The Gatesville
MESSENGER
Wednesday,
October
2,
2013
& STAR-FORUMVol.
113 No.
9 14 Pages ISSN No.
0894-4954
“Because Every Thing Is Important To Someone”
75c
Corner:
Q:
At the intersection of Main Street
and Lutterloh, why is there a Highway
287 sign...
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The Gatesville
MESSENGER
Wednesday,
October
2,
2013
& STAR-FORUMVol.
113 No.
9 14 Pages ISSN No.
0894-4954
“Because Every Thing Is Important To Someone”
75c
Corner:
Q:
At the intersection of Main Street
and Lutterloh, why is there a Highway
287 sign above the traffic lights?
A:
“What your reader references, is
a piece of aluminum that generally
faces the sky,” reported Ken Roberts,
public information office for the Texas
Department of Transportation Waco
District.
“It is not intended as a sign.
We put this on all of our mast arms
that are 28 feet and longer in length.
They act as wind dampeners to keep
the signal poles from bouncing up and
down due to wind.
This can occur in
very mild to strong winds.
The wind
dampener reduces the amount the
poles will bounce significantly.
” The
wind and vibration apparently loosenedthedampenerattheintersection
so that the markings are unintentionally visible.
TxDOT recently adjusted
it back to the correct position so it
is not visible to the pu
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