q_Iw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4WQoNHuGz6HfOlZgG6Q_Iw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D52.620148%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100)
In one town people were even putting garage sale signs in the middle of the street
Queens Road in Charlotte, NC (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2001513,-80.8312073,3a,75y,132.15h,101.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scRj-kUPL953ggactquFUzw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) has regular utility poles in the median, and they all have two streetlights attached to them.
WMATA Metrorail aerial structure in the median of VA-7 Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9278808,-77.2407429,3a,37.5y,330.02h,87.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sy9wd3abmN_C6iTNTtpi3AQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
The Dan Ryan and Eisenhower expressways in Chicago.
Chestnut Ave in Newport News, VA has high voltage lines in its median north of Briarfield Rd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xoV9GHaBXjTQYtC3A
Andrews Blvd in neighboring Hampton also has them
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9CQYgAth3jSh7cQ89
Quote from: roadman65 on July 30, 2019, 06:37:44 PM
Jefferson Davis Highway in Richmond, VA has the wooden power poles in the median.
Semmes Ave (US 60), also in Richmond, has these
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D3fNjJoE1Wsxfm38A
Ditto for Grove Ave west of I-195
https://maps.app.goo.gl/x9cck1Xgo2dMHtaf9
EDIT: Also a stretch of Glenwood Ave (US 70) in Raleigh
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zWGt8SXsZq2AVzRF7
Cumberland Ave. in West Lafayette, Indiana has had power lines down its median for a long time (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4605606,-86.9265284,3a,75y,62.31h,95.36t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbgMIpVXhGGD2bHnnth6B2Q!2e0!5s20090601T000000!7i3328!8i1664) but with recent renovations and addition of roundabouts, the power lines were upgraded and changed to taller ones on metal poles (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4605606,-86.9265284,3a,75y,62.31h,95.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbgMIpVXhGGD2bHnnth6B2Q!2e0!7i3328!8i1664) from the old wooden ones. Some of the metal ones are inside roundabouts even (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4606531,-86.9247266,3a,75y,89.26h,85.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAey9xWFM86brrAE9ZpaoqQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Oncor proposed a few years ago to run high tension lines down the middle of some roads in Frisco and the whole town crapped a brick. To my knowledge, no lines down any median.
Quote from: kphoger on August 02, 2019, 02:46:57 PM
The Dan Ryan and Eisenhower expressways in Chicago.
With the trains? May as well add the Kennedy too
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 02, 2019, 08:25:29 PM
Some of the metal ones are inside roundabouts even (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4606531,-86.9247266,3a,75y,89.26h,85.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAey9xWFM86brrAE9ZpaoqQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
(shhh. don't tell anyone.)
Quote from: kphoger on August 05, 2019, 02:39:34 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 02, 2019, 08:25:29 PM
Some of the metal ones are inside roundabouts even (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4606531,-86.9247266,3a,75y,89.26h,85.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAey9xWFM86brrAE9ZpaoqQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
(shhh. don't tell anyone.)
Everyone knows metal electric poles in roundabouts induce a magnetic field due to the rotation of vehicles, which will attract the metal frames of cars and cause even more crashes. It's simple science, really.
That science doesn't sound simple.
And if you add a second lane to the roundabout, it's like adding current to the winding of an electromagnet. It makes them dangerously attractive!
You know, what we're seeing here actually causes the roundabout to act like a simple motor that makes things spin, interacting with the metal of the cars and all. Like one of those homopolar motors you might've done for a science experiment as a kid. Without it, the roundabout wouldn't work at all, cars would just drive straight through, right over the island and everything - these are in all roundabouts, the apparatus is just visible above ground for this one.
Well if power lines down the median gets you excited, check out Garden Ridge Blvd in Lewisville, TX:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0493637,-97.0356482,3a,16.3y,4.58h,89.27t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1shmEgwCy_DB_8DtKXGC-aww!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DhmEgwCy_DB_8DtKXGC-aww%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D12.879473%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100 (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0493637,-97.0356482,3a,16.3y,4.58h,89.27t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1shmEgwCy_DB_8DtKXGC-aww!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DhmEgwCy_DB_8DtKXGC-aww%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D12.879473%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100)
Mitchell Hammock Rd in Oviedo has power lines inthe center:
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.6557868,-81.2009593,3a,60y,60.87h,104.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3OoluWc_C8_UikIUw1QjVQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I believe one side of the road was built with powerlines on the side, and when expansion was needed, ROW was on the other side of the power lines, and they were never relocated.
In the median of I-95/MA 128 near Needham, Mass, there exists the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Center (https://goo.gl/maps/q8Efh6nFr5bvrdRm9).
