new streetlights for rhode island avenue

i was biking down rhode island avenue on monday, and i saw a sign announcing construction and lane closures at the corner of new jersey avenue. turns out that the right-hand lane was being closed for this:



i saw two of these on westbound rhode island (between new jersey and 5th, and between 5th and 6th streets nw) and one on eastbound rhode island (at 8th street). i asked the construction workers what was going on, and they said they were installing the bases for new streetlights. guess this stretch of rhode island won't be so dark at night anymore!