Google Maps Scavenger Hunt (Traffic signals and signs)

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:20 pm

Ah, the good ol' light at Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, NY is still going strong...
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0464793 ... 312!8i6656

Post by **ToledoRailfan** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:58 pm

ZachL wrote:Ah, the good ol' light at Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, NY is still going strong...
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0464793 ... 312!8i6656

I've always wondered if these signals are given an exception to the law because of their history and their significance.

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:08 pm

Vintage Econolite signals

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.377037, ... 6656?hl=en

Post by **Joosh** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:58 pm

More 4-light clusters

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4260279 ... 312!8i6656

YouTube · Post by **freebrickproductions** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:19 pm

Joosh wrote:More 4-light clusters
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4260279 ... 312!8i6656

It's quite obvious the town doesn't have much money (with all of the incandescent signals and non-functional peds), but looking around the area, this is absolutely unacceptable:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4278318 ... 312!8i6656
Was an extra bolt and sign post just too much for the budget?

The one on the other side is just as bad:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4278846 ... 312!8i6656

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:53 am

freebrickproductions wrote:
Joosh wrote:More 4-light clusters
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4260279 ... 312!8i6656
It's quite obvious the town doesn't have much money (with all of the incandescent signals and non-functional peds), but looking around the area, this is absolutely unacceptable:

Not only that, but the pedestrian signals have been non-functional for as far back as StreetView goes!

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:15 am

ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
Joosh wrote:More 4-light clusters
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4260279 ... 312!8i6656
It's quite obvious the town doesn't have much money (with all of the incandescent signals and non-functional peds), but looking around the area, this is absolutely unacceptable:
Not only that, but the pedestrian signals have been non-functional for as far back as StreetView goes!

I remember before LED's became popular... Don't Walk lights were more burned out more than they weren't. It seemed like maintainer's just didn't put them high up on their priority list.

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:30 pm

So, how many more times is the city of Tampa going to replace this pair of signals?

In 2011, we see that it's a pair of Peek signals...
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935643 ... 312!8i6656

Then by 2015, there are now a pair of McCain signals in its place!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935528 ... 312!8i6656

But wait, there's more!

By now, it appears that the signal on the left there got replaced with a used McCain signal, and the one on the right is a Frankensignal consisting of a McCain beacon sandwiched between two Peek beacons!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935608 ... 312!8i6656

cabman701 · Post by **cabman701** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:17 pm

ZachL wrote:So, how many more times is the city of Tampa going to replace this pair of signals?

In 2011, we see that it's a pair of Peek signals...
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935643 ... 312!8i6656

Then by 2015, there are now a pair of McCain signals in its place!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935528 ... 312!8i6656

But wait, there's more!

By now, it appears that the signal on the left there got replaced with a used McCain signal, and the one on the right is a Frankensignal consisting of a McCain beacon sandwiched between two Peek beacons!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935608 ... 312!8i6656

I think the answer might depend on how many times that signal has been hit. In a very vulnerable place with no protection at all.

ZachL · Post by **ZachL** » Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:28 pm

cabman701 wrote:
ZachL wrote:So, how many more times is the city of Tampa going to replace this pair of signals?

In 2011, we see that it's a pair of Peek signals...
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935643 ... 312!8i6656

Then by 2015, there are now a pair of McCain signals in its place!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935528 ... 312!8i6656

But wait, there's more!

By now, it appears that the signal on the left there got replaced with a used McCain signal, and the one on the right is a Frankensignal consisting of a McCain beacon sandwiched between two Peek beacons!
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.8935608 ... 312!8i6656
I think the answer might depend on how many times that signal has been hit. In a very vulnerable place with no protection at all.

I was honestly thinking that myself, but just wasn't sure.

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