Posted by Steve Hillyer
on October 14, 2009, 1:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Barricade colors"
Back in the 50's 60's and early 70's the CITY OF LONG BEACH STREET DIVISION used wooden barricades with either 4' or 16' 2x6 boards along with the wooden A-frame legs that were 2x4 with 1x6. The early barricades were painted a floresent green then they chanced the paint color to a safety yellow. I remember if they relaced the curbs on the street they would use the 16' boards and use the 4' boards for the sidewalks. The barricade truck had a ladder rack on top with the 16' boards and the 4' boards were in the back of the truck. They had the A-Frame legs mounted upside down on a rack in the back. Behind the cab of the truck was a metal box full of the nightflasher barricade lights. On the bottom side on both sides of the truck they had 2 racks full of highway torches. I only wish I had a picture of the truck from back then. Steve.
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