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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Traffic Control => Topic started by: Mergingtraffic on September 21, 2010, 06:36:08 PM

Title: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on September 21, 2010, 06:36:08 PM
Thanks to the idea of Agentsteel53!

Any pics of the "best of road signs" meaning they are just old and falling apart?

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:44:52 PM
these aren't falling apart, but they seem to be the canonical example of "what's wrong with California" or "what is awesome about California", depending on your perspective.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580103i1.jpg)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580103i2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheStranger on September 21, 2010, 06:47:05 PM
Yep, I already have the feeling that this will be a CalTrans-dominated thread. :D

Here's one shining example of the concept, on the Santa Ana Freeway (US 101) southbound near the Los Angeles River.  

(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images100/us-101_sb_exit_001e_03.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:50:21 PM
that's an old as hell gantry. note the overlighting, not underlighting.  I dare say that thing goes back to the late 40s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 21, 2010, 06:50:28 PM
I'll enjoy this thread...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTFDIcPDB2MI%2FAAAAAAAAgQ4%2FJ8fgBfB9xCI%2Fs640%2FIMG_8929.JPG&hash=98ada6586606feef4b7a915c2aba37f37e7332dd)

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(now gone)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTCQBs5cqW9I%2FAAAAAAAAec8%2F2mMlCYFok-4%2Fs640%2FIMG_7273.JPG&hash=3760f23426b46242444e76e0199c2a53974681d9)

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:52:14 PM
you missed the best, most decrepit Penna of them all!

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/PA/PA19400763i1.jpg)

and just about the last outline shield left in the state:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/PA/PA19590011i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 21, 2010, 06:54:53 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:52:14 PM
you missed the best, most decrepit Penna of them all!

But I don't have a photo of that!

Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:52:14 PM
and just about the last outline shield left in the state:

Which reminds me, I gotta head out to the Roosevelt Blvd area soon to get a photo of all the old signs before they bite the dust.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:57:43 PM
oh, here I thought you had photographed both.  there are some '61 spec button copy shields on green signs in that area of Philly too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheStranger on September 21, 2010, 06:59:20 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:50:21 PM
that's an old as hell gantry. note the overlighting, not underlighting.  I dare say that thing goes back to the late 40s.

According to CalTrans's bridge log, the Mission Road interchange is from 1947, and the nearby San Bernardino Split interchange...is from 1944!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 21, 2010, 07:00:48 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:57:43 PM
oh, here I thought you had photographed both.  there are some '61 spec button copy shields on green signs in that area of Philly too.

I know which you speak of. I know not in the same area, but there is an ancient set of PA 320 button copy signs about a mile or 2 away from my house.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheStranger on September 21, 2010, 07:08:31 PM
Another Southern California example, I don't know exactly where this one is located, but the lack of shields suggests a mid-1960s vintage:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathancongleton/4223803966/

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2645%2F4223803966_3836cee322_z.jpg&hash=d7baaae831447ecb6f432d895321217dcae686cb)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 07:10:12 PM
but when did they first start using the overhead gantries?  My guess is 1947...

wait, the San Berdoo Split is 1944??  You mean the 10 fwy splitting off the 5?  Here I thought all that was at the four-level until the late 50s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 21, 2010, 07:24:03 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FSyVDLxnrVbI%2FAAAAAAAAR0Q%2Fnh3LAsDcUUc%2Fs640%2FIMG_1411.JPG&hash=89ca0db515e4929d4b727823028aaa4452905367)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FSyVD05IbOaI%2FAAAAAAAAR04%2FGtkjFlDZ-ZU%2Fs640%2FIMG_1417.JPG&hash=ab93bd88f41132d9f122a0b908a6b515bfbeba0d)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS8tNPbjiGUI%2FAAAAAAAAZCY%2FH36jMVh-OSI%2Fs640%2FIMG_2792.JPG&hash=90f73ad47a34b6c0c182c6a137baa86673f531d1)

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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS4li2HTOjnI%2FAAAAAAAAU3k%2FMamKDN10J0c%2Fs640%2FIMG_0157.JPG&hash=f9e597ac44cfc51546726aefb5f78b55ff1dad23)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS4li5EvJAnI%2FAAAAAAAAU4A%2FfuJTa80L1_o%2Fs640%2FIMG_0167.JPG&hash=f92604b2c690cbd59575cd03f4039279215f2260)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheStranger on September 21, 2010, 07:30:53 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 07:10:12 PM
but when did they first start using the overhead gantries?  My guess is 1947...

I would think not long after that interchange was built (same year as your guess) - I have a hard time imagining that the roadside gore signs that graced the Arroyo Seco Parkway would have been suitable for this stretch of the Santa Ana Freeway.

Quote from: agentsteel53

wait, the San Berdoo Split is 1944??  You mean the 10 fwy splitting off the 5?  Here I thought all that was at the four-level until the late 50s.

The San Bernardino Split is actually the interchange in this photo:
www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=CA19550601

It is today's interchange of the Santa Ana Freeway (101) and San Bernardino Freeway (10 east, originally 60/70/99); there once was a flyover from 10 west to 101 south that was removed in 1995 due to high costs for potential earthquake retrofit work, after Northridge.  (Also, that ramp had been redundant for 32 years - access to the Santa Ana Freeway southbound now consists of following 10 along the Golden State Freeway before making the switchover.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 07:36:08 PM
damn... 1944, who'd have guessed?  that thing is advanced-looking as all Hell; my guess would've been 1955 or so.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheStranger on September 21, 2010, 07:52:13 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 07:36:08 PM
damn... 1944, who'd have guessed? 

Trust me, I feel EXACTLY the same way - who'd think that in one year, they'd progress from the trucks-not-suitable Arroyo Seco Parkway, to this!?  (1948 aerial)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historicaerials.com%2FfeaturedPOIImage.aspx%3Fpoi%3D12963&hash=dd54cce469de82712b1b31f534aac2918c579716)
http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=12963

The now-demolished flyover from what was then 60/70 west (99 north) to 101 south was installed in the mid-1950s though and is not original to the Split.


Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on September 21, 2010, 08:18:23 PM
A few in Richmond:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4092%2F5009898417_6dd7121310_z.jpg&hash=c9abb5dae131ebaf09ba82084a4715055317a147) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5009898417/)
VA 161 Cutouts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5009898417/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2523%2F3896845989_aa369af22c_z.jpg&hash=e8c0d4da0cfca5369f1965b5166d6d8c22e73454) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3896845989/)
VA 147 Cutout Shield at VCU (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3896845989/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3509%2F3960923887_74ff56f719_z.jpg&hash=4c5fed54d629913d9ed0c45e27945d56ad2ef27f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3960923887/)
Old Manchester Bridge BGS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3960923887/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on September 21, 2010, 09:25:34 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southeastroads.com%2Fgeorgia050%2Fi-085_nb_exit_068_08.jpg&hash=f8c0d47b4c60c5723754780508a0e8f2a2196e94)

Button copy based diagrammaticals.

(https://www.aaroads.com/texas/texas030/i-030_eb_exit_045b_06.jpg)

Light-bulb based diagrammatical sign on the center panel.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IN/IN19610651i2.jpg)

State-named shields directing one to another state.

(https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/pennsylvania001/us-001_013_sb_split_02.jpg)

Illuminated button copy.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southeastroads.com%2Falabama020%2Fi-020_059_wb_exit_121_01.jpg&hash=fe54e62f94dd559fe888d5c4a3a6a0c8eecc0d3d)

Button copy state shields.

And naturally colored U.S. highway shields.  :nod:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bugo on September 21, 2010, 10:38:10 PM
Do they have to be extant?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3324%2F4559782648_a34cd102da_z.jpg&hash=d3275ad44a771b6d24a74dd36aaec808829573b3)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3315%2F4564138141_267b855605_z.jpg&hash=a770a1d4193b0d55a1307b930a2ad0903c297399)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on September 22, 2010, 07:45:12 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0029.jpg&hash=b21371f28a59c5cd37ff134acfbc5126def5e552)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 22, 2010, 09:15:45 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS8t4-eBbSsI%2FAAAAAAAAZtQ%2FchR5L-MSgSs%2Fs640%2FIMG_4987.JPG&hash=781e67d9036118dd3b74453fc94937fad5e15e6c)

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on September 23, 2010, 01:42:40 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Fchesstr.jpg&hash=2ebd371c10ef7aa871a6fd27c70eefecc8c02ee7)
Back in 2002, this street sign still existed in Chester, Pa.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Fdanger.JPG&hash=c7cc4c7f93620bb72dd7f7b39711341d66cf49a5)
A year later, I came upon this cast iron beauty along Valley Forge Rd.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Fsanwoodh.jpg&hash=51f0fb2436f0165a015f9192bbb04d1708e007cf)
Going back 10 years ago to Roosevelt Blvd. for this sign
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mightyace on September 23, 2010, 01:58:02 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2493%2F4230097505_a17a388a73.jpg&hash=03d267c093790509b5ae45061370bb7c946b6bb7)
Old text-based, center-tabbed gem on the I-80WB ramp to US 11.  The exit numbers were removed when the exits where renumbered though you can kinda, sorta see the 36S and 36N there.  These signs are the original ones at this location.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2669%2F4220634366_c5101cd70f.jpg&hash=1b4a8652ab5203374e68bedee1696c2fac85b91e)
The signs on US 11 North, also original.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4039%2F4230854216_fefb4960fd.jpg&hash=c7237d1a82641466e5c44171469f48090d234820)
The signs on US 11 South, also original.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4039%2F4643299994_7b473a9dc9.jpg&hash=9c6ec051212d762413fc7ac8d4dc88e1e8bcf23f)
The exit ramp from I-80WB to PA 42-44.  PA 44 has never been signed on the BGSs, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Bickendan on September 23, 2010, 03:18:22 AM
Those 'Milton' signs are wrong. They're missing '-Freewater'. And the I-80 shields should be I-84
Smilie removed due to image host being hacked. --Bickendan
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 23, 2010, 10:55:17 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fcoloradocutout.JPG&hash=233e6a4e6f0b9aca3b9a4f14961d17d9fd158c0b)

I am pleased to report that this is still there as of today
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on September 24, 2010, 06:56:11 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2605%2F4467191704_d04202b971_z_d.jpg&hash=1151997901a59957679e122d7dbc3aa8d1c6097d)

Text based sign near New Orleans
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on September 25, 2010, 03:57:57 PM
RIP:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3227%2F2674854471_5c06ff0478_z.jpg&hash=c2ae86ac569bf5b19e402f34ae20ee4958334eae) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2674854471/)
Antique Misprinted I-95 Trailblazer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2674854471/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3022%2F2594705288_3a14734cf2_z.jpg&hash=0b763e83a756411ee49d946d1e41da58c8f54908) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2594705288/)
Vintage Faded I-95 Trailblazer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2594705288/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

VA 197 at US 1/301 in Richmond. Trailblazer was removed by the City of Richmond Department of Public Works earlier this year during a traffic signal upgrade and has not been replaced. The same traffic signal upgrade saw the remounting of some error shields, to boot!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Tarkus on September 26, 2010, 01:12:56 AM
Oregon's "limitless" speed signs can look very nice depending on the font tastes of the jurisdiction posting them.  I showed an example of bad font choice (Yamhill County with Arial (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg78607#msg78607)) in the "Worst of Road Signs" thread.

Here is what I believe to be the opposite end of the spectrum--the spec used by many of the better county road departments in the state (Washington, Clackamas and Lane Counties).  Those are basically FHWA fonts (Series E or F) there with tight kerning on the numerals.  Efficient use of space and very clear and easy to read.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg203.imageshack.us%2Fimg203%2F8462%2Fnofburtonlg.gif&hash=229e6c353b5ba989be21df157ab5db498155bbf7)

-Alex (Tarkus)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on September 26, 2010, 06:22:27 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FMetroads%2F1%2F63.JPG&hash=cec451c8c0023092a1276131205b1f15f7252094)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FMetroads%2F1%2F05.JPG&hash=6537a57be2642dd97efec940f92d395ade65e312)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FMetroads%2F1%2F07.JPG&hash=1f9d6d1aa37bf202441fed8758eccee2d7714efb)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FMetroads%2F1%2F09.JPG&hash=1473194ecde15d23aedeb25cac111d433cfb15eb)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FMetroads%2F1%2Fmain.JPG&hash=d815b8579107bc2173e9929833cb722fa553f642)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FMetroads%2F1%2F78.JPG&hash=80f1fb8aa59701383eeb5fba7fb8161ec611d9c0)
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_184a_04.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on September 27, 2010, 12:56:13 AM
Quote from: ausinterkid on September 26, 2010, 06:22:27 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_184a_04.jpg)
California long ago chose the best proportions with wide short gantries(to not obstruct the scenery). They never followed centering rules and such, but consistently produced appropriate signage.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on September 27, 2010, 02:37:01 PM
How long until Jake shows up to argue that the gantry shown there can only be considered "The Best of Road Signs" if it's still showing its 91 and 66 shields? :sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2010, 03:03:02 PM
nope, still an awesome pair.  one is gone because they couldn't fit a f'n exit tab, so they replaced the entire sign.  the 15 remains.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Bickendan on September 27, 2010, 03:50:51 PM
o.0 They couldn't put the exit tab where the US 66 greenout was?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheStranger on September 27, 2010, 03:52:29 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on September 27, 2010, 03:50:51 PM
o.0 They couldn't put the exit tab where the US 66 greenout was?

Considering that there IS one example of a post-2002 button copy exit number slapped onto an existing button copy sign...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/csampang/4916682301/in/set-72157624531453370/

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4076%2F4916682301_db07e9646b_z.jpg&hash=d63e03292ce52beaabcae58544780c3c3224200a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on September 27, 2010, 04:04:36 PM
Quote from: TheStranger on September 27, 2010, 03:52:29 PM


Considering that there IS one example of a post-2002 button copy exit number slapped onto an existing button copy sign...

Exit 420, indeed :D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 27, 2010, 04:07:43 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FSu3N1ra4AVI%2FAAAAAAAAQI0%2FlJEck0Xre08%2Fs640%2FIMG_0658.JPG&hash=48355df3c5107d27df4e45cf4a86ecbf103e5592)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FSvXtIgj9ofI%2FAAAAAAAAQRE%2FByGAue3ePhw%2Fs640%2FIMG_0709.JPG&hash=1bfb8c3b18ca72c7f4aba622483f53db149f6bf4)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS6abnGYKXkI%2FAAAAAAAAWAA%2FSJj4QJHfmbQ%2Fs640%2FIMG_2415.JPG&hash=51cbcfddb61e426292531a01b24897a8d273f32d)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS6abovkiDNI%2FAAAAAAAAWAM%2FvYLZ7C2CG3w%2Fs640%2FIMG_2425.JPG&hash=935690041b0952b7dbe070f0fc644db07cb6131e)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS6vK4Dz-ONI%2FAAAAAAAAWJM%2FUCGIlGzMyRc%2Fs640%2FIMG_2076.JPG&hash=8ebba6e1624ed8813ad308e4a2e51870be645443)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS8vA4Y0Ox2I%2FAAAAAAAAafM%2FzLRcQoy_gHw%2Fs640%2FIMG_5779.JPG&hash=5d359029c139189e4a8c53db57dcd8f3b330c2f2)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTCQBIorVK2I%2FAAAAAAAAebs%2FZQTQI-915r0%2Fs640%2FIMG_7269.JPG&hash=9d296693bf56b6d0b47446f1bdde5d668c2cbf8b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Tom on September 27, 2010, 04:22:33 PM
Kingsley, Michigan has what I call polite speed limit signs within the village limits.  The top sign reads "SPEED LIMIT 25," and underneath it is a vertical yellow sign with a black upward pointing arrow pointing towards the speed limit sign, and under the arrow the word P
                                                                 L
                                                                 E
                                                                 A
                                                                 S
                                                                 E :coffee:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on September 27, 2010, 06:23:45 PM
This sign still exists! Note that the beehive isn't of the enormous puffy variety, meaning this sign was posted after the mid 1970s. The reason why this sign is so great is because of the rarity of its type in Salt Lake City - I challenge you to find more than four button-copy signs in Salt Lake.

(https://www.aaroads.com/west/utah215/i-215_ol_exit_015_02.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2010, 06:44:16 PM
the Alan Wood Road sign belongs in the "worst of the road" thread.  At first glance I thought it was an advertisement for a realtor or something. 

as for Utah, is the button copy I-84/US-89 (with button shields!) still around?

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/UT/UT19610891i1.jpg)

Swiss Army Arrow puts this one over the top!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 27, 2010, 07:26:39 PM
Quoteas for Utah, is the button copy I-84/US-89 (with button shields!) still around?

Yes sir! I had no idea that was there and was very pleasantly surprised about four weeks ago when I came upon it (and as such didn't get a very good picture of it)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fimages%2Fus89utah.jpg&hash=a0cc100ff85c36e00b142b9818e1bcbc224f1b6b)

Of course, no conversation about good Salt Lake area signs can be had without this one

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fimages%2Fgoodsigns.jpg&hash=b0e977b9841469e937aad7d5510025a7062c6646)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on September 27, 2010, 07:41:01 PM
Quote from: corco on September 27, 2010, 07:26:39 PM

Of course, no conversation about good Salt Lake area signs can be had without this one


...and there are two of the four button-copy signs (that I know of) in Salt Lake County. The third is a small, inconspicuous clearance sign at that same interchange. There used to be a small sign at the 3900 South exit on I-215 that directed cars to "Salt Lake" (most likely dating back to 1969) but that was replaced over the summer.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 27, 2010, 07:47:02 PM
Other good signs:

Caltrans goes to Majors Junction, Nevada
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fcaltransgoestomajors.jpg&hash=587e85bfcfc8cd23e1c34419a8974c36c6758b91)

Cleburne TX button copy
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Ftx%2F67%2F1434to67cleburne%2F3.jpg&hash=75daf9c46243b6ee89fed2ee6ba0f7d213cedd1a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2010, 07:50:24 PM
the 93 is still there as of a few weeks ago.  It's not an old sign; it dates to 2002, I think.  Nevada did use that standard a lot in the 60s, but only in its federally intended role as a supplement to an interstate sign.  The surface-level signs were the Nevada/US style until 1971.

there used to be 6 and 50 there, too, but they vanished sometime between May and September of 2006.  I'm glad the 93 has stuck around, as that is not a sign you will see in California!

the Texas sign appears to have been modified from its original configuration.  Was 67/67B ever numbered as something else?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 27, 2010, 07:52:18 PM
Quote...and there are two of the four button-copy signs (that I know of) in Salt Lake County. The third is a small, inconspicuous clearance sign at that same interchange. There used to be a small sign at the 3900 South exit on I-215 that directed cars to "Salt Lake" (most likely dating back to 1969) but that was replaced over the summer.

Do you know of this one?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fsaltlakebuttoncopy.jpg&hash=009528915670650c1dc35fce1debc5aa60616f9c)

It's on 89 south as you cross I-15 just before downtown Salt Lake
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 27, 2010, 07:56:17 PM
Quotethe Texas sign appears to have been modified from its original configuration.  Was 67/67B ever numbered as something else?

My guess is that the routings were always the same, there just wasn't a shield for 67 Business- it just said "Business"- that seems to fit the sign well.


If it was a different number, somebody else will have to clarify. I just drove through there- I know very little about the history of that area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dougtone on September 27, 2010, 08:06:20 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4133%2F5002905196_b1948009f6_z_d.jpg&hash=f21ba02f58cf0e88cf82d69c03cba621f75c70f0)

Maybe not the best of road signs, but you have a rare diamond embossed sign for the Roseboom town line, and next to it, a tree eating a sign.  Signs growing into trees is a bit of a problem in Otsego County, New York, as referenced by the sign photo below...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2733%2F4365361800_41df0a7e4b_d.jpg&hash=aa7143aca862b821decdc18c99bd1163005ccdd4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on September 27, 2010, 08:44:38 PM
I love these 'USA/Mexico signs! (From Nogales AZ, on AZ 189 [Michael Summa, 1988])
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Faz%2F189s.jpg&hash=235fba16744ecb6b6ba3313d24daf024b421fca4)

Outstanding button copy from Hawaii...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fhi%2Fhi_61%2Fn83_1.jpg&hash=faf8b1a5f6be9d1b7770342b7bebbb67ab0e5e4c)

Arizona Colored Loop Shields
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19951011i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19952021i1.jpg)(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19803031i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 27, 2010, 09:16:11 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2010, 06:44:16 PM
the Alan Wood Road sign belongs in the "worst of the road" thread.  At first glance I thought it was an advertisement for a realtor or something.  

Yet, the white ALL TURNS sign deserves credit. Here is another button copy sign at the Philadelphia International Airport, I-95 southbound at PA 291 taken on flash:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTI7WAybWVtI%2FAAAAAAAAibA%2FVBO3Vt9iQgQ%2Fs640%2FIMG_2025.JPG&hash=e6ac8a7033dda6411868d9ea6ce8377266b70d55)

and without:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTI7V_1PU_EI%2FAAAAAAAAia4%2F_GfZ37Tx2OM%2Fs640%2FIMG_2024.JPG&hash=10d90fd823332112a2f29c2db80e79c5d4f18c83)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on September 27, 2010, 09:53:13 PM
Quote from: corco on September 27, 2010, 07:52:18 PM

Do you know of this one?

[Button copy sign that reads "Salt Lake."]

It's on 89 south as you cross I-15 just before downtown Salt Lake

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. North Salt Lake. Technically that's in Davis County (just north of the county line), but I guess for all intents and purposes it could be included. There's one just like it further up in Centerville on an I-15 off-ramp (exit 319), except it reads Centerville.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 27, 2010, 10:59:48 PM
QuoteTechnically that's in Davis County (just north of the county line), but I guess for all intents and purposes it could be included.

Ah, well that would do it! It's about 1000 feet north of the county line, so go figure.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on September 28, 2010, 02:54:46 AM
What initially was to be the biggest, most perfect diagrammatical overhead I'd ever seen, located in my native North Carolina, is now a patchwork disaster, Winston-Salem keeps jumping sides (moved back to right side after pic was taken), as well as shields bouncing from colored to business over and over. I-40's short-lived rerouting onto Greenboro's urban loop is responsible for the defacing....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2Fduplex.jpg&hash=6cf8de757a40803a564ee80142ff49748dc87bd1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on October 04, 2010, 02:42:58 PM
Hmm, cloudy day, cell phone, while driving...check check check  :pan:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F270-1.jpg&hash=1bc51f611a73ec281269cf81cd7cccce63344646)

Supposed to be a 270 shield on this one
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F270-2.jpg&hash=cba85cdad1d773e28af007fa66935ab0f508602d)

I have a funny feeling this one is original.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F270-3.jpg&hash=af7d81e9e982db509d5eb50f6787211abf9c63cd)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 04, 2010, 02:51:26 PM
Quote from: 6a on October 04, 2010, 02:42:58 PM
I have a funny feeling this one is original.

it is a '57 spec shield...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NJRoadfan on October 04, 2010, 07:37:47 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2Fold_cr-501_sld.jpg&hash=9b819c9a27b5b8456cfecb3f62d4e01e963a6034)
Sadly replaced.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2Fnj-440_east_west.jpg&hash=b60e6f693f0b0503a9f9617628b94c2cf7aba274)
Still up and confusing motorists.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2F5-01%2F169_at_185.jpg&hash=774529dfccee8c9ff70e8855deb987ca5bf65c46)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2F5-01%2Fnj-169_to_440_crew.jpg&hash=86d92a37cf51550377adf7cab6214bef76a3b894)
How about a dead route just hours from being wiped out?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2Fi-95_i-287nj_cu.jpg&hash=c8832319fdf4c2cc4ceb73633a5cfd24434e69e8)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2F5-01%2Fcr514e_at_nj-440.jpg&hash=cbcf873ba2cbef21cc476dd3cb3023630f39e525)
These are mostly gone now.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2Fold_i-287_80_overheads_i-80w.jpg&hash=a271078b19fd69ab3b510da7b8a4b644f808fe46)
So old, they aren't green anymore.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njfreeways.com%2Fnjroadtrips%2Fold_summit_sign.jpg&hash=f03151938cd64360439f9a8b7a83a07588ee127f)
This sign is gone, but there are still some hanging around.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 04, 2010, 09:40:50 PM
Quote from: NJRoadfan on October 04, 2010, 07:37:47 PM

[route 22 white cast iron guide sign]

This sign is gone, but there are still some hanging around.

that one was extra special because the 22 was a patch over an older NJ state highway!  I believe it was 6 (Alps, confirm for me please?)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 04, 2010, 10:18:37 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 04, 2010, 09:40:50 PM
Quote from: NJRoadfan on October 04, 2010, 07:37:47 PM

[route 22 white cast iron guide sign]

This sign is gone, but there are still some hanging around.

that one was extra special because the 22 was a patch over an older NJ state highway!  I believe it was 6 (Alps, confirm for me please?)
29.  The part of 29 south of 179 was original 29, which then followed 179 (US 202) to US 22.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 04, 2010, 10:20:55 PM
oops.  dunno which ass I pulled "6" from.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 04, 2010, 10:22:36 PM
If you meant 26, 26 still exists in very abbreviated form, and in fact there is one remnant of the former route - an old NJ 26 shield still stands on what is now a rerouted NJ 171 (former US 30).  26 was former US 1 south from New Brunswick.  If you meant 6, the only remnants of that route are in stamped overpasses along US 46.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 04, 2010, 10:24:10 PM
no, for some reason I really had thought that the 22 patch was over a number 6, per your website.  I recognized the patch but completely misremembered what was underneath.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 04, 2010, 10:28:03 PM
The best of NJ 26: http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_26/n.jpg (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_26/n.jpg)
The best of NJ 6: http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/us_46/2.html (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/us_46/2.html) has several SHR 6 photos.  Also see NJ 159 (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_159).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on October 05, 2010, 12:42:35 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on September 27, 2010, 08:06:20 PM
Maybe not the best of road signs, but you have a rare diamond embossed sign for the Roseboom town line, and next to it, a tree eating a sign.  Signs growing into trees is a bit of a problem in Otsego County, New York, as referenced by the sign photo below...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2733%2F4365361800_41df0a7e4b_d.jpg&hash=aa7143aca862b821decdc18c99bd1163005ccdd4)

Oh, man! Tree or no tree, the fact that it's yellow with a black stripe in the middle with white button-copy letters makes it unique. I've seen a few signs like this before but I never saw any official references to them.


As for sign-eating trees, I once tried to get a sign for the old Yaphank Motel out of a tree on Long Island Avenue at the corner of a former section of Patchogue-Yaphank Road. I wasn't able to do it. The last time I went up there, I didn't see the sign, so somebody either must've taken it out successfully, or trashed it along with the tree itself.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: okroads on October 05, 2010, 11:36:58 AM
Missoula, MT; a U.S. 12 shield with "US" inside the shield:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4123%2F4822480287_c4166ab00e_z.jpg&hash=e8da3648132c5740ecbb808d68b6e392c42e91ce)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on October 14, 2010, 12:00:18 AM
Richmond is now actively removing all remaining cutouts from the city during its citywide street resurfacing project and replacing them with their horribly ugly unisigns (seriously, how hard is it to make a normal-looking shield?!), so I'm trying to document the ones that are still left.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4001%2F5079754713_59484c11c8.jpg&hash=24a995549cbe6120fe25a9babf1f3dd9dcc948de) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5079754713/)
VA 161 SOUTH and NORTH Cutout Trailblazers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5079754713/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4091%2F5080348968_7a0446eca0.jpg&hash=51d3bd3fa3e71d2eba79e63511036096224665b2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5080348968/)
VA 197 WEST Cutout Trailblazer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5080348968/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

Those are still there. The following one is gone.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3491%2F3971763466_985054343e.jpg&hash=77e74ae47a8cd04e740b24c5805066921cc35fee) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3971763466/)
Old VA 197 Cutout (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3971763466/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2189%2F2334616506_db1d6d37b0.jpg&hash=4c61e1eda82aebd437184a87370eee4aecb49f72) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2334616506/)
VA 197 Cutout w/Surroundings (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2334616506/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 14, 2010, 12:23:18 AM
any US cutouts left in Richmond?  also, any of the older style with the embossed border?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on October 14, 2010, 12:28:40 AM
IIRC, the last US route cutouts were removed before 2003. The last one I remember was on EB W Broad St (US 33/250) between Westmoreland St and Staples Mill Rd (US 33).

I've scoured the various US routes in Richmond and have come up empty-handed; the oldest signs I can find are City of Richmond uni-signs. These signs ARE quite old and some of the older ones refer to old route alignments - they date back to the 1970s and possibly earlier (there is a sign for US 60 on Broad St at Monroe St; this part of Broad has not had US 60 since 1974), but they're not what I'm looking for. Of course, the city is also replacing those and one of the replacements is an error shield that I stuck in the sign error thread.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 30, 2010, 08:24:29 PM
Quote from: okroads on October 05, 2010, 11:36:58 AM
Missoula, MT; a U.S. 12 shield with "US" inside the shield:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4123%2F4822480287_c4166ab00e_z.jpg&hash=e8da3648132c5740ecbb808d68b6e392c42e91ce)

I remember seeing this sign visiting a friend at the Univ of Montana last summer.  The M on the hill in the background a nice touch.  Cool pic!

The greater Seattle area is full of old signs (notably the US 99 sign still up on the viaduct entrance).  Here's a funky-fonted I-5 sign in Lynnwood, and the To banner and the arrow are a noticably darker blue.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on October 30, 2010, 10:07:37 PM
A classic from Sacramento; the sign was replaced in 2010. You can just barely see the shadow of the "g" in "Los Angeles" hiding under what was left of "Fresno."

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1311%2F5130533450_bf037beb24_z.jpg&hash=82b4e9256ee000c0c07eca31839de205e580931d) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiomontana/5130533450)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 31, 2010, 12:24:36 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 30, 2010, 08:24:29 PMHere's a funky-fonted I-5 sign in Lynnwood, and the To banner and the arrow are a noticably darker blue.


excellent!  that is a Washington standard font.  it's the same 5 as on the '57-spec 90/405 at the airport.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WA/WA19610903i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on October 31, 2010, 12:35:50 AM
Is that I-5 16×16?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 31, 2010, 05:55:00 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 31, 2010, 12:35:50 AM
Is that I-5 16×16?

I didn't pull out my ruler, but it definitely was on the smallish size.  The To banner and the arrow were normal-sized, and the shield being narrower than those kind of added to the "Best of"-ness to me.  Glad I was able to get out of the car to take the pic.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 31, 2010, 11:22:20 PM
that is likely an 18x18 shield.  Hell of a find, in that case.  I have never seen an 18x18 Washington.  There is a single 21x18 that I know of still remaining.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on November 01, 2010, 09:25:41 PM
Quote from: SyntheticDreamer on October 14, 2010, 12:00:18 AM
Richmond is now actively removing all remaining cutouts from the city during its citywide street resurfacing project and replacing them with their horribly ugly unisigns (seriously, how hard is it to make a normal-looking shield?!), so I'm trying to document the ones that are still left.

RIP cutout shields... :-(

PLEASE cut large images from replies.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: nyratk1 on January 19, 2011, 07:29:51 PM
I was reading a thread on another forum with pictures of past famous baseball players and I saw this one of Hall of Famer Ty Cobb and a US 1 with reflectors.  :love:

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 19, 2011, 07:44:34 PM
Love the US 1 shield! But why aren't ROCKY and CREEK on the same sign I wonder?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on January 20, 2011, 05:56:21 PM
Just below the center of this photo of NY 317, you can see a white sign for Elbridge and Syracuse.  It's the only old direction sign I've seen in person.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fc%2Fc7%2FNY_Route_317_in_Jordan.jpg&hash=ce35e3ef1b2b64b526d06bed8b393a8b16295e26)
Credit: Wikipedia
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: realjd on January 24, 2011, 08:51:34 AM
Although I never saw one myself, I think this deserves a place in the Best Of Road Signs gallery:

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(from Wikipedia)

Does anyone have an actual photo? AARoads doesn't cover Montana, and a quick GIS didn't turn up many.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on January 24, 2011, 07:09:55 PM
Quote from: realjd on January 24, 2011, 08:51:34 AM
Although I never saw one myself, I think this deserves a place in the Best Of Road Signs gallery:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa0%2FMONTANA-PR.svg%2F500px-MONTANA-PR.svg.png&hash=780df239beb39a753344bb1d699c063ae93d1198)
(from Wikipedia)

Does anyone have an actual photo? AARoads doesn't cover Montana, and a quick GIS didn't turn up many.

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/mt/misc has that which you seek.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 24, 2011, 08:25:09 PM
Somehow, I almost like this one better in the photo than in person. (at Olentangy River Road)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1127%2F5127320521_71c46d1a4b_z.jpg&hash=51715382ab11a2c9986fccd320a7bad3da9db4eb) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127320521/)
315 South (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127320521/) by LongestAugust (http://www.flickr.com/people/longestaugust/), on Flickr

This one's neat just for the "wait, what?" factor. (along US 23 SB between Marion and Delaware)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1376%2F5127977302_8c978ed1be_z.jpg&hash=3d450ce6054486251ca08a7599b7fe01ad08581f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127977302/)
Experimental Test Pavement (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127977302/) by LongestAugust (http://www.flickr.com/people/longestaugust/), on Flickr

And finally, this is the only remaining state-name Interstate shield I know of in Columbus. It's not just the photo, the colors are actually that faded. (along OH 317 SB just past East Main Street/US 40)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4144%2F5127320657_477d692df5_z.jpg&hash=fa0a5052e6a45c5dc31f318b731e6c6a9334324f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127320657/)
Interstate Ohio 70 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127320657/) by LongestAugust (http://www.flickr.com/people/longestaugust/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on January 29, 2011, 08:42:15 PM
Quote from: SyntheticDreamer on October 14, 2010, 12:28:40 AM
IIRC, the last US route cutouts were removed before 2003. The last one I remember was on EB W Broad St (US 33/250) between Westmoreland St and Staples Mill Rd (US 33).

I've scoured the various US routes in Richmond and have come up empty-handed; the oldest signs I can find are City of Richmond uni-signs. These signs ARE quite old and some of the older ones refer to old route alignments - they date back to the 1970s and possibly earlier (there is a sign for US 60 on Broad St at Monroe St; this part of Broad has not had US 60 since 1974), but they're not what I'm looking for. Of course, the city is also replacing those and one of the replacements is an error shield that I stuck in the sign error thread.

Two VA 6 cuotus are still up, one in each direction west of Three Chopt Road on Patterson Ave...saw them today but didn't have my camera with me...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MDOTFanFB on January 29, 2011, 10:30:09 PM
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TQ0BC5fO93I/AAAAAAAAAKs/WDv2RWkPgH4/s800/SAM_0159.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TSoHfKwgYpI/AAAAAAAAAtM/aXY6piamMMU/s912/SAM_0333.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TSoIPlylxrI/AAAAAAAAAvU/YCeXYAvJS9w/s800/SAM_0376.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TSCxZWLqfRI/AAAAAAAAAgg/Msiyb-z2frY/s912/SAM_0244.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TSCx82ePNGI/AAAAAAAAAiI/4PDeXqE6lW8/s912/SAM_0274.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TSCx_1OczaI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/zMHZ_9vyrwo/s800/SAM_0276.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on January 30, 2011, 05:35:21 AM
I think Series C works very well with an Interstate shield:

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 08:36:12 AM
Though I never saw this myself, I think it should belong in here:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsketchup.google.com%2F3dwarehouse%2Fdownload%3Fmid%3D833955c0ac2789eebebad089335ffcb%26amp%3Brtyp%3Dlt%26amp%3Bctyp%3Dsm%26amp%3Bts%3D1202487052000&hash=312ce1a37f89940119bf5829c881bf831d0e67df)

(from the Google 3D Warehouse)

Anyone have an actual photo of this sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 30, 2011, 09:45:38 AM
Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 11:47:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on January 30, 2011, 09:45:38 AM
Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: deathtopumpkins on January 30, 2011, 11:53:11 AM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 11:47:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on January 30, 2011, 09:45:38 AM
Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Nope, Virginia's full of them, and I've also seen them for sure in New Jersey, and probably elsewhere. Typically orange and used in connection with a work zone though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on January 30, 2011, 11:55:08 AM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 29, 2011, 10:30:09 PM
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_AXtC_YsMww4/TQ0BC5fO93I/AAAAAAAAAKs/WDv2RWkPgH4/s800/SAM_0159.JPG)

I couldnt have made THAT one up if i tried!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on January 30, 2011, 01:38:35 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 29, 2011, 08:42:15 PM

Two VA 6 cuotus are still up, one in each direction west of Three Chopt Road on Patterson Ave...saw them today but didn't have my camera with me...

Mapmikey

They're actually east of Three Chopt Road: there is one westbound (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2330502798/) just before that intersection, and one eastbound (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2593867553/) near St. Christopher's Road. There used to be one at Thompson Street near I-195, but it's gone now.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 02:32:04 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 24, 2011, 08:25:09 PM
This one's neat just for the "wait, what?" factor. (along US 23 SB between Marion and Delaware)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1376%2F5127977302_8c978ed1be_z.jpg&hash=3d450ce6054486251ca08a7599b7fe01ad08581f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127977302/)
Experimental Test Pavement (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127977302/) by LongestAugust (http://www.flickr.com/people/longestaugust/), on Flickr

Very neat. Are there any text "Divided Highway", "Divided Highway Ends" or "Merging Traffic" signs left in the state? Are there even "No Center Stripe" signs in the state?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on January 30, 2011, 07:40:43 PM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 30, 2011, 11:53:11 AM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 11:47:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on January 30, 2011, 09:45:38 AM
Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Nope, Virginia's full of them, and I've also seen them for sure in New Jersey, and probably elsewhere. Typically orange and used in connection with a work zone though.
Add California to that list of states that use "Trucks Entering Highway" signs though like Virginia, California's signs are almost always orange construction signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on January 30, 2011, 07:43:05 PM
Quote from: myosh_tino on January 30, 2011, 07:40:43 PM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 30, 2011, 11:53:11 AM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 11:47:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on January 30, 2011, 09:45:38 AM
Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway


I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Nope, Virginia's full of them, and I've also seen them for sure in New Jersey, and probably elsewhere. Typically orange and used in connection with a work zone though.
Add California to that list of states that use "Trucks Entering Highway" signs though like Virginia, California's signs are almost always orange construction signs.

Definitely in Wyoming too, and I've seen them in Idaho in a construction context
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on January 30, 2011, 08:06:05 PM
Also used frequently in Georgia.  It might be easier to list states that don't use it...except that I can't think of any offhand.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 31, 2011, 08:52:36 PM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 02:32:04 PM
Very neat. Are there any text "Divided Highway", "Divided Highway Ends" or "Merging Traffic" signs left in the state? Are there even "No Center Stripe" signs in the state?
I don't know of any, but I rarely leave Columbus so I wouldn't really know.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 05, 2011, 01:39:49 AM
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 05, 2011, 11:41:34 AM
Quote from: yakra on February 05, 2011, 01:39:49 AM
["to route 112" photo]

holy Hell, where did you find that?  that's amazing that it survives.  Gotta be an early 40s blank with the "route 112" filled in sometime in the 60s at the latest.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on February 05, 2011, 11:58:45 AM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 11:47:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on January 30, 2011, 09:45:38 AM
Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Arkansas has them, too. I've just never taken a photo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 05, 2011, 08:13:03 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 05, 2011, 11:41:34 AM
holy Hell, where did you find that?

This is when you know you've found something good. :nod:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 05, 2011, 09:54:08 PM
That's on a dirt road in VT spitting distance from the MA line. (Promise not to steal it! :happy:) Good point on the 112 possibly being filled in later on -- didn't notice this before. The 2 especially looks much more rounded & thus more recent than the rest of the legend, and the black on the numerals doesn't look nearly as worn. Also looks to not be embossed - a look back the original resolution pic confirms -- looks like they may be stickers.
This begs the question: How the hell did I not pick up on this at the time? Didn't I walk right up n feel the dang thing when I was oohing & aahing and snapping photos? Eh! Or maybe I didn't... had 2 non-roadgeek friends in the car and was trying to be somewhat quick...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on February 13, 2011, 12:35:24 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg141.imageshack.us%2Fimg141%2F6456%2Fimg0026aii.jpg&hash=6ce829c14de1d995b04c187084b450ff8849bac9)

What: a huge overhead sign on a rural 2-lane road that presumably is lit up at night
Where: MA 57 westbound between Tolland and New Boston
Why: because there is a serious (12%, according to later signs) hill up ahead, with a stop sign at the bottom.

Certainly attention-grabbing, isn't it?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on February 13, 2011, 01:10:41 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 13, 2011, 12:35:24 AM
Why: because there is a serious (12%, according to later signs) hill up ahead, with a stop sign at the bottom.

Looks like the last half-mile is a real white-knuckle:

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Beeper1 on February 13, 2011, 01:23:52 AM
That's a really white-knuckle section of road, especially in the winter.  The road makes a very sharp 90 degree turn just before comint to a stop sign at MA 8, a much busier road.  Its one of the only places I know of in Mass where there is a Runaway Truck Ramp. It's at the bottom of the hill at the 90 degree turn.

Only other runaway truck ramp I know of in MA is on the MassPike eastbound at the bottom of the long hill from Blandford to the Westfield River bridge.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on February 13, 2011, 11:10:30 AM
No runaway truck ramps, but MA 2 has some similar signs in the Berkshires.

Westbound before descending from Florida into North Adams:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20010129%2Fsteep.jpg&hash=e337ae3d0db8ccb239e483109d7320369c313f83)

And this one eastbound out of Florida before the great ride down along the Cold River toward Charlemont:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20020921%2Fsteep.jpg&hash=7c2c8a454c376d8301c17499a25a6fe3d2e23d8e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsign199qc on February 13, 2011, 01:08:47 PM
Funny and ugly.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on February 13, 2011, 01:17:26 PM
Curious as to why those steep hill signs are not black on yellow warning signs...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on February 13, 2011, 02:00:46 PM
Well, the curve diagram is. And that would be less noticeable if the whole sign was.

Can't speak for MA 2, but the hill on MA 57 is certainly a fun hill. Even moreso when taking into account I stumbled across all this completely unexpectedly!

The overhead sign is nothing short of awesome (especially since - easter egg - the curve is actually accurate to the shape of the road ahead. Didn't notice that when driving by!), although I do have one critique of MassDOT's handling of this particular situation: there is a "stop ahead" sign posted way up at the top of the hill, almost a mile before the actual stop sign. I saw that and, along with the fact that the previous sign said "prepare to stop", was thinking "wait... so, maybe there's a stop sign at the top of the hill, they expect people to stop so that they go into the hill traveling slowly?". And when I didn't encounter a stop sign, I arrived at the conclusion that that warning sign must have been incorrect. Then I got to the bottom and all of a sudden I understood. Fortunately, I was driving a car and not a loaded semi or I would have ended up in the trees on the opposite side of the road!

The problem here is that the sign is too far in advance for the typical interpretation of "ahead" in this context. It needs to be posted further down. I get why it was put further up, but for that application I would suggest spelling out more explicitly "THERE IS A STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS HILL". No confusion then!

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on February 14, 2011, 01:08:42 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 13, 2011, 02:00:46 PM
The problem here is that the sign is too far in advance for the typical interpretation of "ahead" in this context. It needs to be posted further down. I get why it was put further up, but for that application I would suggest spelling out more explicitly "THERE IS A STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS HILL". No confusion then!



I've seen auxiliary plates saying "1 Mile" or "1/2 Mile" mounted below the standard "Stop Ahead" signs. That conveys the message.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SSOWorld on February 14, 2011, 01:38:27 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2602%2F3778548256_2f0b2d2a70.jpg&hash=2e8814048fb896c88bc2d19c62b60752ce3c3fe4) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/3778548256/)
PA Turnpike BIG trailblazer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/3778548256/) by ssoworld (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssoworld/), on Flickr

Now that is a big [sign]
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jjakucyk on February 14, 2011, 02:22:32 PM
These aren't exactly falling apart, but they're definitely old and soon to be replaced. The Waldvogel Viaduct (http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&gl=us&om=0&ie=UTF8&ll=39.101929,-84.553667&spn=0.003035,0.004882&z=18) here in Cincinnati kind of sort of maybe is like a freeway.  :P  It's an early 1940's version of a semi-directional "T" interchange, only with a design speed of about 30 mph, many other intersections with surface streets, blind (and thus closed) ramps, sidewalks, stairs, and lots of columns on the streets underneath it.  It's slated for replacement very soon, maybe even starting this year.  Anyway, there's some backlit sign goodness, and these are oooold ones.  Backlit signs are pretty common here, but they're quickly disappearing outside downtown.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fwaldvogel%2FDSC_7934.jpg&hash=273d8cb94a4ad27e1225fc21df63e6693da36b44)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fwaldvogel%2FDSC_7933.jpg&hash=4521a43c9fc400794d0d8e618afd127070b11d4f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fwaldvogel%2FDSC_7926.jpg&hash=93f83082ebaeef65a4f3fc5e6bf3a93e741a5a17)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fwaldvogel%2FDSC_7924.jpg&hash=378f193adb23e45d08f4a3eadde6fe3189fdab88)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on February 14, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
Quote from: Jim on February 13, 2011, 11:10:30 AM
No runaway truck ramps, but MA 2 has some similar signs in the Berkshires.

Westbound before descending from Florida into North Adams:


And this one eastbound out of Florida before the great ride down along the Cold River toward Charlemont:


MA 2 signs have been replaced unfortunately with new ones. The MA 57 is still out there to my knowledge.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on February 14, 2011, 10:52:18 PM
Quote from: Master son on February 14, 2011, 01:38:27 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2602%2F3778548256_2f0b2d2a70.jpg&hash=2e8814048fb896c88bc2d19c62b60752ce3c3fe4) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/3778548256/)
PA Turnpike BIG trailblazer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoworld/3778548256/) by ssoworld (http://www.flickr.com/people/ssoworld/), on Flickr

Now that is a big [sign]

Yeah, but it's not button copy (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_272) (scroll toward the bottom).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on February 15, 2011, 07:53:26 PM
Quote from: AlpsROADS on February 14, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
MA 2 signs have been replaced unfortunately with new ones. The MA 57 is still out there to my knowledge.

As of last Saturday, yup, still there.

Too bad about the MA 2 ones, though... I was itching to go check them out.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on February 15, 2011, 07:56:57 PM
Quote from: jjakucyk on February 14, 2011, 02:22:32 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fwaldvogel%2FDSC_7924.jpg&hash=378f193adb23e45d08f4a3eadde6fe3189fdab88)

Wow, those are beautiful!

I'd like the wiring to be a little tighter and cleaner but the signs themselves are great.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on February 15, 2011, 08:17:30 PM
Quote from: relaxok on February 15, 2011, 07:56:57 PM
Quote from: jjakucyk on February 14, 2011, 02:22:32 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fwaldvogel%2FDSC_7924.jpg&hash=378f193adb23e45d08f4a3eadde6fe3189fdab88)

Wow, those are beautiful!

I'd like the wiring to be a little tighter and cleaner but the signs themselves are great.

Agreed, they are beautiful. Though I thought the sloppy wire added to the charm, myself.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on February 16, 2011, 07:48:30 PM
I wasn't sure where to post this (Best?  Worst?  Erroneous?), but I'll explain why I chose here...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/__WcCzbfcwS4/TVxtRMUFVNI/AAAAAAAAAEU/PluB2xKbIHs/s800/IMG_20110216_160928.jpg)

It's the same assembly featured in the third line down on http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wa/i-5/ , but I just took my own (sadly, almost equally blurry) pic of it today.  (I live approximately 5 blocks from it.)

What's amazing to me is that I looked at the back of the sign, and two of them had stickers on them, both from the City of Bellingham.  The shield was replaced in '06, and the visitor info sign in '10.  The arrow was apparently replaced sometime recently as well.

But they kept the lowercase banner!

I figured that made it quirky enough to be "best" instead of "worst".  :sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on February 16, 2011, 09:10:42 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on February 16, 2011, 07:48:30 PM
I wasn't sure where to post this (Best?  Worst?  Erroneous?), but I'll explain why I chose here...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/__WcCzbfcwS4/TVxtRMUFVNI/AAAAAAAAAEU/PluB2xKbIHs/s800/IMG_20110216_160928.jpg)

It's the same assembly featured in the third line down on http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/wa/i-5/ , but I just took my own (sadly, almost equally blurry) pic of it today.  (I live approximately 5 blocks from it.)

What's amazing to me is that I looked at the back of the sign, and two of them had stickers on them, both from the City of Bellingham.  The shield was replaced in '06, and the visitor info sign in '10.  The arrow was apparently replaced sometime recently as well.

But they kept the lowercase banner!

I figured that made it quirky enough to be "best" instead of "worst".  :sombrero:

That looks like a Series F digit "5".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 16, 2011, 09:14:57 PM
I dunno, I'm not a huge fan of the mixed case direction banner and the non-cutout I-5 shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on February 16, 2011, 11:12:46 PM
Pretty sure it's E series.

I'm neither a fan nor not-a-fan of the non-cutout.  It's just something unique that Washington and Rhode Island do.  (Here they almost always use cutouts on the freeway itself -- although I-82 seems to have a bunch of white squares -- but signs on side streets tend to be squares if they're not on LGSs.)  The mixed case banner... if it became the standard (which I guess it may if Clearview becomes more pervasive) I'd hate it, but in this rogue case, I find it quirky and endearing. :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 16, 2011, 11:51:18 PM
the digit is E.

Washington has had the non-cutout interstate markers since the very very very beginning.  Here is a 1956-spec (extra large state name) non-cutout that dates back to the mid-1960s.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WA/WA19560901i1.jpg)

I-182 also has a lot of non-cutout route markers. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 17, 2011, 03:35:37 AM
I hate non-cutout shields, but if you are going to do it, do it like WI and give the shield a black background. The white just looks tacky to me.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 17, 2011, 10:35:23 AM
for the interstates, white does look a bit silly, especially because it negates the white outer margin.  but I do like the outline US shields for historic value.

Floridachrome - some colors would look better with black background.  for example, yellow - really, if a number uses black digits, it should get a black background.  that is how Mississippi did it.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MS/MS19600061i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on February 17, 2011, 07:04:46 PM
See, when states at least use nice colors, then non-cutouts are at least decent.

And in reference to that non-cutout I-5 shield posted earlier, I'm actually a fan of Series E being used for single digit numbers. I like how the Quebec Autoroutes use Series B, D and E(M) for their digits.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 22, 2011, 09:49:07 PM
An original RMA Expressway shield in Richmond (referring to VA 76, the Powhite Parkway):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5052%2F5469498599_9d55027c06_z.jpg&hash=b1c6d784ac3ae7e839ac427d32893d22aecf056a) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5469498599/)
What's That Up There? (Old RMA Expressway Shield) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5469498599/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

I will need to return here and get a closeup of this, but it'll be hard because there's nowhere to pull over nearby.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 22, 2011, 10:20:04 PM
that's a hell of a find!  must have that on the shield gallery :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 22, 2011, 10:44:56 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 22, 2011, 10:20:04 PM
that's a hell of a find!  must have that on the shield gallery :)

Once I get the close-up (probably this weekend), you'll be the first person who gets it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jjakucyk on February 23, 2011, 05:22:48 PM
Here's a few more Cincinnati goodies.  I've passed these great turn/straight only signs in Eden Park in front of Krohn Conservatory any number of times while bike riding towards downtown, and I just had to get a few shots.  I love their stylized arrows and chunky font, and there's two of them!  They have an interesting speckled/dotted pattern that runs horizontally across them, what's the deal with that?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5618.jpg&hash=845088dbc11b7504782cc890de990e96f33a00e9)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5619.jpg&hash=bf371944e735a62b7aecdb50aff7715f08ba61ef)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5627.jpg&hash=277720eea9dcd3ed67dc74faad06dae12cecfdf4)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5628.jpg&hash=69616b05c801d0de7a883cd55bd2cfaa34b90e15)

Then there's this unfortunate thing.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5632.jpg&hash=53a63a18e0be1504ebbd50ca9180b7035748a903)

And an old speed limit sign that appears to be about the same vintage as the lane signs. 

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5633.jpg&hash=3ac6fb3f5f9ad38ceb51d69c18c8c981fe500004)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5634.jpg&hash=538ac90b410501f81d7e5ad05f078131e89cd766)

Also in Pleasant Ridge and Kennedy Heights there's these two adorable little directional arrows. 

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5707.jpg&hash=91d8d51711a24ef7fdac16a67a0a9b3b6d5075be)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fjjakucyk%2Fsignals14%2FDSC_5708.jpg&hash=c6830bcf84b0a9eb43355ee37bdcf5d728143be6)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 23, 2011, 07:09:12 PM
Quote from: jjakucyk on February 23, 2011, 05:22:48 PM
They have an interesting speckled/dotted pattern that runs horizontally across them, what's the deal with that?

that is old heat-transfer Silver Scotchlite.  Sometimes the reflective sheeting was applied all at once, but other times - while it was a single sheet - it was applied in strips, with a smaller machine applying heat to one horizontal strip at a time.  The dots are from the edge of the machine. 

I have not ever seen one in person so I do not know why the machine applied the dots as opposed to having a smooth edge or whatnot, but I am told that is what causes it.

lots of old signs have this feature.  here is a Kansas US route that has it, and a state route that does not.  One shop must've had an all-at-once machine and the other a striper. 

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/KS/KS19620503i1.jpg)

Both are heat-transfer Scotchlite, as can be seen by the brown backing, especially on the 178.  It is this brown layer that melted into a glue, adhering the sheeting to the metal substrate.  (On the 50, it is the sheeting itself that has turned brown - must've been a shitty batch.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 24, 2011, 08:29:12 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fimages%2Frubbish.jpg&hash=3817227b09af4345f2045e560c5c151a9074f116)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 24, 2011, 09:20:57 PM
is that in Maryland?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 24, 2011, 09:34:03 PM
That's a Maine sign. I can tell by the LeHay font. Where is that located?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 24, 2011, 09:40:05 PM
That would be referring to the State Highway Commission that became the Maine Department of Transportation in 1972.

Old US1, Baxter Blvd, Portland.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KillerTux on February 24, 2011, 09:51:29 PM
I will just leave this here. Got a pic of it a few weeks ago.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.me.com%2Fparndt%2Fab23ye&hash=2f310b3a9e83ad0c271c4a3cbf35a7502bfb8fcc)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 24, 2011, 09:57:46 PM
There's, uhh... another thread for Worst of Road Signs, y'know... ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 24, 2011, 09:58:02 PM
I had no idea they had LeHay in mixed case, italics, and whatever variant the word "For" is in.

the digit "1"s in Maine and Maryland's official fonts look damn near identical.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 24, 2011, 09:58:45 PM
These old round cornered DelDOT freeway signs are surprisingly still alive:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1426%2F5457272928_9e403c8893_z.jpg&hash=a49c076b1057bd97618da86abf247b1520c78678)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5258%2F5456666655_b818264e66_z.jpg&hash=b306c04724a1c2729aece01bda1b5b30cd891eb8)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5217%2F5456667001_659d31314e_z.jpg&hash=4660e944023b11717cbe67a2d19721e114c9d6a0)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5094%2F5456667331_27e5113250_z.jpg&hash=cdce238ec161082169a525612c8ac0859e03ac80)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5092%2F5457279992_8c14a3f6a7_z.jpg&hash=c48cbc0ef28fd8e65a47a6186e9346338ead9b16)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5212%2F5456673423_170b18d574_z.jpg&hash=1542479c86beaf69d1c6e159e03522c949fd101e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 24, 2011, 10:01:36 PM
and here is one that is old enough to be non-round-corner with double-bordered circular shields.

(https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware001/de-002b_273_wb_at_de-896_nb_02.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 24, 2011, 10:05:04 PM
Is that one still alive? I'll need to head down to Newark and go check that out if it is.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Revive 755 on February 24, 2011, 10:13:46 PM
A somewhat new sign that I'm surprised still exists in Springfield, IL, for former IL/US 54:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.786896,-89.667473&spn=0.001498,0.00515&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.786892,-89.667358&panoid=yUaihMCOkfSWN1cN9FJ6Vw&cbp=12,100.35,,0,-3.25 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.786896,-89.667473&spn=0.001498,0.00515&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.786892,-89.667358&panoid=yUaihMCOkfSWN1cN9FJ6Vw&cbp=12,100.35,,0,-3.25)

There's a few similar signs around, but some have been replaced with newer versions that use Clearview.

A couple on Business Loop 55:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.787731,-89.643931&spn=0.011641,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.787896,-89.643904&panoid=935gnxOLs6-WkNPurAy-1A&cbp=12,0.65,,0,-0.53 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.787731,-89.643931&spn=0.011641,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.787896,-89.643904&panoid=935gnxOLs6-WkNPurAy-1A&cbp=12,0.65,,0,-0.53)
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.786857,-89.64391&spn=0.011641,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.787021,-89.643937&panoid=0UboVnGwDV87ocNuAAAwGg&cbp=12,201.18,,0,-1.42 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.786857,-89.64391&spn=0.011641,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.787021,-89.643937&panoid=0UboVnGwDV87ocNuAAAwGg&cbp=12,201.18,,0,-1.42)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on February 24, 2011, 10:37:28 PM
Quote from: yakra on February 24, 2011, 08:29:12 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fimages%2Frubbish.jpg&hash=3817227b09af4345f2045e560c5c151a9074f116)

Anybody have any idea how old that sign is?  The fonts remind me of 1950s commercial signage!

I'm also loving the spacing and font scale of the speed limit sign right there.  Something seems better about it than most.. am i crazy?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 25, 2011, 09:44:45 PM
No newer than 1972. As far as how *old*, no idea really...
I'm not too good at spotting the specifics about typefaces, but i guess that SL looks OK. :D Old SLs come in a few shapes & sizes around here; you can still find some pretty narrow fonts, or embossed examples out in the field
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on February 26, 2011, 11:38:16 AM
I just found this image of a very non-MUTCD sign in Glen Cove, New York.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmerlo441/1961225316/in/set-72157603078422877/

I really don't remember it when I was in Glen Cove last time, and I know exactly where it is.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 26, 2011, 10:18:26 PM
As everyone (well, in Richmond) knows, the unofficial motto of my photography business is "we deliver!" Well, I'm delivering now:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5175%2F5480908226_188755c317.jpg&hash=e1812238496d0bff05a99af3b109f79b6e059e6b) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5480908226/)
Old RMA Expressway Shield (Close) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5480908226/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5135%2F5480908484_aea78f8af8.jpg&hash=ea808e4464f25d39e352be760168961b046a1518) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5480908484/)
Old RMA Expressway Shield (Closer) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5480908484/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 26, 2011, 10:25:53 PM
Quote from: SyntheticDreamer on February 26, 2011, 10:18:26 PM
As everyone (well, in Richmond) knows, the unofficial motto of my photography business is "we deliver!" Well, I'm delivering now:

thanks!

as everyone knows, the unofficial motto of my life is "we masturbate profusely!"
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 26, 2011, 10:29:02 PM
Nice find Will!!! I was finally able to photograph this old crossbuck in Essington, PA today:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5175%2F5480819912_ecdf77c6a2_z.jpg&hash=c6bb452382efa8fade63671a8ed4468df299906b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 26, 2011, 10:30:09 PM
The only thing I regret about these photos is the lighting situation - the sign's in a shaded area and it was somewhat hazy, leading to glare. It also wasn't exactly easy to take these photos because there's a steep ditch not far behind where I was standing! But hey, I got them. :P

Quote from: PennDOTFan on February 26, 2011, 10:29:02 PM
I was finally able to photograph this old crossbuck in Essington, PA today:

Awesome find. That reminds me, I think there's a crossbuck in Richmond that uses button copy reflectors, but I'm not sure if it's still there. I am now inspired to go find it, because it could well be the only button copy left in Virginia.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 26, 2011, 10:52:18 PM
Quote from: SyntheticDreamer on February 26, 2011, 10:18:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5135%2F5480908484_aea78f8af8.jpg&hash=ea808e4464f25d39e352be760168961b046a1518) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5480908484/)
Old RMA Expressway Shield (Closer) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5480908484/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr
There's one assembly that won't need a yellow toll banner to be MUTCD-compliant :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on February 27, 2011, 01:51:46 AM
Here's something I just found today in the Provo area...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5173%2F5480730135_77f39d92ea_z.jpg&hash=fca6502d6011ca6b2d08006e688ba379d490fbe2)

Sure, it's just a '61 spec shield. But to see that anywhere from Provo north to Salt Lake and Ogden is pretty dang rare. If I'm not mistaken, isn't that a mark of Scotchlite with the brown specks in several rows? They're especially visible toward the bottom of the shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 02:28:37 AM
yep, I know where that shield is.  between Provo and Idaho there are quite a few '61 spec I-89 shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on February 27, 2011, 02:33:57 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 02:28:37 AM
between Provo and Idaho there are quite a few '61 spec I-89 shields.

North of Ogden into Idaho, sure. But in between Provo and Ogden?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 03:16:16 AM
I do not know the specific towns - I just know I have photos from Oct '09 with at least six '61-spec US-89 shields on the main line ... and probably a few at junctions too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 27, 2011, 09:27:02 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 02:28:37 AM
between Provo and Idaho there are quite a few '61 spec I-89 shields.

Was the state name on them UTAH or NEW HAMPSHIRE? :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on February 27, 2011, 09:32:41 AM
I only know of one between Provo and Ogden, but I've only driven 89 from Provo to Ogden southbound (some of it in May '10, some of it in August '10), so there very well could be more heading north
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fut%2F89%2F173to215%2F2.jpg&hash=0e8ee4cc175d6c1072eb5897c6c0b40020f8e899)
State and 5900 S, Murray (http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=2321)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 11:01:20 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 27, 2011, 09:27:02 AM

Was the state name on them UTAH or NEW HAMPSHIRE? :P

VERMONT of course.  New Hampshire is a tough find.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 12:20:54 PM
Found this little gem in the fall of 2008 deep in the heart of PA....it's placement was so obscure i imagine it may still be there...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0012.jpg&hash=aba65b9bbd663493b1e936e4e4c42ed9974ccee5)

This i suppose could be both Best and Worst...a wood I-84 shield...given that half it's face is gone...also from 2008
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0029.jpg&hash=b21371f28a59c5cd37ff134acfbc5126def5e552)

And probably the last Connecticut STOP with 'State Traffic Commission' written out still in service...and not enjoying its retirement at a McD's parking lot
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0051.jpg&hash=01de7997a6fa34f2a6052ee8156c58181098cc22)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 12:22:31 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 11:01:20 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 27, 2011, 09:27:02 AM

Was the state name on them UTAH or NEW HAMPSHIRE? :P

VERMONT of course.  New Hampshire is a tough find.



Oh?  *snerks*  And i think Ian has one too!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnhi-89.jpg&hash=6b55ee53c0b487a8b35450152354ad461466fd0a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 27, 2011, 12:30:06 PM
yeah well I found one in the wild.  so there.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NH/NH19610893i1.jpg)

that's a 95 under there, btw.

(photo is from 2007 - hopefully the sign is still there!)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on February 27, 2011, 01:25:59 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 12:20:54 PM
This i suppose could be both Best and Worst...a wood I-84 shield...given that half it's face is gone...also from 2008
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0029.jpg&hash=b21371f28a59c5cd37ff134acfbc5126def5e552)

Where is the wood I-84 gem from? Is it still there?
There used to be a wood "One Way Do Not Enter" sign in Naugatuck on Water St, but it fell off and is now gone.  This happened within the past year.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 01:38:14 PM
West Hartford, and not in a nice area of town...off Exit 47 IF i recall correctly....

That was almost 3 years ago, so i dont know if it is still 'hanging around' or not
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on February 27, 2011, 02:58:11 PM
How about some more custom state fonts?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2F2011%2Fsigns%2Fmd355_old2_small.jpg&hash=31440fb8ee423731084bbede642d5d58e1df1af3)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 27, 2011, 05:09:23 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 12:22:31 PM
Oh?  *snerks*  And i think Ian has one too!

Why, no! What makes you think that?  :pan:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZkmN2RrOJxw/TEoCCP685bI/AAAAAAAAf10/cBU-Ylo8u68/s640/IMG_9828.JPG)

Oh, and that I-89 shield Jake posted is still there as of July 2010:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4141%2F4921842197_cf29433426_z.jpg&hash=cc133af529e1b61993cf7f56c9e38c0077e17d6b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on February 27, 2011, 06:15:58 PM
A few goodies from my collection:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3388%2F3219739823_6003be84d3_z_d.jpg&hash=3b35dc5d86cf879bd1c29da8f91c78b792d557a9)
Fort Gibson, OK


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2163%2F2476808762_a445b00507_o_d.jpg&hash=cf08af7b95392ea0ee7fb1320cc85cbe948a3ea4)
Lexington, MO

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4096%2F4808664331_1f34c801b6_z_d.jpg&hash=4d367e60045701e9cde181eb2a81931a5c6903bb)
Lebo, KS

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2162%2F2284443549_b42ed53db6_z_d.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=7f60af977f100ab5eade4c6aacc62a09723f7e8e)
Near Benton, AR
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 06:36:44 PM
From my 05-09 vacation....

Still there as of last October
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0182.jpg&hash=5182fb651ce1e79cb7fdb37a1601193fbc88ddbd)

US 202 in Mass....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0162.jpg&hash=3f4453e1ffc394d093b85e3c38b4eda4a207bab8)

Northern Mass, near the NH border
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0163.jpg&hash=cf9244e320e8490ea63b44878a7c27f7e2ae182a)

More Mass goodies
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0167.jpg&hash=38f933c69ccdd29e51dd6a30ed48a41af7866a04)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0168.jpg&hash=406a3d5f1c2b6e6b1026dd8387046efad33bb889)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0165.jpg&hash=292173b9a2aaf825f32bd7ef88f912d060462af3)

And Vermont
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0203.jpg&hash=bc8a611864441492ff40f4d19f6101e38d439472)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252005-09%2FDSCF0206.jpg&hash=ad1436c37e1303e86729d173c5775bc8c74bf4ac)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 10:29:37 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 12:20:54 PM
Found this little gem in the fall of 2008 deep in the heart of PA....it's placement was so obscure i imagine it may still be there...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0012.jpg&hash=aba65b9bbd663493b1e936e4e4c42ed9974ccee5)

Where is that?  If you don't want to post it in the forums, can you PM me it?  If it's anywhere near me on a trip, I'd try to go see if it's still posted.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 10:29:37 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 12:20:54 PM
Found this little gem in the fall of 2008 deep in the heart of PA....it's placement was so obscure i imagine it may still be there...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0012.jpg&hash=aba65b9bbd663493b1e936e4e4c42ed9974ccee5)

Where is that?  If you don't want to post it in the forums, can you PM me it?  If it's anywhere near me on a trip, I'd try to go see if it's still posted.

All i can recall offhand without trying to find my notes which are buried somewhere, was this gem was located in Eastern PA....it was at the end of a gravel semi-road that led to a business....if i find the notes, i will email the general location to you, but i think others found it as well...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 11:51:27 PM
Old classic PA Turnpike shield:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv645%2Frickmastfan67%2FInterstates%2FPA%2FUS-19%2FP1000317s.jpg&hash=024ece3739a866a89dab20e154986ecfe0cda81d)

Unfortunately, it might not survive much longer (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1930.0). :(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 28, 2011, 12:05:56 AM
And staying in PA.....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0011.jpg&hash=0516b84ffdfb38931fc1944c35e3a7173dd86a0e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael in Philly on February 28, 2011, 10:01:55 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on February 24, 2011, 10:05:04 PM
Is that one still alive? I'll need to head down to Newark and go check that out if it is.

It was there last time I was there, which might be December.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MDOTFanFB on February 28, 2011, 03:48:50 PM
Here's one from Ecorse, MI:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.252537,-83.140465&spn=0,0.01369&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.252566,-83.140583&panoid=HsjChwvveWtiYtjYKOfiJw&cbp=13,234.74,,1,-5.93 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.252537,-83.140465&spn=0,0.01369&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.252566,-83.140583&panoid=HsjChwvveWtiYtjYKOfiJw&cbp=13,234.74,,1,-5.93)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on March 01, 2011, 11:28:17 PM
There used to be a lot of non-crossbuck railroad crossing signs on private railroad crossings along US 41 and the CSX Brooksville Subdivision north of Lutz, Florida, but they've all been torn down. I don't have any pictures of them right at the moment, but I can try to find them during the week.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on March 02, 2011, 12:34:40 AM
way back in 2000 in Perry County, IL - only up for a few months

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5009%2F5380866214_8b59e1bc81.jpg&hash=fd00af8cbca3638196f8fed6df8effa80adcd330) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5380866214/)
oldsigns1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5380866214/) by Kimmy1978 (http://www.flickr.com/people/29886127@N02/), on Flickr


This signage actually predates I-64 being extended onto Highway 40 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sauget,+il&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sauget,+St+Clair,+Illinois&gl=us&ll=38.605819,-90.171444&spn=0.001004,0.002642&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=38.605559,-90.17147&panoid=gYguK7dZ-tT4-QvVwz9xKg&cbp=12,6.93,,0,5)

The control cities based on a old concurrency (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sauget,+il&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sauget,+St+Clair,+Illinois&gl=us&ll=38.626695,-90.138781&spn=0.001004,0.002642&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=38.626695,-90.138781&panoid=O_evYttSOXQKUlTOuC_byg&cbp=12,130.37,,0,-17.5)

IDiOT showing some class (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sauget,+il&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sauget,+St+Clair,+Illinois&gl=us&ll=38.627883,-90.138018&spn=0.001004,0.002642&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=38.627926,-90.138128&panoid=2xUkspHU6JLQuQDMXRRfUw&cbp=12,303.15,,0,-17.5)

more classy IDiOT (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sauget,+il&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sauget,+St+Clair,+Illinois&gl=us&ll=38.575967,-90.100529&spn=0.004018,0.010568&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.575736,-90.10028&panoid=oVY25GhrBXQA89Ztpu17gQ&cbp=12,343.32,,0,13.99)

this one is down the street, too (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sauget,+il&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sauget,+St+Clair,+Illinois&gl=us&ll=38.578375,-90.103115&spn=0.004018,0.010568&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.578639,-90.103389&panoid=hhNSOlMGlOlgYOWX-FIlRg&cbp=12,340.97,,0,-27.03), and so is this one (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sauget,+il&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sauget,+St+Clair,+Illinois&gl=us&ll=38.586845,-90.112792&spn=0.004017,0.010568&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.586845,-90.112792&panoid=Hdrit9L0USMw3NAYqywW_w&cbp=12,144.72,,0,-17.5)



Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 02, 2011, 12:42:49 AM
a very interesting Illy 149 there... smaller numbers to squeeze in the three-digit numeral, as opposed to breaking the border as on the 152.  Had never seen that style before on what looks like a completely flat shield.  I've only seen it squeezed into an older embossed-outline blank as seen below - and this might not even be a pertinent case, as "171" is effectively two digits wide.  The numbers are the same height as the cut-border style, as opposed to being shorter like that 149.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19481711i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on March 02, 2011, 09:30:40 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 02, 2011, 12:42:49 AM
a very interesting Illy 149 there... smaller numbers to squeeze in the three-digit numeral, as opposed to breaking the border as on the 152.  Had never seen that style before on what looks like a completely flat shield.  I've only seen it squeezed into an older embossed-outline blank as seen below - and this might not even be a pertinent case, as "171" is effectively two digits wide.  The numbers are the same height as the cut-border style, as opposed to being shorter like that 149.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19481711i1.jpg)

171 is a bit of an anomaly anyway since the 1's take up less room than other numbers
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on March 02, 2011, 05:44:51 PM
it used to be common IDiOT District 9 practice to use old road signs on construction warning signs like that one
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on March 02, 2011, 10:27:02 PM
Not a shield, but found on the same outing that I photographed the RMA Expressway shield on:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5299%2F5492914509_3b5fd0b74c.jpg&hash=37b690861e126abed29c0608dfb1902a23620c7c) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5492914509/)
Old Richmond City Limit Sign (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5492914509/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Revive 755 on March 08, 2011, 10:14:09 PM
Kind of interesting one in New Brunswick:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.192472,-67.282484&spn=0.011402,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.192501,-67.282543&panoid=MKHBSrObyVynV-7RnE_jvw&cbp=12,261.85,,0,-3.81 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.192472,-67.282484&spn=0.011402,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.192501,-67.282543&panoid=MKHBSrObyVynV-7RnE_jvw&cbp=12,261.85,,0,-3.81)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on March 08, 2011, 11:19:51 PM
Quote from: Revive 755 on March 08, 2011, 10:14:09 PM
Kind of interesting one in New Brunswick:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.192472,-67.282484&spn=0.011402,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.192501,-67.282543&panoid=MKHBSrObyVynV-7RnE_jvw&cbp=12,261.85,,0,-3.81 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.192472,-67.282484&spn=0.011402,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.192501,-67.282543&panoid=MKHBSrObyVynV-7RnE_jvw&cbp=12,261.85,,0,-3.81)

Not bad for being Canadian.  I like this I-81 shield on Ontario 401:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_660-5_east_lg.jpg&hash=2f57dede59c65c1e4feb5b25b77aa0db0f00e648) (http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_dv_660-5_east_lg.jpg)
Credit: OntHighways
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mr_Northside on March 09, 2011, 12:23:45 AM
I can't tell from that picture... is "Interstate" spelled out in that Canadian I-81 shield?

