I grew up in NJ and always noticed the gore flashers either flash simultaneously or alternatively at certain exit ramps. Predomintanly along the Pulaski Skyway with its left exits used them at South Kearny and Broadway ramps, as well as the former lane drop southbound on US 1 & 9 at the Elizabeth Avenue Exit so that motorists would not hit the viaduct itself.
In NYC it would be overhead with yellow arrows instead of NJ's yellow balls on short poles or attached to the light poles. Anyplace else in the US or Canada that uses them?
https://goo.gl/maps/93fxtraRrST2
In NJ, although part of the DRPA's jurisdiction.
I-787 southbound at Exit 4B (US 9/Clinton Ave).
https://goo.gl/maps/eUCrkPkNYkT2
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 29, 2015, 01:16:17 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/93fxtraRrST2
In NJ, although part of the DRPA's jurisdiction.
No doubt on the Walt Whitman Bridge hence NJ having an exit number over 300 miles.
Quote from: roadman65 on December 29, 2015, 01:47:07 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 29, 2015, 01:16:17 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/93fxtraRrST2
In NJ, although part of the DRPA's jurisdiction.
No doubt on the Walt Whitman Bridge hence NJ having an exit number over 300 miles.
Yeah that's a dead giveaway right there.
There's one in the Miller Beach neighborhood of Gary Indiana where two lanes split to go around a bridge pier. The lanes join up again after the bridge. Other than that they're non existent in Indiana, at least in the Northwest district.
I'm pretty sure I-91 had exit gore flashers somewhere in Springfield, MA before the ramp switcheroo project was done. Looks like they're gone now.
On I-95 SB through Bridgeport there is a gore flasher for Exit 27A (CT 8/CT 25 North). There's also one on I-95 NB for Exit 28.
Also I-84 in Waterbury last time I was there.
I recall seeing them occasionally in Ontario, but don't remember where.
The District of Columbia has them in a few places.
Portland, Oregon has them in a few places:
I-405 SB to I-5 (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5054372,-122.6784989,3a,75y,100.47h,85.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_G32wYmLtyhn2_Vp9QIx4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
I-5 NB to I-84/US 30 EB (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5120924,-122.6673905,3a,26.4y,7.77h,82.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sodiOO6TSWqga80rFe1mO_g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
I-84/US 30 WB to I-5 (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.525328,-122.6625331,3a,73.4y,289.33h,92.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPYtm3HzxSkLUWje7eGD2eA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), and further up the I-5 NB ramp before the exit to Convention Center/Rose Quarter (https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5270276,-122.6646881,3a,75y,359.23h,92.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szy1QQBXC-8LBog3p4cPDOw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dzy1QQBXC-8LBog3p4cPDOw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D158.14291%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656)
They're pretty helpful as traffic can be very heavy with lots of drivers changing lanes in the downtown area, and many times one has to move from one side of the freeway to another to reach their intended exit.
Massachusetts interchanges used to be unusual if they did NOT have flashing lights at the gore point. Yesterday on a news report about the wild weather they showed a clip of some highway somewhere and I knew it was in Mass before they said anything not because of any signs or anything but because of the gore flashers! They have dwindled over time but a few strongholds exist.
Goodwin Circle (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5124628,-70.9904674,3a,66.8y,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s94C3ONxzy3kgrHK_X8NvvA!2e0) is part of the big 128/95/1/129 tangle and has tons of flashers--for traffic in the circle or even entering the circle, and the rest of the interchange (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5168226,-70.9921253,3a,66.8y,357h,91.64t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9l16gkqgoUMV1NgXcUTPRQ!2e0) features plenty of flashers too (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.520398,-70.9940731,3a,66.8y,357h,91.64t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5CqcqmMAAqEQb3OIyfk6wQ!2e0)...and as you can see, they are maintained and replaced (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5224634,-70.9955398,3a,66.8y,179.11h,86.48t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sblkgl_GbXmb2KV-FNpLjBA!2e0) if knocked down. Really special gores may get double wigwag flashers (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5169575,-70.9941052,3a,66.8y,96.7h,83.02t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1szyBpeNteDHqJ6BpBJma_mw!2e0). (After all, this particular one was once ON I-95 itself before the interchange in Peabody was completed.)
