Historic Location Photos

[roadman65]

A new gallery that I would like to start to show historic signage at historic locations.




I thought it would be nice to take pictures of signs, road configurations, and other related stuff that you cannot see anymore due to major construction or changes in route alignments.

Both above are taken from Crawfordville Road in Speedway, IN before it was realigned not to default into the I-74 freeway.  Now of course both signs and the pavements under them no longer exist.

Anyone else have any historic photos please feel free to post them here.

[iBallasticwolf2]

These aren't neccasarliy historic..... but they show changed route designations in Pittsburgh.
2008 photo of I-79/I-376 interchange- https://www.google.ca/maps/@40.418966,-80.102988,3a,45.9y,349.66h,97.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2LqOKMA4eLOMIxquyRJ8RA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
2013 photo of same interchange- https://www.google.ca/maps/@40.418984,-80.102991,3a,21.1y,343.45h,100.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siYP86Ktx_NnCSMj4RqAwBQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

2008 photo of I-376 and PA-18 interchange- https://www.google.ca/maps/@40.667964,-80.322408,3a,21.5y,268.91h,101.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su9vTXi2vY9vqVuwO8kpYTg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
2012 photo of same interchange- https://www.google.ca/maps/@40.667963,-80.322409,3a,43y,266.32h,91.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdBVS6m485k0_rjulb6E6Ag!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


I find these photos historical because it shows older route designations for freeways.

[SignGeek101]

I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere, but:



Centralia, Pennsylvania

PA 54 no longer runs concurrent with PA 61.

Not my pic. From a documentary.

[GCrites]

Oh man, both a Chevelle and a Trans Am prowling the streets.

[jmd41280]

This photo I took in 2008 shows the old I-279 designation on the signs for the Fort Pitt Bridge and Pittsburgh Int'l Airport, before the I-376 extension took over that part of I-279. 


Fort Duquesne Blvd. by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[wphiii]

I'm fairly certain I've posted this before in one thread or another on here at some point, but I love this sign still hanging in there at the intersection of Dallas Ave at Penn Ave in Pittsburgh. I don't even know when U.S. 22/30 stopped using Penn Ave through Pittsburgh but I'd wager it hasn't even been in my lifetime.

[jmd41280]

I'm fairly certain I've posted this before in one thread or another on here at some point, but I love this sign still hanging in there at the intersection of Dallas Ave at Penn Ave in Pittsburgh. I don't even know when U.S. 22/30 stopped using Penn Ave through Pittsburgh but I'd wager it hasn't even been in my lifetime.

I've never noticed that sign before.  Nice find!

On a related note, here is a sign along Pangburn Hollow Rd near Monongahela, PA.  This sign points to PA Route 31, which has not been routed through Monongahela since the 1960s (PA Route 136 took over the routing at the time).


Relic by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[fdpierson]

Both of these images come from the mywvhome.com Facebook page, a page that documents the history of Charleston and its surrounding areas.
If you look at their site, you should be able to find other road-related pictures there.
https://www.facebook.com/Mywvhomecom

Showing I-64s progress through South Charleston in 1971. You can just makes out the Patrick St Bridge in the lower right corner. The large bare area on the left would become Joplin Park. Open full screen.

The road isn't the focus of this picture, but the old WV state route sign is interesting regardless.
As mentioned by the quote below, this part of WV 14 now belongs to WV 214.

Forgotten Grade Schools in Kanawha County: RUTH Grade School. Ruth Is just past Walmart on Corridor G on 214 at Trace Fork. This is a special post because not only do you see the school, but what it looked like before the school was installed. It appears that the Ruth School operated only between 1962 until about 1969. You will see photos of pure Americana. Front porches with tall Oak Trees, and peaceful meadows. Those photos were taken for appraisal purposes when the school board purchased the property in 1961. Open full screen. KCS photos.

[froggie]

That explains why today's WV route shields have a thicker border...it's along the lines of what they've done for decades...

[fdpierson]

Here's two more pictures from the same source. This is I-64/77 being built in Charleston alongside Piedmont Road in 1973.

[GCrites]

Was that the original alignment of Piedmont Rd. or a temporary construction one?

[fdpierson]

Was that the original alignment of Piedmont Rd. or a temporary construction one?

According to the site: "It was re routed just in this area because if you look to the left, you can see the old Piedmont Road. They needed that space to build the wall, which you can also see."

[mariethefoxy]

speaking of Pittsburgh theres still an ALT PA 380 sign on Fort Duquesne Blvd on the far side of the DLCC near the Hampton Inn.

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