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on March 09, 2011, 12:48:20 AM
Yes, it is.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on March 09, 2011, 12:49:38 AM
Click on it and you can tell.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: OracleUsr on March 09, 2011, 12:44:18 PM
Quote from: Revive 755 on March 08, 2011, 10:14:09 PM
Kind of interesting one in New Brunswick:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.192472,-67.282484&spn=0.011402,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.192501,-67.282543&panoid=MKHBSrObyVynV-7RnE_jvw&cbp=12,261.85,,0,-3.81 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.192472,-67.282484&spn=0.011402,0.041199&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.192501,-67.282543&panoid=MKHBSrObyVynV-7RnE_jvw&cbp=12,261.85,,0,-3.81)

I'm guessing that's St. Stephen, NB.

I actually crossed the Canadian Border at the truck entrance just north of Calais, ME, and came back this way.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mightyace on March 10, 2011, 01:26:12 AM
Quote from: Mr_Northside on March 09, 2011, 12:23:45 AM
I can't tell from that picture... is "Interstate" spelled out in that Canadian I-81 shield?

Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on March 09, 2011, 12:48:20 AM
Yes, it is.

I'm surprised that "INTERSTATE" is not written bilingually.  :sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on March 10, 2011, 02:40:53 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fimages%2Fimg_0445.jpg&hash=89807f6399b98a84e413f462309df0bb35defbee)
Not sure what it is I like about this... somebody explain it to me please,
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on March 10, 2011, 02:48:02 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fimages%2F320_0086.jpg&hash=80c670ca53149fb129420cdd235da50c22e9ce43)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fimages%2F320_0451.jpg&hash=c6504c6a12aadfb69b0245c4016a9e72c93a7d02)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 10, 2011, 11:23:17 AM
I remember photographing those two 302s in February, 2010.  There is also a 201 of that style still around - do you have a photo of that?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 10, 2011, 04:23:23 PM
Where are those LeHay font US 302s?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 10, 2011, 05:01:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 10, 2011, 04:23:23 PM
Where are those LeHay font US 302s?

I saw two (I believe those two) between Bridgton and the NH border.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on March 11, 2011, 04:20:41 AM
I just found these two goodies from Evansville, IN while searching through old pictures trying to find that one photo Jake wanted

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5178%2F5516568175_15ec4d061b.jpg&hash=e549297bed16d6de9b4aff4f3e50919e869f1fa5) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5516568175/)
i164shields (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5516568175/) by Kimmy1978 (http://www.flickr.com/people/29886127@N02/), on Flickr

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5100%2F5516567557_42e81b6325.jpg&hash=c032c3c8bf52b81fe9e58bc8647d87038b95e70d) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5516567557/)
i164text (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5516567557/) by Kimmy1978 (http://www.flickr.com/people/29886127@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MDOTFanFB on March 11, 2011, 08:14:47 AM
Here's a 1961-spec "LANE ENDS" sign on Pennsylvania Avenue EB approaching Barney Circle in D.C.:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.879462,-76.98365&spn=0,0.003422&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=38.879381,-76.983464&panoid=CA1huDFaBaJZUBRTTwt6HA&cbp=12,143.94,,2,3.4 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.879462,-76.98365&spn=0,0.003422&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=38.879381,-76.983464&panoid=CA1huDFaBaJZUBRTTwt6HA&cbp=12,143.94,,2,3.4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on March 11, 2011, 04:20:20 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 10, 2011, 11:23:17 AM
I remember photographing those two 302s in February, 2010.  There is also a 201 of that style still around - do you have a photo of that?
www.alpsroads.net/roads/me/us_201/s.jpg is the closest I found (cut and paste)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on March 11, 2011, 04:21:43 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 10:29:37 PM
Where is that?  If you don't want to post it in the forums, can you PM me it?  If it's anywhere near me on a trip, I'd try to go see if it's still posted.

All i can recall offhand without trying to find my notes which are buried somewhere, was this gem was located in Eastern PA....it was at the end of a gravel semi-road that led to a business....if i find the notes, i will email the general location to you, but i think others found it as well...
It's on my PA US 6 page. I do know where it is. Will email you.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on March 11, 2011, 05:26:52 PM
Wow, you can tell even just those numerals are LeHay. Good eyes; I'm just not that good with tyefaces myself. Maybe I should take a cue from the squared-off lower left edge of the 2? Anyway...
Jake is correct on the top one: between downtown Bridgton and the NH border -- it's at the S terminus of ME93 in Bridgton. There are quite a few in that area, and at that jct - IIRC a couple eastbound as well. I thought I had some photos, but didn't find them when I went looking for the above photos, and am too lazy to look again ATM.
The bottom shield (w/the node marker, and the red building in background) is in Windham.
I don't believe I've seen any of the old square shields on 201 -- but I rarely ever get north of Augusta. Steve, where's the example you linked? It looks quite well preserved... though the 302 shields I posted above have aged quite beautifully IMO.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on March 11, 2011, 07:05:57 PM
Quote from: AlpsROADS on March 11, 2011, 04:21:43 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 10:29:37 PM
Where is that?  If you don't want to post it in the forums, can you PM me it?  If it's anywhere near me on a trip, I'd try to go see if it's still posted.

All i can recall offhand without trying to find my notes which are buried somewhere, was this gem was located in Eastern PA....it was at the end of a gravel semi-road that led to a business....if i find the notes, i will email the general location to you, but i think others found it as well...
It's on my PA US 6 page. I do know where it is. Will email you.

Thanks Steve....I was having a little trouble running down my notes so i appreciate you tasking up the gauntlet here
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on March 12, 2011, 12:33:08 AM
Quote from: ctsignguy on March 11, 2011, 07:05:57 PM
Quote from: AlpsROADS on March 11, 2011, 04:21:43 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 27, 2011, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 10:29:37 PM
Where is that?  If you don't want to post it in the forums, can you PM me it?  If it's anywhere near me on a trip, I'd try to go see if it's still posted.

All i can recall offhand without trying to find my notes which are buried somewhere, was this gem was located in Eastern PA....it was at the end of a gravel semi-road that led to a business....if i find the notes, i will email the general location to you, but i think others found it as well...
It's on my PA US 6 page. I do know where it is. Will email you.

Thanks Steve....I was having a little trouble running down my notes so i appreciate you tasking up the gauntlet here

Thanks guys.  Looking for the exact location right now. ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on March 12, 2011, 07:25:29 AM
Isnt it a beaut?

I was surprised as all hell when i found it back in '08!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on March 14, 2011, 05:47:10 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5014%2F5525894362_6ba326632d_m.jpg&hash=0e2b8bb9d82ab8e00b503d18ff6040d0c07cfe40) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5525894362/)
i2702diilsh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5525894362/) by Kimmy1978 (http://www.flickr.com/people/29886127@N02/), on Flickr

found this on a old cdrom backup of mine today, the sign no longer exists.  I didn't take this photo though, so I can't send Jake any rescans of this.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on March 14, 2011, 11:48:52 PM
I-270 2DI Illinois Shield? Took me a minute... Wot's that shield on the right?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on March 15, 2011, 02:42:39 AM
its great river road Illinois shield.  this wasn't my photo, someone else took it, scanned it, and sent it to me over 10 years ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: froggie on March 15, 2011, 02:09:51 PM
The standard Great River Road shield, really.  Standard design all the way from Minnesota to Lousiana...about the only real difference between the states is the state name at the bottom of the circle.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on March 19, 2011, 05:01:48 PM
Michael mentioned a sign on Wikipedia on this thread, but even if nobody did so, I'm going to post the link to another sign image along US 64 in Cimmaron, New Mexico:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Highway_64_in_Cimarron,_NM_Picture_2024.jpg
Keep in mind that this sign could be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.


I'd also like to point out that Riverhead, Calverton, and Manorville, New York have some very old and very non-MUTCD compliant signs. I strongly suggest snapping some pics within the vicinity of the Peconic River.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on March 26, 2011, 10:09:28 PM
When you see a state-named square in Connecticut, you know it's old. I've seen a couple others mentioned here, anyone else spotted this one yet?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg15.imageshack.us%2Fimg15%2F1738%2Fimg0640sz.jpg&hash=6da8074343c64d8f0e1de2bc177c1c185c6fddc5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 26, 2011, 10:22:37 PM
Where is that CONN 17 shield???
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on March 26, 2011, 10:58:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 26, 2011, 10:22:37 PM
Where is that CONN 17 shield???
It took me less than a minute to find it on Google street view. Since we're paranoid here, maybe I shouldn't even be telling you that.

(By the way, nice find, Duke.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on March 26, 2011, 11:01:09 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 26, 2011, 10:22:37 PM
Where is that CONN 17 shield???

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ct-17-shield

** don't tell ConnDOT! **
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 26, 2011, 11:10:37 PM
Quote from: kurumi on March 26, 2011, 11:01:09 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 26, 2011, 10:22:37 PM
Where is that CONN 17 shield???

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ct-17-shield

** don't tell ConnDOT! **

I see, I'll need to check that out when I head to Boston next month!

Quote from: NE2 on March 26, 2011, 10:58:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 26, 2011, 10:22:37 PM
Where is that CONN 17 shield???
It took me less than a minute to find it on Google street view. Since we're paranoid here, maybe I shouldn't even be telling you that.

I've actually been more free about giving the locations of old signs nowadays, but I will admit, I was paranoid about it before.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 27, 2011, 03:19:51 AM
that's still around?  damn!

I spotted it in Nov 2006.  I believe it is a 24 incher, which is actually an uncommon size for a state-named Conn shield.

I had totally forgotten that it existed.  It has to be one of the southernmost mentions of US-5: the reason I found it is because I was searching for 5's south terminus.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 27, 2011, 01:37:15 PM
Here are a few goodies from yesterday (yes, white on black button copy sign in the second photo!)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5011%2F5562077818_f26c10c774_z.jpg&hash=7a58c6632fe6d4c85b760cc41955fa957f995941)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5223%2F5562082512_0a0b6fccf0_z.jpg&hash=f43dd8e4247318aec1ea3bc56b9ae8d33f1f7e27)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5058%2F5561483611_480d1126dc_z.jpg&hash=068f5222320ae5c4ab3651334d51479c9e02034c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5264%2F5561483821_cbf656352f_z.jpg&hash=4e480c1891802615cd21fcb59ae2d2b6c6194f00)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5107%2F5562060492_28dfc32b27_z.jpg&hash=51df95d484670c8bfd6be0c074b3f367a8fc305c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on March 27, 2011, 04:04:08 PM
What's that 'No truck 102' sign?  If it's height, that's a damn low bridge!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on March 27, 2011, 08:48:17 PM
Quote from: 6a on March 27, 2011, 04:04:08 PM
What's that 'No truck 102' sign?  If it's height, that's a damn low bridge!

I think it might have to do with the length of the truck.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: froggie on March 27, 2011, 09:47:10 PM
Width, actually.  Trucks that are 102" wide or wider, and double-trailer trucks, are effectively limited to the National Network (http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2006/largetruckmap12-06.pdf), unless making local deliveries.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 27, 2011, 10:08:47 PM
Quote from: froggie on March 27, 2011, 09:47:10 PM
Width, actually.  Trucks that are 102" wide or wider, and double-trailer trucks, are effectively limited to the National Network (http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2006/largetruckmap12-06.pdf), unless making local deliveries.


What Froggie said.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cu2010 on March 27, 2011, 10:55:09 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 27, 2011, 01:37:15 PM
Here are a few goodies from yesterday (yes, white on black button copy sign in the second photo!)

That 20MPH advisory sign in the first picture belongs in that other thread, though!  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on April 04, 2011, 12:44:56 AM
I hope this still exists...

(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images005/bl-005_weed_03.jpg)

Old button copy shields... 21×18 I-5 shield and 28×24 US-97 shield, circa 1961 or so.

Post Merge: April 04, 2011, 06:54:47 AM

Two more that I think are great...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg838.imageshack.us%2Fimg838%2F448%2Fca19790058i1.th.jpg&hash=90fc9d921525b8625dcba6d8d74d5a8d8c11d29b) (http://img838.imageshack.us/i/ca19790058i1.jpg/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg193.imageshack.us%2Fimg193%2F7269%2F70e2.th.jpg&hash=2ef129a4c9bff55fee7fb2fea9e88e9184d09a51) (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/70e2.jpg/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on April 04, 2011, 09:44:27 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 27, 2011, 01:37:15 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5058%2F5561483611_480d1126dc_z.jpg&hash=068f5222320ae5c4ab3651334d51479c9e02034c)

I like that style of support posts.  I've never seen anything like it before.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 04, 2011, 01:04:12 PM
the 97 is gone.  I don't believe there are any more button copy US-97 shields left anywhere.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on April 19, 2011, 12:26:05 AM
Wasn't sure where to put this since both the sign and the error on it are quite old, so I decided to put it here.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5066%2F5633812156_955be3a1f1_z.jpg&hash=32185a114c55a8283cab48d4294e49d5c0eba4ba) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5633812156/)
VA 147 or VA 5? How About Both? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5633812156/) by Will Weaver (http://www.flickr.com/people/coredesatchikai/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on April 20, 2011, 01:09:59 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19593952i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on April 20, 2011, 01:26:29 AM
Quote from: Quillz on April 04, 2011, 12:44:56 AM
I hope this still exists...

(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images005/bl-005_weed_03.jpg)

Old button copy shields... 21×18 I-5 shield and 28×24 US-97 shield, circa 1961 or so.
This style of advance signage is excellent. It should be extended to all other surface street highways and roads across the US.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NJRoadfan on April 20, 2011, 01:27:48 AM
Quote from: Michael on April 04, 2011, 09:44:27 AM
I like that style of support posts.  I've never seen anything like it before.

NJ uses it quite a bit.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 20, 2011, 01:44:47 AM
Quote from: Quillz on April 04, 2011, 12:44:56 AM

Old button copy shields... 21×18 I-5 shield and 28×24 US-97 shield, circa 1961 or so.

the specification is 1961, but I believe the sign was a CA-73
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on April 20, 2011, 03:45:23 AM
Here's another nice one out in the Mojave:

(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images095/us-095_sb_us-066_eb_31.jpg)

The 95 shield is a bit of a mystery, though. It's very similar to the old shields seen in Virginia, as well as this US-6 shield in Bishop:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19970061i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VA/VA19500111i1.jpg)

Never could much info or specs on that style shield. Regardless, though, it's a nice looking sign gantry, complete with a '57 spec I-40 shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on April 23, 2011, 05:19:13 PM
Fall River, MA...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5025%2F5646853121_5816592113_z.jpg&hash=dec826dad8548b3b84b084f199f06766498e97af)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5145%2F5647416258_c60c23c412_z.jpg&hash=754f1abc092a94d611061d7ec7b1400e124f4404)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Revive 755 on April 23, 2011, 10:20:05 PM
Here's one I found today that I kind of like - although I now really dislike the lack of a direct freeway-freeway ramp that makes this sign necessary:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.975141,-87.765076&spn=0.013097,0.033023&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.97514,-87.764923&panoid=o6Axu749uO31aCA4satoDg&cbp=12,319.48,,0,7.13 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.975141,-87.765076&spn=0.013097,0.033023&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.97514,-87.764923&panoid=o6Axu749uO31aCA4satoDg&cbp=12,319.48,,0,7.13)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 23, 2011, 10:22:46 PM
where is that?  attempting to kill the street-view and go back to map mode is causing google maps to seize up on me.  (did I mention it's been sucking for me lately?)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on April 23, 2011, 10:33:20 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2104%2F2312973339_27fb78201c_z_d.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=720b86c55c1c2c71f2db27e48b99bb05ece65b6a)
Baton Rouge

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3388%2F3219739823_6003be84d3_z_d.jpg&hash=3b35dc5d86cf879bd1c29da8f91c78b792d557a9)
Fort Gibson, OK
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Interstate Trav on April 23, 2011, 11:27:51 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 23, 2011, 10:33:20 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2104%2F2312973339_27fb78201c_z_d.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=720b86c55c1c2c71f2db27e48b99bb05ece65b6a)
Baton Rouge

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3388%2F3219739823_6003be84d3_z_d.jpg&hash=3b35dc5d86cf879bd1c29da8f91c78b792d557a9)
Fort Gibson, OK


Is the I-110 a secret there? 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on April 23, 2011, 11:50:34 PM
Quote from: Interstate Trav on April 23, 2011, 11:27:51 PM

Is the I-110 a secret there? 

Not to my knowledge
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 24, 2011, 12:05:15 AM
no, it's perfectly well-signed.  and soon we'll hopefully have state-named shields for it.  I've never seen an example of one.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on April 24, 2011, 12:09:07 AM
Quote from: US71 on April 23, 2011, 11:50:34 PM
Quote from: Interstate Trav on April 23, 2011, 11:27:51 PM

Is the I-110 a secret there? 

Not to my knowledge

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/videos/I-110_Louisiana.mp4
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on April 24, 2011, 12:30:17 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 24, 2011, 12:05:15 AM
no, it's perfectly well-signed.  and soon we'll hopefully have state-named shields for it.  I've never seen an example of one.

Nope. Not even in Florida

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5222%2F5648022319_49d9a2649a_z_d.jpg&hash=b68d7e9ee09820268786c69864b84c156666f5b3)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5066%2F5648032863_6bc3cf0dc2_z_d.jpg&hash=34e73dac478853eaee14d8875043e6622d910450)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on April 24, 2011, 12:52:24 AM
Quote from: Interstate Trav on April 23, 2011, 11:27:51 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 23, 2011, 10:33:20 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2104%2F2312973339_27fb78201c_z_d.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=720b86c55c1c2c71f2db27e48b99bb05ece65b6a)
Baton Rouge

Is the I-110 a secret there? 

There's several "small" I-110 shields along Scenic Hwy (Business US 61/190) in front of the Exxon refinery there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Revive 755 on April 24, 2011, 01:08:00 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 23, 2011, 10:22:46 PM
where is that?  attempting to kill the street-view and go back to map mode is causing google maps to seize up on me.  (did I mention it's been sucking for me lately?)

In Chicago on WB Foster Avenue just before the intersection with Lovejoy Avenue as part of a mostly well signed until the western end surface street connection between EB I-94 and WB I-90.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on April 24, 2011, 07:54:52 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 24, 2011, 12:30:17 AM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5222%2F5648022319_49d9a2649a_z_d.jpg&hash=b68d7e9ee09820268786c69864b84c156666f5b3)


Now see, that's how you do work zones.  I hate this bullshit about double fines when there's no one around!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on April 25, 2011, 08:23:35 AM
Quote from: 6a on April 24, 2011, 07:54:52 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 24, 2011, 12:30:17 AM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5222%2F5648022319_49d9a2649a_z_d.jpg&hash=b68d7e9ee09820268786c69864b84c156666f5b3)


Now see, that's how you do work zones.  I hate this bullshit about double fines when there's no one around!

Damn Straight!  I'm looking @ you Georgia!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Revive 755 on April 28, 2011, 09:58:08 PM
Another of the not an old sign, but still interesting is a US 45 shield with US on it in Wisconsin (hard to make out on GSV, came across it in person this afternoon)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kenosha,+wi&aq=&sll=39.001043,-94.643097&sspn=0.219049,0.528374&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kenosha,+Wisconsin&ll=42.539232,-88.052158&spn=0.052174,0.132093&z=14&layer=c&cbll=42.539216,-88.052268&panoid=Ya8bAcqJyLmpntO3nzSTRg&cbp=12,108.68,,0,1.93 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kenosha,+wi&aq=&sll=39.001043,-94.643097&sspn=0.219049,0.528374&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kenosha,+Wisconsin&ll=42.539232,-88.052158&spn=0.052174,0.132093&z=14&layer=c&cbll=42.539216,-88.052268&panoid=Ya8bAcqJyLmpntO3nzSTRg&cbp=12,108.68,,0,1.93)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 28, 2011, 10:07:18 PM
getting up there in age.  pre-1982.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: froggie on April 30, 2011, 08:40:48 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5229%2F5672357614_4722017706_z_d.jpg&hash=269dc5e5143f3aa41114ca220ef07179c188a315) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajfroggie/5672357614/in/set-72157625027922220)

MnDOT's former standard Interstate route marker...what I grew up with.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on April 30, 2011, 09:29:35 AM
A couple older Series B signs (single digits are often Series C or Series D)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5131%2F5447109036_5dc164e0e7_z_d.jpg&hash=14fa42a2bbf90ae7866e1527bf43b44cbebfb34a)
Hot Springs, AR


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4120%2F5447105638_45de4021b3_z_d.jpg&hash=8895e9b1c656522a07f36613b1277365111be19e)
Benton, AR


And a nice Series A
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4045%2F5076569275_1e19e169ee_z_d.jpg&hash=8312090d76f2e56c48636247d3f68b3a87f6c2e8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on April 30, 2011, 03:59:19 PM
Series A is nice, it's a shame it got discontinued.

The only modern day shields I can think of that still use Series B (almost exclusively) are the Mexican Federal Highway shields, as well as 3di Quebec Autoroute shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wytout on May 02, 2011, 09:09:20 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 30, 2011, 09:29:35 AM
A couple older Series B signs (single digits are often Series C or Series D)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5131%2F5447109036_5dc164e0e7_z_d.jpg&hash=14fa42a2bbf90ae7866e1527bf43b44cbebfb34a)
Hot Springs, AR


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4120%2F5447105638_45de4021b3_z_d.jpg&hash=8895e9b1c656522a07f36613b1277365111be19e)
Benton, AR




I'm pretty sure these are series C
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 03, 2011, 12:49:47 AM
Quote from: Quillz on April 30, 2011, 03:59:19 PM
Series A is nice, it's a shame it got discontinued.

The only modern day shields I can think of that still use Series B (almost exclusively) are the Mexican Federal Highway shields, as well as 3di Quebec Autoroute shields.

3 digit OK route shields also use Series B.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wytout on May 03, 2011, 07:35:51 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 03, 2011, 12:49:47 AM
Quote from: Quillz on April 30, 2011, 03:59:19 PM
Series A is nice, it's a shame it got discontinued.

The only modern day shields I can think of that still use Series B (almost exclusively) are the Mexican Federal Highway shields, as well as 3di Quebec Autoroute shields.

3 digit OK route shields also use Series B.

Connecticut 3 di's are square and use series b more often than not, even when at least 1 digit is a "1", making plenty of room for 3 digits in series C.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on May 03, 2011, 09:46:42 PM
like this?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2F2009_0516Image0012.jpg&hash=87ac011652d62fdededf866ce30563db1f258b3f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: on_wisconsin on May 04, 2011, 10:01:41 PM
Here is one for Jake: The Campus Drive/ University Ave split in Madison, WI
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=campus+drive+madison+wi&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Campus+Dr,+Madison,+Dane,+Wisconsin&gl=us&ll=43.072997,-89.432367&spn=0.001003,0.001725&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.073136,-89.432682&panoid=kaHerNSrlNKg1gCSfImTEw&cbp=12,92.19,,0,-8.96
These are probably some of the oldest BGS's in Wisconsin (porcelain?). The uni ave sign was replaced last year but the Campus Drive one remains.
EDIT: The other end of the Uni Ave/ Campus Dr configuration, the signs are equally as old and rather odd
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ufud11quI-v5qJo3wpuDeg
Street View: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=campus+drive+madison+wi&sll=43.073059,-89.432319&sspn=0.001011,0.001725&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Campus+Dr,+Madison,+Dane,+Wisconsin&t=h&layer=c&cbll=43.073508,-89.411935&panoid=Ols8V8M1FGiyaxYc1U9cTA&cbp=12,246.68,,0,-25.33&ll=43.073508,-89.411935&spn=0.001003,0.001725&z=19
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wytout on May 05, 2011, 05:42:53 AM
Quote from: ctsignguy on May 03, 2011, 09:46:42 PM
like this?
Like that!  Thanks, I was too lazy to link an example.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 06, 2011, 06:19:01 AM
Quote from: on_wisconsin on May 04, 2011, 10:01:41 PM
Here is one for Jake: The Campus Drive/ University Ave split in Madison, WI
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=campus+drive+madison+wi&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Campus+Dr,+Madison,+Dane,+Wisconsin&gl=us&ll=43.072997,-89.432367&spn=0.001003,0.001725&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.073136,-89.432682&panoid=kaHerNSrlNKg1gCSfImTEw&cbp=12,92.19,,0,-8.96
These are probably some of the oldest BGS's in Wisconsin (porcelain?). The uni ave sign was replaced last year but the Campus Drive one remains.
EDIT: The other end of the Uni Ave/ Campus Dr configuration, the signs are equally as old and rather odd
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ufud11quI-v5qJo3wpuDeg
Street View: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=campus+drive+madison+wi&sll=43.073059,-89.432319&sspn=0.001011,0.001725&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Campus+Dr,+Madison,+Dane,+Wisconsin&t=h&layer=c&cbll=43.073508,-89.411935&panoid=Ols8V8M1FGiyaxYc1U9cTA&cbp=12,246.68,,0,-25.33&ll=43.073508,-89.411935&spn=0.001003,0.001725&z=19

Holy crap, "US" 12/14 shields. How uncommon are those getting? Not in the least to mention that 12/14 don't go through town anymore.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ftballfan on May 08, 2011, 06:53:44 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ftballfan/5694449819/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on May 10, 2011, 12:52:22 PM
I was e-mailing someone a picture from a football trip I took to Wyoming a few years ago and in the process stumbled across this sign picture I took in Granby, Colorado, on the way from Laramie back to Denver the day after the game. (I missed a turn and we went 125 miles out of the way....nice scenery, but Ms1995hoo wasn't too amused.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2F6e2ccb70.jpg&hash=ac06db3d3f7ae6e0d895b0b68d0c8ed5fba393f6)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SSOWorld on May 10, 2011, 01:54:39 PM
Gotta love those signs...


typical response

O RLY?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 10, 2011, 02:24:23 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 10, 2011, 12:52:22 PM
I was e-mailing someone a picture from a football trip I took to Wyoming a few years ago and in the process stumbled across this sign picture I took in Granby, Colorado, on the way from Laramie back to Denver the day after the game. (I missed a turn and we went 125 miles out of the way....nice scenery, but Ms1995hoo wasn't too amused.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2F6e2ccb70.jpg&hash=ac06db3d3f7ae6e0d895b0b68d0c8ed5fba393f6)
That reminds me; Have you ever driven through some park or preserve area and saw a sign saying "Road Closed," "Dead End" or "Do Not Enter" at something that doesn't even look like a dirt road? I've seen a lot of those on Rocky Point-Yaphank Road(Suffolk CR 21) in the Rocky Point NYS Wildlife Management Area, and along Marion County Road 314 in Ocala National Forest.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on May 10, 2011, 03:03:11 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 10, 2011, 02:24:23 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 10, 2011, 12:52:22 PM
I was e-mailing someone a picture from a football trip I took to Wyoming a few years ago and in the process stumbled across this sign picture I took in Granby, Colorado, on the way from Laramie back to Denver the day after the game. (I missed a turn and we went 125 miles out of the way....nice scenery, but Ms1995hoo wasn't too amused.)
[image snip]
That reminds me; Have you ever driven through some park or preserve area and saw a sign saying "Road Closed," "Dead End" or "Do Not Enter" at something that doesn't even look like a dirt road? I've seen a lot of those on Rocky Point-Yaphank Road(Suffolk CR 21) in the Rocky Point NYS Wildlife Management Area, and along Marion County Road 314 in Ocala National Forest.

Like this (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.026526,-76.498082&spn=0,0.013937&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=43.026607,-76.498305&panoid=2nT72DaLODgohoyrFGGHrw&cbp=12,58.44,,0,9.15)? (It's an access road to a water tank in case anyone was wondering.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on May 11, 2011, 01:52:18 PM
Quote from: Michael on May 10, 2011, 03:03:11 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 10, 2011, 02:24:23 PM
That reminds me; Have you ever driven through some park or preserve area and saw a sign saying "Road Closed," "Dead End" or "Do Not Enter" at something that doesn't even look like a dirt road? I've seen a lot of those on Rocky Point-Yaphank Road(Suffolk CR 21) in the Rocky Point NYS Wildlife Management Area, and along Marion County Road 314 in Ocala National Forest.

Like this (http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.026526,-76.498082&spn=0,0.013937&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=43.026607,-76.498305&panoid=2nT72DaLODgohoyrFGGHrw&cbp=12,58.44,,0,9.15)? (It's an access road to a water tank in case anyone was wondering.)
No, that's not it at all. I'm talking about places that are hardly even recognizable as hiking trails. Places that you can't be 100% sure are even paper roads or even driveways.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on May 11, 2011, 03:00:47 PM
This sign is neither old nor falling apart or otherwise absurd, but this thread still seemed like the best place for it. I've passed it many times, but earlier today was the first time I got a good chance to stop the car (since there is no shoulder) to take a picture. Driving the convertible with the top down helps make that easier, of course! This sign is on the George Washington Parkway just south of the Alexandria Avenue overpass (visible in the distance) and it was posted a few years ago after a bus collided with the overpass in the right lane. The clearance in the right lane is just over 10 feet.

I love the graphic on this sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F81f726da.jpg&hash=d94a3d83bddabdada004251ed0556f087440ed84)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 12, 2011, 12:15:17 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 11, 2011, 03:00:47 PM
This sign is neither old nor falling apart or otherwise absurd, but this thread still seemed like the best place for it. I've passed it many times, but earlier today was the first time I got a good chance to stop the car (since there is no shoulder) to take a picture. Driving the convertible with the top down helps make that easier, of course! This sign is on the George Washington Parkway just south of the Alexandria Avenue overpass (visible in the distance) and it was posted a few years ago after a bus collided with the overpass in the right lane. The clearance in the right lane is just over 10 feet.

I love the graphic on this sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F81f726da.jpg&hash=d94a3d83bddabdada004251ed0556f087440ed84)
From my website:
"One of my top 5 unique signs is this one. Caution, bridge monsters may reach down and eat your truck. Do Not Enter Fireplace. Keep both wheels on the ground to avoid collisions."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on May 12, 2011, 07:19:14 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 11, 2011, 01:52:18 PM

No, that's not it at all. I'm talking about places that are hardly even recognizable as hiking trails. Places that you can't be 100% sure are even paper roads or even driveways.

Why yes, yes I have :sombrero:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2Fsnowedclosed.jpg&hash=2a440046cb767c9ada1f296fc4939f666d104bc1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on May 13, 2011, 08:34:25 PM
http://maps.google.com/?cbp=11,266.39,,2,0.95&cbll=44.680409,-63.576124&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=44.680402,-63.576121&spn=0.003799,0.016544&z=16&panoid=q2cFSKUxQGI8tbss8ElRLA
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on May 15, 2011, 03:52:54 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images101/us-101_nb_exit_070b_05a.jpg)

Not sure how many outline 101 shields are left, I can't imagine too many. This pic is from 2001, and a year later, it was replaced with this:

(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images101/us-101_nb_exit_070b_05.jpg)

Which I think looks fine. Uses modern reflective signage and the most recent Caltrans shield specs, while conveying the same information and layout as before.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 15, 2011, 12:25:42 PM
Quote from: Quillz on May 15, 2011, 03:52:54 AM
Not sure how many outline 101 shields are left, I can't imagine too many.

one overhead porcelain sign from 1960:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/104729.jpg)

and then there are several out there that are much newer than the outline-shield standard, but are put up by city governments, and occasionally even Caltrans, like this overhead retroreflective sign which is a City of San Jose job, from 1966 or so:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/104716.jpg)

or like this Caltrans piece in Thousand Oaks (there's a counterpart on the other side of the overpass)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19701013i1.jpg)

and here is a random one which is, I believe, an Atascadero job:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19801013i1.jpg)

plus there's this wonky construction stuff that turns up every so often:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA20004052i1.jpg)

that intersection in Ojai had a side-of-the-road outline shield, C-63 date, until about 2007.  it was at the end of 33.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19621011i1.jpg)

interestingly, I know of no outline shields for any route number but 101 ... except for a single 395 street blade about a mile from its southern terminus, of which I really need to get some pictures for the shield gallery.  but, no 50, 95, 6, 97, and certainly no 199.  (there are scraped off or greened out examples of 99, 60, 70, 66, etc if you know where to look)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on May 17, 2011, 10:15:56 AM
I really like this one for some reason:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700701i1.jpg)

I think it's the button copy numerals, they just look really well proportioned within the shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 17, 2011, 07:59:56 PM
Ah yes, back in the days when Oklahoma knew what they were doing with signs....
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 17, 2011, 10:36:01 PM
Wheeling, WV and the surrounding area...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3590%2F5732371674_5bb1cc0b58_z.jpg&hash=7754ee44094657f82c0f3b613b2579f9a9bca604)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5147%2F5732369812_074b522d8a_z.jpg&hash=7571e3562f7146ac6ce6e2df4436bee9aa599b9f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3290%2F5731821701_825625d19f_z.jpg&hash=1188ebf26af5bd09b3b62690b5365620c2f5e23c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3005%2F5731818913_232d5e58a0_z.jpg&hash=2b5c96bbf47479479e1e60f6fccac499aaf440b3)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 17, 2011, 10:52:24 PM
not a field shot - but just a really cool and unique design from Texas, circa 1946.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19460831i1.jpg)

I owned this one for a few days recently, before selling it to a friend of mine.  Texas used the "crown border only" style from 1935-1948 or so, but only after 1946 did they switch to their custom round fonts.  The older shields were block fonts.  this 83 is the only known example of that style.  it's a good-looking sign.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 01:03:21 AM
More from Oklahoma:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i2.jpg)

Now I know where Rice Signs got that sign from.

Another classic button copy shield:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700751i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on May 18, 2011, 01:49:59 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 15, 2011, 12:25:42 PM
and then there are several out there that are much newer than the outline-shield standard, but are put up by city governments, and occasionally even Caltrans, like this overhead retroreflective sign which is a City of San Jose job, from 1966 or so:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/104716.jpg)
Is that the photo I sent to you awhile back or is it a more recent photo?  If it's a more recent photo, then I'm afraid that sign may be replaced soon because the legend and shield are becoming badly faded.

Not to nitpick but that sign is located in the city of Santa Clara, not San Jose.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 18, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
Quote from: myosh_tino on May 18, 2011, 01:49:59 AM
Is that the photo I sent to you awhile back or is it a more recent photo?  If it's a more recent photo, then I'm afraid that sign may be replaced soon because the legend and shield are becoming badly faded.

Not to nitpick but that sign is located in the city of Santa Clara, not San Jose.

I took the photo about 3 weekends ago.

Fixed quote. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=4000.0) - rmf67
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 18, 2011, 10:36:39 AM
Quote from: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 01:03:21 AM
More from Oklahoma:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i2.jpg)

Now I know where Rice Signs got that sign from.

no no no no NO!  that needs to go under "the worst of highway signs".  they were assembled using Oklahoma surplus parts, but were never an official Oklahoma issue.  The state never, ever put "US" above the number.  They've been sold as genuine 66es for too many years now, with a lot of people getting burned.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on May 18, 2011, 11:33:19 AM
Quote from: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 01:03:21 AM

Another classic button copy shield:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700751i1.jpg)


Long gone, though. I went back last year and it's been replaced. :(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on May 18, 2011, 02:37:13 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 18, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
Quote from: myosh_tino on May 18, 2011, 01:49:59 AM
Is that the photo I sent to you awhile back or is it a more recent photo?  If it's a more recent photo, then I'm afraid that sign may be replaced soon because the legend and shield are becoming badly faded.

Not to nitpick but that sign is located in the city of Santa Clara, not San Jose.

I took the photo about 3 weekends ago.
Yeah, I suspected that the photo you posted is a fairly recent one.  I drive that road once a week going to the Santa Clara Costco and have watched it fade further and further into oblivion...  :-(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 03:15:52 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 18, 2011, 10:36:39 AM
Quote from: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 01:03:21 AM
More from Oklahoma:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i2.jpg)

Now I know where Rice Signs got that sign from.

no no no no NO!  that needs to go under "the worst of highway signs".  they were assembled using Oklahoma surplus parts, but were never an official Oklahoma issue.  The state never, ever put "US" above the number.  They've been sold as genuine 66es for too many years now, with a lot of people getting burned.
I get it's not official, but I still like it. I think the "U. S." text works very well above the numbers. They look very similar to California's US route shields, but a bit more squared-off.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on May 18, 2011, 05:21:40 PM
Quote from: Quillz on May 15, 2011, 03:52:54 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images101/us-101_nb_exit_070b_05a.jpg)

Not sure how many outline 101 shields are left, I can't imagine too many. This pic is from 2001, and a year later, it was replaced with this:

(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images101/us-101_nb_exit_070b_05.jpg)

Which I think looks fine. Uses modern reflective signage and the most recent Caltrans shield specs, while conveying the same information and layout as before.



I hate the newer US 101 overhead since there is more spacing between the letters in San Francisco.  It's like they decided to stretch out the name because they had the space.  That is not a good reason to do that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 05:25:56 PM
They likely did it because the speed limit on that stretch of the 101 might have increased since the original sign was put up, and thus the wider spacing makes the text more legible from a distance.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on May 18, 2011, 08:36:28 PM
Quote from: Quillz on May 18, 2011, 01:03:21 AM

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19700666i2.jpg)


Here's a genuine OK Button 66 (to the best of my knowledge)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2482%2F3744259723_b11bab86ac_z_d.jpg&hash=a03b06710e56ab1ed00fe6cae09aeed48a3cd963)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on May 19, 2011, 12:34:47 AM
Quote from: 6a on May 12, 2011, 07:19:14 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on May 11, 2011, 01:52:18 PM

No, that's not it at all. I'm talking about places that are hardly even recognizable as hiking trails. Places that you can't be 100% sure are even paper roads or even driveways.

Why yes, yes I have :sombrero:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2Fsnowedclosed.jpg&hash=2a440046cb767c9ada1f296fc4939f666d104bc1)

Now I get it.  County House Road just north of Auburn, NY used to go straight here (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.96255,-76.560104&spn=0,0.005273&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.96255,-76.560104&panoid=RBJkig8kA53JAOfngH6ySg&cbp=12,65.27,,0,1.65), but the intersection was moved about 500 feet to the north.  This happened before I was born.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 23, 2011, 01:22:32 AM
Button copy? Three different fonts? So-green-it's-almost-black exit tab? Check, check, and check...so bad, it's good. (Southbound I-95 between SR 68 and SR 70 in Florida.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2FExit129bgs-labs.jpg&hash=8ba5689a1241ed5fc0c1436dd06a51d901a57f04)

These Crosstown Expressway signs were always my favorites...it has a pirate and a skull-and-crossbones on it for good measure. Was just in Tampa last week, and finally nabbed a few shots of some oldies...they're on their way out to be replaced with Selmon Expressway signs (and some Toll SR 618 signs as well); in all, there are four different signs used to denote location of the route.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2508%2F5749255753_8124c1e3e8_b.jpg&hash=952986243fcdbe6439ddb94648a257d2444b7632)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 23, 2011, 01:37:27 AM
Quote from: formulanone on May 23, 2011, 01:22:32 AM
Button copy? Three different fonts? So-green-it's-almost-black exit tab? Check, check, and check...so bad, it's good.

the lowercase letters on the main sign are Series C, stretched to D width. 

too bad it's not Florida's custom C-equivalent lowercase alphabet, of which plenty of examples survive.

The federal standards for lowercase alphabets were not codified until around 2002 (except for Series EM, which the feds took straight from California in 1957).  So states made up their own lowercase alphabets, each generally converging on the same basic idea (a re-working of EM into the other widths).

too bad I don't have an example offhand - but many county roads feature pre-1977 signs with the old custom font - even white signs with black legend, which Florida switched away from in 1972.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 23, 2011, 04:52:51 PM
A few more from the northern panhandle of West Virginia...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3641%2F5749211796_d7ceaa9f41_z.jpg&hash=88047fb6d1aa52b06f8a63ec2a6a42ec3e541d49)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2605%2F5749218072_ab6d4cfee3_z.jpg&hash=a9a7a66b08995b954d9e10bbec0eefc869cb98d6)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3278%2F5748672399_0cb87604c9_z.jpg&hash=623418f9207c73e9535eb4faed5b1b6893b4f69a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: nyratk1 on May 24, 2011, 12:42:42 AM
I dunno, couldn't they spare an H for the Steubenville sign?  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 24, 2011, 01:29:55 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on May 24, 2011, 12:42:42 AM
I dunno, couldn't they spare an H for the Steubenville sign?  :-D

the sign is, amazingly enough, old enough to date to "O." being the standard abbreviation for Ohio.

okay, maybe not quite - zip codes and standard postal abbreviations came about in 1966, and the shield certainly looks like it is newer than 1970, but it may be sufficiently old that the new abbreviation standard wasn't much in use yet.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mightyace on May 24, 2011, 01:50:28 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 24, 2011, 01:29:55 AM
the sign is, amazingly enough, old enough to date to "O." being the standard abbreviation for Ohio.

okay, maybe not quite - zip codes and standard postal abbreviations came about in 1966, and the shield certainly looks like it is newer than 1970, but it may be sufficiently old that the new abbreviation standard wasn't much in use yet.

Or, it may simply be a carbon copy of an earlier sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on May 25, 2011, 01:13:28 PM
I found this old and damaged button copy sign in Downtown Atlanta last week.  Bryant5493 probably has seen this one before at some point.  It would look much better but I took this on my phone because I did not have my camera on me.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FTOI-75ANDI-85.jpg&hash=ca77743caa7f1e7cfa92a89398fc95754b3249f8)

Fixed spacing -DTP
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 28, 2011, 03:51:47 PM
A few from the Buckeye State...
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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2544%2F5769224164_111bde72de_z.jpg&hash=feeb8ac0a0fe647c49312192ec1d9fbf0fefd826)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5302%2F5769208970_4d8049fb40_z.jpg&hash=d900bf0adf75a38748a9a1e9912958b14e4a09e8)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2619%2F5769212392_a1930d5132_z.jpg&hash=7d33da93e107b258c49fe572dc15d4db825bfee0)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2270%2F5768673333_80047bcc4f_z.jpg&hash=34d7c8d5d402e84f1581f4658858e49d450f575d)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3098%2F5768685299_8dbeef445f_z.jpg&hash=e85bb6d04ff992c35d96b10e1b2cdaa2a5396882)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on May 29, 2011, 12:35:37 AM
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 30, 2011, 02:32:04 PM
Are there any text "Divided Highway", "Divided Highway Ends" or "Merging Traffic" signs left in the state? Are there even "No Center Stripe" signs in the state?

Not sure if it's the sign type you're thinking of, but "Divided Highway" is actually fairly common in Ohio -- on the cross-road approach to an intersection with a divided highway.  I can't think of any specific examples right now, but I think they're particularly common at the ends of exit ramps.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on May 29, 2011, 02:20:28 AM
On EB (SB) US 33 between 5th Ave and the I-670 ramps (US 33F):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Fsignaltimessm.jpg&hash=ea03751427d28240be84bd2ade7ffd283b62bf26)
Full size: http://vidthekid.info/misc/signaltimes.jpg (http://vidthekid.info/misc/signaltimes.jpg)

I really don't know if this was posted by ODOT, Marble Cliff, or Columbus.  Really how helpful is this information, though?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mightyace on May 29, 2011, 05:06:03 PM
^^^

Seems to me that it is helpful to know when a signal is in use of not.  Depending on the circumstances, I might then want to avoid the intersection on either its inactive or active phase.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on May 29, 2011, 11:36:19 PM
Quote from: mightyace on May 29, 2011, 05:06:03 PM
^^^

Seems to me that it is helpful to know when a signal is in use of not.  Depending on the circumstances, I might then want to avoid the intersection on either its inactive or active phase.

Yeah, maybe. However, given its position in relation to the signal, by the time you could read the sign you would already be able to tell whether the signal was functioning in stop-and-go (normal) mode vs. red-yellow flash (or some other non-standard/non-operational mode)...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on May 30, 2011, 11:05:32 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3246%2F2901060562_cd05faa851_z_d.jpg&hash=cac18e19714af295ec078ec541d8b89fbbc11d2f)

Tulsa 2003
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on May 30, 2011, 03:53:54 PM
I've got to get a picture of it, but there is a US-101 shield near my house that appears to be a 1961 cutout (with black outer border) but at a width to accommodate 2dus. The shield is really faded so it must be rather old.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mightyace on May 31, 2011, 03:01:14 AM
Quote from: roadfro on May 29, 2011, 11:36:19 PM
Quote from: mightyace on May 29, 2011, 05:06:03 PM
^^^

Seems to me that it is helpful to know when a signal is in use of not.  Depending on the circumstances, I might then want to avoid the intersection on either its inactive or active phase.

Yeah, maybe. However, given its position in relation to the signal, by the time you could read the sign you would already be able to tell whether the signal was functioning in stop-and-go (normal) mode vs. red-yellow flash (or some other non-standard/non-operational mode)...

I was thinking of using that info from the sign for route planning purposes.  Knowing whether the signal was active or not might decide whether I travel a route that would hit that signal or not.  For example, if the signal is not operating at 11pm and I'm would be coming from the side street, I might not want to go there if it would take too long to get a break in traffic.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on June 01, 2011, 11:01:22 PM
Here's a rare sight - state-name shields in Richmond.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5229%2F5788259115_b2301ca4fc_z.jpg&hash=cff6f298c23b58991c09de0d1afb42a0d7a07c4b) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5788259115/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on June 02, 2011, 12:30:55 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fme_ends%2F129-north%2F129nto1bn.jpg&hash=aa109af3bbab1378d392c58bdd14be30240aae2e)
This is the only Business I wanna see on MY road sines!
I bet this is gov. LeHay's favorite r00t.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: froggie on June 02, 2011, 01:55:53 PM
Wrong direction.  Go west, not east.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 02:06:12 PM
Quote from: Quillz on May 30, 2011, 03:53:54 PM
I've got to get a picture of it, but there is a US-101 shield near my house that appears to be a 1961 cutout (with black outer border) but at a width to accommodate 2dus. The shield is really faded so it must be rather old.

take a picture, please.  every so often, a narrow 101 shield is born.  I photographed a construction-company issued example the other day in Morgan Hill - and there are some narrow official Caltrans issues in Ventura on the side streets to the 101 just north of the end of 126.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on June 02, 2011, 03:16:51 PM
And on the flip side, there is another 2dus 101 shield near my house that appears to be virtually brand new, but this time based on the '70 spec.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 04:30:06 PM
Quote from: Quillz on June 02, 2011, 03:16:51 PM
And on the flip side, there is another 2dus 101 shield near my house that appears to be virtually brand new, but this time based on the '70 spec.

the ones I see tend to be '57 spec pretty universally.  would really like to see a '61 spec US shield cutout.  I've only seen one and it is from Missouri.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MO/MO19720702i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on June 02, 2011, 05:19:01 PM
Well it's not a standalone cutout, it's on a guide sign. It looks like the other one I was talking about earlier except for the spec differences.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 06:00:19 PM
Quote from: Quillz on June 02, 2011, 05:19:01 PM
Well it's not a standalone cutout, it's on a guide sign. It looks like the other one I was talking about earlier except for the spec differences.

I'd like pictures of both.  I know of a few green sign shields for 101 which use the narrower (28x24) shield.  The example that comes to mind offhand is on 110 southbound approaching the Four-Level.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on June 02, 2011, 10:45:54 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 04:30:06 PM

the ones I see tend to be '57 spec pretty universally.  would really like to see a '61 spec US shield cutout.  I've only seen one and it is from Missouri.


Like this ?:.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 10:49:16 PM
nope, that is a '57.

the 40 has the 1926 shape, which was used on the 1961 spec black shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on June 02, 2011, 11:02:45 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 10:49:16 PM
nope, that is a '57.


OK. I was going by the Shield Gen that said 1961.

Only other one I can think of is the outline on white squares
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on June 02, 2011, 11:06:08 PM
A '61 cutout would look something like this:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg687.imageshack.us%2Fimg687%2F9941%2F097s.png&hash=52aed6cdcf1bfa4be4e6e00ad101c6b8ab5c75e5) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/097s.png/)

Obviously the color isn't correct and the dimensions are somewhat off, but it's fairly close. The '57 cutout on the shield generator was some kind of generic shield that was used in California, Virginia and a few other states. Modern California shields today are still based somewhat on the '57 design, though there are a few changes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 02, 2011, 11:08:15 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 02, 2011, 11:02:45 PM

OK. I was going by the Shield Gen that said 1961.

you're right.  it is a 1957 California design that was adopted as a federal standard in 1961.  Same year as the black squares, so when I say "1961 spec US shield" I tend to mean the black square.  The cutout style I tend to call a "California-style cutout"

QuoteOnly other one I can think of is the outline on white squares

that is federal 1948 spec.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mobilene on June 07, 2011, 11:12:41 AM
Here are a couple things I spotted in Cambridge, Ohio, recently.  Hard to believe this one has survived so long.  Right across from the courthouse.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5061%2F5808660764_05b0bd1943_z.jpg&hash=a694268d98b31bf6b56afec6f16a9685f36dbe30) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/5808660764/)
Cambridge, Ohio (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/5808660764/) by mobilene (http://www.flickr.com/people/mobilene/), on Flickr

And then this, an illuminated No Left Turn sign.  I have a very dim memory that one of these used to be somewhere downtown in my hometown (South Bend, IN).

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3568%2F5808668538_7f95f705b6_z.jpg&hash=97ae5b785ef6666ea2d0f6914635dc09a24035e0) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/5808668538/)
Cambridge, Ohio (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/5808668538/) by mobilene (http://www.flickr.com/people/mobilene/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 07, 2011, 11:31:20 AM
Quote from: mobilene on June 07, 2011, 11:12:41 AM
Here are a couple things I spotted in Cambridge, Ohio, recently.  Hard to believe this one has survived so long.  Right across from the courthouse.

that looks like older Scotchlite, too... 1950s
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on June 07, 2011, 11:45:54 AM
Is the 57 CA outline what was adopted to become the 70 outline?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 07, 2011, 11:56:44 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 07, 2011, 11:45:54 AM
Is the 57 CA outline what was adopted to become the 70 outline?

no.  different shape.  the 70 is based on a 1966 Pennsylvania design.

however, some states, which officially use 70 spec, actually put the 57 CA into a black square and call it a day.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on June 08, 2011, 08:17:31 PM
This was posted on one of Ellen Degeneres's photo albums recently:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.ellen.warnerbros.com%2Fgallery-images%2F2011%2F06%2F060811_full.jpg&hash=50875c56f3f943ef6006f9f504828b5dc6e43342)

Ellen tweets: "This is a great anti drunk driving campaign. At least I hope it is, or else this town is really depressing."

I'm pretty sure I've seen a pic of this sign before.  Anyone know where it is?

Seems like it might actually be misleading though.  What if someone needs to go to a hospital quickly?  Somehow I doubt there's a left-side exit ahead leading to one.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2011, 08:42:08 PM
I'd love to know if that is photoshopped or not!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on June 08, 2011, 08:57:34 PM
I believe it's real.  I want to say I've seen a sign like that somewhere, but not sure of the location.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: nyratk1 on June 09, 2011, 01:03:10 AM
Quote from: vtk on June 08, 2011, 08:17:31 PM
This was posted on one of Ellen Degeneres's photo albums recently:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.ellen.warnerbros.com%2Fgallery-images%2F2011%2F06%2F060811_full.jpg&hash=50875c56f3f943ef6006f9f504828b5dc6e43342)

Ellen tweets: "This is a great anti drunk driving campaign. At least I hope it is, or else this town is really depressing."

I'm pretty sure I've seen a pic of this sign before.  Anyone know where it is?

Seems like it might actually be misleading though.  What if someone needs to go to a hospital quickly?  Somehow I doubt there's a left-side exit ahead leading to one.

GO AHEAD, DRINK AND DRIVE

Well if you say so!  :pan: *makes U-turn, doesn't head towards jail, hospital or morgue*
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on June 11, 2011, 02:14:00 AM
Quote from: vtk on June 08, 2011, 08:17:31 PM
This was posted on one of Ellen Degeneres's photo albums recently:

I was sure this was real, considering the standard font and arrows.  But I just noticed the elliptical corners.  Either this was photoshopped, and the base sign had a different aspect ratio (but then why is the border width the same for the horizontal and vertical borders?) or the guy drafting the sign likes to go to extra trouble for seemingly no benefit.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on June 11, 2011, 08:12:56 PM
Endangered species alert!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg12.imageshack.us%2Fimg12%2F2760%2Fimg1992web.jpg&hash=0271208f193e6c1061c8912406d19bbc3e5da08b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2011, 08:16:26 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 11, 2011, 08:12:56 PM
Endangered species alert!
[Throgs Neck/Bronx Whitestone]

I think I spotted that pair once in 2007.  didn't have the time to grab a photo since I was already making a turn off the road when I saw the signs, and I had to drop someone off at JFK - on the other side of town! - on a tight schedule.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Bickendan on June 11, 2011, 09:46:19 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 11, 2011, 08:12:56 PM
Endangered species alert!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg12.imageshack.us%2Fimg12%2F2760%2Fimg1992web.jpg&hash=0271208f193e6c1061c8912406d19bbc3e5da08b)
I wouldn't complain if one of the Plain White Circle/Square states adopted this as their state route shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on June 17, 2011, 10:36:35 PM
Button Copy signs in Florida (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=boynton+beach,+fl&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Boynton+Beach,+Palm+Beach,+Florida&gl=us&ll=26.550504,-80.070081&spn=0.002582,0.005284&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=26.550506,-80.070317&panoid=POnmJLlZDgVEleYQCmrd7Q&cbp=12,82.18,,0,-22.5) (there is not one but a second on nearby that I took a picture of, but I haven't put it on my laptop yet).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 17, 2011, 10:58:32 PM
good to see those are still around!  I believe that is near this red US-1 shield.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19890011i1.jpg)

I think that is the last red US-1 shield in Florida.  It has a 1992 installation sticker on the back.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on June 18, 2011, 12:59:46 AM
Quote from: nyratk1 on June 09, 2011, 01:03:10 AM
Quote from: vtk on June 08, 2011, 08:17:31 PM
This was posted on one of Ellen Degeneres's photo albums recently:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.ellen.warnerbros.com%2Fgallery-images%2F2011%2F06%2F060811_full.jpg&hash=50875c56f3f943ef6006f9f504828b5dc6e43342)

Ellen tweets: "This is a great anti drunk driving campaign. At least I hope it is, or else this town is really depressing."

I'm pretty sure I've seen a pic of this sign before.  Anyone know where it is?

Seems like it might actually be misleading though.  What if someone needs to go to a hospital quickly?  Somehow I doubt there's a left-side exit ahead leading to one.

GO AHEAD, DRINK AND DRIVE

Well if you say so!  :pan: *makes U-turn, doesn't head towards jail, hospital or morgue*

Actually, seems to me you don't even need to make a U-turn.  Just go straight.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on June 18, 2011, 01:12:27 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 17, 2011, 10:58:32 PM
good to see those are still around!  I believe that is near this red US-1 shield.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19890011i1.jpg)

I think that is the last red US-1 shield in Florida.  It has a 1992 installation sticker on the back.

This should be in the worst thread. The 1 is decent but the A1A is horrible.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on June 18, 2011, 10:03:02 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg202.imageshack.us%2Fimg202%2F1899%2Fcustom99.jpg&hash=389c1a111a3bbe6d65eb628ed8b6d152ad1c78ad) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/202/custom99.jpg/)

Doesn't exist in real life, but it still looks nice.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 18, 2011, 10:28:56 AM
Quote from: NE2 on June 18, 2011, 01:12:27 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 17, 2011, 10:58:32 PM
good to see those are still around!  I believe that is near this red US-1 shield.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19890011i1.jpg)

I think that is the last red US-1 shield in Florida.  It has a 1992 installation sticker on the back.

This should be in the worst thread. The 1 is decent but the A1A is horrible.
...NW corner of Military Trail and Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton. Passed by this sign for many years. It's an ugly, imbalanced assembly of signs, but the red US 1 is a throwback, so I hope it stays. It's tough getting a shot of that sign, as its behind some guardrail but also alongside a canal. No place to pull over...

There were a rash of those ugly state road signs in southern Florida during the early-90s. I'm all for a little variation, but they're nearly impossible to read and they are mostly gone now. Palm Beach County seemed to get the most of them, as they had many road improvements during  that time.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: xcellntbuy on June 18, 2011, 10:40:38 AM
There is a collection of odd but similar signs at the western end of Clint Moore Road at the intersection with State Road 7 out in west Boca.  The US 441 shield is a cutout. :hmmm:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on June 20, 2011, 07:43:29 PM
This sign is located in the Grand Junction Service & Maintenance Yard in Grand Junction, CO. 

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5147%2F5854956740_85ac886f69_m.jpg&hash=cd76802baf081d4561e21f57f470ce2d80514248)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mobilene on June 20, 2011, 08:59:42 PM
A fellow I follow on Flickr (say that three times fast) photographs stuff all over Florida and occasionally finds a colored shield.  Here are two.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/5840250925/in/set-72157624018047462/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/5850568670/in/set-72157624018047462/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 20, 2011, 09:05:15 PM
Quote from: mobilene on June 20, 2011, 08:59:42 PM
A fellow I follow on Flickr (say that three times fast) photographs stuff all over Florida and occasionally finds a colored shield.  Here are two.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/5840250925/in/set-72157624018047462/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/5850568670/in/set-72157624018047462/

I saw those (and favorited them). They were nice finds.

Quote from: thenetwork on June 20, 2011, 07:43:29 PM
This sign is located in the Grand Junction Service & Maintenance Yard in Grand Junction, CO.  

That one is just awesome!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 20, 2011, 09:07:02 PM
Quote from: formulanone on June 18, 2011, 10:28:56 AM
...NW corner of Military Trail and Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton.

I saw a photo of this gantry and resolved to find it, having absolutely no luck because I never thought to look on an active and current state highway

Quoteits behind some guardrail but also alongside a canal. No place to pull over...

I actually do have some very good photos - but it was about a 1/4 mile walk from the residential neighborhood in which I parked, to the signs themselves.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on June 22, 2011, 12:48:50 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5067%2F5857746550_2217ee5042.jpg&hash=f3800af04e0731627905949ff14ed1247dbce4b6) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5857746550/)
005 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29886127@N02/5857746550/) by Kimmy1978 (http://www.flickr.com/people/29886127@N02/), on Flickr
Button Copy in Bonyton Beach, the one for Northbound 95 is also button-copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on June 23, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2779%2F5864152303_f685f74d09_z_d.jpg&hash=ae4d60e2d32efd2748b6a6060f0302788e12a5ff)
Lone Jack, MO

One of two known surviving squares for 150
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: newyorker478 on June 23, 2011, 07:58:43 PM
Quote from: xcellntbuy on June 18, 2011, 10:40:38 AM
There is a collection of odd but similar signs at the western end of Clint Moore Road at the intersection with State Road 7 out in west Boca.  The US 441 shield is a cutout. :hmmm:

In Wellington on Forest Hill Boulevard WB [SR 882] at SR 7, the US 441 shields are cutouts as well. Also in that area, mainly on 441, the US 1 shields on the overhead guide signs are black!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 23, 2011, 09:40:29 PM
Quote from: newyorker478 on June 23, 2011, 07:58:43 PM
In Wellington on Forest Hill Boulevard WB [SR 882] at SR 7, the US 441 shields are cutouts as well. Also in that area, mainly on 441, the US 1 shields on the overhead guide signs are black!

that's unusual, but not unheard-of for Florida.  There is a black 231 out there somewhere too.

can you get some photos of the black 1s please?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 23, 2011, 11:10:17 PM
This one's great for so many reasons.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2FSlowChildrenPlaying.jpg&hash=32ca68d05c4ad605f8c6f5b01131fe593ca943e6)

It's the best I could do with the faded colors.

Edit: Forgot to mention that its in Lenoir City, Tennessee; near the downtown area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: newyorker478 on June 24, 2011, 09:56:12 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/Users/zachfalk/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202011-06-24%20at%209.54.59%20AM.png)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: newyorker478 on June 24, 2011, 09:56:38 AM
Quote from: newyorker478 on June 24, 2011, 09:56:12 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/Users/zachfalk/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202011-06-24%20at%209.54.59%20AM.png)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=wellington+fl&hl=en&ll=26.649223,-80.203414&spn=0.005821,0.010933&sll=41.00124,-73.82065&sspn=0.009765,0.021865&z=17&layer=c&cbll=26.648664,-80.203442&panoid=k9yg3W7qBYJpLIkx6qlIqg&cbp=12,15.4,,0,12.41
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on June 24, 2011, 04:12:47 PM
Quote from: formulanone on June 23, 2011, 11:10:17 PM
This one's great for so many reasons.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2FSlowChildrenPlaying.jpg&hash=32ca68d05c4ad605f8c6f5b01131fe593ca943e6)

It's the best I could do with the faded colors.

Classic!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: geronimoabn on July 03, 2011, 03:16:31 PM
Still proudly serving in Joliet, IL.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv354%2Fgeronimoabn%2FIMAG0130.jpg&hash=fa860fa4f9218c58aa2a493e6b2385b192d80692)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 04, 2011, 07:11:42 AM
Quote from: geronimoabn on July 03, 2011, 03:16:31 PM
Still proudly serving in Joliet, IL.

Nice to see it's still there.  :cool:

There's another one in the Ottawa Street Parking Garage.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: geronimoabn on July 04, 2011, 01:18:37 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 04, 2011, 07:11:42 AM
Quote from: geronimoabn on July 03, 2011, 03:16:31 PM
Still proudly serving in Joliet, IL.

Nice to see it's still there.  :cool:

There's another one in the Ottawa Street Parking Garage.

It's probably still there because it's so high up the pole that nobody can reach it.  It's easy to miss because it's not really in your "line of sight" as you travel down Center Street.

I'll have to go check out that garage next time I'm down there.   Thanks for the tip.

Mike
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 05, 2011, 09:08:14 PM
US-20 eastbound, between Waterloo and Dubuque.  It's an exit sign, but rather unique.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_1341.jpg&hash=32db4a75268e861494667a89ae67b5e0cdd38e41)

I think IowaDOT wants to make sure you know US-20 turns.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 05, 2011, 09:09:27 PM
Quote from: geronimoabn on July 04, 2011, 01:18:37 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 04, 2011, 07:11:42 AM
Quote from: geronimoabn on July 03, 2011, 03:16:31 PM
Still proudly serving in Joliet, IL.

Nice to see it's still there.  :cool:

There's another one in the Ottawa Street Parking Garage.

It's probably still there because it's so high up the pole that nobody can reach it.  It's easy to miss because it's not really in your "line of sight" as you travel down Center Street.

I'll have to go check out that garage next time I'm down there.   Thanks for the tip.

Mike

I wish I had gotten a picture of the old signal at Center and Marion (near this sign) before it was replaced.    :-(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on July 05, 2011, 11:16:10 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 05, 2011, 09:08:14 PM
I think IowaDOT wants to make sure you know US-20 turns.

Reminds me of this sign (http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.600108,-84.391351&spn=0.016729,0.038581&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=33.600215,-84.391396&panoid=YZ1vfHdhnfwIHHX8TWI-aA&cbp=12,154.6,,0,-3.7) on I-75 southbound around Forest Park.  Hard to see due to the glare, but that's I-75 veering off to the left while the exit ramp to US 19/41 goes straight (and ultimately becomes the 19/41 southbound lanes).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: geoffNOLA on July 06, 2011, 08:01:49 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fo91mpu.jpg&hash=d5f40d570aeaa30fe5bbcd0daf12cd043ff9a5cd)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2757%2F4408112555_f1cc1481ea_z.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=cc531eba91b60166fde135c0db558c03766e2f99)
Westbank and Canal St in Downtown New Orleans :happy:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 06, 2011, 09:00:10 AM
Quote from: geoffNOLA on July 06, 2011, 08:01:49 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fo91mpu.jpg&hash=d5f40d570aeaa30fe5bbcd0daf12cd043ff9a5cd)

....

What I find most interesting in this picture is the lane striping due to the left-hand exit and the way the lanes are not necessarily striped so as to highlight the left exit (that is, there's no solid line between the second and third lanes from the left and no pavement markings to underscore which lane goes where).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: geoffNOLA on July 06, 2011, 09:16:24 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 06, 2011, 09:00:10 AM
Quote from: geoffNOLA on July 06, 2011, 08:01:49 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2Fo91mpu.jpg&hash=d5f40d570aeaa30fe5bbcd0daf12cd043ff9a5cd)

....
What I find most interesting in this picture is the lane striping due to the left-hand exit and the way the lanes are not necessarily striped so as to highlight the left exit (that is, there's no solid line between the second and third lanes from the left and no pavement markings to underscore which lane goes where).
I think the reason is probably due to the fact  the exit for Claiborne Ave/Superdome is less than 500 yards away from the left exit. but other then that, I don't have an idea why.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on July 06, 2011, 09:48:39 PM
Embossed signs in Stony Creek, Virginia.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5274%2F5900339914_3f6d7d1a19_z.jpg&hash=54d5f6032dc4b860f3760a1b6c00aaf6f3a88802) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5900339914/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on July 07, 2011, 02:34:15 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fimages%2FIMG_8329.JPG&hash=771d652e7af281ed4aa424e7dcd025878405040d)
U.S. Bicycle Route 1A, Woolwich, ME
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 07, 2011, 10:26:48 AM
All that needs is a smiley face at the top.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 08, 2011, 02:19:53 PM
Temporary signs on I-95 northbound approaching exit 4 in Portsmouth, NH. These signs feature old style US 4 shields with the black outline. The second photo is a cropped version of the first one to show the US 4 outlined shield.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6123%2F5916193506_5ba16c2a23_z.jpg&hash=92d0116938f09fbb35d6578d91f2f61614dfab3f)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gXd8pwBGTSw/ThdJxkOheOI/AAAAAAAAokI/5P5-uqKaR9w/DSC_0159%252520-%252520Copy.JPG)

If it's still there by mid-August, I can try to snap a better photo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on July 08, 2011, 02:28:56 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FI25OnrampCasperWY-downarrow.jpg&hash=d2fccba3a7ba8eb2603502a1fe0406d47b5863eb)
This photo was posted on the "Worst of Road Signs" thread but I think the classic '57 spec I-25 shield qualifies it to be posted here also.  Do anyone know if this is a recent photo?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 08, 2011, 02:54:22 PM
Quote from: myosh_tino on July 08, 2011, 02:28:56 PM

This photo was posted on the "Worst of Road Signs" thread but I think the classic '57 spec I-25 shield qualifies it to be posted here also.  Do anyone know if this is a recent photo?

Wyoming still uses the '57 specification, so it is very easy to find those shields in the state.  there are even plenty of examples of 18x18 route markers on green signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 08, 2011, 04:49:32 PM
Hijacked photo from another thread:
Quote from: Jim on July 07, 2011, 09:07:20 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Falaska-20010606-30%2Fjdt%2F12%2FP6120023-800.JPG&hash=044843f40011a7567886b4f364474a8645e360c9)
Well if Amber doesn't mind, who am I to argue?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 09, 2011, 07:12:12 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 08, 2011, 04:49:32 PM
Well if Amber doesn't mind, who am I to argue?

:-D

Anyway, the newest style of state named interstate shields in Maine, which look really nice in my opinion:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6129%2F5919623139_41a7c9bb39_z.jpg&hash=1f47d02cae03c7aa43844780d58f5b40b9053739)
Bigger version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccdude/5919623139/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 09, 2011, 07:17:58 PM
looks like standard '70 spec, finally... it calls for Series C on the 10" numbers on 25" shields, but Maine has been using a lot of Series D instead, which fits much less well.  (the other option the 1970 specification provides is 8" Series D.  10" D is a no-no, though.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 09, 2011, 07:35:45 PM
Here is what they used until recently, for reference:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6015%2F5919636105_c1bc1e7acf_z.jpg&hash=006518e204f5a0dcc29285b71a71b5cbc8b8d553)

Both are fine, but I like the newer one a tad bit more.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on July 09, 2011, 08:33:09 PM
If I'm not mistaken, the series D on that shield above is just a tad compressed.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 09, 2011, 10:23:16 PM
Almost forgot about this one. Here is an older sign on I-90/Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound at exit 10 in Auburn with the older detailed pilgrim hat logo:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5160%2F5915613667_8677c46830_z.jpg&hash=fede564d68a8cf4b66424c82c819e5df4a5a6009)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on July 11, 2011, 01:13:03 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 08, 2011, 04:49:32 PM
Hijacked photo from another thread:
Quote from: Jim on July 07, 2011, 09:07:20 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Falaska-20010606-30%2Fjdt%2F12%2FP6120023-800.JPG&hash=044843f40011a7567886b4f364474a8645e360c9)
Well if Amber doesn't mind, who am I to argue?

Damn!  Amber flashed me and i missed it?  I knew i shoulda stopped!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on July 12, 2011, 05:16:29 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 09, 2011, 10:23:16 PM
Almost forgot about this one. Here is an older sign on I-90/Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound at exit 10 in Auburn with the older detailed pilgrim hat logo:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5160%2F5915613667_8677c46830_z.jpg&hash=fede564d68a8cf4b66424c82c819e5df4a5a6009)

Not old enough to have the arrow through the hat, but nice.  I drove under it this morning and noticed that the I-90 shield on that one is fading as are the shields on the sign to the right, but hopefully it's got some time left in it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on July 15, 2011, 03:36:12 PM
Quote from: Jim on July 12, 2011, 05:16:29 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 09, 2011, 10:23:16 PM
Almost forgot about this one. Here is an older sign on I-90/Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound at exit 10 in Auburn with the older detailed pilgrim hat logo:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5160%2F5915613667_8677c46830_z.jpg&hash=fede564d68a8cf4b66424c82c819e5df4a5a6009)

Not old enough to have the arrow through the hat, but nice.  I drove under it this morning and noticed that the I-90 shield on that one is fading as are the shields on the sign to the right, but hopefully it's got some time left in it.


Unfortunately, with the disappearance of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the pilgrim-hat signs are now targeted for extinction.  When those signs are replaced, they will have the I-90 pull-through, but no hat.  There are even some rumors in these parts that the term "Massachusetts Turnpike" may be gone at some point.  It will become just an Interstate with tolls.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 15, 2011, 03:54:05 PM
perhaps, but they'll never stop calling it The Pike.  the local still refer to the 9-mile ring road as 128, never adopting the I-95 moniker despite the fact that the through-town 95 was canceled by 1972.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 15, 2011, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 15, 2011, 03:36:12 PM
Unfortunately, with the disappearance of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the pilgrim-hat signs are now targeted for extinction.  When those signs are replaced, they will have the I-90 pull-through, but no hat.  There are even some rumors in these parts that the term "Massachusetts Turnpike" may be gone at some point.  It will become just an Interstate with tolls.

Actually, according to MassDOT, there are no plans to remove the Massachusetts Turnpike designation or the pilgrim hat signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 15, 2011, 09:05:30 PM
Glad Maine is using Series C on 3di shields now. Unless the shield is very wide to accommodate, Series D just doesn't work, it's too wide. And compressed fonts are probably the single worst atrocity that could happen to any sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: deathtopumpkins on July 15, 2011, 09:44:07 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 15, 2011, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 15, 2011, 03:36:12 PM
Unfortunately, with the disappearance of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the pilgrim-hat signs are now targeted for extinction.  When those signs are replaced, they will have the I-90 pull-through, but no hat.  There are even some rumors in these parts that the term "Massachusetts Turnpike" may be gone at some point.  It will become just an Interstate with tolls.

Actually, according to MassDOT, there are no plans to remove the Massachusetts Turnpike designation or the pilgrim hat signs.

I believe I actually read somewhere around the time of the MassDOT reorganization that they were considering reviving a form of pilgrim hat signage, but I may be mistaken.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on July 17, 2011, 11:03:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 15, 2011, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 15, 2011, 03:36:12 PM
Unfortunately, with the disappearance of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the pilgrim-hat signs are now targeted for extinction.  When those signs are replaced, they will have the I-90 pull-through, but no hat.  There are even some rumors in these parts that the term "Massachusetts Turnpike" may be gone at some point.  It will become just an Interstate with tolls.

Actually, according to MassDOT, there are no plans to remove the Massachusetts Turnpike designation or the pilgrim hat signs.

