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Started by Buffaboy, October 13, 2015, 07:00:25 PM

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peterj920



peterj920

#26

Ashwaubenon, WI uses white street blades for Truck Routes and green blades for residential streets.


Street signs within the City of Green Bay in the Lambeau Field area. 

Quillz

Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 14, 2015, 09:32:33 PM
Here's Winnipeg's:

Current version. Black on White All caps Clearview. Stop signs are still FHWA in Manitoba.


New Winnipeg Street Blade Design
by Sign Geek, on Flickr
I actually really like these. Black-on-white has a nice, clean look to it. Wrightwood, CA uses a similar setup (although it's green-on-white, basically just an inverted variation of the standard LA county street blades), and they also look nice. Don't have a pic handy, though.

bandit957

#28
Growing up in the late '70s, I loved noticing how local municipalities had different sign styles for their street blades.

Back then, Highland Heights had green signs with white letters and a white border.

Fort Thomas had white signs with embossed black letters and no border. They added a black border around that time.

I think Cold Spring had the same style as Fort Thomas after they added the border.

Southgate had black signs with embossed white letters and a white border.

Newport had white signs with black letters and no border. Unlike Fort Thomas, these were not embossed.

Covington had green signs with white letters and a white border - but they used a slightly weird font.

I think Dayton (Ky.) had white signs with black letters and no border - but an even weirder font. Then again, it seems like Dayton didn't have many sign blades, period.

Bellevue was some form of white signs with black letters, but I don't remember the exact style. I think Wilder was the same.

Fort Wright had green signs with embossed white letters, but their sign blades were bigger.

I think unincorporated Campbell County may have used brown signs with white letters, at least occasionally.

Alexandria was some form of green signs with white letters.
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jakeroot

Quote from: bandit957 on December 19, 2015, 12:05:52 AM
Growing up in the late '70s, I loved noticing how local municipalities had different sign styles for their street blades.

I didn't grow up in the '70s, or really anywhere near then, but I have noticed lately a trend towards a more consistent design of street blade. No surprise, really, since the MUTCD has always sought to standardise traffic signs (including street blades), but it was a nice way for cities to identify themselves.

bandit957

An example of a Fort Thomas sign blade from before the late '70s, that was still standing in 2009. This may have been the last one like this still standing and is gone now...

https://goo.gl/maps/zSps54KZpnJ2

An example of the style Fort Thomas adopted in the late '70s, which was also still standing in 2009. Again, this may have been the last one like this still standing and is gone now...

https://goo.gl/maps/A8bdtvQgKAN2
Might as well face it, pooing is cool


Henry

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Brandon

Quote from: Henry on December 22, 2015, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: peterj920 on December 12, 2015, 05:30:44 PM


Green Bay, WI
You mean to tell me they stole this from Detroit?

LOL!  I get the joke.

Here's some actual ones from Detroit: https://goo.gl/maps/foLPbivdKYw
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Brandon

Here's some local ones for me.

Crest Hill, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/hBQEuw3jHaJ2
This is the new model, white on blue with the city name at the top of the top blade.

Joliet, IL:
Old style, two minor streets: https://goo.gl/maps/yiZcyEVe4r22
Old style, along a major street: https://goo.gl/maps/SXmCdseaXux
New style, two minor streets: https://goo.gl/maps/h3VZWZbacZA2
New style, along a major street: https://goo.gl/maps/2UswDUXKdBE2
New backlit ones on traffic signal mastarms: https://goo.gl/maps/pUvyXYkiQQM2
Very old ones with the block number and direction that they increase: https://goo.gl/maps/gwcJeurFbMP2

Troy Township (unincorporated): https://goo.gl/maps/QpunU95khKK2

Joliet Township (unincorporated): https://goo.gl/maps/zAAFbV9SeKx

Rockdale, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/qjvRqeEHFEv

Shorewood, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/4aLPbP72ni22
This is their newest style, green on white with the village symbol.

Naperville, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/o2xdb5me2Yn
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg

peterj920

Quote from: Brandon on December 22, 2015, 03:48:09 PM
Quote from: Henry on December 22, 2015, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: peterj920 on December 12, 2015, 05:30:44 PM


Green Bay, WI
You mean to tell me they stole this from Detroit?

LOL!  I get the joke.

