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FIXED FOUR-WAY SIGNALS In the New Millennium |
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ATHENS, AL. Something old and Something New |
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Athens, AL is another city that has preserved historic 4-way signals in order to save costs while maintaining the city's character. They have doubled up signals in order to meet the MUTCD's redundancy standards and installed some relatively new pairs of 4-ways. Athens is one of many cities that has discovered that some of these older designs provide great reliability while preserving a more nostalgic and less cluttered community appearance.
The photos below were provided by Free Brick Productions. The images are linked to Google Street Views of the intersections. |
An old Traffic Signals Inc. with Kopp 4666 lenses. (Forrest Street, French Avenue & Hoffman Street)
This is actually a 3-way now "backed up" by 12-8-8 single face heads.
Athens, AL - Market Street and Madison Street (Teecos)
Athens has a number of relatively new as well as preserved fixed 4-ways.
A pair of yellow Eagles. (N. Beaty Street and Hobbs Street)
More yellow Eagles. (East Street & Washington Street)
Yet more surviving Eagles. (Clinton Street and Hobbs Street)
A pair of Sargent-Sowells (or TSIs.) (Houston Street and Market Street / Buck Island Road)
More Sargent-Sowells (or TSIs.) (Marion Street and Hobbs Street)
TSIs. (Madison Street and Washington Street)
Eagles in the upgraded downtown district. (Marion Street and Market Street / Buck Island Road)
Street view showing context of these historic signals. (Marion St. and Market St. / Buck Island Rd.)
Relatively modern Teecos. (Marion Street and Washington Street)
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