Actually, that's wrong.  The end of the pilgrim-hat signs was made public months ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on July 17, 2011, 11:25:10 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 17, 2011, 11:03:04 PM
Actually, that's wrong.  The end of the pilgrim-hat signs was made public months ago.

Cite?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on July 18, 2011, 08:33:18 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 17, 2011, 11:25:10 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 17, 2011, 11:03:04 PM
Actually, that's wrong.  The end of the pilgrim-hat signs was made public months ago.

Cite?

A two-sentence item in the Boston Globe and some reports on radio.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: DRMan on July 18, 2011, 07:46:05 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 08, 2011, 02:19:53 PM
Temporary signs on I-95 northbound approaching exit 4 in Portsmouth, NH. These signs feature old style US 4 shields with the black outline. The second photo is a cropped version of the first one to show the US 4 outlined shield.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6123%2F5916193506_5ba16c2a23_z.jpg&hash=92d0116938f09fbb35d6578d91f2f61614dfab3f)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gXd8pwBGTSw/ThdJxkOheOI/AAAAAAAAokI/5P5-uqKaR9w/DSC_0159%252520-%252520Copy.JPG)

If it's still there by mid-August, I can try to snap a better photo.

I'm sorry to report that these are gone as of today, replaced by a big arrow-per-lane sign that's pretty much identical to this one (which you posted in the Worst of Road Signs thread, ironically):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5156%2F5915631717_bd11755410_z.jpg&hash=2d988032398d487525baa21e21cc689a4f9e86ac)

I think this is the last sign in the project to "upgrade" the signage in this stretch of I-95.  There was a lot of last-second weaving at Exit 4.  The exit ramp runs parallel to and left of the I-95 mainline for half a mile or so, separated by a narrow strip of grass, before curving to the northwest (I-95 runs northeast towards Kittery).  It remains to be seen whether the new signs will help matters.

The new sign is just as ugly, and they couldn't even get the arrows to line up properly with the lanes.  But this thread is for the Best of Road Signs...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on July 19, 2011, 11:44:51 AM
Looks like the newer sign (third photo) is in the background in the first photo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: DRMan on July 19, 2011, 12:41:07 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 19, 2011, 11:44:51 AM
Looks like the newer sign (third photo) is in the background in the first photo.

Actually, the sign in the background is another sign that was actually the first of the arrow-per-lane signs to be put up.  It was installed when the Sherburne Rd. overpass was redecked last year.  The sign that PennDOTFan photgraphed (with the 1 1/4 mile distance legend) came next.

The spacing and the arrow lengths on the Sherburne Rd. sign actually look better than the latter two.  I wonder if the Sherburne Rd. sign was done by a contractor and the others in-house by NHDOT?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: texaskdog on July 19, 2011, 01:01:19 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on July 11, 2011, 01:13:03 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 08, 2011, 04:49:32 PM
Hijacked photo from another thread:
Quote from: Jim on July 07, 2011, 09:07:20 AM
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Well if Amber doesn't mind, who am I to argue?

Damn!  Amber flashed me and i missed it?  I knew i shoulda stopped!!!

I think that's called an "Amber Alert"
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 19, 2011, 01:18:51 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 19, 2011, 11:44:51 AM
Looks like the newer sign (third photo) is in the background in the first photo.

It appears that they're different because the first photo has an overpass in the background that isn't anywhere in sight in the third one. While sometimes that kind of thing can be explained by considering parallax, the pictures suggest pretty conclusively that such explanation wouldn't work here.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: LeftyJR on July 19, 2011, 01:25:15 PM
Quote from: DRMan on July 18, 2011, 07:46:05 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 08, 2011, 02:19:53 PM
Temporary signs on I-95 northbound approaching exit 4 in Portsmouth, NH. These signs feature old style US 4 shields with the black outline. The second photo is a cropped version of the first one to show the US 4 outlined shield.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6123%2F5916193506_5ba16c2a23_z.jpg&hash=92d0116938f09fbb35d6578d91f2f61614dfab3f)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gXd8pwBGTSw/ThdJxkOheOI/AAAAAAAAokI/5P5-uqKaR9w/DSC_0159%252520-%252520Copy.JPG)

If it's still there by mid-August, I can try to snap a better photo.

I'm sorry to report that these are gone as of today, replaced by a big arrow-per-lane sign that's pretty much identical to this one (which you posted in the Worst of Road Signs thread, ironically):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5156%2F5915631717_bd11755410_z.jpg&hash=2d988032398d487525baa21e21cc689a4f9e86ac)

I think this is the last sign in the project to "upgrade" the signage in this stretch of I-95.  There was a lot of last-second weaving at Exit 4.  The exit ramp runs parallel to and left of the I-95 mainline for half a mile or so, separated by a narrow strip of grass, before curving to the northwest (I-95 runs northeast towards Kittery).  It remains to be seen whether the new signs will help matters.

The new sign is just as ugly, and they couldn't even get the arrows to line up properly with the lanes.  But this thread is for the Best of Road Signs...

I know this is cause for debate, but I'm glad they left "Maine Points" on the guide sign!  I'm driving past here next week, so I'll see how that all works out.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 19, 2011, 09:48:09 PM
Oddball question, but as the Old Man of the Mountain has not existed since 2003, I do wonder if New Hampshire will ever consider a new design for their route shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on July 19, 2011, 09:49:31 PM
Quote from: Quillz on July 19, 2011, 09:48:09 PM
Oddball question, but as the Old Man of the Mountain has not existed since 2003, I do wonder if New Hampshire will ever consider a new design for their route shields.

They probably would just opt for a standard square if they changed it...  :ded:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 19, 2011, 09:49:51 PM
Quote from: Quillz on July 19, 2011, 09:48:09 PM
Oddball question, but as the Old Man of the Mountain has not existed since 2003, I do wonder if New Hampshire will ever consider a new design for their route shields.

I would doubt it.  while this is slightly different from the covered-wagon of Nebraska (one was obsoleted by technology and its demise was expected; the other just randomly fell apart in the night), I think it still falls under a historic remembrance item.  

it may be another 50-60 years before the Old Man falls out of common memory; with the self-perpetuating effect of the signs being used as a reminder.  At that point, possibly.  (And yes, we'll probably be using some form of shields then - maybe not reflective vinyl on an aluminum substrate, but the idea of a shape with a number in it is so effective that it will not totally go away.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mhallack on July 21, 2011, 02:35:05 PM
Quote from: yakra on June 02, 2011, 12:30:55 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyakra.dyn-o-saur.com%2Froads%2Fme_ends%2F129-north%2F129nto1bn.jpg&hash=aa109af3bbab1378d392c58bdd14be30240aae2e)
This is the only Business I wanna see on MY road sines!
I bet this is gov. LeHay's favorite r00t.

That's Damariscotta!! Used to live there, almost next door to King Eider's Pub!!  :colorful:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on July 22, 2011, 07:19:35 AM
Quote from: Michael on May 19, 2011, 12:34:47 AM
Now I get it.  County House Road just north of Auburn, NY used to go straight here (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.96255,-76.560104&spn=0,0.005273&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.96255,-76.560104&panoid=RBJkig8kA53JAOfngH6ySg&cbp=12,65.27,,0,1.65), but the intersection was moved about 500 feet to the north.  This happened before I was born.
Now imagine a Dead End, Road Closed, or Do Not Enter sign at that very intersection. Or better yet, those signs at some narrow patch in the woods where the only evidence it has been used by wheeled or tracked vehicles in 60 years are some indentations in the soil, or on some berm blocking a dirt trail that looks like it's a mere six feet wide if that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on July 22, 2011, 08:57:55 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6124%2F5934655273_c594b1a699_z_d.jpg&hash=720468269b4baadace9e186a42e1915a75b3e677)

Alternate US 69 - Oklahoma Style  :D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hobsini2 on July 22, 2011, 01:22:34 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 22, 2011, 08:57:55 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6124%2F5934655273_c594b1a699_z_d.jpg&hash=720468269b4baadace9e186a42e1915a75b3e677)

Alternate US 69 - Oklahoma Style  :D
I really like that idea for bannered routes. Maybe add a little color and you'ld have a something.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 22, 2011, 04:17:40 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 17, 2011, 11:03:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 15, 2011, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on July 15, 2011, 03:36:12 PM
Unfortunately, with the disappearance of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the pilgrim-hat signs are now targeted for extinction.  When those signs are replaced, they will have the I-90 pull-through, but no hat.  There are even some rumors in these parts that the term "Massachusetts Turnpike" may be gone at some point.  It will become just an Interstate with tolls.

Actually, according to MassDOT, there are no plans to remove the Massachusetts Turnpike designation or the pilgrim hat signs.

Actually, that's wrong.  The end of the pilgrim-hat signs was made public months ago.

Well, that really sucks. Why get rid of it anyway? Just because it's not maintained by the Mass Pike Authority doesn't mean that the locals are going to stop calling the road by it's name. Plus, the pilgrim hat is just awesome.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on July 23, 2011, 10:43:13 AM
I suppose this counts as a sign

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2Fyellowstop.jpg&hash=055a936e6bfe00a66e4541b9f43bbbf4d40013d8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mhallack on July 23, 2011, 11:32:28 AM
This one is in Rockland Maine (my hometown) on Thomaston St, next to a ballfield. Don't know how old or how long it's been there. It may not have been put by the city or county, but someone with a sign collection~!~! :confused:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi867.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab236%2Fjwadd13%2Fhoodydoody028.jpg&hash=ad4324503c0730abf8abf19f864a1def4c96c080)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on July 23, 2011, 03:48:52 PM
Quote from: 6a on July 23, 2011, 10:43:13 AM
I suppose this counts as a sign

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2Fyellowstop.jpg&hash=055a936e6bfe00a66e4541b9f43bbbf4d40013d8)
Where is this from? An old traffic signal from the 1920's with flags sticking out of them?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on July 23, 2011, 06:05:13 PM
That's a support post at Ohio State University for part of their old power station (McCracklin)
This was our last stop at C-bus meeting/tour back in May.
That's Neil Ave. where the bus is. Traffic has been restricted there since the 1960s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on July 23, 2011, 06:54:32 PM
Yeah, what he said.  It's damn near claustrophobic to walk through that, never mind fitting a '29 Studebaker.  I always picture someone bouncing under it on a buggy, steam shooting everywhere  :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 24, 2011, 11:22:46 PM
Goose crossing!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6123%2F5972896614_e606c72cbb_z.jpg&hash=6a10e8a60c29e6e7e73a71363b223493afb09383)

Button copy by the Philadelphia International Airport:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6143%2F5972337765_c887b6a6d1_z.jpg&hash=a56e1cf3024f6c8661694f92dd62c565f0fd955a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 24, 2011, 11:54:05 PM
For the button copy fans (taken today in Palatka) (click for larger image):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi52.tinypic.com%2Fa0gth5.jpg&hash=1ed90b3b88d4ae466f3924ff8eaf614c6fc5955e) (http://i52.tinypic.com/25ipzk4.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 25, 2011, 12:48:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 24, 2011, 11:22:46 PM
Goose crossing!
Honk if you're a goose?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: burgess87 on July 25, 2011, 01:08:22 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 25, 2011, 12:48:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 24, 2011, 11:22:46 PM
Goose crossing!
Honk if you're a goose?

Quote from: Rick Jeanneret, Buffalo Sabres play-by-play announcerIf you're out and about, give a honk for the Goose!



/ off topic
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 25, 2011, 01:11:08 AM
the last time I photographed the sign in Palatka (12/26/2006), it had as a retroreflective addition "Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner" instead of the website.  I photographed it going eastbound (NE2's photo is westbound) so maybe one side had one and one the other?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 25, 2011, 01:16:31 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 25, 2011, 01:11:08 AM
the last time I photographed the sign in Palatka (12/26/2006), it had as a retroreflective addition "Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner" instead of the website.  I photographed it going eastbound (NE2's photo is westbound) so maybe one side had one and one the other?
Nope - the other side has the website too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on July 25, 2011, 11:11:15 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 25, 2011, 12:48:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 24, 2011, 11:22:46 PM
Goose crossing!
Honk if you're a goose?
Heh-heh. They used to have Duck Crossing signs on the North Fork of Long Island that kept getting stolen.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 25, 2011, 11:20:34 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on July 25, 2011, 11:11:15 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 25, 2011, 12:48:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 24, 2011, 11:22:46 PM
Goose crossing!
Honk if you're a goose?
Heh-heh. They used to have Duck Crossing signs on the North Fork of Long Island that kept getting stolen.



There are turtle crossing signs on the Dulles Greenway in Virginia (see link below, though the image is rather grainy). A private citizen paid $3,000 to have these posted, according to Washington Post articles at the time.

http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.994906,-77.473494&spn=0.006362,0.016512&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.994988,-77.473642&panoid=fcVZfHcJ6V2ektV_Y1n2Lw&cbp=12,325.64,,1,1.23

The sign depicted in the image says "Give them a brake" in a comic-like font and depicts a wheel about to squash a turtle.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 25, 2011, 12:32:56 PM
Quote from: NE2 on July 25, 2011, 12:48:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 24, 2011, 11:22:46 PM
Goose crossing!
Honk if you're a goose?

:-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 25, 2011, 10:17:12 PM
Quote from: 6a on July 23, 2011, 10:43:13 AM
I suppose this counts as a sign

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2Fyellowstop.jpg&hash=055a936e6bfe00a66e4541b9f43bbbf4d40013d8)

For some reason, my memory of this "sign" told me it was octagonal.  But then, it has been a few years...  I'd also forgotten that section of Neil Ave was asphalt-paved, imagining it more like the number garden just over the photographer's left shoulder, so that school bus surprised me a bit.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 26, 2011, 01:04:15 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on July 25, 2011, 11:11:15 AM
Heh-heh. They used to have Duck Crossing signs on the North Fork of Long Island that kept getting stolen.

Duck crossing sign in Hoffman Estates, IL (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.062911,-88.106956&spn=0.001183,0.002411&sll=42.062791,-88.123976&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&layer=c&cbp=13,94.47,,0,5.71&cbll=42.062918,-88.106715&z=19&panoid=d6jSV0P7v35d2zkip-9hiA):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F02%2FDuckCrossing.jpg&hash=b24211b135f91361a08c3d0d8528566e6feb86d8)

I think it's the only sign that made me think..."awww, cute". There's a road that almost splits up two large ponds in a residential neighborhood. Didn't see any ducks cross the road during the winter, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 26, 2011, 03:52:50 PM
I haven't been to New Zealand, but I know of this sign. I'd love to have the opportunity to take a picture of it in person someday. Apparently there is a penguin colony on the South Island, although they're not the same type of Antarctic penguins most of us think of when we hear that word.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hickerphoto.com%2Fdata%2Fmedia%2F40%2Fpenguin-crossing-sign_19348.jpg&hash=addc911d12ee9ecfa8386763b5ec789ac682cf33)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 26, 2011, 09:54:51 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on July 22, 2011, 01:22:34 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 22, 2011, 08:57:55 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6124%2F5934655273_c594b1a699_z_d.jpg&hash=720468269b4baadace9e186a42e1915a75b3e677)

Alternate US 69 - Oklahoma Style  :D
I really like that idea for bannered routes. Maybe add a little color and you'ld have a something.
I agree. That cutout shield would look great with a inset black border, like you normally see with generic white and black signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: apeman33 on July 27, 2011, 04:08:00 PM
Quote from: Quillz on July 26, 2011, 09:54:51 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on July 22, 2011, 01:22:34 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 22, 2011, 08:57:55 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6124%2F5934655273_c594b1a699_z_d.jpg&hash=720468269b4baadace9e186a42e1915a75b3e677)

Alternate US 69 - Oklahoma Style  :D
I really like that idea for bannered routes. Maybe add a little color and you'ld have a something.
I agree. That cutout shield would look great with a inset black border, like you normally see with generic white and black signs.

There's also a Business U.S. 60 shield of the same design near Seneca, Mo. (Bus. 60 crosses the state line, so in Missouri, regular-style signage resumes).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 27, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2Froad-photos%2Fmain.php%3Fcmd%3Dimage%26amp%3Bvar1%3Dok%252Fottawa%252Fimg_0673.jpg%26amp%3Bvar2%3D1000_85&hash=5d828568cc2c8d749633556244aeaaa416c3aa84)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 27, 2011, 05:44:48 PM
I rather like that approach. Among other reasons, I like the idea of eliminating an auxiliary sign (such as the "business" sign or an exit tab) if the information can be clearly conveyed by including it on a single sign (such as the states that include the exit tab as part of the main sign). The reason is that keeping as much as possible on one sign means that if the smaller auxiliary sign is lost, say due to high winds or vandals or whatever, as much of the information as possible remains behind. I suppose the opposite is true as well, that if you put everything on the one sign little is left behind if the main sign is damaged, but to me having just an exit tab left up there wouldn't be all that helpful anyway if the main sign were gone.

I believe that sort of thing was one of the reasons the MUTCD standard for metric speed limit signs was changed to eliminate the supplemental "METRIC" and "km/h" signs that they used to specify be put above and below the standard "speed limit" sign. Made sense to me, although I also can't help but think that as a practical if you encounter a sign on a US Interstate that says "Speed Limit 130" (because the two supplemental plaques fell off) and you think it means miles per hour, your fitness to have a driver's license is questionable!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on July 27, 2011, 08:44:46 PM
^ The metric speed limit sign had the number within a black circle, so there really was no mistaking it. The "km/h" portion of the metric speed limit sign was part of the overall sign located right under the circle, but I believe the "metric" plaque above was optional. In any event, the 2009 MUTCD doesn't even make mention or illustration of metric speed limit signs.

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 27, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
[img width=400http://www.denexa.com/roadgeek/road-photos/main.php?cmd=image&var1=ok%2Fottawa%2Fimg_0673.jpg&var2=1000_85[/img]

I kinda like this approach. The only thing is that the "banner" inside the shield is incredibly small. Instead of making that small band with two lines, they could remove the top line and make the "banner" text bigger--similar to the old-style US route shield, replacing the state name with the banner text. This could even work well on non-cutout shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 27, 2011, 09:31:42 PM
A few from today that I liked:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6133%2F5982742171_a3c643f710_z.jpg&hash=5bfacbabea52837cb0f46da2f48a42c9f10c7f91)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6130%2F5983306306_4bd5f478ba_z.jpg&hash=1d91ba5cb516000e0ea86ebdfac96cf27d9faf83)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6132%2F5982747181_a33c6d696e_z.jpg&hash=0df52b3df0aca37a6685bf3e2a1537e06b588c60)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 27, 2011, 09:44:38 PM
Kind of ironic seeing Series B inside a wide 3di shield, since the shield was designed so such thin fonts didn't have to be used!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on July 28, 2011, 09:49:24 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6007%2F5963030131_4b575abc04.jpg&hash=af5c8f54aa9cc6bd143597ab7348af7b5f84cde0) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/countylemonade/5963030131/)
I-80 at I-415 / Parley's Interchange, 1966 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/countylemonade/5963030131/) by CountyLemonade (http://www.flickr.com/people/countylemonade/), on Flickr

This guy on Flickr got tons of old Utah highway signage photos back from 1960s and 1970s - the entire photostream is a must read
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 28, 2011, 10:25:46 PM
Quote from: kharvey10 on July 28, 2011, 09:49:24 PM
This guy on Flickr got tons of old Utah highway signage photos back from 1960s and 1970s - the entire photostream is a must read

This guy on Flickr got his own thread here. https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=4045.0
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 29, 2011, 01:25:14 AM
Neat, I had no idea there used to be an I-415.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on July 29, 2011, 02:06:37 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 28, 2011, 10:25:46 PM
Quote from: kharvey10 on July 28, 2011, 09:49:24 PM
This guy on Flickr got tons of old Utah highway signage photos back from 1960s and 1970s - the entire photostream is a must read

This guy on Flickr got his own thread here. https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=4045.0

Well then. This is all a tad awkward.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 31, 2011, 02:54:02 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 24, 2011, 08:25:09 PM
This one's neat just for the "wait, what?" factor. (along US 23 SB between Marion and Delaware)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1376%2F5127977302_8c978ed1be_z.jpg&hash=3d450ce6054486251ca08a7599b7fe01ad08581f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127977302/)
Experimental Test Pavement (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5127977302/) by LongestAugust (http://www.flickr.com/people/longestaugust/), on Flickr

ODOT is apparently about to replace a lot of signs in District 6, including this one.  Virtual cookies to whoever gets the first photo of the Clearview version!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 31, 2011, 04:54:00 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19620651i1.jpg)

No idea if these still exist or not, but cutout US route shields using a reversed color scheme (white on black). Pretty neat.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on July 31, 2011, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Quillz on July 31, 2011, 04:54:00 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19620651i1.jpg)

No idea if these still exist or not, but cutout US route shields using a reversed color scheme (white on black). Pretty neat.

Ferriday, Louisiana (across the river from Natchez).
I'm leaning towards no because the traffic light(s) were already replaced when I first visited Ferriday in 2007.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 31, 2011, 01:54:07 PM
Quote from: Quillz on July 31, 2011, 04:54:00 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19620651i1.jpg)

Is that black, or is it green, in an underexposed and/or overdeveloped photo?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on August 04, 2011, 11:11:19 AM
Here's a new one I saw on Hernando County Road 484 at the Good Neighbor Trail in Brooksville, Florida.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg850.imageshack.us%2Fimg850%2F2682%2Febhcr484goodneighbortra.jpg&hash=6d19bafdef9576fe1134a30eb4d80de07f45600e) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/ebhcr484goodneighbortra.jpg/)
You'll find some of these on Jasmine Drive and Old Jasmine Drive too.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 04, 2011, 11:52:32 AM
^ I can't help but think "look out for falling bicycles".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on August 04, 2011, 05:30:28 PM
^^ That is a new sign in the 2009 MUTCD for use specifically with trail crossings, to eliminate the need for separate bicycle and pedestrian warning signs.

The version that was first proposed had the two symbols more side by side, with a stick-man rider on the bike. I liked that version better, as I've not really been a fan of the bicycle symbol without a rider on it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: barcncpt44 on August 05, 2011, 01:21:22 PM
i found this classic r-r xing sign in talladega, al; some of its button reflectors are missing.  and i also found this classic railroad signal that is still in service (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpicture.vzw.com%2Fmi%2F658237531_2353622139_0.jpeg%3F&hash=ca0c347b1fb9b7cd3379b0d62bc85aa683de807a) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpicture.vzw.com%2Fmi%2F658236224_2353617427_0.jpeg%3F&hash=4d951e451dd47cd11cf33a730981230fae035604)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on August 05, 2011, 04:03:10 PM
I've been telling myself to get off my ass and get some good shots of these as someday they'll be gone.  Today was that day (SR 315 in Columbus.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F315-ackerman.jpg&hash=ffaea0696a57acf5b5c33cab44e4d44d97771180)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F315-beth-hend.jpg&hash=d89c4fbccac28970a9d246a9b5dd41263fd151d7)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F315-beth-olen.jpg&hash=72dbab312b325799479e3054a978b46c7e4a43f1)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F315-hend.jpg&hash=341df3ae69eb5f60a44af3eb4d3d76ec284c2bd1)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbishopdan.com%2Fimages%2F315-nbway-hend.jpg&hash=cdffed1c79f3e4e6600395e1f4ce461ddd9c36b3)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on August 05, 2011, 04:29:14 PM
A few old font NY 9N shields along the route between Hague and Bolton Landing.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6021%2F6002320389_f3cfb9583b_z.jpg&hash=e8c8f465db4643f6b4890f84b91ea0cfcc90140f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6147%2F6002370287_0cd349c88c_z.jpg&hash=c4b522ef630429e74693b14239492ad4aaca0844)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6021%2F6002926534_b053cba874_z.jpg&hash=e80e06ca0a1d42dd27a795ff439dc09e51eb1c4e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on August 05, 2011, 08:04:27 PM
New York had a real nice custom font. Would have been great if that was used as the basis for Clearview.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on August 06, 2011, 08:24:20 AM
Quote from: barcncpt44 on August 05, 2011, 01:21:22 PM
i found this classic r-r xing sign in talladega, al; some of its button reflectors are missing.  and i also found this classic railroad signal that is still in service (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpicture.vzw.com%2Fmi%2F658237531_2353622139_0.jpeg%3F&hash=ca0c347b1fb9b7cd3379b0d62bc85aa683de807a) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpicture.vzw.com%2Fmi%2F658236224_2353617427_0.jpeg%3F&hash=4d951e451dd47cd11cf33a730981230fae035604)

Two more that won't show up.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on August 07, 2011, 08:17:10 PM
Took these photos today in Doylestown. Looks like not all the US 611 signs are gone, although these ones are endangered as new signs are being put up along the by-pass:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6131%2F6019606505_7d53c84eb2_z.jpg&hash=5ab86aac34ae6ce20b23b8d749beeb2e551ef060)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6017%2F6019606797_af40d7672d_z.jpg&hash=089801e2ff2ecde7f949df5449b50e949d8637e7)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on August 12, 2011, 12:50:48 AM
While vacationing in Oregon, I came across a couple of nice signs:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv45%2FNidoking%2FHighway%2520Shields%2520and%2520Concepts%2Fth_IMG_0057.jpg&hash=01b64cdcabe36002acc01421b20d672b9d55c12d) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Nidoking/Highway%20Shields%20and%20Concepts/?action=view&current=IMG_0057.jpg)

1961-era US route shields in Astoria. Notice the 101 shield also uses Series C legend, when the MUTCD would have called for Series A.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv45%2FNidoking%2FHighway%2520Shields%2520and%2520Concepts%2Fth_IMG_0076.jpg&hash=b92b49d88456fc61eacf910bfa25e8590ad4f8b8) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Nidoking/Highway%20Shields%20and%20Concepts/?action=view&current=IMG_0076.jpg)

I think Oregon's "limitless" speed signs are really cool, but this one I saw in the Portland area looked particularly nice. Series C looks very good on the narrow shield, and the size proportions are nearly perfect.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: okroads on August 14, 2011, 10:09:16 PM
"BUSINESS SOUTH" tab & old U.S. 31 shield in South Bend, IN:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6001%2F5924340717_cf4625ca34_b.jpg&hash=5ece5e8ab4304031503867ce5b3f8d840e64be8e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: xonhulu on August 15, 2011, 11:57:04 AM
Quote from: okroads on August 14, 2011, 10:09:16 PM
"BUSINESS SOUTH" tab & old U.S. 31 shield in South Bend, IN:

That is one sweet sign.  Is it still there, or is this an old photo?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: okroads on August 15, 2011, 06:12:29 PM
Quote from: xonhulu on August 15, 2011, 11:57:04 AM
Quote from: okroads on August 14, 2011, 10:09:16 PM
"BUSINESS SOUTH" tab & old U.S. 31 shield in South Bend, IN:

That is one sweet sign.  Is it still there, or is this an old photo?

I took that picture July 10 of this year, so I would assume it's still there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on August 17, 2011, 02:15:51 AM
spotted in Delaware OH today, on westbound US 36 / OH 37 just before the split...

A single-piece directional assembly for US 36 (left) and OH 37 (right), plus trailblazers for northbound (right) and southbound (left) US 23 and US 42, and finally, Temporary Truck OH 37 (left).  While green would probably be appropriate, the background of this sign is white.

No pic because I was on duty.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on August 17, 2011, 02:47:31 AM
Quote from: vtk on August 17, 2011, 02:15:51 AM
spotted in Delaware OH today, on westbound US 36 / OH 37 just before the split...

A single-piece directional assembly for US 36 (left) and OH 37 (right), plus trailblazers for northbound (right) and southbound (left) US 23 and US 42, and finally, Temporary Truck OH 37 (left).  While green would probably be appropriate, the background of this sign is white.

No pic because I was on duty.

I keep meaning to get a picture of that one. I'll probably be heading up there near the end of the month, I'll see if I can get one then.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on August 17, 2011, 10:23:24 PM
I think someone may have mentioned the ancient signage on the south side of Columbus.  I was in the area today (with my cell phone, not my "good" camera) so I took some pictures...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Foldsign-1.jpg&hash=556b35cbf73f97265883076e807dcd752ee6a716)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Foldsign-2.jpg&hash=ba4847050e392ce48b272464ab6129aad8edd009)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Foldsign-3.jpg&hash=850c85aabac187742c15dc1ec2c6ece908922b68)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Foldsign-4.jpg&hash=7df14795b554e928186187d261d61f183aff32b7)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Foldsign-5.jpg&hash=03f8702c9f2400374dd420c44db9de369bba8db7)

I also realized today that I don't think I've ever seen ODOT replace the signage along most of the North Freeway, making that at least 20 years old.  I didn't get a chance to take any pics there today, however.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mobilene on August 19, 2011, 11:43:54 AM
Quote from: okroads on August 14, 2011, 10:09:16 PM
"BUSINESS SOUTH" tab & old U.S. 31 shield in South Bend, IN:

I grew up in South Bend and still have family there, so I drive Bus. 31 a lot.  Several of these signs (both the 31 shield and the Business South tab) still stand along the road.  They've been there since before I was a kid in the 1970s.  I presume the reason they still exist is because they were there when 31 was routed around town and the city doesn't care to replace them as long as they still work!

Here's another, this one downtown, where Bus. 31 splits with the southbound going down Main St and the northbound coming up Michigan/St. Joseph Sts.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjimgrey.net%2FRoads%2FUS31NorthernIndiana%2FBusSouth31.jpg&hash=92f5a65b84be1ce544c26bc0df8873c5bc7c22fa)

And another, on the south side:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjimgrey.net%2FRoads%2FUS31NorthernIndiana%2F03h_31_shield.jpg&hash=6f2ef3238d630383d0dc7e20e0845dbaac61d4e8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on August 19, 2011, 11:48:44 AM
I couldn't get a pic, but I was driving on OR-42 and came across an old cutout 42 shield, the old kind that had the eagle on top.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 19, 2011, 12:21:40 PM
Quote from: Quillz on August 19, 2011, 11:48:44 AM
I couldn't get a pic, but I was driving on OR-42 and came across an old cutout 42 shield, the old kind that had the eagle on top.

neato!  here I had thought the only two eagles left were both 126es.  I'll have to check that out.  it's on current mainline 42?

one of the 126es is on a current alignment; the other is down the wrong way of a one-way street on an old alignment whose direction was reversed in the 80s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on August 19, 2011, 01:11:36 PM
Nice. I love the squared off font on the Business 31 signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on August 19, 2011, 01:52:24 PM
It was next to someone's house, not technically on mainline 42 but easily visibly. I'll check Google Maps later to try to pinpoint the location.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 19, 2011, 03:04:30 PM
Quote from: Quillz on August 19, 2011, 01:52:24 PM
It was next to someone's house, not technically on mainline 42 but easily visibly. I'll check Google Maps later to try to pinpoint the location.

so not quite in service?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on August 19, 2011, 03:37:11 PM
I dunno, it was easily visible from the road, as it faces the eastbound traffic, but not a true reassurance marker, I guess. I wish I had stopped and gotten a pic of it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on August 23, 2011, 08:04:12 AM
Some goodies from my trip last weekend....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FAugust%25202011%2520Mini-Trip%2FDSCF0255.jpg&hash=d623be98a5eaac25ae2d7a52db4c0290054b1285)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FAugust%25202011%2520Mini-Trip%2FDSCF0267.jpg&hash=1f70102d294a7c5bf568398723409bd457a7a8a0)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FAugust%25202011%2520Mini-Trip%2FDSCF0297.jpg&hash=9736ad9be078af140b721a86f5993a14df1cd95d)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FAugust%25202011%2520Mini-Trip%2FDSCF0326.jpg&hash=6c7409847bcf21ec10d647d9b53ec62c51ffe55a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on August 23, 2011, 09:46:49 AM
Don't remember if I've already posted these

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3576%2F3691127994_6fd93e74bd_z_d.jpg&hash=e08098dc4f1b417c5ae30f4139d591df506b4fb1)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3161%2F2284443089_6af697074e_d.jpg&hash=d86cf8030df45e0636073aa1b56e689810dba6e5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on August 24, 2011, 04:31:36 AM
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 24, 2011, 11:26:37 AM
Quote from: Quillz on August 24, 2011, 04:31:36 AMAlt 405, Sepulveda Blvd between 10 and 101

near there is a black guide sign for Church Ln!

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19704053i1.jpg)

it's a City of LA installation from probably the early 1970s.  the 405 green sign dates to 1972.  

the fact that one pole is taller than the other implies that at one point there was a shield on top of the gantry, but I cannot definitively reconstruct what it must've looked like before 1972.

in the background, you can see a more recent Los Angeles sign - a retroreflective one from the late 70s or early 80s for Church Lane and Sunset Bl.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on August 26, 2011, 10:15:33 PM
These have to be the best blue 101 shields left in Phoenix
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Faz%2F60%2F17to101%2F17.jpg&hash=6dfddc1563a3994ebc8e4043a126c4a3313dbe69)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Faz%2F60%2F17to101%2F16.jpg&hash=5eef515627334b902085f9ed6dc74e3f02d8a0c7)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on September 07, 2011, 08:25:18 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Fmainst-aux.jpg&hash=138f037f5e90f3bf93d2cc54e14ad35da4c10f4c)

http://maps.google.com/?ll=39.92596,-82.866313&spn=0.002991,0.005466&t=k&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.92596,-82.866313&panoid=hYuEiTeIpZDMZEGv-vgTTA&cbp=12,59.93,,0,-3 (http://maps.google.com/?ll=39.92596,-82.866313&spn=0.002991,0.005466&t=k&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.92596,-82.866313&panoid=hYuEiTeIpZDMZEGv-vgTTA&cbp=12,59.93,,0,-3)

This sign is just classic.  (At least 30 years old I think...)  Entirely white-on-green button copy, with E(M) for the names and D(M) (I think) for the non-name portion of the action message.  These days they'd probably screw up and put the whole action message in the same size and capitalization.

I'd like to get a high-res picture, but I'm never on that side of town except when I'm on the job...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on September 07, 2011, 08:28:07 PM
Are street blades with bottom-center address tabs an old design? I noticed one when driving home today, and it's certainly not a style I've seen very often. I can tell it's rather old, but still in very good condition. I'll have to get a pic of it next time I go by there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on September 07, 2011, 11:43:54 PM
Quote from: Quillz on September 07, 2011, 08:28:07 PM
Are street blades with bottom-center address tabs an old design? I noticed one when driving home today, and it's certainly not a style I've seen very often. I can tell it's rather old, but still in very good condition. I'll have to get a pic of it next time I go by there.

I'd say that depends entirely on the jurisdiction.  In Washington, DC, for instance, such tabs are ubiquitous (if I understand correctly what you're referring to).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rick1962 on September 08, 2011, 09:49:56 AM
Quote from: Quillz on September 07, 2011, 08:28:07 PM
Are street blades with bottom-center address tabs an old design?

Yes, they are. They were very commonly used in Southern California starting in the 1950s, with new installs being done into the early '70s.

The most common ones were dark blue with white lettering, but there were many different color combinations used by various municipalities, especially in Orange County. Some even had the city name in very small lettering so you'd know which suburb you were in.

Sure, they were hard to read at night, but they gave some personality to suburbia. Oh, well...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on September 09, 2011, 12:57:10 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb30.webshots.com%2F48861%2F2690358400046960331S600x600Q85.jpg&hash=627069cfcb3339ca9d2dc098cef9e8341ffc1b02) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2690358400046960331hUiGaI)
I-20 West, Jackson, Miss.


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb02.webshots.com%2F47297%2F2408155360046960331S600x600Q85.jpg&hash=c1df69605f69213a305b250218c9474e0c022ecb) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2408155360046960331tvpAZy)
Old street blades in Columbia, Miss.
Miss. 13 hasn't been running through the heart of Columbia for at least 25 years.


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb21.webshots.com%2F48404%2F2177924940046960331S600x600Q85.jpg&hash=9427e1b9a8cc4684bc725bbd3d99d4c685e924bd) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2177924940046960331zZAQyW)
Bogalusa, La. (there's a better sign eastbound on La. 10 I will get when time permits.)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb61.webshots.com%2F45692%2F2123071910046960331S600x600Q85.jpg&hash=691a2d555483ee5a116f46973e400a116ebf54e1) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2123071910046960331FzUuED)
Still going strong in Bogalusa...La. 10 (Carolina Avenue) at Austin Street.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on September 09, 2011, 01:14:55 AM
An old stop sign, about a block from my house:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv45%2FNidoking%2FHighway%2520Shields%2520and%2520Concepts%2Fth_IMG_0080.jpg&hash=20760a7ba6db8b4452bcbe746c429fdec6d82db6) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Nidoking/Highway%20Shields%20and%20Concepts/?action=view&current=IMG_0080.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 11, 2011, 12:28:01 AM
Few from New Hampshire:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6079%2F6090369158_fd3653c2cf_z.jpg&hash=b8066ab24e5b91b5d201ef3e2ecc2599e6b08b21)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6203%2F6107942450_260fb18d1c_z.jpg&hash=1d53e77afe85f4a4b72626a9357c2afeabfbe4d4)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6181%2F6107942592_7774924207_z.jpg&hash=0d91d5a52b9f683e4bd405d5f1498aabd2af8f3e)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6088%2F6132031720_7d7e9e3edb_z.jpg&hash=989dfae9b32b14e0fa9220d7747c963a25551974)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6209%2F6132029648_2d01db84db_z.jpg&hash=296df27c9ceb4b4b7f84dacf6fd643eeb91b0ea1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on September 12, 2011, 03:28:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 11, 2011, 12:28:01 AM
Few from New Hampshire:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6181%2F6107942592_7774924207_z.jpg&hash=0d91d5a52b9f683e4bd405d5f1498aabd2af8f3e)

I also nominate this particular picture for the WORST of road signs -- moreso because the gore sign should be a green EXIT sign...NOT a KEEP RIGHT sign.  :pan:

Technically, those who don't exit here are breaking the law as they are not keeping to the right.   :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on September 12, 2011, 02:55:14 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on September 12, 2011, 03:28:26 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 11, 2011, 12:28:01 AM
Few from New Hampshire:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6181%2F6107942592_7774924207_z.jpg&hash=0d91d5a52b9f683e4bd405d5f1498aabd2af8f3e)

I also nominate this particular picture for the WORST of road signs -- moreso because the gore sign should be a green EXIT sign...NOT a KEEP RIGHT sign.  :pan:

Technically, those who don't exit here are breaking the law as they are not keeping to the right.   :)
The road looks like a conventional highway (two lanes with double-yellow down the middle) not a freeway which begs the question, is this even an "exit"?  With that said, I do agree that that is not an appropriate use of a KEEP RIGHT sign.

EDIT: After looking at Google Maps, the photo was taken on the Spaulding Turnpike which is a divided limited access highway up until this point where it narrows down to a 2-lane highway.  The satellite image also shows the highway being widened.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 12, 2011, 04:25:28 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on September 12, 2011, 03:28:26 AM
I also nominate this particular picture for the WORST of road signs -- moreso because the gore sign should be a green EXIT sign...NOT a KEEP RIGHT sign.  :pan:

Technically, those who don't exit here are breaking the law as they are not keeping to the right.   :)

Somehow I just noticed this!

Quote from: myosh_tino on September 12, 2011, 02:55:14 PM
EDIT: After looking at Google Maps, the photo was taken on the Spaulding Turnpike which is a divided limited access highway up until this point where it narrows down to a 2-lane highway.  The satellite image also shows the highway being widened.

Yep and yep. NHDOT is currently widening the turnpike from Rochester up to around the Milton town line.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 14, 2011, 03:06:00 AM
From March 2010- I love unique county signs- this in Jefferson County, Colorado
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fco%2F285%2F9to8%2F28.jpg&hash=14377a194e7e0cb0225a8a551c1782318d802975)

Then there are a bunch of outline SR 89A shields that have popped up in the many roundabouts between Sedona and Prescott, and those are really cool
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Faz%2F89a%2F17to179%2F8.jpg&hash=d1f1f44fe5f3829185366b1c51450f95f321ea04)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on September 14, 2011, 03:16:41 AM
I agree about the latter: Oftentimes, non-cutout route markers can look a lot better by just adding a simple black border along the outside. Makes it stand out well against signs, I think.

Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg84.imageshack.us%2Fimg84%2F2577%2Fsc19791264i1.jpg&hash=af5716264b57bfe093731683369921e94a5a62d9) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/sc19791264i1.jpg/)

Kind of similar to the Arizona example above, just putting a black border around an otherwise standard '70 shield makes it look a lot better. California does something similar with their US Route shields on BGS.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 18, 2011, 08:34:12 PM
^ South Carolina uses that for their US Route shields, and I think it's a nice touch.

-------------------

Beat to hell, serving well...on I-710:

(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6164/6160979904_b6364fdba0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/aoqCFs)
San Bernardino Freeway signs at I-710 (https://flic.kr/p/aoqCFs) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on September 18, 2011, 10:04:19 PM
Classic street blades - Amite City, La.:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb56.webshots.com%2F49783%2F2909919570046960331S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=f634b0b78da52d7da3609a0193b548b8195688d3) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2909919570046960331MlsPow)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb53.webshots.com%2F47220%2F2620991690046960331S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=60dda06e454af04dddc90f7ec55bcd4874a4b4ed) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2620991690046960331GpwNPP)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb42.webshots.com%2F49449%2F2156952880046960331S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=0c898a5700d53f9c67085ff18cd9db841ca62da2) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2156952880046960331TjKyrf)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on September 18, 2011, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 18, 2011, 08:34:12 PM
^ South Carolina uses that for their US Route shields, and I think it's a nice touch.

-------------------

Beat to hell, serving well...on I-710:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6164%2F6160979904_00412c79ff_b.jpg&hash=ab27e35756de3ebe3e224f2666901e4d9456b3a4)
The font(s) they used for San Bernadino looks weird.  What font(s) did they use for that???  And was that particular font ever used on any other sign???
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 18, 2011, 11:43:52 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on September 18, 2011, 10:46:31 PM
The font(s) they used for San Bernadino looks weird.  What font(s) did they use for that???  And was that particular font ever used on any other sign???

Funny you mention that, I took this shot before it because the font did look odd, but it really just looks "compressed". (I'm not a big road sign font guru - I can't remember the "series" - but I tend to notice if anything looks "out of place".)

(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6082/6161535970_26d0306b8b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/aottYN)
I-710's Exits (https://flic.kr/p/aottYN) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: apeman33 on September 19, 2011, 12:22:15 AM
Quote from: brownpelican on September 18, 2011, 10:04:19 PM
Classic street blades - Amite City, La.:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb56.webshots.com%2F49783%2F2909919570046960331S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=f634b0b78da52d7da3609a0193b548b8195688d3) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2909919570046960331MlsPow)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb53.webshots.com%2F47220%2F2620991690046960331S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=60dda06e454af04dddc90f7ec55bcd4874a4b4ed) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2620991690046960331GpwNPP)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb42.webshots.com%2F49449%2F2156952880046960331S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=0c898a5700d53f9c67085ff18cd9db841ca62da2) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2156952880046960331TjKyrf)

The first and third signs were made by the company that made the ones that were up in Garden City, Kan., (my hometown) when I was growing up. Then the city got cheap whenever they needed to replace them.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on September 19, 2011, 12:32:24 AM
If I had to guess, I'd say those guide signs legends for San Bernadino are set in C Modified.  Which I didn't know even existed.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 19, 2011, 02:43:49 AM
that is standard CM.  those signs were originally made without any reflectors at all: they were just plain white on green porcelain, lit up at night by incandescent lighting.  so it looks funny when they added the post-1973 energy-saving reflectors, but for 1962 or whenever, it was very much standard.

CM and DM are not used often on guide signs in CA; there is a DM one for the Santa Monica Fwy on I-5 if I recall correctly.  but when it is necessary to squeeze in the text, then CM/DM (instead of EM) was what they went with.  it is a standard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on September 19, 2011, 08:59:52 AM
I spotted this gem on Lenox Rd in Atlanta. It's from Atlanta's freeway heyday in the 80's. Button copy reflectors and old school thick numbers.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2F85-1.png&hash=8261184a70e2c1752db5bc2ad74129f48ec87486) I'll try to snap a better pic when i can.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 19, 2011, 11:46:00 AM
Quote from: architect77 on September 19, 2011, 08:59:52 AM
I spotted this gem on Lenox Rd in Atlanta. It's from Atlanta's freeway heyday in the 80's. Button copy reflectors and old school thick numbers.

[photo]

I'll try to snap a better pic when i can.

please do!

that shield has DM numbers.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 19, 2011, 10:49:16 PM
It's probably the same as these...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Atlanta_Day_2%2FThumbnails%2F134.jpg&hash=7f9e47fa783bcaa9b0c93a8c848d62fdd04628a6)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Atlanta_Day_2%2FThumbnails%2F139.jpg&hash=44166f25466ebc4a0138aee07908b0b3544e037e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: OCGuy81 on September 20, 2011, 10:29:47 AM
QuoteFunny you mention that, I took this shot before it because the font did look odd, but it really just looks "compressed". (I'm not a big road sign font guru - I can't remember the "series" - but I tend to notice if anything looks "out of place".)

Speaking of out of place, I find California freeway guide signs unique in that they're such a "patchwork" as of late.  You have older signs, faded in the sun, with a nice, new green exit number usually added to a corner.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 10:44:08 AM
Driving around the LA area, I totally understand why a lot of old signs are in use...the older ones don't get washed out in direct sunlight, compared to those that use reflective sheeting, which seem to be unreadable at close distances. Of course, that might not be the exact reason, but darn if it works.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 20, 2011, 02:15:24 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 10:44:08 AM
Of course, that might not be the exact reason, but darn if it works.

it's not the reason.  California being cheap is the reason.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 03:38:02 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 20, 2011, 02:15:24 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 10:44:08 AM
Of course, that might not be the exact reason, but darn if it works.

it's not the reason.  California being cheap is the reason.

That's what I was alluding to, I've heard California was bankrupt before bankruptcy was cool. :-P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on September 20, 2011, 05:00:55 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 19, 2011, 10:49:16 PM
It's probably the same as these...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Atlanta_Day_2%2FThumbnails%2F134.jpg&hash=7f9e47fa783bcaa9b0c93a8c848d62fdd04628a6)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Atlanta_Day_2%2FThumbnails%2F139.jpg&hash=44166f25466ebc4a0138aee07908b0b3544e037e)

Yep, the one on Lenox Rd looks exactly like these.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on September 20, 2011, 09:01:25 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 03:38:02 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 20, 2011, 02:15:24 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 10:44:08 AM
Of course, that might not be the exact reason, but darn if it works.

it's not the reason.  California being cheap is the reason.

That's what I was alluding to, I've heard California was bankrupt before bankruptcy was cool. :-P

You must've heard of Illinois.  X-(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on September 21, 2011, 12:06:07 AM
Quote from: Brandon on September 20, 2011, 09:01:25 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 03:38:02 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 20, 2011, 02:15:24 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 20, 2011, 10:44:08 AM
Of course, that might not be the exact reason, but darn if it works.

it's not the reason.  California being cheap is the reason.

That's what I was alluding to, I've heard California was bankrupt before bankruptcy was cool. :-P

You must've heard of Illinois.  X-(

And New York City.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on September 25, 2011, 09:52:08 AM
Opposite sides of the same assembly (Windsor, VT):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg23.imageshack.us%2Fimg23%2F7122%2Fimg3908uq.jpg&hash=6168e05d03c5496e1d5a6f15c42cc7406369eb2d)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg822.imageshack.us%2Fimg822%2F7910%2Fimg3913t.jpg&hash=e527308b1f75f0f4c3a9106ce788d1982dc3e4f2)


Though, the treatment of I-91 could also go under worst...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on September 25, 2011, 10:41:43 AM
Ohhh.....Old VAOT TV shields!  Cool!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 25, 2011, 12:12:04 PM
I need to go up to Vermont more often...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on September 25, 2011, 12:39:45 PM
Since we are discussing Vermont today, something that is long gone, but worth seeing again:

(https://www.aaroads.com/queue/albums/forum-images/i-8991_vermont_0299.jpg)

Taken by Jeff Royston in February of 1999 (extracted from the old AA Gallery).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 26, 2011, 05:17:25 PM
Ancient button copy on I-95 southbound approaching the Bruckner Interchange in The Bronx. I took these photos back in April, so I have no idea if they're alive right now:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6177%2F6183532443_c289b55d08_z.jpg&hash=a84ccfc918fee01cdc875999f7dd620b89a68b9e)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6170%2F6184052770_c8a032e482_z.jpg&hash=2909573d767b9b7bb9f581e5e4adf08c5ae32ee8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on September 26, 2011, 07:17:23 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 26, 2011, 05:17:25 PM
Ancient button copy on I-95 southbound approaching the Bruckner Interchange in The Bronx. I took these photos back in April, so I have no idea if they're alive right now:

Both still there as of this morning.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 26, 2011, 07:39:33 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on September 26, 2011, 07:17:23 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 26, 2011, 05:17:25 PM
Ancient button copy on I-95 southbound approaching the Bruckner Interchange in The Bronx. I took these photos back in April, so I have no idea if they're alive right now:

Both still there as of this morning.

Good! May be they'll keep them up for a little while longer.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on September 27, 2011, 08:45:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3012%2F2625924109_f0a2b891c9_z_d.jpg&hash=65658a0b9754931922a3399f86ca95824da67da2)

Still there in 2008, but haven't checked on it since.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 27, 2011, 07:18:09 PM
On US 30 near Schellsburg (not old, just cool). Excuse the blurriness in the first photo, it was raining at the time.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6141%2F6189851517_a80d24857b_z.jpg&hash=132fa523db2746a7169f3fa4fd4883bf5a15390c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6172%2F6189846027_9a8804a536_z.jpg&hash=217011d40033efe24f43ac5e5035b6077b1cc9cf)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on September 27, 2011, 07:55:59 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 27, 2011, 07:18:09 PM
Button copy off PA Turnpike exit 57 in Monroeville:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6165%2F6189848479_6d758b09f6_z.jpg&hash=c222b865539953ec494e4e00ab8203a2558e33cd)
If it were 30 years ago, this would probably be in the "worst" thread for how the shields are crammed in.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on September 27, 2011, 08:57:55 PM
Quote from: NE2 on September 27, 2011, 07:55:59 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 27, 2011, 07:18:09 PM
Button copy off PA Turnpike exit 57 in Monroeville:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6165%2F6189848479_6d758b09f6_z.jpg&hash=c222b865539953ec494e4e00ab8203a2558e33cd)
If it were 30 years ago, this would probably be in the "worst" thread for how the shields are crammed in.

Not to mention that Ohio and Harrisburg should be in mixed case, and the cardinal directions are presented improperly... okay, so the mixed-case thing wasn't a firm rule back then, but I still think there's enough wrong with that display that it doesn't qualify for "best".  The true best of road signs are aesthetically well-composed, and effective despite their age. 

On a side note, those I-76 shields are surprisingly large given their vintage.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 27, 2011, 09:07:04 PM
Well then forget I posted them on here.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on 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:

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on September 28, 2011, 12:44:00 AM
You don't really need to be jabbing at anyone...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on September 29, 2011, 08:59:29 PM
I've always liked this one:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NY/NY19900061i1.jpg)

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).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on 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."
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2F010.jpg&hash=36497de1e987513049ec4f40f0ae9ad6f08d72f5)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2F011.jpg&hash=14bc0edfba066bcc7f2d7aa6d6d8dca75bb103ef)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 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, Maine. I don't know why they left the old sign in place. It's the only one in the county I know of.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi867.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab236%2Fjwadd13%2Fnaw001.jpg&hash=4f7473615edd3c746febe2f271d9a61850772fb2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on 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:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mhallack on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 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"
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg600.imageshack.us%2Fimg600%2F3485%2Faftersunsetolddaynights.jpg&hash=8444e0a43ae31e7457d3e3c2ce19a413ca11788c) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/aftersunsetolddaynights.jpg/)

And it's button copy too.

:biggrin:

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mhallack on 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.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi867.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab236%2Fjwadd13%2Foil004.jpg&hash=2a2cc9d964c3a435bcd0f98de4206042dc2d0e6b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on 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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on October 15, 2011, 10:13:37 AM
And "My Daddy Works Here (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2704.0)" rears its ugly head yet again... Shoulda put that in the "Worst of Road Signs", dude. :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ethanman62187 on October 15, 2011, 12:06:18 PM
Quote from: Quillz on September 29, 2011, 08:59:29 PM
I've always liked this one:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NY/NY19900061i1.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ethanman62187 on 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"
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg600.imageshack.us%2Fimg600%2F3485%2Faftersunsetolddaynights.jpg&hash=8444e0a43ae31e7457d3e3c2ce19a413ca11788c) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/aftersunsetolddaynights.jpg/)

And it's button copy too.

:biggrin:



I had never seen anything like that before. Still a nice sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 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 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2704.0)" 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
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on 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 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2704.0)" 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

;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on October 18, 2011, 05:41:54 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Ff%2Ff8%2FNew_Jersey_Turnpike_Reduce_Speed_sign.jpg%2F800px-New_Jersey_Turnpike_Reduce_Speed_sign.jpg&hash=56247f6dcb35b7a3ca5fbd3836454720fe54b1e3)

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 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2468.0)


Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on October 24, 2011, 02:45:03 PM
Some more of my favorite finds over the years. All are extant unless otherwise noted.

One of several old US 301 ALT assemblies in Petersburg. All of them are one-piece except for the ALT banner.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dajbyFBarfQ/TqWZod3uMAI/AAAAAAAAAKI/yBpKpkOBF_Q/s640/HPIM5815.JPG)

Faded almost to black, also from Petersburg.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BS30ubuYkpI/TqWZkS8k8eI/AAAAAAAAAJw/LoBRXTiMrDg/s800/2011-07-16%25252019.06.26.jpg)

Rare reassurance for a 4-digit secondary, plus an all-text guide for VA 36.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-isjZ1DYizeM/TqWpcLX-LDI/AAAAAAAAAMA/ebFM-IQyNGw/s800/0721091511.jpg)

One of two of these I know of around here.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8hvcZjLzbXI/TqWppVNvO_I/AAAAAAAAAMI/p08YuHUOcls/s640/IMAG0272.jpg)

The West banner on the VA 156 is an error, which is why it was covered.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oYq8-6026_8/TqWp3lgzR8I/AAAAAAAAAM4/1K2TwujRpM4/s640/HPIM5489.JPG)

Heading in the opposite direction at the same intersection. This was replaced earlier this year with something that can go into Worst Of Road Signs...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WWSzYqCEss8/TqWp2vfv54I/AAAAAAAAAMo/IMG7Ou3lFoI/s640/HPIM5488.JPG)

"The" last Hopewell cutout in front of "The" Hopewell bowling center.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UHo4B8Eu42w/TqWp4WXZNVI/AAAAAAAAANI/6vxZZuj58CM/s800/old%25252036%2525202.jpg)

This was located at the traffic light in the previous picture. It was probably added when VA 36 was routed this way in 1961 (before that, it turned right here). Disappeared in late 2010, but the pole is still there so it was probably stolen.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Vn11Qo1CYO8/TqWp3l58RbI/AAAAAAAAAM8/_pcYrabROd0/s800/old%25252036%2525201.jpg)

This is on Laburnum Ave in Richmond just west of where VA 197 joins/leaves it. The combination of glare and age mostly obscures the state name, but it's on it.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TyH_CIU5_lU/TqWqRfDr6MI/AAAAAAAAANQ/Ex10U5GLbO4/s640/IMAG0026.jpg)

Old VA 40 one-piece in Blackstone
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-noPlYs_QEeM/TqWozq7owhI/AAAAAAAAALw/_Q-eEKXX1CQ/s640/HPIM5767.JPG)

These last few are from Baltimore, on a trip I took Memorial Day weekend. This was the only state-name interstate shield I saw.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p1uQPXmsXB0/TqWr25jhRkI/AAAAAAAAANg/mEoUNDBfp5U/s800/HPIM6239a.jpg)

These are a few blocks northeast of that, near the beginning of I-83.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vbbgFwXAKEc/TqWxFWSautI/AAAAAAAAAN4/Cgo3I6KzKvY/s800/HPIM6234.JPG)

That's 648.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JOgw2cNfvEs/TqWr4cLFjrI/AAAAAAAAANo/fWv5oIzSCb0/s800/HPIM6273.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on October 24, 2011, 02:50:36 PM
The one-piece US Route assemblies also used to be a staple of "old" Florida...rare finds nowadays.

Welcome to our boards, Takumi.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on October 24, 2011, 03:01:16 PM
Welcome, Takumi. Blackstone, Virginia! That brings back some memories from college. A friend lived in the area and one year we did an Alternative Spring Break type of thing helping to repair a house that belonged to the Catholic church in town. I haven't been there in at least 15 years. I seem to recall that there was some kind of aircraft warning sign east of town on VA-40 through Fort Pickett that really took me aback the first time I saw it, but I'll be darned if I can remember what it was and Street View isn't clear. Do you have any idea what I might be struggling to remember? (Sorry I can't be more specific. It's been a long time.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on October 24, 2011, 03:37:58 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 24, 2011, 03:01:16 PM
Welcome, Takumi. Blackstone, Virginia! That brings back some memories from college. A friend lived in the area and one year we did an Alternative Spring Break type of thing helping to repair a house that belonged to the Catholic church in town. I haven't been there in at least 15 years. I seem to recall that there was some kind of aircraft warning sign east of town on VA-40 through Fort Pickett that really took me aback the first time I saw it, but I'll be darned if I can remember what it was and Street View isn't clear. Do you have any idea what I might be struggling to remember? (Sorry I can't be more specific. It's been a long time.)

The Fort Pickett Airport is right next to VA 40 just southeast of town. Across the road from it is just forest, so maybe it was a "watch for low-flying planes" warning. I don't recall any aircraft warning signs being there when I drove by it, though. However, there are several tank crossings, complete with signs, on the route.

Shame on me for forgetting this original I-95 shield from Hopewell (taken in 2008, but still there)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GffFC23AE7A/TqW4n2VMBVI/AAAAAAAAAOA/HKpyNfNCB1o/s800/0426081844.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on October 24, 2011, 03:48:42 PM
It was probably the tank crossings that I'm remembering. Thanks for the reply!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2011, 04:29:31 PM
great finds!

there are several state-named shields in Baltimore if you know where to look.  but the oldest ones around are neutered, interestingly enough.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MD/MD19590831i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: OCGuy81 on October 25, 2011, 10:12:27 AM
I haven't seen these mentioned yet, but I recently saw them in Seattle and really liked these.  They're on I-5 (at least the ones I saw) from roughly the airport and into downtown.  Really nice looking, and it'd be cool to see them more.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autoguide.com%2Fauto-news%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2Fseattle-smart-highways.jpg&hash=060bef172e8771fae3527a0ceb02335ee7a42583)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on October 25, 2011, 05:47:47 PM
Quote from: formulanone on October 24, 2011, 02:50:36 PM
Welcome to our boards, Takumi.

Quote from: 1995hoo on October 24, 2011, 03:01:16 PM
Welcome, Takumi.

Thanks to both of you. I'm glad to be here.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on October 25, 2011, 08:46:30 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on October 25, 2011, 10:12:27 AM
I haven't seen these mentioned yet, but I recently saw them in Seattle and really liked these.  They're on I-5 (at least the ones I saw) from roughly the airport and into downtown.  Really nice looking, and it'd be cool to see them more.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autoguide.com%2Fauto-news%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2Fseattle-smart-highways.jpg&hash=060bef172e8771fae3527a0ceb02335ee7a42583)
Very clean and attractive. I like this very much.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tdindy88 on October 25, 2011, 09:09:14 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on October 25, 2011, 10:12:27 AM
I haven't seen these mentioned yet, but I recently saw them in Seattle and really liked these.  They're on I-5 (at least the ones I saw) from roughly the airport and into downtown.  Really nice looking, and it'd be cool to see them more.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autoguide.com%2Fauto-news%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2Fseattle-smart-highways.jpg&hash=060bef172e8771fae3527a0ceb02335ee7a42583)

I was recently in Seattle right at rush hour in the morning when I saw those signs, it was neat to see the speed limit go from 60 to 40 and in various lanes. But since it was rush hour, no one was even doing 40.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on October 27, 2011, 03:49:51 PM
I forgot to post this one with my other favorites as well. Whenever I see cutouts with direction banners there's usually just one shield and both directions in one banner. I occasionally see newer assemblies do this as well and I really like it. Here's an example from Lightfoot, VA.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zW4BvQ477D4/TqWpKU_BvrI/AAAAAAAAAL4/Mfn6DQmBpNs/s640/HPIM5782.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on October 27, 2011, 04:18:06 PM
Quote from: mhallack on 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.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi867.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab236%2Fjwadd13%2Foil004.jpg&hash=2a2cc9d964c3a435bcd0f98de4206042dc2d0e6b)

Looks like Comic Sans.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 27, 2011, 04:23:44 PM
Quote from: brownpelican on October 27, 2011, 04:18:06 PM

Looks like Comic Sans.

good lord, what will they think of next?  I hate those sorts of signs.  so if a construction worker has no children, I can go ahead and floor it, plowing his ass into the next county?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on October 27, 2011, 07:26:11 PM
Quote from: mhallack on 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.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi867.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab236%2Fjwadd13%2Foil004.jpg&hash=2a2cc9d964c3a435bcd0f98de4206042dc2d0e6b)

I've seen those around OKC a couple times.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on October 27, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: relaxok on October 18, 2011, 05:41:54 PM
<snip>

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 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2468.0)

I'm surprised this one works properly and isn't displaying something like "RED PEE".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on October 27, 2011, 10:58:00 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on October 25, 2011, 10:12:27 AM
I haven't seen these mentioned yet, but I recently saw them in Seattle and really liked these.  They're on I-5 (at least the ones I saw) from roughly the airport and into downtown.  Really nice looking, and it'd be cool to see them more.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autoguide.com%2Fauto-news%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2Fseattle-smart-highways.jpg&hash=060bef172e8771fae3527a0ceb02335ee7a42583)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhqALU.jpg&hash=b69ae5d63998c97b2083f938c946c3d7156ffcb1)

Here's a real photo I took a year ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 27, 2011, 11:06:57 PM
Thanks, KEK.  I was about to post saying that the other was just a rendering, but just posting a photo is even better.  IMHO, the real thing is even more attractive.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on October 29, 2011, 04:58:47 PM
These beauties are along I-276/Pennsylvania Turnpike...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6225%2F6292756866_bb94ebc913_z.jpg&hash=8c84573b3f27cdc54d14ae59030525ace9c250de)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6050%2F6292733906_8382da9353_z.jpg&hash=f4ab372ab595e69309b224c9b172aaba1c3c234b)

EDIT: forgot one...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6236%2F6292738420_43f08d5f7d_z.jpg&hash=0b867dd4098b07c5af2bbb107f4a8df9b413510b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 23, 2011, 07:28:07 PM
Cell phone shot of some brand new bittersweet signs on the Roosevelt Expressway portion of US 1 in Philadelphia. Bitter in the fact that there is Clearview, but sweet in the fact that it includes state named I-76 shields!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7024%2F6391949093_7fcfa50781_z.jpg&hash=912027c2eefdbd8d9862c76d53b036fce8bf6bb7)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 24, 2011, 09:43:07 AM
the signs which were replaced by those deserve some mention as the "best of road signs" as well!

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/PA/PA19700761i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on November 24, 2011, 07:45:41 PM
Looks like the button copy signs are in a different location than the new Clearview/state name signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on November 24, 2011, 07:49:57 PM
The new "Central Phila/Valley Forge" are an improvement. Wouldn't it be funny if it read, "Central Philly"?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on November 24, 2011, 09:25:56 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 24, 2011, 07:45:41 PM
Looks like the button copy signs are in a different location than the new Clearview/state name signs.

Jake posted the following sign bridge (https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/pennsylvania001/us-001_sb_at_i-076.jpg), here is the one that was replaced:

(https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/pennsylvania001/us-001_sb_app_i-076.jpg)

I do have to wonder if the black/yellow "This Lane" is MUTCD-legit?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on November 25, 2011, 01:32:51 PM
^ The MUTCD doesn't have any provision for "this lane" signing.

Seems like the 'Central Phila' panel could've been designed with regular white on green down arrows, and the 'Valley Forge' panel using exit only legend... Or, given that the "through" route is US 1, both panels could've used simple "ONLY" legend.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on November 25, 2011, 01:37:36 PM
Those new Clearview signs are no improvement over the old button copy to me....different isn't always better, and even with my eyes being less than perfect, i can still read the FHWA fonts just fine....
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mjb2002 on November 25, 2011, 09:08:40 PM
Do anyone know if there has ever been a sign with Clearview button copy?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 25, 2011, 11:09:17 PM
Quote from: mjb2002 on November 25, 2011, 09:08:40 PM
Do anyone know if there has ever been a sign with Clearview button copy?

I don't think such a thing is possible.  they stopped making button copy in 2002, and I thought Clearview came about in 2005.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on November 25, 2011, 11:31:04 PM
Clearview's been around longer than that, hasn't it?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 26, 2011, 02:32:15 AM
Clearview was developed in the 90s, and it began appearing on blade signs in Franklin County, Ohio around 2000.  ODOT continued installing button copy signs through 2002, as far as I know the last state to do so.  I think it was around that time Clearview began appearing on regular-production freeway guide signs in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas.

So there was, in fact, a time in which both Clearview and button copy were used on new signs in central Ohio – but they weren't the same signs or even installed by the same agency.

In order for button-copy Clearview to exist, someone would have to go to the trouble of designing specifications for exactly where each reflector button should go on each letter, for all of 5B and maybe 4B and 6B as well*.  I'm not sure, but manufacturing Clearview button copy likely would have required fabrication of new forming dies and/or other equipment specialized for the task.

*Yes, the B weights.  The reflector buttons would have a diameter approximating the stroke thickness of the W-weight letters, and be attached to non-reflective B-weight white letters.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 26, 2011, 11:52:50 AM
California and Arizona also were using button copy in 2002.  One of those states was running out and bought out the last of Ohio's stock, but I cannot remember which state that was.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on November 26, 2011, 12:04:39 PM
If I'm not mistaken, there are a couple of gantries along or near I-77 in NE Ohio that have both an older button copy sign and a new Clearview sign on the same overhead assembly.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on November 26, 2011, 12:55:39 PM
2002? Really? If I had to guess when button-copy was phased out completely, I would have said late '80s or early '90s at the latest? But 2002? Hmm. Why did Cali, Arizona and Ohio choose to go with button-copy all the way until then? I'd love to see some photos of these recent button-copy installations.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on November 26, 2011, 08:50:31 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 26, 2011, 11:52:50 AM
California and Arizona also were using button copy in 2002.  One of those states was running out and bought out the last of Ohio's stock, but I cannot remember which state that was.

I think it was Arizona.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wriddle082 on November 26, 2011, 10:35:31 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 26, 2011, 08:50:31 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 26, 2011, 11:52:50 AM
California and Arizona also were using button copy in 2002.  One of those states was running out and bought out the last of Ohio's stock, but I cannot remember which state that was.

I think it was Arizona.

Seems like Indiana has quite a bit of newish-looking button copy.  Not quite sure of its age, but I would venture to guess it's early 00's.

Does anybody know what year all state routes within the 465 beltway in Indianapolis were turned over to the city?  That could give a clue.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on November 26, 2011, 11:03:24 PM
Quote from: CL on November 26, 2011, 12:55:39 PM
2002? Really? If I had to guess when button-copy was phased out completely, I would have said late '80s or early '90s at the latest? But 2002? Hmm. Why did Cali, Arizona and Ohio choose to go with button-copy all the way until then? I'd love to see some photos of these recent button-copy installations.

Interestingly, some of the latest button copy installed in Ohio was on I-670's west end, including advance signs on I-70 EB that were replaced just one year later!  http://www.roadfan.com/670signs.html (http://www.roadfan.com/670signs.html) has some pics.  Signage for Exits 1, 1A, 2A, 2B, and the first Exit 3 advance on 670 EB are the button copy that was installed then for the grand reopening between 70 and 315 in 2002.  Signage around the Cap project on 670 is boring reflective but FHWA at least.

It seems like the 2002 installations may have been from plans made before that.  I remember in 2001 driving on the nearly-completed renovations of the easternmost almost-20 miles of I-70 in Ohio and they had already installed the new fully-reflective signs.  Probably the plans for the 2002 installations were from several years before.

Quote from: hbelkins on November 26, 2011, 12:04:39 PM
If I'm not mistaken, there are a couple of gantries along or near I-77 in NE Ohio that have both an older button copy sign and a new Clearview sign on the same overhead assembly.

Definitely east of Columbus on I-70 there is such an assembly, with the Clearview replacing an old button copy sign that finally lost about a quarter of its face a couple years ago.  Side-by-side button copy and clearview do get your attention, at least if you are into such things! 

Also, there is at least one sign in Akron (exit for SR 8 NB from I-76 EB) that is an old button copy (that managed to escape the 2003 replacement by being too far east, the 2009 replacement by being on 76, not 77, and the 2011 replacement by being too far west) that has a brand-new (overdone) LEFT exit tab in clearview.  They know the button copy sign is there; they removed its lighting as well as all the other lighting on the West Expwy on reflective signs, but they added the clearview tab to the button copy sign anyway.

Regarding Indiana, I was there in the mid-to-late 90s timeframe into the early 2000s and it seemed that button copy was no longer erected then, although INDOT has seemed to only replace it as needed when signs must be replaced or as part of a large project.  I saw a week ago that sadly a bunch of button copy on I-65 near Lafayette was just replaced, sadly.  At least it's with FHWA, not Clearview.

Ohio has been occasionally recycling button copy.  In 2009 they erected a blue "logo" sign on US 30 west of Mansfield for camping at the next exit; it was clearly recycled from another place with other words, but it is nice to see a little button copy on a stretch of freeway that opened in 2005!  Even if it is just that one sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ftballfan on November 27, 2011, 10:39:43 PM
I think there's button copy and Clearview on the same assembly along I-75 in Toledo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CL on November 27, 2011, 10:51:38 PM
No way. Pictures, or it didn't happen! Do you remember where on I-75? It could be on Street View imagery.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tdindy88 on November 27, 2011, 11:35:39 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on November 26, 2011, 11:03:24 PM
Regarding Indiana, I was there in the mid-to-late 90s timeframe into the early 2000s and it seemed that button copy was no longer erected then, although INDOT has seemed to only replace it as needed when signs must be replaced or as part of a large project.  I saw a week ago that sadly a bunch of button copy on I-65 near Lafayette was just replaced, sadly.  At least it's with FHWA, not Clearview.

I don't think Indiana has had any new button copy signs since at least 2000, and for a time of reference I have usually used the reconstruction of I-465 on the east side, which was finished in the first half of the 2000s. All signage along that way was replaced with reflective signage in Highway Gothic font (though the cardinal directions were all in the same size of lettering, unlike newer signs with the first letter being larger.) And even with the moving of the highways to Interstate 465, most of the interchanges involving them have since been replaced with the reconstruction of 465 on the west and northeast sides. I noticed a while ago that Interstate 65 from Louisville up to the Marion-Johnson County line has all had their signs replaced (again with Highway Gothic font.) But that from the county line north through Indianapolis the signage wasn't changed. Not sure if that means there is a planned reconstruction of the route or the replacement simply hasn't taken place yet, either way, time may be running out, since I-70 through the city has been more or less changed.

As for the rerouting of all the highways around the loop, regretfully I don't have the precise year, but the last rerouting to take place, with U.S. 31 and SR 37 was roughly around 15 years ago, somewhere near the end of the 1990s. The other highways were rerouted at earlier points, and I don't think they were in the same year. Of course, someone else may have the more accurate dates for each highway, but maybe that helps.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on November 27, 2011, 11:41:09 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 26, 2011, 11:52:50 AMCalifornia and Arizona also were using button copy in 2002.  One of those states was running out and bought out the last of Ohio's stock, but I cannot remember which state that was.

I don't remember it happening quite that way.  The MTR archives has the contemporary threads on the death of button copy.  From memory, Richard Moeur (who still manages guide sign rehabilitations for Arizona DOT) posted in late 2000 or early 2001 to announce that his agency had definitively abandoned button copy.  They had previously cleaned out a major manufacturer of button copy (Zumar) with a major guide sign replacement on (I think) I-17.  Arizona DOT's last major button copy sign replacements included I-8 (California state line-Ligurta) and I-19 (whole length).  Ohio DOT was ultimately the only state DOT left with any substantial stocks of brand-new button copy.  I am not aware that they transferred it to any other states, although some Ohio DOT districts likely put up button copy signs to exhaust existing stocks while others changed immediately to reflective sheeting for foreground elements as well as the background.  Unlike Arizona DOT and many other state DOTs, Ohio DOT designs and programs sign replacements at the district level and district traffic engineers have considerable latitude in what they specify and how they draw up the plans provided there is a reasonable degree of conformity with the Ohio MUTCD, the Ohio DOT Sign Design Manual, and other standards laid down by HQ Traffic Engineering in Columbus.

