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meccano set


an enormous set of traffic lights at the intersection of the Hume Highway and Henry Lawson Drive: It's the third right after passing the meccano set.

Contributor's comments: [named after] a UK brand of construction kit that the set of lights is very reminiscent of (so to speak).

Contributor's comments: The Meccano set is a huge bank of traffic lights & overhead signs at an enormous intersection on the Hume Highway, near Liverpool in Sydney.

Contributor's comments: Sure, the coathanger is a meccano set, but that intersection on the Hume Highway is the real meccano set. Growing up on the other side of the harbour, I only heard the name when I moved closer to it.