This pic's from 2005 of Interstate 295 at Exit 6A-B-C. These were either MH or MV, not sure. Now there's a huge string of cycling HPS M-400 FCO. Anyways, pic is property of AARoads.com...
Don't the highmasts seem much more practical in this setting than cobraheads? i mean it's not like there's a neighboorhood around here. there is a few car dealerships to the left and several distribution lines to the right.
It does lol. The only difference is that this is the only are covered. RIDOT wasn't good at maintaining these either. Lots of burned out ones and dimmed ones. Before around 2007-2008, 7/10 of interchanges were black with no lights or little lights working. They've gotten a lot better, but still suck at mantaining their lights. They seem to only keep up with the new installations. This interchange in particular is like a dance party with all the cycling lamps and dead lamps turnign on and off. They shold've kept the highmasts.