The first state DOT to roll out Clearview systematically was TxDOT in mid-2002.  In early autumn that year TxDOT, which was then engaged in a major statewide guide sign sheeting upgrade (i.e., "kill all the button copy"), began publishing construction plans for freeway guide sign replacements which showed the signs (pattern-accurate) with Series E Modified but had notations on each sheet saying, in effect, "Use Expressway Clearview instead."  The first construction contract with pattern-accurate sign designs calling for Clearview was an El Paso District job advertised in June or July 2003.  In October 2003 TxDOT promulgated new traffic design standards calling for Clearview for all guide signing statewide.  At that time all of the TxDOT districts were given licenses for Clearview fonts and the majority opted to use them with SignCAD, which for a while was the only major sign design package with robust support for Clearview.  From early 2004, construction plans for TxDOT guide sign replacements showed Clearview more or less exclusively.

FHWA's interim approval for Clearview was not issued until September 2004.  Prior to that time PennDOT had applied at least once (I think twice) for permission to use Clearview, and FHWA initially responded with a refusal.  The relevant correspondence was posted on the ATSSA website at the time, and may still be available there.  My understanding is that at the time it applied, PennDOT had a number of Clearview signs around the state (as, for that matter, TxDOT also did in Texas, notably at the High Five), but these installations were considered experimental and PennDOT districts did not start rolling out Clearview systematically until FHWA approval was in hand.

PennDOT sponsored some of the initial research into Clearview at the PTRC at Penn State, but the primary impetus for federal approval of Clearview was the conclusion of H. Gene Hawkins' study into the comparative legibility of Clearview and Series E Modified at the TTI at Texas A&M.  I also understand that the Clearview typefaces did not settle into their final form until around the time this study was carried out.  Earlier versions of Clearview had thinner stroke widths and attracted criticism from the general public (not just roadgeeks).  The published literature is actually unclear as to whether the test results reported correspond to the Clearview versions currently used on signs.

I believe Michigan DOT didn't start using Clearview until FHWA approval was in hand.  This is hard to check against Michigan DOT construction plans, however, since they were not published online until early 2005.  Most other Clearview-using states, including Illinois and Arizona, did not begin their changeovers until later.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on November 28, 2011, 12:34:50 AM
Quote from: tdindy88 on November 27, 2011, 11:35:39 PM
I don't think Indiana has had any new button copy signs since at least 2000, and for a time of reference I have usually used the reconstruction of I-465 on the east side, which was finished in the first half of the 2000s. All signage along that way was replaced with reflective signage in Highway Gothic font (though the cardinal directions were all in the same size of lettering, unlike newer signs with the first letter being larger.)

As an aside, I do recall back in 2002 when the designation of the 465 "spur"/"dogleg" (original 465 before the stretch completing the loop from exits 20-25, whatever you want to call it) was changed to 865 that I was thrilled to see that a distance sign several miles north of there on the SB side of 65 was modified with a button-copy numeral 8 to read "I-865" and the distance, and that they found button-copy lettering to insert "TO" on the existing overhead signs for the exit when they changed from "465 East / 52 East" on two lines to "865 East TO 465 East" with the TO inserted.  It was nice attention to detail on INDOT's part.  Those signs only came down last year with the widening from 865 to Lebanon.

Projects like I-65 north of downtown Indy in the late 90s/early 00s included new reflective signs and the loss of button copy.  Before the rebuild of 465 on the west side, they only replaced certain signs like those related to the airport (new sign for 70 WB to include IND airport, old button copy sign still in place for 70 EB to downtown).  Now they are all new.

As far as the cardinal direction words and stuff, INDOT went through a funky phase in the past decade with some signs with too-large directions and too-small control cities.  Checking out the signs on intersecting roads for I-65/US 52 and just I-65 north of Indy shows a wide range of normal-looking and bonkers signs.  The most recent ones aren't bad.  Some of the ones that were one-offs for single-interchange projects are butt-ugly or distracting....makes you wish they kept the button copy!

Fortunately (imo) INDOT has resisted Clearview and the only Clearview to be seen in the state so far is a couple signs on the Toll Road and some orange signs about speeding in construction zones, which a contractor probably made (as there are specimens of those in Clearview, FHWA, Helvetica.....).  Yes, more Clearview in negative contrast.  How do they get away with that?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on November 28, 2011, 12:43:37 AM
While on button copy, Ohio, and so on, I thought of this one on US 30 WB just east of I-75.  It dates to the 1999 opening of that stretch of expressway.  It's a favorite of mine.  Button copy in the letters, numerals, arrows, I-shield outline, border....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net%2Fphotos-ak-ash1%2Fv157%2F43%2F53%2F13744468%2Fn13744468_38700988_4244.jpg&hash=2e8f51d7f95cab35223006b0b4b60ff1ad59ec4c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 28, 2011, 03:01:23 AM
too bad the Ohio shield is not button copy.  I don't think they ever bothered to make that outline. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 28, 2011, 04:17:05 AM
On Clearview + Button Copy, there are a few signs around Columbus that are full-reflective-sheeting except for the button-copy exit tabs, and I think one or two might be Clearview (in the main sign panel, not the button-copy exit tab).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on November 28, 2011, 07:25:12 AM
No, Ohio never did button copy outlines for State route shields.  And the last example of a Ohio US Shield button-copy outline that i know of, came down recently with the massive reconstruction of the I-71/I-670 interchanges
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on November 28, 2011, 08:43:18 AM
I have always been a little bit partial to Connecticut's fully reflectorized button copy signage:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FCT%2FI%2F691%2FI691_sign_night1.jpg&hash=3528d78534efb44307061807097892732edca766)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on November 28, 2011, 10:26:22 AM
Reflectorized button copy misses the point. Having a dark background allows for the button elements to come out more clearly.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 28, 2011, 05:55:37 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 28, 2011, 08:43:18 AM
I have always been a little bit partial to Connecticut's fully reflectorized button copy signage:

Same here. Sure they were a pain to read at night, but it was something different. I for one will miss them once they're all gone.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on November 28, 2011, 06:13:48 PM
I really like this font. This is just off I-95 southbound, VA Exit 33. Also nearby are two state-name I-95 shields.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NSV-4FAtdxg/TtQS9GaRRMI/AAAAAAAAAZk/S0s6QL4tnJ8/s640/2011-11-22%25252009.20.09.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on November 29, 2011, 06:31:19 AM
Looks like Series C to me. Although I've seen a lot of circular shields that use Series B instead.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on November 30, 2011, 04:32:02 PM
why isn't this thread in Traffic Control?  I keep getting confused looking for it there along with the Worst Of.

Edit: that's better :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on December 03, 2011, 01:59:01 AM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 28, 2011, 08:43:18 AM
I have always been a little bit partial to Connecticut's fully reflectorized button copy signage:

Love those!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wytout on December 03, 2011, 07:12:39 AM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 03, 2011, 01:59:01 AM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 28, 2011, 08:43:18 AM
I have always been a little bit partial to Connecticut's fully reflectorized button copy signage:

Love those!

I love older signage, but in this case, this stuff isn't too old.  None of the Reflectorized Button Copy is more than 25 years old, so I'm going to get right to the point and bash it.  Button Copy on Retroreflective backgrounds simply DOES NOT WORK. It's fine at first, but within a very short number of years, the buttons degrade significantly in brightness, while the sheeting retains most of it's brightness.  The result is essentially, text that LOOKS brown on top of a green background at night... and basically you can not read the signs period. 

The worst group of these in my area are currently still  in service in Hartford/W. Hartford on 1-84 E and W running between exits 44 and 48.  Almsot every signs buttons are so degraded the sign cannot be read at all at night becuase from a distance it's just a green glowing square/rectangle with brownish looking marks all over it.

I've often commented that if someone who is unfamiliar w/ the area is relying on those signs for for an exit, there's probably going to be a serious accident as that driver is suddenly challenged w/ having to put all his or her efforts into trying to see what the sign says.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HighwayMaster on December 08, 2011, 04:55:43 PM
Yeah, I love CT's old US and State shields on button copy.

Kinda looks like Florida's old SR graphics:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19570011i1.jpg)
(Michael Summa's photo)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on December 17, 2011, 08:05:48 PM
This is on eastbound VA 10, dating back to when I-95 was tolled. It's one of three remaining I know of with the Toll banner covered. The other two are both at VA 144 and are both much less faded. The photo is grainy because it's uncompressed.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XZrmBquy-6s/Tu0mCM6xm6I/AAAAAAAAAi8/PEmjuvMXMt0/s640/toll95.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on December 20, 2011, 11:32:27 AM
How recently were the tolls removed from VA I-95?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on December 20, 2011, 12:17:03 PM
About 20 years ago. The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike consisted of I-95 from just north of Richmond to Exit 51, and the northernmost few miles of I-85, so not all of I-95 had tolls. This shield is probably about 25, maybe close to 30 years old. I don't know exactly when VDOT started using this style, other than sometime in the 1980s. When the last section of I-95 was completed in Virginia in 1980-81, the shields posted then looked pretty much identical to my avatar, with the state name and all. Almost all of them are gone now. I know of two left, at Exit 33 (secondary route 602): one is on US 301 just before the intersection for 602 and one is at the intersection itself.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on December 20, 2011, 04:03:25 PM
Yup, it was in the early 1990s, I believe around 1992 after I-295 was completed. When I was in high school (Class of 1991) the tolls were still in place, as we encountered them on school trips down to the Richmond area. I remember that by the summer of 1993 they were gone because I was driving south to Myrtle Beach that May and was surprised not to encounter them. Sharp-eyed observers can still detect wider areas where the toll plazas used to be. One used to be just north of the Belvidere Street interchange in Richmond; a second was just south of the Chippenham Parkway interchange; and I believe the third one was just south of the Temple Avenue exit near Petersburg (I encountered that one far less often than the other two because when I was a kid we didn't normally go that far south). In all three cases if you look at a satellite view you can see how the pavement either still widens out (in the case of the middle toll plaza) or used to widen out (in the case of the Richmond one) where the toll plazas used to be. (The Petersburg one is less obvious because it's sort of in the middle of an interchange.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on December 20, 2011, 05:52:54 PM
There's another such sign on North 7th Street in Richmond, near the eastern I-95/I-64 interchange (it's just west of where VA 353 ends).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on December 24, 2011, 03:31:16 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Faz%2F93%2F89to71%2F2.jpg&hash=1311e6521fc06d57b0bbcbb9f752a4d5701609a4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on December 24, 2011, 04:02:08 PM
Best Clearview sign ever.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mapman1071 on December 24, 2011, 05:41:57 PM
Quote from: corco on December 24, 2011, 03:31:16 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Faz%2F93%2F89to71%2F2.jpg&hash=1311e6521fc06d57b0bbcbb9f752a4d5701609a4)

US93 (I-11) At or North of AZ89 Jct. ?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on December 24, 2011, 05:47:09 PM
Definitely not I-11, but it's on US-93 North at the railroad track crossing about 500 feet north of SR 89 around MP 193, so yes!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 24, 2011, 05:51:43 PM
I totally missed that one in October.  then again, I was driving southbound.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on December 24, 2011, 09:46:20 PM
Quote from: Takumi on December 24, 2011, 04:02:08 PM
Best Clearview sign ever.

Given how bad Clearview looks to me, improvement is hardly avoidable!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on December 24, 2011, 09:48:05 PM
Clearview doesn't have to look terrible–that's pretty good. The font is not too big, kerning is correct, and the outline shield of course is too cool. If only more states would implement Clearview correctly.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on December 24, 2011, 11:59:04 PM
Interesting that the numbers in the outline shield are not Clearview. Wonder why?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on December 25, 2011, 12:33:38 AM
QuoteInteresting that the numbers in the outline shield are not Clearview. Wonder why?

Arizona never does numbers in Clearview- in fact, I don't know of any state I've driven in that does normally do numbers in Clearview
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on December 25, 2011, 02:22:48 AM
Unless Jct is the name of a place or road, it should be written in all caps, preferably smaller than the city names.  Also, "never does numbers in Clearview"?  Those distances are in Clearview.  Perhaps you meant route numbers are never in Clearview.  By the way I've seen Clearview route numbers in Texas and Michigan, though in Michigan it's rarely done.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on December 25, 2011, 02:36:07 AM
Quote from: corco on December 25, 2011, 12:33:38 AM
QuoteInteresting that the numbers in the outline shield are not Clearview. Wonder why?

Arizona never does numbers in Clearview- in fact, I don't know of any state I've driven in that does normally do numbers in Clearview
Doesn't Michigan have I-96 shields in Clearview?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on December 25, 2011, 03:25:48 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Michigan_Day_2%2FImages%2F66.jpg&hash=7ee58ff9086786230d427a72622e4f1f0336bb1a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on December 25, 2011, 11:09:52 AM
Yeah. Michigan didn't get the memo that Clearview wasn't intended to be used for numerals in shields (as far as I know, anyway).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on December 25, 2011, 12:58:37 PM
QuoteUnless Jct is the name of a place or road, it should be written in all caps, preferably smaller than the city names.  Also, "never does numbers in Clearview"?  Those distances are in Clearview.  Perhaps you meant route numbers are never in Clearview.  By the way I've seen Clearview route numbers in Texas and Michigan, though in Michigan it's rarely done.

Hey, yeah, that's what I meant! I haven't seen any in Texas as far as I know, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 25, 2011, 01:07:56 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/064129.jpg)

it is non-standard, but shows up in Texas on occasion.  I think I've seen an independent-mount farm route shield as well with Clearview, but cannot confirm it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on December 25, 2011, 01:31:58 PM
Quote from: corco on December 25, 2011, 12:58:37 PMHey, yeah, that's what I meant! I haven't seen any in Texas as far as I know, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.

I haven't driven in Texas in (gasp) six years, but from time to time I see Clearview shield digits in TxDOT sign design sheets (11,923 collected to date).  Thankfully, this practice (which I think is fairly denominated as an error) is rare.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on December 25, 2011, 06:31:37 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 25, 2011, 11:09:52 AM
Yeah. Michigan didn't get the memo that Clearview wasn't intended to be used for numerals in shields (as far as I know, anyway).

The rule is not that Clearview is not to be used in shields, but rather that it is not to be used in negative contrast situations (dark text on light background) because, depending on the study, it is either just as good or worse than FHWA Series fonts in those situations. That rules out most shields, which are negative contrast applications. If states want to they can use Clearview on their Interstate shields to their heart's content, just not any other shield (except for CA and their positive-contrast state route shield). I imagine the reason you don't see it more often is a desire to use the same numbers on all shields or perhaps problems in getting Clearview to fit properly with the dimensions given in shield specifications.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on December 25, 2011, 06:57:35 PM
Quote from: corco on December 24, 2011, 05:47:09 PM
Definitely not I-11, but it's on US-93 North at the railroad track crossing about 500 feet north of SR 89 around MP 193, so yes!
Is that the only outline AZ-route shield you've seen, and do you think it's an outlier or a new standard?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 25, 2011, 07:06:04 PM
it was certainly an old standard:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19650891i1.jpg)

1971 photo, I think?

and they sometimes do randomly show up on modern installations...

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19650601i1.jpg)

I'm pretty sure this 71 is an outlier, as opposed to a reversion to a pre-1961 standard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on December 25, 2011, 07:29:39 PM
I've driven a little over half the state highway system and that's the first I've seen besides the Tempe one above
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on December 25, 2011, 09:57:02 PM
I think Michigan DOT stated when they adopted Clearview that they didn't intend to use it in route shields, even in positive contrast.  A few have appeared, but they are not the norm.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on December 26, 2011, 09:00:24 AM
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Up as of 10/09, replaced as of 5/11....

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Still up as of 10/09


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Still up as of 8/11
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JREwing78 on December 26, 2011, 10:19:28 AM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 25, 2011, 11:09:52 AM
Yeah. Michigan didn't get the memo that Clearview wasn't intended to be used for numerals in shields (as far as I know, anyway).

More like the contractor didn't get the memo. Typically, Michigan does NOT do this.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on December 28, 2011, 01:06:39 AM
I hereby dub that MA I-4895 sign "Methuselah". Can one of those good with with such things ID what year spec it is?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 28, 2011, 03:32:43 AM
Quote from: yakra on December 28, 2011, 01:06:39 AM
I hereby dub that MA I-4895 sign "Methuselah". Can one of those good with with such things ID what year spec it is?

it is either a 1956 or early 1957 spec, before the specification was formally finalized in July '57.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MA/MA19580901i1.jpg)

here is a better example of one.  note the larger red crown, the larger state name, and the number moved further down relative to a standard '57 spec.  MA is the state which used this style the longest (well into the 60s), while other states used it on occasion as well.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WA/WA19560901i1.jpg)

never mind the white square layout... that is generally the same spec I refer to.  

there was, until sometime between Feb and Apr 2010, an I-91, of the same spec as the 495, that survived in Springfield.  It was in much nicer condition.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: elsmere241 on December 28, 2011, 09:26:16 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_y6WgGVRBxYE%2FSEGI8RcWnUI%2FAAAAAAAABj8%2FdwWaH7E7-z8%2Fs320%2Fmaine.jpg&hash=73f7072fe1dd888934eebc99de98324ad565a8e5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on December 28, 2011, 03:32:22 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 25, 2011, 06:31:37 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 25, 2011, 11:09:52 AM
Yeah. Michigan didn't get the memo that Clearview wasn't intended to be used for numerals in shields (as far as I know, anyway).

The rule is not that Clearview is not to be used in shields, but rather that it is not to be used in negative contrast situations (dark text on light background) because, depending on the study, it is either just as good or worse than FHWA Series fonts in those situations. That rules out most shields, which are negative contrast applications. If states want to they can use Clearview on their Interstate shields to their heart's content, just not any other shield (except for CA and their positive-contrast state route shield). I imagine the reason you don't see it more often is a desire to use the same numbers on all shields or perhaps problems in getting Clearview to fit properly with the dimensions given in shield specifications.
I think it's the former. I've played around with Clearview, and found the default spacing between the characters is much greater than the comparable FHWA Series. In fact, I've found that with Clearview, I've got to make the spacing as low as -50 or -75 just to have comparable spacing with the FHWA Series.

Thus, what I've found is that most standard route shields are too narrow to work with Clearview at their default settings, so wider shields are required.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on December 28, 2011, 08:17:41 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on December 28, 2011, 09:26:16 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_y6WgGVRBxYE%2FSEGI8RcWnUI%2FAAAAAAAABj8%2FdwWaH7E7-z8%2Fs320%2Fmaine.jpg&hash=73f7072fe1dd888934eebc99de98324ad565a8e5)
Now I see those are in Maine (http://g.co/maps/d8uhs). My first inclination was New York (http://g.co/maps/kpekh), which to my knowledge is the only other state with all nine place names. Prove me wrong.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on December 29, 2011, 03:11:07 AM
Quote from: Steve on December 28, 2011, 08:17:41 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on December 28, 2011, 09:26:16 AM
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Now I see those are in Maine (http://g.co/maps/d8uhs). My first inclination was New York (http://g.co/maps/kpekh), which to my knowledge is the only other state with all nine place names. Prove me wrong.
Those are a famous sight here. Most o'the Maine Humah books or CDs that we sell to turists at Bean's are required by law to have a fisherman in a yellow rain slicka standin' nextta one o'these.

I just KNEW there had to be more than one of these, and elsmere241's example proved me right.
The one I'm familiar with is in South China, tucked at the 4-way jct of old 202/3/9/32.
(Link, location's a little off...) (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&sll=44.393986,-69.578782&sspn=0.022723,0.038581&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&ll=44.394328,-69.577918&spn=0.010242,0.038581&t=k&z=15&layer=c&cbll=44.393986,-69.578782&cbp=12,0,,0,0&photoid=po-62920968)
We still have directions to China proper, and traded Paris & Naples for Egypt & Lebanon. Egypt's not a municipality; looks like it's pointing to Egypt Bay @ the Hancock/Franklin line. Just for giggles, there's a sign for New Sweden upta County, also labeled as vanilla Sweden just to be confusing.

Time to have a little fun zeroing in on where the above example might be found.
Edit: Blammo! (http://maps.google.com/?q=stoneham+me+to+norway+me&ie=UTF8&ll=44.244031,-70.784655&spn=0.045562,0.077162&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=6&saddr=stoneham+me&daddr=norway+me&geocode=Fe80owIdlXzH-ykTJI6_MMezTDH3joByYmTl2Q%3BFcWmogIdVpLL-yk317maokqyTDHhi3_hCtL-tQ&layer=c&cbll=44.244119,-70.784847&panoid=MldZ-YsNNqC1CRp10hnqqA&cbp=12,69.1,,1,6.84)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adt1982 on December 29, 2011, 09:58:23 AM
I spotted this interesting sign on the Kickapoo-Edwards Road between I-74 exit 82 and US 150 west of Peoria on Tuesday.  It appears to be very new, as street view shows a proper shield, and does not have any markings at all on the back.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 29, 2011, 11:28:28 AM
Quote from: adt1982 on December 29, 2011, 09:58:23 AM
I spotted this interesting sign on the Kickapoo-Edwards Road between I-74 exit 82 and US 150 west of Peoria on Tuesday.  It appears to be very new, as street view shows a proper shield, and does not have any markings at all on the back.

that's in Illinois, isn't it?  if so, that is something new for that state.  Indiana more-than-occasionally puts up a cutout like that (no border, intended for green guide sign use) on a surface-mount post, but this is the first I've heard of Illy doing it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adt1982 on December 29, 2011, 12:27:26 PM
Yes, it's Illinois.  This is the first cutout I can ever recall seeing in Illinois.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 29, 2011, 02:50:57 PM
Quote from: adt1982 on December 29, 2011, 12:27:26 PM
Yes, it's Illinois.  This is the first cutout I can ever recall seeing in Illinois.

this one is, incredibly enough, still around.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19380671i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on December 29, 2011, 06:16:21 PM
That thing looks mutated. If someone tries to take it down, it just might attack them!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adt1982 on December 29, 2011, 08:05:15 PM
Where is that 67 shield?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 29, 2011, 08:22:49 PM
southbound coming in from Iowa at the state line.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on December 29, 2011, 08:24:59 PM
Davenport-Rock Island (the Quad Cities)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on December 29, 2011, 09:42:02 PM
Quote from: adt1982 on December 29, 2011, 08:05:15 PM
Where is that 67 shield?

Centennial Bridge, in the Quad Cities as stated by others.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on December 30, 2011, 01:50:02 AM
I wish there were more erroneous cutout shields out there. Even better if they accidentally were given a black border, too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on December 30, 2011, 04:44:31 AM
Quote from: Quillz on December 30, 2011, 01:50:02 AM
I wish there were more erroneous cutout shields out there. Even better if they accidentally were given a black border, too.
And better yet, if they were accidentally included in the MUTCD! :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on December 30, 2011, 07:48:13 AM
Still up as of 10/09
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Still up as of August
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on January 03, 2012, 10:16:11 PM
Found another AZ outline shield today on SR 89 in Prescott
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fazoutline.jpg&hash=4793478470721d035c93dba7b1d9e9a12a01a7c6)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on January 04, 2012, 03:58:53 AM
I see that sign also has an outer green border. Generally, signs that are bordered in white don't need a second one, as white is visible at night.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on January 04, 2012, 12:59:03 PM
Quote from: Quillz on January 04, 2012, 03:58:53 AMI see that sign also has an outer green border. Generally, signs that are bordered in white don't need a second one, as white is visible at night.

Yup, but that is the Arizona DOT standard for conventional-road D-series signing.  It is generally freeway guide signs (including crossroads signs mounted over or beside roads interchanging with a freeway) which get white borders running out to the outside edge of the sign panel.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on January 04, 2012, 08:08:10 PM
Downtown Montpelier, VT
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Somewhere in the middle of nowhere....
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 04, 2012, 08:49:34 PM
I head that Business Spur 495 sign is gone.  is it still around?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on January 04, 2012, 09:21:11 PM
Dont know...those piccys were from my trip up there back in May of '09.....so it wouldnt surprise me
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on January 04, 2012, 10:02:36 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 04, 2012, 08:49:34 PM
I head that Business Spur 495 sign is gone.  is it still around?

Yup, gone as of at least August of 2010 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2017.msg71929#msg71929).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 06, 2012, 06:05:05 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdb.tt%2FJRSI1mwZ&hash=d07b4381a522681a28c4b0a2d73e9be9fd09aa27)

I-71 SB rest area in Delaware County, Ohio. I like the font on the lower sign.  The consistent stroke width lets it go well with the standard font, not to mention a sign border.  Also, that horizontal line does a good job of separating the two sentences, unlike the newer, run-on sign above it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on January 07, 2012, 06:55:48 AM
Do you happen to know what font that is? I feel I've seen it before but can't remember what it's called.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 07, 2012, 10:41:05 AM
Quote from: Quillz on January 07, 2012, 06:55:48 AM
Do you happen to know what font that is? I feel I've seen it before but can't remember what it's called.

The only thing that springs to mind is that I had some school lockers back in the 1980s that used that typeface for the numbers.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on January 07, 2012, 01:57:58 PM
Quote from: Quillz on January 07, 2012, 06:55:48 AM
Do you happen to know what font that is? I feel I've seen it before but can't remember what it's called.

Ditto that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on January 16, 2012, 10:33:44 AM
I've always been a fan of the older-style Massachusetts BGS.

This one's on the ramp from the Mass Pike to MA 128/I-95:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Feasternma-20120114%2FDSCF0057-640.jpg&hash=8ad9ca6e2b94f94ea206d0b445ac3e603bac41f8)

And this one was a bit further north:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Feasternma-20120114%2FDSCF0060-640.jpg&hash=46e2952c43701c4db683bad1fba8f372d73ce001)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on January 24, 2012, 01:01:27 AM
I love the old signs (like the MA128 examples) where the lettering looks positively 3D!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on January 25, 2012, 04:25:13 PM
Faded unisign in Richmond

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--P8hcengflk/TyBeGPzR_9I/AAAAAAAAA3A/iMV5zdXjeOI/s816/2012-01-24_15-57-32_340.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 26, 2012, 01:03:11 PM
King of Prussia, PA
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Burlington, NJ
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Both still alive as of late last year.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 26, 2012, 09:14:16 PM
This sign just made me smile.

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ici on fait de la neige - here we make snow (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8555671@N05/2419209245/in/photostream/) by myrique baumier at Flickr.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 26, 2012, 09:21:51 PM
Strange. My first thought was a telescope.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 26, 2012, 09:27:31 PM
and I thought it was an avalanche gun!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: sandwalk on January 27, 2012, 10:50:32 AM
Snow machine for a ski resort?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on January 27, 2012, 07:54:12 PM
My first thought was fireworks. Then I noticed that they were snowflakes.
It's a cryptic sign, certainly.

This from the same province which has signs denoting pictorially that trucks must take a shower.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on January 29, 2012, 01:24:57 PM
I guess it's Quebec's way of saying:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20100730%2Fsnowmaking.jpg&hash=a01a27b1a889e71568c1ca7466d23f1ac8d6bed2)

This one's on I-35 in southern Minnesota.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 29, 2012, 03:48:12 PM
Quote from: Jim on January 29, 2012, 01:24:57 PM
I guess it's Quebec's way of saying:

<Watch for icy pavement ski area snowmaking when flashing sign>


I figured the same thing as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on January 29, 2012, 04:21:33 PM
Quote from: Jim on January 16, 2012, 10:33:44 AM
I've always been a fan of the older-style Massachusetts BGS.

This one's on the ramp from the Mass Pike to MA 128/I-95:

And this one was a bit further north:


Actually the two come from different sources.  The ones that are all button copy except the shields are MassPike signs; their last sign replacement (90s) on the Boston extension and intersecting roads at interchanges was button copy except for shields, which is exactly the opposite of what MassHighway (formerly DPW, later MassDOT) did at the same time, with button copy ONLY inside I-shields as seen in the second pic.  There are still a lot of specimens of the button copy shields out there in Mass but they are starting to disappear as they have gotten aggressive replacing signs in some places that really didn't need it yet (like 128/95 in Burlington/Winchester/Woburn, whose signs were 90s installs and were still in fine shape) relative to some that do need it that still haven't been replaced elsewhere.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 03, 2012, 05:01:04 PM
OK, so it's not in the U.S., but I just got a kick out of this one.....
You just don't see too many place names beginning with the letters Kg around here, do ya?
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-28.415711,21.239147&spn=0.000302,0.153637&t=m&z=13&layer=c&cbll=-28.415641,21.206166&panoid=aRdvXhvEF-11krm71yuYMg&cbp=12,333.44,,2,-0.92
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 03, 2012, 05:14:17 PM
And this one,,,,also not in the U.S.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=26.697772,142.159567&spn=0.000153,0.076818&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=26.697838,142.143167&panoid=aqxmDdQ3ovQ1mh7xjE6eXw&cbp=12,159.58,,2,-5.29 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=26.697772,142.159567&spn=0.000153,0.076818&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=26.697838,142.143167&panoid=aqxmDdQ3ovQ1mh7xjE6eXw&cbp=12,159.58,,2,-5.29)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: xonhulu on February 07, 2012, 02:30:30 AM
I'd recommend against littering in Clackamas County, Oregon . . .

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: texaskdog on February 07, 2012, 01:18:05 PM
dang forgot how to post a pic
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 07, 2012, 02:27:19 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on February 07, 2012, 01:18:05 PM
dang forgot how to post a pic


Upload it to a site like Photobucket or another site that allows direct linking to images, then wrap the image's URL in "IMG" tags here (if you're using Photobucket, it will give you the option just to select the URL already formatted with "IMG" tags and you can just paste that here).

You can't post an image that you haven't uploaded to the Internet somewhere.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on February 07, 2012, 02:59:23 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FRRsignRustButtonCopy.jpg&hash=acee21957c60a083929988ee86b404fd83d2cc1f)

It's in Florida.

A piece of rail is the post, and it has a 10-sided metal panel behind it. It was also posted on a swale by a nice gentleman's house who was kind enough to chit-chat about it and pointed me to other relics about town.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FRRsignSidePost.jpg&hash=eca6d79a53706e6417aab3cc18e4c971497034be)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 07, 2012, 03:24:51 PM
can you get a photo of the backplate?  looks porcelain to me, which made my first guess California. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on February 07, 2012, 03:37:33 PM
Here you go...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FRRsignBackTenSided.jpg&hash=7317f4ba75a1ee0fbcc80b8f6b3ac4392d5841dc)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 07, 2012, 04:24:18 PM
excellent!  definitely does not look like a standard California product.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on February 07, 2012, 08:00:08 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 07, 2012, 02:59:23 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FRRsignRustButtonCopy.jpg&hash=acee21957c60a083929988ee86b404fd83d2cc1f)

It's in Florida.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnj%2Fpassaic%2Frxr.jpg&hash=95077e3370500d10da3e55d1a714ba9d26b225f6)

It's in Jersey.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on February 10, 2012, 07:02:14 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on April 23, 2011, 05:19:13 PM
Fall River, MA...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.static.flickr.com%2F5025%2F5646853121_5816592113_z.jpg&hash=dec826dad8548b3b84b084f199f06766498e97af)
Wow!  Growing up in the Bay State during the 70s, I saw a lot of those style guidance signs replaced with the square/rectangular ones over the years.  What's unique/unusual about that 138 sign is that the numeral font for 138 is in the FWHA font (series D) rather than the state-styled (forget the name) font that was more common with these older signs.  love the old-style arrow.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on February 11, 2012, 08:51:35 AM
I don't have a pic, but right now I'm watching an episode of the PBS series "Tracks Ahead," and they're covering the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. Some of the footage of railroad crossings includes some non-standard crossbuck signs with flourescent red lettering, rather than black, and a vertical YEILD sign going down the pole with chevrons on both sides, both of which are in the same flourescent red.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 11, 2012, 09:56:26 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on February 11, 2012, 08:51:35 AM
I don't have a pic, but righr now I'm watching an episode of the PBS series "Tracks Ahead," and they're covering the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. Some of the footage of railroad crossings includes some non-standard crossbuck signs with flourescent red lettering, rather than black, and a vertical YEILD sign going down the pole with chevrons on both sides, both of which are in the same flourescent red.

Ahhh, you are referring to the Buckeye Crossbuck....it was a modified RR Crossing sign implemented jointly by ODOT, Conrail, NS and CSX to attempt to reduce car/train collisions..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37054594@N06/3427449340/

from Wikipedia: A special kind of crossing sign assembly was introduced on an experimental basis in Ohio in 1992, the "Buckeye Crossbuck". It includes an enhanced crossbuck, reflective and with red lettering, and also a reflective plate reading "YIELD" below the crossbuck, whose sides are bent backwards in order to catch and reflect at a right angle the light of an approaching train. The experiment's final report gave the device a favorable review.[1] However, the plate was rejected for inclusion in the 2003 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

and they have been slowly coming down, replaced by more conventional crossbucks...i have the red crossbuck myself, but don't have the special Yield-chevron plate
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fbuckeyecrossbucks.jpg&hash=7638fc6ee2f94ed462fdafed33ab8df77f7020e2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on February 11, 2012, 10:12:41 AM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 11, 2012, 09:56:26 AM
Ahhh, you are referring to the Buckeye Crossbuck....it was a modified RR Crossing sign implemented jointly by ODOT, Conrail, NS and CSX to attempt to reduce car/train collisions..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37054594@N06/3427449340/
That's it. I tried to look for it on Wikipedia, but I never found it.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 11, 2012, 12:39:13 PM
Glad to help!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 11, 2012, 01:07:54 PM
I don't think I've seen any Buckeye Crossbucks on my job, in which I frequently encounter NS (and to a lesser extent CSX and W&LE) railroad tracks, but I'll be on the lookout...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on February 11, 2012, 10:24:52 PM
Still a few here and there in the CVNP on the Scenic Railroad line.  Quite a few have been replaced with gates/lights the last few years, but a few Buckeye Crossbucks remain like this one at Station Road.  Being a station stop, the trains don't go through very fast.  In fact, they usually are stopped across the crossing while stopped at this station.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc6%2F264645_10100586291783498_13744468_60567973_7690118_n.jpg&hash=6fe235132801c246588aa9effa1bdb677eb70376)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on February 11, 2012, 11:40:43 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 11, 2012, 09:56:26 AM...However, the plate was rejected for inclusion in the 2003 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

and they have been slowly coming down, replaced by more conventional crossbucks...

Yet one more reason to detest the anal-retentive one-size-should-fit-all national MUTCD. That's a perfectly good signage practice.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 11, 2012, 11:43:09 PM
Now I'm sure I've seen a few of those around, but not recently, and I can't remember where.  I never took much notice before because I didn't realize they were anything unusual.

I'm guessing the feds didn't like that much red on a sign that doesn't require a stop, or prohibit anything.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on February 12, 2012, 10:37:32 AM
Quote from: vtk on February 11, 2012, 11:43:09 PM
I'm guessing the feds didn't like that much red on a sign that doesn't require a stop, or prohibit anything.

Yield is red too, and it did say Yield. 

The angled reflective parts to shine headlight reflections between locomotive and car were a good idea; it's too bad the Buckeye Crossbuck wasn't allowed as an option. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on February 12, 2012, 02:20:31 PM
Quote from: vtk on February 11, 2012, 11:43:09 PM
I'm guessing the feds didn't like that much red on a sign that doesn't require a stop, or prohibit anything.

Except that the 2009 MUTCD now requires a stop or yield sign on all passive railroad crossings (i.e. those not controlled by lights and/or gate arms).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 12, 2012, 08:26:20 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on February 10, 2012, 07:02:14 PM
What's unique/unusual about that 138 sign is that the numeral font for 138 is in the FWHA font (series D) rather than the state-styled (forget the name) font that was more common with these older signs. 

also, the destinations are in Series A, which is very rare in Mass.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on February 12, 2012, 10:38:32 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on February 11, 2012, 10:24:52 PM
Still a few here and there in the CVNP on the Scenic Railroad line.  Quite a few have been replaced with gates/lights the last few years, but a few Buckeye Crossbucks remain like this one at Station Road.  Being a station stop, the trains don't go through very fast.  In fact, they usually are stopped across the crossing while stopped at this station.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc6%2F264645_10100586291783498_13744468_60567973_7690118_n.jpg&hash=6fe235132801c246588aa9effa1bdb677eb70376)
If the first thing you saw is the railroad, you're on the wrong forum
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on February 13, 2012, 06:48:45 PM
I hope someone from AABike Paths can supply us with more information about the bicycle.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 13, 2012, 08:11:34 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 13, 2012, 06:48:45 PM
I hope someone from AABike Paths can supply us with more information about the bicycle.
As soon as everyone from AARoads is an expert on cars.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on February 13, 2012, 10:40:44 PM
Here's one on an actual road.
http://g.co/maps/fm6h5
Mind you this one won't be around for long either. This crossing is now scheduled to get gates and lights this year.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on February 13, 2012, 11:14:28 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on February 13, 2012, 10:40:44 PM
Here's one on an actual road.
http://g.co/maps/fm6h5
Mind you this one won't be around for long either. This crossing is now scheduled to get gates and lights this year.

Well, the one pictured earlier IS on an actual road (end of Valley Parkway at the Station Road parking lot/train station/trailhead, no street view but this is the location (http://g.co/maps/aafzv)).

The main attraction around there, beside the Buckeye Crossbuck, is the old Station Road bridge, paved in wood blocks.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on February 14, 2012, 11:53:15 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on February 13, 2012, 11:14:28 PM
The main attraction around there, beside the Buckeye Crossbuck, is the old Station Road bridge, paved in wood blocks.

Station Road? Been there, done that.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Flast2004%2Fstation1.jpg&hash=9b0bdc47d90078ba7b1fa47eedbc140dbdeffa3b)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Flast2004%2Fold82br.jpg&hash=3e904851187556a9b1855ac76e876bebccc513d4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 17, 2012, 08:24:02 PM
Quote from: Quillz on December 30, 2011, 01:50:02 AM
I wish there were more erroneous cutout shields out there. Even better if they accidentally were given a black border, too.

two just got put up in Orogrande, NM.  I do not have the pictures uploaded yet, but they are made to NM green sign standard with a black border going all the way out to the edge.  Like this one shown below, except with two mounting holes for a post mount, not several around the perimeter.  One in each direction on opposite ends of town.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NM/NM19850541i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 20, 2012, 09:48:30 PM
Framingham, MA (taken December 2011):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7198%2F6913580061_2f8943d5a0_z.jpg&hash=23e9a9800a8fde09a7afc5b4d110131819782415)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7060%2F6913590555_61ea9e39b2_z.jpg&hash=c28afa79aaa3af0a1cf1c043f8854accc077ee66)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2012, 12:15:05 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on February 20, 2012, 09:48:30 PM
Framingham, MA (taken December 2011):
[9 and 30]

I've always wondered if those 9 and 30 shields were modern replacements for older rectangular shields (maybe 24x18 in size or so)

I know there used to be some 60 rectangular shields, on all-caps button copy guide signs at the infamous "Arlmont" exit on MA-2 as recently as 2007....

but I think they got replaced.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 21, 2012, 06:25:59 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2012, 12:15:05 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on February 20, 2012, 09:48:30 PM
Framingham, MA (taken December 2011):
[9 and 30]

I've always wondered if those 9 and 30 shields were modern replacements for older rectangular shields (maybe 24x18 in size or so)

I think they might be replacements, because when I zoom in on the right sign, I can see the outline of where the old shield used to be.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 21, 2012, 08:34:32 AM
Ooh, all D-mod!  And skeletal button copy on the arrows too!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on February 21, 2012, 09:18:21 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2012, 12:15:05 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on February 20, 2012, 09:48:30 PM
Framingham, MA (taken December 2011):
[9 and 30]
I've always wondered if those 9 and 30 shields were modern replacements for older rectangular shields (maybe 24x18 in size or so)

Those definititely are; the square shields look disproportionately large with respect to the rest of the sign lettering (in all CAPS).  One reason why one may not see a 'shadow' of the old rectangular shields is probably due to the newer square shields are larger; side dimensions (new) > rectangular dimension (old).

Along US 20 in Sturbridge, the exit signs for Route 49 all have newer but smaller 49 shields which clearly show the shadow of the old shields.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wytout on February 21, 2012, 07:07:57 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2012, 12:15:05 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on February 20, 2012, 09:48:30 PM
Framingham, MA (taken December 2011):
[9 and 30]

I've always wondered if those 9 and 30 shields were modern replacements for older rectangular shields (maybe 24x18 in size or so)

I know there used to be some 60 rectangular shields, on all-caps button copy guide signs at the infamous "Arlmont" exit on MA-2 as recently as 2007....

but I think they got replaced.

You mean like this... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ma+49+at+us+20&hl=en&ll=42.128912,-72.049381&spn=0.006588,0.013937&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.884801,112.587891&hnear=U.S.+20+%26+Massachusetts+49,+Sturbridge,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01566&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.128043,-72.049374&panoid=aJp1V3H_q94IaVriaLVwJQ&cbp=12,48.98,,0,9.32

Headed EB on US to The 49 is a a shield Taller than it is wide and the numbers are squished together.  The shield is old and yellowed (don't have my own photo)  the sign that faces WB 20 has a replacement Mass square 49 shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2012, 07:38:48 PM
Quote from: wytout on February 21, 2012, 07:07:57 PM
You mean like this... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ma+49+at+us+20&hl=en&ll=42.128912,-72.049381&spn=0.006588,0.013937&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.884801,112.587891&hnear=U.S.+20+%26+Massachusetts+49,+Sturbridge,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01566&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.128043,-72.049374&panoid=aJp1V3H_q94IaVriaLVwJQ&cbp=12,48.98,,0,9.32

Headed EB on US to The 49 is a a shield Taller than it is wide and the numbers are squished together.  The shield is old and yellowed (don't have my own photo)  the sign that faces WB 20 has a replacement Mass square 49 shield.

nope; I meant the opposite orientation.  wider than tall.  that taller-than-wide looks extra goofy and I wouldn't be surprised if a MassDOT employee rotated the blank incorrectly before applying the numbers.

I mean this:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MA/MA19620601i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on February 22, 2012, 12:12:26 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on February 21, 2012, 09:18:21 AMAlong US 20 in Sturbridge, the exit signs for Route 49 all have newer but smaller 49 shields which clearly show the shadow of the old shields.

Quote from: wytout on February 21, 2012, 07:07:57 PMYou mean like this... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ma+49+at+us+20&hl=en&ll=42.128912,-72.049381&spn=0.006588,0.013937&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.884801,112.587891&hnear=U.S.+20+%26+Massachusetts+49,+Sturbridge,+Worcester,+Massachusetts+01566&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.128043,-72.049374&panoid=aJp1V3H_q94IaVriaLVwJQ&cbp=12,48.98,,0,9.32

Headed EB on US to The 49 is a a shield Taller than it is wide and the numbers are squished together.  The shield is old and yellowed (don't have my own photo)  the sign that faces WB 20 has a replacement Mass square 49 shield.
That was one of the signs I was refering to.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2012, 07:38:48 PMnope; I meant the opposite orientation.  wider than tall.  that taller-than-wide looks extra goofy and I wouldn't be surprised if a MassDOT employee rotated the blank incorrectly before applying the numbers.

I mean this:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MA/MA19620601i1.jpg)
IIRC, that shield was replaced the original shield in the 1980s.  The signboard and lettering itself is probably from the late 60s.  The original Route 60 shield was more beige and had smaller-sized numerals with a thin black shield border.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 22, 2012, 11:09:08 PM
Old yellow STOP sign in Rensselaerville, NY:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7039%2F6776080504_fee76c33b8_z.jpg&hash=6ffd70826a914954f53b03e5f9129317b910015d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on February 22, 2012, 11:30:21 PM
Oh, wow, that's real nice. Do you know what era that's from? I'd guess maybe the 1940s or early 1950s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 23, 2012, 06:21:51 AM
Nice sign, Ian, and a great find! 

1948-61 would be when this sign was legal as yellow (I would guess it looks too new to have been out that long, so probably new-old stock...or a professional repaint)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dougtone on February 23, 2012, 07:10:24 AM
Quote from: ctsignguy on January 04, 2012, 09:21:11 PM
Dont know...those piccys were from my trip up there back in May of '09.....so it wouldnt surprise me

The US 202 shield in Winchendon has been replaced as of 10/11.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 23, 2012, 10:55:44 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on February 23, 2012, 07:10:24 AM

The US 202 shield in Winchendon has been replaced as of 10/11.

crap... that was the only '48-spec oversize white square marker I knew of surviving in Mass. 

does the white 1959 guide sign on mainline 202 survive?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 23, 2012, 11:00:16 AM
the stop sign is indeed 1948 spec, and holding up preternaturally well.  the oldest it would be is about 1943 when the FHWA fonts were first being experimented with.

the 1954 addendum to the MUTCD specified that all new stop signs be red with white legend, while the formal 1961 revision made it mandatory that yellow ones be actively replaced.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rover_0 on February 24, 2012, 05:11:12 PM
A little off-topic, but with a recent drug bust (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19345949) in the St. George, Utah area (on I-15), a picture is shown with the goods alongside a police dog and an Interstate 15 sign. What's of note is that it has the "UTAH" above the number, and, from the angle the sign is placed at and the resulting flash, it could be fairly new. It could just be an older sign in fairly good shape, but I found it interesting and worth noting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on February 24, 2012, 08:03:16 PM
Quote from: Rover_0 on February 24, 2012, 05:11:12 PM
A little off-topic, but with a recent drug bust (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19345949) in the St. George, Utah area (on I-15), a picture is shown with the goods alongside a police dog and an Interstate 15 sign. What's of note is that it has the "UTAH" above the number, and, from the angle the sign is placed at and the resulting flash, it could be fairly new. It could just be an older sign in fairly good shape, but I found it interesting and worth noting.

What did he do, steal the sign too? Of course for Jake, that sign is more intoxicating than anything they found in the car.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on February 25, 2012, 05:28:19 AM
Yeah, I was really wondering what the deal was with the Interstate shield in the car. Maybe he was a true roadgeek.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 25, 2012, 07:54:58 AM
interestingly, I am in St. George as we speak... we haven't seen anything like it in the wild yet.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on February 25, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 24, 2012, 08:03:16 PM
Quote from: Rover_0 on February 24, 2012, 05:11:12 PM
A little off-topic, but with a recent drug bust (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19345949) in the St. George, Utah area (on I-15), a picture is shown with the goods alongside a police dog and an Interstate 15 sign. What's of note is that it has the "UTAH" above the number, and, from the angle the sign is placed at and the resulting flash, it could be fairly new. It could just be an older sign in fairly good shape, but I found it interesting and worth noting.

What did he do, steal the sign too? Of course for Jake, that sign is more intoxicating than anything they found in the car.

I think the Utah Cops are hoarding all the non-neutered Utah signs.  Who would YOU call if you saw a policeman unbolting an interstate sign and wanted to report them?   :sombrero: 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 25, 2012, 03:35:02 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on February 25, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 24, 2012, 08:03:16 PM
Quote from: Rover_0 on February 24, 2012, 05:11:12 PM
A little off-topic, but with a recent drug bust (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19345949) in the St. George, Utah area (on I-15), a picture is shown with the goods alongside a police dog and an Interstate 15 sign. What's of note is that it has the "UTAH" above the number, and, from the angle the sign is placed at and the resulting flash, it could be fairly new. It could just be an older sign in fairly good shape, but I found it interesting and worth noting.

What did he do, steal the sign too? Of course for Jake, that sign is more intoxicating than anything they found in the car.

I think the Utah Cops are hoarding all the non-neutered Utah signs.  Who would YOU call if you saw a policeman unbolting an interstate sign and wanted to report them?   :sombrero: 

UDOT? Cops can't make money pulling people over if UDOT closes the road until they get their signs back. :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on March 01, 2012, 01:48:32 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 23, 2012, 06:21:51 AM
Nice sign, Ian, and a great find! 

1948-61 would be when this sign was legal as yellow (I would guess it looks too new to have been out that long, so probably new-old stock...or a professional repaint)
I've seen variations that include both color schemes. The word "STOP" would be red with white lettering, while the top and bottom that say "Thru"(top) and "Traffic"(bottom), or other messages would be yellow with black lettering.

If I had a place for it, I wouldn't mind buying my own, or having one custom made.

:-P


Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 02, 2012, 07:52:41 PM
Lambertville, NJ

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7062%2F6801566288_4615a406d0_z.jpg&hash=717c101796423f46f5a8b1e1ca8dfc93c655cf0c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: rickmastfan67 on March 03, 2012, 09:45:13 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on February 27, 2011, 11:51:27 PM
Old classic PA Turnpike shield:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv645%2Frickmastfan67%2FInterstates%2FPA%2FUS-19%2FP1000317s.jpg&hash=024ece3739a866a89dab20e154986ecfe0cda81d)

Unfortunately, it might not survive much longer (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1930.0). :(

RIP. :-( The sign got eliminated last week when the Construction crews started tearing up the ground to expand the road in it's area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on March 04, 2012, 12:23:11 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash4%2F417596_10151355953135554_744550553_23041389_1378958417_n.jpg&hash=1d2581870e382abf0ea2a1d894bd43169fc75f03)

Delta, LA. Crappy Google Maps image from June of 2008. I must go there and see if this sign is still there.

EDIT: Went back there today. Guess what's still there:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff50%2FSanctimoniously%2FIMGP0039.jpg%3Ft%3D1330893624&hash=51e16cc2910131dd12b026719bbbdab8d847b58a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff50%2FSanctimoniously%2FIMGP0040.jpg%3Ft%3D1330893629&hash=0b241ccb97e6cb46e619f2fc9058f48e9353f5de)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff50%2FSanctimoniously%2FIMGP0042.jpg%3Ft%3D1330893644&hash=e20776083cff578608608375b004ec8e0bb1b21e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brian556 on March 04, 2012, 07:53:47 PM
QuoteEDIT: Went back there today. Guess what's still there:
Did you notice the round wood stop sign at this location?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: blawp on March 04, 2012, 08:17:24 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images101/us-101_nb_exit_066b_02.jpg)

Drove past this one today, but snagged the photo from aaroads. Looks like the pavement was redone in the area recently, and many signs have been replaced, but this one still stands. I love it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on March 04, 2012, 08:20:32 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 04, 2012, 07:53:47 PM
QuoteEDIT: Went back there today. Guess what's still there:
Did you notice the round wood stop sign at this location?

This one?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff50%2FSanctimoniously%2FIMGP0041.jpg%3Ft%3D1330893640&hash=cc945ea92310a2c5a4079cc92c16fccba0d11553)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on March 15, 2012, 05:52:58 PM
I took a picture of this sign myself, but it's easier if I just link to this one at Dale's US Ends site:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usends.com%2F90-99%2F093%2Fbegin093s_wb_app.jpg&hash=398fee7e9b0bdcfc271ca04803cd8a0ee3dbe5fc)

I think it's great; it's part road sign and part Southwestern interpretive roadside art like you find so often in Arizona. It evokes for me some kind of stylized crested desert chicken, gazing off over the horizon toward Kingman.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on March 15, 2012, 07:42:32 PM
A decidedly nonstandard pedestrian crossing sign, courtesy of NYCDOT:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg690.imageshack.us%2Fimg690%2F2434%2Fpc0506.jpg&hash=a9850a6224336dd9fad18e7fff45f82e70d54f72)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brian556 on March 15, 2012, 09:14:37 PM
 
QuoteThis one?
The one on the right.
The million dollar question is: Where the heck did it come from?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on March 15, 2012, 09:34:19 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 15, 2012, 05:52:58 PM
I took a picture of this sign myself, but it's easier if I just link to this one at Dale's US Ends site:
[Desert chicken roundabout diagrammatic]

I think it's great; it's part road sign and part Southwestern interpretive roadside art like you find so often in Arizona. It evokes for me some kind of stylized crested desert chicken, gazing off over the horizon toward Kingman.

That's already been featured and discussed at great length, possibly in the Worst thread. It's not without its problems.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 15, 2012, 10:41:21 PM
Quote from: blawp on March 04, 2012, 08:17:24 PM
[business and fwy 101]

Drove past this one today, but snagged the photo from aaroads. Looks like the pavement was redone in the area recently, and many signs have been replaced, but this one still stands. I love it.

I believe the only other surviving one is Eureka.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on March 16, 2012, 10:44:41 AM
Quote from: vtk on March 15, 2012, 09:34:19 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 15, 2012, 05:52:58 PM
I took a picture of this sign myself, but it's easier if I just link to this one at Dale's US Ends site:
[Desert chicken roundabout diagrammatic]

I think it's great; it's part road sign and part Southwestern interpretive roadside art like you find so often in Arizona. It evokes for me some kind of stylized crested desert chicken, gazing off over the horizon toward Kingman.

That's already been featured and discussed at great length, possibly in the Worst thread. It's not without its problems.

Oh yeah, I posted it over there too, didn't I?  :banghead: I either a) am getting old, or b) have a flexible opinion on whether it belong under Worst or Best.  :-/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on March 16, 2012, 01:05:37 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 15, 2012, 09:14:37 PM
The million dollar question is: Where the heck did it come from?

I'm not sure. It might have been used to close the bridge in the past if it ever needed to be, and was just hanging around when they permanently closed it to traffic, so LADOTD just decided to use it as well. Then, they could have realized the railroad portion still needed to be inspected, so they moved it aside to open part of a lane to get an inspection crew through. Or something like that.

I also want to know what used to be to the left of the word "VEHICLES" on the sign in my OP. From some angles, it looks like letters were removed, but nothing can be seen on the closeup.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 16, 2012, 02:05:40 PM
my guess, based solely on word width, is that the missing word is COMMERCIAL.  I figure they realized non-commercial vehicles (RVs, mainly) can be more than 8 feet wide as well and took off the copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on March 16, 2012, 10:26:34 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 16, 2012, 02:05:40 PM
my guess, based solely on word width, is that the missing word is COMMERCIAL.  I figure they realized non-commercial vehicles (RVs, mainly) can be more than 8 feet wide as well and took off the copy.

That sounds about right. I was guessing something along those lines, but for some reason could never find the actual word.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on March 29, 2012, 11:21:20 PM
When my family and I went to Tahoe last month, I spotted some really nice signs in the Sacramento area.

The signs on this gantry along US-50/Business 80 in Sacramento looks really nice in my opinion. I like how the control cities are placed on the middle sign. Looks very neat in my opinion. The 50 east pull-through doesn't look bad either.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7093%2F6882350906_4e1359b21c_c.jpg&hash=fa9643c2051b370c3cd18a0fe75c82be2cdfda1e)

Less than a mile away is my first arrow-per-lane diagrammatic sign. Looks very nice in my opinion. Never saw one of these in the Bay Area.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7209%2F6882360724_a30bf5c6b8_c.jpg&hash=947d71bdef0441913ff83417ac2816f9c57c8d55)

Further up the freeway at Exit 9 (CA-16 Howe Ave./Power Inn Rd.) is this arrow indicating a cloverleaf that needs to be taken to get to Cal State.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7066%2F6882362218_51b204bc24_c.jpg&hash=d49c01d124346a5ca5ea70e78262961772e1c4f2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 30, 2012, 04:44:23 PM
I totally dig that arrow-per-lane-ish sign.  Better than the MUTCD one, IMO.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 31, 2012, 12:52:19 PM
Love that "reload" arrow on the Cal State BGS.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on April 01, 2012, 12:47:08 AM
Quote from: kphoger on March 30, 2012, 04:44:23 PM
I totally dig that arrow-per-lane-ish sign.  Better than the MUTCD one, IMO.

I agree with that statement, but perhaps only in that specific situation (three lanes, two straight, two exiting).  How would you execute that design with more than three lanes, or more specifically, more than two lanes in a given direction?  Would you repeat the legend between the second pair of arrows, or leave it up to drivers to figure it out?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on April 01, 2012, 12:57:53 AM
I just noticed that I have seen an arrow-per-lane in the Bay Area.

This is located on SB 101 just before 380 in San Bruno, near SFO:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7128%2F6887944790_46c039265b_c.jpg&hash=84dd5e443192bd317a45bd6e0f3a8026ddcc1731)

I have to say, looks as good as the one in Sacramento. Sorry for the terrible quality: dirty windshield, sitting in the middle row, bad lighting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on April 04, 2012, 01:56:09 AM
Not sure if this has been posted yet.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5157%2F5885400673_d17f273ea7_z.jpg&hash=d6f5c697126a54672b6a2b2bc941fef3468b6f4b)

Source:  My Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34561329@N05/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on April 05, 2012, 03:01:03 AM
In my opinion, the only thing that would improve those Sacramento BGS is if CalTrans would sign CA-51 in place of Business Route 80. It just seems unnecessary to me, when that entire stretch of freeway is already shared with US-50 and CA-99 anyway.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on April 11, 2012, 03:53:07 PM
Some of my favorite finds from Richmond last weekend:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Jej4JmhQEpQ/T4XFvGd3MpI/AAAAAAAAB2c/_Eozw1Okar4/s816/DSC00621.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RcBYTN3KPUQ/T4XGEcvVxcI/AAAAAAAAB5U/42k_RHWCXVs/s816/DSC00646.JPG)

(white-border sign on the right)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AZWjmN-aLdA/T4XGKgCVylI/AAAAAAAAB58/71aJUlQqVic/s816/DSC00651.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PD2lN55fTb4/T4XGMqeVj7I/AAAAAAAAB6M/-VKbIHceJjA/s816/DSC00654.JPG)

"The Ogre"
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ARfaZLcAp4/T4XG2gVzJzI/AAAAAAAAB-8/UxBnhbFj3ek/s816/DSC00694.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on April 11, 2012, 10:59:01 PM
Williamsport, MD (taken just last week):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5279%2F7069551789_3dbff4dc85_z.jpg&hash=de62d610b6878fb29790803cdc1bcfb74a40e305)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on April 11, 2012, 11:19:57 PM
That's not one of Jake's Fakes, is it?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 11, 2012, 11:22:29 PM
Quote from: NE2 on April 11, 2012, 11:19:57 PM
That's not one of Jake's Fakes, is it?

nope. original 1960s.  there's a 13 surviving just like it.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MD/MD19610131i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on April 12, 2012, 11:27:48 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on April 04, 2012, 01:56:09 AM
Not sure if this has been posted yet.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5157%2F5885400673_d17f273ea7_z.jpg&hash=d6f5c697126a54672b6a2b2bc941fef3468b6f4b)

Source:  My Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34561329@N05/)

I've gotta say, while the button-copy panels on either side are obviously the cream of the crop, the middle line of the middle panel should make that photo ineligible for that thread.  Can you really have the Best Of and the Worst Of on the same assembly?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on April 12, 2012, 11:33:44 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on April 12, 2012, 11:27:48 PM
Can you really have the Best Of and the Worst Of on the same assembly?

I think this shield (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jp9SJK1sOEg/T4XF_z1-gjI/AAAAAAAAB4s/Si8eicrz19Q/s816/DSC00639.JPG) qualifies.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on April 12, 2012, 11:56:47 PM
Quote from: Takumi on April 12, 2012, 11:33:44 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on April 12, 2012, 11:27:48 PM
Can you really have the Best Of and the Worst Of on the same assembly?

I think this shield (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jp9SJK1sOEg/T4XF_z1-gjI/AAAAAAAAB4s/Si8eicrz19Q/s816/DSC00639.JPG) qualifies.
That's just Best Of - an old standard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cu2010 on April 16, 2012, 09:30:16 PM
These two relics still stand (and there's two more of them!)...gotta love back roads. :)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMfyds.jpg&hash=88c5ffe16b00727c16623ef228779e2ede55c0c5)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhlUgt.jpg&hash=864e77ff4c84e34bc999a6c9d8ba336370f409b6)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on April 19, 2012, 01:44:54 PM
A moving R4-1? (http://maps.google.com/?cbp=11,331.59,,2,3.33&cbll=46.058679,-61.107304&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=46.058685,-61.107309&spn=0.004958,0.01929&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=6&panoid=ph9z1zdr44kXHgfcbuFvnQ)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 20, 2012, 01:48:05 PM
Oklahoma DOT has quite a few of those. Mostly they are used for very temporary situations, like debris removal or painting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on April 21, 2012, 10:06:37 PM
I'd consider this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iccdude/7100619717/) sign to be a best, mostly because of the cool shield design.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on April 22, 2012, 01:16:42 PM
Quote from: andy3175 on April 10, 2012, 11:39:06 PMSalinas is also home to a rare overhead sign with all-text "Business Route 101" on Main Street. It's located west of the 101-183 interchange.
As mentioned by andy3175 in my welcome thread, here's the sign that he talks about:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8158%2F7102735167_e1e3c43cda_c.jpg&hash=7fa0fbfa298588ae80eaf13b1e5d68582e407a89)

Here's an interesting find out of all the Clarendon street blade signs in Salinas. This one is really old and I'd like to mention that there's another one down the street that I didn't get a picture of:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8026%2F6956666018_85f9329985_c.jpg&hash=0ab4d614d30fa67a158b42566d3bc5370316b768)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 22, 2012, 01:18:01 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on April 22, 2012, 01:16:42 PM
Here's an interesting find out of all the Clarendon street blade signs in Salinas. This one is really old and I'd like to mention that there's another one down the street:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8026%2F6956666018_85f9329985_c.jpg&hash=0ab4d614d30fa67a158b42566d3bc5370316b768)

I have a feeling Jake is going to strongly react to this in a non-business-appropriate manner.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: okroads on April 27, 2012, 05:04:17 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6211%2F7004998011_cc0a6ccd1b_c.jpg&hash=8879e62eb52200b61e3a059a3cf6228a3da8fb1f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on April 29, 2012, 05:51:06 PM
Old New Jersey Turnpike approach sign on US 40 in Deepwater, NJ
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7134%2F7125926055_da502d20b6_z.jpg&hash=f01eb9c26699578b5ef476cdc2abd5c90f383bc3)

Taken about an hour ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: RJ145 on May 03, 2012, 08:59:33 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostoncoasters.com%2Fsources%2F321%2Fimages%2F5416-500h.jpg&hash=b6f5ff907a5f589cb1168a223aae05fdda86454e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on May 04, 2012, 09:56:44 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbackroadinglouisiana.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F10%2F100_1577.jpg%3Fw%3D1024%26amp%3Bh%3D767&hash=5d6280184ceef8bac5f75e3c3dccee034efdce6c)
An old metal billboard on U.S. Route 165 north of Mer Rouge, LA.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on May 04, 2012, 03:18:45 PM
I would think this would have to have been posted on the forums by now, but using whatever searches I could think of didn't turn it up (granted people don't always describe the sign at all..) but just in case... does anybody know if this windy road sign is anywhere other than south of Montreal coming from the New York border? (on canada's highway 15 I believe?)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonterian.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fwind_man.jpg&hash=93bd4b3988fac19e5d81b50f1869d35bbad54933)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 04, 2012, 06:56:45 PM
Quote from: relaxok on May 04, 2012, 03:18:45 PM
I would think this would have to have been posted on the forums by now, but using whatever searches I could think of didn't turn it up (granted people don't always describe the sign at all..) but just in case... does anybody know if this windy road sign is anywhere other than south of Montreal coming from the New York border? (on canada's highway 15 I believe?)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonterian.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fwind_man.jpg&hash=93bd4b3988fac19e5d81b50f1869d35bbad54933)
It is throughout Quebec.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on May 04, 2012, 07:04:55 PM
Quote from: Steve on May 04, 2012, 06:56:45 PM
It is throughout Quebec.

Glad to see that Angry Birds is popular in Canada, too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on May 04, 2012, 08:33:43 PM
Whitehall, Ohio:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7224%2F6997426376_90ea8e1a87_z.jpg&hash=c96a975a771ef7ba77b06e847235e7cf3665a248) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/6997426376/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 04, 2012, 08:48:58 PM
Okay, expert time: Is that Series A?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 04, 2012, 09:00:30 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 04, 2012, 08:48:58 PM
Okay, expert time: Is that Series A?
No, not quite FHWA.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on May 05, 2012, 03:24:54 AM
Quote from: relaxok on May 04, 2012, 03:18:45 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonterian.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fwind_man.jpg&hash=93bd4b3988fac19e5d81b50f1869d35bbad54933)

Chronic Halitosis Zone Ahead   :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: F350 on May 05, 2012, 02:42:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on April 11, 2012, 10:59:01 PM
Williamsport, MD (taken just last week):

Didja snap the erroneous US-11 signed as MD-11 just past (I think) of Williamsport? 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 05, 2012, 06:52:54 PM
Quote from: F350 on May 05, 2012, 02:42:04 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on April 11, 2012, 10:59:01 PM
Williamsport, MD (taken just last week):

Didja snap the erroneous US-11 signed as MD-11 just past (I think) of Williamsport? 

Sadly, I don't recall seeing any MD 11 shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: apeman33 on May 05, 2012, 09:54:13 PM
Quote from: relaxok on May 04, 2012, 03:18:45 PM
I would think this would have to have been posted on the forums by now, but using whatever searches I could think of didn't turn it up (granted people don't always describe the sign at all..) but just in case... does anybody know if this windy road sign is anywhere other than south of Montreal coming from the New York border? (on canada's highway 15 I believe?)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonterian.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fwind_man.jpg&hash=93bd4b3988fac19e5d81b50f1869d35bbad54933)

Martin Van Buren spitting penises at a No Pest Strip ahead?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on May 07, 2012, 10:03:25 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2FMay%25202012%2FRural_3.jpg&hash=d8a6252fc695a2b6710ee1d7f922d387482db188)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: BamaZeus on May 08, 2012, 11:31:08 AM
Quote from: apeman33 on May 05, 2012, 09:54:13 PM
Quote from: relaxok on May 04, 2012, 03:18:45 PM
I would think this would have to have been posted on the forums by now, but using whatever searches I could think of didn't turn it up (granted people don't always describe the sign at all..) but just in case... does anybody know if this windy road sign is anywhere other than south of Montreal coming from the New York border? (on canada's highway 15 I believe?)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonterian.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Fwind_man.jpg&hash=93bd4b3988fac19e5d81b50f1869d35bbad54933)

Martin Van Buren spitting penises at a No Pest Strip ahead?

I'm thinking more like Rip Taylor doing it instead.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrbreakfast.com%2Fimages%2Frip2.jpg&hash=852bc9318ae50b84a64c4de5a0906b818a08b313)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on May 09, 2012, 02:24:24 PM
Classic button copy sign find from Jeremy (bugo) in downtown Tulsa:

(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/midwest/tulsa_button_copy.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/midwest/tulsa_button_copy.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 10, 2012, 02:55:26 AM
That is the only triangular gantry you will find in Oklahoma. I believe Jeremy has advised the 51 was replaced by a meat cleaver when that was the thing to do.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HighwayMaster on May 10, 2012, 10:05:34 PM
Near North Canton in Jackson Township, on Sunset Strip Avenue (just off of I-77 Exit 111), there is a yellow YIELD sign going north towards Applegrove Street. I'll have to snap a pic of it when I can.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on May 10, 2012, 11:10:55 PM
Just inside Ohio off US 30, near the Indiana line, is this yellow Yield sign.  It's in plain view to passersby on US 30 but on an intersecting road that in turn intersects a road parallel to US 30.  Both are county roads, so it's up to the counties, not ODOT.  It probably also helps that it's pretty much on a county line (Paulding/Van Wert) so it's at an edge of either county's jurisdiction.  The signblades are modern enough to suggest that they know the sign is there and have allowed it to stay.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/301009_10100799506225048_13744468_62702873_1292059240_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 11, 2012, 08:28:18 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 10, 2012, 02:55:26 AM
That is the only triangular gantry you will find in Oklahoma. I believe Jeremy has advised the 51 was replaced by a meat cleaver when that was the thing to do.
There are two assemblies, one with a cleaver and one with the circle intact. You can see the cleaver one in the background.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on May 11, 2012, 08:55:46 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8004%2F7179190206_dd4514347e_c.jpg&hash=d675ba5babf04bf365a6380c90a060e240c1b6c2)
A nice, old sign on a gantry that isn't familiar at all to me (which would make it even older to me). This is located on I-5 south in LA County.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HighwayMaster on May 13, 2012, 11:48:35 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on May 10, 2012, 11:10:55 PM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/301009_10100799506225048_13744468_62702873_1292059240_n.jpg)
That's sort of what the one on Sunset Strip Avenue looks like.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: blawp on May 13, 2012, 01:15:55 PM
The blades qualify for worst-of.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on May 13, 2012, 04:56:23 PM
Quote from: blawp on May 13, 2012, 01:15:55 PM
The blades qualify for worst-of.

I had almost cropped out the blades (sign blades, not fan blades) but decided in case anyone wanted to locate it in mapping or something to leave them in.  I'm still relieved that the ugly modern blades were installed but the yellow yield sign was allowed to stay--they could have easily replaced the yield sign while doing the sign blades.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on May 14, 2012, 10:37:26 AM
This is on private property, the exit from the underground car park at the Whole Foods store on Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia. It's weird but I like it because the stop sign of which it warns is otherwise very hard to see and catches drivers unaware. You see where that thing is for the overheight vehicles? The stop sign is below that and to the right, basically 90 degrees around the corner a few feet from the front of my car when I took this picture. People were constantly going through without stopping and the management put up these two signs.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F4f68b13e.jpg&hash=32ddaaddae0dc7554f4168e24030293db51a1020)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rover_0 on May 14, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
I've put it up in the "Mountain West" sub-thread only, but I'll put it here, too. This is the bare minimum Utah should do with concurrent routes (as in no placards, that is):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmw2.google.com%2Fmw-panoramio%2Fphotos%2Fmedium%2F72035644.jpg&hash=10a01d73d5939634e472ab894caf32deb9d90f9c)

Bonus points for the classic Utah Beehive sign with Series D numerals (which isn't new).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 14, 2012, 03:24:28 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 14, 2012, 10:37:26 AM
This is on private property, the exit from the underground car park at the Whole Foods store on Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia. It's weird but I like it because the stop sign of which it warns is otherwise very hard to see and catches drivers unaware. You see where that thing is for the overheight vehicles? The stop sign is below that and to the right, basically 90 degrees around the corner a few feet from the front of my car when I took this picture. People were constantly going through without stopping and the management put up these two signs.

In a way, it reminds me of what New Hampshire does when they have stop/yield signs that are around curves...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6019%2F6370392649_315155b424_z.jpg&hash=d2edfa74d7f6c16d84a0ae8a4b02f572e7d17ae8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on May 14, 2012, 03:35:52 PM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 14, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
I've put it up in the "Mountain West" sub-thread only, but I'll put it here, too. This is the bare minimum Utah should do with concurrent routes (as in no placards, that is):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmw2.google.com%2Fmw-panoramio%2Fphotos%2Fmedium%2F72035644.jpg&hash=10a01d73d5939634e472ab894caf32deb9d90f9c)

Bonus points for the classic Utah Beehive sign with Series D numerals (which isn't new).
Look how perfect the mast-arm traffic signals are!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 14, 2012, 06:38:58 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on May 14, 2012, 03:24:28 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 14, 2012, 10:37:26 AM
This is on private property, the exit from the underground car park at the Whole Foods store on Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia. It's weird but I like it because the stop sign of which it warns is otherwise very hard to see and catches drivers unaware. You see where that thing is for the overheight vehicles? The stop sign is below that and to the right, basically 90 degrees around the corner a few feet from the front of my car when I took this picture. People were constantly going through without stopping and the management put up these two signs.

In a way, it reminds me of what New Hampshire does when they have stop/yield signs that are around curves...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6019%2F6370392649_315155b424_z.jpg&hash=d2edfa74d7f6c16d84a0ae8a4b02f572e7d17ae8)
Seen that in the Midwest/Southwest too. It may be coming to an MUTCD near you someday.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 14, 2012, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: Steve on May 14, 2012, 06:38:58 PM
Seen that in the Midwest/Southwest too. It may be coming to an MUTCD near you someday.

I'm glad to hear that not only New Hampshire has these. I like them!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: the49erfan15 on May 17, 2012, 02:02:46 AM
Went out on a drive this afternoon, found some interesting signs in an industrial area that is technically a county road, but serves as a driveway through some loading docks and such...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv324%2Fthe49erfan15%2F2012-05-16185110.jpg&hash=ad86a15fc04285d4df55f1f375dcaab316445449)
Old yellow stop sign, or highly-faded red??