Here's some actual ones from Detroit: https://goo.gl/maps/foLPbivdKYw

I saw this intersection and I couldn't believe that I saw this intersection and had to take a picture of it.  The signs haven't been a target of thieves.  There are 2 street signs that are bolted down to a post that are common targets of thieves in Green Bay.  They are: Mullet Place and Morningwoods Ct.  There is also an Assman Rd about 25 miles southeast of Green Bay where the signs are stolen almost as quickly as they are installed.  The times I tried to get a picture I wasn't because the signs are gone. 

mgk920

Quote from: peterj920 on December 26, 2015, 01:53:14 AM

I saw this intersection and I couldn't believe that I saw this intersection and had to take a picture of it.  The signs haven't been a target of thieves.  There are 2 street signs that are bolted down to a post that are common targets of thieves in Green Bay.  They are: Mullet Place and Morningwoods Ct.  There is also an Assman Rd about 25 miles southeast of Green Bay where the signs are stolen almost as quickly as they are installed.  The times I tried to get a picture I wasn't because the signs are gone.

About 20 years or so ago, the Appleton, WI city council approved a street in a new residential development named Morningwood Ct.  Several years later, after tiring of having to constantly replace the sign at its lone intersection, the city council approved renaming it to Morningview Ct.

:-P

Mike

steviep24

Street blade in the Charlotte/Harbor neighborhood of Rochester, NY

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2572398,-77.609339,3a,15y,30.88h,103.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svD7z-3QwGK6Buxi-QbmKeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Standard street blades in the City of Rochester have white lettering on blue.




US71

Fort Smith, AR:
Blue with White lettering, private streets Green with White

Springfield, MO:
Green with White, except the historical, education and financial districts which are brown with white lettering (and white logos)
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Scott5114

Quote from: US71 on January 22, 2016, 07:36:55 PM
Springfield, MO:
Green with White, except the historical, education and financial districts which are brown with white lettering (and white logos)

I've always thought Springfield had particularly nice-looking signs.
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Duke87

#40
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:


No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.

For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:
If you always take the same road, you will never see anything new.

SignGeek101

Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:


No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.

For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:

Gross. It's not even the Clearview; I don't mind mixed case Clearview on street blades, but the colour pattern just isn't good.

Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?

Pete from Boston


Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2016, 03:29:02 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:


No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.

For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:

Gross. It's not even the Clearview; I don't mind mixed case Clearview on street blades, but the colour pattern just isn't good.

Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?

That's horrendous.

I think there's a town slightly north of Boston that uses red.  I'll have to keep an eye out for which.

Pete from Boston


Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2016, 03:29:02 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:


No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.

For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:

Gross. It's not even the Clearview; I don't mind mixed case Clearview on street blades, but the colour pattern just isn't good.

Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?

That's horrendous.

I think there's a town slightly north of Boston that uses red.  I'll have to keep an eye out for which.

Ian

Sleepy Hollow, NY also uses orange street blades, but I think these at least look more tastefully done than those Northampton ones.

https://goo.gl/maps/kbwpqYcsLjz
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Quillz

The problem with those PA street blades is they seem to be using the FHWA defined orange, which is intentionally jarring to look at, because its purpose is to make you aware of road work and construction. Using it for everyday purposes defeats its original intent, and just looks awful, as pointed out.

Big John

For 2009 MUTCD, Section 2D.43. Orange is no longer allowed.

Quote16 An alternative background color other than the normal guide sign color of green may be used for Street Name (D3-1 or D3-1a) signs where the highway agency determines this is necessary to assist road users in determining jurisdictional authority for roads.

Quote18 The only acceptable alternative background colors for Street Name (D3-1 or D3-1a) signs shall be blue, brown, or white. Regardless of whether green, blue, or brown is used as the background color for Street Name (D3-1 or D3-1a) signs, the legend (and border, if used) shall be white. For Street Name signs that use a white background, the legend (and border, if used) shall be black.

countysigns

Local ones for me:

Toledo (minor intersection) - http://tinyurl.com/ha5jkdy
Toledo (minor intersection with dead end street) - http://tinyurl.com/zqgr7cb
Toledo (major intersection) - http://tinyurl.com/h6n8hxe
Toledo (new mixed-case signage) - http://tinyurl.com/zgqu6f6
Toledo (historical areas of city) - http://tinyurl.com/zcy2te9
Toledo (downtown with block number usage) - http://tinyurl.com/htwrl6h
Toledo (street named for historical figure) - http://tinyurl.com/jupm7sz (with my car in the background...the orange one  :biggrin: )
Toledo (Polish Village) - http://tinyurl.com/h4fwcbq

Pink Jazz

With the rescinding of Clearview now official, I wonder what some of the cities here in the Phoenix area will now be using.  Specifically, on signal-mounted signs, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert were previously using a bold version of Helvetica prior to adopting Clearview (Mesa being one of the early adopters, and Chandler being the most recent).  I wonder if they will go back to that font, or will they go with an FHWA font?  Perhaps they could follow ADOT's lead by using FHWA Series C.

ekt8750




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