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Powergroove Ramp Lights
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Spotted these over one of the on ramps to the Gardiner Expressway. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure these no longer work at night but it's still pretty neat to see the original ramp lighting still intact and with some I think 6' PG lamps still intact. They probably date back to when the Gardiner opened, back in the mid 60s. As far as I know, these are the last PG underpass lights left in Toronto. There was a another set over one of the Allen Expressway ramps but they were replaced with HPS wallpacks in 2013 (I'm surprised they even forgot about them for so long).
Not really sure who mide the fixture, the white painted ends on the cover seem to look like GE's outdoor fluorescent fixtures but then again it might be another Powerlite model.
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![Powergroove Ramp Lights
Spotted these over one of the on ramps to the Gardiner Expressway. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure these no longer work at night but it's still pretty neat to see the original ramp lighting still intact and with some I think 6' PG lamps still intact. They probably date back to when the Gardiner opened, back in the mid 60s. As far as I know, these are the last PG underpass lights left in Toronto. There was a [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-11504]another set[/url] over one of the Allen Expressway ramps but they were replaced with HPS wallpacks in 2013 (I'm surprised they even forgot about them for so long).
Not really sure who mide the fixture, the white painted ends on the cover seem to look like GE's outdoor fluorescent fixtures but then again it might be another Powerlite model.
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Powergroove Ramp Lights
Spotted these over one of the on ramps to the Gardiner Expressway. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure these no longer work at night but it's still pretty neat to see the original ramp lighting still intact and with some I think 6' PG lamps still intact. They probably date back to when the Gardiner opened, back in the mid 60s. As far as I know, these are the last PG underpass lights left in Toronto. There was a [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-11504]another set[/url] over one of the Allen Expressway ramps but they were replaced with HPS wallpacks in 2013 (I'm surprised they even forgot about them for so long).
Not really sure who mide the fixture, the white painted ends on the cover seem to look like GE's outdoor fluorescent fixtures but then again it might be another Powerlite model.
Keywords: American_Streetlights")
@Mike, I believe the city spends quite a bit of money annually to maintain the Gardiner after there were incidents of falling concrete a few years ago. Although overall I find the older bridges here are still in fairly good condition.