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Gerald Desmond Bridge
Norelco LPS to light this bridge in Long Beach, CA, now HPS. I think this was taken at the crown/top of the bridge. The girl's name is Mary, last I heard living in Glendale, AZ, prolly having to look at LED streetlights now. Photo has developed date 6-80
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Gerald Desmond Bridge

Norelco LPS to light this bridge in Long Beach, CA, now HPS. I think this was taken at the crown/top of the bridge. The girl's name is Mary, last I heard living in Glendale, AZ, prolly having to look at LED streetlights now. Photo has developed date 6-80

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Album name:rlshieldjr / Life Before Y2K
Keywords:Lighting_History
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Date added:Aug 28, 2010
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GullWhiz   [Aug 28, 2010 at 01:11 PM]
Are you sure LEDs are being used in Arizona....I was there in 2006 and they were all HPS...(with a very few mercs of course) ...and I heard dark sky HATES LEDs as far as I know...
prawnman88   [Aug 28, 2010 at 01:20 PM]
yeah he's right led's are more and more common and glendale hell that's just a few miles from me so rish u made a good call
GullWhiz   [Aug 28, 2010 at 01:30 PM]
"Rych" and "Rish".......interesting names Two Riches....one called Rych and other called Rish.... I dub thee a "Rish"
rlshieldjr   [Sep 06, 2010 at 05:07 AM]
In the original "Gone in 60 Seconds" the stolen Mustang passes over this bridge in 1974, it was lit with what appears to be M-1000s. There are a lot of classic lights in the LA, Long Beach, Redondo Beach are chase scenes on the You Tube clips including fluorescent street lights on the Vincent-Thomas bridge & toll plaza.
Silverliner14B   [Sep 06, 2010 at 08:47 PM]
They were M400s. I saw them in a scene on the classic 70s show CHiPs (in a '77 espiode). Also seen the fluorescent lights on the same show. CHiPs, Emergency!, and Starsky and Hutch are among the best shows to find old lights in LA back in the 70s when HPS was almost non existent.
rjluna2   [Sep 06, 2010 at 10:26 PM]
I have Emergency! DVD titles on my hand. Just let me know which episode that contains the said bridge and I'll try to find capture for this...
icefoglights   [Dec 29, 2010 at 02:41 AM]
Somehow I don't think you were taking pictures of the lights at the time Wink
Form109   [Dec 29, 2010 at 02:45 AM]
thats obvious. Wink
dieselducy   [Jan 15, 2013 at 02:58 AM]
wow shes pretty and my how times have changed. 1980 . wonder how shes doing now..
rlshieldjr   [Jul 25, 2014 at 08:13 PM]
This bridge is going to be demolished and replaced by a higher one to accommodate all those Chinese freighters. Many full of junk CFLs or LED
streetlight98   [Jul 25, 2014 at 08:27 PM]
Too bad the bridge is being demolished. Here in RI they've been repalcing bridges because their concrete pillars are no longer strong enough to endure the weight of the bridge and they've had steel struts holding them up for the past 10 years or so. The Pawtucket River Bridge which carries I-95 over the Blackstone River was the worst bridge in New Englad (and possibly the north east) until it was replaced a couple years ago. They're currently working on the GAR Hwy 9Grand Army of the Republic aka US Route 6) since that bridge has been held up by steel struts for over a decade now. Shocked It must not be as bad as the Pawtucket River Bridge was since there's no weight limit for trucks on it but it's pretty scary looking underneath.

It's easy for the DOT to make a bridge look spiffy and well-maintained but you take a look underneath and you wonder how the bridge doesn't collapse under its own weight, neverming 18-wheelers barraling over it 24/7. Shocked

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