https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/52140760850/in/dateposted-public/
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52140760850_a881fde4c8_c.jpg)
I've seen plenty of them around but this one in Pensacola is one the many seen.
The specific nature of the truss style post that I have found use the most in Kentucky, but randomly in other markets.
You're going to have to be more specific about what you consider "Kentucky style" about that gantry if you want this thread to attract other examples.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 12, 2022, 05:02:39 PM
You're going to have to be more specific about what you consider "Kentucky style" about that gantry if you want this thread to attract other examples.
Especially since it's not Kentucky to begin with.
Kentucky-style like an erector set. Photo (in Kentucky) by alpsroads.(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ky/i-24/e7_1.jpg)
Yeah, that's what I thought he meant, too, but it's also a butterfly-style gantry. You don't see those very often (I think because they're hard to engineer to stand up safely), so it's entirely possible he's looking for those.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 12, 2022, 09:38:46 PM
Yeah, that's what I thought he meant, too, but it's also a butterfly-style gantry. You don't see those very often (I think because they're hard to engineer to stand up safely), so it's entirely possible he's looking for those.
Exactly.
Pardon my use of Kentucky, but in my travels I've seen them the most used in the Bluegrass State. Didn't know what to call them, but the phrase fits like Michigan Lefts which are not limited to that particular state or the u turn ramp above or under the freeway called a TexasU Turn.
I have mainly seen them in Arkansas statewide, and a couple of rare instances in both North Carolina and South Carolina. The NC one was on I-40 at US 25 in Asheville heading westbound, and in SC I have seen them on I-26 at US 29 in Spartanburg and on I-85 at US 276 in Greenville. In all three Carolinas locations, the interchanges are ancient full or partial cloverleafs with little to no modifications made over the years, so the gantries could very well be original.
Please don't misconstrue this comment as Kentuckyphobia, but if you wanna be honest with me... these are ugly.
There used to be a lot of them in the Corpus Christi area in Texas. Here (https://goo.gl/maps/RXYtjzC6raXq2DCF6) is one.
Mass used to like those for a while; there aren't as many as there used to be though. They have mostly gone with recent sign replacements.
https://goo.gl/maps/P2XRrFnLGG9JHgWm8
https://goo.gl/maps/78tPbyskHptK3mFv5
https://goo.gl/maps/b56mZTMucP2XseyC9
https://goo.gl/maps/9wqXcjjoM5MWtApC8
Still in service: https://goo.gl/maps/Y7GdfoUVZ1UZFNUJ8
A lighter-weight version of them is standard in Norway: https://www.google.com/maps/@59.9277973,10.655443,3a,75y,237.29h,104.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_wQ2aIITViFmUyQqa6Ebyw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
And as far as the full length overhead gantries, Kentucky by and large uses the same design as the basic gantries found in Illinois. Their vertical structures I've always called the John Hancock Tower design as they look like that particular skyscraper in Chicago.