The new stop lights in the left-turn lanes where Interstate 480 spills onto Granger Road look strange. The traditional red circle? Gone. In its place glows a red left-turn arrow.

The arrows — the first change in Minnesota’s traffic signals in about 40 years — are spreading rapidly across the metro area, speeding the turns for anyone driving in off-peak hours.

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For example, the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Monroe Drive has protected turns — meaning cars can only turn left when they have a green arrow — during busy daytime hours.

"In Lynbrook, the traffic light on Broadway at Sunrise Highway does not have left-turn arrows for north or southbound traffic, and it's always a challenge to make a left. The intersection is ...

News A New Kind Of Left-Turn Signal — Flashing Yellow Arrows. A new kind of left turn signal is about to start showing up in more cities across Texas.

Back then left-turn arrows didn’t seem a necessity. The left-turn arrow was first used in L.A. in 1965, and today about 20% of intersections with signals have left arrows. Because city streets ...

Chandler will expand the use of flashing yellow left-turn arrows throughout the city, after an assessment of their use at a limited number of intersections showed mostly positive results.