Traffic lights on an interstate

[ethanman62187]

Some interstates have traffic lights. When did you first cut through an interstate highway that has traffic lights?  Where is it and what interstate number?

[hbelkins]

The only time I have ever personally driven on such an animal is on I-676 eastbound in downtown Philadelphia.

Other than drawbridges and tunnels, the only other instances I know of are on I-78 in eastern New Jersey (NYC metro area) and I-180 in Wyoming.

[agentsteel53]

probably I-78 as a kid, but I wasn't driving.  definitely I-78 in 2003 when I was driving.

[ethanman62187]

Hey, how about I70 in Pennsylvania. That has traffic lights, too.

The only time I have ever personally driven on such an animal is on I-676 eastbound in downtown Philadelphia.

Other than drawbridges and tunnels, the only other instances I know of are on I-78 in eastern New Jersey (NYC metro area) and I-180 in Wyoming.

[ftballfan]

I've been on I-70 at Breezewood.

I-180 is not a freeway at all. I-90 used to have a light in Wallace, Idaho. I-78's lights are on the western approach to the Holland Tunnel.

[Ian]

I've been on I-70 in Breezewood, I-676 in Philadelphia, and I-78 in Jersey City.

[Quillz]

I don't think I've ever been on an Interstate that had traffic lights on it. I have, however, had to stop several times on I-5 and I-15 when they do agricultural checkpoints.

[cu2010]

I-790.

[corco]

Only I-180

[froggie]

I've been on I-690 (Syracuse) during NY State Fair time....the 12 days out of the year where those signals are active.

[FreewayDan]

I-70 in Colorado has a traffic signal (in both directions)when you approach the Eisenhower Tunnel.  Controlled by a command center, the signals are used for incident management.

[Bickendan]

I-5 on the Interstate Bridge, but it's a draw bridge. Never been on it during a lift, though.

[Ian]

If we're talking about tunnels and draw bridges, then add these...

The Squirrel Hill and Fort Pitt Tunnels on I-376 in Pittsburgh
I-280 drawbridge over the Passaic River in Newark, NJ
The Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-95/I-495
I think the Wheeling Tunnel on I-70 in WV has a signal at each end.

[Bryant5493]

I-110 at the Back Bay of Biloxi on the D'Iberville/Biloxi city line.


Be well,

Bryant

[xcellntbuy]

Interstate 587 and NY 28 has traffic lights as this short, disjoint interstate reaches its eastern terminus at NY 32 and Broadway in Kingston, NY.  There used to be a traffic circle at the western end with the Thruway Exit 19.  The area has been rebuilt and modified since I last regularly traveled to work in the area as late as early 1998. 

[KEK Inc.]

I-5 on the Interstate Bridge, but it's a draw bridge. Never been on it during a lift, though.

[font="Georgia"]It takes about 20 minutes for the entire cycle to go through.

I'm aware of I-180 and I-78, but I've only been through the drawbridge ones in I-5.  Technically, most tunnels and tollbooths have them too.[/font] 

[agentsteel53]

Technically, most tunnels and tollbooths have them too.

don't forget border patrol and agricultural (also border patrol) inspection stations.

[froggie]

There used to be a traffic circle at the western end with the Thruway Exit 19.  The area has been rebuilt and modified since I last regularly traveled to work in the area as late as early 1998.

It's still a traffic circle.

[InterstateNG]

I-75 used to have a stoplight on the old drawbridge that took you over the Saginaw River in Michigan.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

(Then) I-71 (now I-670) at Oh 315, NW corner of the Columbus Innerbelt.

[PAHighways]

My answers from the first time around that this topic was discussed.

[1995hoo]

There used to be a traffic circle at the western end with the Thruway Exit 19.  The area has been rebuilt and modified since I last regularly traveled to work in the area as late as early 1998.

It's still a traffic circle.

Technically it's a roundabout.

[agentsteel53]

Technically it's a roundabout.

what is the difference?

I know there is a difference, but I can never keep track.  I think in some states it is "roundabout: traffic already inside has right of way, while traffic circle: traffic entering has right of way" while in other states it is the other way around, and then there is a thing called a rotary which really mucks things up.

[NE2]

Roundabout is a marketing term. Like light rail/streetcar.

[thenetwork]

Prior to the Mid-80's, when I-280 in Toledo was finally upgraded to Interstate standards north of the Ohio Turnpike, there was a traffic light at what is now the Walbridge (Walbridge Road) Exit.

BTW, that was the first place I ever saw a "Prepare To Stop When Flashing" assembly.