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The Best of Road Signs

Started by Mergingtraffic, September 21, 2010, 06:36:08 PM

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Ian

#475
September 27, 2011, 09:07:04 PM  
Well then forget I posted them on here.
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D-Dey65

#476
September 27, 2011, 10:16:27 PM  
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 26, 2011, 05:31:43 PM
I find the shiny new I-678 shield in the first photo amusing for some reason.
Could it be a sign that NYSDOT or NYCDOT wants to keep the button copy?

:hmmm:

NE2

#477
September 27, 2011, 11:12:28 PM  
Quote from: vtk on September 27, 2011, 08:57:55 PM
Not to mention that Ohio and Harrisburg should be in mixed case
This is fine as early pre-Interstate standards. It's the way the shields and directional plates that were added on that causes problems.
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Central Avenue

#478
September 28, 2011, 12:26:53 AM  
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 27, 2011, 09:07:04 PM
Well then forget I posted them on here.
I liked them, personally. Sure, they were kinda a mess with the added-on shields and directional plates, but I still thought they were cool old signs.
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NE2

#479
September 28, 2011, 12:32:05 AM  
My comment was intended partly as a jab at minor spacing issues being posted in the "worst" thread.
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Scott5114

#480
September 28, 2011, 12:44:00 AM  
You don't really need to be jabbing at anyone...
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agentsteel53

#481
September 28, 2011, 01:37:15 AM  
Quote from: D-Dey65 on September 27, 2011, 10:16:27 PM
Could it be a sign that NYSDOT or NYCDOT wants to keep the button copy?


I think the old shield simply fell off the sign, and they needed a hasty replacement.
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agentsteel53

#482
September 28, 2011, 01:45:06 AM  
Quote from: vtk on September 27, 2011, 08:57:55 PM

On a side note, those I-76 shields are surprisingly large given their vintage.

do you mean they are physically large shields?  up to 48x48 on guide signs has been part of the standard since 1957, and I believe those are 36x36.

or that they have the '70 spec with large numbers?  I believe the change from I-80S to I-76 came around 1972 or so - and federal '70 spec was invented by Pennsylvania in 1966.
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Ian

#483
September 28, 2011, 08:13:14 PM  
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 28, 2011, 01:37:15 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on September 27, 2011, 10:16:27 PM
Could it be a sign that NYSDOT or NYCDOT wants to keep the button copy?


I think the old shield simply fell off the sign, and they needed a hasty replacement.

That'd be my theory. I'm surprised they went with a 2-digit sized shield for it, and I'm not even sure if the I-678 was put up by NYCDOT or NYSDOT. I also want to say that the new signs on I-95 in New York were done by NYSDOT, judging by the fact that they're in highway gothic (NYCDOT loves Clearview). Plus, they look NYSDOT spec.
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vtk

#484
September 29, 2011, 12:10:29 AM  
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 28, 2011, 01:45:06 AM
Quote from: vtk on September 27, 2011, 08:57:55 PM

On a side note, those I-76 shields are surprisingly large given their vintage.

do you mean they are physically large shields?  up to 48x48 on guide signs has been part of the standard since 1957, and I believe those are 36x36.

or that they have the '70 spec with large numbers?  I believe the change from I-80S to I-76 came around 1972 or so - and federal '70 spec was invented by Pennsylvania in 1966.

Mostly I was surprised at the overall size, particularly compared to the text  and to the available space.  Also odd to me is the ½-height numerals (which I actually like) and the lack of button copy border or numerals.  I also may have overestimated the age of the shields a bit.

See, most of the Interstate shields in Columbus which are faded that much are on signs rumored to be first-generation, are no more than 30" high, and have button copy borders and numbers noticeably smaller than ½ the height of the shield.  I guess those I-76 shields are newer and faded more quickly.
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

Quillz

#485
September 29, 2011, 08:59:29 PM  
I've always liked this one:



I like the corrugated panel BGS, the usage of Series F and the shape of the shields (which must be some kind of New York custom design, because I've never seen that style anywhere else).

