It can be easy to forget about those workers not working at eye level. In the above photo, a worker was bundling the wires above Battleground Avenue. Until we saw him working, we'd never noticed the fact that Old Battleground Road has an arrow pointing left, since to the right, the road changes to Horse Pen Creek. Greensboro has several roads like that; turn one way and you are on one road, turn the other and it is a different street. Another example is Hobbs Road; it changes to Garden Lake Drive, once you cross New Garden Road. Double named roads tend to happen when a road gets extended or when a road changes from more urban to rural. The arrows are a nice touch.
We parked at the BP station to take this photo. It must be interesting to be working from above and seeing all of the drivers down below. Oh the stories these workers could tell..
Did you know that there is a website/app called "See Click Fix"? You can register concerns and the app sends the information to the right government official. The app bills itself as a civic tech platform. Is there something in your neighborhood that needs to be fixed? Report it and when you least expect it, perhaps you will see the above worker in your neighborhood! He seems to be a very hard worker.
There are the occasional streets like that here- they reach one intersection and they change names.
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 04:14 PM