Found some more, these are in Hartsville, SC, between the fittingly named Power St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3590073,-80.1022268,3a,35.3y,80.53h,88.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfkauDLaCO142zzT4A1ufxg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I don't think I see US-30 (Lincoln Highway) in Forest Hills mentioned. Duquesne Light has a line running down the median for about 2.2 miles or so, shortly after it splits from the Parkway East heading east.
https://goo.gl/maps/bQ6dCZK2vp6U9WSR6 (https://goo.gl/maps/bQ6dCZK2vp6U9WSR6)
The appropriately-named Tower Boulevard in Lorain, Ohio:
https://goo.gl/maps/K5hF51nxsNdvpcA28
Also, there is a natural spring / well in the middle of the road south of Norwalk, Ohio along Peru Hollow Road (Old State Route 61):
https://goo.gl/maps/c31buAftvaU7Mq3D8
Quote from: jay8g on July 28, 2019, 03:22:50 AM
This only kind of counts, since it's not visible aboveground, but the reason that much of Beacon Ave S in Seattle (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5495673,-122.3013145,3a,75y,190.95h,79.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0_e2noso8hJG4Pmj-yvm9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) has such a wide median is that the Cedar River Pipeline -- several huge water mains that supply about half of Seattle's water -- are buried under it.
Further up the line, a road is built right on the right-of-way, but it still has to split past some sort of support building. Google Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/q8QNLSVyiXski9Cc8)
The Cimarron County, OK courthouse is located in the center island of a roundabout (https://goo.gl/maps/nHUsqH1TrnJTz1dc9) carrying US 56, US 64, US 385, US 412, and SH 3, plus the terminus of SH 325. The roundabout also carried US 287 before that was moved to a bypass northeast of town to elimitante truck trarffic.
Near Laurel, MD, there are two lattice-style transmission towers with wide bases in a median on I-95. This is actually a median between the NB lanes and a relatively new C/D road, built primarily for the ICC/MD-200 project and a new interchange (also serves the MD-198 exit from beforehand). The width of the median can vary from a mere Jersey barrier to a dozen or so yards. Some of the wider sections, including this one, are at different elevations.
When the ICC-construction website was online, if it isn't still, there was a design document somewhere that described how these towers were going to be "landlocked" with regard to the power company having access to them. I was surprised they kept them right where they were, since when the new freeway section of US-29 was built through Burtonsville 10+ years ago, two new towers were built to keep the wires higher up. Curiously, the new structures are monopoles while most if not all the others on that line are lattice. For what it's worth, when these same lines cross over US-50, several of them are painted white and red due to their proximity to Freeway Airport. They also have red navigation warning lights up top.
The median of Grand Ave (SH 78) in Dallas has a playground and picnic area, part of Samuell-Grand Park.
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8004659,-96.7393901,325m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8007964,-96.7396718,3a,50.7y,144.76h,86.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCybYgHy-QNz0XgCeUALTiw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Several Texas county courthouses are in the center of a loop of some sort.
Anderson: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4889311,-95.9868912,333m/data=!3m1!1e3
Atascosa: https://www.google.com/maps/@28.9198186,-98.5460454,169m/data=!3m1!1e3
Austin: https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9504012,-96.2574483,168m/data=!3m1!1e3
Parker: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.759026,-97.7975628,325m/data=!3m1!1e3
A line of DC's metro system between I 66 west of Arlington.
Here, in QC, along the A-640 between Mascouche and Terrebonne, there's a mass transit RR, and even a train station, between the two carriageways.
https://goo.gl/maps/zNhosY9jgzkRmWHE7
Three Rivers, MI has a KFC (an older one with a buffet) between a slip road from NB US-131 to EB M-60 and M-60 proper on the east side of US-131. Current construction plans call for the elimination of the slip road: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9424067,-85.6510307,396m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Weber's Inn and Restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI is located within the median of Jackson Ave (old US-12/current BL I-94): https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2845549,-83.7928284,513m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Franklin Street in Crawfordsville, Indiana has a railroad track running between its two halves for five blocks. Google Maps mistakenly calls it Franklin St S and calls an alley half a block north Franklin St N. Few people use Franklin Street because it has a stop sign at every street that crosses it while none of the cross streets do-- one of which is US 231.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0360428,-86.8955996,3a,75y,273.66h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4SuUxW-Id5rgB6fpE5B6rA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0360426,-86.9011839,3a,75y,270h,83.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2uHTWPJFu3-jhCpWpzDIoA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
Here, in the "island" between the QC-138 WB, the ramp to QC-343 NB, and the QC-343 itself, bears a Tim Horton's, a Shell gas station and an accomodation store.
https://goo.gl/maps/ZdWPiFv94zopwRvL9 (https://goo.gl/maps/ZdWPiFv94zopwRvL9)
Thought of another one in Las Vegas:
*Huntridge Circle Park (https://goo.gl/maps/fkNrAQ6jnn4eDawDA) is a city park located in the median of Maryland Parkway, complete with small parking lots on either side and traffic signals for pedestrian crossing. This is located in an old residential neighborhood called Huntridge, and I think existed prior to Maryland Parkway becoming such a major thoroughfare.
