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Title: HILL BLOCKS VIEW Signs Posted on I-10 in Mobile, AL
Post by: Brian556 on August 20, 2015, 09:49:01 PM
This is on I-10 eastbound in Mobile, AL about a mile or two before the tunnel. The CONGESTION AHEAD WHEN FLASHING was already there. but the HILL BLOCKS VIEW signs are brand new. This is the first time that I have seen them on an Interstate. This also shows that Interstates need to be designed with better sight lines.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc395%2FBrian5561%2FI-10.Mobile.AL.8.2015.HillBV_zpsexlrybxy.png&hash=2c6a4fe8034b66bf11d759e13da02665f1a6eaf2) (http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/Brian5561/media/I-10.Mobile.AL.8.2015.HillBV_zpsexlrybxy.png.html)
Title: Re: HILL BLOCKS VIEW Signs Posted on I-10 in Mobile, AL
Post by: freebrickproductions on August 20, 2015, 10:28:57 PM
I want to say there's at least one of these here in Madison County, AL.
Title: Re: HILL BLOCKS VIEW Signs Posted on I-10 in Mobile, AL
Post by: cl94 on August 20, 2015, 10:49:30 PM
I've seen quite a few of those and variants ("limited sight distance") in New York, but never on a limited-access highway. That sh*t's crazy.
Title: Re: HILL BLOCKS VIEW Signs Posted on I-10 in Mobile, AL
Post by: SidS1045 on August 20, 2015, 11:02:43 PM
Quote from: cl94 on August 20, 2015, 10:49:30 PM
I've seen quite a few of those and variants ("limited sight distance") in New York, but never on a limited-access highway. That sh*t's crazy.

There's one of those on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers, just north of the NYC line and well south of the area with at-grade cross streets.
Title: Re: HILL BLOCKS VIEW Signs Posted on I-10 in Mobile, AL
Post by: jeffandnicole on August 21, 2015, 06:20:00 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on August 20, 2015, 09:49:01 PM
This is on I-10 eastbound in Mobile, AL about a mile or two before the tunnel. The CONGESTION AHEAD WHEN FLASHING was already there. but the HILL BLOCKS VIEW signs are brand new. This is the first time that I have seen them on an Interstate. This also shows that Interstates need to be designed with better sight lines.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc395%2FBrian5561%2FI-10.Mobile.AL.8.2015.HillBV_zpsexlrybxy.png&hash=2c6a4fe8034b66bf11d759e13da02665f1a6eaf2) (http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/Brian5561/media/I-10.Mobile.AL.8.2015.HillBV_zpsexlrybxy.png.html)

They usually are signed with better sightlines; that all goes into determining the design speed of the highway.
Title: Re: HILL BLOCKS VIEW Signs Posted on I-10 in Mobile, AL
Post by: Alex on August 21, 2015, 09:55:34 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on August 20, 2015, 09:49:01 PM
This is on I-10 eastbound in Mobile, AL about a mile or two before the tunnel. The CONGESTION AHEAD WHEN FLASHING was already there. but the HILL BLOCKS VIEW signs are brand new. This is the first time that I have seen them on an Interstate. This also shows that Interstates need to be designed with better sight lines.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc395%2FBrian5561%2FI-10.Mobile.AL.8.2015.HillBV_zpsexlrybxy.png&hash=2c6a4fe8034b66bf11d759e13da02665f1a6eaf2) (http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/Brian5561/media/I-10.Mobile.AL.8.2015.HillBV_zpsexlrybxy.png.html)

Just another aspect that the George Wallace Tunnel bottleneck is becoming more and more of a daily traffic problem (note the congestion ahead when flashing sign in the background). The advisory speed is a complete joke too. Non peak-hour speeds normally run at 70 plus MPH on that stretch and the rise for the underpass was never a problem before.