Description
Northbound on Grove St opposite 156 Grove, there is an obsolete warning sign (Green background and faded letters instead of MUTCD black-on-orange).
There's already a "Narrow Bridge" sign about 80 yards north of this point, but maybe either an icon (with an "AHEAD" below it) would be good additional help--or some other sign on this same post (like a speed limit sign?)--to try to slow people down in this area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_W5-2a.svg
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Q. Please provide street location or closest landmark
A. Opposite 156 Grove St
A. Opposite 156 Grove St
Q. Type of sign?
A. Other (please describe in description field)
A. Other (please describe in description field)
Q. What is the problem?
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12 Comments
City of Medford (Verified Official)
KevinCuddeback (Registered User)
https://www.amazon.com/Caution-Narrow-Bridge-Ahead-Sign/dp/B0089OVP58
Marilyn Powers (Registered User)
I requested stop signs coming on/off this bridge. Drivers FLY over this bridge. Why can't we get some attention to this very serious issue?????? I pickup my Grandaughter every day of the week and I take a left at the end of Saltonstall and on my return, I take a right onto bridge once again. Let me tell you two times I was nearly in a major accident! Because drivers fly on this bridge. WE NEED SOMETHING DONE ....... BEFORE WE HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT OR WORSE, please make this top of your list, PLEASE. I do not want to be a victim. Thank you!!!
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jfwilder (Registered User)
There are new young families in the area and I only hope it doesn’t take an accident and injury to get some attention.
KevinCuddeback (Registered User)
I'm glad the new pavement does not have a stripe down the middle (studies have shown that a painted centerline encourages speeding, like https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/08/15/removing-center-lines-reduced-speeding-on-london-streets/) (they speed because they feel protected from head-on crashes...but of course are now at greater risk of clipping somebody entering/leaving a side street)
The speed table near Newton Rd / Jackson Rd seems to have helped some, particularly reminding Northbound drivers before they come onto this section of Grove...but they seem to "forget" by the time they get to Saltonstall.
Southbound, I think the problem starts on Grove all the way back at the Brooks Estate, where the road is very wide open, and seems to encourage people to speed up in the blocks before the bridge. If there were some way to make the road feel slower and narrower on the North side of the bridge, it probably would help on the south side.
Also, the "Blind Driveway" sign (at the corner of Grove & Saltonstall) comes way too late: by the time someone going 30mph has read and processed it, the'd've already turned onto Saltonstall and had their accident.
KevinCuddeback (Registered User)
specifically an MUTCD W2-8L (photo included)
KevinCuddeback (Registered User)
Southbound on Grove as one approaches the Bridge, we should also be warning people that Saltonstall and Laird are coming up immediately on the other side of the bridge.
Currently, the bridge does have a sideways T (an MUTCD W2-2 that technically warns of Saltonstall) but given that Laird is so close after, it seems that an MUTCD W2-8R would be better (pictured)
SGT Charles Hartnett (Registered User)
Sign Dept Foreman (Registered User)
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KevinCuddeback (Registered User)
KevinCuddeback (Registered User)