Strange short-pole streetlights in FL

[Brian556]

Found this on Streetview: https://maps.google.com/?ll=26.900611,-81.997442&spn=0.000014,0.006228&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=26.900859,-81.997448&panoid=yQLMmPfuSL8HiJexXkRZXg&cbp=12,28.44,,0,0

[Jardine]

Special ordered from Great Britain ?

(Ministry of Silly Light Fixtures)

[The High Plains Traveler]

For some reason I'm not able to extract a URL from Flickr to allow embedding of my photo. Streetlights in Garden City, KS.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29887636@N08/12062989264/

[DaBigE]

Interesting combination. In this type of situation, I've usually seen a slightly taller pole with a monotube arm to the fixture, not a short stubby pole with a huge mast arm. In either case, I'm surprised that the streetlights are shorter than the power poles...or why on the one side they just didn't mount them to the power poles   Anyone with more background on FAA airport height restrictions have any insight on this?

[Indyroads]

It is because of the nearby airport. lower light fixtures due to Low Flying Aircraft

[The High Plains Traveler]

It is because of the nearby airport. lower light fixtures due to Low Flying Aircraft

My photo was taken at just about this point: http://goo.gl/maps/L73ty.  Garden City Airport is more than three miles southeast of this point (scan east along U.S. 50 to find it). No way these lights are truncated for low flying aircraft, and you'll also note the presence of standard-height power lines on the other side of U.S. 50. Also, the same style is used on the business route on the NW side of the city.

[DaBigE]

It is because of the nearby airport. lower light fixtures due to Low Flying Aircraft

My photo was taken at just about this point: http://goo.gl/maps/L73ty.  Garden City Airport is more than three miles southeast of this point (scan east along U.S. 50 to find it). No way these lights are truncated for low flying aircraft, and you'll also note the presence of standard-height power lines on the other side of U.S. 50. Also, the same style is used on the business route on the NW side of the city.

Like I was, I think Indyroads was referring to the link in Brian556's original post, where the road is about 3,000 ft from the runway of Charlotte County Airport.

[The High Plains Traveler]

I see what you're talking about, with the relative proximity of the airport runway in Florida. But, is it so close that a 30 foot structure would not be allowed? I still think the lights shown in Florida are the same basic design as the ones I photographed in Kansas, the only difference being the monotube versus truss arm construction. In any event, they're weird and I don't recall seeing them anywhere else.