Even ramps from mainline (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5202046,-70.9984314,3a,66.8y,54.42h,84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXcCyXnhgfgnKqQhs0Vs1Hw!2e0) may get flashers too occasionally (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5279902,-70.9939843,3a,66.8y,-140.44h,83.44t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sH6GZ3rwf3e6EQKvnDO7kvA!2e0), especially in an older interchange like this one.
Vertical double flashers once were more common in Mass at median splits on roads intersecting expressways, often without a Keep Right sign even (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5806609,-70.9615984,3a,66.8y,-52.78h,81.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sBKtNInVyjsCbbasOUfLJAw!2e0). As seen here, the controller box is always off the road/away from the gore point on its own pole; sometimes it is left behind when a flasher goes away for good.
The gore flasher party is largely over in Mass but like I said, there are a few strongholds that really give their interchanges some character!
Akron, Ohio had a one-off set at Exit 22A on I-76 WB which disappeared a couple years ago; they were the only such gore point flashers I can think of in town on an expressway.
Plenty in Hartford.
Dueling Gore Flashers at LH exit 30/RH exit 31 SB on I-91
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7697824,-72.6686287,3a,75y,184.85h,72.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3BmzZrNr_AOtest-1tw5Dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Exit 48 Off ramp on I84 WB
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7698248,-72.6826744,3a,75y,216.05h,66.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skLWtVG60vPkIZO2egLvoQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Exit 46 Off ramp on I84 EB
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7584533,-72.7004423,3a,75y,338.9h,73.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stV3wTM28gIfarsrtqU1PmQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
etc, etc,
and so on...
PA Turnpike had an example WB at the Bedford exit. It is a bit odd because the flashers are just before the ramp (on the side of the road) rather than at the gore point, and there are two sets.
I think they may have been removed recently, though
https://goo.gl/maps/tvSZbz1WZaH2
I-76/I-77 through Akron, OH used to have gore flashers at some interchanges, but I think they were gone the last time I was through there.
Connecticut has a bunch associated with exit ramps that are located on a bridge.
I recall them being used on a surface street in Rochester, NY in the early 1990s. Might have been on a bridge along East Main Street.
Quote from: Bitmapped on December 29, 2015, 10:22:50 PM
I-76/I-77 through Akron, OH used to have gore flashers at some interchanges, but I think they were gone the last time I was through there.
The only one I recall was westbound I-76/northbound I-77 at the Main Street/Broadway exit. If it's not gone yet, it will be soon as they plan to redo that whole interchange.
There are a bunch Upstate. NYSDOT has a few scattered around on expressways, while the City of Buffalo and NYSDOT have them where a bridge pier is in the gore or separates two flush lanes.
There are a couple on I-35 in Duluth at the I-535/US 53 exits, although I think they're inactive during the day. I think there's also one at the Mesaba Avenue exit immediately north of 535.
I have never heard of or seen this practice before.
But I vote for flashing green signals for this use versus amber, as long as there are two+ signal heads.
Quote from: thenetwork on December 30, 2015, 12:59:44 PM
Quote from: Bitmapped on December 29, 2015, 10:22:50 PM
I-76/I-77 through Akron, OH used to have gore flashers at some interchanges, but I think they were gone the last time I was through there.
The only one I recall was westbound I-76/northbound I-77 at the Main Street/Broadway exit. If it's not gone yet, it will be soon as they plan to redo that whole interchange.
That one disappeared a couple years ago. It survived the sign replacement in the stretch but disappeared before the bridges on that stretch lost their original railings and had them replaced with thrie rails. The crash cushion at the gore remained unchanged as I recall.
