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by **adamfishercox** on Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:12 pm

Any ideas what the point of an 8" signal would be on such a tall pole? There are no other poles like this anywhere in the area (or anywhere that I've seen, ever!)

This is along the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia if anyone local might know a reason.

by **pyth** on Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:40 pm

All the better to see it with!

by **Canuck_in_TX** on Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:47 pm

"Now look up, look wayyyyyyy up, and I'll call Rusty!"

(Only the Canadians on here will probably understand this one) :this:

by **gwlreno** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:55 am

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:22 am

That has been that tall since I was a kid... there is a statue in the way on an island....
http://goo.gl/maps/cjzGM

YouTube · by **signal-in-the-box** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:25 pm

Piggybacking off this thread, there is a signal near me that is on a tall post. It is a twelve inch left turn signal.
It is on the median, but is at the height of the mast. Why? There is nothing blocking it, and it is not over a hill. It is a recent install.

EDIT: link
https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&ll=38.091901,-78.467926&spn=0.000753,0.00142&t=h&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=38.091901,-78.467926&panoid=JX0wEv85GK4rXdJPModJ8w&cbp=12,250.94,,0,5.69

by **BigTbird1974** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:34 pm

Here in Little Rock, there are a handful of lights mounted similarly "too high". One I'm thinking of is actually mounted above the horizontal arm on the mastarm pole, which extends several extra feet upwards for it. They are installed as 'extra' heads beyond the normal full compliment (at normal heights), where the road approaching the intersection is on a hill or curve (or both), and thus serve to help motorists be better aware of the state of the intersection as they reach it. :good:

EDIT, to add GoogleMap image. (if I'm doing it right) Notice the far right-hand signal above the mastarm, which is facing the "wrong" direction than the others.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Financia ... e31prV9EEA

by **SirMarbelot** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:55 pm

I took this pic of a signal mounted rather high up on the side of a pole in NJ in 2004 ('twas replaced a few years later.. :sad:

). I have seen a few like this, but not many.

1960's Marbelite intersection by chesk, on Flickr

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:15 pm

BigTbird1974 wrote:Here in Little Rock, there are a handful of lights mounted similarly "too high". One I'm thinking of is actually mounted above the horizontal arm on the mastarm pole, which extends several extra feet upwards for it. They are installed as 'extra' heads beyond the normal full compliment (at normal heights), where the road approaching the intersection is on a hill or curve (or both), and thus serve to help motorists be better aware of the state of the intersection as they reach it.

EDIT, to add GoogleMap image. (if I'm doing it right) Notice the far right-hand signal above the mastarm, which is facing the "wrong" direction than the others.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Financia ... e31prV9EEA

That's a sight distance issue due to the hill

by **jab8356** on Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:44 pm

Canuck_in_TX wrote:"Now look up, look wayyyyyyy up, and I'll call Rusty!"

(Only the Canadians on here will probably understand this one)

Being that I grew up in the Detroit area and could get Canadian TV, I remember this, but I forget the name of the show. :scratch:

It was for kids. Something to do with a giant.

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