Unknown thing with solar panel on the top?

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Tom Williams
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Unknown thing with solar panel on the top?

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this is on the "new" bridge in Hereford and I would like to know what it is for as I've often wondered
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https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0512105 ... _3Nzvw!2e0 Check out A49 Shared via the #StreetView app
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Tom Williams wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:38 this is on the "new" bridge in Hereford and I would like to know what it is for as I've often wondered
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https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0512105 ... _3Nzvw!2e0 Check out A49 Shared via the #StreetView app
It appears to be adjacent to some inductive loops in the road. Anything to do with them?
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Re: Unknown thing with solar panel on the top?

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Possibly some form of traffic detection because there are lights on both side of this road on this bridge
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I'd definitely go for the panel providing power for the location cabinet, which, yes, does look as though it's associated with the adjacent loops. Permanent traffic counter by the look of it.
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AndyB wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:06 I'd definitely go for the panel providing power for the location cabinet, which, yes, does look as though it's associated with the adjacent loops. Permanent traffic counter by the look of it.
A delve into Sabre Maps will confirm a traffic count site on the bridge.
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