Keep Right!

Keep Right!. Traffic Control on the Streets of Old Greenville. Can you guess what this concrete cube is?, Chances are that you would not recognize this block of concrete as a traffic control device, but that is what it was., The manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, first published in 1927, was never adopted in Old Greenville. As seen in this 1941 photo of Timmons Street, the concrete block was embedded out in the T-intersection where Timmons Street met old State Route 23 (the Greenville - Fredericktown Road)., By convention, drivers entering this busy intersection knew to yield to through traffic on Route 23, and to keep to the right side of the monument when turning either right or left from both Timmons Street and Route 23., That system of traffic control may seem a bit confusing now, but it function much like a roundabout does today., (Upper Right Photo Caption): , Electricity was available in Old Greenville by the late 1920s, but the town never had traffic signals or "dummy lights," which were added to similar traffic control monuments in some cities., The unadorned "keep right rock" remained in use here at the main intersection in Old Greenville until the town was moved in the 1940s., (Lower Right Photo Caption): , This "keep right" pedestal with a "Dummy Light" at Canajoharie, New York is one of just a handful of traffic signals of this type that are still in use in the United States.