Traffic Lights With Strobes...

[Alex]

A fairly new signal on Grelot Road in Mobile, Alabama uses a strobe in the red lens, so new installs are still occurring...

[njroadhorse]

IIRC, there is another set along US 17 in I believe in Middlesex or Essex County.

[Alps]

You know, the new edition of the MUTCD is going to prohibit strobe lights.

[jdb1234]

Here is the one on US 280 that I talked about earlier

[Bryant5493]

^^ Forgot about that one.


Be well,

Bryant

[xcellntbuy]

11 red lights?  That has to be a record!

[burgess87]

There's two or three strobe reds that I've seen in WNY:

1)  NY 77 (Chestunt Ridge RD) & Gasport RD

2)  NY 78 (Transit RD) & Rapids RD / Fisk RD intersection.

[njroadhorse]

Found another set on PA 145 just north of US 22 in Whitehall.

[Ian]

Here is the one on US 280 that I talked about earlier

Whoa! That must be a pretty bad intersection!

[Bryant5493]

^^ The speed limit on the road is 55 m.p.h. and the opposite direction, heading back toward Downtown Birmingham, is an expressway, with some interchanges, turning into a freeway leading to I-20/59.


Be well,

Bryant

[SSF]

US231 in Alabama has quite a few strobes, as does 431.  

edited to add: i am talking specifically about the area around Dothan for 231/431.  I think the strobes on 431 even make it to Phenix City. 

[NYhwyfan]

There's two or three strobe reds that I've seen in WNY:

1)  NY 77 (Chestunt Ridge RD) & Gasport RD

2)  NY 78 (Transit RD) & Rapids RD / Fisk RD intersection.

As of late the traffic signals at NY 78 (Transit Rd) and Rapids Rd/Fisk Rd have been replaced. The strobes were not put back on the new signals.

[Roadsguy]

The very stupid signalized intersection, in the farthest south remnant of what would have been the Piedmont Expressway at West Chester* , there are the strobes in the red lights. I think this intersection is a remnant of when there was only the 322 piece, and it was only a super-2 "expressway" like the part north of town.

You can barely see it in the Street View.

Also at at least one place on Rockhill Drive in Neshaminy, PA. You can't tell at all in Street View since it's so blurry and glarey.

*Or would it have fed into DE 141 or DE 1? Either way, it's the farthest south in PA.

[1995hoo]

Wow, quite the thread resurrection.

I'm aware of two intersections in Northern Virginia with strobes:

(1) Eastbound Edsall Road at Yoakum Parkway in the City of Alexandria. The light is located at the bottom of a hill around a curve.

(2) Eastbound Duke Street at Diagonal Road, also in the City of Alexandria. The light is located just after you crest a rise going over an overpass above the railroad tracks and the subway tunnel.

In both cases I wonder if the strobe is there because they're concerned that a driver might not see the light until the last second. In both cases the strobes are built into the red signals and are not separate installations like the one "jdb1234" posted above.

I recall there used to be a strobe somewhere on US-29 in Culpeper County, Virginia, and the light in question was the only traffic light for a really long stretch (especially when you were heading north) and so I assumed the strobe was there simply to help catch the eye of drivers who were zoning out. That particular strobe disappeared sometime in the 1990s.

[gotwins76]

The only strobes in the Harrisburg area that I can think of off the top of my head are at the intersection of the Carlisle Pike (US11) and the ramps to the PA 581 expressway.

[hbelkins]

The strobes on US 23 at the southern intersection with Business 23 in Wise, Va., have been replaced.

[JREwing78]

There's a string of them on IL 251 between South Beloit and Rockford. It's a stretch of 4-lane divided highway with frontage roads posted for 55mph, with about 1-2 miles between stoplights.

I haven't traveled enough in Illinois to note how frequently they're used elsewhere.

[Revive 755]

There's a string of them on IL 251 between South Beloit and Rockford. It's a stretch of 4-lane divided highway with frontage roads posted for 55mph, with about 1-2 miles between stoplights.

I haven't traveled enough in Illinois to note how frequently they're used elsewhere.

I think the Dixon District favored strobes the most; the only other ones I can remember in Illinois were along IL 1/US 150 in one of the towns between I-74 and US 36, but they were removed by mid 2000.

[connroadgeek]

White Plains NY uses strobes in the red lens.

[1995hoo]

Wow, quite the thread resurrection.

I'm aware of two intersections in Northern Virginia with strobes:

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(2) Eastbound Duke Street at Diagonal Road, also in the City of Alexandria. The light is located just after you crest a rise going over an overpass above the railroad tracks and the subway tunnel.

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I went through that intersection yesterday afternoon and shot some video while stopped at the red light (click on the picture to play):

[BamaZeus]

Hwy 82 has one coming into Northport from the west, mainly because it's pretty much the first traffic light for 20+ miles.  But it's nowhere near as elaborate, or 5% as busy as 280 at 459 in Inverness.

http://goo.gl/maps/T8RmO

[PHLBOS]

Pennsylvania STILL uses them. I know of about 20 in my area. Here are some shots of some:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/LocalRoadRelatedShots#5292418793553677394
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/LocalRoadRelatedShots#5302480174248382002 (now replaced with new signals, but still w/ strobes)
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/LocalRoadRelatedShots#5303097754167523810 (can't tell in this shot)

Ian, your links all point to the same page w/a whole bunch of photos.  It's a bit tough to sort through.

The nearest example of a strobed red signal near me (& not too far from you) is at the Providence Road & Bishop Ave. intersection in Secane (Upper Darby Twp.).  The strobed reds face southbound Bishop Ave. traffic.  The lenses (along w/a big yellow dual-arrow sign) were installed several years ago after a couple of accidents involving vehicles literally plowing through somebody's driveway (& garage) at the opposite end of the T-intersection.

[PurdueBill]

Here is the one on US 280 that I talked about earlier

What, no gates/force fields/pop-up Severe Tire Damage tire treadles?

[rickmastfan67]

Wow, quite the thread resurrection.

And I'll make a point that this is a perfect way to revive a thread.  As long as you add info on topic and it's not a "bump" type of post, reviving threads is perfectly fine in the Admin crew eyes.

[1995hoo]

Wow, quite the thread resurrection.

And I'll make a point that this is a perfect way to revive a thread.  As long as you add info on topic and it's not a "bump" type of post, reviving threads is perfectly fine in the Admin crew eyes.

Oh, I agree 100% and I didn't mean to sound like I was complaining. I was just surprised to see such an old thread revived, that's all. I guess it's a good sign that someone used the search feature.