Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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TrickyMario7654 wrote:This is an odd '2 Tracks' sign.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@36.6999 ... 312!8i6656
In California those 'Tracks' signs are used under advance warning signs, odd seeing one on the crossbuck post at the crossing though! :Blink:
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
TrickyMario7654 wrote:This is an odd '2 Tracks' sign.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@36.6999 ... 312!8i6656
In California those 'Tracks' signs are used under advance warning signs, odd seeing one on the crossbuck post at the crossing though! :Blink:
There are actually a few crossings on the site that showcase advance warning track signs on signals themselves, but yeah that instance is few and far between.
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Interesting signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.062375, ... 6656?hl=en
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Active crossing, Republic, Ohio.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1198359 ... 1664?hl=en
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Interesting signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.062375, ... 6656?hl=en
All of those appear to be standard signs, just improperly mounted. The symbolic Low Ground Clearance sign should be above the supplemental text one, and the advance warning sign and Low Ground Clearance sign should both be at least 7 feet off of the ground, and possibly on separate posts...
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Low ground clearances are something that should not be disregarded at all. Basically it's where the road comes up like this: /¯\ to level with the tracks, but since it's not a gradual change in elevation, but rather sudden, it can be problematic for trailers that are loosely-connected to their chassis, and cause the bottom to scrape along the crest of the elevation, or even get stuck!

Just a little explanation for those who didn't know what that sign meant. :Smile:
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Not sure if this has been posted already, but this crossing in Oak Grove MO has interesting pedestrian signals. It looks like they are Don't Walk signals, I didn't know they were used on pedestrian crossings in the US.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0043374 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0046396 ... 6656?hl=en
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McK&H.Aust wrote:Not sure if this has been posted already, but this crossing in Oak Grove MO has interesting pedestrian signals. It looks like they are Don't Walk signals, I didn't know they were used on pedestrian crossings in the US.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0043374 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0046396 ... 6656?hl=en
Nice find! I don't think I've seen a setup like that before. :Blink:

I wonder if they operate like normal crosswalk signals at an intersection or they have their own operation.

I don't think those have been posted here before, I don't recognize them.
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