Stop to oncoming traffic

[bugo]

Has anyone ever seen this?  I've seen "yield to oncoming traffic" but this is a first for me.

[roadfro]

Where is this?  Is this an everyday feature, or something unique during construction?

[bugo]

Where is this?  Is this an everyday feature, or something unique during construction?

On Oklahoma 82.  It's construction related, as the highway is down to one lane for a short distance.

[oscar]

Hawaii has dozens of one-lane bridges and other one-lane (or one and a half-lane) roadways.  The signs for those all say "yield to oncoming traffic."  That's true also for the occasional one-lane bridges in my area.

This one looks like a one-off, done by a construction company unsure about how to handle the temporary one-lane situation.

[Bryant5493]

S.R. 20 @ U.S. 29 - Lawrenceville, Georgia


Be well,

Bryant

[roadfro]

^ I think bugo was looking for two-lane roads with a one-lane stretch where traffic must stop for oncoming traffic--not at intersections or junctions.

That intersection is unique in that it has a stop controlled approach at an otherwise signalized intersection. Something that should not really be used...although it may conceivably work in this case where the other approaches are one-way streets.

[Bryant5493]

^^ Okay. The intersection of S.R. 20 and U.S. 29 is an interesting intersection, to say the least.

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The link below might be more of what bugo's looking for.

Rex Road one lane bridge - Rex, Clayton County, Georgia


Be well,

Bryant

[UptownRoadGeek]

I see this usually where a freeway exits onto two-direction feeder, service road or side street.  The traffic exiting the freeway had the right of way and the traffic on the road has to stop for the oncoming traffic from the freeway.  Not uncommon to me.
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Nevermind, I realized that there was only one direction of travel allowed after the stop sign.

[Truvelo]

Over here if the road is temporarily reduced to a single lane due to construction there will be temporary traffic lights. If the road is a small street with low traffic levels there will just be a coned off area where the work is taking place and traffic is left to sort itself out. I've never seen a stop sign.

On single lane bridges there is an increasing tendency to install traffic lights, even on smaller roads, which I assume is safety related.

[deathtopumpkins]

Here whenever any road major enough to have a center stripe has a lane closed, there is a flagger standing there with a STOP / SLOW sign, regardless of the traffic levels. Never seen anything that permanent.

[roadfro]

I've seen similar situations like this, usually controlled by a couple of flaggers. If it's a short section on a lightly traveled road (such as a residential street), they usually just let the drivers assign the right of way themselves.

I went through a long work zone on a two-lane section of a northern California highway a couple years ago (can't remember the route) that had half the roadway closed off. Access through the zone was controlled by temporary traffic signals.

[signalman]

For one day projects here in NJ a flagman/men is/are usually used.  If it's a long term project, temporary traffic signals will be installed.  If it's a minor lightly traveled road, cones and barracades will be up to block off the work zone, but drivers are left to sort ROW out on their own.  On single lane bridges I've seen yield signs installed or sometimes just a sign noting a single lane bridge. 

The only permanent traffic signal controlling a single lane section that I can think of that's about 1/2 mile long is along Old Mine Rd off Exit 1 on I-80.  It's single lane section is due to only a small area along a cliff to build the road.  To one side the cliff rises, to the other it drops almost straight down to meet the Delaware River. 

[realjd]

Another one-way bridge just outside Lafayette, IN

[yanksfan6129]

For a long time during a construction project, a stop sign was at the top of the on-ramp for I-287 north at the US 46/Littleton Road interchange/I-80 interchange. This is because there was no acceleration lane, I think.

[agentsteel53]

I have seen similar at roads where the through street enters the intersection, takes a ninety-degree turn, and exits.  Somewhere in Indiana (Monticello?) there is an intersection where three out of four branches get a stop, but traffic from one direction is allowed through.

[Bryant5493]

^^

Here's a similar set-up that I've seen in East Point, Georgia.

Martin Street @ E. Cleveland Avenue


Be well,

Bryant

[rawmustard]

Somewhere in Indiana (Monticello?) there is an intersection where three out of four branches get a stop, but traffic from one direction is allowed through.

Not more than a block from where I work used to be a three-way stop that had a stop sign added to the fourth leg (the northbound movement) about three months ago.

[Bryant5493]

^^

Here's one where it's a two-way stop, with southbound traffic having right-of-way. It's a dangerous intersection, imho.

Washington Road @ Janice Drive - East Point, Ga.


Be well,

Bryant

[Michael]

In CNY, there is usually enough sight distance to see the other end of a bridge, so there are no signals.  As mentioned earlier, short one lane stretches on a side street caused by construction are not controlled at all.

One rather long one-lane stretch is Bonta Bridge between Weedsport and Jordan.  Doug Kerr has a set on Flickr for the bridge.  Here's a picture from that set:

Another one-way bridge just outside Lafayette, IN

That's very similar to a bridge on Long Branch Road in Liverpool