Ian

#486
September 29, 2011, 09:02:38 PM  
Series F isn't usually seen on the US route shields on New York's freeway signs, just the state route shields. I don't know why, but I do like the series F.
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architect77

#487
October 02, 2011, 09:55:18 PM  
As promised, here are more pics of the old school button-copy I-85 shield in Atlanta. The reflectors really are in the "8" and "5."

mhallack

#488
October 07, 2011, 10:54:21 AM   Last Edit: October 07, 2011, 02:15:29 PM by mhallack
I've seen this old sign with the newer one one over and over again, just a side road off Rt.1 in Warren, Maine. I don't know why they left the old sign in place. It's the only one in the county I know of.

Scott5114

#489
October 07, 2011, 11:15:06 AM  
Quote from: mhallack on October 07, 2011, 10:54:21 AM
I've seen this old sign with the newer one one over and over again, just a side road off Rt.1 in Warren, I don't know why they left the old sign in place. It's the only one in the county I know of.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! :nod:
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mhallack

#490
October 07, 2011, 02:16:12 PM  
Believe me I want the sign to stay, but just wonder why it is still there. But I won't rock the boat.

D-Dey65

#491
October 12, 2011, 10:33:01 AM   Last Edit: October 13, 2011, 01:17:17 PM by D-Dey65
I found a piece of this stock footage in the 1995 documentary "After Sunset: The Life and Times of the Drive-In Theater"


And it's button copy too.

:biggrin:

mhallack

#492
October 15, 2011, 09:04:59 AM  
This is from a construction zone in Warren, Maine. Route 1. I thought it was pretty cool. Unsure of the font though.

formulanone

#493
October 15, 2011, 09:52:26 AM  
Seen those in a few places...to be politically-correct, there's an alternate one for Mommy, too.

Scott5114

#494
October 15, 2011, 10:13:37 AM  
And "My Daddy Works Here" rears its ugly head yet again... Shoulda put that in the "Worst of Road Signs", dude. :P
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ethanman62187

#495
October 15, 2011, 12:06:18 PM  
Quote from: Quillz on September 29, 2011, 08:59:29 PM
I've always liked this one:



I like the corrugated panel BGS, the usage of Series F and the shape of the shields (which must be some kind of New York custom design, because I've never seen that style anywhere else).

Wow!  Nice sign.
I like all of this. I like va sr 28 to be an interstate highway.

ethanman62187

#496
October 15, 2011, 12:07:33 PM  
Quote from: D-Dey65 on October 12, 2011, 10:33:01 AM
I found a piece of this stock footage in the 1995 documentary "After Sunset: The Life and Times of the Drive-In Theater"


And it's button copy too.

:biggrin:



I had never seen anything like that before. Still a nice sign.
I like all of this. I like va sr 28 to be an interstate highway.

mhallack

#497
October 15, 2011, 05:53:44 PM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 15, 2011, 10:13:37 AM
And "My Daddy Works Here" rears its ugly head yet again... Shoulda put that in the "Worst of Road Signs", dude. :P

Sorry, didn't know there was a thread for that

rickmastfan67

#498
October 15, 2011, 07:33:01 PM  
Quote from: mhallack on October 15, 2011, 05:53:44 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 15, 2011, 10:13:37 AM
And "My Daddy Works Here" rears its ugly head yet again... Shoulda put that in the "Worst of Road Signs", dude. :P

Sorry, didn't know there was a thread for that

Yep, there is one for "Worst of Road Signs".  Here's the link: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.0

;)

relaxok

#499
October 18, 2011, 05:41:54 PM  


My guess is these have been posted before but searching for new jersey turnpike and nj turnpike on the thread didn't turn them up and I haven't seen it posted myself.

A friend of mine said these are going away soon.. too bad.  I'm a sucker for neon.

Edit: for the curious it looks like a thread discussing these signs going away happened early last year:  https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2468.0


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