Old Traffic Signals

[D-Dey65]

4-Way Flasher in Biloxi, MS

Looks like it had a big old four-way sign casing underneath. Anyway, I took these in Mount Vernon, New York back in April 2011.




That's at the intersection of South Eighth Avenue and West First Street.


BTW, who removed those images from DC?!

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

I was out taking pictures of other things and stumbled across this.  Admittedly, it isn't a traffic signal, but I think I can squeeze it in here.

There several of those signs are still hanging in Granville* (though they contain black text on a yellow background).
* - as of last year. Very seldom do I have a reason to travel through Granville.

[brownpelican]

Jackson, Miss.





Columbia, Miss.

[Alex]

I am happy to report that this set of signals is still in operation on Holcombe Avenue in Mobile:



Pic from 11-13-03, drove by on Monday.

There are very few intersections in Mobile left with 30" signals.

[US71]

Sedalia, MO



Muskogee, OK

[US71]

Humboldt, TN


Non-working signal in Jasper, TX


Sallisaw, OK


Pleasant Hill, MO  Red on 3 sides (SB, EB, WB) and Yellow (NB)

[US71]

One more for now:
3-4 signal in Pineville, LA

[Alex]

A decommissioned one-piece four-way flasher in Mount Vernon, Alabama.

[D-Dey65]

Sedalia, MO

I once took some pictures of signals like that in Central Park. The red one said "Wait." I don't think it's there now.

[US71]

I once took some pictures of signals like that in Central Park. The red one said "Wait." I don't think it's there now.

Fayetteville, AR had similar signals on the downtown Square until around 1970.  The Red (more orange) was WAIT. On the main signal it was R/Y/G and WALK

Some of the signals were mounted to the side of the pole, some were top mounted. Somewhere there are photos online.

[Ian]

On the main signal it was R/Y/G and WALK

Kind of like this one in Green Island, NY:


Sadly, this piece of history has been replaced by modern boring signals.

[US71]

More like what I posted, but with just a WALK.  The WALK was slightly larger than the R/Y/G

[D-Dey65]

These were just R(Wait)/G(Walk). It was in one of the walkways near Central Park South.

[xcellntbuy]

Given the photo of the four-light signal in Green Island, NY, I believe you will find many similar traffic signals in places like Cohoes, Troy and possibly Waterford.  Troy's more residential sections (Lansingburgh, comes to mind) may be a great place to find these oldies.

[US71]

Given the photo of the four-light signal in Green Island, NY, I believe you will find many similar traffic signals in places like Cohoes, Troy and possibly Waterford.  Troy's more residential sections (Lansingburgh, comes to mind) may be a great place to find these oldies.

I'd love to see one of those in person

[Ian]

Given the photo of the four-light signal in Green Island, NY, I believe you will find many similar traffic signals in places like Cohoes, Troy and possibly Waterford.  Troy's more residential sections (Lansingburgh, comes to mind) may be a great place to find these oldies.

Oh yeah, the Albany-Troy (and to a degree, Schenectady) area has a ton of old 4-way signals, though that was the only one with the WALK section on the bottom. I think the oldest one in the area has to be this Marbelite 4-way in Cohoes:


One of the reasons why I love Albany is the amount of old signals!

I'd love to see one of those in person

They are a sight to behold!

[xcellntbuy]

The adaptability of the old Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY traffic signals is truly amazing.  The most recent photo indicates that the nice dark green oldie has been retrofitted with LEDs.

[PAHighways]

To be honest, I only recall seeing traffic lights like this in Ontario.

There are a ton to be found only three hours to your west

Or an hour to the east in Johnstown and Somerset.

[US71]

Canton, MS


And a close-up:




These sort of looks like 2 slightly different designs

[busman_49]

The signal that's more faded has visors that were cast as part of the door; the other one has screw-on visors.

[D-Dey65]

The adaptability of the old Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY traffic signals is truly amazing.  The most recent photo indicates that the nice dark green oldie has been retrofitted with LEDs.

So that's why it has the LEDs. I thought it was a new signal being made to look old.

[D-Dey65]

Clarksville, AR

The traffic signals on Portion Road(Suffolk CR 16) and Hawkins Avenue in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York used to have R/Y/G signals, but the red ones used to have the word "STOP" painted over the lens too... at least the westbound signal did.

[US71]

The adaptability of the old Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY traffic signals is truly amazing.  The most recent photo indicates that the nice dark green oldie has been retrofitted with LEDs.

So that's why it has the LEDs. I thought it was a new signal being made to look old.

Winnfield, LA has 3 signals that have been retro-fitted with LED's

[relaxok]

Clarksville, AR

Man that is a beautiful signal!

I always tell people about wanting to own a real incandescent signal assembly and they look at me like I have three heads

[relaxok]

Here is one apparently from Pittsburgh..