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv324%2Fthe49erfan15%2F2012-05-16185216.jpg&hash=3f435f7cc77f7ab766601b7c01cb0318187cd8de)
Old + rusted = good, right?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv324%2Fthe49erfan15%2F2012-05-16185348.jpg&hash=7d2d3c9ddb1be0158dc546ad135f7ec02d524fc7)
Can anyone date this one?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv324%2Fthe49erfan15%2F2012-05-16190052.jpg&hash=a19f2a63154df96caed131d384a34a5fe1deeb7f)
Reads "Entering School District No. 2" - This one was outside the industrial road, but I found it interesting because (other than being a school district boundary posted on a road - ???) that school district no longer exists.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on May 20, 2012, 07:53:36 AM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 14, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
I've put it up in the "Mountain West" sub-thread only, but I'll put it here, too. This is the bare minimum Utah should do with concurrent routes (as in no placards, that is):
Also on the topic of Utah concurrencies, one of the only places where I-70 and US 50 are signed concurrently in Utah, in the Fishlake National Forest.
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/utah070/i-070_wb_exit_072_05.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on May 20, 2012, 06:36:48 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on May 20, 2012, 07:53:36 AM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 14, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
I've put it up in the "Mountain West" sub-thread only, but I'll put it here, too. This is the bare minimum Utah should do with concurrent routes (as in no placards, that is):
Also on the topic of Utah concurrencies, one of the only places where I-70 and US 50 are signed concurrently in Utah, in the Fishlake National Forest.
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/utah070/i-070_wb_exit_072_05.jpg)

...Unfortunately, this above assembly replaced a whole slew of U.S. 50 cut-out shields...Perhaps the last cut-out shields in Utah.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on May 23, 2012, 11:02:23 PM
Found this beauty hanging on the back of the Varnado Museum in my town (Franklinton, La.):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb61.webshots.com%2F47676%2F2830755390046960331S600x600Q85.jpg&hash=70dc64e1ef8b6a984c6f0352193609c1bf2c6c65) (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2830755390046960331UUPmWm)

This was one of two signs that hung on the superstructure of the old Chess Richardson Memorial Bridge in my town. The bridge was replaced last decade by a new bridge and the old one was torn down. However, the town was able to get this sign from the state.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rover_0 on May 24, 2012, 02:51:30 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on May 20, 2012, 06:36:48 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on May 20, 2012, 07:53:36 AM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 14, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
I've put it up in the "Mountain West" sub-thread only, but I'll put it here, too. This is the bare minimum Utah should do with concurrent routes (as in no placards, that is):
Also on the topic of Utah concurrencies, one of the only places where I-70 and US 50 are signed concurrently in Utah, in the Fishlake National Forest.
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/utah070/i-070_wb_exit_072_05.jpg)

...Unfortunately, this above assembly replaced a whole slew of U.S. 50 cut-out shields...Perhaps the last cut-out shields in Utah.


I don't know if UDOT ever had cutout US-50 signs along I-70, but they did with US-89:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/UT/UT19950891i1.jpg)

Now, those have been replaced by standard squares, with one exception (below).

Since we're on the subject of US cutouts in Utah, I'm surprised that this hasn't been mentioned (as far as I know)...it's still there, going EB on I-70 and NB on US-89 after the Sigurd exit:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/UT/UT19610892i1.jpg)

The I-70/US-89 concurrency is easily the best-signed I/US concurrency in Utah (even with square US-89 shields almost everywhere), though I-70/US-50 (as far as Fishlake National Forest/Sevier County is concerned) is up there. BTW, I'm a-OK with the I-70/US-50 signage as is, as well; better to get the routes right than how they are signed, at least at this point.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 24, 2012, 03:23:40 PM
Quote from: brownpelican on May 23, 2012, 11:02:23 PM
This was one of two signs that hung on the superstructure of the old Chess Richardson Memorial Bridge in my town. The bridge was replaced last decade by a new bridge and the old one was torn down. However, the town was able to get this sign from the state.


that is very cool.  what year was the bridge opened?  I do not know when the state of Louisiana was using black signs with button copy.  There is a black sign for the Superdome still around in New Orleans - I believe it is a city job, however. 

did Louisiana ever generally use button copy?  if they did, it was a long time ago.  I've seen precisely one green button copy sign in LA, and the fact that it was the only one around implies to me it was a hasty contract to replace one that was knocked down, and a button-copy supplier got the bid - likely by getting rid of obsolete old stock in the early 2000s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on May 26, 2012, 01:19:04 AM
A unique variation on the Big Lazy Unisign. (http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.436363,-63.638327&spn=0.004658,0.01929&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=46.436362,-63.638325&panoid=HCv_225K6DYbG4e9d6iOEw&cbp=11,89.77,,2,2.63)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on May 26, 2012, 06:03:27 AM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on May 11, 2012, 08:55:46 PM
A nice, old sign on a gantry that isn't familiar at all to me (which would make it even older to me). This is located on I-5 south in LA County.
A similar one on US 101 southbound at Mission Rd, Exit 1E in Los Angeles.
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images100/us-101_sb_exit_001e_03.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on May 26, 2012, 04:50:18 PM
In Coyame, Chihuahua:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2FCoyame.png&hash=db69783a5517999e497036276cfd9b1babc08a5a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman65 on May 26, 2012, 06:42:41 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/5811831773/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/5974974013/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/5974795387/in/photostream/

Three places in the Bayou State.

The first one is the neat colored shields that LA is slowly replacing with black on white ones.
The second I find interesting not only cause it is black on white text, but because this sign lets motorists know that there is a 90 degree curve approaching rather than a change in alignment.
The last is obvious as to why you need two junctions signs for the same highway, when usually always one is used.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on May 27, 2012, 08:59:33 AM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 24, 2012, 02:51:30 PM
Since we're on the subject of US cutouts in Utah, I'm surprised that this hasn't been mentioned (as far as I know)...it's still there, going EB on I-70 and NB on US-89 after the Sigurd exit:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/UT/UT19610892i1.jpg)

The I-70/US-89 concurrency is easily the best-signed I/US concurrency in Utah (even with square US-89 shields almost everywhere), though I-70/US-50 (as far as Fishlake National Forest/Sevier County is concerned) is up there. BTW, I'm a-OK with the I-70/US-50 signage as is, as well; better to get the routes right than how they are signed, at least at this point.

Nice US-89 shield.  I'd rather see these than the stupid square.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on May 29, 2012, 09:43:42 AM
Quote from: kphoger on May 26, 2012, 04:50:18 PM
In Coyame, Chihuahua:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2FCoyame.png&hash=db69783a5517999e497036276cfd9b1babc08a5a)

I hate encountering topes, but I've always loved the topes sign. Maybe it could be adapted for use in the USA: "Nudie Bar Ahead."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 29, 2012, 10:02:30 AM
New Mexico find from last weekend.  ignore that green schmutz in the foreground.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/143717.jpg)

this is at the exit of a Department of Energy research station, so I do not know if it is an NM DOT issue.  if it were, it would be the only example I know of New Mexico using black signs with white legend.  I've seen plenty of white with black legend but never this style.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on May 30, 2012, 07:48:12 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 24, 2012, 03:23:40 PM
Quote from: brownpelican on May 23, 2012, 11:02:23 PM
This was one of two signs that hung on the superstructure of the old Chess Richardson Memorial Bridge in my town. The bridge was replaced last decade by a new bridge and the old one was torn down. However, the town was able to get this sign from the state.


that is very cool.  what year was the bridge opened?  I do not know when the state of Louisiana was using black signs with button copy.  There is a black sign for the Superdome still around in New Orleans - I believe it is a city job, however. 

did Louisiana ever generally use button copy?  if they did, it was a long time ago.  I've seen precisely one green button copy sign in LA, and the fact that it was the only one around implies to me it was a hasty contract to replace one that was knocked down, and a button-copy supplier got the bid - likely by getting rid of obsolete old stock in the early 2000s.

Not sure of the year, but I know it was the early 1900s. Many bridges at that time were built with wooden pilings that had to be replaced ever couple of years.

I can't answer your other questions.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on May 30, 2012, 10:35:45 AM
On US 1 South approaching Sanford, North Carolina.  March 3, 2012.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120303%2Fexit71.jpg&hash=f320320d133a5941502079cf0968167128dc1376)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on May 30, 2012, 10:39:11 AM
How long did NC use button copy? Those shields look very modern.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on May 30, 2012, 10:40:13 AM
Quote from: Takumi on May 30, 2012, 10:39:11 AM
How long did NC use button copy? Those shields look very modern.

Last time I drove US 19-23 south into Asheville, there was some button copy right at I-240.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on May 30, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
Maybe it's because the outline state and US shields are different, but I think CT does a nice job.  Both from April 27, 2012, on US 5 South in Meriden.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120427%2Fus5toi691ct66.jpg&hash=59eddb7885121edc860c315f1e784dc9bee827ac)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120427%2Fct66i691toi84.jpg&hash=b120a464d082df62ac7ca2cf3c51adacc7f47d8b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on May 30, 2012, 10:50:57 AM
Quote from: Takumi on May 30, 2012, 10:39:11 AM
How long did NC use button copy? Those shields look very modern.

I don't know the answer to your question, but that was the only button copy I noticed in my travels in the Raleigh area in March.  Not that the travel was all that extensive.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 30, 2012, 11:35:55 AM
Quote from: Takumi on May 30, 2012, 10:39:11 AM
How long did NC use button copy? Those shields look very modern.

those shields are 1970 spec, which North Carolina adopted fairly early.  the sign probably dates to the late 80s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HighwayMaster on May 30, 2012, 05:25:59 PM
Here's my personal favorite in Connecticut: (Steve's pic, from his Website)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fct%2Fi-84%2Fe10.jpg&hash=e75631e701a24cf3ace52dc61cfd38d7f9a20654)
I-84 EB, Newtown

The only BGS assembly in CT that still has lights under it. The lights don't work, though :-(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on May 30, 2012, 07:10:47 PM
Quote from: Jim on May 30, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
Maybe it's because the outline state and US shields are different, but I think CT does a nice job.  Both from April 27, 2012, on US 5 South in Meriden.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120427%2Fus5toi691ct66.jpg&hash=59eddb7885121edc860c315f1e784dc9bee827ac)

Where exactly is this pic from? I tried to find it on google maps.


Quote from: HighwayMaster on May 30, 2012, 05:25:59 PM
Here's my personal favorite in Connecticut: (Steve's pic, from his Website)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fct%2Fi-84%2Fe10.jpg&hash=e75631e701a24cf3ace52dc61cfd38d7f9a20654)
I-84 EB, Newtown

The only BGS assembly in CT that still has lights under it. The lights don't work, though :-(

This gantry is in the process of being replaced.  Sadly. PS. There is a BGS on poles in Hartford that has lights on it still, it's by the Hartford Courant building.  It's for I-84.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on May 30, 2012, 07:21:50 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on May 30, 2012, 07:10:47 PM
Quote from: Jim on May 30, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
Maybe it's because the outline state and US shields are different, but I think CT does a nice job.  Both from April 27, 2012, on US 5 South in Meriden.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120427%2Fus5toi691ct66.jpg&hash=59eddb7885121edc860c315f1e784dc9bee827ac)

Where exactly is this pic from? I tried to find it on google maps.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Meriden,+CT&hl=en&ll=41.560669,-72.776003&spn=0.001331,0.002119&sll=43.543961,-72.25259&sspn=0.020624,0.033903&t=h&hnear=Meriden,+New+Haven,+Connecticut&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.560669,-72.776003&panoid=npTKWfYVCIcxzdOJA9vZlQ&cbp=12,209.35,,0,-1.57 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Meriden,+CT&hl=en&ll=41.560669,-72.776003&spn=0.001331,0.002119&sll=43.543961,-72.25259&sspn=0.020624,0.033903&t=h&hnear=Meriden,+New+Haven,+Connecticut&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.560669,-72.776003&panoid=npTKWfYVCIcxzdOJA9vZlQ&cbp=12,209.35,,0,-1.57)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: wytout on May 31, 2012, 07:05:58 AM
Quote from: doofy103 on May 30, 2012, 07:10:47 PM

Quote from: HighwayMaster on May 30, 2012, 05:25:59 PM
Here's my personal favorite in Connecticut: (Steve's pic, from his Website)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fct%2Fi-84%2Fe10.jpg&hash=e75631e701a24cf3ace52dc61cfd38d7f9a20654)
I-84 EB, Newtown

The only BGS assembly in CT that still has lights under it. The lights don't work, though :-(

This gantry is in the process of being replaced.  Sadly. PS. There is a BGS on poles in Hartford that has lights on it still, it's by the Hartford Courant building.  It's for I-84.

And the one on poles in Hartford is also a true CT Lighted BGS era sign. as the green background is NON-reflective.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HighwayMaster on May 31, 2012, 08:18:27 PM
Is it this one?

http://goo.gl/maps/rdWG (http://goo.gl/maps/rdWG)

Here's one I forgot in Trumbull that is a pure classic, from Doug's Flickr:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7174%2F6522866653_2c1ab69822_z.jpg&hash=5abc0ba39ab39843bef26b8ff7679c8cb1d34970)

I'm not sure if this one is still up or not.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on May 31, 2012, 09:06:45 PM
Quote from: HighwayMaster on May 31, 2012, 08:18:27 PM
I'm not sure if this one is still up or not.

When we stopped by there during the New Haven road meet last summer, it had been knocked over by some unknown entity. I haven't been back there since but I can only assume it's gone by now.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on June 02, 2012, 03:18:35 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8159%2F7322164470_0a175afc0f.jpg&hash=b77d0b417af5267ac8cb78ca559927473f21171b) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7322164470/)
DSCN1814 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7322164470/) by GeoJosh (http://www.flickr.com/people/geojosh/), on Flickr

I forgot about this oldie when visiting Shreveport. This is downtown on Milam St at Market St (southbound US 71 & LA 1). Old state named shield and definitely old Louisiana shield with the old green and undefined state boundaries. I do wonder if the arrow for "To 20" is a mistake or if it were meant to show it that direction. Obviously turning left will send you there in a few blocks; it's not a situation where you have to cross multiple lanes. But going straight on Milam you can catch 20 by turning south on Common St too.

I'm sure these have survived because they're no on mainlines of the highway, just downtown side streets
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 02, 2012, 11:30:59 PM
Northbound, Indiana 49 at US-12.  It's has at least 4 other friends in the same style and shape.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_1957.jpg&hash=cd0e6840395e5cd5af45f3548a0f12175d3c3597)

I think a contractor put them up, but they do look good.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tdindy88 on June 02, 2012, 11:41:26 PM
Crap...I was just up there getting some shots of Indiana 49 from Valpo to I-94 for the website, I should have gone a little further. Looks like I may be back in the Dunes sometime this summer.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mukade on June 02, 2012, 11:50:13 PM
They were supposed to be removed months ago according to INDOT.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 02, 2012, 11:54:19 PM
Quote from: mukade on June 02, 2012, 11:50:13 PM
They were supposed to be removed months ago according to INDOT.

Obviously not, as I took the photo just this past Sunday (5/27/12).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on June 03, 2012, 12:31:52 AM
How about THIS for the best of a road sign? A BGS, split up into panels, laying in the grass for months. Sorry about the number of photos, but this seems to be a mix of FWHA font shields, and Clearview lettering.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbackroadinglouisiana.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2F100_1664.jpg&hash=93147baa99d281befb1cba05f7215f83ab450ed9)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbackroadinglouisiana.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2F100_1663.jpg&hash=160cb72da3bf181e2124bd6ba372f9b032ca5b2f)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbackroadinglouisiana.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2F100_1662.jpg&hash=f531e16f6881131c0690e586f99f67be393d2059)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbackroadinglouisiana.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2F100_1660.jpg&hash=eec6244d38bc5eb0ae86f31c064e4a66e0614f09)

Auxiliary shields galore!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on June 03, 2012, 11:37:31 PM
^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on June 04, 2012, 04:53:52 AM
I'd love to find signs like that in my backyard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 04, 2012, 09:52:47 AM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on June 02, 2012, 03:18:35 PM
[LA I-20]

I forgot about this oldie when visiting Shreveport. This is downtown on Milam St at Market St (southbound US 71 & LA 1). Old state named shield and definitely old Louisiana shield with the old green and undefined state boundaries. I do wonder if the arrow for "To 20" is a mistake or if it were meant to show it that direction. Obviously turning left will send you there in a few blocks; it's not a situation where you have to cross multiple lanes. But going straight on Milam you can catch 20 by turning south on Common St too.

I'm sure these have survived because they're no on mainlines of the highway, just downtown side streets

this one, in New Orleans, is on a mainline of an important highway (either mainline or business US-90; I forget which).  the reason it survives is because it is on an on-ramp which is next to impossible to stop on.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19610101i1.jpg)

it was around as of February, 2010.  probably still is there. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on June 04, 2012, 11:47:42 AM
For CT Fans:

http://www.google.com/maps?q=meadow+st+waterbury,+ct&hl=en&ll=41.550599,-73.043965&spn=0.000016,0.006899&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.780156,56.513672&hnear=Meadow+St,+Waterbury,+Connecticut&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.550651,-73.043858&panoid=X6_sFcJNsvDhUQxgdzCCUw&cbp=12,242.99,,0,12.97

A Couple of original BGSs on I-84 in Waterbury on the Exit 21 EB off ramp. These were forgotten during the last signing project.  Original non-reflective button copy. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on June 04, 2012, 11:53:48 PM
Since I posted one in the "worst of", here's some "best of" from Staunton, VA. (Excuse the watermarks, these got in the wrong processing batch.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7229%2F7332587154_1e4782058c_z.jpg&hash=d2412a7741fcd1313eb89907a2808aa15fe8ea57) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/7332587154/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7078%2F7332587352_08bd6e0a70_z.jpg&hash=70ed0ad219d42496ec3b6620f09fd4a35c5f35c9) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/7332587352/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7105%2F7332597440_e738606472_z.jpg&hash=1762a873dca67eb61569d20dde4a8333a5f69fb0) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/7332597440/)

That I-81 shield is pretty weird, though. That could be "worst of", given its shape...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on June 05, 2012, 02:04:41 AM
It wouldn't so bad if it was neutered and the "81" was a little higher up. It looks a bit unbalanced the way it currently is.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on June 05, 2012, 04:25:24 AM
The shape on both the I-shields is wrong.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 05, 2012, 10:16:17 AM
Yes, and I have seen some other I-81 shields too tall like that I-64 shield is. Hope to have photos uploaded sometime soon.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 05, 2012, 11:24:03 AM
that 81 is indeed kind of a horror.  but hey, US and state cutouts.  and it looks like the neutered 81 on the same gantry as the US-250 is an 18x18?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on June 05, 2012, 12:57:06 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 05, 2012, 11:24:03 AM
that 81 is indeed kind of a horror.  but hey, US and state cutouts.  and it looks like the neutered 81 on the same gantry as the US-250 is an 18x18?

It looks like it is to me.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on June 05, 2012, 07:37:15 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on June 03, 2012, 11:37:31 PM
^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?
You got it right!! It's in Tioga, where US 167 and US 71 split off for a Y-interchange. Right in the median too... the only way they'll get put up is if someone steals the signs, and the contractor will have to get new signs. Supposed to be put up by October 2011... yeah right!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on June 06, 2012, 06:11:04 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on June 05, 2012, 07:37:15 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on June 03, 2012, 11:37:31 PM
^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?
You got it right!! It's in Tioga, where US 167 and US 71 split off for a Y-interchange. Right in the median too... the only way they'll get put up is if someone steals the signs, and the contractor will have to get new signs. Supposed to be put up by October 2011... yeah right!

well, nearly everything else in all of Alexandria/Pineville is Clearview. I saw last month where they even added LA 28 to the MacArthur Dr northbound exit when it got replaced with Clearview.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 07, 2012, 01:03:22 AM
Photographed by Michael Summa, 1983
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusends.com%2FFocus%2FWeed%2Fbegin097s-h_sb.jpg&hash=b9adb69c8a631be3ac6a464bf796bbffe8be8b16)
Unfortunately replaced by this sign (http://usends.com/Focus/Weed/begin097s-h_sb_2004.jpg).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on June 07, 2012, 03:39:23 AM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on June 06, 2012, 06:11:04 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on June 05, 2012, 07:37:15 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on June 03, 2012, 11:37:31 PM
^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?
You got it right!! It's in Tioga, where US 167 and US 71 split off for a Y-interchange. Right in the median too... the only way they'll get put up is if someone steals the signs, and the contractor will have to get new signs. Supposed to be put up by October 2011... yeah right!

well, nearly everything else in all of Alexandria/Pineville is Clearview. I saw last month where they even added LA 28 to the MacArthur Dr northbound exit when it got replaced with Clearview.
If you noticed a while back, La 28 has been along I-49 for at least three or four years. I was still in high school when I noticed Monroe St. signed as Business LA 28 instead of just La 28. The southbound signs on 49 at MacArthur Drive aren't Clearview, since they're only 71/165, and a sign still says TO La 28. In fact, check the date on the Business auxiliary plate on Monroe Street to see when the change was made, always a good tool :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on June 07, 2012, 09:49:13 AM
This picture showed up today on the BBC's website in a story about the Oregon town of Boring entering into a "declaration of pairing" with the village of Dull in Perthshire, Scotland. The way the sign is worded makes it even better:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbcimg.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F59825000%2Fgif%2F_59825842_untitled-2.gif&hash=18d49dd56eab600e8fca8292393e7bc3fdc12b71)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 07, 2012, 09:56:45 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 07, 2012, 09:49:13 AM
This picture showed up today on the BBC's website in a story about the Oregon town of Boring entering into a "declaration of pairing" with the village of Dull in Perthshire, Scotland. The way the sign is worded makes it even better:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbcimg.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F59825000%2Fgif%2F_59825842_untitled-2.gif&hash=18d49dd56eab600e8fca8292393e7bc3fdc12b71)
Interestingly a friend across the pond posted about the same thing, but from the Dull perspective (with a sign from that side). I let her know there are TWO Borings - the other is in MD. Of course, I've been to both.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 07, 2012, 10:59:56 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 07, 2012, 09:56:45 PM
Interestingly a friend across the pond posted about the same thing, but from the Dull perspective (with a sign from that side). I let her know there are TWO Borings - the other is in MD. Of course, I've been to both.

You're just a Boring dude, aren't you.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on June 08, 2012, 08:22:12 AM
I saw this in Homosassa, Florida last month:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxHPCI.jpg&hash=3646a6ed491a7abbec85bd067d45b399379561e7)
I hope imgur lets me keep it.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on June 08, 2012, 03:24:36 PM
The white-border US 360 unisign still stands. Taken this morning.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash3%2F526868_4085960188596_23289401_n.jpg&hash=679534f7ac5adf3c4f1c656d45a2113733cf6f0e)

The last known I-85 Virginia shield in Petersburg, still standing as of last week.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F527063_4085965988741_1802619933_n.jpg&hash=5dbde6cf4b0f7e7f2f3b3b3cd074f3a9d6f25eaf)

Two Maximum Safe Speed advisory signs on Chesterfield secondary route 654, Spring Run Road. The first one is near a VDOT building, interestingly.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F532835_4085974268948_566946750_n.jpg&hash=f8a35a6b648e535f65d39d1d26e48a5551e58b61)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-snc7%2F306910_4085974508954_135521523_n.jpg&hash=58190656854a52382e847751d38a65e71b1129e8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 08, 2012, 09:24:06 PM
From last weekend's Maryland excursion...

BGS cutouts (may not be "best of" material to some) along College Parkway near Annapolis:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8028%2F7157690995_6fe264f731.jpg&hash=dee0e3e12eac52ab55ce2634910bbfac59c2ca9c)

Old MD 672 shield along MD 648 near Annapolis:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7086%2F7157690301_960e433baa_z.jpg&hash=2e8c49d7e4e5313664e62b42f3a0195cb44cc5dd)

Older non-button copy signs along Veterans Highway next to the I-97/MD 3/MD 32 interchange:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7093%2F7342921068_77616c056f_z.jpg&hash=cca0bc65a1d0b7036c9629974316b5179cb7f487)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7072%2F7342921206_58ba9c9a59_z.jpg&hash=57384c12edd56683aae0ce61c386bb5be253b312)

Cat-eyed cross buck sign in Severna Park:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7243%2F7157713291_e7165e1a9c_z.jpg&hash=a1ffc3150ded3c2b2a958a2403fa935f0d1e8063)

And lastly, some goodies from Baltimore:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8160%2F7342917188_482ce5d2e3_z.jpg&hash=7f1ec5c9362895feb714fe77d147c18494283ce8)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7098%2F7157711751_ddc8e4f69a_z.jpg&hash=0e3b1fdd12f7189be7f1fc3d253b16eaf27e38b9)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7234%2F7342916450_13c6ce13a2_z.jpg&hash=f3f7d266122429f3afde881913e562e936f4c0a2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 08, 2012, 09:43:34 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 08, 2012, 03:24:36 PM
The white-border US 360 unisign still stands. Taken this morning.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash3%2F526868_4085960188596_23289401_n.jpg&hash=679534f7ac5adf3c4f1c656d45a2113733cf6f0e)

This, please, where?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on June 08, 2012, 09:43:46 PM
What's up with the blue-on-white button copy signs? Did this predate the current white-on-blue service signs?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 08, 2012, 09:49:17 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on June 08, 2012, 09:43:46 PM
What's up with the blue-on-white button copy signs? Did this predate the current white-on-blue service signs?
Not button copy. But presumably you're right.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bulkyorled on June 08, 2012, 11:54:48 PM
QuoteAnd lastly, some goodies from Baltimore:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8160%2F7342917188_482ce5d2e3_z.jpg&hash=7f1ec5c9362895feb714fe77d147c18494283ce8)


Stupid question, is that an arrow light on the right? Im looking at it all hard and I can't tell what symbol is going on in there. I assume it is. But at any rate that's a light live I've not seen before. Must be old?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on June 09, 2012, 12:18:00 AM
Quote from: bulkyorled on June 08, 2012, 11:54:48 PM
Stupid question, is that an arrow light on the right? Im looking at it all hard and I can't tell what symbol is going on in there. I assume it is. But at any rate that's a light live I've not seen before. Must be old?

I think it's basically a doghouse for the right turn but complicated by the arrows being 12-inch while the circles are 8.  At least that's what other ones I've seen like that around there behave as.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 09, 2012, 03:49:44 AM
A few samples of 'Freeway Green', a sign background used in the late 1970s-1980s in regional NSW, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. I believe most of these have been removed/replaced :(
Berrima, NSW (circa 1989)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FState%2520Routes%2F89%2F87.JPG&hash=188264346a5c058a189ecf7c06c0c393b49d9b59)
These ones were replaced in 2009/2010
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FState%2520Routes%2F89%2F94.JPG&hash=a9c16f4c07f8c447f29f260862bccd695b5f1e55)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fnsw%2Fnumbered%2Fnationalhighways%2Fnh31%2F03_mittagongtosuttonforest%2Fnorthbound%2Fimages%2F200604_38_berrima.jpg&hash=213404d822a2d17aaaf88270cd6ecf68ba3aa21e)
Welby, NSW
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FState%2520Routes%2F89%2F81.JPG&hash=f3f3c875c5831927b017618b87e5db472ac582b6)
This one in Wollongong survived the freeway widening in 1998-1999 however was sadly removed in 2009-2010...
Freeway routes (http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm) were a system of routes used to cover freeways around Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the freeways were built later after the Freeway Route System was retired in the early 1990s and carry their number as a tribute to their formerly planned designation, e.g. the Sydney Newcastle Freeway (NH1) is commonly known as 'the F3' and the Southern Freeway (NR1) is known as 'the F6' and the M2, M4 and M5 Motorways were originally planned as the F2, F4 & F5.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FFreeway%2520Routes%2F01.JPG&hash=9adad64eb2c42b480ee147399117898721f20cf1)
Melbourne
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmrv.ozroads.com.au%2FFR%2FIMG_8732.JPG&hash=b3f1bb64446a99771fa1daa2fb34df569b6fc7f7)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmrv.ozroads.com.au%2FFR%2FF82%2FID16%25202008.JPG&hash=598da9987628651543b0889024bb216574b7e289)
Brisbane
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a3%2F02_greenslopestobrisbane%2Fsouthbound%2Fimages%2F200906_49_woolloongabba_robtilley.jpg&hash=455e63a543e54c5ffe2ec009ba180bf9015977b9)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a3%2Fformer%2Ff3%2Fimages%2F200603_08_tarragindi_tooheyrd_marshallrd.jpg&hash=05216308c15e0821ce159c7280e58a2259e797b3)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a3%2Fformer%2Ff3%2Fimages%2F200603_02_hollandparkwest_gazard.jpg&hash=5849f07d9532ab1442a8c700cc04414d091cb481)
One from Perth, this is Hepburn Av (SR 82) at the Mitchell Fwy (SR 2) interhange
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fwa%2Fnumbered%2Fstateroutes%2Fsr82%2Feastbound%2Fimages%2F200904_08_padbury_mitchellfwy_sr2.jpg&hash=0149d5b3343346f321ceffc4ea31949ffcb37ddb)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 09, 2012, 10:14:50 AM
I was wondering when we'd see some stuff from down yonder...good stuff.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on June 09, 2012, 11:34:04 AM
Damn Aussies, stealing our Interstates.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on June 09, 2012, 12:28:23 PM
That Melbourne airport abbreviation sure is weird. A'port? Wouldn't Arpt. or something similar work better?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 09, 2012, 09:07:09 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 09, 2012, 03:49:44 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FFreeway%2520Routes%2F01.JPG&hash=9adad64eb2c42b480ee147399117898721f20cf1)
Melbourne
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmrv.ozroads.com.au%2FFR%2FIMG_8732.JPG&hash=b3f1bb64446a99771fa1daa2fb34df569b6fc7f7)
Brisbane
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a3%2Fformer%2Ff3%2Fimages%2F200603_08_tarragindi_tooheyrd_marshallrd.jpg&hash=05216308c15e0821ce159c7280e58a2259e797b3)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a3%2Fformer%2Ff3%2Fimages%2F200603_02_hollandparkwest_gazard.jpg&hash=5849f07d9532ab1442a8c700cc04414d091cb481)
These. Where are these? (I couldn't even find a place on the old F6 that was three lanes within 1 km of any of the four ends of the freeway that I found)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 10, 2012, 12:34:33 AM
Sorry to tell you this, but I'm guessing all of these have been removed/replaced. :(
The first one was in Wollongong, northbound at Mt Keira Rd.
The Freeway Routes were a now defunct route system for NSW freeways
http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm (http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm)
The second one was in Melbourne
http://goo.gl/maps/O5Jo (http://goo.gl/maps/O5Jo)
The last two were in Brisbane.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 10, 2012, 01:12:56 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 10, 2012, 12:34:33 AM
Sorry to tell you this, but I'm guessing all of these have been removed/replaced. :(
The first one was in Wollongong, northbound at Mt Keira Rd.
The Freeway Routes were a now defunct route system for NSW freeways
http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm (http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm)
The second one was in Melbourne
http://goo.gl/maps/O5Jo (http://goo.gl/maps/O5Jo)
The last two were in Brisbane.
By the time I get to Australia, I gather I should spend my efforts photographing errors, as that's all the Google group seems to talk about :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: blawp on June 10, 2012, 08:41:20 PM
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/527225_452942461384739_1060253269_n.jpg)

Snapped today on world-famous Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, just west of the bridge over the 710 spur.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 10, 2012, 09:25:47 PM
National Road and Dixie Highway, Vandalia, Ohio.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_1989.jpg&hash=fc13a928c659d5aba9edfc6cdb47b2a97627d77c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 13, 2012, 11:36:07 PM
State name I-88 shield.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2005.jpg&hash=e3ddee18d1a4f74f0b603c4af9db7bc2c58546a9)

Sadly, it is peeling.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bulkyorled on June 14, 2012, 12:56:48 AM
Quote from: mcdonaat on June 03, 2012, 12:31:52 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbackroadinglouisiana.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2F100_1660.jpg&hash=eec6244d38bc5eb0ae86f31c064e4a66e0614f09)

Auxiliary shields galore!!!


There's no way in hell I would have been able to control myself. I would have had to swipe all of those
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: busman_49 on June 14, 2012, 03:58:42 PM
Quote from: Brandon on June 13, 2012, 11:36:07 PM
State name I-88 shield.
<image removed>

Sadly, it is peeling.

I was just under that sign last week!  Still pretty cool!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 14, 2012, 04:21:48 PM
Yes, my roadgeek friends, it is all button copy, including the black text.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2015.jpg&hash=06959e96b8cc9f6720cf337c6c77a6f3455abc51)

I-55 northbound at I-294.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 15, 2012, 05:59:31 PM
Some from Maine. I took these when I was up there last year, and I just got around to uploading them. I'll be up there again in a few weeks over Independence Day, so I'll be able to get better shots of these...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5117%2F7376268470_9212e77e44_z.jpg&hash=c3df246a5778fea3b42e27c49ee5bee55d3e2ec3)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5076%2F7376267196_b08d51f963_z.jpg&hash=9126fd03bc44f15a5cc818a3e7d81fde21e6227f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5455%2F7376265076_6652076b36_z.jpg&hash=09822d1e5f82bd3f32386e3195d0cd0504c06ca2)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5321%2F7376253614_33bb041934_z.jpg&hash=d7b2db04e6cfb2c59f60d858436df57ea8eabb41)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7092%2F7376253232_f04b4f3b54_z.jpg&hash=759e9ac6367bc933f6a2e221b5ef36c8880872f1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 15, 2012, 06:57:21 PM
Quote from: Brandon on June 14, 2012, 04:21:48 PM
Yes, my roadgeek friends, it is all button copy, including the black text.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2015.jpg&hash=06959e96b8cc9f6720cf337c6c77a6f3455abc51)

I-55 northbound at I-294.
I doubled back for that one when I realized it as I passed it the first time.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 15, 2012, 11:39:34 PM
I can never recall seeing black button copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 16, 2012, 12:21:48 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 15, 2012, 11:39:34 PM
I can never recall seeing black button copy.

IDOT D1 used it in a few places (as above), and ISTHA used to use it all the time.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on June 16, 2012, 09:26:40 PM
There used to be at least one "Trucks and Vehicles with Trailers Use Right Lane" sign on I-70 east of Indianapolis that had a black button copy border (but not text); every time I tried to take a picture of it it came out blurry (this was about 10 years ago).  Sadly, I think it is gone now.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 17, 2012, 01:09:46 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 15, 2012, 11:39:34 PM
I can never recall seeing black button copy.
Well, it's really the same white reflectors as anywhere else. I've seen red cats-eyes and reflectors in yellow and green.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 17, 2012, 01:37:52 AM
Early Virginia Interstate Shields:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VA/VA19560201i1.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VA/VA19560201i3.jpg)

Earlier Kentucky shield, similar to Maryland shields.
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/KY/KY19520971i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 17, 2012, 01:04:51 PM
What was the story behind those interstate shields? My guess is that it was an early design proposal, since I-20 never traveled through Virginia. Looks good for a 2di, but might look too busy when used for a 3di. Folks from the Great Lakes probably wouldn't like the design, either.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on June 17, 2012, 05:16:15 PM
Those prototype Interstate signs are fun to look at, but I much prefer the simple shield design that was ultimately chosen. Much less busy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 19, 2012, 05:31:57 PM
Some 1990s IDOT button copy.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2128.jpg&hash=bdec29daba32d5ebdca9429f57c7be391912e716)

The Elgin-O'Hare Expressway is chock full of it.  Well, at least until ISTHA takes it over and widens it next year.  Snap your photos while you can.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 10:43:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Floose_pics%2Fformerly_KY_35.jpg&hash=8848bf5e129d5ce7f644d0f192517e378ec9c309)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 20, 2012, 10:39:59 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fblogs%2Fcrawlumbus%2FImages%2F0618020949.jpg%3F__scale%3Dh%3A262%2Cw%3A350&hash=8bdde179cf56b1193ef30e59cecd58198a5a56b3)
In Upper Arlington (Near NW side suburb of Columbus), from Tuesday morning. Evidently, already sitting in a city garage.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html (http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 20, 2012, 11:15:48 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 20, 2012, 10:39:59 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fblogs%2Fcrawlumbus%2FImages%2F0618020949.jpg%3F__scale%3Dh%3A262%2Cw%3A350&hash=8bdde179cf56b1193ef30e59cecd58198a5a56b3)
In Upper Arlington (Near NW side suburb of Columbus), from Tuesday morning. Evidently, already sitting in a city garage.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html (http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html)

Technically it should belong in 'Erroneous Road Signs' but it's not every day you see a green stop sign, so its definitely 'the best'.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on June 21, 2012, 12:40:48 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 20, 2012, 11:15:48 PM
Technically it should belong in 'Erroneous Road Signs' but it's not every day you see a green stop sign, so its definitely 'the best'.

If the article is to be believed, it's not erroneous at all--it's exactly what the pranksters meant to do. :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 21, 2012, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 10:43:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Floose_pics%2Fformerly_KY_35.jpg&hash=8848bf5e129d5ce7f644d0f192517e378ec9c309)

Still can't believe this jewel has gone uncommented-upon. Y'all must be asleep.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on June 21, 2012, 01:57:03 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 20, 2012, 10:39:59 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dispatch.com%2Fcontent%2Fblogs%2Fcrawlumbus%2FImages%2F0618020949.jpg%3F__scale%3Dh%3A262%2Cw%3A350&hash=8bdde179cf56b1193ef30e59cecd58198a5a56b3)
In Upper Arlington (Near NW side suburb of Columbus), from Tuesday morning. Evidently, already sitting in a city garage.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html (http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html)

I'll admit, it's prettier than a red stop sign.  I wouldn't put it past a high-end suburb like UA to try something like that, anyway.  Lastly, I'm impressed by the roadgeeky correctness of the amateur-produced sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on June 21, 2012, 05:28:06 PM
If I'd seen that in Dublin instead of UA I probably would have assumed it was an "official" sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on June 21, 2012, 06:28:00 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on June 21, 2012, 05:28:06 PM
If I'd seen that in Dublin instead of UA I probably would have assumed it was an "official" sign.

Dublin would go with brown so it matches their street blades.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on June 21, 2012, 08:06:05 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 21, 2012, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 10:43:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Floose_pics%2Fformerly_KY_35.jpg&hash=8848bf5e129d5ce7f644d0f192517e378ec9c309)

Still can't believe this jewel has gone uncommented-upon. Y'all must be asleep.

/me oohs and ahhs
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 21, 2012, 11:07:54 PM
Quote from: vtk on June 21, 2012, 06:28:00 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on June 21, 2012, 05:28:06 PM
If I'd seen that in Dublin instead of UA I probably would have assumed it was an "official" sign.

Dublin would go with brown so it matches their street blades.

Maybe one can be had at the Gas Station Memoribilia/Map collectors meet in Dublin on Friday or Saturday.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on June 22, 2012, 12:28:42 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 21, 2012, 01:21:36 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 10:43:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Floose_pics%2Fformerly_KY_35.jpg&hash=8848bf5e129d5ce7f644d0f192517e378ec9c309)

Still can't believe this jewel has gone uncommented-upon. Y'all must be asleep.

The "formerly" tab is a great idea. I would only change a few things:
* add the date the designation was changed
* leave it up permanently
* include all the changes in the history of that section of road

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on June 22, 2012, 09:26:50 AM
Nowadays "formerly" would confuse too many people.....and in parts on the Northeast, they'd pronounce it "formally" and get the message backwards.....
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: r-dub on June 22, 2012, 10:54:31 PM
Found a few from my former wanderings through Colorado...

First up, from the old SH 1 and US 85/87 alignment in and around Aguilar, CO (taken in 2009)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F090809%2Fimg%2F1%2F154.jpg&hash=21dd8cd56e0b02c7ee71b8cd47020ca2b02ded5b)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F090809%2Fimg%2F1%2F155.jpg&hash=8a679fefcb1104a3c364d899dc76d047f7a6b347)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F090809%2Fimg%2F1%2F162.jpg&hash=c3226d39c4bd721ec36c634e9b6c1d68e53a9840)

Then, from the lower Arkansas Valley (taken in 2006)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F052806%2Fpics%2F294.jpg&hash=55cda80576b3fc21860c011f2f365315ffbad382)
That is an embossed metal All Buses Stop sign.


Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on June 26, 2012, 06:45:08 AM
Manchester, NH, just a couple days ago:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fnh-20120624%2Fride%2FDSCF0023-640.jpg&hash=908db1e7a4277fde2bf93eccb10898a91c57a720)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 26, 2012, 10:27:33 AM
^ Glad to see those Manchester signs still kicking! Those are some of the last button copy signs left in the state, and I think there are some in Hudson along NH 3A. Other than those, that's it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 26, 2012, 10:37:39 AM
Quote from: r-dub on June 22, 2012, 10:54:31 PM
That is an embossed metal All Buses Stop sign.

I believe that is on a side street to US-50 somewhere on the east side of Pueblo... I have definitely seen and photographed that sign; would have to look up exactly where, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: r-dub on June 26, 2012, 05:03:00 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 26, 2012, 10:37:39 AM
Quote from: r-dub on June 22, 2012, 10:54:31 PM
That is an embossed metal All Buses Stop sign.

I believe that is on a side street to US-50 somewhere on the east side of Pueblo... I have definitely seen and photographed that sign; would have to look up exactly where, though.

Way east, actually... I found this one in Fowler (~30 miles east) on SH 167 a few blocks north of 50.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 26, 2012, 06:35:52 PM
Quote from: r-dub on June 26, 2012, 05:03:00 PM

Way east, actually... I found this one in Fowler (~30 miles east) on SH 167 a few blocks north of 50.

shows how poorly I remember... I believe it was November, 2008 when I went there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kharvey10 on June 26, 2012, 08:16:10 PM


this sign is button copy with US 17 in all text and it still exists.  Sadly I was in the wrong direction today and it was raining as well.  The street view image does not do it justice cause of the glare.

http://www.gribblenation.com/scroads/photos/oldus17-sc170-nasiatka.JPG (http://www.gribblenation.com/scroads/photos/oldus17-sc170-nasiatka.JPG) Here is what it is via Gribblenation, and look closely of the fact you can still see ALT in faded green.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 26, 2012, 10:21:36 PM
Here are some from New Hampshire...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8017%2F7451773996_152dd600a8_z.jpg&hash=7faefe2bf1e5c78314aa74c9b2b6ebd6895015ce)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7253%2F7451758670_b8cfe8524f_z.jpg&hash=587f7ea36d5ee9b49055d76d0a97bfa92ccab90f)
(there are several more silhouetted old man NH 113 shields in Tamworth as well)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8009%2F7451652330_96fb755fe2_z.jpg&hash=faba3bed181d63b4beb6c8361819330e126610ee)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on June 27, 2012, 05:23:29 PM
69th Street North
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2F69thST.png&hash=af15fee8488c0de687d70b68ada76948c1eb28eb)
These used to be fairly common north of Wichita.  I went up there today, and this is the only one I found that was still (a) there, and (b) legible.  Many of them have been replaced with standard green blades.  I even spotted one that was still on a metal post that looked to be designed for them, but the road name wasn't legible at all so I didn't snap a picture.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on June 27, 2012, 08:51:42 PM
Someone used a VA white rectangle for the address on their mailbox. Finally thought to get a picture of it on my bike ride today.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F548854_4168651935838_1995093019_n.jpg&hash=05cf29fe165cf45ebc77b4c987e203183d4638ef)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 27, 2012, 09:09:48 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 27, 2012, 08:51:42 PM
Someone used a VA white rectangle for the address on their mailbox.

Either that, or VDOT maintains their driveway.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on June 27, 2012, 09:16:51 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 22, 2012, 09:26:50 AM
Nowadays "formerly" would confuse too many people.....and in parts on the Northeast, they'd pronounce it "formally" and get the message backwards.....
I saw it used in Wisconsin after turnback of a state route, however. In Minnesota, they use "OLD".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 27, 2012, 11:33:17 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 27, 2012, 09:09:48 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 27, 2012, 08:51:42 PM
Someone used a VA white rectangle for the address on their mailbox.

Either that, or VDOT maintains their driveway.  :biggrin:
Hey, this isn't West Virginia, and this isn't a pentagon route.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: deathtopumpkins on June 28, 2012, 12:14:33 AM
Someone did something similar along MA 133 in Rowley. Their address sign on their mailbox is similar to but not quite a standard MA route marker with the number in FHWA fonts.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on June 28, 2012, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 26, 2012, 10:27:33 AM
^ Glad to see those Manchester signs still kicking! Those are some of the last button copy signs left in the state, and I think there are some in Hudson along NH 3A. Other than those, that's it.

Is the really-old button copy on the Amoskeag bridge in Manchester still there?  Those were classics, including "To Rte. U.S. 3" spelled out in button copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on June 28, 2012, 05:12:02 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 28, 2012, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 26, 2012, 10:27:33 AM
^ Glad to see those Manchester signs still kicking! Those are some of the last button copy signs left in the state, and I think there are some in Hudson along NH 3A. Other than those, that's it.

Is the really-old button copy on the Amoskeag bridge in Manchester still there?  Those were classics, including "To Rte. U.S. 3" spelled out in button copy.

I never even knew those existed! They're still on Street View, but I can't say if they're still up there today.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on June 28, 2012, 11:51:48 PM
On US-89 in Utah, only notable for distance to Phoenix
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F1.jpg&hash=b4619b1febd39addd02e31b102ecb627d78f3328)

The only I-15 trailblazer I know of in Arizona
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F2.jpg&hash=8d0d539f26e5abcf26db374d0f4f33049b2bd6d4)

Leaving New Mexico, Land of Enchantment written in Navajo on US-64
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F3.jpg&hash=e53be905a6a757e5ddc24a39b84b0e249e97e052)

POE sign on US-64 in Teec Nos Pos
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F4.jpg&hash=291ad214dd8ceb488eae2fae798d5c323f6b9f5b)

This used to be something else
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F5.jpg&hash=77864f40e4f6db30db04afb6082a7497fa402350)

I think this is the only US-666 sign left anywhere, in Gallup
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F6.jpg&hash=0590acc43da65eee2a54460b84233e5f4aae014f)

Random metric sign on I-25 north of Santa Fe
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F7.jpg&hash=89a5b6450679834d7a621821f14fdb597a744b60)

I drove the entire length of Oklahoma 3 and these were the only circle 3 shields I saw, all the way in Idabel at the very last highway junction
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F8.jpg&hash=bcc964473c6cbc605b1652a8fddc48f7feb5e59d)

On 79/80 in Shreveport, the 1 shield does have a weird outline, but the US shields are gorgeous
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F9.jpg&hash=45f82ba6cf29c5156a46ba50fbb0887c3b86b652)

Cool split shield a few blocks west
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F10.jpg&hash=4371f29b150c30fc4b715ca569d3b295b97123ca)

Four way stop ahead on US-80 near Mineola, Texas
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F11.jpg&hash=fb8efb67b0b6797c8da297828b5245ba74d55794)

At US-54 along US-70 in Tularosa, NM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F12.jpg&hash=a62fb2898dab5e1a4b93bff692713dfa2e4aab0c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 29, 2012, 12:41:41 PM
Quote from: corco on June 28, 2012, 11:51:48 PM
The only I-15 trailblazer I know of in Arizona

looks like a Utah product.  I wouldn't be surprised, given that it points to a Utah segment of I-15.

and, I believe you are correct ... no trailblazers I know of for 15 in Littlefield, or via casual perusal of the campground access roads.


Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 29, 2012, 08:32:30 PM
Re: the circle 3s, last time I was there they were still up (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tulsa&hl=en&ll=34.236589,-95.649778&spn=0.010094,0.021007&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.507908,86.044922&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.236589,-95.649778&panoid=gdQfRswC9UgErtPcsoxdcg&cbp=12,205.55,,0,2.77) at the Indian Nation Tpk exit.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Quote from: corco on June 28, 2012, 11:51:48 PM
On US-89 in Utah, only notable for distance to Phoenix
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F1.jpg&hash=b4619b1febd39addd02e31b102ecb627d78f3328)
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?
Quote from: corco on June 28, 2012, 11:51:48 PM
On 79/80 in Shreveport, the 1 shield does have a weird outline, but the US shields are gorgeous
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fjunk%2Fbest%2F9.jpg&hash=45f82ba6cf29c5156a46ba50fbb0887c3b86b652)
I'm not sure about the wide spaces between the digits of the 79 and 71 shields... Also that I-20 shield is a bit bloated, IMHO.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

Some states do it that way. I know Connecticut does for all non-freeway distance signage. I don't think I have ever seen it on a freeway though...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

Some states do it that way. I know Connecticut does for all non-freeway distance signage. I don't think I have ever seen it on a freeway though...
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: shadyjay on June 30, 2012, 03:42:50 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Conn Tpke:  NB / Greenwich
Parkway:  WCP SB in Meriden
I-84:  WB there's one in the Union area, don't think there's any EB
I-91:  None I can think of, though I remember one SB between Exits 21 & 20 which had mile and km distances but that's been gone for years.
I-95:  One NB in Stonington, two SB between N. Stonington and Groton
CT 2:  EB and WB between Glastonbury and Norwich, at least one in each direction, if not 2
CT 9:  One in each direction between Exits 8 & 9

Maybe a few others. 

All are single-pieced signs, not the "separate tabs".  Those only appear on surface roads.  Same goes for VT as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on June 30, 2012, 03:54:57 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

Some states do it that way. I know Connecticut does for all non-freeway distance signage. I don't think I have ever seen it on a freeway though...
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Au contraire!  :P

I-95 has a few examples, for one thing. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ct/i-95/s1.html)  ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 04:21:58 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 30, 2012, 03:54:57 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

Some states do it that way. I know Connecticut does for all non-freeway distance signage. I don't think I have ever seen it on a freeway though...
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Au contraire!  :P

I-95 has a few examples, for one thing. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ct/i-95/s1.html)  ;)

Ouch. Corrected by your own website. Tsk tsk, Steve.  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 30, 2012, 08:27:15 PM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 04:21:58 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 30, 2012, 03:54:57 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

Some states do it that way. I know Connecticut does for all non-freeway distance signage. I don't think I have ever seen it on a freeway though...
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Au contraire!  :P

I-95 has a few examples, for one thing. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ct/i-95/s1.html)  ;)

Ouch. Corrected by your own website. Tsk tsk, Steve.  :-D
Hence the :P face
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on June 30, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 08:27:15 PM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 04:21:58 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 30, 2012, 03:54:57 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 30, 2012, 10:02:10 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 30, 2012, 01:03:50 AM
Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

Some states do it that way. I know Connecticut does for all non-freeway distance signage. I don't think I have ever seen it on a freeway though...
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Au contraire!  :P

I-95 has a few examples, for one thing. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ct/i-95/s1.html)  ;)

Ouch. Corrected by your own website. Tsk tsk, Steve.  :-D
Hence the :P face

That's what I guessed too--who knows his web site better than he does?--but wanted to preempt someone else pointing those out.  ;)

There's another atop this (still-orange) page of CT 2. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ct/ct_2/w2.html)  I liked the orange. 

On Best-Of, I love the signs on US 30 WB approaching I-75--fantastic button copy from the section that opened in 1999. 

(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/157_564747843768_4244_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on June 30, 2012, 09:06:04 PM
Quote from: corco on June 28, 2012, 11:51:48 PM
The only I-15 trailblazer I know of in Arizona

You know, I was just by there a few days ago and that jumped out at me as a bit odd. I-15 is over 60 miles away! Or is it normal to trailblaze at such distance out in the boonies of the west?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on June 30, 2012, 09:21:41 PM
QuoteYou know, I was just by there a few days ago and that jumped out at me as a bit odd. I-15 is over 60 miles away! Or is it normal to trailblaze at such distance out in the boonies of the west?
That's pretty far, but not unheard of. I'd suspect in this case that's because it's a touristy corridor.

This is the furthest I've ever seen- it's 91 miles to I-84 south of Huntington, Oregon!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fi84.jpg&hash=8e82f19c435d5ae4facdc5b4d0db2d7fb9b5597b)


I've seen further distances on distance signs for freeway junctions, but that's the furthest I've ever seen a generic shield for.

Also, it takes a full extra half hour to get to Boise via US-95 (Payette) instead of Idaho 55 (McCall) from there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 30, 2012, 09:40:10 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 30, 2012, 09:01:07 PM

There's another atop this (still-orange) page of CT 2. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ct/ct_2/w2.html)  I liked the orange. 

My pages are still orange. I thought I got them all, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 02, 2012, 05:44:25 PM
Wasn't able to get a picture of this sign and the Street View image wasn't clear, but I'll describe it here in case someone recognizes the description and has a picture. We just returned from a vacation in Florida and on Bonaventure Boulevard in Weston I saw a lovely sign that had a picture of a line of cars waiting, presumably at a red light, and one car trying to cut across the solid line to butt into the line of stopped cars. To the left of this image the sign said "Cutting Into Vehicle Queue Prohibited," with the words in black on a white background except for the word "Prohibited," which was in red. Underneath was a sign citing a couple of statutes. I loved the sign, although I found the use of the term "queue" curious in the USA because that's a term I normally hear from Brits (and indeed when I see Americans attempting to use it, they often misspell it as "cue" or "que").

Here is the link to the very unclear Street View image. (http://goo.gl/maps/sbTm) There's another one of these signs to the left a little further south nearer to Griffin Road, but that one isn't shown in the Street View.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: r-dub on July 03, 2012, 06:14:46 PM
Found some more from a 2010 visit to Chicago then west on US 24. First, in Chicago:

From the far eastern end of the Northwest Highway
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fpics%2Fchicago3.jpg&hash=3cd3c13b9a69d5d2d5a2c59e1b4ffe49a5509790)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fpics%2Fchicago2.jpg&hash=60fc0ad5147108383e8b2069dc49f8cb27461f2f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fpics%2Fchicago1.jpg&hash=be635f38e863950d5d027cce905815e31445328c)

Then from Cawker City, KS
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fpics%2Fcawker1.jpg&hash=aac09dbccf03435eb056db0ca5d648fdd5082777)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 08, 2012, 04:35:42 PM
1990s IDOT button copy on the Kennedy Expressway (inbound) at Ogden.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2145.jpg&hash=e27ad7b9e5b94ed0be7d302adcd5d993617ce4ce)

Even the small print for the expressway name is button copy.  Gotta love how close the Feeder Ramp exit (Ohio St) is to this one.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on July 08, 2012, 04:41:26 PM
What's the "1200 W" stand for? Block number?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 08, 2012, 04:48:03 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 08, 2012, 04:41:26 PM
What's the "1200 W" stand for? Block number?

Yes.  Ogden Avenue is 1200 West at this point.  A lot of the exit signs in and near the city have the block numbers posted under the street name.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 08, 2012, 11:56:40 PM
I've always loved Monterey signage, just so pretty:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8422%2F7532910788_367d3e8989_c.jpg&hash=869c726196b1ead2d2e2e1ffc46faf8937db8a0a)

Does anyone know what the font here is?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 09, 2012, 12:35:21 AM
Looks like Albertus. My workplace uses it in all-caps for some interior signage. It's pretty decent.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 09, 2012, 12:39:32 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 09, 2012, 12:35:21 AM
Looks like Albertus. My workplace uses it in all-caps for some interior signage. It's pretty decent.
Looked it up, and this sign looks like it indeed has that font. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on July 09, 2012, 12:43:45 AM
Too bad most of the signs in Monterey are turning into Clearview.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 09, 2012, 12:52:19 AM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on July 09, 2012, 12:43:45 AM
Too bad most of the signs in Monterey are turning into Clearview.

I'm sure it's only signs like these (don't know what they're called) that are in Clearview, not destination signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7088%2F6865714614_28c3d1bcd5_c.jpg&hash=9c6d2c11ddee04b8875eff8ec3f386f8400b5c0e)

But this one I like. It kinda reminds me of these signs in Phoenix:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7248%2F7533213264_8652b0d6e5_c.jpg&hash=61c82dea8083635190bba14fce939228023d276a)

They tend to be more in the downtown area, but we don't really end up there. I've also seen these in Albertus, which looks really nice.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on July 09, 2012, 01:00:53 AM
The older ones are in Albertus.  uh, I just call them mast-arm street signs.  :P 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 09, 2012, 01:04:19 AM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on July 09, 2012, 01:00:53 AM
The older ones are in Albertus.  uh, I just call them mast-arm street signs.  :P 
So I guess these Clarendon ones are older (Though I hate Clarendon, at least these are brown):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8142%2F7533279412_a4c5de8d26_c.jpg&hash=4fe1f047b47a83043e40bd57c7c3f211a912f383)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 09, 2012, 12:18:35 PM
Quote from: corco on June 30, 2012, 09:21:41 PM

This is the furthest I've ever seen- it's 91 miles to I-84 south of Huntington, Oregon!

[photo]

I've seen further distances on distance signs for freeway junctions, but that's the furthest I've ever seen a generic shield for.

I believe I-15 is signed solely with a shield on green signs on I-70 westbound in Utah, maybe as far east as Green River?  No mention of Cove Fort; just a shield and a distance taking up an entire line on the guide sign.

but yes, for a stand-alone gantry, that I-84 takes the cake.

too bad no state name.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on July 09, 2012, 07:26:15 PM
There's a distance sign which lists "JCT I-15" (I believe it's text like that, not a shield) as a destination not too far past the CO/UT line.

Of course, there are plenty of other such instances of this sort of thing. Florida has signs on I-75 south showing the distance to the (norther) junction with I-275 (using a shield!) well over 100 miles north of the junction itself.

I wouldn't call any of those "trailblazers", though. To me, "trailblazer" implies a sign that says "to route X, thataway" at an intersection. i.e., its purpose is to dictate direction, not distance.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on July 13, 2012, 02:25:00 PM
Angled exit signs were common in Ontario until the late 1970s or so when there use was phased out.  A few still exist.  Not the best photo (and the old king's highway crowns have been covered over as a result of highway downloading), but a contender nevertheless:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_814_east_Jul05.jpg&hash=3c025844ed9edead4cfda41ebe959aa6954ad9fc)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on July 13, 2012, 11:17:52 PM
I like those angled exit signs. Reminds me of the 50s and those attractions on US 66.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 14, 2012, 06:47:28 PM
More IDOT button copy:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2262.jpg&hash=2a64d10b48f2f1b0799049db61494e2175292c4c)

Missing a bar (I think it fell off years ago):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2261.jpg&hash=76b090758d1f91758835d0c272867e3b0d07e6c4)

InDOT button copy:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2247.jpg&hash=fd6769d35d614f181b3040c3decd28a57e4f5751)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on July 14, 2012, 07:03:20 PM
I can't include either of those last two in my personal "Best of".

Even discounting the missing bar, there's unnecessary green space between the 57 and Chicago.  In the third photo, the layout on the right panel is all wrong -- most egregiously, the lack of space between "Ripley" and "Toll".

Just as Clearview doesn't automatically make a sign "worst of", button copy shouldn't automatically make a sign "best of".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mukade on July 14, 2012, 07:10:56 PM
Wasn't "Ripley St." added later? One thing funny, whe I lived up in NWI, I never heard anyone ever call it Ripley Street. Everyone I knew always called it "51".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 14, 2012, 07:12:40 PM
Quote from: mukade on July 14, 2012, 07:10:56 PM
Wasn't "Ripley St." added later? One thing funny, whe I lived up in NWI, I never heard anyone ever call it Ripley Street. Everyone I knew always called it "51".

The sign's been that way as long as I can remember.  There's another nearer the exit that's missing and I-90 shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on July 16, 2012, 05:38:07 PM
Original overheads at VA 10/32 crossing over the US 13/58/460 bypass in Suffolk. There were no more VA 10 eastbound postings after this.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jtssqFHVsqY/UAREDf7yFOI/AAAAAAAACro/I5FPbS8oB1I/s816/DSC01102.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 16, 2012, 05:55:38 PM
The Memphis/Chicago pair seem to be part of Illinois's like for signs on the same overhead assembly to be the same height even though one of them could be shorter. 

The missing separator between the exit number and the rest of the sign evokes old Mass signage to me--although only when the main sign is pretty narrow or the exit number something with an A-B shown would an old Mass sign have a full-width tab with no separator.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on July 20, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Not everyday you see a BGS FM/RM road:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX20051231i1.jpg)
Old black on white FM/RM roads:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19560012i1.jpg)(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19560691i1.jpg)(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19564751i1.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19568261i1.jpg)
Well proportioned square, prior to the implementation of the thick border:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19560811t310820.jpg)
Good arrow shields:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19562902t301860.jpg)(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19400691t301240.jpg)
Green digits
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19705651t365650.jpg)
Wyoming type, a trace of Mexico:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19690441i1.jpg)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on July 21, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 20, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Not everyday you see a BGS FM/RM road:
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I heard these are becoming the new standard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on July 21, 2012, 07:13:49 PM
I could do without the all-caps Clearview for "JUNCTION" but otherwise I like it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: connroadgeek on July 21, 2012, 07:28:46 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on June 30, 2012, 03:42:50 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Conn Tpke:  NB / Greenwich
Parkway:  WCP SB in Meriden
I-84:  WB there's one in the Union area, don't think there's any EB
I-91:  None I can think of, though I remember one SB between Exits 21 & 20 which had mile and km distances but that's been gone for years.
I-95:  One NB in Stonington, two SB between N. Stonington and Groton
CT 2:  EB and WB between Glastonbury and Norwich, at least one in each direction, if not 2
CT 9:  One in each direction between Exits 8 & 9

Maybe a few others. 

All are single-pieced signs, not the "separate tabs".  Those only appear on surface roads.  Same goes for VT as well.

Distance signs on CT highways are rare - end of story. The state is tiny and doesn't warrant distance signs - everything is close by distance but far by time. More useful would be electronic signs giving time to a particular point. Instead our electronic signs tell us that if we don't click it we'll get a ticket. Thanks that's useful.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on July 21, 2012, 10:06:50 PM
I do like this TN 33 shield, even if it's not centered properly:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7011%2F6460545957_6ceda9eb6f.jpg&hash=d2981ed1778335a1c040d728800e76bb9e4d2b03)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on July 22, 2012, 12:46:10 AM
Quote from: connroadgeek on July 21, 2012, 07:28:46 PM
Quote from: shadyjay on June 30, 2012, 03:42:50 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 30, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
I don't think I've ever seen a distance sign on CT freeways :P

Conn Tpke:  NB / Greenwich
Parkway:  WCP SB in Meriden
I-84:  WB there's one in the Union area, don't think there's any EB
I-91:  None I can think of, though I remember one SB between Exits 21 & 20 which had mile and km distances but that's been gone for years.
I-95:  One NB in Stonington, two SB between N. Stonington and Groton
CT 2:  EB and WB between Glastonbury and Norwich, at least one in each direction, if not 2
CT 9:  One in each direction between Exits 8 & 9

Maybe a few others. 

All are single-pieced signs, not the "separate tabs".  Those only appear on surface roads.  Same goes for VT as well.

Distance signs on CT highways are rare - end of story. The state is tiny and doesn't warrant distance signs - everything is close by distance but far by time. More useful would be electronic signs giving time to a particular point. Instead our electronic signs tell us that if we don't click it we'll get a ticket. Thanks that's useful.
Hm? Distance signs are all over the place in CT.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on July 23, 2012, 02:57:48 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 21, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 20, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Not everyday you see a BGS FM/RM road:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX20051231i1.jpg)

I heard these are becoming the new standard.

Previously discussed here:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7038.msg159729#msg159729

The claim has indeed been made that these signs represent a new standard.  I disbelieve it (they appeared just in one contract, as designable signs, and not in any other signing contracts).  SHSD fails to confirm that they are a standard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on July 25, 2012, 08:34:59 PM
New York City was forced to replace all their street signs in the late 70's/early 80's when the feds, MUTCD in hand, demanded they be white on green. Previously, there was a color code by borough.
Bronx = white on blue
Queens = blue on white
Brooklyn = white on black
Manhattan and Staten Island  = black on yellow

Well, I found a survivor today:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg29.imageshack.us%2Fimg29%2F2431%2Fimg1275rt.jpg&hash=b57afe8cc8e0cbecee95cf10149bc38986e8d48c)

Apparently there are still a few others left, but this is a rarity.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on July 25, 2012, 08:47:07 PM
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 23, 2012, 02:57:48 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 21, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 20, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Not everyday you see a BGS FM/RM road:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX20051231i1.jpg)

I heard these are becoming the new standard.

Previously discussed here:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7038.msg159729#msg159729

The claim has indeed been made that these signs represent a new standard.  I disbelieve it (they appeared just in one contract, as designable signs, and not in any other signing contracts).  SHSD fails to confirm that they are a standard.

This shield format for BGSes has been the Federal standard for state route shields with black backgrounds on BGSes for some time (IIRC, it first showed up in the 1988 MUTCD).  See the MUTCD - Section 2E.27 and Figure 2E-17.  The rationale is that, at night, the amount of black space visible on the BGS for a shield with black background detracts from the overall legibility of the sign.

The generally accepted exception to this standard is for state route shields (like MA, CT) on BGSes that have an inset black border.  In those cases, the inset border can remain on the marker.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on July 25, 2012, 09:24:05 PM
Quote from: roadman on July 25, 2012, 08:47:07 PM
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 23, 2012, 02:57:48 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 21, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 20, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Not everyday you see a BGS FM/RM road:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX20051231i1.jpg)

I heard these are becoming the new standard.

Previously discussed here:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7038.msg159729#msg159729

The claim has indeed been made that these signs represent a new standard.  I disbelieve it (they appeared just in one contract, as designable signs, and not in any other signing contracts).  SHSD fails to confirm that they are a standard.

This shield format for BGSes has been the Federal standard for state route shields with black backgrounds on BGSes for some time (IIRC, it first showed up in the 1988 MUTCD).  See the MUTCD - Section 2E.27 and Figure 2E-17.  The rationale is that, at night, the amount of black space visible on the BGS for a shield with black background detracts from the overall legibility of the sign.

The generally accepted exception to this standard is for state route shields (like MA, CT) on BGSes that have an inset black border.  In those cases, the inset border can remain on the marker.

Roadman, I am afraid you misunderstand.  The point at issue here is not that the FM "shields" appear against the sign background without a black surround.  Texas already has a standard guide-sign FM shield which consists of a white rectangle whose width varies as needed to accommodate the route number digits in Series D (black) at an uniform height.  This shield is quite bland compared to the independent-mount design, which positions the route number digits within the state outline on a square blank with a black or brown background.  The digits always appear in Series D but the height varies as required to fit the designation within the state outline.

The sign shown in the photo was installed as part of a major signing contract around 2007 in which, instead of using the standard guide-sign FM shield, TxDOT experimented with using the route number digits and foreground elements of the independent-mount shield against the green guide sign background, as if they formed a guide sign shield.  This contract covered signs in only one of TxDOT's 26 districts.  This experiment was not repeated in any other districts or in any other signing contracts, a point to which I can speak with some expertise since I collect sign design sheets for every construction and maintenance contract TxDOT processes through its statewide letting.

Some contributors to this board believe that, in spite of its design advantages for high-speed traffic, TxDOT's standard guide-sign FM shield is boring compared to the independent-mount shield, and they would like to believe that TxDOT has adopted the experimental state-outline design as a new standard.  The intent of my previous post was to point out that there is no evidence this has happened.  I would not expect it to, since the design is fairly wasteful of material compared to the guide-sign FM shield that is already the established standard.  (There is a limit beyond which the additional material usage cannot be justified as enhancing target value.)

Edit:  The contract I am thinking of has CCSJ 0046-03-031 and the work was performed in TxDOT's Atlanta district.  File date stamps suggest it was advertised for the November 2004 letting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on July 26, 2012, 01:20:42 AM
Quote from: J N Winkler on July 25, 2012, 09:24:05 PM
Some contributors to this board believe that, in spite of its design advantages for high-speed traffic, TxDOT's standard guide-sign FM shield is boring compared to the independent-mount shield, and they would like to believe that TxDOT has adopted the experimental state-outline design as a new standard.  The intent of my previous post was to point out that there is no evidence this has happened.  I would not expect it to, since the design is fairly wasteful of material compared to the guide-sign FM shield that is already the established standard.  (There is a limit beyond which the additional material usage cannot be justified as enhancing target value.)

For me, the issue has nothing to do with the BGS shield being boring -- or conversely, has nothing to do with the BGS shield being better for high speed traffic.

I just think that it's at best odd, and at worst confusing to the average motorist, to use completely different shields on BGSs from what they use on the route itself.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on July 26, 2012, 01:52:04 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 26, 2012, 01:20:42 AMFor me, the issue has nothing to do with the BGS shield being boring -- or conversely, has nothing to do with the BGS shield being better for high speed traffic.

I just think that it's at best odd, and at worst confusing to the average motorist, to use completely different shields on BGSs from what they use on the route itself.

Yes, TxDOT's approach flies in the face of the MUTCD Guidance statement (in 2D.11, and referred to in Roadman's post upthread) that addresses the design of state route markers.  However, the Standard statement provides that the state route shields shall be as designed by the state DOT.

In actuality the guide-sign and independent-mount SH shields are a reasonably close match to each other, the main difference being that the independent-mount shield is always square and has a heavy black border with the digits above rather than below "TEXAS."  The problem rests with the FM/RM shields and certain other specialty shields which use the state outline.  I personally don't complain too loudly since the logical and economical fix, if TxDOT wanted to conform more completely to MUTCD guidance, would be to substitute white squares for the independent-mount shield designs that currently use the state outline.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 26, 2012, 07:04:18 AM
Was going through St Louis earlier on I-64/US-40 eastbound, and saw this for a gore sign.  I kind of liked it.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2356.jpg&hash=0f200aa842bfdea9a218f555969a382feec2528e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CanesFan27 on July 26, 2012, 08:29:09 AM
Quote from: Takumi on May 30, 2012, 10:39:11 AM
How long did NC use button copy? Those shields look very modern.



These were a test project done in the mid-late 90s when they widened US 1 to four lanes from a Super Two.  There had been a similar project on I-485 in the Matthews area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on July 26, 2012, 11:51:34 AM
Quote from: Brandon on July 26, 2012, 07:04:18 AM
Was going through St Louis earlier on I-64/US-40 eastbound, and saw this for a gore sign.  I kind of liked it.


It is quite useful considering that there is no access to I-70 west or I-55 south from I-64 east. You simply default into East St. Louis.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2012, 11:59:32 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 20, 2012, 10:36:22 PM
Green digits

nope, those are black - it is just the photo quality which makes them look green.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2012, 12:06:18 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 26, 2012, 01:20:42 AM

I just think that it's at best odd, and at worst confusing to the average motorist, to use completely different shields on BGSs from what they use on the route itself.

not only that, but the surface-level signs say FARM ROAD, while the green signs say FM.  I remember my first time driving in Texas - I did not have an instinctive understanding that those two meant the same thing.  I happened to get off at some FM exit to get gas, and saw a FARM ROAD with the same number going off into the distance, so I made the connection by observation, but it was quite a bit longer before I learned that FM meant "farm to market".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on July 26, 2012, 02:24:27 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 26, 2012, 07:04:18 AM
Was going through St Louis earlier on I-64/US-40 eastbound, and saw this for a gore sign.  I kind of liked it.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2356.jpg&hash=0f200aa842bfdea9a218f555969a382feec2528e)

I see this as a very confusing sign. I know most of us read it as, "Last Missouri Exit, Exit 40", but a lot of people not familiar with the area could read it as, "Last Missouri Exit...(US-) 40 exit here." 

The assembly would be better off with a standard, but smaller EXIT 40 sign with diagonal arrow and a black on yellow square immediately below it stating "LAST EXIT IN MISSOURI".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on July 26, 2012, 03:28:28 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on July 26, 2012, 02:24:27 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 26, 2012, 07:04:18 AM
Was going through St Louis earlier on I-64/US-40 eastbound, and saw this for a gore sign.  I kind of liked it.


I see this as a very confusing sign. I know most of us read it as, "Last Missouri Exit, Exit 40", but a lot of people not familiar with the area could read it as, "Last Missouri Exit...(US-) 40 exit here." 

The assembly would be better off with a standard, but smaller EXIT 40 sign with diagonal arrow and a black on yellow square immediately below it stating "LAST EXIT IN MISSOURI".

When we drove through there in May, the exit gore point sign was missing and all that was left was "40B" in a tab, so that is a new sign.

