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A 'call box' is a metal box attached to a pole with a call-out telephone receiver inside. These boxes are placed usually at even distances along the highway. The phone is for emergency use only and is answered by emergency personnel.

When highways first came into being for automobile traffic, motorists needed a way to summon emergency help. Call boxes solved this problem from the 1940s or earlier. However, today more people own and use cell phones, so call boxes may be on the way out. Many of the old call boxes are not repaired quickly now as they were in past decades.

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