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Photo Gallery
Traffic Signal Photo Gallery:
Vintage Signals: ACT
This gallery concentrates on traffic signals used in
the 1970s and earler. Many brands were used by different
road maintenance authorities including AWA, Eagle, G&W
and many more. Signals prior to the 1970s use glass
lenses and reflectors and did not use target boards.
Textual pedestrian signals were the norm and in some
states these were neon signals not incandescent. Many
styles of pedestrian call buttons were also used too,
some light up models and some that did not. Setups from
state to state varied widely, and in some states a Red
& Yellow together phase was used before the green
signal was lit.
This page covers signals used in the ACT. Over the years, the ACT has used several different brands of signal including G&W (Eagle) and AWA. Canberra's first two sets of traffic lights
were brought into operation on the 23rd October 1965.
They were located at Northbourne Avenue/London Circuit
and Northbourne Avenue/Cooyong Street. There are now over
178 intersections controlled by traffic lights in the
ACT. Additionally, there are more than 23 signalised pedestrian
crossings.
Click on the images below to see some photos of some installations from the Australian Capital Territory. |