Secondly, also looking through my photos, there is an overhead sign affixed to a brace holding up the upper deck reading "Last Missouri Exit at 6th Street" with a standard Exit 40 tab. I can post the photo later if someone would like.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on July 28, 2012, 03:40:25 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 08, 2012, 09:24:06 PM
Cat-eyed cross buck sign in Severna Park:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7243%2F7157713291_e7165e1a9c_z.jpg&hash=a1ffc3150ded3c2b2a958a2403fa935f0d1e8063)
I still love those... even without the button-copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on July 30, 2012, 06:20:44 PM
Some old signs from Baltimore. I don't think this first one is button copy, but the rest are.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ah4oOfw71Bw/UBb-WsAQqlI/AAAAAAAADvo/sAZ2ko17A1A/s720/DSC01619.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t2ApbWvFS7A/UBb-WzW0srI/AAAAAAAADv0/c-HQVgwyx1k/s720/DSC01620.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NSa_MfLJ9zE/UBb-W5sqq-I/AAAAAAAADv4/XNrLCdRF3KI/s720/DSC01621.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vT-UgF_1D10/UBb-XMyfc5I/AAAAAAAADvw/RR0O8EVNwTc/s720/DSC01622.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dougtone on July 30, 2012, 06:36:53 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on July 25, 2012, 08:34:59 PM
New York City was forced to replace all their street signs in the late 70's/early 80's when the feds, MUTCD in hand, demanded they be white on green. Previously, there was a color code by borough.
Bronx = white on blue
Queens = blue on white
Brooklyn = white on black
Manhattan and Staten Island  = black on yellow

Here's one floating around in Queens that I spotted a few years back.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2752%2F4330989461_c51dcd8d1f_o.jpg&hash=3131b988caca7d6a89073158038c466cf0d56379)

There was a also black on yellow blade sign for Hylan Blvd. that found its way to upstate Prattsville.  The Hylan Blvd. sign appears to have been lost to the floods of Hurricane Irene last year.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on July 30, 2012, 07:06:38 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on July 25, 2012, 08:34:59 PM
New York City was forced to replace all their street signs in the late 70's/early 80's when the feds, MUTCD in hand, demanded they be white on green. Previously, there was a color code by borough.
Bronx = white on blue
Queens = blue on white
Brooklyn = white on black
Manhattan and Staten Island  = black on yellow

Minneapolis continued to use its three different colors of street signs to distinguish, for purposes of snow plowing, street direction or status as snow emergency route. Its main streets were posted white on blue, with non-snow emergency routes posted white on brown or green depending on official direction. They were that way when I left in 2002 and I never heard of any movement to replace with all green.

The street direction became academic by 1990 or so, when the city standardized on an odd or even-side plowing schedule rather than N-S or E-W streets.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 30, 2012, 07:09:50 PM
On the topic of button copy, here's one from Tacoma:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7276%2F7680064330_14d731b2ec_c.jpg&hash=556a640d4db35cab315e9d181810947eb9754155)

And another from Portland:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8434%2F7680069070_e990b76404_c.jpg&hash=5fdf58ab68e26acfc9206852d78883fac8a9632c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on July 30, 2012, 07:12:57 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2012, 12:06:18 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 26, 2012, 01:20:42 AM

I just think that it's at best odd, and at worst confusing to the average motorist, to use completely different shields on BGSs from what they use on the route itself.

not only that, but the surface-level signs say FARM ROAD, while the green signs say FM.  I remember my first time driving in Texas - I did not have an instinctive understanding that those two meant the same thing.  I happened to get off at some FM exit to get gas, and saw a FARM ROAD with the same number going off into the distance, so I made the connection by observation, but it was quite a bit longer before I learned that FM meant "farm to market".
I think early in my Texas driving experience I thought FM was an abbreviation for FarM. That did nothing to explain RM at that time, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on July 30, 2012, 08:25:12 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on July 30, 2012, 07:09:50 PM
On the topic of button copy, here's one from Tacoma:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7276%2F7680064330_14d731b2ec_c.jpg&hash=556a640d4db35cab315e9d181810947eb9754155)
What's the WA 167 greenout covering?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on July 30, 2012, 09:38:13 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 30, 2012, 08:25:12 PM

What's the WA 167 greenout covering?
I'd guess a WA 410, dating it to before 1973.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on July 31, 2012, 10:23:57 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 30, 2012, 09:38:13 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 30, 2012, 08:25:12 PM

What's the WA 167 greenout covering?
I'd guess a WA 410, dating it to before 1973.

I've always wondered that myself, and 410 is the only viable answer.  However, the direction would have to have been changed as well (would have been 410 EAST), and while it might just be too old/dirty to tell, I don't see any evidence of alteration on that part of the sign.

As an aside, I'm reasonably confident that's one of only three button copy signs on I-5 in Washington.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 31, 2012, 10:47:01 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 31, 2012, 10:23:57 PM
I've always wondered that myself, and 410 is the only viable answer.  However, the direction would have to have been changed as well (would have been 410 EAST), and while it might just be too old/dirty to tell, I don't see any evidence of alteration on that part of the sign.

As an aside, I'm reasonably confident that's one of only three button copy signs on I-5 in Washington.

that is not a button copy sign.  its neighbor is, but the 167 sign looks to be individually demountable reflective Scotchlite tape elements.

I have some pretty good photos of that gantry and even with contrast enhancement in Photoshop, I cannot see any alteration of the direction banner.

I also see no evidence of direction alteration on the next two exit 135 signs, which are immediately up the road - those, too, have patches for 167.

I actually believe the reflective-tape signs are older than button copy.  a friend of mine says that he remembers button copy starting to appear in Washington in the late 1960s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on August 01, 2012, 01:05:30 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 31, 2012, 10:47:01 PM
that is not a button copy sign.  its neighbor is, but the 167 sign looks to be individually demountable reflective Scotchlite tape elements.

Apologies, I did mean the Portland Ave sign.  Somewhere between looking at the photo and trying to write the post without still looking at the photo, my brain froze and forgot there were two different panels.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 01, 2012, 11:40:26 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on August 01, 2012, 01:05:30 AM


Apologies, I did mean the Portland Ave sign.  Somewhere between looking at the photo and trying to write the post without still looking at the photo, my brain froze and forgot there were two different panels.

now I wonder where the other two are.  also, any button copy on I-90?  Whenever I think of Washington button copy, I tend to think of it on city streets and ramps - for example, there's an on-ramp sign for I-5 south in Tacoma, which I don't think counts as being on I-5 even though one can see it from the freeway.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on August 01, 2012, 11:43:39 PM
One is the SB Exit 199 1 mile advance.  I'm not sure about the third, I remember seeing it once a couple years ago, but couldn't re-spot it on any of my trips this past summer.  It was northbound for (IIRC) a weigh station (has a blue background) somewhere around Lacey.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on August 02, 2012, 03:12:38 PM
Quote from: Dougtone on July 30, 2012, 06:36:53 PM
Here's one floating around in Queens that I spotted a few years back.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2752%2F4330989461_c51dcd8d1f_o.jpg&hash=3131b988caca7d6a89073158038c466cf0d56379)


I saw one myself around the Summer of 2005, took a couple of pictures, and posted them on a few websites.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Old_Queens_Street_Name_Sign%28HHX_from_190th%29.jpg
I don't remember if it's still there now.


Believe it or not, New York has some signs that aren't white on green, but they're all in historic neighborhoods, and they're white on brown. Years ago, I saw street signs on the roads of JFK Airport that were yellow on black.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on August 02, 2012, 09:59:28 PM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on August 02, 2012, 03:12:38 PM

Believe it or not, New York has some signs that aren't white on green, but they're all in historic neighborhoods, and they're white on brown. Years ago, I saw street signs on the roads of JFK Airport that were yellow on black.

Port Authority does its own roadway signs. They have had different color schemes at each airport. The last I checked, they were considering blue at LGA, green at EWR, and maroon at JFK, but we were having trouble figuring out the maroon specification (it's not in the MUTCD). I think green at JFK would be the alternative. However, until that all takes effect, it is what it is right now.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on August 12, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8288%2F7770141048_7b9e7fe205.jpg&hash=93d7188a2a28bd9aca412475e1d6f7621fbc41f6) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7770141048/)
DSCN1849 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7770141048/) by GeoJosh (http://www.flickr.com/people/geojosh/), on Flickr


Not too many of these in Texas. Only 3 Business FM routes according to TxDOT

-- Fixed the url/img code. -rmf67
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 14, 2012, 10:40:45 PM
Found this Business 75 Loop sign still standing in Cordele, Georgia.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2FIntBus75LoopSignFaded-CordeleGA.jpg&hash=c2f9442d69d25ae5a89b057813aee329a7566622)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: codyg1985 on August 15, 2012, 08:13:56 AM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 12, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
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DSCN1849 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7770141048/) by GeoJosh (http://www.flickr.com/people/geojosh/), on Flickr


Not too many of these in Texas. Only 3 Business FM routes according to TxDOT

-- Fixed the url/img code. -rmf67

What's with the A below the numbers? Is this FM 1960A (or should I say Business 1960A)?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on August 15, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Quote from: codyg1985 on August 15, 2012, 08:13:56 AM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 12, 2012, 09:38:21 PM


Not too many of these in Texas. Only 3 Business FM routes according to TxDOT

-- Fixed the url/img code. -rmf67

What's with the A below the numbers? Is this FM 1960A (or should I say Business 1960A)?
Texas letters its business routes that way. For example, US 380 has two business routes - G and J, and the letters do appear in the shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 15, 2012, 12:39:44 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 14, 2012, 10:40:45 PM
Found this Business 75 Loop sign still standing in Cordele, Georgia.


awesome!  I never noticed that.  was it on one of the connector roads between I-75 and US-41?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 15, 2012, 03:03:12 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 15, 2012, 12:39:44 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 14, 2012, 10:40:45 PM
Found this Business 75 Loop sign still standing in Cordele, Georgia.


awesome!  I never noticed that.  was it on one of the connector roads between I-75 and US-41?

Yes, midway along a non-numbered route.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on August 18, 2012, 05:32:14 PM
I've noticed these somewhat different speed limit signs in Vallejo. Does anyone know what font this is?
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In Vancouver...
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(I wonder if the blank space on the right used to have a TCH-1 shield)

And, just for the heck of it, Historic US Highway 99:
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on August 27, 2012, 04:20:11 AM
Zia on BGS and 'CR 4kj', Guadalupe County, NM
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on August 27, 2012, 08:18:54 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on August 27, 2012, 04:20:11 AM
Zia on BGS and 'CR 4kj', Guadalupe County, NM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NM/NM19690041i1.jpg)
Did someone mash the keyboard?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on August 27, 2012, 08:38:47 PM
Quote from: Steve on August 27, 2012, 08:18:54 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on August 27, 2012, 04:20:11 AM
Zia on BGS and 'CR 4kj', Guadalupe County, NM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NM/NM19690041i1.jpg)
Did someone mash the keyboard?
Well, it IS New Mexico.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:09:41 PM
I recall Wyoming having county routes with the same numbering convention, but they were signed with all caps.  (I would assume that this New Mexico one was supposed to be all caps as well.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on August 27, 2012, 10:58:08 PM
So when will NH1 finish going through the sign gallery and posting random signs here?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 09:08:32 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Since I had to google that one, I suppose the answer is yes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: signalman on August 29, 2012, 01:36:51 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

I had to think about that one for a second.  Now that I did, that song is stuck in my head.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on August 29, 2012, 02:53:15 AM
Only Park County. The rest use numerics or an AX convention.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Special K on August 29, 2012, 09:27:05 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Look away... look away...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on August 29, 2012, 08:47:37 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Are pain and truth the things that really matter, or can you stay here with every single hope you have shattered?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on August 29, 2012, 08:52:32 PM
Quote from: Brandon on August 29, 2012, 08:47:37 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Are pain and truth the things that really matter, or can you stay here with every single hope you have shattered?
Guys, just chill down. This is just the thread for 'The Best of Road Signs'. No need to start bickering about stuff that's off-topic in here.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 29, 2012, 08:54:19 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on August 29, 2012, 08:52:32 PM

Guys, just chill down. This is just the thread for 'The Best of Road Signs'. No need to start bickering about stuff that's off-topic in here.

none of these are at all lyrics of any song in any form at any time
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on August 29, 2012, 09:09:23 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on August 29, 2012, 08:52:32 PM
Quote from: Brandon on August 29, 2012, 08:47:37 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 28, 2012, 06:45:20 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 28, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Are pain and truth the things that really matter, or can you stay here with every single hope you have shattered?
Guys, just chill down. This is just the thread for 'The Best of Road Signs'. No need to start bickering about stuff that's off-topic in here.

NH1, http://www.lyrics.com/in-a-big-country-lyrics-big-country.html
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on August 29, 2012, 09:34:18 PM
I don't think I'd have minded if I sat this one out.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on August 30, 2012, 01:10:41 AM
Oh god, what have I started?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Road Hog on August 30, 2012, 01:38:32 AM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 12, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8288%2F7770141048_7b9e7fe205.jpg&hash=93d7188a2a28bd9aca412475e1d6f7621fbc41f6) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7770141048/)
DSCN1849 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/7770141048/) by GeoJosh (http://www.flickr.com/people/geojosh/), on Flickr


Not too many of these in Texas. Only 3 Business FM routes according to TxDOT

-- Fixed the url/img code. -rmf67

I know where another one is – Business FM 51 in Decatur.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on August 30, 2012, 05:06:43 AM
now to actually contribute to the thread

I know these signs have some design errors--EVERY WORD IS IN SMALL CAPS, and that outline 734 shield isn't really doing it for me--but the fact that ODOT (or their contractor) bothered to use decent-sized overhead signs for this detour instead of relying on annoyingly small roadside assemblies earns an "A" for effort in my book:

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on August 30, 2012, 06:02:21 AM
^Actually, the OH 734 shield would stand out better if it were black on white, but I do like the Clearview and Outline shields.  :nod:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 30, 2012, 12:37:06 PM
are those the only black-outlined shields in Ohio?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on August 30, 2012, 02:13:07 PM
Central Avenue,  is Washington CH supposed to be court house?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 30, 2012, 02:29:42 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 30, 2012, 02:13:07 PM
Central Avenue,  is Washington CH supposed to be court house?

the name of the town is literally "Washington Court House".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 30, 2012, 03:45:42 PM
I've seen a few, used for "regulatory" purposes.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2FWhiteOH93sign-US52.jpg&hash=1d6b66ad277d9b6f4f3f030d8291a336bc6f6ce1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 30, 2012, 04:25:56 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 30, 2012, 03:45:42 PM
I've seen a few, used for "regulatory" purposes.

that is different, as it is on the green background.

it's mildly amusing when the sign is on the white background and lacks the border, and the only way you can tell that it is a shield is because it's a single plate of aluminum cut to shield shape, as opposed to the assembly of horizontal slats which make up the background.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on August 30, 2012, 08:07:23 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on August 30, 2012, 05:06:43 AM
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By any chance, is the original photo of sufficient resolution to make a good blow-up of the state route shields?  That would be good for examining the differences between the 2-digit and 3-digit shapes as used in practice.

Quote from: formulanone on August 30, 2012, 03:45:42 PM
I've seen a few, used for "regulatory" purposes.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2FWhiteOH93sign-US52.jpg&hash=1d6b66ad277d9b6f4f3f030d8291a336bc6f6ce1)


That's not technically an OH shield outline.  It's a solid black OH shield shape, with a slightly smaller OH-shield-shaped hole in it.  That's why it appears thinner in some spots.  (There exists a class of shapes for which the distinction effectively does not exist; none closely resemble Ohio or its state route markers.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on August 30, 2012, 10:24:44 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Fwhite30.jpg&hash=47c33b101f2c2896b8b7629417a40b172c21a29d)
This one might still might be around, Along US 23, west of Upper Sandusky, approaching (Old) US 30
(this predates the US 30 expressway connecting Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Ferror95.jpg&hash=3e51dd79f7b66d4959214f70b2e9f024ea53a9ad)
Detour sign from the late 90s in Marion County
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on August 30, 2012, 11:12:48 PM
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on August 31, 2012, 03:39:19 AM
I wouldn't mind the outlined OH 734 shield so much if it were a bit thicker...I feel like it gets lost when viewed from a distance.

I suppose technically it would be best if it were a black-on-white shield, but I imagine that would make the sign more expensive and it's probably not worth it for something meant to be temporary.

Quote from: vtk on August 30, 2012, 08:07:23 PM
By any chance, is the original photo of sufficient resolution to make a good blow-up of the state route shields?  That would be good for examining the differences between the 2-digit and 3-digit shapes as used in practice.

I couldn't get them all that big, but here they are at the original resolution FWIW:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkyFI0.jpg&hash=2bc6241fa6cc6d213c2a1b1d4aa95a2049264ae9)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on August 31, 2012, 02:19:53 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on August 30, 2012, 10:24:44 PM
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This one might still might be around, Along US 23, west of Upper Sandusky, approaching (Old) US 30
(this predates the US 30 expressway connecting Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus)

I think that's gone. I haven't been through there much recently, but there's enough signage that bugs me in that area that I pay attention and I think I'd remember that sign amongst the irksome ones if it were still up.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on August 31, 2012, 03:35:59 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on July 13, 2012, 02:25:00 PM
Angled exit signs were common in Ontario until the late 1970s or so when there use was phased out.  A few still exist.  Not the best photo (and the old king's highway crowns have been covered over as a result of highway downloading), but a contender nevertheless:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_814_east_Jul05.jpg&hash=3c025844ed9edead4cfda41ebe959aa6954ad9fc)

Those are definitely the best of Ontario's highway signs. This particular one is gone, I think there are two or three left around Brockville on 401 EB, maybe less in the other direction.

In several cases, when old advance signs were replaced with newer ones, they kept the old exit tab.

I'd post the signs at the 7th Street roundabout in Cornwall here, but I haven't managed to get a good shot of them yet (it's either raining or night when I'm there).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on August 31, 2012, 03:41:19 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on August 31, 2012, 03:35:59 PM
Those are definitely the best of Ontario's highway signs. This particular one is gone, I think there are two or three left around Brockville on 401 EB, maybe less in the other direction.

I recall seeing about 2 of them going westbound when I was going through there last week. They didn't appear to be strikingly old either, or at least they weren't very weathered. I can post photos of them once I get them uploaded.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 03:50:24 PM
what is the difference between a generic 2 and an SD&G 34?  different shield style, or actually different jurisdiction?

I'd assume they're both Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry County roads, or no?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on August 31, 2012, 03:56:30 PM
The highways were transferred to the county on two different dates. The decision to include the county name on the shield design is a fairly recent one so I am guessing the CR 2 overlay predates that decision.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on September 05, 2012, 09:45:42 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LZ5GAwB_yyk%2FTZtRRLbIgyI%2FAAAAAAAACX8%2F-6F11weOR3A%2Fs1600%2FFalling%252BTrees.jpg&hash=4f353d6ac0c00478ed082dd7e79db103285c0b42)

I really enjoy the image this brings to mind - some sort of adventure movie where the trees are actively falling as you go by them.  I googled searched and found this one, which is apparently on Mt. Lemmon Control Road in Oracle, AZ.  However, the only one I've ever actually seen in person is on CA-116 around Lakeville, CA outside of Petaluma.  Lots of huge eucalyptus trees on either side.  I just looked it up to see if there were other examples since I had never seen it my entire life.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on September 05, 2012, 10:37:56 PM
Unfortunately this isn't really "best of", since it seems to be missing a space on the bottom line.  It's also not the one I'm thinking of, since when I drove this road I only remember seeing a 60-mile warning, not a 77.  But I'm posting this here since relaxok's sign reminded me of my personal favorite, on US 12 in Idaho.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi388.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Foo323%2FAleeoop70%2FLoLoPasssquigglysign.jpg&hash=114f129c81cef71fa90788653163ca711167e773)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on September 05, 2012, 11:12:40 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on July 13, 2012, 02:25:00 PM
Angled exit signs were common in Ontario until the late 1970s or so when there use was phased out.  A few still exist.  Not the best photo (and the old king's highway crowns have been covered over as a result of highway downloading), but a contender nevertheless:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_814_east_Jul05.jpg&hash=3c025844ed9edead4cfda41ebe959aa6954ad9fc)

Too bad about the removal of the downgrade (I'm  a big fan of Ontario's crown "shield" on BGS panels), but the angled sign is still cool. Reminds me of the entrances to New Jersey's Garden State Parkway like the one in this CBS New York story (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/01/17/nj-drivers-avoiding-toll-roads-after-50-percent-increase/).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on September 12, 2012, 10:14:53 PM
Now here's something fun and odd:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg802.imageshack.us%2Fimg802%2F5468%2Fimg1750g.jpg&hash=4c698d8d239085c4724d19309b4b01f7e46d5b0c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on September 12, 2012, 10:36:45 PM
Nice of them to put the sign spec code in the corner!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on September 12, 2012, 11:45:43 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on September 12, 2012, 10:14:53 PM
Now here's something fun and odd:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg802.imageshack.us%2Fimg802%2F5468%2Fimg1750g.jpg&hash=4c698d8d239085c4724d19309b4b01f7e46d5b0c)
I need to get a pic of an old, very faded sign in Akron with a similar message (but no red text) about left on red being legal (and encouraged, or else why have the sign?).  Street view of it isn't very good.

Quote from: vtk on August 31, 2012, 02:19:53 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on August 30, 2012, 10:24:44 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Fwhite30.jpg&hash=47c33b101f2c2896b8b7629417a40b172c21a29d)
This one might still might be around, Along US 23, west of Upper Sandusky, approaching (Old) US 30
(this predates the US 30 expressway connecting Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus)

I think that's gone. I haven't been through there much recently, but there's enough signage that bugs me in that area that I pay attention and I think I'd remember that sign amongst the irksome ones if it were still up.

Yep, gone.  I started going through there frequently in 2006 and remember that sign and relatives of it being there then, but within a couple years they were gone.  When the Upper Sandusky-Bucyrus expressway opened, the sign in the picture was now ON US 30 (while multiplexed with US 23) and the exit ahead was no longer for US 30 EB (the old route).

There were corresponding signs on the other side, approaching the same interchange, that were there to notify those with a habit of exiting for US 30 EB to stay on 23 one more exit for the new road, but those signs only lasted a couple years after the new road opened as well.  I think the US 30 trailblazers in question happened to go when the button copy was replaced around there, but it happens that it was also time for the trailblazers to go after the new road was in operation long enough.

When the US 23 to OH 235 segment of expressway opened, there wasn't a corresponding batch of signs to blaze the new trail since the new road's connection to US 23 was already built and at 235, it met the stub under the 235 overpass.  It was nice of ODOT to leave the 1999 button copy in place when the 2007 segment opened with reflective signs.  The 1999 segment of US 30 from I-75 to OH 235 has some of the only button copy on US 30 outside Mansfield anymore!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 12, 2012, 11:46:10 PM
Quote from: vtk on September 12, 2012, 10:36:45 PM
Nice of them to put the sign spec code in the corner!

I've always appreciated it, from a research perspective.

its practical value is to allow for installation blueprints to refer only to, say, "M1-1", and have the installing crew be able to easily locate it, even if they are not familiar with all the possibilities in the palette.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on September 13, 2012, 10:30:16 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on September 12, 2012, 10:14:53 PM
Now here's something fun and odd:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg802.imageshack.us%2Fimg802%2F5468%2Fimg1750g.jpg&hash=4c698d8d239085c4724d19309b4b01f7e46d5b0c)

There used to be a similarly-worded sign ("Left Turn on Red Permitted After Stop") with all-black text in Fairfax City, Virginia, near the courthouse, but it's gone because they reconfigured the streets and they're no longer one-way, thus eliminating the left-on-red option. I always liked the sign because in my experience probably 95 percent of drivers have absolutely no idea this maneuver is ever legal (and indeed I've had people look at me like I were a toad rapist or something when I've mentioned turning left on red). While the sign should be unnecessary, it's a helpful thing because without it a lot of people just won't go even when it's allowed. I'm about the only person I know who makes lefts on red. I can even think of one street in the City of Alexandria that has a "No Turn on Red When Pedestrians Are Present" sign for a left turn on red.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 13, 2012, 11:16:01 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 13, 2012, 10:30:16 AM
and indeed I've had people look at me like I were a toad rapist or something


a subtly different look from "you're a frog rapist or something" and "you do really bad things with newts on the weekend, don't you?"
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 13, 2012, 11:32:07 AM
You've both ruined Mr. Toad's Wild Ride for me forever. And that ride went through Hell.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 14, 2012, 12:28:03 AM
Going through some photos of a drive I took last winter and re-discovered the best US-180 shield in all of New Mexico
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fnm%2F180%2F159to12%2F5.jpg&hash=507204cb6cc5036c4ac74517611601712a03d1e7)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Special K on September 14, 2012, 09:41:42 AM
Quote from: corco on September 14, 2012, 12:28:03 AM
Going through some photos of a drive I took last winter and re-discovered the best US-180 shield in all of New Mexico
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fnm%2F180%2F159to12%2F5.jpg&hash=507204cb6cc5036c4ac74517611601712a03d1e7)

Only to be spoiled by the destination sign (direction priority is straight, left, right).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 14, 2012, 11:36:37 AM
Quote from: corco on September 14, 2012, 12:28:03 AM
Going through some photos of a drive I took last winter and re-discovered the best US-180 shield in all of New Mexico
['61 spec US-180]

I believe there are four between Silver City and the Arizona state line, and another three on the 62-180 multiplex.  I would have to go through my photos and count for sure, but I just did all of US-180 in New Mexico over Memorial Day weekend.

why no, there aren't any cutouts.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on September 14, 2012, 03:57:33 PM
On 180 west I can only find this one
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fnm%2F62%2F524to216%2F1.jpg&hash=871ad5cf50923120c4ce5a5e4fa887803b35763c) in Carlsbad


and then a couple of these around Silver City, which aren't nearly as exciting
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fnm%2F180%2F61to356%2F3.jpg&hash=85a13e088c9a6e575a48a285ff29819f9637859d)

Haven't driven 180 eastbound though
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 14, 2012, 04:15:41 PM
I photographed the following on the 62/180 segment:

* 62/180 east pair just after the split with 285 in Carlsbad
* 62/180 west at the same location, just before the split (kinda hidden by a tree)
* a JCT assembly on a side street just a block south of the split (doesn't mention 285, oddly - and has Series C on the "180")

there is also a single remaining example of a shield which has all three numbers in it.  northbound on the multiplex.  so that makes either three or four, depending on your definition.

(the WEST/62/180/SOUTH/285 gantry you photographed is gone, unless I plain old missed it)

I did not photograph the other segment of 180 in NM, because I had done that in July of 2011, and the purpose of this trip was to find older 62 shields.

there is an additional old 62 shield at a junction assembly on the rural stretch between Hobbs and Carlsbad.  It is paired with a 30x30 inch '70 spec 180 shield - similar to the reassurance you posted, but wood.  rounded corners on both shields, though, as well as Series D on "62".  1990 on all three signs in that assembly.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on September 14, 2012, 08:25:46 PM
These are still standing in Richmond.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2Fc0.120.720.479%2Fs600x600%2F561141_4533471176091_994873555_n.jpg&hash=7cbd4d9f3479a6e39581cd97ffea33e47bdf9f22)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F539420_4533475856208_1057903475_n.jpg&hash=2ce36c2a9d979832aa365c6ad55f3bf03c0dc99c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on September 14, 2012, 09:47:10 PM
Quote from: Takumi on September 14, 2012, 08:25:46 PM
These are still standing in Richmond.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2Fc0.120.720.479%2Fs600x600%2F561141_4533471176091_994873555_n.jpg&hash=7cbd4d9f3479a6e39581cd97ffea33e47bdf9f22)
Hm, never noticed the WB one. Guess that's why we have a meet (:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on September 14, 2012, 10:07:46 PM
They're not far apart, so they can easily be added to the itinerary.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: zorb58 on September 14, 2012, 10:12:29 PM
I really really miss these signs... PA 60 shields, exit tabs as part of the sign, top light mounts (never used in this case)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftommyturtlecomix.webs.com%2FRoads%2FPA%252060%2520Gauntry.png&hash=2029e6084f4e2c55772daf01cfebe79931caaf4c)

One with the lights mounted:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftommyturtlecomix.webs.com%2FRoads%2FPa%252060-2.png&hash=d0ec6a307a81bab93e62b6553f3ade8338b9b00a)

As you can see by the image date, these are old pictures and now only Google street view relics.  They have since been replaced when PA 60 to the airport was resigned I-376 and Business 60 resigned Business 376.  Some, like the one at the airport, still live, but the exit tabs have been changed to follow 376's. One a side note, Google really needs to update their street view in Pittsburgh!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on September 14, 2012, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: zorb58 on September 14, 2012, 10:12:29 PM
One[sic] a side note, Google really needs to update their street view in Pittsburgh!
http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on September 15, 2012, 07:04:44 AM
Quote from: zorb58 on September 14, 2012, 10:12:29 PM
I really really miss these signs... PA 60 shields, exit tabs as part of the sign, top light mounts (never used in this case)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftommyturtlecomix.webs.com%2FRoads%2FPA%252060%2520Gauntry.png&hash=2029e6084f4e2c55772daf01cfebe79931caaf4c)

One with the lights mounted:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftommyturtlecomix.webs.com%2FRoads%2FPa%252060-2.png&hash=d0ec6a307a81bab93e62b6553f3ade8338b9b00a)

As you can see by the image date, these are old pictures and now only Google street view relics.  They have since been replaced when PA 60 to the airport was resigned I-376 and Business 60 resigned Business 376.  Some, like the one at the airport, still live, but the exit tabs have been changed to follow 376's. One a side note, Google really needs to update their street view in Pittsburgh!
Actually these Pennsylvania 'strip tabs' are pretty much the only occurence that I've seen them outside California so far.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on September 15, 2012, 09:33:48 AM
Drive eastbound on I-676 in Philadelphia, and you'll see something similar: the sign itself being to small for the sheet of green that it's on. There are huge tabs sticking up off the top of the sign. They're so ugly. >.<
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 17, 2012, 12:15:06 PM
I posted these already in the "Poor Sign Placement" thread, but the following signs at the Autoroute 10 exit 29 interchange in Richelieu, QC date back to when A-10 was a toll road. These two below are on A-10 itself, with the next one having the original exit tab with the exit diagram...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7125%2F7866936400_357010ac69_z.jpg&hash=d242e8c135695555f9d33b26fd832fdd9f2848f6)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8288%2F7866935222_b16ac8893c_z.jpg&hash=46fbb40d1a58125ebb8132374bca7cd6c8252f0f)

These are on QC 133 itself at the A-10 interchange. You can see the old blue triangle Autoroute des Cantons de L'est (Eastern Townships Expressway), which is what A-10 was originally named.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8426%2F7866933666_4792371b00_z.jpg&hash=bf32624fb66520faea34a36084811bf20a0aff8f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8304%2F7996456241_49e7f9a5fb_z.jpg&hash=47f8b82b4535c7a6bf2ca071ed3f1bf226a3d292)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8436%2F7866932492_7e64e3e682_z.jpg&hash=5e271f108403bc934c10924aa7d1e62982e299b4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: zorb58 on September 17, 2012, 01:41:55 PM
Quote from: NE2 on September 14, 2012, 11:32:03 PM
Quote from: zorb58 on September 14, 2012, 10:12:29 PM
One[sic] a side note, Google really needs to update their street view in Pittsburgh!
http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/ (http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ividlog/)

I really hope you weren't posting that as an equal alternative...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: southshore720 on September 17, 2012, 11:50:22 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 28, 2011, 08:43:18 AM
I have always been a little bit partial to Connecticut's fully reflectorized button copy signage:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FCT%2FI%2F691%2FI691_sign_night1.jpg&hash=3528d78534efb44307061807097892732edca766)

Unfortunately, most of this kind of signage in CT is illegible at night (barely reflective background on aging button copy losing its luster), which is why it is always a delight to see a sign replacement project underway in CT.  Sorry, not a button-copy fan!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: polpo on September 18, 2012, 02:23:27 AM
Stumbled across this (somewhat obvious) sign a week ago in Cambria, CA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpolpo.org%2Ftmp%2Fend-cambria.jpg&hash=fce5b60e5d0fcd86e98ff4d767510b75d4fc91d3)

On street view: http://goo.gl/maps/9BXjm

All of the streets in that part of town that end at the ocean have that sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on September 18, 2012, 02:02:54 PM
Well, yeah, that sign would be quite useful at night!  :-o
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Road Hog on September 18, 2012, 04:00:50 PM
If you could get that same picture as an animated GIF with the waves rolling in ... that would be so many kinds of awesome.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bjrush on September 18, 2012, 08:04:19 PM
This beauty is in Gentry, AR. Can be seen on Google Maps http://goo.gl/maps/IDi1J (http://goo.gl/maps/IDi1J)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8311%2F8001439871_dc9b5012cb.jpg&hash=55a6155cd9775927381e2820a1f56c28034e74aa)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on September 19, 2012, 07:47:06 AM
Is that an ellipsis ("...") between the route number and the distance, or is it just rust?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adt1982 on September 19, 2012, 11:11:18 PM
Quote from: vtk on September 19, 2012, 07:47:06 AM
Is that an ellipsis ("...") between the route number and the distance, or is it just rust?

It certainly looks like rust from a screw.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on September 19, 2012, 11:35:42 PM
I'll put this up here...got this in a  trade, and this is button copy at it's best!  (Mods, if this should be elsewhere, please feel free to move....)

Under normal light
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnyi-90BGS.jpg&hash=13a3acf67fc146c148502e7c7afd191723ada676)

Under flash.....with ALL the buttons shining proudly!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnyi-90BGSflash.jpg&hash=bb25ea52a71ac64b9462275c9394b53bec98e192)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on September 19, 2012, 11:51:15 PM
 :wow:! That looks immaculate.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 20, 2012, 10:04:26 AM
^^^^^^

What state is that I-90 sign from?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on September 20, 2012, 10:49:14 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 20, 2012, 10:04:26 AM
^^^^^^

What state is that I-90 sign from?

I was told New York...the edge strap piece pattern matches the ones on similar NY signage on the Shield Gallery

A beaut, aint she?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 20, 2012, 04:41:48 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on August 31, 2012, 03:41:19 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on August 31, 2012, 03:35:59 PM
Those are definitely the best of Ontario's highway signs. This particular one is gone, I think there are two or three left around Brockville on 401 EB, maybe less in the other direction.

I recall seeing about 2 of them going westbound when I was going through there last week. They didn't appear to be strikingly old either, or at least they weren't very weathered. I can post photos of them once I get them uploaded.

As promised...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8301%2F8007137019_4e1583e0b2_z.jpg&hash=868dc0beccba12005cfc947cfeb324d8dcc478da)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8312%2F8007139548_8f4f634a96_z.jpg&hash=13e6b10985df8f932664e5a1dbf4a05d1fe1a9d2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on September 20, 2012, 06:06:45 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on September 19, 2012, 11:35:42 PM
I'll put this up here...got this in a  trade, and this is button copy at it's best!  (Mods, if this should be elsewhere, please feel free to move....)

Under normal light
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnyi-90BGS.jpg&hash=13a3acf67fc146c148502e7c7afd191723ada676)

Under flash.....with ALL the buttons shining proudly!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnyi-90BGSflash.jpg&hash=bb25ea52a71ac64b9462275c9394b53bec98e192)
Nice looking sign.  I like how the colors reflect in your flash as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on September 20, 2012, 10:44:23 PM
Quote from: southshore720 on September 17, 2012, 11:50:22 PM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FCT%2FI%2F691%2FI691_sign_night1.jpg&hash=3528d78534efb44307061807097892732edca766)


Get them while you can, CT DOT has a lot of signing projects either currently underway or will be put out to bid within the next year.  They include, I-95, I-395, I-84 where signs haven't been replaced already.  They seem to be doing this very rapidly. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on September 21, 2012, 11:06:01 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/louisiana090/us-090_wb_after_us-061.jpg)

Posted this yesterday as part of an update of US 90 westbound coverage in southeast Louisiana (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=u0090wala). This classic US shield shape in Louisiana is being phased out for the bland 1970-spec US shield. There are some examples still in the New Orleans area, but many were removed or replaced since 2008.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: BamaZeus on September 24, 2012, 11:34:29 AM
Quote from: ctsignguy on September 19, 2012, 11:35:42 PM
I'll put this up here...got this in a  trade, and this is button copy at it's best!  (Mods, if this should be elsewhere, please feel free to move....)

Under normal light
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnyi-90BGS.jpg&hash=13a3acf67fc146c148502e7c7afd191723ada676)

Under flash.....with ALL the buttons shining proudly!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fnyi-90BGSflash.jpg&hash=bb25ea52a71ac64b9462275c9394b53bec98e192)

I love the reflecting light there.  It's almost like it's a movie or casino marquee.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on September 27, 2012, 12:41:07 AM
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=39.417944,-94.153905&spn=0.015118,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.417851,-94.153915&panoid=rT9Qq59-euod4DCmIv3WFw&cbp=12,247.25,,1,5.67
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on September 27, 2012, 03:38:54 AM
Quote from: NE2 on September 27, 2012, 12:41:07 AM
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=39.417944,-94.153905&spn=0.015118,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.417851,-94.153915&panoid=rT9Qq59-euod4DCmIv3WFw&cbp=12,247.25,,1,5.67
I need an intersection of Hwy W, Hwy D, and Hwy 40, in that order.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 27, 2012, 10:31:53 AM
What's the purpose of Google Street View if it blurs out road signs?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on September 27, 2012, 11:49:15 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 27, 2012, 10:31:53 AM
What's the purpose of Google Street View if it blurs out road signs?
Huh? If you're talking about my link, that's zoomed in on a low-resolution photo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 27, 2012, 02:01:02 PM
It looked like blurred signs, the way that Google sometimes blurs license plates.

OK, second time I tried it, it looked like a cow.  :bigass:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2012, 02:15:08 PM
in Louisiana, there are also examples of this shape which are getting harder to find.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19770791i1.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19800611i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on September 27, 2012, 02:37:27 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2012, 02:15:08 PM
in Louisiana, there are also examples of this shape which are getting harder to find.


The ones with series C are probably my favorites. Here is the second northbound shield for US 61, which I posted in an updated guide for US 61 north (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=u0061nala).

(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/louisiana060/us-061_nb_at_jefferson_davis_pkwy_01.jpg)

Another one from Covington along the US 190 mainline (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=u0190wala):

(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/louisiana190/us-190_wb_after_la-0437.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on September 27, 2012, 04:18:03 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2012, 02:15:08 PM
in Louisiana, there are also examples of this shape which are getting harder to find.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA19770791i1.jpg)
You mean like this one?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fc%2Fc1%2FUS_79-80_Louisiana_1961.svg%2F500px-US_79-80_Louisiana_1961.svg.png&hash=89b704ef306939d64a2c4dd375161337274e4ad7)
Super, super rare... only about three left in existence. Not only that, but we had the same style for US 71/167, US 61/190, and US 80/165.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 27, 2012, 04:39:17 PM
nope, your diagram shows a standard '61 spec.  mine has a different shield shape.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on September 27, 2012, 04:46:32 PM
Ahh, yours has the bulging shape. I've actually never seen this style outside of Louisiana.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on September 27, 2012, 06:56:44 PM
Quote from: NE2 on September 27, 2012, 12:41:07 AM
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=39.417944,-94.153905&spn=0.015118,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.417851,-94.153915&panoid=rT9Qq59-euod4DCmIv3WFw&cbp=12,247.25,,1,5.67

In a word(?):

:-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 27, 2012, 10:21:05 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on September 27, 2012, 04:46:32 PM
Ahh, yours has the bulging shape. I've actually never seen this style outside of Louisiana.

It's rare you DON'T see one in Alabama.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on September 27, 2012, 10:24:57 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 27, 2012, 10:21:05 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on September 27, 2012, 04:46:32 PM
Ahh, yours has the bulging shape. I've actually never seen this style outside of Louisiana.

It's rare you DON'T see one in Alabama.

Was going to mention Alabama as well. Seems that is the standard shield in most installations by ALDOT. County installs tend to be either of an odd variety or the bland 1970 spec.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on September 27, 2012, 11:19:01 PM
Quote from: NE2 on September 27, 2012, 12:41:07 AM
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=39.417944,-94.153905&spn=0.015118,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.417851,-94.153915&panoid=rT9Qq59-euod4DCmIv3WFw&cbp=12,247.25,,1,5.67
Now what about B and AA?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on September 28, 2012, 07:09:41 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2012, 03:50:24 PM
what is the difference between a generic 2 and an SD&G 34?  different shield style, or actually different jurisdiction?

I'd assume they're both Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry County roads, or no?
Just a different style. Both are Storming-Dundas-Glengarry roads, and both cross county boundaries while retaining their number (although 34 becomes a provincial highway in Prescott-Russell). Old hwy 2 is more notorious though (linking Montreal and Toronto).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on September 28, 2012, 07:30:41 PM
Quote from: Steve on September 27, 2012, 11:19:01 PM
Quote from: NE2 on September 27, 2012, 12:41:07 AM
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=39.417944,-94.153905&spn=0.015118,0.033023&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=39.417851,-94.153915&panoid=rT9Qq59-euod4DCmIv3WFw&cbp=12,247.25,,1,5.67
Now what about B and AA?

Dunno about that, but I can give you Y and YZ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-turnbull/7495585384/in/pool-1546683@N25)!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 28, 2012, 10:40:54 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on September 28, 2012, 07:30:41 PM
Dunno about that, but I can give you Y and YZ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-turnbull/7495585384/in/pool-1546683@N25)!

I prefer "La Villa Strangiato," myself.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on October 01, 2012, 09:35:11 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 28, 2012, 10:40:54 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on September 28, 2012, 07:30:41 PM
Dunno about that, but I can give you Y and YZ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-turnbull/7495585384/in/pool-1546683@N25)!

I prefer "La Villa Strangiato," myself.

Fly By Night at YYZ?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on October 02, 2012, 02:45:04 AM
All from Pataskala, Ohio:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8319%2F8046177464_7e4233c352_c.jpg&hash=2011e4c3a40c72d63b3c552d9255c05ae9c78f88)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8449%2F8046174031_e8da755581_c.jpg&hash=b67a427ae31083767073c4ae7f5c847d01957440)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8169%2F8046175159_1eb891134d_c.jpg&hash=4e5d4f621bea75329545c634d8843deec1188883)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8041%2F8046164213_6c0ba4102b_c.jpg&hash=e2b4ee03f1a9934b87f5de314fa71bc54a99709b)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8178%2F8046183951_06a65218f5_c.jpg&hash=18ae0262c07560ff2e9c3dab272356c14c2933f1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 02, 2012, 05:39:24 PM
Those street blades are very reminiscent of the older ones still hanging around the Nyack, NY area. http://goo.gl/maps/7lpZj
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 02, 2012, 06:46:42 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 02, 2012, 05:39:24 PM
Those street blades are very reminiscent of the older ones still hanging around the Nyack, NY area. http://goo.gl/maps/7lpZj
Fairly common variety. Many, many, too many to name towns around NJ and PA (and the other states) have them still or had them until recently.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 02, 2012, 09:26:41 PM
Quote from: Steve on October 02, 2012, 06:46:42 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 02, 2012, 05:39:24 PM
Those street blades are very reminiscent of the older ones still hanging around the Nyack, NY area. http://goo.gl/maps/7lpZj
Fairly common variety. Many, many, too many to name towns around NJ and PA (and the other states) have them still or had them until recently.
Real nice to look at, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on October 05, 2012, 09:54:16 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on October 02, 2012, 02:45:04 AM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8178%2F8046183951_06a65218f5_c.jpg&hash=18ae0262c07560ff2e9c3dab272356c14c2933f1)

Wow, I forgot about all those yellow "permit" signs, which date back to at least the 1960s.  Those were on pretty much any traffic control device (intersection signals, school zones, etc...) from the era. 

Anyone know the history of the Ohio Signal Permits (how long they were issued, why they were issued [Non-ODOT installs??], is there on-line access to a master list of all of the permits???) 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: apeman33 on October 06, 2012, 04:19:59 PM
Quote from: Steve on October 02, 2012, 06:46:42 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 02, 2012, 05:39:24 PM
Those street blades are very reminiscent of the older ones still hanging around the Nyack, NY area. http://goo.gl/maps/7lpZj
Fairly common variety. Many, many, too many to name towns around NJ and PA (and the other states) have them still or had them until recently.
The black-and-white versions of those were the ones used in Garden City, Kan., when I was growing up. And those signs may have been responsible for my first roadgeeking moments.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on October 14, 2012, 11:26:13 AM
Perhaps this is just a matter of opinion, but here are two on the south side of Rockville Centre LIRR station that I like a lot.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockville_Centre_LIRR_Station;_Two-Way_Traffic_Sign.JPG


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rockville_Centre_LIRR_Station;_Do_Not_Enter_Sign.JPG


:D :)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on October 18, 2012, 01:35:19 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MI/MI19610753i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on October 26, 2012, 02:24:16 PM
Discovered these two state-name I-95 shields at exit 24 in Middle of Nowhere, VA. (There's literally nothing there.) Had I known just how little traffic uses this exit, I would have gotten out and taken less terrible pictures. In this first photo, the one on the right is the state-name one.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AzK8o3RF7qo/UIrTkZyH_iI/AAAAAAAAEIg/GRjbPivldNo/s640/DSC01974.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rJuWihvcKYw/UIrTkYXivSI/AAAAAAAAEIk/ZtNIn9Vqlic/s640/DSC01975.JPG)

This one is at the Davis Travel Center.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XlCxVeP6qcg/UIrTmEdwdnI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/O2vJ34FLC5U/s640/DSC01981.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 26, 2012, 06:01:03 PM
There are plenty of state-name VA shields - in the greater DC area, and to an older spec. New-spec state name shields are indeed rare.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: seicer on October 26, 2012, 06:14:19 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on October 18, 2012, 01:35:19 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MI/MI19610753i1.jpg)

Today: http://goo.gl/maps/eGEDw A lot simplier.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on November 10, 2012, 09:46:58 PM
Dat font for the 780 shield... (and strange gantry too...)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8479%2F8173810407_4fea37b249_c.jpg&hash=380cb7477c046d59e2049edb91e13d9833d309ba)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 10, 2012, 11:01:39 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on November 10, 2012, 09:46:58 PM
Dat font for the 780 shield... (and strange gantry too...)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8479%2F8173810407_4fea37b249_c.jpg&hash=380cb7477c046d59e2049edb91e13d9833d309ba)

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on November 11, 2012, 12:43:49 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 10, 2012, 11:01:39 PM
Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.
That, I'm not sure about. Maybe another Bay Area roadgeek could have an answer...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on November 11, 2012, 10:02:53 AM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on November 11, 2012, 12:43:49 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 10, 2012, 11:01:39 PM
Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.
That, I'm not sure about. Maybe another Bay Area roadgeek could have an answer...

Yes

From https://www.aaroads.com/california/i-080ec_ca.html:

QuoteThis internally lit sign, located along eastbound Interstate 80 at Exit 30A, Junction Interstate 780 east to Benicia, is one of the few internally lit overhead signs in California....

https://www.aaroads.com/california/images080/i-080_eb_exit_030a_02.jpg
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on November 14, 2012, 05:00:10 AM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on November 10, 2012, 09:46:58 PM
Dat font for the 780 shield... (and strange gantry too...)

Futura! Classy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 14, 2012, 09:56:09 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 10, 2012, 11:01:39 PM


Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

they sure do.  the experiment dates to, I believe, 1976.  there's a similar one somewhere on a surface street in San Francisco pointing to I-80.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 14, 2012, 04:20:27 PM
Quote from: Alex on November 11, 2012, 10:02:53 AM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on November 11, 2012, 12:43:49 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 10, 2012, 11:01:39 PM
Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.
That, I'm not sure about. Maybe another Bay Area roadgeek could have an answer...

Yes

From https://www.aaroads.com/california/i-080ec_ca.html:

QuoteThis internally lit sign, located along eastbound Interstate 80 at Exit 30A, Junction Interstate 780 east to Benicia, is one of the few internally lit overhead signs in California....

https://www.aaroads.com/california/images080/i-080_eb_exit_030a_02.jpg

Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 14, 2012, 09:56:09 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 10, 2012, 11:01:39 PM


Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

they sure do.  the experiment dates to, I believe, 1976.  there's a similar one somewhere on a surface street in San Francisco pointing to I-80.

Neat! They remind me of these (http://goo.gl/maps/d8P5S) signs seen at the south end of the Adirondack Northway near Albany, NY.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US12 on November 16, 2012, 05:40:47 PM
Thought this was a neat sign. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=adrian+mi&ll=41.885394,-83.961639&spn=0.004832,0.013078&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Adrian,+Lenawee,+Michigan&gl=us&t=m&z=17

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg688.imageshack.us%2Fimg688%2F1521%2F031ht.jpg&hash=8d40f822688359246653ba47fa89f1ffb21cc626) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/031ht.jpg/)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 16, 2012, 07:14:54 PM
Is that approaching the road that unofficially extends M-34 eastward towards Ida?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US12 on November 17, 2012, 08:52:31 AM
Quote from: vtk on November 16, 2012, 07:14:54 PM
Is that approaching the road that unofficially extends M-34 eastward towards Ida?
Yes it is, this was taken southbound on Wilmoth Hwy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on November 17, 2012, 08:11:22 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/blue_us-090_2012_11-17.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/blue_us-090_2012_11-17.jpg)

Still kicking!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on November 17, 2012, 09:24:16 PM
Have I no shame? (Westbound old VA 44 in Powhatan County)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-arHfUKxoqXk/UKfoVpmVQwI/AAAAAAAAEPc/09DmRFcsOQI/s640/DSC02060.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on November 18, 2012, 12:47:47 PM
Quote from: Alex on November 17, 2012, 08:11:22 PM
Still kicking!

Must be staying cool in the shade...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mcdonaat on November 19, 2012, 02:45:50 AM
Old LA 10 shield with the Louisiana Scenic Byways sign underneath. Both are pretty old, I would date them at around 1970.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8064%2F8199437788_7e67325158_b.jpg&hash=a64fe2daf3564fcc835c315606672df112227ae8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8069%2F8209351855_8b1c2e7d3e_z.jpg&hash=80a7d1ba5dd9fe26e57f8283cbced5624dff25a8)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8488%2F8210440186_da69cbefa6_z.jpg&hash=03c3f61b9f61fcfa8ff49be4be692d537af4d291)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8481%2F8209349527_7402c3d72d_z.jpg&hash=e53bb11baf451c444ab841ccd2069eccf860f53c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on November 26, 2012, 09:04:28 PM
My God, those are beautiful.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on November 26, 2012, 09:48:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8069%2F8209351855_8b1c2e7d3e_z.jpg&hash=80a7d1ba5dd9fe26e57f8283cbced5624dff25a8)
I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 26, 2012, 10:12:09 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8069%2F8209351855_8b1c2e7d3e_z.jpg&hash=80a7d1ba5dd9fe26e57f8283cbced5624dff25a8)

That font strikes me as very Catholic.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 26, 2012, 10:28:55 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 26, 2012, 09:48:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...
I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

I'm not really too sure what the deal with that sign is to be honest. It appears to be a case sign with internal lighting, which have obviously stopped working some time ago. I'm curious to find out how exactly old this sign is.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on November 26, 2012, 10:29:07 PM
Same sign, 2001:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi50.tinypic.com%2F20pbgg6.jpg&hash=1e597467a8b30ff1e93693a439ac6bf6aef53414)

The Goog (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.348157,-71.073979&spn=0.007232,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.348064,-71.073932&panoid=J_4HEn0bQ_FuqSWf3kZVnA&cbp=12,279.52,,2,-11.93) shows a wire leading to it, so it certainly is or was backlit.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on November 26, 2012, 11:18:07 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 10:28:55 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 26, 2012, 09:48:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...
I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

I'm not really too sure what the deal with that sign is to be honest. It appears to be a case sign with internal lighting, which have obviously stopped working some time ago. I'm curious to find out how exactly old this sign is.
Last time, I went to Boston just to photograph one sign. It seems like a repeat may be in order.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on November 27, 2012, 02:15:30 AM
Quote from: mcdonaat on November 19, 2012, 02:45:50 AM
Old LA 10 shield with the Louisiana Scenic Byways sign underneath. Both are pretty old, I would date them at around 1970.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8064%2F8199437788_7e67325158_b.jpg&hash=a64fe2daf3564fcc835c315606672df112227ae8)

If I'm not mistaken, the "Louisiana Scenic Byways" signs first appeared in the mid or late 1990s. That sign is simply out there with no shade from the sun.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on November 27, 2012, 12:18:34 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 26, 2012, 09:48:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8069%2F8209351855_8b1c2e7d3e_z.jpg&hash=80a7d1ba5dd9fe26e57f8283cbced5624dff25a8)
I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

To me the downward-pointing arrow is very peculiar. I know apparently that's common out in California, but it's not normal in anyplace I've ever lived.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on November 27, 2012, 12:52:42 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 10:28:55 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 26, 2012, 09:48:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 26, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...
I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

I'm not really too sure what the deal with that sign is to be honest. It appears to be a case sign with internal lighting, which have obviously stopped working some time ago. I'm curious to find out how exactly old this sign is.
My guess is that sign is about as old as the building structure (John Hancock Conference Center) it's mounted on.  It likely replaced the old original 60s-era button-copy BGS that existed prior to the Conference Center being built and it just matched the wording & legend in kind.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on November 27, 2012, 03:58:56 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 27, 2012, 12:18:34 PM
To me the downward-pointing arrow is very peculiar. I know apparently that's common out in California, but it's not normal in anyplace I've ever lived.

The Newton Corner interchange (exit 17) has more examples of button copy dating to the opening of the Extension with downward arrows, including opposing arrows on the same sign.  Steve's page (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/i-90/2.html) has some good pics.

The button copy sign at the entrance to the ramp, with an upward arrow, seems odd.  I wonder if the arrow once pointed down, possibly with the sign being moved from an original location when the building was built over the Pike.  The road was originally open-air at that location before the building/parking was built above it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on November 27, 2012, 10:00:12 PM
Quote from: NE2 on November 26, 2012, 10:29:07 PM
The Goog (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.348157,-71.073979&spn=0.007232,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.348064,-71.073932&panoid=J_4HEn0bQ_FuqSWf3kZVnA&cbp=12,279.52,,2,-11.93) shows a wire leading to it, so it certainly is or was backlit.

Yeah, I did take note of the wiring coming out of the sign, which was one clue to me that it was backlit at some point. I'm curious to see what this sign looks like when it is lit, but I'm assuming it'll be replaced before that happens.

Quote from: Steve on November 26, 2012, 11:18:07 PM
Last time, I went to Boston just to photograph one sign. It seems like a repeat may be in order.

I'd love to come up with you! There are several signs up there that I missed (like the cat-eyed "RIGHT TURN AHEAD" sign in South Boston) and wanted to take photos of, but didn't get the opportunity to do so.

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 27, 2012, 12:18:34 PM
To me the downward-pointing arrow is very peculiar. I know apparently that's common out in California, but it's not normal in anyplace I've ever lived.

I noticed that MassDOT loves to use that downward-pointing arrow, especially at major junctions. Here's (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5208/5378388031_3179e40ea8_b.jpg) an example along I-91 in Chicopee.

Quote from: PHLBOS on November 27, 2012, 12:52:42 PM
My guess is that sign is about as old as the building structure (John Hancock Conference Center) it's mounted on.  It likely replaced the old original 60s-era button-copy BGS that existed prior to the Conference Center being built and it just matched the wording & legend in kind.

I wouldn't doubt that theory. Though it looks like they missed the other 60's-era button copy BGS that's right down the ramp.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: codyg1985 on November 28, 2012, 07:43:57 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 27, 2012, 10:00:12 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 27, 2012, 12:18:34 PM
To me the downward-pointing arrow is very peculiar. I know apparently that's common out in California, but it's not normal in anyplace I've ever lived.

I noticed that MassDOT loves to use that downward-pointing arrow, especially at major junctions.

Tennessee DOT uses these all (http://goo.gl/maps/MDHnR) the time (http://goo.gl/maps/LiyDb) at major splits (http://goo.gl/maps/A125n) on freeways (http://goo.gl/maps/trKMD).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on November 30, 2012, 09:27:38 PM
Still kicking in Rochester:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg41.imageshack.us%2Fimg41%2F8189%2Fimg2553mc.jpg&hash=a07f8e8ddb58b131676bba678f21a39005978c9f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 30, 2012, 09:38:26 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 27, 2012, 10:00:12 PM(like the cat-eyed "RIGHT TURN AHEAD" sign in South Boston)

now this I need to see a picture of!  all the cateyed signs I know of in MA are out rurally...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on November 30, 2012, 09:49:34 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 30, 2012, 09:38:26 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 27, 2012, 10:00:12 PM(like the cat-eyed "RIGHT TURN AHEAD" sign in South Boston)

now this I need to see a picture of!  all the cateyed signs I know of in MA are out rurally...
Button copy...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on December 01, 2012, 07:33:38 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 30, 2012, 09:49:34 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 30, 2012, 09:38:26 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 27, 2012, 10:00:12 PM(like the cat-eyed "RIGHT TURN AHEAD" sign in South Boston)

now this I need to see a picture of!  all the cateyed signs I know of in MA are out rurally...
Button copy...

I guess it is button copy. My bad.
http://goo.gl/maps/5sibi
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on December 01, 2012, 09:16:02 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on December 01, 2012, 07:33:38 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 30, 2012, 09:49:34 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 30, 2012, 09:38:26 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 27, 2012, 10:00:12 PM(like the cat-eyed "RIGHT TURN AHEAD" sign in South Boston)

now this I need to see a picture of!  all the cateyed signs I know of in MA are out rurally...
Button copy...

I guess it is button copy. My bad.
http://goo.gl/maps/5sibi

Yep, button copy. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=6550.msg150602#msg150602)  :P

With flash it's definitely button copy. (https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/156255_10101527690368188_891974984_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: StogieGuy7 on December 05, 2012, 09:59:42 AM
Not sure if this one should go under "best" or "worst"! 

But it sure is interesting - and befuddling to the average American:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.662739,139.731134&spn=0.001776,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.662739,139.731134&panoid=BqtVXg0xgdgZcCsIW4CsMg&cbp=12,70.93,,0,-15.52 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.662739,139.731134&spn=0.001776,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.662739,139.731134&panoid=BqtVXg0xgdgZcCsIW4CsMg&cbp=12,70.93,,0,-15.52)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 10:29:57 AM
I saw similar in Argentina the other day - and I wish Mexico City would install a few like that.

the only thing about the sign which is ambiguous to me is where "C1" is supposed to be.  Is that even a highway, or does it refer to the loop as a whole?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on December 05, 2012, 01:00:15 PM
I think I've seen that specific sign before.  Possibly in a video game.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 05, 2012, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 10:29:57 AM
the only thing about the sign which is ambiguous to me is where "C1" is supposed to be.  Is that even a highway, or does it refer to the loop as a whole?

I suppose it denotes the loop, based on this (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.661827,139.729394&spn=0.001284,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&layer=c&cbll=35.661763,139.729258&panoid=mMz1pn382xMG0u-WGQAcQQ&cbp=12,56.32,,0,-2.91&z=19).

(Now with some Japanese green-out?)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 01:19:50 PM
also, damn Arialveticverstesk.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on December 05, 2012, 02:47:03 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 05, 2012, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 10:29:57 AM
the only thing about the sign which is ambiguous to me is where "C1" is supposed to be.  Is that even a highway, or does it refer to the loop as a whole?

I suppose it denotes the loop, based on this (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.661827,139.729394&spn=0.001284,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&layer=c&cbll=35.661763,139.729258&panoid=mMz1pn382xMG0u-WGQAcQQ&cbp=12,56.32,,0,-2.91&z=19).

(Now with some Japanese green-out?)

Yes, I think that tells you if you clockwise or counterclockwise.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on December 05, 2012, 02:49:19 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 01:19:50 PM
Arialveticverstesk™
Fixed
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on December 05, 2012, 03:12:58 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 05, 2012, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 10:29:57 AM
the only thing about the sign which is ambiguous to me is where "C1" is supposed to be.  Is that even a highway, or does it refer to the loop as a whole?

I suppose it denotes the loop, based on this (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.661827,139.729394&spn=0.001284,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&layer=c&cbll=35.661763,139.729258&panoid=mMz1pn382xMG0u-WGQAcQQ&cbp=12,56.32,,0,-2.91&z=19).

(Now with some Japanese green-out?)

I love the Rainbow Bridge sign.

But I'm a rainbow-y kinda person in general.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on December 05, 2012, 05:49:57 PM
Dig those katakana.
Reinbo-Burijji!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mukade on December 05, 2012, 06:10:30 PM
Quote from: StogieGuy7 on December 05, 2012, 09:59:42 AM
Not sure if this one should go under "best" or "worst"! 

But it sure is interesting - and befuddling to the average American:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.662739,139.731134&spn=0.001776,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.662739,139.731134&panoid=BqtVXg0xgdgZcCsIW4CsMg&cbp=12,70.93,,0,-15.52 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.662739,139.731134&spn=0.001776,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.662739,139.731134&panoid=BqtVXg0xgdgZcCsIW4CsMg&cbp=12,70.93,,0,-15.52)

If I remember correctly, the black routes show red (LED) for congestion or green for clear - at least during rush hour. If not this particular one, I saw signs in Tokyo like that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: StogieGuy7 on December 06, 2012, 10:33:50 AM
Quote from: mukade on December 05, 2012, 06:10:30 PM
Quote from: StogieGuy7 on December 05, 2012, 09:59:42 AM
Not sure if this one should go under "best" or "worst"! 

But it sure is interesting - and befuddling to the average American:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.662739,139.731134&spn=0.001776,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.662739,139.731134&panoid=BqtVXg0xgdgZcCsIW4CsMg&cbp=12,70.93,,0,-15.52 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=roppongi&hl=en&ll=35.662739,139.731134&spn=0.001776,0.002411&hnear=Roppongi,+Minato,+Tokyo,+Japan&gl=us&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.662739,139.731134&panoid=BqtVXg0xgdgZcCsIW4CsMg&cbp=12,70.93,,0,-15.52)

If I remember correctly, the black routes show red (LED) for congestion or green for clear - at least during rush hour. If not this particular one, I saw signs in Tokyo like that.

Yes, I believe you are correct!  However, because of the way it's labeled, what's going on is not clear to the average foreigner.  Once you understand what info the sign is conveying, I am sure that it makes perfect sense.   
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on December 08, 2012, 12:32:54 AM
This is a state-named I-81 shield on US 11 in Christiansburg that existed earlier this year (I think I took this picture in March?).  Also I noticed that Christiansburg here is doing its best Hopewell impression...  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS11NORTHANDUS460BUSINESSEASTATEMAINST.jpg&hash=3f0ebc1ae99f71eb99dd95c5dbc79fd86db434ae)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cu2010 on December 08, 2012, 01:23:18 PM
So I'm running around running errands today, happened to have the camera with me, and I stumble upon this...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FS0lk6.jpg&hash=8e735353c9ce78fb67914b3fcb7dc9357d2f79af)

Best part? This is a fairly recent install...it's been a while since I drove through there, but the last time I did, it was a regular, modern crossbuck!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adt1982 on December 08, 2012, 03:53:26 PM
I stumbled across a sign like that yesterday, except the lettering and color is all gone.  It guarded a long-gone Illinois Terminal crossing in Staunton
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on December 08, 2012, 03:55:14 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 08, 2012, 12:32:54 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS11NORTHANDUS460BUSINESSEASTATEMAINST.jpg&hash=3f0ebc1ae99f71eb99dd95c5dbc79fd86db434ae)
Ugly as hell.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on December 08, 2012, 06:30:24 PM
Looks like Christiansburg uses the same font for its street blades as Chesterfield County.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on December 08, 2012, 07:27:33 PM
Quote from: Takumi on December 08, 2012, 06:30:24 PM
Looks like Christiansburg uses the same font for its street blades as Chesterfield County.
I think it's more that particular sign than the rest of Christiansburg itself.  The rest that I remember seeing have the street names in caps (the only photo I have of one does not show the sign very well) so I'd have to drive around downtown one day to verify that.  I personally think Blacksburg signs on the ground are more like the ones in Chesterfield with the street names in lower-case.
Christiansburg
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS11NORTHANDUS460BUSINESSEASTAT1STST.jpg&hash=38abd82f77d9e042632efe19fea2b6e3a1f320e7)
Blacksburg
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS460BUSINESSEASTATAIRPORTRDANDGRAVESAVE.jpg&hash=2ded7c70ea6a711b6e2ba2f1120d28bb7310c413)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on December 11, 2012, 04:53:11 PM
Quote from: cu2010 on December 08, 2012, 01:23:18 PM
So I'm running around running errands today, happened to have the camera with me, and I stumble upon this...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FS0lk6.jpg&hash=8e735353c9ce78fb67914b3fcb7dc9357d2f79af)Best part? This is a fairly recent install...it's been a while since I drove through there, but the last time I did, it was a regular, modern crossbuck!
In Salem, MA along Route 107 just south of the MA 114 interchange; there's a similar in style, old dilapidated old RR Crossbuck still standing as of earlier this year.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on December 13, 2012, 06:10:34 PM
There is only one railroad crossbuck with button copy text remaining in the city of Richmond. I've been meaning to take a picture of it; I'll probably go down this weekend and do it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on December 13, 2012, 09:42:05 PM
This BGS along MA 9 eastbound in Wellesley dates back to when I-95 was still planned to head through downtown Boston:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8490%2F8267624677_c55b3bb8ff_z.jpg&hash=4239137861cf489c12f13db37dbda0bb31dd5bb3)

A "LANE ENDS MERGE LEFT" sign that has survived the Iway project along I-95 in Providence.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8204%2F8267698973_4c2f1b00d3_z.jpg&hash=9d2b997cac52b1bfd5a0a683f54a5943356d87b5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on December 14, 2012, 04:04:27 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on December 13, 2012, 09:42:05 PM
This BGS along MA 9 eastbound in Wellesley dates back to when I-95 was still planned to head through downtown Boston:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8490%2F8267624677_c55b3bb8ff_z.jpg&hash=4239137861cf489c12f13db37dbda0bb31dd5bb3)
That particular BGS is still there as of last November; despite all the subsequent BGS' being much newer.  It's vintage is likely of the early-70s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: theline on December 14, 2012, 05:35:00 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 14, 2012, 04:04:27 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on December 13, 2012, 09:42:05 PM
This BGS along MA 9 eastbound in Wellesley dates back to when I-95 was still planned to head through downtown Boston:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8490%2F8267624677_c55b3bb8ff_z.jpg&hash=4239137861cf489c12f13db37dbda0bb31dd5bb3)
That particular BGS is still there as of last November; despite all the subsequent BGS' being much newer.  It's vintage is likely of the early-70s.
I'm curious about the word "exits." All signs now, I think, would say "exit" when referring to a single exit. I suppose this sign uses the verb "exits" because MA 128 exits in 1 mile. Signs now usually use the noun "exit." Was it once common to use the verb?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on December 14, 2012, 05:41:25 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 14, 2012, 04:04:27 PM
That particular BGS is still there as of last November; despite all the subsequent BGS' being much newer.  It's vintage is likely of the early-70s.

Yep, I actually photographed this over the Thanksgiving break. Surprised it's still there!

Quote from: theline on December 14, 2012, 05:35:00 PM
I'm curious about the word "exits." All signs now, I think, would say "exit" when referring to a single exit. I suppose this sign uses the verb "exits" because MA 128 exits in 1 mile. Signs now usually use the noun "exit." Was it once common to use the verb?

The word 'exit' is pluralized because it's a cloverleaf interchange with one ramp leading to I-95 (MA 128) south, and the other to I-95 north.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: brownpelican on December 19, 2012, 01:59:34 AM
Saw this gem last week in Enon on Lee Road. Go south of LA 16 and it's LA 437.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg254.imageshack.us%2Fimg254%2F6828%2Fsignvl.jpg&hash=330d2bca086a0166f79409c73b118aa078c45f72)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on December 19, 2012, 08:56:37 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 14, 2012, 04:04:27 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on December 13, 2012, 09:42:05 PM
This BGS along MA 9 eastbound in Wellesley dates back to when I-95 was still planned to head through downtown Boston:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8490%2F8267624677_c55b3bb8ff_z.jpg&hash=4239137861cf489c12f13db37dbda0bb31dd5bb3)
That particular BGS is still there as of last November; despite all the subsequent BGS' being much newer.  It's vintage is likely of the early-70s.

Ironically, it was less than a mile from what used to be (and may still be) a large MassDOT facility (back then, it was the DPW) which, I believe, used to contain a sign shop.

I haven't been on that stretch of MA-9 in a while, but I believe that sign has been replaced.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on December 19, 2012, 10:28:22 AM
Quote from: SidS1045 on December 19, 2012, 08:56:37 AMI haven't been on that stretch of MA-9 in a while, but I believe that sign has been replaced.
You might want to re-read a few posts back.  As of this past Thanksgiving, both Ian/PennDOTfan & I have confirmed that this particular BGS is still there.  All the subsequent BGS' have since been replaced w/ones just bearing w/I-95 shields.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on December 19, 2012, 03:38:23 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 19, 2012, 10:28:22 AM
Quote from: SidS1045 on December 19, 2012, 08:56:37 AMI haven't been on that stretch of MA-9 in a while, but I believe that sign has been replaced.
You might want to re-read a few posts back.  As of this past Thanksgiving, both Ian/PennDOTfan & I have confirmed that this particular BGS is still there.  All the subsequent BGS' have since been replaced w/ones just bearing w/I-95 shields.

OK, I must be thinking of the ones closer to the cloverleaf.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on December 22, 2012, 12:44:40 PM
Ontario hasn't used rounded sign boards for decades, so this sign may date to the opening of Hwy 405 in the 1960s.  (Though the text on the crown looks fairly new):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fasphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_404-406_images%2F405_roundcorners.jpg&hash=5ec0a7386f34a2a779df13786122f67c68754cda)

This one is from the 403, and also likely dates back to the opening of the highway in the 1960s.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F403_oldsign.jpg&hash=fedaf04a4792bbdda35f2e112c49aa4831eeea35)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on December 22, 2012, 05:04:05 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on December 22, 2012, 12:44:40 PM
Ontario hasn't used rounded sign boards for decades, so this sign may date to the opening of Hwy 405 in the 1960s.  (Though the text on the crown looks fairly new):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fasphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_404-406_images%2F405_roundcorners.jpg&hash=5ec0a7386f34a2a779df13786122f67c68754cda)
Like the sign itself, hate the shield. Stretched/compressed type is a big pet peeve of mine...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cu2010 on December 22, 2012, 10:29:38 PM
Compressed type is, sadly, becoming increasingly common in Ontario...

Gotta love that old Ontario font on the 403 sign, though! :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on January 02, 2013, 01:49:41 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/northeast/ridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/northeast/ridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd.jpg)

Preceded by two button copy overheads!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 02, 2013, 06:08:24 PM
Ah! Another exemplary case of Best Of and Worst Of on the same assembly!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on January 02, 2013, 06:40:07 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on December 19, 2012, 08:56:37 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 14, 2012, 04:04:27 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on December 13, 2012, 09:42:05 PM
This BGS along MA 9 eastbound in Wellesley dates back to when I-95 was still planned to head through downtown Boston:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8490%2F8267624677_c55b3bb8ff_z.jpg&hash=4239137861cf489c12f13db37dbda0bb31dd5bb3)
That particular BGS is still there as of last November; despite all the subsequent BGS' being much newer.  It's vintage is likely of the early-70s.

Ironically, it was less than a mile from what used to be (and may still be) a large MassDOT facility (back then, it was the DPW) which, I believe, used to contain a sign shop.

I haven't been on that stretch of MA-9 in a while, but I believe that sign has been replaced.

MassDPW (later MassHighway) had their principal maintenance facility, which included both their sign shop and classrooms for training, in a large building located just outside the northwest quadrant of the I-95 (MA 128)/MA 9 interchange in Wellesley.  Sometime in the mid 1990s, as part of the Weld Administration's attempts to fool the public into thinking the state was solvent by selling off useful assets, the facility was completely torn down and the land sold to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (after considerable environmental remediation was completed on the site).   Last I went by there (about 2006), Harvard Pilgrim still owned the building.

As far as the 1 mile BGS for Route 128 that's still there, it is my understanding that the sign and support (which date from the early 1970s) were supposed to be replaced under the Route 9 Brookline to Southborough sign replacement project done in the late 2000s.  Not sure why this sign work was never completed, but it's likely that a new sign and support for I-95 will be installed at this location as part of the final stage of the Randolph to Wellesley "add-a-lane" project currently under design.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on January 02, 2013, 08:34:30 PM
Quote from: Alex on January 02, 2013, 01:49:41 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/northeast/ridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/northeast/ridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd.jpg)

Preceded by two button copy overheads!

Shortcut to Alanland?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on January 02, 2013, 10:38:32 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on January 02, 2013, 08:34:30 PM
Quote from: Alex on January 02, 2013, 01:49:41 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/northeast/ridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/northeast/ridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd.jpg)

Preceded by two button copy overheads!

Shortcut to Alanland?

Alan Wood is caused by goats.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 03, 2013, 12:12:44 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on January 02, 2013, 06:08:24 PM
Ah! Another exemplary case of Best Of and Worst Of on the same assembly!

You think so? Personally I thought the Alan Wood Rd sign looked quite nice, albeit not quite "Best Of".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 03, 2013, 12:36:04 AM
Speaking of black-on-white button copy, this "Trucks OK" sign on I-5 south is a good one:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8358%2F8340182959_8ed51ed23d_c.jpg&hash=2c4ec57285b29210375dbe19bdc4d0f50b614d6d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 03, 2013, 11:48:02 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 03, 2013, 12:12:44 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on January 02, 2013, 06:08:24 PM
Ah! Another exemplary case of Best Of and Worst Of on the same assembly!

