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This is odd......

It has been here for a while.

ToledoRailfan wrote:This is odd......

It has been here for a while.

Best mailbox post ever!

3M signal beacon!
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Abandon parts of an Expressway!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4512248 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.451184, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4464789 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4465775 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4468765 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4483227 ... 312!8i6656

ToledoRailfan wrote: Abandon parts of an Expressway!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4512248 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.451184, ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4464789 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4465775 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4468765 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4483227 ... 312!8i6656

How about an abandoned interstate section?
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1772549 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1772549 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1843479 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1677011 ... 312!8i6656

And here's an unfinished interchange:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7269317 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7274381 ... a=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7232231 ... 312!8i6656

And here's an unfinished interstate, which would've originally been I-170:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2930704 ... 312!8i6656
Today:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2930602 ... 312!8i6656
There also used to be a pair of main-line stubs and an unused sign bridge here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2936774 ... 328!8i1664
The I-170 project (along with connecting I-70 to I-95, which is why it just ends at a Park 'n Ride built on the original main-line stubs for the interstate) was cancelled due to protests from residents (also known as a "freeway revolt"). One of these "freeway revolts" is also why the proposed I-420 in Atlanta, GA was never built. And here's where I-70 was originally planned to end at I-95:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2708014 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.271022, ... 6656?hl=en
Other side of where the interchange would've been:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2681516 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.268692, ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2698399 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2688919 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2686089 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2676622 ... 6656?hl=en

Abandoned and unfinished highways are another interest of mine.

Abandoned stuff, eh? Have y'all ever heard of the Church Hill Tunnel in Richmond, VA? It was a rail tunnel that collapsed in 1925 while a train was going under it, and they say the train's remains may still be underneath it!

Here's the west end, which is sealed off:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5367962 ... 56!6m1!1e1

The east end of the tunnel is not on Street View, but it is not sealed off until about a few hundred feed in. However, it got flooded in 2004 by Hurricane Gaston, and floodwaters still stand there to this day.

Here's remnants of the line that the tunnel was a part of, with these pillars:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5236409 ... 56!6m1!1e1

ZachL wrote: Here's remnants of the line that the tunnel was a part of, with these pillars:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5236409 ... 56!6m1!1e1

That crossing is pretty nice, with 8 inch lights, 12x20 inch lights, and 12x24 inch lights on both sides with gateless signals and mechanical bells. Also, RACO 12x20 inch lights!
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5242159 ... 312!8i6656
Looks like both cantilevers have them!
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5237889 ... 312!8i6656
And the crossing in action!
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5237057 ... 312!8i6656

Strange. But a lot of the signals are very classic!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3978953 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3979285 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3979285 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3979285 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4012211 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.401047, ... 312!8i6656

ToledoRailfan wrote:Strange. But a lot of the signals are very classic!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3978953 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3979285 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3979285 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3979285 ... 312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4012211 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.401047, ... 312!8i6656

That's how Massachusetts liked to do pedestrian signals back in the day. The red and yellow would be shown together to mean that pedestrians could cross.

I actually knew about that one from MA! Here's a video showcasing the sequence, btw:

This is a rather odd signal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0663789 ... 56!6m1!1e1