If the wiring failed, they wouldn't remove the pole. They'd either leave it up as-is (like RIDOT would do lol) or they'd run a new conduit to the pole and run new wires up the pole, which is what parking lots typically do.
In this case, you can see the concrete foundation of the pole is corroding. I'm willing to bet when they inspected the bridge they noticed this so the pole was removed before it fell on top of a car and killed someone. Once the concrete starts breaking up like that the anchor bolts inside that hold the pole to it start to wiggle a bit. When the pole vibrates those bolts wiggle and the vibration of the bolts in the concrete foundation can cause those cracks in the concrete to spread and then the foundation eventually fails.
I think this tends to occur on older concrete infrastructure after years and years of salt spray in the winter. The concrete they use for bridges is pretty tough but over time the salt will even attack that.
Yeah I should have known better with this old highway haha. This whole bridge has been falling apart for years. Its going on 60 years old IIRC. The citys here use waaay too much salt on the roadways. Destroys a lot of roadways!
At one point it got so bad that they had to close off the right lane in order to use the lane to mount the relocated light poles. Interestingly there's still some old lighting fixtures left on the Gardiner. There's a LPS fixture left near the DVP interchange and 3 6' Powergroove lights over the westbound Jarvis onramp.
Hey joe, where is the LPS fixture thats left? I cant seem to find it anywhere. I also remember another fluorescent davit at York st that was removed in 2010. The LPS changeout in Toronto was in 2006 IIRC?
The Philips LPS fixture for those that can't find it. It's the last one left on the Gardiner too. I have a feeling it replaced a PG-17 fixture similar to the ones below.
The F72PG17 lights they're over the westbound Jarvis on ramp. Unfortunately none of them work.
According to a old picture I have, the Gardiner was also equipped with continuous fluorescent railing lighting on the ramps. Unfortunately I believe they were all removed when they replaced the fluorescents with LPS in the late 70s. The only sign that the ramps even had railing lights are the two part railing brackets on the ramps as opposed to the one piece railing brackets on the main portion.
IIRC, they started removing LPS in 1992 and finished in 2006. The Allen was changed out in 1992, The Gardiner west of the Ex in 1997, the DVP in 2001 and the rest of the Gardiner in 2006.
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In this case, you can see the concrete foundation of the pole is corroding. I'm willing to bet when they inspected the bridge they noticed this so the pole was removed before it fell on top of a car and killed someone. Once the concrete starts breaking up like that the anchor bolts inside that hold the pole to it start to wiggle a bit. When the pole vibrates those bolts wiggle and the vibration of the bolts in the concrete foundation can cause those cracks in the concrete to spread and then the foundation eventually fails.
I think this tends to occur on older concrete infrastructure after years and years of salt spray in the winter. The concrete they use for bridges is pretty tough but over time the salt will even attack that.
The F72PG17 lights they're over the westbound Jarvis on ramp. Unfortunately none of them work.
And finally The long gone Powerlite davit also never saw it working too.
According to a old picture I have, the Gardiner was also equipped with continuous fluorescent railing lighting on the ramps. Unfortunately I believe they were all removed when they replaced the fluorescents with LPS in the late 70s. The only sign that the ramps even had railing lights are the two part railing brackets on the ramps as opposed to the one piece railing brackets on the main portion.
IIRC, they started removing LPS in 1992 and finished in 2006. The Allen was changed out in 1992, The Gardiner west of the Ex in 1997, the DVP in 2001 and the rest of the Gardiner in 2006.