You think so? Personally I thought the Alan Wood Rd sign looked quite nice, albeit not quite "Best Of".

It's nice-ish, but a far cry from accepted design standards.  I interpret it as a guide sign, so it should be white on green.  The font is way off.  The border should be a little thicker.  There isn't nearly enough spacing between or around the two lines of text.  It just doesn't look like an official road sign at all; more like a fake, meant to look like a road sign, but designed by someone who clearly doesn't look at road signs all day.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 03, 2013, 12:00:11 PM
I don't know what that font is, but it reeks of Arialveticverstesk.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 03, 2013, 10:23:52 PM
A few from the Albany area...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8355%2F8343486471_d99b038dfd_z.jpg&hash=71c256e6015b4b1e5918022d4eec712140f73970)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8079%2F8343606519_86187e710c_z.jpg&hash=83ba18f8e9e0cbc7da83fbb5c491d2e4716ac6d0)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 12:37:53 AM
Quote from: vtk on January 03, 2013, 11:48:02 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 03, 2013, 12:12:44 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on January 02, 2013, 06:08:24 PM
Ah! Another exemplary case of Best Of and Worst Of on the same assembly!

You think so? Personally I thought the Alan Wood Rd sign looked quite nice, albeit not quite "Best Of".

It's nice-ish, but a far cry from accepted design standards.  I interpret it as a guide sign, so it should be white on green.  The font is way off.  The border should be a little thicker.  There isn't nearly enough spacing between or around the two lines of text.  It just doesn't look like an official road sign at all; more like a fake, meant to look like a road sign, but designed by someone who clearly doesn't look at road signs all day.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I know it's far from any sort of highway standards. I just don't think that alone makes it a terrible sign.

(Also, I'm somewhat biased, being a Helvetica fangirl and all.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 04, 2013, 09:41:34 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 12:37:53 AM
Oh, don't get me wrong. I know it's far from any sort of highway standards. I just don't think that alone makes it a terrible sign.

(Also, I'm somewhat biased, being a Helvetica fangirl and all.)

meanwhile, I think that entire font family is a terrible blight, and should not be used anywhere, at any time, for any reason, except maybe on written proposals attempting to convince Noriega to come out of his hut. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 04, 2013, 10:34:25 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 12:37:53 AM
Quote from: vtk on January 03, 2013, 11:48:02 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 03, 2013, 12:12:44 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on January 02, 2013, 06:08:24 PM
Ah! Another exemplary case of Best Of and Worst Of on the same assembly!

You think so? Personally I thought the Alan Wood Rd sign looked quite nice, albeit not quite "Best Of".

It's nice-ish, but a far cry from accepted design standards.  I interpret it as a guide sign, so it should be white on green.  The font is way off.  The border should be a little thicker.  There isn't nearly enough spacing between or around the two lines of text.  It just doesn't look like an official road sign at all; more like a fake, meant to look like a road sign, but designed by someone who clearly doesn't look at road signs all day.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I know it's far from any sort of highway standards. I just don't think that alone makes it a terrible sign.

(Also, I'm somewhat biased, being a Helvetica fangirl and all.)

Let's say someone sets out to write a fan-fic of a TV show like 2½ Men, and the result is a dramatic lesbian love tragedy about some Vegas prostitutes Charlie once knew.  It may be a great story, but folks judging it as a 2½ Men fanfic would tend to say it's one of the worst they'd ever read.  The same applies here: it's a pretty sign, but it's a fairly bad road sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 04, 2013, 06:56:20 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reactiongifs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F06%2Fsnl_spittake.gif&hash=a278580bf072fe365be8eebc96f30d5a02cde244)

Welp.  That's the best analogy I've seen in quite some time.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 08:30:41 PM
See, what I'm not getting is this idea that only standard road signs can be good road signs. It's non-standard, but it's aesthetically pleasing and it serves its intended purpose, so why does its lack of standardization make it an inherently bad road sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 04, 2013, 09:40:56 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 08:30:41 PM
See, what I'm not getting is this idea that only standard road signs can be good road signs. It's non-standard, but it's aesthetically pleasing and it serves its intended purpose, so why does its lack of standardization make it an inherently bad road sign?

Because road signs are supposed to follow standards, ergo a sign that doesn't follow standards is naughty and should be punished.  Also, since black on white is supposed to be used for regulatory signs (How am I supposed to simultaneously use both lanes?  Does that mean if I straddle the lane line, I won't get a ticket?  And if I'm properly in a lane, I will get a ticket?), one could argue that it's not serving its intended purpose.  And "aesthetically pleasing" is subjective; since Jake finds the font to be a terrible blight, I'm assuming he would argue that it's not.

As an aside, I was looking through the beginning of this thread for my own amusement, and was in fact highly amused when I found this very photograph waaaay back on page 2, complete with a comment from Jake that the Alan Wood Rd sign should be in the Worst Of.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: RJ145 on January 04, 2013, 09:43:37 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostoncoasters.com%2Fsources%2F321%2Fimages%2F5416-500h.jpg&hash=b6f5ff907a5f589cb1168a223aae05fdda86454e)

I need to find a higher resolution version of this. I have it somewhere.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 10:29:28 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand the value behind standardization. There's a need to give drivers a certain expectation of what they should see, and if everyone who posted a sign just made up their own rules we'd quickly get an inconsistent and confusing mess.

But when I look at an individual sign, I try to judge it on its own merits. After all, the standard is only one way of doing things, and just because it's the accepted standard doesn't mean it's the only good way of doing things, or that other ways of doing things are inherently inferior. That's why I, personally, will criticize signs for being ugly or unclear or other such faults, but not merely for not conforming to the standard.

Of course, you're free to disagree, but that's my take on it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on January 05, 2013, 12:57:25 PM
Let's just all keep looking at the other sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on January 05, 2013, 02:13:46 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 10:29:28 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand the value behind standardization. There's a need to give drivers a certain expectation of what they should see, and if everyone who posted a sign just made up their own rules we'd quickly get an inconsistent and confusing mess.

But when I look at an individual sign, I try to judge it on its own merits. After all, the standard is only one way of doing things, and just because it's the accepted standard doesn't mean it's the only good way of doing things, or that other ways of doing things are inherently inferior. That's why I, personally, will criticize signs for being ugly or unclear or other such faults, but not merely for not conforming to the standard.

Of course, you're free to disagree, but that's my take on it.

So, Ms Central, how would you judge this sign?  Definitely not standard....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstccurveltwist.jpg&hash=5cf135e9c2462ef54d650be14ff222f7349a88a1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kj3400 on January 05, 2013, 02:17:34 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 10:29:28 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand the value behind standardization. There's a need to give drivers a certain expectation of what they should see, and if everyone who posted a sign just made up their own rules we'd quickly get an inconsistent and confusing mess.

The sad thing is, even with standards, somehow that still ends up being the case with some signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 05, 2013, 02:25:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 05, 2013, 12:57:25 PM
Let's just all keep looking at the other sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fridge_pk_wb_at_alan_wood_rd_crop.jpg&hash=162c1e17086881e81c41273adfeddb4b1d0ebcd9)
Cropped with Jpegcrop (http://jpegclub.org/) to preserve quality
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 06, 2013, 04:26:44 PM
Button copy "EXIT ONLY" tabs anyone?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8357%2F8340160117_7f45652958_c.jpg&hash=f872fcc02de9264dcdb0c5a61114f16f63e8e670)
Long Beach, CA
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 07, 2013, 07:40:37 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 08:30:41 PM
See, what I'm not getting is this idea that only standard road signs can be good road signs. It's non-standard, but it's aesthetically pleasing and it serves its intended purpose, so why does its lack of standardization make it an inherently bad road sign?

Agreed; how boring would it be if every sign fit every conceivable standard? I'm kind of glad there's all sorts of tidy stuff and awkward semi-standard creations in Florida, because it makes things interesting and rather unique.

Look at photos of signs from 50+ years ago...no standards, and most of us go ape for them. But then again, there's bad and then there's different (and sometimes both makes for really bad).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on January 08, 2013, 03:28:24 AM
The thing is that the standards don't specify everything. You can still be creative within the bounds of the framework the MUTCD sets up.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 08, 2013, 08:21:02 PM
Discovered this one yesterday.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F01%2FSR67jctSignFoliage-FH13.jpg&hash=3a6c320e0aec82dc04ba044e6fe6119e8c3e8360)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 08, 2013, 08:27:26 PM
good to see that one's still there.  I photographed it on Jan. 20, 2010.  nearby was another 67 which was stamped 2/64.  Alex can tell you exactly where that one is.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 08, 2013, 08:30:09 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 08, 2013, 08:27:26 PM
good to see that one's still there.  I photographed it on Jan. 20, 2010.  nearby was another 67 which was stamped 2/64.  Alex can tell you exactly where that one is.

Also found a C/S-67 from 1968, but the one I posted above had no date; I'm guessing it's in the range of 1978-82.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 13, 2013, 11:19:28 PM
Unisign in the City of Fairfax, Virginia:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toward.com%2Fcpz%2Fva123unisign.jpg&hash=31742d91a467cb4b6b5c782435f52311e032ca03)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on January 14, 2013, 07:43:22 AM
Are "No turn on (dot)" signs common in Virginia? I've never seen one before outside that picture.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 14, 2013, 09:36:51 AM
Quote from: Roadsguy on January 14, 2013, 07:43:22 AM
Are "No turn on (dot)" signs common in Virginia? I've never seen one before outside that picture.

Not especially.  I think the only place I have seen them is within cities.  Not sure I have ever seen one on a VDOT-maintained road.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on January 14, 2013, 11:35:17 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on January 14, 2013, 09:36:51 AM
Quote from: Roadsguy on January 14, 2013, 07:43:22 AM
Are "No turn on (dot)" signs common in Virginia? I've never seen one before outside that picture.

Not especially.  I think the only place I have seen them is within cities.  Not sure I have ever seen one on a VDOT-maintained road.

I think I passed one this morning on Nutley Street in Fairfax County, but I was more interested in the poor grammar on the sign underneath it that said "When Pedestrian Are Present." I'm going to have to go back out that way later this week and I'll try to get a picture then to confirm. The Street View image of that intersection is quite outdated.

There are a good number of "red dot"—style signs in Fairfax City, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on January 14, 2013, 11:59:52 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on January 13, 2013, 11:19:28 PM
Unisign in the City of Fairfax, Virginia:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toward.com%2Fcpz%2Fva123unisign.jpg&hash=31742d91a467cb4b6b5c782435f52311e032ca03)
That unisign reminds me of the ones for US 1 & MA 3 that used to exist along Storrow Drive and the Central Artery in Boston circa the early-to-mid 1970s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 14, 2013, 12:01:07 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 14, 2013, 11:59:52 AM
That unisign reminds me of the ones for US 1 & MA 3 that used to exist along Storrow Drive and the Central Artery in Boston circa the early-to-mid 1970s.

with white backgrounds like that?  were they MDC products?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on January 14, 2013, 01:06:27 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 14, 2013, 12:01:07 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 14, 2013, 11:59:52 AM
That unisign reminds me of the ones for US 1 & MA 3 that used to exist along Storrow Drive and the Central Artery in Boston circa the early-to-mid 1970s.

with white backgrounds like that?  were they MDC products?
They could've been; although there were a few of them mounted along the Central Artery and its Storrow Drive access ramps as well.  For obvious reasons, the ones south of Storrow Drive were removed when the DPW relocated US 1 from the Sunmer/Callahan Tunnels to the Tobin Bridge circa 1975.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 16, 2013, 10:33:11 PM
My favorite NYSDOT sign...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8515%2F8355505440_51529eb3ff_z.jpg&hash=ae2245763320b2a48fe8856bebd8b25091d380e0)

The "top hat" sign along I-87 northbound near Albany. New York has several of them scattered throughout the state.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on January 16, 2013, 11:24:52 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on January 05, 2013, 02:13:46 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 10:29:28 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand the value behind standardization. There's a need to give drivers a certain expectation of what they should see, and if everyone who posted a sign just made up their own rules we'd quickly get an inconsistent and confusing mess.

But when I look at an individual sign, I try to judge it on its own merits. After all, the standard is only one way of doing things, and just because it's the accepted standard doesn't mean it's the only good way of doing things, or that other ways of doing things are inherently inferior. That's why I, personally, will criticize signs for being ugly or unclear or other such faults, but not merely for not conforming to the standard.

Of course, you're free to disagree, but that's my take on it.

So, Ms Central, how would you judge this sign?  Definitely not standard....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstccurveltwist.jpg&hash=5cf135e9c2462ef54d650be14ff222f7349a88a1)
Looks like a standard California curve warning sign from the 1960s, at least from the curve directions indicated by the arrow.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on January 17, 2013, 12:13:36 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on January 13, 2013, 11:19:28 PM
Unisign in the City of Fairfax, Virginia:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toward.com%2Fcpz%2Fva123unisign.jpg&hash=31742d91a467cb4b6b5c782435f52311e032ca03)

As a friend of mine put it: "No Turn on Japan"
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on January 17, 2013, 12:31:19 AM
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on January 16, 2013, 11:24:52 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on January 05, 2013, 02:13:46 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 04, 2013, 10:29:28 PM
Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand the value behind standardization. There's a need to give drivers a certain expectation of what they should see, and if everyone who posted a sign just made up their own rules we'd quickly get an inconsistent and confusing mess.

But when I look at an individual sign, I try to judge it on its own merits. After all, the standard is only one way of doing things, and just because it's the accepted standard doesn't mean it's the only good way of doing things, or that other ways of doing things are inherently inferior. That's why I, personally, will criticize signs for being ugly or unclear or other such faults, but not merely for not conforming to the standard.

Of course, you're free to disagree, but that's my take on it.

So, Ms Central, how would you judge this sign?  Definitely not standard....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fstccurveltwist.jpg&hash=5cf135e9c2462ef54d650be14ff222f7349a88a1)
Looks like a standard California curve warning sign from the 1960s, at least from the curve directions indicated by the arrow.
Connecticut. I recognize that any day.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 17, 2013, 08:03:15 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 17, 2013, 12:13:36 AMAs a friend of mine put it: "No Turn on Japan"
What if you're listening to Turning Japanese (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4)?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 17, 2013, 09:17:36 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 17, 2013, 12:13:36 AM
As a friend of mine put it: "No Turn on Japan"

Just excellent. 

Best part - I snapped that image to get the unisign, not the "No Turn on Japan."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on January 17, 2013, 10:19:29 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 17, 2013, 12:13:36 AM
As a friend of mine put it: "No Turn on Japan"
HA! Oh man. That was so funny I had to (gleefully) say it out loud several times!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 17, 2013, 10:23:08 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2013, 08:03:15 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on January 17, 2013, 12:13:36 AMAs a friend of mine put it: "No Turn on Japan"
What if you're listening to Turning Japanese (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4)?

Ah yes, the Vapors.  Brings back thoughts of younger days.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on January 18, 2013, 01:23:48 PM
A subtle sign, but the shield shape is great:

(https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/virginia095/i-095_sb_exit_008_03.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/virginia095/i-095_sb_exit_008_03.jpg)

Interstate 95 south at Exit 8 in Virginia.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 18, 2013, 01:39:39 PM
wow - '61 spec US shields are actually quite rare in Virginia.  their staple cutout, since the late 50s or so, has been a slightly different shape - 16 1/2 by 16 1/2, as opposed to the standard 16 1/2 by 16. 

the last standard '61 spec (really, '26 spec) shield from Virginia was made in the early 50s, with the embossed border.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on January 18, 2013, 01:44:27 PM
I agree that the shield is pretty, but shouldn't "exit tab is wider than the sign itself" automatically disqualify it from Best Of?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on January 18, 2013, 05:21:41 PM
that makes me wonder...do we have a thread on smallest exit signs?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spmkam on January 19, 2013, 09:46:38 PM
Being a CT native and daily traveler of the Merritt I always thought the exit signs look really neat

http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/7769289520/lightbox/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CanesFan27 on January 19, 2013, 11:44:48 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8351%2F8395582757_048b493222.jpg&hash=1702e53950a36b9329eb2ddffb4213399d69be9e) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamontheroad/8395582757/)
IMG_7184 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamontheroad/8395582757/) by Adam's Journey (http://www.flickr.com/people/adamontheroad/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 20, 2013, 12:20:35 AM
Quote from: spmkam on January 19, 2013, 09:46:38 PM
Being a CT native and daily traveler of the Merritt I always thought the exit signs look really neat

http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/7769289520/lightbox/


Even though the font sucks, I agree.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spmkam on January 20, 2013, 10:17:14 PM
what's so bad about it?

Post Merge: February 09, 2013, 02:11:41 AM

Oh wait the zero in 108 looks funny
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on January 21, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Although it's not a legitimate road sign font, as a font, it's not that bad. I'd rather see that up there than Arial, for instance.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 21, 2013, 01:06:19 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 21, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Although it's not a legitimate road sign font, as a font, it's not that bad. I'd rather see that up there than Arial, for instance.

I wonder why they selected that font.  the original sawtoothed exit signs from the 1930s didn't have it, that's for sure.  they used something that, for 1938, looked astonishingly like 1945 Highway Gothic.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 21, 2013, 01:22:53 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 21, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Although it's not a legitimate road sign font, as a font, it's not that bad. I'd rather see that up there than Arial, for instance.

I do agree that there are plenty of other fonts that are way worse, but I still dislike the font choice for the signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on January 21, 2013, 02:23:50 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 21, 2013, 01:06:19 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 21, 2013, 12:32:44 PM
Although it's not a legitimate road sign font, as a font, it's not that bad. I'd rather see that up there than Arial, for instance.

I wonder why they selected that font.  the original sawtoothed exit signs from the 1930s didn't have it, that's for sure.  they used something that, for 1938, looked astonishingly like 1945 Highway Gothic.

It's ITC Stone Sans demibold. A commenter for that photo notes that the designer was born in 1945, years after the highway was completed.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on January 21, 2013, 08:02:08 PM
While looking through Doug's Flickr set for NY 5, I came across this neat sign photo from 2004:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4024%2F4305134104_6980ff2fc6_o.jpg&hash=13f503f7a63603fa5ed3c9363d2c9d301c7af2e0)
Click here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4305134104/in/set-72157623284290858) for the original photo page

I found the location of the photo in Street View (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.657028,-73.763802&spn=0.000958,0.00142&t=h&layer=c&cbll=42.657028,-73.763802&panoid=J9IIZCLEqc0Lzeb7ad_YjQ&cbp=12,44,,1,24.35&z=20), but the sign has been removed.  Note the post holes in the brick pavers in the center of the Street View image.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 26, 2013, 11:56:06 PM
Took this just a few hours ago. One of the two Pennsylvania state-named I-676 shields I know of in existence. This one is at the base of the I-95 southbound exit 22 ramp, while the other one is mounted on a BGS near the Convention Center.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8516%2F8418127169_fe625f65bc_z.jpg&hash=69d3f0a33ceadb0e931db3203f414012e839ecc4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 27, 2013, 02:20:04 AM
That green sign on the top has some minor issues...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on January 27, 2013, 03:15:57 PM
Those issues including: Vertical kern spacing between each line, and too small of a direction arrow. That BGS alone would vie for Signs with Design Errors, not the shield assemblies below that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 27, 2013, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 27, 2013, 02:20:04 AM
That green sign on the top has some minor issues...

The green sign does leave something to be desired, but I didn't post the image because of it...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on January 28, 2013, 11:35:21 AM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on January 26, 2013, 11:56:06 PM
Took this just a few hours ago. One of the two Pennsylvania state-named I-676 shields I know of in existence. This one is at the base of the I-95 southbound exit 22 ramp, while the other one is mounted on a BGS near the Convention Center.
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Quote from: PennDOTFan on January 27, 2013, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 27, 2013, 02:20:04 AM
That green sign on the top has some minor issues…

The green sign does leave something to be desired, but I didn't post the image because of it...
Something tells me that particular assembly has been knocked down once or twice over the last 20+ years (by an errant vehicle) w/the I-676 shield, the direction arrow below it and the LGS likley being the original signs given their condition (the faded red on the shield, the LGS appearing slightly warped and the graffiti-laden blue direction arrow) with all the other signage being newer.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bjrush on February 01, 2013, 11:19:36 PM
Beautiful sign in Southwest City, Mo. Found this while turning around after photographing the AR 43/OK 20 dual state concurrency

What a day   :biggrin:

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on February 09, 2013, 09:20:28 PM
Ok. Perhaps these don't belong here, but if highway signs and shields in general are going to be supersized for aging baby-boomers to see, well then North Carolina has embraced this. Look at these whoppers in my hometown of Louisburg, NC.
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on February 10, 2013, 02:02:52 PM
Here's a nice old custom font speed limit sign southeast of Anaconda, MT
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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on February 10, 2013, 02:21:33 PM
There is one like this in Frenchtown, Montana. Possibly a mid-60's spec speed limit sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2013, 11:33:47 PM
These gritty survivors hang on in the City of Falls Church (they have been previously snapped by Adam and Oscar). 

I don't think there are any other cutouts left in Falls Church (I checked - it is not a very big place).

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on February 19, 2013, 12:16:07 AM
^^^ There used to be a cutout on VA 338 as well. I take it that's gone now?

The ancient distance sign here (http://m.google.com/u/m/z037nm) in Blackstone, VA was still up last week, but I missed getting a picture of it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on February 19, 2013, 01:14:26 AM
Quote from: Takumi on February 19, 2013, 12:16:07 AM
^^^ There used to be a cutout on VA 338 as well. I take it that's gone now?

That is (or was) Hillwood Avenue, I think.

I drove it, and did not see it.  But I was not on the lookout for any cutouts on Hillwood.  Next time I am over that way, I will look more carefully.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on February 19, 2013, 12:40:59 PM
Quote from: Takumi on February 19, 2013, 12:16:07 AM
^^^ There used to be a cutout on VA 338 as well. I take it that's gone now?

The ancient distance sign here (http://m.google.com/u/m/z037nm) in Blackstone, VA was still up last week, but I missed getting a picture of it.

The VA 338 cutout is shown in the June 2012 GMSV - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falls+church,+va&hl=en&ll=38.879742,-77.173848&spn=0.000067,0.053301&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=53.001548,109.160156&t=h&hnear=Falls+Church,+Virginia&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.879703,-77.173751&panoid=KyJCUrDYx9CoWVYwNcfCfg&cbp=12,149.26,,0,0 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falls+church,+va&hl=en&ll=38.879742,-77.173848&spn=0.000067,0.053301&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=53.001548,109.160156&t=h&hnear=Falls+Church,+Virginia&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.879703,-77.173751&panoid=KyJCUrDYx9CoWVYwNcfCfg&cbp=12,149.26,,0,0)

This one is also shown - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falls+church,+va&hl=en&ll=38.881947,-77.17063&spn=0.000067,0.053301&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=53.001548,109.160156&t=h&hnear=Falls+Church,+Virginia&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.881889,-77.170551&panoid=L9v37A5z0ZGzfV7_EFfSqg&cbp=12,334.44,,0,0 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falls+church,+va&hl=en&ll=38.881947,-77.17063&spn=0.000067,0.053301&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=53.001548,109.160156&t=h&hnear=Falls+Church,+Virginia&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.881889,-77.170551&panoid=L9v37A5z0ZGzfV7_EFfSqg&cbp=12,334.44,,0,0)

Others I had been aware of (including only known VA 237 cutout) do not appear anymore...

Here is an up-close pic of the distance sign in Blackstone from 2008:
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Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on February 19, 2013, 01:50:46 PM
Mapmikey, I don't recall seeing that Va. 338 cutout, but you have piqued my interest, and I will look for it the next time I am over in Falls Church.

I think the Va. 7 cutout on the streetlight pole is gone.

Warning to all - the Falls Church municipal police do enforce the (low) speed limits in their small city!  Especially on Va. 7 (Broad Street) and U.S. 29 (Washington Street).  Probably because they don't have anything else to do (Falls Church is a very low crime kind of place).

That sign from Blackstone is a real VDOT (or should I say VDH) classic!  Great catch.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 19, 2013, 03:32:21 PM
I know that intersection with the VA-338 cutout. I may be over that way later this week and if so I will watch for it.

cp is absolutely correct about the police. I routinely set my cruise control at just over 25 mph on East Broad Street because they're so strict. ("Just over" because it won't work at 25.)

Another Falls Church oddity can be found outside Don Beyer Volvo. I frequently use Shreve Road and the light at Shreve and Broad is very long with no turn on red, so I always use Gordon Road to bypass it. Notice the peculiar street sign with the word "Road" spelled out instead of abbreviated "Rd": http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falls+church,+va&hl=en&ll=38.893842,-77.189339&spn=0.000823,0.002064&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=53.001548,109.160156&t=h&hnear=Falls+Church,+Virginia&layer=c&cbll=38.893842,-77.189339&panoid=8Q7ymnsNVw3gszkZjC2gMQ&cbp=12,342.86,,0,2.4&z=20   The sign was still like that when I was there the week before last.

(Oddly, if you nip across to Fairfax County, the street sign calls it "Gordons Rd.")

Something not road-related that might interest you anyway–next time you're over there, drive down Shadow Walk in Falls Church and look for the house that's a replica of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello: http://goo.gl/maps/UvvSH
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on February 19, 2013, 06:17:26 PM
In any small town in Virginia with a speed limit of 25, I generally stay a few MPH under and in second gear if driving the manual car, in which my shift point happens at about 27 MPH. I'd rather not cruise at the shift poi t because of exhaust noise,  and if I shift up into third gear I'm just asking to get pulled.

At any rate, there are two old VA 40 shields in Blackstone, so I'll post the one I took last week at some point this week. The other one is buried in the middle of this thread.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 12:41:16 PM
Seen at lunchtime today on Bren Mar Drive in Alexandria, Virginia (http://goo.gl/maps/Lmu9w) (roughly where the "6293" appears in that Google Maps link). This is the only Virginia secondary route marker I've ever seen as a cutout.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on February 21, 2013, 12:46:15 PM
That SR 648 cutout is the only one Froggie and I have ever seen ourselves.  It has been there at least 5 years...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2013, 12:48:48 PM
looks to be one of those 'intended for a green sign' cutouts.

though Virginia does have some history of borderless shields.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 12:57:40 PM
I think I may like the nostalgia provoked by those gas prices more than the shields!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 21, 2013, 02:14:11 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2013, 12:48:48 PM
looks to be one of those 'intended for a green sign' cutouts.
Yep. Hardly best.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on February 21, 2013, 02:19:52 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 12:57:40 PM
I think I may like the nostalgia provoked by those gas prices more than the shields!

I remember buying a car that required high-test, which was $1.37/gallon, and I complained . Mid-1990s, photo...presumably?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 02:33:25 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 21, 2013, 02:14:11 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2013, 12:48:48 PM
looks to be one of those 'intended for a green sign' cutouts.
Yep. Hardly best.

I kind of like it simply because it's so unique (utterly unique, based on Mapmikey's comment). That's why I put it under "best of"–nothing else like it anywhere. I'm also a little surprised it's still there just because there's been so much roadwork in that area for the past 14 years (and some of it is ongoing even now) that I'd have kind of expected someone at VDOT to have noticed it and ordered it replaced. So I kind of view it as sort of a plucky survivor, if that makes any sense.




Quote from: formulanone on February 21, 2013, 02:19:52 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 12:57:40 PM
I think I may like the nostalgia provoked by those gas prices more than the shields!

I remember buying a car that required high-test, which was $1.37/gallon, and I complained . Mid-1990s, photo...presumably?

I suppose it's a different topic, but I'd guess early 1990s simply because I remember paying 73¢ a gallon in July 1998 when I drove down to Roanoke for the bar exam. I recall gas typically being 99¢ a gallon in the late 1980s/early 1980s when I was in high school and then being between $1.00 and $1.50 a gallon when I was off at college and law school. But I don't ever recall thinking the premium gas (back then, 92 octane) seemed all that expensive when I first got a car that used it (a 1982 Honda Accord, which didn't specify premium but my father and I always used it because that car never quite felt right when we tried to use 87 octane). Anyway, I always thought it was weird how gas got so darn cheap again for a brief time in the late 1990s.

Of course, that photo is presumably from Hillsville, Virginia, and I have no idea whether gas there tends to be more or less expensive than elsewhere because I very seldom pass that way. I do remember thinking it was striking how the gas in Roanoke was substantially cheaper than it was even in Charlottesville. (I'd expect it to be cheaper than in Northern Virginia, but not so much compared to Charlottesville or Harrisonburg or Staunton.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on February 21, 2013, 11:34:10 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 02:33:25 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 21, 2013, 02:14:11 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 21, 2013, 12:48:48 PM
looks to be one of those 'intended for a green sign' cutouts.
Yep. Hardly best.

I kind of like it simply because it's so unique (utterly unique, based on Mapmikey's comment). That's why I put it under "best of"–nothing else like it anywhere. I'm also a little surprised it's still there just because there's been so much roadwork in that area for the past 14 years (and some of it is ongoing even now) that I'd have kind of expected someone at VDOT to have noticed it and ordered it replaced. So I kind of view it as sort of a plucky survivor, if that makes any sense.




Quote from: formulanone on February 21, 2013, 02:19:52 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 21, 2013, 12:57:40 PM
I think I may like the nostalgia provoked by those gas prices more than the shields!

I remember buying a car that required high-test, which was $1.37/gallon, and I complained . Mid-1990s, photo...presumably?

I suppose it's a different topic, but I'd guess early 1990s simply because I remember paying 73¢ a gallon in July 1998 when I drove down to Roanoke for the bar exam. I recall gas typically being 99¢ a gallon in the late 1980s/early 1980s when I was in high school and then being between $1.00 and $1.50 a gallon when I was off at college and law school. But I don't ever recall thinking the premium gas (back then, 92 octane) seemed all that expensive when I first got a car that used it (a 1982 Honda Accord, which didn't specify premium but my father and I always used it because that car never quite felt right when we tried to use 87 octane). Anyway, I always thought it was weird how gas got so darn cheap again for a brief time in the late 1990s.

Of course, that photo is presumably from Hillsville, Virginia, and I have no idea whether gas there tends to be more or less expensive than elsewhere because I very seldom pass that way. I do remember thinking it was striking how the gas in Roanoke was substantially cheaper than it was even in Charlottesville. (I'd expect it to be cheaper than in Northern Virginia, but not so much compared to Charlottesville or Harrisonburg or Staunton.)
Here is another photo of borderless shields from that same intersection in Hillsville except heading westbound.  This photo was taken in May 2012.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: topay on February 22, 2013, 08:28:32 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2013, 11:33:47 PM

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If you look closely at the sign bracing on this one, it appears that there was once a second assembly to go along with US 29 South.  Could this assembly be old enough to have included a US 211 West assembly back in the day?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 22, 2013, 09:26:26 AM
more than likely, since US-211 disappeared from there around 1984.  the gantry itself is designed for 16" shields, which have been around since 1926.  those particular shields look to be about 60s or 70s manufacture, but the gantry could be much older.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 22, 2013, 10:01:06 AM
Could there have been a VA-237 marker there at some point as well? Said route has long been multiplexed with US-29 through that area, though it's certainly not well-posted at all nowadays. I remember well when US-29/US-211 markers always appeared next to each other, but I just don't recall about VA-237 signage. When I was a kid, usually if we were in that area of Falls Church it was to go to the movies at the State Theatre and so I was more interested in whatever we'd be seeing there than in the road numbers.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffandnicole on February 22, 2013, 10:33:34 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2013, 11:33:47 PM


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Was this mast possibly installed upside down?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 22, 2013, 10:39:53 AM
The one out of the picture to the left is the same, as are all the ones at the next intersection ahead (the one denoted by the yellow "signal ahead" sign in the image above) and at a number of other intersections around there. Surely they wouldn't have screwed up quite that many of them if they had been intended to go the other way.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on February 22, 2013, 10:49:39 AM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 22, 2013, 10:33:34 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2013, 11:33:47 PM


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Was this mast possibly installed upside down?

Saab Combiwagon, cutouts, and upside-down mast arm, together at last.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on February 22, 2013, 01:48:26 PM
Quote from: topay on February 22, 2013, 08:28:32 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2013, 11:33:47 PM
If you look closely at the sign bracing on this one, it appears that there was once a second assembly to go along with US 29 South.  Could this assembly be old enough to have included a US 211 West assembly back in the day?

Yes, that is quite possible. And probably correct.

Though I remember a massive "sine salad"-worthy assembly mounted on the ground on the near side of the intersection (on classic VDH whitewashed timbers, even though this intersection was not then and is not now maintained by VDH and its successor VDOT) at this location in the 1960's or early 1970's, which had U.S. 29,  U.S. 211, two Va. 7 shields (and probably Va. 237 and I-495 shields as well), all cutouts.   
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on February 22, 2013, 01:51:38 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 22, 2013, 10:33:34 AM
Was this mast possibly installed upside down?

I don't think so.  This seems to be the way that these ares supposed to be installed in Falls Church (maybe they screwed them all up, but I think that is unlikely - Falls Church is very much a "good government" place, and its municipal workforce is generally well regarded).

Not every signalized intersection within Falls Church uses these - some intersections use span wire.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 22, 2013, 02:08:08 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 22, 2013, 01:51:38 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 22, 2013, 10:33:34 AM
Was this mast possibly installed upside down?

I don't think so.  This seems to be the way that these ares supposed to be installed in Falls Church (maybe they screwed them all up, but I think that is unlikely - Falls Church is very much a "good government" place, and its municipal workforce is generally well regarded).

Not every signalized intersection within Falls Church uses these - some intersections use span wire.

Some also use a simple curved mastarm–indeed two sides of that intersection in that photo have that sort of simpler design.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on February 22, 2013, 04:35:43 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 22, 2013, 01:51:38 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 22, 2013, 10:33:34 AM
Was this mast possibly installed upside down?

I don't think so.  This seems to be the way that these ares supposed to be installed in Falls Church (maybe they screwed them all up, but I think that is unlikely - Falls Church is very much a "good government" place, and its municipal workforce is generally well regarded).

Not every signalized intersection within Falls Church uses these - some intersections use span wire.
Bergen County NJ also uses this "upside-down" mast arm style. I suppose it technically works either way, it's just that this requires a taller pole.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on February 23, 2013, 11:11:36 PM
Here's a great old sign at the north end of BC 43- of course it was raining when I got up there. These old custom signs are getting nuked in favor of Arial/Clearview signs, so good to see this.

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 01, 2013, 03:15:38 PM
Passed this nice sign this afternoon in the parking area next to what used to be Springfield Mall in Virginia. In case it's unclear from the photo, the sign is embossed. There's at least one other like it on the property. I've passed this dozens of times and for some reason I never noticed its embossed nature before....I wonder if the new eyeglass prescription I got really makes THAT much of a difference!

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 02, 2013, 10:36:18 AM
I have a hard time accepting a speed limit of 15 as "˜good' in any sense.  :-/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 02, 2013, 02:22:11 PM
I hear you. The sign itself is spiffy, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 02, 2013, 06:59:41 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 02, 2013, 10:36:18 AM
I have a hard time accepting a speed limit of 15 as "˜good' in any sense.  :-/

looks to me to be a parking lot.  15 seems quite sensible there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 02, 2013, 07:23:07 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 02, 2013, 06:59:41 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 02, 2013, 10:36:18 AM
I have a hard time accepting a speed limit of 15 as "˜good' in any sense.  :-/

looks to me to be a parking lot.  15 seems quite sensible there.

It is. Notice my prior comment about it being "in the parking area." I phrased it that way because the road is sort of a little beltway around the mall with parking on both sides.

I'd post a link to a map with a placemarker but I can't figure out how to drop a pin in Google Maps on the iPad. But if you find Springfield Mall in Virginia, the satellite view will give a sense of the area. The sign in my photo is in the northeast corner sort of between the Target store and the Sunrise retirement home located across Frontier Drive.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 03, 2013, 10:24:39 PM
Been meaning to get a picture of the street sign here for awhile and I always forgot. It used to say "Larkspur Dr" with an arrow pointing left. (I'm putting it here in the spirit of the original post in this thread that talks about photos of older signs that have hung on for a long time.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F1b0dbd6a42917ca64ba4efe685fc76ff_zps7e1a942b.jpg&hash=09a99b63bccac2fb2ab0faec998ed0e17d303dc1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on March 03, 2013, 11:12:01 PM
You know, you can get out of your car...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 04, 2013, 07:43:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on March 03, 2013, 11:12:01 PM
You know, you can get out of your car...

Maybe, but there was an SUV to my right and I remembered the sign at the last second, as usual.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 05, 2013, 05:22:15 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 02, 2013, 07:23:07 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 02, 2013, 06:59:41 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 02, 2013, 10:36:18 AM
I have a hard time accepting a speed limit of 15 as ‘good' in any sense.  :-/

looks to me to be a parking lot.  15 seems quite sensible there.

It is. Notice my prior comment about it being "in the parking area." I phrased it that way because the road is sort of a little beltway around the mall with parking on both sides.

I'd post a link to a map with a placemarker but I can't figure out how to drop a pin in Google Maps on the iPad. But if you find Springfield Mall in Virginia, the satellite view will give a sense of the area. The sign in my photo is in the northeast corner sort of between the Target store and the Sunrise retirement home located across Frontier Drive.

Fair enough, point taken.  My general idea is that streets shouldn't have a limit of lower than 20 mph.  If there's something there that necessitates lower limits (e.g. parking), then I generally find speed limit signs aren't needed to keep drivers' speed in check:  they tend to assess things correctly and moderately their speed accordingly even without them.  Maybe it's just me (and it probably is).

Anyway, back on topic...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on March 05, 2013, 07:13:47 PM
For the fans of old-spec US shields...

Saw this today:
https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.95501,-82.844642&spn=0.00105,0.000882&t=k&deg=180&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.954842,-82.84457&panoid=IPe0izDZ3JZEk8Gd5mteWA&cbp=12,240.82,,1,-24.14 (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.95501,-82.844642&spn=0.00105,0.000882&t=k&deg=180&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.954842,-82.84457&panoid=IPe0izDZ3JZEk8Gd5mteWA&cbp=12,240.82,,1,-24.14)
It's not obvious from that angle (and more straight-on views from GSV are too blurry) but that US 40 shield is of an older spec, slightly wider than it is tall, like the ones agensteel53 is fond of.

https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.875962,-83.008189&spn=0.005945,0.00706&t=m&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.876001,-83.00832&panoid=wOXTnada70Xw871B0FzHdg&cbp=12,123.34,,2,-7.11 (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.875962,-83.008189&spn=0.005945,0.00706&t=m&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.876001,-83.00832&panoid=wOXTnada70Xw871B0FzHdg&cbp=12,123.34,,2,-7.11)
Here's something I pass semi-regularly, and I'm glad GSV has a decent shot of it.  70-spec and (I think) 61-spec US 23 shields side by side. 

I-270 features a lot of really old BGS on the south and east sides.  They're not quite original, but very close: I think they're the result of retrofitting reflective green backgrounds onto the original sign structures.  I'm not sure to what extent the original foreground elements were re-used, though I think it's probably less than half if any.  In some places, those newer background panels have fallen off, revealing the original non-reflective green background, and sometimes, hints of where foreground elements were originally attached.  Examples on GSV:

https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.888451,-83.031685&spn=0.011887,0.014119&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.888502,-83.031795&panoid=klk090PL_44wRr0OAUrqMQ&cbp=12,321.43,,0,-25.99 (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.888451,-83.031685&spn=0.011887,0.014119&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.888502,-83.031795&panoid=klk090PL_44wRr0OAUrqMQ&cbp=12,321.43,,0,-25.99) Not much to see here...

https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.873574,-82.932449&spn=0.002972,0.00353&t=m&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.873524,-82.932498&panoid=GmWWlRCOP-tRbcDx3HkfHA&cbp=12,337.09,,1,-1.37 (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.873574,-82.932449&spn=0.002972,0.00353&t=m&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.873524,-82.932498&panoid=GmWWlRCOP-tRbcDx3HkfHA&cbp=12,337.09,,1,-1.37) This one's more interesting, but you'd have to go see it in person, because the panel hadn't fallen off yet when GSV came through.

I-270 near Dublin and Hilliard also has some older BGS, but not as old.  It's actually in pretty good shape, and looks a lot like the button-copy signs Connecticut is allegedly famous for.

Unfortunately, most of the time I pass these signs, I'm driving for work, and it's often night.  If I'm alone in the van, and I remember the photo op in time, I can get a picture on my cell phone but... cell phone photo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on March 05, 2013, 09:29:56 PM
Quote from: vtk on March 05, 2013, 07:13:47 PM
For the fans of old-spec US shields...

Saw this today:
https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.95501,-82.844642&spn=0.00105,0.000882&t=k&deg=180&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.954842,-82.84457&panoid=IPe0izDZ3JZEk8Gd5mteWA&cbp=12,240.82,,1,-24.14 (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.95501,-82.844642&spn=0.00105,0.000882&t=k&deg=180&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.954842,-82.84457&panoid=IPe0izDZ3JZEk8Gd5mteWA&cbp=12,240.82,,1,-24.14)
It's not obvious from that angle (and more straight-on views from GSV are too blurry) but that US 40 shield is of an older spec, slightly wider than it is tall, like the ones agensteel53 is fond of.

The slightly fatter US 40 shield immediately made me think of a similar US 68 shield on I-70 EB; the street view is terrible (http://goo.gl/maps/7lQA2) but as I recall, that one sign's shield is somewhat fat for its height, while all the others approaching both ways on I-70 are "normal" 1970-spec shields.  Steve's I-70 page has a better pic of the somewhat-fat shield on that particular sign. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/oh/i-70/w.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on March 06, 2013, 05:41:04 PM
Better angle of the wide US 40 shield:

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9m5GTcV5Npg/UGhE4GJZOKI/AAAAAAAAB7M/4przeUXtcMc/s800/DSCN0836.JPG)

Interestingly, that's also the only sign through that stretch (IIRC) that spells out "Street" in "Main Street".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on March 06, 2013, 06:08:06 PM
It's also interesting to see that the main sign is illuminated, but the exit tab isn't.  BTW, '41B' is my house number - so it's neat to see it on a BGS.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 06, 2013, 06:26:21 PM
Quote from: roadman on March 06, 2013, 06:08:06 PM
It's also interesting to see that the main sign is illuminated, but the exit tab isn't.
My guess would be that the exit tab was erected sometime later.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on March 06, 2013, 06:47:26 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 06, 2013, 06:26:21 PM
My guess would be that the exit tab was erected sometime later.

That is indeed a distinct possibility.  However, both the main panel and the tab appear to me to be of similar age, which is what prompted the comment.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: theline on March 06, 2013, 08:39:34 PM
Most likely both the main sign and tab were replaced since the lights were installed. Perhaps they couldn't go any lower to get both the BGS and tab under the lights, so they did the best they could. Just guessing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on March 06, 2013, 09:54:13 PM
The wide shield, spelling out "Street", and the odd lighting arrangement seem to suggest that the sign was somehow a one-off.  Most overhead-lighted signs like that have the lights above everything including the tab.  Steve's I-670 (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/oh/i-670/e.html) pages (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/oh/i-670/w.html) have many examples; other highways around Columbus have had similar ones.

Most Ohio sign lighting was from below the signs, but a significant number of signs near Columbus have/had lighting at the top.  (Scattered examples persist elsewhere; one sign in Akron that still has lighting out of a rapidly-decreasing number has overlighting instead of underlighting for no apparent reason, but it's possible that it involves Columbus. A mis-made sign reading "Central Park" instead of "Canal Park" a few years ago was blamed on the sign shop in Columbus not being familiar with Akron's baseball park. (Hint: read the plans carefully!) Maybe the overlighted sign was designed and built in Columbus instead of being designed locally.  It's the only reason I can think of for one sign in town having lights at the top while hundreds of others around town were lighted from the bottom.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on March 06, 2013, 11:09:06 PM
I was told at a young age that the overhead lights were used to avoid shining up at aircraft at night.  Columbus's overlit signs are all on the east side (near Port Columbus Int'l Airport).  There are plenty of other city lights to make that consideration moot, but it might have seemed like a good idea in the 60's and 70's.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on March 07, 2013, 12:47:10 AM
Quote from: vtk on March 06, 2013, 11:09:06 PM
I was told at a young age that the overhead lights were used to avoid shining up at aircraft at night.  Columbus's overlit signs are all on the east side (near Port Columbus Int'l Airport).  There are plenty of other city lights to make that consideration moot, but it might have seemed like a good idea in the 60's and 70's.

It must be something to do with that, although I wondered why signs near the CLE and CAK airports weren't similarly designed, for example.  Maybe the signs lined up the right way so as to be problematic.  (Admittedly there are/were few lighted signs near CAK, but there were a ton near CLE, all underlit.  Most have been replaced in the last couple years, sadly.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 07, 2013, 10:01:03 AM
Quote from: roadman on March 06, 2013, 06:47:26 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 06, 2013, 06:26:21 PM
My guess would be that the exit tab was erected sometime later.

That is indeed a distinct possibility.  However, both the main panel and the tab appear to me to be of similar age, which is what prompted the comment.
Later doesn't necessarily have to mean years; that tab could've been erected a few months later as either a correction to either design or contractor oversight or the possibility of exit numbers being assigned shortly after the main panel & lights were erected (someone from OH can confirm that).

Quote from: PurdueBill on March 07, 2013, 12:47:10 AM
Quote from: vtk on March 06, 2013, 11:09:06 PM
I was told at a young age that the overhead lights were used to avoid shining up at aircraft at night.  Columbus's overlit signs are all on the east side (near Port Columbus Int'l Airport).  There are plenty of other city lights to make that consideration moot, but it might have seemed like a good idea in the 60's and 70's.

It must be something to do with that, although I wondered why signs near the CLE and CAK airports weren't similarly designed, for example.  Maybe the signs lined up the right way so as to be problematic.  (Admittedly there are/were few lighted signs near CAK, but there were a ton near CLE, all underlit.  Most have been replaced in the last couple years, sadly.)
That's exactly the reasoning behind the top-mounted lights.  In 2000-2001, similar top-mounted lights were apllied on some 80s-vintage gantries (with some but not all replacement/updated BGS') along I-95 near the Philadlephia International Airport.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffandnicole on March 15, 2013, 10:17:32 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi225.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd144%2Froadnut%2FJeffCellPhone0315134353.jpg&hash=bd27ed03cff2703b282a8c24f633a82101355fc0)

Yes.  The Stop sign is there.  Look...you can't miss it...we are pointing at it!  Really...it's a stop sign!!!

(The whole story: NJ Turnpike, Interchange 3 to NJ 168 North.  An intersection project at the next intersection involves some lane shifts.  The stop sign shown here was covered with plastic, the 'stop ahead' sign was posted, and a temporary stop sign was installed about 200' ahead.  The plastic has since ripped off, but the sign was never re-hidden.  Since it's just a ramp merge, it really should just be a Yield sign, which is how most people regard it as anyway.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on March 27, 2013, 04:54:46 PM
Huh? What's best about the reassurance (not trailblazer)?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 27, 2013, 05:08:58 PM
We've now reached the point in this forum at which a shield merely has to be designed correctly in order to qualify as the best of road signs.

Let's all post the 15.2 zillion other properly designed route shields.

Let's not.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 27, 2013, 05:10:37 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 27, 2013, 05:08:58 PM
We've now reached the point in this forum at which a shield merely has to be designed correctly in order to qualify as the best of road signs.

Let's all post the 15.2 zillion other properly designed route shields.

Let's not.
OK OK, I've removed my posts.

Happy now.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2013, 01:54:53 PM
Came across this old sign along US 1A in Ellsworth, ME the other day.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8526%2F8598495116_dbc0969ccd_z.jpg&hash=185ed417677bd9a8276fd5ec62dfa3a94b396e37)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 28, 2013, 02:32:14 PM
I was amazed how much wooden signage still exists in Maine.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2013, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 28, 2013, 02:32:14 PM
I was amazed how much wooden signage still exists in Maine.

Unfortunately, MaineDOT is currently in the process of replacing all of their old font and wooden highway signs. I was amazed at how many 2011/2012 installed signs I saw when traveling in the state last summer, when the year before there were hundreds of old ones still present.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 28, 2013, 04:16:39 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 28, 2013, 02:34:43 PM


Unfortunately, MaineDOT is currently in the process of replacing all of their old font and wooden highway signs. I was amazed at how many 2011/2012 installed signs I saw when traveling in the state last summer, when the year before there were hundreds of old ones still present.

I feel the same way about 2006 vs 2008, actually.  2006 there were dozens of old signs even on primary routes.  by 2008, you really had to dig on the backroads.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on March 28, 2013, 04:29:18 PM
Yeah. There used to be a nice 202/4 unisign of the same dimensions with the white-on-black JUNCTION banner on River Road in Windham. It got replaced maybe last summer. :( Never got a photo when I had the opportunity...
GMSV link (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.746793,-70.426869&spn=0.017516,0.027595&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=43.746878,-70.42696&panoid=BV449IC0ONtKsAXJ4uiO1Q&cbp=12,179.97,,1,3.13)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2013, 04:42:13 PM
Quote from: yakra on March 28, 2013, 04:29:18 PM
Yeah. There used to be a nice 202/4 unisign of the same dimensions with the white-on-black JUNCTION banner on River Road in Windham. It got replaced maybe last summer. :( Never got a photo when I had the opportunity...
GMSV link (https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.746793,-70.426869&spn=0.017516,0.027595&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=43.746878,-70.42696&panoid=BV449IC0ONtKsAXJ4uiO1Q&cbp=12,179.97,,1,3.13)

I didn't even know that one existed. I do know there is/was one on ME 4A (http://goo.gl/maps/zAXKw) in Buxton. Any idea if that one is still alive?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on March 28, 2013, 06:30:26 PM
No idea. Haven't been out that way in quite some time.
Though as you mentioned, signs are getting replaced at a pretty swift pace in southern Maine, so I may not hold out too much hope...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Central Avenue on March 29, 2013, 05:53:41 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 28, 2013, 01:54:53 PM
Came across this old sign along US 1A in Ellsworth, ME the other day.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8526%2F8598495116_dbc0969ccd_z.jpg&hash=185ed417677bd9a8276fd5ec62dfa3a94b396e37)

The numbers being sequential is a nice touch.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on March 29, 2013, 10:11:34 PM
Quote from: Central Avenue on March 29, 2013, 05:53:41 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 28, 2013, 01:54:53 PM
Came across this old sign along US 1A in Ellsworth, ME the other day.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8526%2F8598495116_dbc0969ccd_z.jpg&hash=185ed417677bd9a8276fd5ec62dfa3a94b396e37)

The numbers being sequential is a nice touch.
So is the custom font. ;-)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on March 30, 2013, 02:27:16 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on March 07, 2013, 12:47:10 AM
Quote from: vtk on March 06, 2013, 11:09:06 PM
I was told at a young age that the overhead lights were used to avoid shining up at aircraft at night.  Columbus's overlit signs are all on the east side (near Port Columbus Int'l Airport).  There are plenty of other city lights to make that consideration moot, but it might have seemed like a good idea in the 60's and 70's.

It must be something to do with that, although I wondered why signs near the CLE and CAK airports weren't similarly designed, for example.  Maybe the signs lined up the right way so as to be problematic.  (Admittedly there are/were few lighted signs near CAK, but there were a ton near CLE, all underlit.  Most have been replaced in the last couple years, sadly.)

In addition, pretty much all of 270 south of E. Broad lines up almost exactly with the runways at Rickenbacker...or back in the day, Lockbourne AFB.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on April 01, 2013, 04:08:12 PM
I couldn't decide if this belongs in Best or Worst. The awkward moment when you discover a brand new cutout on April Fools Day. This is in Hopewell, obviously, and is a carbon copy of the cutout that used to stand here.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2Fs600x600%2F526826_10200842475485433_1234039042_n.jpg&hash=6078c7be5ced9c68bbe3ba03820106d84fbf8807)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 01, 2013, 04:15:21 PM
I like the large B numbers.  I do not like the mismatch between shield shape and black border.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on April 01, 2013, 04:24:24 PM
Yeah, I do like the size of the digits, but it was done with typical Hopewell sloppiness. For comparison, here is the old cutout (photo 2008).
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc6%2F5768_1195208681615_8097912_n.jpg&hash=e063fca3857b5471a4130250b3ff81fda5f89a35)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadgeek2500 on April 01, 2013, 05:31:40 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1294.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb619%2Fkherm2000%2FAprilFools_zpsf3f7c6c7.png&hash=d54314dd3ef9bd8a419c7ba96eaff82269f22444) :bigass:
Happy April Fools Day
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on April 01, 2013, 06:04:22 PM
Also from Hopewell, what appears to be an original I-95 shield.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2Fs600x600%2F558031_10200843121301578_1751531652_n.jpg&hash=b60f725fb47ecc49dfd64c23b7fc7b5b4068f877)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on April 01, 2013, 11:13:01 PM
Quote from: Takumi on April 01, 2013, 06:04:22 PM
Also from Hopewell, what appears to be an original I-95 shield.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2Fs600x600%2F558031_10200843121301578_1751531652_n.jpg&hash=b60f725fb47ecc49dfd64c23b7fc7b5b4068f877)

This is definitely Best. The horrible mutant VA 36 cutout is, sadly enough, Worst.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on April 10, 2013, 02:06:10 PM
Here's a cutout (in downtown Richmond) that definitely belongs here.
(https://fbcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c0.50.540.540/s720x720/521890_10200894581228044_396700792_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on April 10, 2013, 09:54:05 PM
Taken today in Cincinnati. Accidentally getting lost in a less-than-desirable part of town can sometimes be a good thing.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Floose_pics%2FI-75_Ohio.jpg&hash=62b56af2c4d33614cbacc0bd9d0ad89e46cd5845)

Found a crapload of old US 42, 27 and 127 signs, as well as a few "OH 127" signs, along the truck route for US 27/127 as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on April 10, 2013, 10:02:55 PM
Quote from: Takumi on April 10, 2013, 02:06:10 PM
Here's a cutout (in downtown Richmond) that definitely belongs here.
(https://fbcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c0.50.540.540/s720x720/521890_10200894581228044_396700792_n.jpg)

Interesting, I always thought that had been removed. I guess I just wasn't looking in the right place. Here's a photo of that cutout in 2007 (notably the oldest photo I have on Flickr - not chronologically, though):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.staticflickr.com%2F1272%2F1338632970_52b3fa96bf_z.jpg&hash=a8dd45c98fe5d33d0a6999007152b158ef41edb0) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/1338632970/)

No idea why the chicken wire is there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on April 11, 2013, 06:14:13 PM
To keep those gol-durn thievin' roadgeeks out?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 11, 2013, 06:19:45 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 10, 2013, 09:54:05 PM
Found a crapload of old US 42, 27 and 127 signs, as well as a few "OH 127" signs, along the truck route for US 27/127 as well.

did you find this cutout/18" pair?

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19590271i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 11, 2013, 06:22:35 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on March 05, 2013, 09:29:56 PM
The slightly fatter US 40 shield immediately made me think of a similar US 68 shield on I-70 EB; the street view is terrible (http://goo.gl/maps/7lQA2) but as I recall, that one sign's shield is somewhat fat for its height, while all the others approaching both ways on I-70 are "normal" 1970-spec shields.  Steve's I-70 page has a better pic of the somewhat-fat shield on that particular sign. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/oh/i-70/w.html)

excellent 40. 

the 68s on Steve's page all seem to be standard 36x36 '70 spec - but the very top row of photos has a '61 spec 45x36 US-23.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on April 11, 2013, 06:41:45 PM
Last time I drove through there, I looked for the fat US 68.  Still there, as I recall.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 11, 2013, 06:46:41 PM
Quote from: vtk on April 11, 2013, 06:41:45 PM
Last time I drove through there, I looked for the fat US 68.  Still there, as I recall.

can someone post a photo?  or did I just not see it on Steve's page?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on April 11, 2013, 09:23:28 PM
The fat 68 is on EB I-70, and the linked page features signsseen by westbound traffic.  Here's Steve's photo from his eastbound page:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Foh%2Fi-70%2Fe52_2.jpg&hash=bf663e95d81ab04d0e6f0f8c5353791b9ee57c1d)

I also noticed a blurry shot of the Madison C unty sign on the westbound page, and I'm wondering how long ago the photo was taken and how long the sign's been that way.  However long ago the o fell off, you'd think I'd have noticed quickly...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on April 11, 2013, 10:10:17 PM
Quote from: vtk on April 11, 2013, 09:23:28 PM
The fat 68 is on EB I-70, and the linked page features signsseen by westbound traffic.  Here's Steve's photo from his eastbound page:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Foh%2Fi-70%2Fe52_2.jpg&hash=bf663e95d81ab04d0e6f0f8c5353791b9ee57c1d)

I also noticed a blurry shot of the Madison C unty sign on the westbound page, and I'm wondering how long ago the photo was taken and how long the sign's been that way.  However long ago the o fell off, you'd think I'd have noticed quickly...
That photo's fairly recent. I cringed when I edited it, because I'd already seen the much clearer versions here, and if I knew while driving that I was seeing a C unty sign and not just a slightly damaged button copy sign, I'd have made a much bigger effort to capture it cleanly (probably with flash).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on April 11, 2013, 11:06:26 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 11, 2013, 06:19:45 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 10, 2013, 09:54:05 PM
Found a crapload of old US 42, 27 and 127 signs, as well as a few "OH 127" signs, along the truck route for US 27/127 as well.

did you find this cutout/18" pair?

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19590271i1.jpg)

Will have to go through my pictures, but yes, I believe I did, but with the cutout replaced.

I'm pretty sure that's at the intersection of Colerain and Spring Grove.

http://goo.gl/maps/mHrDN
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 12, 2013, 10:02:39 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 11, 2013, 11:06:26 PM

Will have to go through my pictures, but yes, I believe I did, but with the cutout replaced.

I'm pretty sure that's at the intersection of Colerain and Spring Grove.

http://goo.gl/maps/mHrDN

nope, it is Colerain at Elmore.

http://goo.gl/maps/Xfe0T

that 27 in your intersection is also a very old shield.  but Cincy does have precedent of replacing very old shields with other very old shields.  this state-named 71 was replaced by an old, neutered shield between the time I visited it (Dec 2006) and when Alex visited (sometime in 2008).

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19610711i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on April 12, 2013, 01:39:36 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 12, 2013, 10:02:39 AM
nope, it is Colerain at Elmore.

http://goo.gl/maps/Xfe0T

I didn't see it, and I went through that intersection because I inadvertently took Elmore over to Beekman, which enabled me to discover the state-named I-75. But I may not have been traveling in the correct direction to see it.

Sounds like a job for Sherman Cahal, Tim Brown or someone else who's actually in Cincy to go check it out. Not sure when I will next be up there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JMoses24 on April 12, 2013, 06:35:06 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 12, 2013, 01:39:36 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 12, 2013, 10:02:39 AM
nope, it is Colerain at Elmore.

http://goo.gl/maps/Xfe0T

I didn't see it, and I went through that intersection because I inadvertently took Elmore over to Beekman, which enabled me to discover the state-named I-75. But I may not have been traveling in the correct direction to see it.

Sounds like a job for Sherman Cahal, Tim Brown or someone else who's actually in Cincy to go check it out. Not sure when I will next be up there.

I do live in the south suburbs. I'll see if I can swing up that way in the next couple days.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadgeek2500 on April 13, 2013, 04:24:01 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1294.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb619%2Fkherm2000%2FTRUCK_zps690a6b31.jpg&hash=38a87ce30b703b6a1dff5fe03870e851e033d61a)
hmmm... that sign looks a little big.....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1294.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb619%2Fkherm2000%2FTruck55_zps01210d4f.jpg&hash=104c0ca446d6857b4cab69d92eb0dc9aec477800)
Tada! a quick run through Photoshop reveals that it used to say 'TRUCK 55'. On US 202/322 South/East a few miles before the US 1 junction. BTW, the speed limit at that location is 45mph.

Also, all or most of the left lane must turn left and right lane must turn left were recycled in the exact same way. I checked and I saw  some others said TRUCK 55.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on April 13, 2013, 05:22:02 PM
I believe this is a prime candidate for Recycled Road Signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadgeek2500 on April 13, 2013, 07:06:00 PM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on April 13, 2013, 05:22:02 PM
I believe this is a prime candidate for Recycled Road Signs.
Definitely
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on April 14, 2013, 10:59:04 PM
Not a road sign, but I can't resist posting this because of the unintended implication–going without pants is OK short of that line? Seen tonight at Six Flags in Maryland at the Capitals' season-ticket holder party.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F7ae6a114d3876f59a9600d44e2436e95_zps482fecad.jpg&hash=2848148b0981a71e6fbf82e4d3c5cefd7852b480)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on April 15, 2013, 12:27:02 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 14, 2013, 10:59:04 PM
going without pants is OK short of that line?

Sure is.  Especially if you're female.  (Although even if you're male, I wouldn't really classify swim trunks as pants.)

I've seen similar signs at other combination water/non-water theme parks.  But I do see what you're saying, this one is particularly humorous.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on April 15, 2013, 07:49:16 AM
The other amusing thing is that it's in front of the building where the restrooms are (but they're not locker room style restrooms, at least not the men's room anyway).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: BamaZeus on April 15, 2013, 10:51:59 AM
It also appears they have a ban on scissors in the park, which is probably a good thing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JMoses24 on April 15, 2013, 10:04:57 PM
Guess state name shields aren't as rare as we thought in Florence, Kentucky. Taken today along Houston Road between 18 and the ramps to and from I-75 southbound:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLzOOoBG.jpg&hash=5637f63d868f8c6a38790e137f6e48d300b8b970)

I haven't yet managed to slide up toward Elmore/Colerain yet to check on that US 27 cutout.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 15, 2013, 10:09:57 PM
Quote from: JMoses24 on April 15, 2013, 10:04:57 PM
I haven't yet managed to slide up toward Elmore/Colerain yet to check on that US 27 cutout.

there's also two US-50 cutouts in Mariemont.  mainline 50, plain as day. 

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19620501i1.jpg)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19620501i2.jpg)

one east, one west, within a few hundred feet of one another.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on April 16, 2013, 10:31:57 AM
I've seen tons of state-named I-71 and I-75 shields in the NKY area. Also have seen a few I-275 and I-471 examples as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on April 16, 2013, 07:21:45 PM
Some DC area stuff:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8534%2F8651360660_e2445a108f_z.jpg&hash=75753738946f6705e4d1b17869a1f2a0614eaf8d) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/8651360660/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8255%2F8651364972_1012ab63c0_z.jpg&hash=64cc7370a85d980f4f7c425ac921a7737811ab3e) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/8651364972/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8537%2F8651366268_17edb9a46d_z.jpg&hash=4138f73887d1c8de14a2a8d35215b0abf3c6d186) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/8651366268/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8112%2F8651366492_e91dbc33f3_z.jpg&hash=046c978c6d8dacc45600b309347ec41708ab17a4) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/8651366492/)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 16, 2013, 07:26:32 PM
what was under the DC 295 north?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on April 16, 2013, 07:30:37 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 16, 2013, 07:26:32 PM
what was under the DC 295 north?

It previously said Martin Luther King Avenue, but that connection no longer exists due to the construction of the I-695/I-295/DC 295 interchange.

I also forgot to post these two (top one is button-copy, the bottom one is just old):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8394%2F8651366070_2ab8ccf0aa_z.jpg&hash=ff43578dfa0dc78a258b44a0756277f3c8cb4cb8) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/8651366070/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8124%2F8650267693_dc00d85fbd_z.jpg&hash=3b35d6d6440fd88e91b983dab86d886b5122f62e) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/8650267693/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on April 17, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
What's up with that stylized 'W' that looks sorta like the Walgreens' logo-feces?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on April 17, 2013, 09:42:50 PM
Quote from: yakra on April 17, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
What's up with that stylized 'W' that looks sorta like the Walgreens' logo-feces?

That's the Washington Nationals' logo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on April 18, 2013, 08:37:25 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on April 17, 2013, 09:42:50 PM
Quote from: yakra on April 17, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
What's up with that stylized 'W' that looks sorta like the Walgreens' logo-feces?

That's the Washington Nationals' logo.

And before that, the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) had a very similar logo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on April 18, 2013, 09:07:57 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on April 18, 2013, 08:37:25 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on April 17, 2013, 09:42:50 PM
Quote from: yakra on April 17, 2013, 09:35:25 PM
What's up with that stylized 'W' that looks sorta like the Walgreens' logo-feces?

That's the Washington Nationals' logo.

And before that, the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) had a very similar logo.

Yup. It's more accurate to ask wht that drugstore is with the logo that looks like a baseball team's.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on April 20, 2013, 06:51:19 PM
Deathtopumpkins posted a horrible BGS assembly from the Osceola Parkway in the Worst of Road Signs thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg216337#msg216337), and I decided to look around the area a bit.  I ended up finding this (http://maps.google.com/?ll=28.338395,-81.501984&spn=0.003244,0.005681&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=28.338397,-81.502144&panoid=Fzl0u4OagUI8CMYkG2U2Mw&cbp=12,291.25,,2,-4.44) modern sign with a tapered arrow.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on April 21, 2013, 12:45:04 AM
Best my arse.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on April 21, 2013, 08:25:27 PM
Quote from: Michael on April 20, 2013, 06:51:19 PM
Deathtopumpkins posted a horrible BGS assembly from the Osceola Parkway in the Worst of Road Signs thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg216337#msg216337), and I decided to look around the area a bit.  I ended up finding this (http://maps.google.com/?ll=28.338395,-81.501984&spn=0.003244,0.005681&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=28.338397,-81.502144&panoid=Fzl0u4OagUI8CMYkG2U2Mw&cbp=12,291.25,,2,-4.44) modern sign with a tapered arrow.
That's a Type B arrow. It's not best of anything.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Michael on April 22, 2013, 09:24:13 PM
Darn it!  I thought it looked different for some reason.  I even looked at the MUTCD arrow types before I posted it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on April 22, 2013, 09:27:23 PM
It's more than the silly arrow though.  Why is "Resort Area" where it is to the side of the shield, when there's a line's worth of useless greenspace on the bottom of the sign where that text should be?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on April 27, 2013, 09:55:09 PM
Some may disagree:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fsomemaydisagree.jpg&hash=66ca9327022406bfe8796ff28cdc3ddd483d2468)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: amroad17 on April 27, 2013, 10:04:15 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on April 27, 2013, 09:55:09 PM
Some may disagree:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fsomemaydisagree.jpg&hash=66ca9327022406bfe8796ff28cdc3ddd483d2468)
No, I agree!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on April 27, 2013, 11:27:15 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on April 27, 2013, 09:55:09 PM
Some may disagree:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fsomemaydisagree.jpg&hash=66ca9327022406bfe8796ff28cdc3ddd483d2468)
Disagree? I'll do whatever that sign tells me. I can't turn away.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 12:35:05 AM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on April 27, 2013, 09:55:09 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fsomemaydisagree.jpg&hash=66ca9327022406bfe8796ff28cdc3ddd483d2468)

Interestingly, I was just discussing the "N.Y. City" verbiage moments ago when we passed a similarly-worded sign on CT 15. I just think it's amusing that of the three words in "New York City", the only one not abbreviated is the one that isn't in the city's name. (Formally, that is. If you take "New York City" as being an informal name, it's still weird to me that only the one generic word, "city", isn't abbreviated.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 28, 2013, 12:48:24 AM
That's because there's not really a way to abbreviate "city" in English (In Spanish, "Ciudad" collapses to "Cd."), but there is for "New York".

You see the same thing with signs for "Okla. City".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 12:51:29 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 28, 2013, 12:48:24 AM
That's because there's not really a way to abbreviate "city" in English (In Spanish, "Ciudad" collapses to "Cd."), but there is for "New York".

You see the same thing with signs for "Okla. City".

Sure there is: "C". As in, "NYC" or "OKC".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 28, 2013, 01:01:38 AM
A three-letter initialism on a road sign is incredibly lame, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 01:10:36 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 28, 2013, 01:01:38 AM
A three-letter initialism on a road sign is incredibly lame, though.

Well that's true. I would have gone with just "New York", or spelled it all out, "New York City". Or heck, maybe I'd have just left it the way it is, since that's the version that led to interesting conversation!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on April 28, 2013, 04:05:16 AM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on April 27, 2013, 09:55:09 PM
Some may disagree:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fsomemaydisagree.jpg&hash=66ca9327022406bfe8796ff28cdc3ddd483d2468)

Quite a few like that on I-270 on the northwest, south, and east sides of Columbus, except with standard black-on-white state and US route markers.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on April 28, 2013, 08:13:06 AM
Quote from: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 01:10:36 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 28, 2013, 01:01:38 AM
A three-letter initialism on a road sign is incredibly lame, though.

Well that's true. I would have gone with just "New York", or spelled it all out, "New York City". Or heck, maybe I'd have just left it the way it is, since that's the version that led to interesting conversation!

The problem with "New York" is that it can apply equally to the state as it can to the city.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 09:12:44 AM
Quote from: Brandon on April 28, 2013, 08:13:06 AM
The problem with "New York" is that it can apply equally to the state as it can to the city.

Which is fine, because it goes to the state as well. And besides, since few people realize there is much difference in territory between the state and the city, that sign should get everyone where they think they need to go, "city" or not. :evilgrin:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on April 28, 2013, 12:09:07 PM
Quote from: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 09:12:44 AM
Quote from: Brandon on April 28, 2013, 08:13:06 AM
The problem with "New York" is that it can apply equally to the state as it can to the city.

Which is fine, because it goes to the state as well. And besides, since few people realize there is much difference in territory between the state and the city, that sign should get everyone where they think they need to go, "city" or not. :evilgrin:

I-91 south goes to New York City and southern parts of N.Y.  People going to upstate N.Y. would be better off taking the exit for US-5 north, to I-84 west, to I-91 north, to I-90 west, wouldn't they?

I think the N.Y. City is a good choice for that sign.  It fits in the space available, and shouldn't confuse most people.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on April 28, 2013, 06:51:29 PM
Quote from: kkt on April 28, 2013, 12:09:07 PM
I-91 south goes to New York City and southern parts of N.Y.  People going to upstate N.Y. would be better off taking the exit for US-5 north, to I-84 west, to I-91 north, to I-90 west, wouldn't they?

They certainly would. To sign I-91 south for "New York" (meaning the state) wouldn't be wrong, but would be decidedly incomplete information.

Quote from: kkt on April 28, 2013, 12:09:07 PM
I think the N.Y. City is a good choice for that sign.  It fits in the space available, and shouldn't confuse most people.

Agreed, but its peculiarity strikes me nonetheless. There are plenty of perfectly appropriate things that still make me think; for example,a "No Trespassing" sign is exactly the right choice for what it's meant to convey, but at the same time it gets me thinking about when trespassing could ever be permitted, since it's by definition a prohibited activity.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 02, 2013, 06:05:05 PM
Trespassing sign discussion has been moved to Off-Topic (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?board=9.0).

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9387.0
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on May 07, 2013, 12:58:38 AM
Logs may swing into your lane. Do not pass.
http://maps.google.com/?cbp=11,321.91,,2,-2.84&cbll=55.461799,-117.135239&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=55.458419,-117.135887&spn=0.033385,0.154324&t=m&z=13&vpsrc=6&panoid=Y-CIIVlrGie9nVkfTIuzWQ
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spmkam on May 07, 2013, 10:36:53 PM
What is interesting that the road signed, CT-15 (Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways) actually go to New York City and are signed as such.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on May 08, 2013, 09:52:34 AM
Quote from: spmkam on May 07, 2013, 10:36:53 PM
What is interesting that the road signed, CT-15 (Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways) actually go to New York City and are signed as such.

Unless you're a truck, that is.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spmkam on May 08, 2013, 09:18:07 PM
you shouldn't be on the Merritt in that case
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on May 08, 2013, 10:41:45 PM
So I found this over the weekend:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg14.imageshack.us%2Fimg14%2F1964%2Fimg2055r.jpg&hash=f7bb9cffa3e08c941927c2c4d7265b80f97d831d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on May 09, 2013, 12:58:13 PM
Quote from: spmkam on May 08, 2013, 09:18:07 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 08, 2013, 09:52:34 AM
Quote from: spmkam on May 07, 2013, 10:36:53 PM
What is interesting that the road signed, CT-15 (Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways) actually go to New York City and are signed as such.

Unless you're a truck, that is.
you shouldn't be on the Merritt in that case

Correct. Which might explain why, as you've pointed out, "N.Y. City" bound traffic is directed to use I-91 rather than CT 15 on the signs in question.