In Rapid City, SD, West Chicago Street has power lines above short trees in the median between 32nd and 44th Streets. They have to trim the trees at least once a year to keep them from growing too tall and hitting the power lines.
Powerlines in the median of Tennessee Highway 254 in Brentwood, west of US 31:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48824356967_c7893ecb0b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2horAj4)
Quote from: X99 on November 12, 2019, 06:25:53 PM
In Rapid City, SD, West Chicago Street has power lines above short trees in the median between 32nd and 44th Streets. They have to trim the trees at least once a year to keep them from growing too tall and hitting the power lines.
I have never understood doing that. It just looks terrible once the trees get tall enough and have to be trimmed.
Are we just talking about America? Because there is a median power line at the intersection between Furongjiang Rd (芙蓉江路) and Tianshan Rd (天山路) in Shanghai.
I enjoy finding locations where there are poles in the middle of the street without a median. I had been racking my brain for a while trying to come up with a town I found on GSV in Guatemala with a couple of streets like that, but then I realized I've driven a great example multiple times.
Here is recent GSV (https://goo.gl/maps/2f1x4T6bzuc8ww2A8) of Calzada del Márquez on the east side of Parras, Coahuila. I don't believe they're actually utility poles, but rather support poles used during the town's annual grape and wine festival, which takes place along the street (https://goo.gl/maps/oHtTjTcky5bRoh7w9) with multiple vendor stalls setting up along the pavement.
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on November 26, 2019, 01:24:29 PM
Are we just talking about America? Because there is a median power line at the intersection between Furongjiang Rd (芙蓉江路) and Tianshan Rd (天山路) in Shanghai.
Satellite view here (https://goo.gl/maps/oCsThwYckCXKxjV79), including the tower's shadow in the intersection. (Note that the street map and the satellite view do not line up, because China.)
Quote from: kphoger on November 26, 2019, 02:09:21 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on November 26, 2019, 01:24:29 PM
Are we just talking about America? Because there is a median power line at the intersection between Furongjiang Rd (芙蓉江路) and Tianshan Rd (天山路) in Shanghai.
Satellite view here (https://goo.gl/maps/oCsThwYckCXKxjV79), including the tower's shadow in the intersection. (Note that the street map and the satellite view do not line up, because China.)
You do realize that Baidu Maps and QQ Maps exist?
Baidu wasn't loading well for me.
Quote from: kphoger on November 26, 2019, 02:44:28 PM
Baidu wasn't loading well for me.
Try QQ. Baidu might be disproportionately laggy on some networks outside of China.
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on November 26, 2019, 03:41:07 PM
Quote from: kphoger on November 26, 2019, 02:44:28 PM
Baidu wasn't loading well for me.
Try QQ. Baidu might be disproportionately laggy on some networks outside of China.
Not knowing Chinese, I can't figure out how to share a link from QQ Maps.Figured it out (https://map.qq.com/?l=680ab820b312c82d9e82c3cd3b25b00e)
Baidu (https://map.baidu.com/@13514575.959626822,3638778.5077605015,18.99z/maptype%3DB_EARTH_MAP). With Street View (https://map.baidu.com/@13514567.58,3638847.4,21z,87t,156.38h#panoid=09000300121709121010466221Y&panotype=street&heading=250.04&pitch=16.21&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09000300121709121010466221Y) to boot. For me it works fine most of the time.
Back in June they cut the pine trees (https://www.google.es/maps/@45.4245081,11.9691644,3a,75y,41.64h,96.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-bbt-NChb3iaHCa1SRzfLw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) that grew in the median of Italian A4 between Padova and Venice. They were a well-known landmark. RIP.
https://map.qq.com/?l=680ab820b312c82d9e82c3cd3b25b00e#pano=10021030140522141456200&heading=0&pitch=0&zoom=1
Yeah... Baidu still just gives me a blank white page, so screw that site. As for street view on QQ Maps–I knew how to get there, but it wants me to install a new version of Adobe in order to view it.
Quote from: kphoger on November 27, 2019, 10:03:33 AM
but it wants me to install a new version of Adobe Flash in order to view it.
Fixed that for you. Adobe, on its own, is a company, not software.
Also: don't use Flash anymore (especially with a Chinese website!) It is an outdated, insecure, piece of shit software.
I keep forgetting to post this one (https://goo.gl/maps/3XJGkbfCc8Pyo6PQ8) here in Wichita.