Are there any lights you know of that will soon disappear?

Here in California, on the I-405 freeway, they're replacing a whole bunch of old overpasses that had a bunch of mercury recessed underpass lights with new ones. The new ones will not have underpass lights.

On the I-10, I noticed a 10 mile improvement project will be going on. In that designated 10 mile stretch, it seems like these lights will disappear: a whole bunch of recessed mercury lights with curved refractors (I-10 and I-15 interchange), some HPS lowbays (Miliken Avenue overpass), some HPS recessed underpass lights with curved refractor bowls (Haven and Archibald Avenues with Archibald having some LED retroffited ones), a lone mercury teardrop underpass pendant light (Vineyard Avenue overpass) and a lone recessed mercury underpass light (Overpass before Euclid Avenue one the west side - that one has a broken glass and it has a very nice BT-28 coated lamp that will soon meet its end sometime later in June and early July ). The improvement project should be done in 2023.

On the 60 freeway, there is also an improvement project going on there too. A good amount of mercury and fluorescent sign lights have been replaced already. Although interestingly enough, some of the old signs have been spared replacement.

Kind of lighted related, but there will also be a whole bunch of vintage poles replaced as well (double guys, ones with ball pole tops, Weld-Rites, and Union Metal [Marbelite] poles).

The new lights will most likely be GE ERS2s or AEL ATB0s on Ameron metal poles. Based on what I've seen so far, I think the GEs will be more likely to be installed.

There is a village near my home which has a road across the village lit by about a dozen fluorescent street lights. The lights are installed on over head power lines. These lines are going to be removed and with them the street lights.

Some of these lights are already reserved for my collection. 

The piscatiqua bridge for I95 is removing its M400As and AEL ATB2s and either reinstalling the LEDs, or replace them all.

A GE M400 MV fixture on a CalTrans freeway. Everything around it is LED, so I would guess that it will be replaced.

Nothing I know of in particular. But on the highways, the DOT is replacing fixtures with LED as the lamps fail. Just spot replacement though, no group replacements. So some GE M400A2 Powr/Door, AEL 125 and Cooper OVX and OVF fixtures will get replaced over time instead of relamped.

When driving around on the freeways here I spotted a lone GE M-400A (latest gen) 310w HPS light still standing. All of its friends got replaced with Solarmax LED street lights (one got replaced with a GE Evolve ERS-2). It's lamp is still looking good so hopefully it can hang on.

I think it's obvious, but Caltrans is replacing the SOX streetlights that still remain on the freeways further south of where I am. Half of the missouts work while half don't.

Also, all the cities that still have SOX. There's quite a few that still do, so when I or someone else heads down there we'll update you.

All the HPS and MH fixtures are all going to LED slowly, but in my sector MH fixtures are replacing many HPS GE M250A2. The bad this is that I don't know where fixtures are diposed to save one.

All the HPS and MH fixtures are all going to LED slowly, but in my sector MH fixtures are replacing many HPS GE M250A2. The bad this is that I don't know where fixtures are diposed to save one.

If you see someone taking down one of the lights, you can ask them. Or you can contact whoever maintains or owns the lights.

Well, on the pole in our yard that they are replacing, it`s either time to welcome the powr/bracket to my collection, or say goodbye to it. It all depends on if the Power company will let me have it.

Well I was on the 60 freeway today and it seems like Caltrans is no longer installing new sign lights. They removed some of the existing ones and even some of the LED ones!

Caltrans replaced a few GE M400s (some MV, Others retrofitted(?) HPS but with the old glareshields) with Solermax and Leotek LEDs recently.

On an unrelated note, Caltrans also put reflective tape rings around the traffic signals on some freeway entrance/exit ramps.

Well I was on the 60 freeway today and it seems like Caltrans is no longer installing new sign lights. They removed some of the existing ones and even some of the LED ones!

Out here, Caltrans has not relamped most of their sign lights in years, the ones that still work/have been relamped appear to be MV.

Interesting, haven't seen the reflective tape rings on any of their signals around here yet.

Caltrans had just recently fixed some sign lights in my area. They relamped some of them but apparently some had dead ballasts so they put LED retrofits inside (haven't seen one - normal LED lamps most likely). The sign lights are MV though some are induction. When some of the induction ones died they installed new induction ones in their place. Though I don't know what they will do now.

Bad news.. The days are numbered for the lone M400 mercury on the 101 freeway in the SFV. Went under it tonight and it didn't work. The HPS lights on a street series circuit nearby were recently changed out to LED on new circuits.

Lately, San Jose has been very aggressive in spot replacing dead & working SOX & HPS fixtures (with Leotek GCM and EC series fixtures).

These guys  : https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5263&pos=5&pid=159041  The "South side mega fix" project is now running at full speed again and these 9 vintage lights which consist of 2-AEL125's , 1-AEL/ITT 25 , 1- OV-10 Clam-shell , 2-M400 split-doors , 3- thumb-latch style M-400's and several post-top ballasts!!! All appear to be MV and at least 1 of the 400's mas a clear-band lamp !!