Hinged street light pole - GIF

[Toolmaker51]

A1 idea; a few minute job minus time absorbed positioning a scissor lift or bucket truck.

[mklotz]

A1 idea; a few minute job minus time absorbed positioning a scissor lift or bucket truck.

I'm not so sure. With long life LED bulbs the need for maintenance may be low enough to challenge the cost of building hinged poles.

Also, in suburban areas, the proximity of trees, power lines, etc. may make hinging impractical. In my suburban area the wires supplying power to the street lights are mounted on the top of the street light standard. Clearly, hinging would be impossible and I suspect that arrangement is used elsewhere.

Like everything, the engineering devil is in the compromise details.