There aren't many in Maine, but here's one on US 1 in Bath.
https://goo.gl/maps/X1LZVqRurNC2
There was also a nice gore flasher here for decades, where the AC Expressway splits from Rt. 42. https://goo.gl/maps/yfKKnkD3osE2 They got hit one time. NJDOT (or the AC Expressway) replaced it, and before it even had a chance to be lit, it got hit again. They replaced it with what you see in the pic instead.
There was one here last week, but he got arrested. :-D
Quote from: Tom958 on December 31, 2015, 03:05:36 PM
There was one here last week, but he got arrested. :-D
And Tipper was none too pleased...
Found this one:
https://goo.gl/maps/hAwdQga1ip12
Can't recall seeing them in Washington except on rare occasions, such as here along I-705 in Tacoma (Northbound at Stadium Way):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIl8pyQ7.png&hash=e11bce5e426fc8bf650492daebb0fbc0488c6596)
Pretty elaborate one - NY 33 & NY 198 Buffalo, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9235667,-78.842727,3a,75y,235.61h,92.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqNtKF9H2omX3Dt44T7QsuA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: NYhwyfan on January 03, 2016, 02:04:31 PM
Pretty elaborate one - NY 33 & NY 198 Buffalo, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9235667,-78.842727,3a,75y,235.61h,92.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqNtKF9H2omX3Dt44T7QsuA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Judging from the amount of impact barrels, they must have plenty of drivers veer off and miss both roadways.
Quote from: roadman65 on January 03, 2016, 02:39:22 PM
Quote from: NYhwyfan on January 03, 2016, 02:04:31 PM
Pretty elaborate one - NY 33 & NY 198 Buffalo, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9235667,-78.842727,3a,75y,235.61h,92.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqNtKF9H2omX3Dt44T7QsuA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Judging from the amount of impact barrels, they must have plenty of drivers veer off and miss both roadways.
Yep. Happens several times each winter.
Quote from: cl94 on January 03, 2016, 02:53:49 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on January 03, 2016, 02:39:22 PM
Quote from: NYhwyfan on January 03, 2016, 02:04:31 PM
Pretty elaborate one - NY 33 & NY 198 Buffalo, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9235667,-78.842727,3a,75y,235.61h,92.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqNtKF9H2omX3Dt44T7QsuA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Judging from the amount of impact barrels, they must have plenty of drivers veer off and miss both roadways.
Yep. Happens several times each winter.
Perhaps people are trying to merge into the exit lane, but are hesitating because of the lengthy white line? (Hesitating enough that they merge over only at the last second because they realize they won't get another set of dashed lines).
A few along I-190
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8770672,-78.8710436,3a,75y,313.31h,83.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJ67YRb-lWN-Al41_t92MaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9523942,-78.9094736,3a,75y,23.07h,81.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgdPRQRXX7uiGRKkAxMKXWQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: jakeroot on January 03, 2016, 05:29:06 PM
Quote from: cl94 on January 03, 2016, 02:53:49 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on January 03, 2016, 02:39:22 PM
Quote from: NYhwyfan on January 03, 2016, 02:04:31 PM
Pretty elaborate one - NY 33 & NY 198 Buffalo, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9235667,-78.842727,3a,75y,235.61h,92.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqNtKF9H2omX3Dt44T7QsuA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Judging from the amount of impact barrels, they must have plenty of drivers veer off and miss both roadways.
Yep. Happens several times each winter.
Perhaps people are trying to merge into the exit lane, but are hesitating because of the lengthy white line? (Hesitating enough that they merge over only at the last second because they realize they won't get another set of dashed lines).
Ice and snow. It's at a sharp curve. People brake for the curve and slide into the gore.
Quote from: NYhwyfan on January 03, 2016, 06:42:56 PM
A few along I-190
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8770672,-78.8710436,3a,75y,313.31h,83.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJ67YRb-lWN-Al41_t92MaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9523942,-78.9094736,3a,75y,23.07h,81.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgdPRQRXX7uiGRKkAxMKXWQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Exits 6 and 7 have them in both directions. Exit 14 has them NB. There are quite a few others in Buffalo.
