Last additions - Lone Signal near Lake Tahoe

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Nevada Willis

[Apr 23, 2011 at 02:35 PM]

You'll see it working on snow days when the CHP operates an inspection lane to make sure drivers have 4WD with snow tires or chains.

Silverliner14B

[Apr 23, 2011 at 05:40 PM]

Looks like an old double guy from the late 50s. Prolly had a clamshell street light originally.

Nevada Willis

[Apr 23, 2011 at 11:07 PM]

Correctomundo. An old clamshell with one of those "cobra hood" cutoffs that were so popular with CalTrans back in the 60s. I drove under that signal & light as a kid. Actually I should say "rode." I didn't have a driver's license back then. Of course the signal back then wasn't a 12-12-12 either. I think it was an old Econolite 12-8-8.

dbz77

[Apr 24, 2011 at 12:40 AM]

I wonder why they changed it to a 12-12-12.

Nevada Willis

[Apr 24, 2011 at 01:42 AM]

CalTrans pretty much changed out all their mast arm signals to 12-12-12s to go along with the new MUTCD specs. In fact I'm afraid that 8" signal heads are going about the same way as incandescent and MV street lights. Sad

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Lone Signal near Lake Tahoe

This signal, mounted via double guy to a metal pole, is located Highway 50, near its junction with Cirugu Street, a few miles west of South Lake Tahoe.