diff --git a/src/assets.js b/src/assets.js
index a1e00a23e..e7f666f27 100644
--- a/src/assets.js
+++ b/src/assets.js
@@ -112,12 +112,9 @@ function buildAssetHTML(assetUrl, categories) {
         <a-mixin shadow id="arched-building-04" scale="1 1 1" rotation="0 0 0" gltf-part="src: #archedmodel; part: arched-building-04"></a-mixin>
 `,
     'intersection-props': `
-        <a-asset-item id="stopsign" src="${assetUrl}sets/road-signs/gltf-exports/draco/stop-sign.glb"></a-asset-item>
-        <a-asset-item id="signal1" src="${assetUrl}sets/signals/gltf-exports/draco/signal1.glb"></a-asset-item>
-        <a-asset-item id="signal2" src="${assetUrl}sets/signals/gltf-exports/draco/signal2.glb"></a-asset-item>
-        <a-mixin id="signal_left" gltf-model="#signal1"></a-mixin>
-        <a-mixin id="signal_right" gltf-model="#signal2"></a-mixin>
-        <a-mixin id="stop_sign" gltf-model="#stopsign"></a-mixin>
+        <a-mixin shadow id="signal_left" gltf-model="url(${assetUrl}sets/signals/gltf-exports/draco/signal1.glb)"></a-mixin>
+        <a-mixin shadow id="signal_right" gltf-model="url(${assetUrl}sets/signals/gltf-exports/draco/signal2.glb)"></a-mixin>
+        <a-mixin shadow id="stop_sign" gltf-model="url(${assetUrl}sets/road-signs/gltf-exports/draco/stop-sign.glb)"></a-mixin>
       `,
     'segment-textures': `  
         <!-- segment mixins with textures -->
diff --git a/src/components/intersection.js b/src/components/intersection.js
index d7f803604..33aa25eca 100644
--- a/src/components/intersection.js
+++ b/src/components/intersection.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('intersection', {
       'material',
       'src: #asphalt-texture; repeat:5 5; roughness:1'
     );
+    this.el.setAttribute('shadow', '');
 
     function createSidewalkElem({
       length,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent('intersection', {
       sd.setAttribute('scale', scaleVec);
       sd.setAttribute('rotation', rotationVec);
       sd.setAttribute('mixin', 'sidewalk');
+      sd.setAttribute('shadow', 'cast: false;');
       sd.classList.add('autocreated');
       sd.setAttribute(
         'material',