Quote from: cl94 on January 03, 2016, 08:44:20 PM
Ice and snow. It's at a sharp curve. People brake for the curve and slide into the gore.
Got it.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fguoze.gif&hash=01d6cf0c68eec6f976f3cc7b5d5df18d8b49970c)
Texarkana has flashers on the center curbs over I-30 on US 71
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 29, 2015, 01:16:17 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/93fxtraRrST2
In NJ, although part of the DRPA's jurisdiction.
I find the bare "thank you" here odd. It's not clear what the DRPA is thanking you for. If it's for using their bridge, it usually says as much. Maybe for ignoring the weird 3-digit exit number?
Here's the opposing signage...welcoming you to the Walt Whitman Bridge. https://goo.gl/maps/KZfzoCxjSb72
So much toll money they don't know what to do with it apparently...
Quote from: jakeroot on January 16, 2016, 02:54:35 AM
I was going along with Jovet's train of thought, that flashing green has no meaning in the US. He didn't specifically say at traffic lights, but I expanded on that thought nonetheless.
Just be warned, my trains of thought typically derail. :spin:
San Francisco
https://goo.gl/maps/7MG2kc8tMS92
Quote from: NYhwyfan on January 03, 2016, 02:04:31 PM
Pretty elaborate one - NY 33 & NY 198 Buffalo, NY
I like this one. It's hard to see on GSV but there are sequential flashers along the chevrons on both sides that flash outward from the point. As mentioned before, the problem isn't failure to see the rocks. Its loss of traction, which flashers won't help :)
There is a flasher inside the curb on Iowa St at the ramp to Northbound I-5 in Bellingham, WA. It's really hard to see, but I promise it's there:
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.7563153,-122.4608362,3a,15y,47.5h,57.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sezv1qAH1sJuYcEedzPk7Yg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-US
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on January 06, 2017, 08:26:58 PM
There is a flasher inside the curb on Iowa St at the ramp to Northbound I-5 in Bellingham, WA. It's really hard to see, but I promise it's there:
Very unique placement. The only other time I see flashing lights (that low) are at crosswalks with embedded LEDs in the pavement.
Kansas City, MO
Southbound I-35 at Southwest Trafficway has flashing yellow arrows
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0790472,-94.5942945,3a,75y,187.33h,92.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sstE5L4vXNE-fcGHE3kg87Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on January 06, 2017, 08:26:58 PM
There is a flasher inside the curb on Iowa St at the ramp to Northbound I-5 in Bellingham, WA. It's really hard to see, but I promise it's there:
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.7563153,-122.4608362,3a,15y,47.5h,57.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sezv1qAH1sJuYcEedzPk7Yg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-US
I want to say there used to be a few places around Akron, OH that used those as well at some of their intersections. There used to be "islands" that used the flashing flights at ground level as well as concrete poles with alternating flashing lanterns on them at the corners of the island. They would only been in operation in the evenings and early mornings, but when they were on, it was cool to see the light show!
Some lasted into the 80s before they were removed altogether.
I've seen them in Texas a couple times.
Carquinez Bridge, exit 27 on westbound I-80 in Crockett:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0554386,-122.2261791,3a,16.8y,173.79h,90.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1say54uCbp-LQDBcT4zQP75w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: rarnold on January 07, 2017, 04:45:50 PM
Kansas City, MO
Southbound I-35 at Southwest Trafficway has flashing yellow arrows
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0790472,-94.5942945,3a,75y,187.33h,92.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sstE5L4vXNE-fcGHE3kg87Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
It looks like the arrows have been replaced with circular yellow lights. I imagine this was done around the time MODOT started using APL signage here.
https://goo.gl/maps/1AwpNmh5CyzcWaHJ7
https://goo.gl/maps/SrBD924amLha5v3k6
Quote from: US71 on January 18, 2017, 12:06:55 PM
I've seen them in Texas a couple times.
I've seen them in DFW