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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Traffic Control => Topic started by: Brian556 on November 30, 2019, 11:04:37 PM

Title: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: Brian556 on November 30, 2019, 11:04:37 PM
I have never seen one of these before:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6983044,-87.5290181,3a,22.7y,327.36h,130.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR_yRJYBDPNUbRt6MA6ZszQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6983044,-87.5290181,3a,22.7y,327.36h,130.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR_yRJYBDPNUbRt6MA6ZszQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: US71 on December 01, 2019, 01:13:38 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on November 30, 2019, 11:04:37 PM
I have never seen one of these before:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6983044,-87.5290181,3a,22.7y,327.36h,130.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR_yRJYBDPNUbRt6MA6ZszQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6983044,-87.5290181,3a,22.7y,327.36h,130.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR_yRJYBDPNUbRt6MA6ZszQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

I grew up with those in Arkansas, mostly along main highways.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 07, 2019, 03:39:00 PM
Oh hey, I've been there before. Got a video of it a few years ago. AFAIK, it's still there. Still mechanically controlled as well, IIRC.

The signal was almost undoubtedly installed by ALDOT back when that was AL 20, prior to the town being bypassed to the south.

Also, as a side note, I believe Albany, NY, has another one still in use.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: CJResotko on January 28, 2020, 08:41:03 PM
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, has a few of those

E Gold St - S Gaston St (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2376617,-81.3404622,3a,75y,159.17h,88.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s47oOHzjFzEhfVzosWOkyAg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

s. Waterson St - W Mountain St (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2393132,-81.3507928,3a,19y,276.22h,101.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOWqdIi-hgHyxcE5WfksuXw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

W Gold St - S Cansler St (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2380831,-81.3470794,3a,49.8y,111.64h,99.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa_600IGoCYS7g1A5_EcRnw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: traffic light guy on January 30, 2020, 07:04:42 PM
That's a type M 4-way signal from the early-60s. The double red was a thing in the east.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: US71 on January 30, 2020, 07:22:50 PM
Quote from: traffic light guy on January 30, 2020, 07:04:42 PM
That's a type M 4-way signal from the early-60s. The double red was a thing in the east.

Also in Arkansas until the early-mid 70's, though mostly on state-maintained roads.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: Bitmapped on February 01, 2020, 12:51:24 PM
Four-high 4-way signals were somewhat common in the Cleveland area for providing a left turn arrow, but all of the examples I can think of have been replaced in the last 10-15 years as part of larger signal replacement projects.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: silveradoman298 on February 13, 2020, 08:29:18 PM
These Crowse-Hinds style signals are still common to comeby in smaller communities in Ohio.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: hockeyjohn on June 10, 2020, 02:08:13 PM
Through the early 1980s, there were a number of these along Allisonville Rd. (an old alignment of S.R. 37) in Indianapolis.   I also remember one along N.C. 127 in the Viewmont section of Hickory, N.C. until the road was widened in the late 1980s.
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: wytout on June 10, 2020, 04:17:25 PM
Temple and Chapel st.s in New Haven, CT taken less than a year ago.
New haven has a ton of 4-ways in the wild which I believe are Marbelites, all retro'd with LED lamps

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3065644,-72.9269889,3a,75y,250.25h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suvo7_ZwWHBklZrDaCiyE1Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Duvo7_ZwWHBklZrDaCiyE1Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D299.71686%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: formulanone on June 10, 2020, 05:08:33 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 07, 2019, 03:39:00 PM
Oh hey, I've been there before. Got a video of it a few years ago. AFAIK, it's still there. Still mechanically controlled as well, IIRC.

The signal was almost undoubtedly installed by ALDOT back when that was AL 20, prior to the town being bypassed to the south.

Bumped into that one a few weeks ago in Leighton.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49933998853_cdc983d965_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j5uNbH)
Title: Re: Found a 4-Section One-Piece 4-Way Signal in Use
Post by: Amtrakprod on June 10, 2020, 11:08:45 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on November 30, 2019, 11:04:37 PM
I have never seen one of these before:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6983044,-87.5290181,3a,22.7y,327.36h,130.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR_yRJYBDPNUbRt6MA6ZszQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6983044,-87.5290181,3a,22.7y,327.36h,130.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR_yRJYBDPNUbRt6MA6ZszQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Oh yeah I've seen this. Check out the intersection of Quail st @ 2nd ave in Albany Ny. I'll upload photos tmr.


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