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Started by Tom89t, January 14, 2012, 01:01:45 AM

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kphoger

Edited for clarity:

Quote from: roadman65 on July 22, 2025, 04:23:19 PMhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/eDWbxN3n7zSgYmQs7?g_st=ac
Too lazy to remove the entire assembly. 

↓↓↓ related thought ↓↓↓
Lakeland, FL got rid of seven stoplights and left the poles with arms, and just removed the signals.

He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.


freebrickproductions

I know we've all see the occasional head that's managed to somehow shed all of its visors before anyone did anything to correct it, but how about three different signals, all on the same spanwire, completely missing their visors?

Visorless Chapel Hill Traffic Lights by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Been seeing this trio on my recent-ish trips to/through Corinth, MS, on US 72, and thought to finally stop and document them.
It's all fun & games until someone summons Cthulhu and brings about the end of the world.

I also collect traffic lights, road signs, fans, and railroad crossing equipment.

Art in avatar by Moncatto (18+)!

(They/Them)

SignBridge

Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 31, 2025, 02:46:27 AMI know we've all see the occasional head that's managed to somehow shed all of its visors before anyone did anything to correct it, but how about three different signals, all on the same spanwire, completely missing their visors?

Visorless Chapel Hill Traffic Lights by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Been seeing this trio on my recent-ish trips to/through Corinth, MS, on US 72, and thought to finally stop and document them.
Very sloppy span wire.

cockroachking

Quote from: SignBridge on July 31, 2025, 07:59:26 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on July 31, 2025, 02:46:27 AMI know we've all see the occasional head that's managed to somehow shed all of its visors before anyone did anything to correct it, but how about three different signals, all on the same spanwire, completely missing their visors?

Visorless Chapel Hill Traffic Lights by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Been seeing this trio on my recent-ish trips to/through Corinth, MS, on US 72, and thought to finally stop and document them.
Very sloppy span wire.
That wire and its contents badly need to be put out of their misery.

kphoger


He Is Already Here! Let's Go, Flamingo!
Dost thou understand the graveness of the circumstances?
Deut 23:13
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: PKDIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

andarcondadont

Someone totally botched the install of this near-side signal in Minneapolis:
W Lake Street and S Thomas Avenue

Computer Science and GIS alumnus of the University of Minnesota.

SignBridge

Quote from: andarcondadont on August 06, 2025, 12:42:30 AMSomeone totally botched the install of this near-side signal in Minneapolis:
W Lake Street and S Thomas Avenue


Obviously mistakes were made in either the spec's or the installation. Bring it to the attention of the city traffic signal dept.

plain

Can't remember if anyone posted this or something similar but I was playing around on GSV and came across this in Boise. Interesting to say the least. Pan the camera to see everything else near this intersection.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MWUu4ZNtiuFCK93d9?g_st=ac
Newark born, Richmond bred

chrisg69911

More Newark shenanigans; using a doghouse to combine two arrow signals, I drove past it when it was red, I wonder if it just omits the yellow phase or if the green transitions to a yellow.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1uDVkJroo8ZG6rT3A

plain

Quote from: chrisg69911 on August 07, 2025, 12:17:49 PMMore Newark shenanigans; using a doghouse to combine two arrow signals, I drove past it when it was red, I wonder if it just omits the yellow phase or if the green transitions to a yellow.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1uDVkJroo8ZG6rT3A

We're aware of this one. And hate it.
Newark born, Richmond bred

mglass87

This assembly that's about to be replaced seems to have three signal heads from three different eras:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Re7xZZhLYtFHGTNE9

Road Hog

Quote from: plain on August 06, 2025, 09:53:02 PMCan't remember if anyone posted this or something similar but I was playing around on GSV and came across this in Boise. Interesting to say the least. Pan the camera to see everything else near this intersection.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MWUu4ZNtiuFCK93d9?g_st=ac
The trash truck blocks half the pan, but my only takeaway is that's a lot of wasted steel in that box setup.

mrsman


jakeroot

Quote from: mrsman on August 17, 2025, 08:41:09 AM
Quote from: chrisg69911 on August 07, 2025, 12:17:49 PMMore Newark shenanigans; using a doghouse to combine two arrow signals, I drove past it when it was red, I wonder if it just omits the yellow phase or if the green transitions to a yellow.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1uDVkJroo8ZG6rT3A

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7143187,-74.2224804,3a,37.5y,135.12h,78.12t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smDnfIOQZ8qOf7Bt0jhLC0w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D11.879718412351806%26panoid%3DmDnfIOQZ8qOf7Bt0jhLC0w%26yaw%3D135.12358498561622!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Yellow and green arrow share the lower left indicator


If this doghouse is to be believed, protected-only signals apparently only need two lenses: bimodal green-yellow, and a solid red.

Saskatchewan style, if you will.

Hell, it could operated permissively, too. Solid green, solid yellow, solid red, back to the bottom lens for the flashing yellow, then solid yellow, and then red.

PColumbus73

I like the large backplate on the left signal compared to the one on the right. It reminds me of the backplates California uses (used to use?) for their 8" signals.

wanderer2575

Need to have two signal heads facing each direction?  No problem!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2gLKJwj787B2B7XYA

(southern end of the OH-53 and OH-67 concurrency in Upper Sandusky, OH)

Big John

Quote from: wanderer2575 on September 03, 2025, 11:57:14 AMNeed to have two signal heads facing each direction?  No problem!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2gLKJwj787B2B7XYA

(southern end of the OH-53 and OH-67 concurrency in Upper Sandusky, OH)
Need the 8'separation. Problem.

freebrickproductions

NGL, I like it.
It's all fun & games until someone summons Cthulhu and brings about the end of the world.

I also collect traffic lights, road signs, fans, and railroad crossing equipment.

Art in avatar by Moncatto (18+)!

(They/Them)

PColumbus73

On Streetview, I like to try older traffic light installs. In North Carolina, I like to try and find installs before they changed everything to Eagles, so installs prior to the 2000s. So far, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, and Salisbury are the best cities to find older stuff on the 2007 Streetview.

In particular, I like to find old left turn signals in NC that use the two red balls (ex. this one in Winston-Salem or this one is Salisbury)

I used to live in Fayetteville / Ft. Bragg and most of their old signals were replaced by the 2000s. I remember a couple old ones, Yadkin Road & Santa Fe Drive used to have left turn signals with two red balls.

I also remember at Owen Drive & Village Drive there used to be a RIGHT turn signal that used two red balls that was replaced in the mid-90s.

At the Cross Creek Mall entrance on Morganton Road, there were some 8-8-12 left & right turn signals.

Downtown, there used to be a left turn signal (two red balls) that had a left and left-up arrow at Ray, Hay & Old Streets.

At Business 95 & Airport Blvd, I believe there were two 5-section towers for the dual right turn lanes onto Business 95. This would have been about 1995, so my memory is fuzzy here.