Urbis ZX3 Lantern Installations

The Urbis ZX3 is the second-largest in the Urbis ZX_ series of lanterns. These massive fixtures are designed for use on "A" roads, dual carriage ways and motor ways. Lamp options include: 100W, 150W, 250W or 400W SON-T plus. These can be complimented by different bowls, such as: flat-glass bowl, curved-tempered glass bowl, low-profile bowl, deep bowl or deep zebra bowl. The canopy is made from UV-stabilized polypropylene, with the lantern's main body being aluminium.

Lichfield Industrial Estate, Tamworth

The Urbis ZX3 was most commonly used on the A5 (Until the lanterns were replaced) however I have stumbled upon some. This one is located on Column 48, Mariner, Lichfield Industrial Estate. It looks to run 150W SON. It was installed during 2021, taking the place of a failed Philips MA50. It looks huge even from ground level! It is mounted 8m above the road's surface.

The same lantern at night.

Amington, Tamworth

On a roundabout outside of Tesco Express, Amington, are several Urbis ZX3s running 150W SON.

This one has a chunk of canopy missing!

Dordon, Warwickshire

Dordon, Warwickshire is littered with Urbis ZX3s on-and-around Watling Street.

Maintenance was being conducted at the time, so all of the ZX3s (minus faulty ones) were day-burning. These all run 150W SON-T, but I believe the ones near-to the M42 roundabout ran 250W SON before their replacement. Below is column 63B21:

And (although I forgot to set my camera's exposure settings properly) this was followed by column 63B19:

The golden glow of the 150W lamp is best seen from a close-up.

Just opposite the previous two examples (on Danny Morson Way) are three twin-arms on 10m Stainton steel columns, but the twin-arm brackets make the columns between 11 and 12m tall. On each twin-arm are two ZX3 lanterns.