[talk-au] NSW bridge numbers]

[edodd at billiau.net]

> Liz wrote,
>
> "Yesterday we found lots of blue numbered markers on posts near bridges,
> all 4 digit, and a larger number of posts white with blue top which marked
> culverts, with a larger number of digits."
>
>
> Were all these on major highways?.

Burley Griffin Way; Hume Highway; Newell Highway
Can't comment on Illawarra Highway, it was dark

  My current theory is that no
> "side-street" bridges will have their numbers dislayed yet since not many
> serious car crashes will occur there.
>
> It does surprise me that they are placed on the entry point rather than
> the
> exit since if a car crashes into the bridge it will likely take out this
> stake, thus defeating its purpose.
One at each entry point on a two way bridge
>
> One of the newer bridges in the ACT (number 3196 - railway street beard)
> has
> a shiny new number plate in exact accordance with the RTA docos, so maybe
> all bridges will end up with these. I wonder if they'll attract less (or
> more) vandalism that the current ACT white plaques?