Longest time at a stoplight

[JMoses24]

If there is a longer light in my area than the one at the intersection of Dixie Highway, Turfway Road, Main Street and Rose Street, I don't know where it is. Traffic on Turfway can wait 3 minutes or more to make a turn onto Dixie or go straight on Rose. Main Street is a simple right, whereas Dixie is a bear right or simple left and Rose is straight ahead.

[mgk920]

Some of the stop-and-go lights in the area around Woodfield Mall in northwest suburban Chicagoland were operating on five minute cycles when I was driving around there several years ago.

Mike

[golden eagle]

Just last week, I waited over three minutes to turn onto Meadowbrook Road near my house. It was late at night and there was no traffic. I decided to turn left.

I also remember during the 90s, I was near downtown New Orleans and there was a light taking so long that other drivers starting taking off and so did I. It was about five minutes.

[thenetwork]

I remember visiting my aunt in the Clairmont Mesa area of San Diego in the 80's and remember waiting at a Left Turn Signal light on Genesee for damn near 6 minutes during PM rush.   

[mtantillo]

The infamous traffic signals in Breezewood, PA can run very long cycle lengths.  I don't know if this is all the time, or just during the "everyone is heading back to DC/Baltimore" rush on Sunday afternoon/evening, but I've definitely waited 5+ minutes to make the left turn to stay on I-70 east.  Wasn't until recently that I discovered you can creep by in the right lane, go one signal past I-70, and make a left onto the parallel road, and get onto I-70 at Exit 149 when traffic is backed up. 

Northern Virginia also uses 220 second cycle lengths during rush hour on some corridors. 

[froggie]

Northern Virginia also uses 220 second cycle lengths during rush hour on some corridors.

In general, because of the complex phasing and the interlinking between the two, the US 1 signals in Huntington (Huntington Ave and Fort Hunt Rd) are over 180 seconds even outside of rush hour, though I'd noticed they go fully-actuated (vehicle detectors only) during late night...roughly 10pm-5am.

[DSS5]

At the intersection of Watauga Village Drive and US 321 in Boone (the "Wal-Mart" light) you can't turn left because of bridge construction. But the light still doesn't cycle through the left turn arrow and make you wait 2+ minutes to be allowed to go straight.