(Actually, on this particular sign, it probably has more to do with the long stretch of surface highway that CT 15 traverses before reaching its parkway sections.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 09, 2013, 01:06:29 PM
neato Massachusetts find!  is that glass or Stimsonite reflectors?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on May 09, 2013, 08:26:51 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 09, 2013, 01:06:29 PM
neato Massachusetts find!  is that glass or Stimsonite reflectors?

This is Stimsonite, right?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg832.imageshack.us%2Fimg832%2F5319%2Fimg2060cx.jpg&hash=0e6b8d4db53ff7ff25b90dcfdf3fa2b52d954c62)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 09, 2013, 08:29:22 PM
it is.  in fact, those are Stimsonite deep socket red-back #5, intended to be a direct replacement for cateyes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 09, 2013, 10:52:46 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on May 08, 2013, 10:41:45 PM
So I found this over the weekend:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg14.imageshack.us%2Fimg14%2F1964%2Fimg2055r.jpg&hash=f7bb9cffa3e08c941927c2c4d7265b80f97d831d)
Mass. 183 NB from CT. Glad they're still alive. www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/misc/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: luokou on May 10, 2013, 02:30:59 PM
A couple of I-405 gems in Orange County

Brand-new 21x18(?) shield at the Harbor Blvd. on-ramp. This replaced an ugly-ass bubble/angled shield hybrid, thankfully!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1218.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd402%2Ft3h_r0cko%2Fi-405_harbor_bl.jpg&hash=13bd28b49c571b0250b3dcca9682645126e42f00) (http://s1218.photobucket.com/user/t3h_r0cko/media/i-405_harbor_bl.jpg.html)

Near the Euclid St. exit. This seems to be a new assembly altogether, but the sign itself is a blast from the past! It may be a shield manufactured during the time the freeway was built, perhaps put in storage and then found again within the last year. There are still a lot of reassurance shields that look like this along the mainline, with all of the crowns faded from years of baking in the sun.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1218.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd402%2Ft3h_r0cko%2Fi-405_fv.jpg&hash=b3c1145c1d6cbf5431c71add52d88c11748442c4) (http://s1218.photobucket.com/user/t3h_r0cko/media/i-405_fv.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 10, 2013, 02:36:23 PM
how do you know that that mainline 405 shield is older?  more widely spaced INTERSTATE in the crown?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: luokou on May 10, 2013, 02:48:37 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 10, 2013, 02:36:23 PM
how do you know that that mainline 405 shield is older?  more widely spaced INTERSTATE in the crown?

That, plus D-modified numerals and the use of older reflective sheeting. Having to drive that stretch of 405 everyday for school for the past couple years, I definitely made a double-take when I saw that assembly when there wasn't one before. Just about 2000 feet prior at the Brookhurst street onramp, you can see a reassurance shield with the exact same specs, just with a faded crown.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 10, 2013, 03:00:36 PM
Quote from: luokou on May 10, 2013, 02:48:37 PM
That, plus D-modified numerals and the use of older reflective sheeting. Having to drive that stretch of 405 everyday for school for the past couple years, I definitely made a double-take when I saw that assembly when there wasn't one before. Just about 2000 feet prior at the Brookhurst street onramp, you can see a reassurance shield with the exact same specs, just with a faded crown.

got it.  good eye!  I've always wondered what the more widely-spaced INTERSTATE meant.  I thought it was just a batch variation without too much telling of the age.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on May 10, 2013, 06:53:26 PM
This obviously isn't a sign, but this thread seems like the most appropriate place for it. Passed this hundreds of times but never noticed it until this afternoon–a chromed fire hydrant on Columbia Pike in Arlington, Virginia, in front of the Air Force Memorial. I just found the chromed top to be neat-looking.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F4185EEDB-A0EA-40CE-A25A-29A820C3C8C6-18934-00000FA8D680BDC1_zps3f2c043c.jpg&hash=70e041eb13e2e7412978e844c252c7d8ccb03c63)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on May 10, 2013, 07:21:30 PM
Quote from: Steve on May 09, 2013, 10:52:46 PM
Mass. 183 NB from CT. Glad they're still alive. www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/misc/

Right route, wrong direction. Those signs are on the southbound side.

Nice to see someone found it before it got tagged.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on May 11, 2013, 03:41:51 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 10, 2013, 03:00:36 PM
Quote from: luokou on May 10, 2013, 02:48:37 PM
That, plus D-modified numerals and the use of older reflective sheeting. Having to drive that stretch of 405 everyday for school for the past couple years, I definitely made a double-take when I saw that assembly when there wasn't one before. Just about 2000 feet prior at the Brookhurst street onramp, you can see a reassurance shield with the exact same specs, just with a faded crown.

got it.  good eye!  I've always wondered what the more widely-spaced INTERSTATE meant.  I thought it was just a batch variation without too much telling of the age.
From what I've seen up here in the S.F. Bay Area, the older 3-digit interstate shields have the normally spaced INTERSTATE while the newer shields have the wide-spaced INTERSTATE.  By newer I mean shields produced since the mid-80's.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: luokou on May 11, 2013, 01:45:53 PM
Quote from: myosh_tino on May 11, 2013, 03:41:51 AM
From what I've seen up here in the S.F. Bay Area, the older 3-digit interstate shields have the normally spaced INTERSTATE while the newer shields have the wide-spaced INTERSTATE.  By newer I mean shields produced since the mid-80's.

That is true... some 405 shields in Long Beach have the spaced out INTERSTATE yet were manufactured and installed in the early 2000s. I would think some of the main age indicators is with the type of reflective sheeting used and whether or not the digits have modified thickness.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on May 11, 2013, 02:18:19 PM
Ohio's SDM specifies INTERSTATE in series D on 2-digit shields, vs series E on 3-digit shields.  Both specify per-letter width and per-gap inter-letter spacing, with the 3-digit version having about 50% more space between each letter compared to the 2-digit version; I suspect that's more than would naturally result from simply using the font's built-in spacing and changing from series D to series E.

On the other hand, all the shields I see on Wikipedia appear to have series D with the same spacing regardless of whether it's a 2- or 3-digit route.  I suspect many sign fabricators take the same shortcut.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on May 11, 2013, 10:34:21 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-nVhcpmuqLz0%2FUY78FYNLQ7I%2FAAAAAAAAB3g%2F1733l-4xkjQ%2Fs1600%2FDSC_0285.JPG&hash=9d47c0d4528320b222fb89913341a8b3dd0bc5ab)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on May 13, 2013, 09:30:35 AM
This may not qualify as a "best", but I've always thought this was an unusual "truck route" sign on I-85/I-40 in Burlington, NC. The white on green background theme has been kept over the years even as the signs were replaced:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2Ftruckroute_zpsbaa72931.jpg&hash=0f50c6d33e7fa89486679ab049adb8c142b6429f) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/truckroute_zpsbaa72931.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on May 13, 2013, 07:49:35 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on May 10, 2013, 07:21:30 PM
Quote from: Steve on May 09, 2013, 10:52:46 PM
Mass. 183 NB from CT. Glad they're still alive. www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/misc/

Right route, wrong direction. Those signs are on the southbound side.

Nice to see someone found it before it got tagged.
Aha, I must have U-turned when I saw them. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 14, 2013, 01:25:07 AM
Quote from: vtk on May 11, 2013, 02:18:19 PM
Ohio's SDM specifies INTERSTATE in series D on 2-digit shields, vs series E on 3-digit shields. [...] On the other hand, all the shields I see on Wikipedia appear to have series D with the same spacing regardless of whether it's a 2- or 3-digit route.  I suspect many sign fabricators take the same shortcut.

That specification is mirrored in the federal spec, going at least as far back as 2004. The Wikipedia shields originally followed the spec on that, but someone went through and redid everything to use series C at some point.

Interestingly enough, back in 2007 or so, all of the state-named shields on Wikipedia were 1957 spec! This is because the guy who drew them followed the metric version of the 2004 SHS book, figuring it would be easier... and apparently if you follow the metric specs, you get a '57 spec shield. Later, when the discrepancy was noticed (but before we knew that it was a copy of the '57 spec), some of those were moved to titles like "I-380 Illinois (Metric).svg".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on May 16, 2013, 04:18:58 PM
Still standing as of two weeks ago in the Cincinnati suburb of Mariemont.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7283%2F8742438572_c94196001b.jpg&hash=5b23b302331bd7d61ed269c74b49388c1e24e121) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/8742438572/)
IMG_2835 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/8742438572/) by hbelkins (http://www.flickr.com/people/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on May 16, 2013, 04:37:43 PM
The bottom sign means, I assume, only one bicycle is allowed up ahead.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on May 21, 2013, 09:23:30 PM
North Carolina is making much use of painted shields on the roadway. This is I-85 North approaching Greensboro:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI-85shields2_zpsb856c5b9.jpg&hash=e9bfec9b512b25a36c93a3fa871406406161d6a7) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I-85shields2_zpsb856c5b9.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on May 21, 2013, 10:00:28 PM
 :hmmm:  It's neutered!  Definitely not a candidate for Best of...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 21, 2013, 10:07:32 PM
Quote from: kphoger on May 16, 2013, 04:37:43 PM
The bottom sign means, I assume, only one bicycle is allowed up ahead.

the bike sign is new, as of Feb 2010 when I visited the cutout pair.  (there's one that is, I believe, visible if you stand at that 50 sign and look directly behind you.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 22, 2013, 05:12:22 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fe%2Fe6%2FOklahoma_13_1925.jpeg%2F576px-Oklahoma_13_1925.jpeg&hash=d50502021bf74239e0f066527f38e4e8f74c3193)

Sadly, not in the wild...but still a completely unexpected find! It's on the wall at the Service Station restaurant on Webster Avenue in Norman.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on May 22, 2013, 09:02:08 AM
"The" ?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 22, 2013, 09:10:21 AM
The shield gallery shows that "The OK state -- highway" was standard issue.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on May 22, 2013, 09:46:50 AM
Quote from: vtk on May 22, 2013, 09:02:08 AM
"The" ?

The Ohio State University.  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 22, 2013, 09:58:56 AM
"The" is okay, but anything calling itself "Thee" is just plain unctuous.

Unless you're performing Shakespeare.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 22, 2013, 12:35:28 PM
that 13 is in really nice shape!

Okla diamonds aren't too rare, but a lot of them are really chewed up.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ET21 on May 29, 2013, 02:12:18 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on September 22, 2010, 07:45:12 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0029.jpg&hash=b21371f28a59c5cd37ff134acfbc5126def5e552)

Hahahahahaha  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on May 29, 2013, 09:45:35 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2F18060.jpg&hash=169d66888e95d662fe7bc3faf7bab37345a8fa2b)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2F18061.jpg&hash=427982eda38d9411077272b4abead209acb4168a)

Fuckin right.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on May 31, 2013, 04:22:09 AM
What's so interesting about SD 1806 being placed in a boring square? Woudn't it usually be in a 'Young Face' SD Outline shield?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 31, 2013, 06:14:51 AM
The 24 shield is a North Dakota shield, not a South Dakota shield. SD shields are shaped like South Dakota.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 09, 2013, 04:48:15 PM
Quote from: corco on May 29, 2013, 09:45:35 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2F18060.jpg&hash=169d66888e95d662fe7bc3faf7bab37345a8fa2b)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2F18061.jpg&hash=427982eda38d9411077272b4abead209acb4168a)

Fuckin right.
Oh, that's way less interesting than you made it out to be when you told me about it. Those are just new shields to an outdated spec.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 12, 2013, 06:05:18 PM
I just realized there's far more posts in the "Worst of" than in this thread.

A state-named I-64 shield, located in Charlottesville. Looks fairly new.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F24.media.tumblr.com%2Ff21e11469597f2cec28b4c9efa7fec02%2Ftumblr_moavn9s1A91qi7gd3o1_500.jpg&hash=d4e97b837dc2bf389ea432115a57af921593ccc4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2013, 06:07:51 PM
even more interesting, a '61 spec US-29 shield.  standard '61s are very rare in Virginia.  usually they use a slightly different shield shape.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on June 12, 2013, 07:06:59 PM
Coming in the next update: state-name I-87 on NY 74 WB. Until then, enjoy this crappy street view. (http://goo.gl/maps/4TPu2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 12, 2013, 07:44:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2013, 06:07:51 PM
even more interesting, a '61 spec US-29 shield.  standard '61s are very rare in Virginia.  usually they use a slightly different shield shape.

If I'm not mistaken, the '61 spec wasn't terribly rare around the US 250 Bypass.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CanesFan27 on June 13, 2013, 08:05:24 AM
Quote from: formulanone on June 12, 2013, 07:44:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2013, 06:07:51 PM
even more interesting, a '61 spec US-29 shield.  standard '61s are very rare in Virginia.  usually they use a slightly different shield shape.

If I'm not mistaken, the '61 spec wasn't terribly rare around the US 250 Bypass.

Correct - a good deal of older style signage on the 250 bypass east of US 29.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on June 13, 2013, 08:10:58 AM
US 29 Bus, US 250 Bus and VA 20 also have/had a bunch of this style of shield in central Charlottesville

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 15, 2013, 05:31:49 PM
Yellow yield sign with embossed exit sign at a school in Rockford, IL:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_3215_zpsc5c8a192.jpg&hash=db0b34a94ecde72abc5a053012f2846f84976c1d) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_3215_zpsc5c8a192.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on June 15, 2013, 05:44:16 PM
State Street and I-39/90/US-51 in Rockford:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_3265_zps0b8c96e3.jpg&hash=ddc58e06122413a5832b6ee7f09bbe6fed390b86) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_3265_zps0b8c96e3.jpg.html)

One of the rare state-name I-39 shields you'll ever see.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 16, 2013, 12:37:27 AM
^^^
Plus some button copy and an old-school US 51 marker.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on June 17, 2013, 12:09:39 PM
This is on private property (the Merrifield Garden Center in Falls Church, Virginia) and maybe it's not really a "road sign" per se, but I get a kick out of it every time I see it. Rather odd spelling with "throughway," but what I like is the part about the "severe drop off" because it makes me wonder how many accidents they had that prompted the sign. The second photo is taken from the far side after I had parked and shows what you encounter if you ignore the sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FMiscellaneousJune2013012_zps919d9a2f.jpg&hash=c163f106ebd72998b89f77d5b3932ef46994944a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FMiscellaneousJune2013013_zps883040cf.jpg&hash=cf90c0eabbfa27adc132c2481ac5a2bb67a8c348)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on June 19, 2013, 12:56:29 AM
No, srsly guys, this is like, an interregional nexus or something! (https://maps.google.com/?q=sundre&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sundre,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta,+Canada&ll=51.799778,-114.662976&spn=0.019161,0.038581&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=51.800051,-114.662993&panoid=r1trzvuqkV0f6zITC3ec3A&cbp=12,188.98,,2,2.03)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2013, 12:43:04 PM
Quote from: yakra on June 19, 2013, 12:56:29 AM
No, srsly guys, this is like, an interregional nexus or something! (https://maps.google.com/?q=sundre&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sundre,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta,+Canada&ll=51.799778,-114.662976&spn=0.019161,0.038581&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=51.800051,-114.662993&panoid=r1trzvuqkV0f6zITC3ec3A&cbp=12,188.98,,2,2.03)

it's an Alberta standard sign.

they also have "TEXAS GATE" for what is called a cattle guard in the US.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2013, 12:44:04 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on May 31, 2013, 04:22:09 AM
What's so interesting about SD 1806 being placed in a boring square? Woudn't it usually be in a 'Young Face' SD Outline shield?

it's not even an old standard for South Dakota.  it's an old standard, kinda, for South Carolina.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/SC/SC19550391i1.jpg)

24x24 shields with extra large initials are 1948 spec, but the proportions are still different.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: codyg1985 on June 22, 2013, 09:30:24 AM
Quote from: kphoger on May 21, 2013, 10:00:28 PM
:hmmm:  It's neutered!  Definitely not a candidate for Best of...

I don't think I've ever seen a non-neutered pavement interstate shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 06, 2013, 10:05:25 AM
hurr hurr get it (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.754124,-93.135309&spn=0.026229,0.056691&gl=us&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=37.754245,-93.135353&panoid=UAmxiPcXJtVbl5nqg0eOEQ&cbp=12,191.14,,2,1.51)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 10:35:42 AM
Quote from: NE2 on July 06, 2013, 10:05:25 AM
hurr hurr get it (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.754124,-93.135309&spn=0.026229,0.056691&gl=us&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=37.754245,-93.135353&panoid=UAmxiPcXJtVbl5nqg0eOEQ&cbp=12,191.14,,2,1.51)

I think it's time we stop, children.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on July 08, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
That sign would have been better without the Branson mileage.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on July 08, 2013, 01:08:43 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
That sign would have been better without the Branson mileage.

I find it stupid that mileages over 50 miles are even signed. I'm pretty sure I don't need to know that where I'm trying to go is 80 miles from that sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 04:13:52 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on July 08, 2013, 01:08:43 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
That sign would have been better without the Branson mileage.

I find it stupid that mileages over 50 miles are even signed. I'm pretty sure I don't need to know that where I'm trying to go is 80 miles from that sign.

Definitely written by someone from back east!  I can think of places I've driven where it's been 60 miles between towns.

And, really, other than a few gas stations in Ozark, there's not a whole lot worth mentioning between Buffalo and Branson.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 08, 2013, 04:32:28 PM
Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 04:13:52 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on July 08, 2013, 01:08:43 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 08, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
That sign would have been better without the Branson mileage.

I find it stupid that mileages over 50 miles are even signed. I'm pretty sure I don't need to know that where I'm trying to go is 80 miles from that sign.

Definitely written by someone from back east!  I can think of places I've driven where it's been 60 miles between towns.

And, really, other than a few gas stations in Ozark, there's not a whole lot worth mentioning between Buffalo and Branson.

Hell, even in the Midwest, it can be more than 50 miles between significant towns.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 08, 2013, 04:42:18 PM
Yeah, try driving on I-71 in Ohio.  Cincinnati to Columbus is over 100 miles with essentially nothing between but suburbs on either end; Columbus to Cleveland is farther still, with only a few small cities that aren't really on the Interstate.  If the mileage signs only listed Mansfield or Jeffersonville, most drivers would find them useless.

Or, was Zeffy only intending to refer to non-freeway mileage signs?  Still, 50 miles would be a useless upper limit out west, even on 2 lane state and US highways.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on July 08, 2013, 05:43:14 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 08, 2013, 04:42:18 PM
Or, was Zeffy only intending to refer to non-freeway mileage signs?  Still, 50 miles would be a useless upper limit out west, even on 2 lane state and US highways.

Yeah, I was referring to the plain destination signs on non freeway roads. But I did realize that I live on the East Coast, and everything is jam packed over here.  :) I just think there are situations where you can put other destinations on those signs, ones that aren't 55+ miles away.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 08, 2013, 05:58:46 PM
I also think that a BGS control city ought to appear on a nearby mileage sign when realistic. For example, the BGSs for I-85 on southbound I-95 in Petersburg, VA, list Durham and Atlanta (alternating with Blackstone and South Hill, both in Virginia, but Blackstone is well off I-85's actual path). One of the early mileage signs you encounter once you exit onto I-85 states that it's 122 miles to Durham. I think including that info is reasonable because it's a major through route and the BGS mentions it.

Of course, there are limits. Everyone knows about the other famous BGS there that lists Miami. No mileage sign in the area mentions Miami, nor do I think any should. In the same vein, they don't give mileage to Atlanta either.

Long way of saying I don't think this is the sort of thing that lends itself to bright-line rules.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cpzilliacus on July 08, 2013, 06:44:29 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 08, 2013, 05:58:46 PM
I also think that a BGS control city ought to appear on a nearby mileage sign when realistic. For example, the BGSs for I-85 on southbound I-95 in Petersburg, VA, list Durham and Atlanta (alternating with Blackstone and South Hill, both in Virginia, but Blackstone is well off I-85's actual path). One of the early mileage signs you encounter once you exit onto I-85 states that it's 122 miles to Durham. I think including that info is reasonable because it's a major through route and the BGS mentions it.

Of course, there are limits. Everyone knows about the other famous BGS there that lists Miami. No mileage sign in the area mentions Miami, nor do I think any should. In the same vein, they don't give mileage to Atlanta either.

Long way of saying I don't think this is the sort of thing that lends itself to bright-line rules.

In my fantasy world, there would be a sign panel showing the next major three (or even four - though I know the MUTCD frowns on that) control cities ahead every 50 miles or so.  Northbound I-95 between D.C. and Baltimore, such a panel would have Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia and New York.

Southbound between Springfield, Va. and Fredericksburg, such a panel would have Fredericksburg, Richmond, Rocky Mount and Wilson.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JMoses24 on July 08, 2013, 07:50:59 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 08, 2013, 05:58:46 PM
I also think that a BGS control city ought to appear on a nearby mileage sign when realistic. For example, the BGSs for I-85 on southbound I-95 in Petersburg, VA, list Durham and Atlanta (alternating with Blackstone and South Hill, both in Virginia, but Blackstone is well off I-85's actual path). One of the early mileage signs you encounter once you exit onto I-85 states that it's 122 miles to Durham. I think including that info is reasonable because it's a major through route and the BGS mentions it.

Of course, there are limits. Everyone knows about the other famous BGS there that lists Miami. No mileage sign in the area mentions Miami, nor do I think any should. In the same vein, they don't give mileage to Atlanta either.

What do you do with the one on I-70 WB in Baltimore that lists Denver, Columbus and Cove Fort? (http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-070.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on July 09, 2013, 09:37:43 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on July 08, 2013, 05:43:14 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 08, 2013, 04:42:18 PM
Or, was Zeffy only intending to refer to non-freeway mileage signs?  Still, 50 miles would be a useless upper limit out west, even on 2 lane state and US highways.

Yeah, I was referring to the plain destination signs on non freeway roads. But I did realize that I live on the East Coast, and everything is jam packed over here.  :) I just think there are situations where you can put other destinations on those signs, ones that aren't 55+ miles away.

Well, part of US-65 between that sign and Branson is freeway-grade....but the road in general is not.  The point remains, though, that probably just as many people are going to Branson from that point as are stopping at Buffalo or Springfield.  And, to expand on what I said earlier, those are the only towns between there and Harrison (AR) a driver would even have to slow down for.

So, yeah, there are situations where you can put other destinations on those signs that aren't 55+ miles away.  But, that's quite a bit different that saying "I find it stupid that mileages over 50 miles are even signed."  Because there are also plenty of situations where only putting destinations less than 55 miles away is silly.  In the region I grew up in, in fact, that would occasionally limit those signs to only one destination, since towns of any size (and I'm only talking 500+ pop.) were generally about 30 miles apart.

Oberlin to Phillipsburg, Kansas, for example, is about 65 miles on US-36.
Here are the intermediate towns:
Norcatur (accessed by county road, pop. 151);
Norton (county seat, pop. 2928);
Prairie View (accessed via county road, pop. 134);
Phillipsburg (county seat, pop. 2581).

Now, what towns should be signed?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on July 10, 2013, 12:42:18 PM
The number of small localities in Virginia with a mileage sign somewhere that exceeds 100 is quite extensive.  If I drop the criteria to 50 miles, hundreds of places have a sign for that length.  A lot of times it is the 3rd location of three on a sign and is often where the route ends.  Virginia needs you to know where this route ends and that it's unlikely you are driving that far.



Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on July 10, 2013, 12:46:00 PM
There is something about this interstate shield in Camden, NJ that makes me think "best of..."

http://goo.gl/maps/cKGya

I think it is more than just a non-neutered narrow 3di shield.  I tink it is the symmetry of the number.  But I think it is specifically because it is sixes.  There are/were some narrow I-464 (neutered) shields in Virginia and they didn't strike me at all...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on July 10, 2013, 12:49:24 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on July 10, 2013, 12:46:00 PM
There is something about this interstate shield in Camden, NJ that makes me think "best of..."

http://goo.gl/maps/cKGya

I think it is more than just a non-neutered narrow 3di shield.  I tink it is the symmetry of the number.  But I think it is specifically because it is sixes.  There are/were some narrow I-464 (neutered) shields in Virginia and they didn't strike me at all...

Mapmikey

That almost looks like a 2di shield. But there is something about that shield that definitely strikes it as a good sign, at least in my book.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadgeek Adam on July 16, 2013, 10:29:20 PM
I found this in Hubbard, Ohio on Sunday:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5517%2F9298612266_f28b41dc57_c.jpg&hash=879c195b2e9df1cb2c75b0f0eacd836b7dee98b3)

A Nebraska US 73W shield, and is legit. Looks like they turned one of the railroad depots in Hubbard (Erie one is demolished) into an antique store. Rare signs everywhere.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: nyratk1 on July 17, 2013, 01:55:38 AM
One of the oldest street signs I can think of around in Suffolk County... (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=river+rd+and+wading+river+manor+rd&hl=en&ll=40.884164,-72.806804&spn=0.004194,0.010589&sll=40.884653,-72.807447&layer=c&cbp=13,163.33,,2,2.4&cbll=40.884723,-72.807485&hnear=River+Rd+%26+Wading+River+Manor+Rd,+Calverton,+Suffolk,+New+York+11949&t=m&z=17&panoid=pFN1yQFv_H6RwiqVY0rgog)

(Haven't been up that way in a while so no actual pic of it, Google Maps went by there last year.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 24, 2013, 12:37:28 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on July 24, 2013, 12:10:49 PM
the oldest BGS on I-84 in CT, still in the field. Non reflective.

really?  older than the Austin Rd. exit 25A sign on I-84 eastbound? 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on July 24, 2013, 12:39:51 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 24, 2013, 12:37:28 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on July 24, 2013, 12:10:49 PM
the oldest BGS on I-84 in CT, still in the field. Non reflective.

really?  older than the Austin Rd. exit 25A sign on I-84 eastbound? 

I think so b/c the Exit 25A sign is riveted.  CT experimented with that in the early 1980s before going back to button copy (the reflected kind)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 24, 2013, 12:56:14 PM
got it.  I perceived the 25A as older because of the intermittent custom fonts.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 29, 2013, 01:09:21 AM
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.029684,-94.625732&spn=0.001767,0.003227&oe=utf-8&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.029681,-94.625868&panoid=zYxo2rpZrVZm3twRO7Of_w&cbp=12,28.63,,0,-8.53

Holy custom fonts!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 29, 2013, 12:11:51 PM
Looks pretty darn close to Series D. Except for the Catholic-style lowercase a.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 29, 2013, 04:12:26 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 29, 2013, 12:11:51 PM
Looks pretty darn close to Series D. Except for the Catholic-style lowercase a.

The "y" is different too (note the curved descender). The sizes are pretty close to D, but the glyphs are somewhat different.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WichitaRoads on July 29, 2013, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 29, 2013, 12:11:51 PM
Looks pretty darn close to Series D. Except for the Catholic-style lowercase a.

Catholic-style?

ICTRds
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 29, 2013, 07:20:48 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on July 26, 2013, 02:52:04 PM
A "conn" shield

I've been always wanting to ask this: Does the "CONN." stand for Connector, or the old abbreviation for Connecticut? 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 29, 2013, 07:32:02 PM
ecticut.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 29, 2013, 07:39:44 PM
Quote from: NE2 on July 29, 2013, 07:32:02 PM
ecticut.

Et cetera, I cut?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on July 29, 2013, 07:57:32 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 29, 2013, 07:39:44 PM
Quote from: NE2 on July 29, 2013, 07:32:02 PM
ecticut.

Et cetera, I cut?
If you abbreviate Et cetera as ect., I'd be happy to ban you from the English language.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 29, 2013, 08:05:37 PM
Quote from: WichitaRoads on July 29, 2013, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 29, 2013, 12:11:51 PM
Looks pretty darn close to Series D. Except for the Catholic-style lowercase a.

Catholic-style?

ICTRds

I assume that is a term for the single-story "a" formed by essentially adding a line to an "o" (i.e., how most people handwrite their a's, which is different from the two-story "a" glyph found in most typefaces).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 29, 2013, 08:15:19 PM
Quote from: WichitaRoads on July 29, 2013, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 29, 2013, 12:11:51 PM
Looks pretty darn close to Series D. Except for the Catholic-style lowercase a.

Catholic-style?

ICTRds

By that I mean typography that looks like block print handwriting style, like this: http://www.k12reader.com/handwriting-practice-worksheets-block-style-print/ (http://www.k12reader.com/handwriting-practice-worksheets-block-style-print/).  I've always associated these letter forms with Catholicism, probably because I saw them in Catholic school materials and other Catholic publications, while the public elementary school I attended taught D'Nealian handwriting (with the little tails) and otherwise generally used more traditional typography. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WichitaRoads on July 30, 2013, 12:28:59 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 29, 2013, 08:15:19 PM
Quote from: WichitaRoads on July 29, 2013, 04:46:36 PM
Quote from: vtk on July 29, 2013, 12:11:51 PM
Looks pretty darn close to Series D. Except for the Catholic-style lowercase a.

Catholic-style?

ICTRds

By that I mean typography that looks like block print handwriting style, like this: http://www.k12reader.com/handwriting-practice-worksheets-block-style-print/ (http://www.k12reader.com/handwriting-practice-worksheets-block-style-print/).  I've always associated these letter forms with Catholicism, probably because I saw them in Catholic school materials and other Catholic publications, while the public elementary school I attended taught D'Nealian handwriting (with the little tails) and otherwise generally used more traditional typography.

I suppose that makes sense. All I remember of Catholic handwriting was the Palmer method, as taught by Sr. Mary Doreen. She'd slap me if she saw how I sign my name now!

ICTRds
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 31, 2013, 09:49:02 PM
Handwriting discussion split to https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10028.0
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 31, 2013, 09:49:38 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 31, 2013, 09:49:02 PM
Handwriting discussion split to https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10028.0

heh, mine came in after the split. 
Yep. Saw it and moved it! -S.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 08, 2013, 04:08:29 PM
Ancient button copy on the Whitney Young Bridge (East Capitol Street) in Washington, DC, heading eastbound just east of RFK Stadium. (Screenshot of dashcam video playback.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FDCbuttoncopy_zps59168859.jpg&hash=0dbbc75f2684c8a1af8185e6bdf7f1ea12c30695)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on August 10, 2013, 04:20:27 PM
Finally tackling my highway photo backlog (some of it is over a year old)- here's a gorgeous Montana custom font US 20 shield

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fcustom20.jpg&hash=e846d66a5f72630ac0ad2415e46ef972f0eca3c8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on August 10, 2013, 07:24:43 PM
A few oldies from around Wilmington, DE...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5457%2F9473802559_e14b42fb1a_z.jpg&hash=4e29802c47028b195713a9b3ade12f371206b578)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3776%2F9473801917_b85e23c48c_z.jpg&hash=0c0814155ceddc52fc81da3b10c6bd4e40084053)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2849%2F9476592352_89e4bfd4a3_z.jpg&hash=127cd409be800005d439fe0acbd30bba8f98fe57)

And down in New Castle we have...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3765%2F9473798167_6eb57f4174_z.jpg&hash=d0cdc5dc6e5ef6abe7719346520b8f3459996501)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on August 10, 2013, 08:02:08 PM
Quote from: corco on August 10, 2013, 04:20:27 PM
Finally tackling my highway photo backlog (some of it is over a year old)- here's a gorgeous Montana custom font US 20 shield

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fcustom20.jpg&hash=e846d66a5f72630ac0ad2415e46ef972f0eca3c8)

I wish MT brings it back to use on the rest of the shields, not just US 20. I actually like that font better than FHWA standards, but not to take away from FHWA standards, mainly because the font facing was modeled partially after Maine or even Maryland. In fact, in Frenchtown where I grew up, a SPEED LIMIT 35 sign could be seen in Montana's native font. Unfortunately, I don't believe it stands today since I believe it may have been replaced.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on August 11, 2013, 01:21:30 AM
Montana 482 shields built to the 1948 shield spec!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2F4821.jpg&hash=4f6cc3d4c97cbda8023ef7774a5c7cf246eadfbe)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2F4822.jpg&hash=01133f0aca44ef1fd2390e06473e0ca7a93858be)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on August 12, 2013, 12:34:10 AM
Where exactly is this located?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on August 12, 2013, 12:38:30 AM
Here's how to fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Montana_numbered_highways
"Montana Secondary Highway 482 - Libby to xx" (yeah, shitty entry, but it's enough)
Now pull up a map of Libby and find Pearl Street.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on August 12, 2013, 01:28:05 AM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on August 12, 2013, 12:34:10 AM
Where exactly is this located?

Quote from: NE2 on August 12, 2013, 12:38:30 AM
Here's how to fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Montana_numbered_highways
"Montana Secondary Highway 482 - Libby to xx" (yeah, shitty entry, but it's enough)
Now pull up a map of Libby and find Pearl Street.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on August 17, 2013, 05:49:04 PM
Currently displayed on I-15 and I-40 near Barstow is, quite possibly, the first ever appearance of Zzyxzx on a VMS. Sadly, it's due to a fatal crash.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FU6tYMv7.png&hash=eadb4957d8bce0434f04e90736fc18cd1ec42015)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 06:12:59 PM
It's also misspelled. (Am I allowed to say that, with the new forum rule?)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on August 17, 2013, 06:18:03 PM
Quote from: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 06:12:59 PM
It's also misspelled. (Am I allowed to say that, with the new forum rule?)

D'oh! I thought something felt wrong when I typed that, but I didn't bother checking. File under "Erroneous," too!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Signal on August 18, 2013, 11:43:54 AM
I post this here, simply because I appreciate the symmetry.   :sombrero:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5478%2F9530247417_d30e081df9_z.jpg&hash=3b7bf398cf38c0bb7b520090c67a5685329ef5de) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9530247417/)
IMG_3758 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9530247417/) by Signals Unlimited (http://www.flickr.com/people/94611454@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 18, 2013, 11:47:31 AM
Corner of Emmet and Ivy near the Sigma Nu house?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on August 18, 2013, 06:50:10 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on August 17, 2013, 06:18:03 PM
Quote from: NE2 on August 17, 2013, 06:12:59 PM
It's also misspelled. (Am I allowed to say that, with the new forum rule?)

D'oh! I thought something felt wrong when I typed that, but I didn't bother checking. File under "Erroneous," too!

Does Google get the text from the DOT automatically, or does someone type it in? It might be Google's fault.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 18, 2013, 07:05:39 PM
Quote from: Signal on August 18, 2013, 11:43:54 AM
I post this here, simply because I appreciate the symmetry.   :sombrero:

[29-250-29, 76]

is that in Virginia?  correct '61 spec shields (like the 29s) are very rare in that state - most look like the 250.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on August 18, 2013, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on August 17, 2013, 05:49:04 PM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FU6tYMv7.png&hash=eadb4957d8bce0434f04e90736fc18cd1ec42015)

Also, is that a US 66 shield where there should be an I-40 shield?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 18, 2013, 07:16:49 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 18, 2013, 07:05:39 PM
Quote from: Signal on August 18, 2013, 11:43:54 AM
I post this here, simply because I appreciate the symmetry.   :sombrero:

[29-250-29, 76]

is that in Virginia?  correct '61 spec shields (like the 29s) are very rare in that state - most look like the 250.

I'm 99% certain that's in Charlottesville (as I said before, near the Sigma Nu house).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Signal on August 18, 2013, 07:40:55 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 18, 2013, 07:16:49 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 18, 2013, 07:05:39 PM
Quote from: Signal on August 18, 2013, 11:43:54 AM
I post this here, simply because I appreciate the symmetry.   :sombrero:

[29-250-29, 76]

is that in Virginia?  correct '61 spec shields (like the 29s) are very rare in that state - most look like the 250.

I'm 99% certain that's in Charlottesville (as I said before, near the Sigma Nu house).

Yeah, you got the intersection right.

I haven't noticed any 'lack' of them (but I do not pay much attention...)
There are also some with 250 in the 'correct' shield:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7404%2F9543044722_c142aef32a_z.jpg&hash=4208969a011ca2f1587b4a45b3db6be2b1a512ea) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9543044722/)

(The 64 shield threw of the symmetry of these... its at the same intersection)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on August 18, 2013, 09:30:55 PM
A pair of Brooklyn black and white street signs still in the wild:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg19.imageshack.us%2Fimg19%2F7752%2Fi065.jpg&hash=761616eaed1895578bf14686c9e3b1f470224cca)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: xonhulu on August 25, 2013, 06:16:34 PM
In Waitsburg, Washington:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi572.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss166%2Fxonhulu%2FWashington%2520State%2520Routes%2FWA124Waitsburg1_zps5856fd96.jpg%3Ft%3D1377382446&hash=bca9c4dbf5b44bb0396f1d55c1ef3ba32a017f1c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 29, 2013, 12:39:59 PM
Here's one I took in CT: 

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5477%2F9616810131_90966f0b81.jpg&hash=42a998936d9ece202b477b4a6dc499e9880654ce)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on August 29, 2013, 03:24:52 PM
Is the bottom 12" slice newer than the rest of the sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on August 29, 2013, 03:28:38 PM
Just because it's olden doesn't make it golden.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 29, 2013, 03:49:24 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 29, 2013, 03:24:52 PM
Is the bottom 12" slice newer than the rest of the sign?

Yes, that's what I like about it.  It was added on some years later, after they went reflective button copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on September 02, 2013, 11:08:56 AM
Quote from: doofy103 on August 29, 2013, 12:39:59 PM
Here's one I took in CT: 

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5477%2F9616810131_90966f0b81.jpg&hash=42a998936d9ece202b477b4a6dc499e9880654ce)
Harder to tell by day (sign is CT 8 NB, by the way): (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fct%2Fct_8%2Fn16bd.jpg&hash=2851515d7dfa0c37148efb170ec3b9795d9bc514)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 08, 2013, 11:49:38 AM
This thread shouldn't go more than ten days without a new photo:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FUS9sign-Yonkers.jpg&hash=7a9fd556ac2dda4a4ae1c7f8bc9cc803572f9cec)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on September 10, 2013, 02:43:07 AM
Probably not "best" by any objective criteria, but certainly classic.  Signs at Memorial Dr (former US 33) / Broad St (former OH 793) interchange:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-33-793-1.jpg&hash=1b13025ab4ccf94b63e1097520182acdb3306b2d)(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-33-793-2.jpg&hash=3820bc293504922bfed3de0a7c859a501b25a2cd)(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-33-793-3.jpg&hash=c43baf703f46dcd581feef6e8d728675761555d8)(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-33-793-4.jpg&hash=3a418c438f2e456176786804dd9f789563abbb03)(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-33-793-5.jpg&hash=32e2179094d3860e3985004cb11f86c9feff2f2e)

OH 793 was decommissioned just before the Lancaster Bypass opened (taking US 33 out of this interchange). 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on September 14, 2013, 12:13:36 AM
This one on the Lake Ontario State Parkway has since been replaced:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Flosp%2F100_2738.JPG&hash=d04b9ce60dfb1b53e010b2cafd43836ae6037e7e) (http://www.nysroads.com/images/gallery/NY/losp/100_2738.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on September 17, 2013, 03:32:18 PM
Fair Haven, VT
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3679%2F9788395226_26fabe2735_z.jpg&hash=bd08373d1b06f0685fc6d231f8fdb069463ebc25)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7396%2F9788366295_d1d73eccaa_z.jpg&hash=27528ed38399aa10a2d6f3bd6f9dde318251887b)

White River Junction, VT
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2885%2F9788393403_69aca3dfba_z.jpg&hash=d095c30829861164f6081038e114594a8276e839)

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on September 17, 2013, 03:43:31 PM
digging the '61 spec US-4.  I believe that is the only surviving one - the 5/105 assembly with square 105 shield is, IIRC, gone.

also good to know that the '48 spec oversize route 14 shield survives.  I think that is the only one in the state of that briefly used variant.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on September 17, 2013, 04:16:43 PM
Quote from: Ian on September 17, 2013, 03:32:18 PM
White River Junction, VT

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7331%2F9788329076_2d32281b29_z.jpg&hash=5ace606a078c8bfda6ec041258d7f6f1a8fe7395)

Love the signals too!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Aerobird on September 21, 2013, 03:13:05 AM
Here's some oldies-but-goodies that still exist in Wakulla County, Florida; ages ago I sent these in to Alps' Roads so if they look sorta familiar, that's why.  :nod:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Ffl%2Fwakulla%2F374.jpg&hash=f1a6b469206d5c6a287a625899b7f9fb6b17e83f)
This is at the western end of County Road 374 where it intersects Forest Road 356. This sign still exists, surprisingly; it is also the only sign, at all, that marks CR-374.

And now for an even better one, at the southern terminus of County Road 367 in Shell Point, FL...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Ffl%2Fwakulla%2F367.jpg&hash=b787dfa836674017b67d93ac89ebca3381bc7a6d)
...that didn't even get it's secondary-state-road "S" patched to a "C"! This one was actually moved a couple of years ago as part of a road alignment when they 'improved' the beachfront park; instead of being a reassurance/"Begin" sign for North 367, it's now on the opposite side of the road for southbound traffic as if it were an "End" sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 03, 2013, 02:36:04 PM
Still standing within the ferry terminal in Downtown Seattle.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7311%2F10073090265_cb00410220_c.jpg&hash=566a7c02797f8272162bd1d24027a22052116ecd)

Yes, that is a TEMP banner.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on October 03, 2013, 02:49:05 PM
^^ Wow.  I haven't seen a "TEMP" banner since Michigan built the last parts of I-69 near Lansing in 1992.  Wish I could have gotten photographs then.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 03, 2013, 03:02:29 PM
with regard to the "city of speed traps" - I remember a few years back there was a sign advertising Trinidad Colorado several dozen miles north on I-25 -probably around Walsenburg.  the official text was something to the effect of "see historic Trinidad, Santa Fe Trail, yade yada" - but someone had added "I-25: 35mph speed trap".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on October 03, 2013, 03:53:25 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 03, 2013, 02:36:04 PM
Still standing within the ferry terminal in Downtown Seattle.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7311%2F10073090265_cb00410220_c.jpg&hash=566a7c02797f8272162bd1d24027a22052116ecd)

Yes, that is a TEMP banner.

Wow, I can't believe I haven't noticed that sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on October 03, 2013, 04:33:40 PM
Quote from: kkt on October 03, 2013, 03:53:25 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 03, 2013, 02:36:04 PM
Still standing within the ferry terminal in Downtown Seattle.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7311%2F10073090265_cb00410220_c.jpg&hash=566a7c02797f8272162bd1d24027a22052116ecd)

Yes, that is a TEMP banner.

Wow, I can't believe I haven't noticed that sign.


Wow, makes me wonder if there are any other "TEMP" relics still in the field.  Idk much about Washington roads, when does this sign date to?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 03, 2013, 11:20:06 PM
I would have thought much earlier, but the westernmost mile or two of I-90 only dates to 1992.  Prior to that, you had to take Dearborn and a no longer existant avenue between I-5 and Rainier.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on October 04, 2013, 01:27:11 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 03, 2013, 11:20:06 PM
I would have thought much earlier, but the westernmost mile or two of I-90 only dates to 1992.  Prior to that, you had to take Dearborn and a no longer existant avenue between I-5 and Rainier.

Wasn't the old street connection between I-5 and I-90 signed as Temp I-90?  If it was after 1992, the sign would have been to mainline I-90, yes?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 04, 2013, 09:39:28 AM
there was a "TO TEMP 15-E" sign in Perris, CA until about three or four years ago.  not bad for outlasting the route number by 25 years.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: BamaZeus on October 04, 2013, 11:15:44 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 03, 2013, 03:02:29 PM
with regard to the "city of speed traps" - I remember a few years back there was a sign advertising Trinidad Colorado several dozen miles north on I-25 -probably around Walsenburg.  the official text was something to the effect of "see historic Trinidad, Santa Fe Trail, yade yada" - but someone had added "I-25: 35mph speed trap".

When you travel through Waldo, FL there are billboards for several miles, advertising the world famous speed trap on US 301.
http://www.listen2unclejay.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/Tampa1.jpg
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 04, 2013, 01:52:50 PM
Quote from: kkt on October 04, 2013, 01:27:11 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 03, 2013, 11:20:06 PM
I would have thought much earlier, but the westernmost mile or two of I-90 only dates to 1992.  Prior to that, you had to take Dearborn and a no longer existant avenue between I-5 and Rainier.

Wasn't the old street connection between I-5 and I-90 signed as Temp I-90?  If it was after 1992, the sign would have been to mainline I-90, yes?


Sorry, I didn't directly answer the question asked. But yes, I-90 dates to 1992, thus the sign must be from before that. But that may have been obvious from the poor condition of the sign. ;-)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on October 09, 2013, 02:11:22 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2822%2F10173639294_e4afb8475e.jpg&hash=48b2ed981ff1080d23d8624e55de932ba1100193)
Creative way to sign the I-25 Business Spur (that's correct, it ends in town) serving the little town of Aguilar, Colorado. That's CDOT's new standard blade street sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 09, 2013, 03:00:56 PM
ugh.  tha aint alrite.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on October 09, 2013, 03:09:11 PM
It's been awhile...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2845%2F9505875658_c6b323a0a7.jpg&hash=f0c5913f44b8f7a7efc696fa8e778d9b28383e0a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7385%2F9992958053_6b11fba458.jpg&hash=f3f980ca3ac830b168288d61b664543dcbe25d71)

and

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Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on October 12, 2013, 02:31:04 PM
Whoa, apparently that 2003 MUTCD spec metric speed limit sign did make it into the field

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fmetric.jpg&hash=3f71badf18467cb1b3a3ee615517b2ef004d2549)
http://goo.gl/maps/VCf9B
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 12, 2013, 04:27:30 PM
I've heard that US 11 north of US 2 has one as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: deathtopumpkins on October 13, 2013, 01:00:13 AM
Quote from: vdeane on October 12, 2013, 04:27:30 PM
I've heard that US 11 north of US 2 has one as well.

I may have missed it, but I didn't see one when I crossed the border there back in June. Just the Quebec standard "Signalisation Metrique" sign heading northbound, and I don't recall anything at all heading southbound.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 13, 2013, 11:28:20 AM
It might be gone now; I had to fudge that clinch (turn around right before US customs, which in this case means a right turn on US 2), so all I know is what other people say when crossing into the US there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 13, 2013, 10:50:57 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 12, 2013, 04:27:30 PM
I've heard that US 11 north of US 2 has one as well.
There are several coming from various border crossings in NY.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on October 14, 2013, 01:33:55 PM
Not many green-filled Louisiana shields left on BGS's anymore. I'd guess that all the ones on interstates have been replaced with new signage over the last few years. At this location there's one for LA 1 in each direction (northbound saying Texarkana). Where else do you guys know of any in the field??

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3732%2F10272117696_dbdce46089.jpg&hash=2fe0bb7ca6358a8975054e1b9b3a7f7b05bb9b07) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/10272117696/)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/10272117696/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Stratuscaster on October 14, 2013, 05:49:17 PM
For your consideration...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodernmopars.com%2Froadgeek%2FIL64_mainst_lombard.jpg&hash=2455bf91a1eb4bc620a591407fb5837f855a1f19)

Northbound on Main St. in Lombard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 14, 2013, 06:16:10 PM
is that the one which is stamped 1969 on the back?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 15, 2013, 09:06:30 PM
This looks to be a non-button copy all-text sign.  I can't recall ever seeing one before.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny14%2F100_8552.JPG&hash=06ecc99bd40cb5d7ef2f55b5f3673389b8691289)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on October 15, 2013, 09:19:46 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 15, 2013, 09:06:30 PM
This looks to be a non-button copy all-text sign.  I can't recall ever seeing one before.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny14%2F100_8552.JPG&hash=06ecc99bd40cb5d7ef2f55b5f3673389b8691289)
403 error.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on October 16, 2013, 09:08:27 AM
Quote from: vdeane on October 15, 2013, 09:06:30 PM
This looks to be a non-button copy all-text sign.  I can't recall ever seeing one before.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny14%2F100_8552.JPG&hash=06ecc99bd40cb5d7ef2f55b5f3673389b8691289)

I've been there -- that's an awesome Chinese restaurant.  You must try the Pu Pu Platter!  :rofl:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 17, 2013, 09:05:05 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 15, 2013, 09:06:30 PM
This looks to be a non-button copy all-text sign.  I can't recall ever seeing one before.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny14%2F100_8552.JPG&hash=06ecc99bd40cb5d7ef2f55b5f3673389b8691289)
Oh, they exist. Many just get replaced in kind after the buttons wear out.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on October 17, 2013, 09:07:44 PM
Still getting a 403...? (and the Goog agrees when I try to reverse image search: "The URL doesn't refer to an image, or the image is not publicly accessible.")

[edit] WTF - I had referer sending turned off (so I can see when other people post non-embeddable images), and the server gave a 403 because I didn't send a referer. Works now that I turned it back on.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Stratuscaster on October 17, 2013, 09:10:31 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 14, 2013, 06:16:10 PM
is that the one which is stamped 1969 on the back?
I did not look at the back...perhaps next time I swing by.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on October 24, 2013, 10:18:54 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 17, 2013, 03:43:31 PM
digging the '61 spec US-4.  I believe that is the only surviving one - the 5/105 assembly with square 105 shield is, IIRC, gone.

I confirm; gone since last year.

Quote from: corco on October 12, 2013, 02:31:04 PMWhoa, apparently that 2003 MUTCD spec metric speed limit sign did make it into the field
Quote from: vdeane on October 12, 2013, 04:27:30 PMI've heard that US 11 north of US 2 has one as well.

There were two types of metric speed limit signs in NY prior to the 2003 MUTCD. A modification of the standard one to say "MAXIMUM SPEED 105" with a white METRIC plaque above it, and a close copy of the Ontario spec, but with the "Km/h" capitalized (hint: it shouldn't be).

Now, all the metric speed limit signs in NY are 2003 spec, aside from the missing yellow METRIC plaque.

Locations I'm aware of:
U.S. 11 NB north of U.S.2. Between the U.S. customs and the actual border, I think that km/h becomes the primary unit, and there are several speed limit signs approaching Canada (last been there in September 2012).

All of the following are actually posted in dual units.

I-87 SB in Champlain (100 km/h).

Unsigned NY 22 SB in Mooers (90 km/h).

NY 189 SB (50, then 70, then 90 km/h).

CR 52 SB in Chateaugay, NY (90 km/h; or is it 80?).

The Ogdensburg-Prescott Bridge (ON 16 / NY 812) is dual-units on all of its length, but I think it uses Ontario-spec and not MUTCD spec for metric.

I think that the Thousand Island Bridge (ON 137 / I-81) is single-unit and switches at the border, and none of the signs really comply to standards.

Vermont used to have small "104 KPH" plaques under their SPEED LIMIT 65 signs, but I don't think there's any of them left.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 01:43:22 PM
Quote from: Steve on October 17, 2013, 09:05:05 PM
Oh, they exist. Many just get replaced in kind after the buttons wear out.

There's one left in Kentucky. On the Mountain Parkway westbound at Exit 46.

All the ones for KY 395 at I-64 between Frankfort and Shelbyville are gone, as is one for KY 22 on northbound I-75. They were the last surviving ones that perished after widening projects.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2013, 02:16:54 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 01:43:22 PM
There's one left in Kentucky. On the Mountain Parkway westbound at Exit 46.

got a photo for us?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 03:18:36 PM
Several. Just gotta wade through them.




The one that's still standing:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2FKY191exit-text.jpg&hash=f7bc3ba135135a66ce05685d268079ac9909577b)

The ones that are gone now:

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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fwaddy-peytona1.jpg&hash=df38c9ac79ae33f286dcc5adcaa731994139d8be)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fwaddy-peytona2.jpg&hash=871f0a3d1cd95ee8d060d9fc1744f3319486b00c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fwaddy-peytona3.jpg&hash=bdf1c5a1c420f126c41f388115c194d20c982870)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2013, 03:29:58 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 03:18:36 PM
Several. Just gotta wade through them.

if you pop across one, I'd like to see it.  not that I have all that much trouble visualizing what button copy looks like, but the last one in the state would be cool to see.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2013, 03:29:58 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 03:18:36 PM
Several. Just gotta wade through them.

if you pop across one, I'd like to see it.  not that I have all that much trouble visualizing what button copy looks like, but the last one in the state would be cool to see.

They aren't button copy. They're text-based without button copy.

Only button copy remaining I'm aware of is an Indiana installation for I-164 on northbound US 41 before you cross the state line.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ap70621 on October 24, 2013, 08:07:34 PM
I'd say that "BIZ 25" sign belongs in the worst off.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on October 25, 2013, 01:41:37 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2013, 03:29:58 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 24, 2013, 03:18:36 PM
Several. Just gotta wade through them.

if you pop across one, I'd like to see it.  not that I have all that much trouble visualizing what button copy looks like, but the last one in the state would be cool to see.

They aren't button copy. They're text-based without button copy.

Only button copy remaining I'm aware of is an Indiana installation for I-164 on northbound US 41 before you cross the state line.
Did they replace the racetrack sign on I-275 EB nearing Ohio?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on October 25, 2013, 12:59:55 PM
Haven't been that way in awhile and wasn't aware that it existed, other than seeing some comments about it. Time to hit Street View, I guess.




http://goo.gl/maps/hCbQz

This is the back of the sign. Judging from the appearance of it, this is an Ohio installation.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffandnicole on October 26, 2013, 05:17:47 PM
Not often will a street sign playfully change a 'f' to a 'ph'...or an entire word, for that matter.  These can be found on some of the narrow streets in Philly...at least in South Philly.  Honestly, it's tough to get to 25 mph in some instances on these narrow roads where cars are parallel parked bumper to bumper on both side of the street!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi225.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd144%2Froadnut%2FDriveCarePhily.jpg&hash=e97183cf09446d98b0f88a403f5b0dd46c1ce707) (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/roadnut/media/DriveCarePhily.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on October 27, 2013, 08:19:52 PM
Cold Springs Road, Coloma, Calif.
Any official sign that contains the phrase "may be shot" is a win to me.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FO17635J.jpg&hash=b179a748ff134cc14f2c4064915d9f1555966db9)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 28, 2013, 07:15:51 PM
"or worrying"?  Looks like it's a crime for a dog to exist in rural areas of CA!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on October 29, 2013, 09:24:39 AM
What will the ASPCA say?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Aerobird on October 31, 2013, 01:12:00 PM
"Worrying" actually has a specific meaning in this case; I think "harrying" might be a similar meaning. Basically it amounts to "nipping at their heels".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on November 03, 2013, 01:19:05 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FSanFrancisco.jpg&hash=6b72897a23291fe1dfea7c068174978ccfbb4a13)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 03, 2013, 11:35:48 AM
Nitpick: none of those Interstate shields have cardinal directions next to them.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on November 03, 2013, 11:51:54 AM
Also, the 880 sign has a smaller pullthrough arrow than the rest.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on November 10, 2013, 04:51:58 PM
There hasn't been a post since the 3rd.

Here's one:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7423%2F10786376553_c11c8aa703.jpg&hash=cb7bcc4c742c5f69f949ccdec1c01c60630626af)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on November 12, 2013, 11:06:39 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FUS101_best.jpg&hash=910b3d81fb73724a30fe9d03ae551dd2d5d3375f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on November 12, 2013, 07:02:01 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 12, 2013, 11:06:39 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FUS101_best.jpg&hash=910b3d81fb73724a30fe9d03ae551dd2d5d3375f)
Where on 101 is this sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on November 12, 2013, 08:22:46 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7396%2F10792073054_d1a7e6f978_z_d.jpg&hash=87fe85d5abb3f44ea0b8d8bf99b0f17794be3852)
Sherwood, AR
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on November 12, 2013, 10:43:16 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 12, 2013, 11:06:39 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FUS101_best.jpg&hash=910b3d81fb73724a30fe9d03ae551dd2d5d3375f)

To me, coming from the Midwest, that sign seems very off.

It'd make more sense to capitalize "DOWNTOWN" with the city name in mixed case below "DOWNTOWN", and to have "BUSINESS" to the left of {101}.  "ROUTE" seems rather redundant.  i.e.

BUSINESS {101}
DOWNTOWN
Foo
NEXT RIGHT
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Duke87 on November 13, 2013, 09:13:12 PM
All within 2000 feet of each other on the same road (guess which one!)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freeimagehosting.net%2Fnewuploads%2Fypj71.jpg&hash=bad93702bf5a5fff62a89f1fa6bd8ec87b9680d4)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freeimagehosting.net%2Fnewuploads%2Fda2je.jpg&hash=e86aa655d4e59bdce1048fda7cf50ee24bb5fe88)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freeimagehosting.net%2Fnewuploads%2F9nll1.jpg&hash=8ab0c465e7fcf94c690aa6641740ccad4142eff7)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 13, 2013, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on November 10, 2013, 04:51:58 PM
There hasn't been a post since the 3rd.

Here's one:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7423%2F10786376553_c11c8aa703.jpg&hash=cb7bcc4c742c5f69f949ccdec1c01c60630626af)

where's that!?  also, is that a 21x18?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: andy3175 on November 23, 2013, 11:20:45 AM
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on October 09, 2013, 02:11:22 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2822%2F10173639294_e4afb8475e.jpg&hash=48b2ed981ff1080d23d8624e55de932ba1100193)
Creative way to sign the I-25 Business Spur (that's correct, it ends in town) serving the little town of Aguilar, Colorado. That's CDOT's new standard blade street sign.


Wow, that's just awesome! Now if only they'd sign that business route from I-25 itself ...

Regards,
Andy
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on November 23, 2013, 11:45:05 AM
This shouldn't exist anymore:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_2_images%2F2_sign_trail_Northumberland.jpg&hash=00de8fdd651942bb926a1c17e7de4abcbd1d9621)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on November 23, 2013, 11:41:38 PM
Quote from: andy3175 on November 23, 2013, 11:20:45 AM
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on October 09, 2013, 02:11:22 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2822%2F10173639294_e4afb8475e.jpg&hash=48b2ed981ff1080d23d8624e55de932ba1100193)
Creative way to sign the I-25 Business Spur (that's correct, it ends in town) serving the little town of Aguilar, Colorado. That's CDOT's new standard blade street sign.


Wow, that's just awesome! Now if only they'd sign that business route from I-25 itself ...

Regards,
Andy
It is signed from I-25 Northbound at Exit 34 as Business Spur 25. Not so much Southbound. Also posted with reassurance markers along the route from I-25 to "downtown" Aguilar.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: andy3175 on November 24, 2013, 12:39:31 AM
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on November 23, 2013, 11:41:38 PM
It is signed from I-25 Northbound at Exit 34 as Business Spur 25. Not so much Southbound. Also posted with reassurance markers along the route from I-25 to "downtown" Aguilar.

I see from this Google Maps link that it is signed from northbound I-25:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Aguilar,+CO&hl=en&ll=37.423767,-104.636727&spn=0.004644,0.010568&sll=32.824552,-117.108978&sspn=0.624323,1.352692&oq=aguilar&t=h&hnear=Aguilar,+Las+Animas,+Colorado&z=17&layer=c&cbll=37.423767,-104.636727&panoid=8D1yvJCJOaKgcy3X08tT9w&cbp=12,355.77,,0,1.28

It is also signed on the route itself. When I went through there in 2008, it was basically unsigned except for one lone sign at the western end of the route. I imagine the southbound sign will change to match the northbound sign at some point...

Also, is the standard for business loop/spur signage in Colorado now going to feature the white background square behind the green shield? That is also something I've not seen in Colorado previously.

Regards,
Andy

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on November 24, 2013, 12:27:43 PM
Something I found Wednesday:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny173%2F100_8779.JPG&hash=0ababd195f568a02742f71b1a355384a8f941eda)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on November 24, 2013, 12:32:54 PM
Quote from: vdeane on November 24, 2013, 12:27:43 PM
Something I found Wednesday:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny173%2F100_8779.JPG&hash=0ababd195f568a02742f71b1a355384a8f941eda)

So 4=dark?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on November 24, 2013, 01:26:55 PM
Quote from: andy3175 on November 24, 2013, 12:39:31 AM
Also, is the standard for business loop/spur signage in Colorado now going to feature the white background square behind the green shield? That is also something I've not seen in Colorado previously.
It's not something I recall seeing elsewhere in Colorado. Doesn't mean it isn't out there. It's certainly not standard practice.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on November 25, 2013, 11:27:02 AM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on November 23, 2013, 11:45:05 AM
This shouldn't exist anymore:
[TO {2} trailblazer]
But I like that it still does exist.

Cornwall, Durham Region and even Toronto seem to still have a few of them.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 03, 2013, 07:41:10 AM
Found this yesterday...an old Alabama county route shield (Butler County 50):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FButlerCountyAL-CR50TriangleShield.jpg&hash=5882a543ac6fa26ad397521e4e5922db0704f092)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: codyg1985 on December 03, 2013, 07:47:33 AM
Quote from: vdeane on November 24, 2013, 12:27:43 PM
Something I found Wednesday:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny173%2F100_8779.JPG&hash=0ababd195f568a02742f71b1a355384a8f941eda)

That gantry looks like it's about to fall down.  :-o
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on December 03, 2013, 09:47:31 AM
Quote from: formulanone on December 03, 2013, 07:41:10 AM
Found this yesterday...an old Alabama county route shield (Butler County 50):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FButlerCountyAL-CR50TriangleShield.jpg&hash=5882a543ac6fa26ad397521e4e5922db0704f092)



By god, is that Scout Finch playing in the background?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: sammi on December 03, 2013, 10:22:58 AM
Quote from: empirestate on December 03, 2013, 09:47:31 AM
Quote from: formulanone on December 03, 2013, 07:41:10 AM
Found this yesterday...an old Alabama county route shield (Butler County 50):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FButlerCountyAL-CR50TriangleShield.jpg&hash=5882a543ac6fa26ad397521e4e5922db0704f092)

By god, is that Scout Finch playing in the background?

I liked that book. Except for the part where I had to write a paper on it. >_<
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alps on December 03, 2013, 10:54:01 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 03, 2013, 07:41:10 AM
Found this yesterday...an old Alabama county route shield (Butler County 50):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FButlerCountyAL-CR50TriangleShield.jpg&hash=5882a543ac6fa26ad397521e4e5922db0704f092)


Needs more closeup
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 04, 2013, 09:10:01 PM
Quote from: Steve on December 03, 2013, 10:54:01 PM
Needs more closeup

Dig those square bolts on a concrete post.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FButlerCountyAL-CR50TriangleShield2.jpg&hash=ccffae058fdd32020af7db78b486d79338338142)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 04, 2013, 09:19:54 PM
not just any old concrete post, but a state of Alabama concrete post.  what state highway was that road, and when was it turned over to the county?  that may help date the 50 sign.  (which appears to be 50s, maybe 60s, btw.)

here's a state highway post fulfilling its original purpose, btw

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AL/AL19600821i2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: FLRoads on December 04, 2013, 09:23:29 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 04, 2013, 09:10:01 PM
Quote from: Steve on December 03, 2013, 10:54:01 PM
Needs more closeup

Dig those square bolts on a concrete post.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FButlerCountyAL-CR50TriangleShield2.jpg&hash=ccffae058fdd32020af7db78b486d79338338142)

I'm surprised that I never came across that one in my travels through lower Alabama...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 04, 2013, 09:28:03 PM
'Twas on AL 10, east of Greenville.

Edit: This alignment was kept, even though there's a newer section just a tiny bit west of this little section. Probably just  one-lane wide.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: FLRoads on December 04, 2013, 09:31:46 PM
@ Jake: my early 1940's Alabama map only shows it as an improved road off Alabama 10, so not sure if it was ever in the state system, and if so, it was very early on in route signing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on December 04, 2013, 10:47:05 PM
Awesome. Doesn't seem to have ever been a state highway - the 1925 map shows a definite southeasterly route on what's now SR 10 there. There's a small chance that it originally did what this 1907 map shows:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcartweb.geography.ua.edu%2Flizardtech%2Fiserv%2Fgetimage%3Fcat%3DSpecial%2520Topics%26amp%3Bitem%3DSoil%2520Surveys%2FAlabama%2FButler%2520County%2520AL%25201907.sid%26amp%3Bpage%3D%26amp%3Bcp%3D0.6793103448275862%2C0.32558419657913756%26amp%3Blev%3D2%26amp%3Bwid%3D500%26amp%3Bhei%3D400%26amp%3Bprops%3Dimg%28Name%2CDescription%29%26amp%3Bbg%3Dffffff%26amp%3B&hash=af3faa2ca6838ac46a15a92274a86ce013276e16)
but that would take it a little east of the cutoff with the sign. None of the later officials shows a state route on CR 50.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on December 14, 2013, 01:09:27 PM
From the municipal service yard in Grand Junction, CO, I proudly present this:


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5147%2F5854956740_85ac886f69.jpg&hash=20f634bb6c0a0e8f4386ad239e9b96f45cb6d0d9)



Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on December 16, 2013, 01:54:54 AM
Thread over.
You win!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on December 16, 2013, 01:31:42 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on December 14, 2013, 01:09:27 PM
From the municipal service yard in Grand Junction, CO, I proudly present this:


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5147%2F5854956740_85ac886f69.jpg&hash=20f634bb6c0a0e8f4386ad239e9b96f45cb6d0d9)

So much epicness.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on December 21, 2013, 11:41:20 AM
"SPEED 70" in Portland, Oregon, ~1966:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEGoqVOi.jpg&hash=65c6647a5a8898fcf4b700838d7adf335355a840)

Source: Page 103 of ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/Region1_Projects/HighwayHistory/Oregon_Interstate_Highway_Overview_2004.pdf
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on December 21, 2013, 02:47:18 PM
Someone should show that sign to ODOT.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on December 21, 2013, 04:05:27 PM
You mean the sign Kniwt sourced from the ODOT website?  Yeah, I think they're aware.  (My understanding is that the problem stems from the legislature, not the DOT.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TEG24601 on December 26, 2013, 03:55:13 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on December 21, 2013, 04:05:27 PM
You mean the sign Kniwt sourced from the ODOT website?  Yeah, I think they're aware.  (My understanding is that the problem stems from the legislature, not the DOT.)


Odd, since I recall the legislature authorizing a Speed Limit of 70 on I-84 and I-5, but ODOT was refusing to place signs due to the quality of the roadways not being suitable, but the legislature not willing to spend money on resurfacing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on December 26, 2013, 06:35:30 PM
The legislature has nothing to do with the road quality.  It has to do with a 10 MPH maximum speed variance from truck speed limits, and the state refuses to increase truck speed limits over 55 MPH. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on December 27, 2013, 12:39:13 PM
And road trains.  Who could possibly think that three trailers is a good idea?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: elsmere241 on December 27, 2013, 12:45:59 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 27, 2013, 12:39:13 PM
And road trains.  Who could possibly think that three trailers is a good idea?

Especially in rainy Oregon.  I've driven I-84 a few times between my in-laws' house and my sister's house, and the rain makes the white trailers almost invisible.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on December 27, 2013, 12:51:06 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 27, 2013, 12:39:13 PM
And road trains.  Who could possibly think that three trailers is a good idea?

The Indiana Toll Road and Ohio Turnpike think so.  They're the only places I've ever seen triples (I've never been to Oregon).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: xonhulu on December 27, 2013, 10:41:09 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on December 27, 2013, 12:45:59 PM
Especially in rainy Oregon.  I've driven I-84 a few times between my in-laws' house and my sister's house, and the rain makes the white trailers almost invisible.

And when you're passing them in the rain, the triple-trailers make the rest of the world invisible in the spray.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: corco on December 27, 2013, 11:29:54 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on December 27, 2013, 12:45:59 PM

Especially in rainy Oregon. 

The majority of Oregon is desert
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: signalman on December 28, 2013, 03:32:41 AM
Quote from: corco on December 27, 2013, 11:29:54 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on December 27, 2013, 12:45:59 PM

Especially in rainy Oregon. 
The majority of Oregon is desert
The majority of the land in Oregon is desert, however the majority of the population lives west of the Cascades that can be rainy.

I was also going to suggest that Oregon ban triple trailers so they could raise the truck speed limit.  But glad I refrained from saying so earlier.  Brandon pointed out what's legal on the Ohio Turnpike and Indiana Toll Road, which both have higher truck speed limits than Oregon, so wtf Oregon.  Time to loosen up on the $afety reigns.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on January 17, 2014, 07:28:34 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on December 14, 2013, 01:09:27 PM
From the municipal service yard in Grand Junction, CO, I proudly present this:


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5147%2F5854956740_85ac886f69.jpg&hash=20f634bb6c0a0e8f4386ad239e9b96f45cb6d0d9)




Congratulations!   YOU HAVE WON AN ALL-EXPENSE-PAID TRIP FOR TWO......FOR A WEEK IN EXCITING ALANLAND!!!!

*Audience in Jay Ward cartoon style:  "yay"*

Our runners-up get FOUR weeks in Alanland!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on January 17, 2014, 07:41:30 PM
Can I just have the Turtle Wax, Rice-A-Roni and Z-Brick parting gifts instead?   ;-)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 17, 2014, 09:07:08 PM
The fellow looks a bit like H. Ross Perot.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: elsmere241 on January 18, 2014, 07:31:59 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2014, 09:07:08 PM
The fellow looks a bit like H. Ross Perot.

I was thinking Mr. Magoo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on February 01, 2014, 05:31:40 PM
West Monroe, LA.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn2%2Ft1%2F1779177_10153764929750554_255209781_n.jpg&hash=2e9d4c3da920e9288ca2c81d1c538dbd6e744bc2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 02, 2014, 03:16:44 AM
I think that has progressed from "road sign" through "best of road signs" and into "this is a blank piece of wood" territory.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex4897 on February 02, 2014, 04:37:59 PM
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on February 01, 2014, 05:31:40 PM
West Monroe, LA.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn2%2Ft1%2F1779177_10153764929750554_255209781_n.jpg&hash=2e9d4c3da920e9288ca2c81d1c538dbd6e744bc2)

After looking at this page and seeing this several times I'm just now noticing the words on it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on February 02, 2014, 06:11:35 PM
Quote from: Alex4897 on February 02, 2014, 04:37:59 PM
After looking at this page and seeing this several times I'm just now noticing the words on it.

All I can see is maybe:
'LAW' (second line?)
(S)'TOP' (third line; assuming the S precedes the TOP?)

If I had to guess, I would think the sign once read:

+==========================+
|           STATE          |
|           LAW            |
|           STOP           |
+==========================+
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 02, 2014, 06:50:44 PM
The top line looks more like LOUISIANA to me.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on February 02, 2014, 10:45:44 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 02, 2014, 06:50:44 PM
The top line looks more like LOUISIANA to me.

You can read the top line? I can't make out any part of a letter.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 02, 2014, 11:48:36 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FP6QqYMN.png&hash=cc856c5d9870dc8caa12cce2299b742e2894534a)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 02, 2014, 11:50:34 PM
Nice CSI-fu there!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on February 03, 2014, 03:00:24 PM
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on February 01, 2014, 05:31:40 PM
West Monroe, LA.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn2%2Ft1%2F1779177_10153764929750554_255209781_n.jpg&hash=2e9d4c3da920e9288ca2c81d1c538dbd6e744bc2)

Where in West Monroe is this?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Sanctimoniously on February 03, 2014, 08:14:03 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on February 03, 2014, 03:00:24 PM

Where in West Monroe is this?

North Riverfront grade crossing, just past the Endom Bridge.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 05, 2014, 11:30:38 AM
if it is standard verbiage, then it is "LOUISIANA LAW".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on February 08, 2014, 11:08:06 AM
I remember seeing one in my hometown of Simsboro at the LA 563 crossing (late 70s early 80s) in almost the same condition.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mefailenglish on February 17, 2014, 11:33:03 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FIMG_2306_zpsc8a834b1.jpg&hash=9bf8bb5447390da103eb6ab5b138af4e488fce7f)

Stumbled across this yesterday.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 04, 2014, 11:50:20 AM
Old font NY 406 shield in Princetown

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2886%2F12915893424_d464860395_z.jpg&hash=022a2cbdbc87ea1cf83916c0719f6d5b89c56e9d)

And another in Delmar...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3825%2F12915863884_45f0dde490_z.jpg&hash=0a3927207b7164c0a564a413c1eeb244c2eee42a)

And then there's this...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7420%2F12915555513_c05399b504_z.jpg&hash=1486c854f6e50a5bf916e83086e481d7b3f75c67)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on March 04, 2014, 12:03:16 PM
Quote from: Ian on March 04, 2014, 11:50:20 AM
And then there's this...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7420%2F12915555513_c05399b504_z.jpg&hash=1486c854f6e50a5bf916e83086e481d7b3f75c67)

I'm stuck on whether that's the person riding the deers' leg hanging down, or if it's the deers' penis.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on March 04, 2014, 12:28:02 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on March 04, 2014, 12:03:16 PM
Quote from: Ian on March 04, 2014, 11:50:20 AM
And then there's this...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7420%2F12915555513_c05399b504_z.jpg&hash=1486c854f6e50a5bf916e83086e481d7b3f75c67)

I'm stuck on whether that's the person riding the deers' leg hanging down, or if it's the deers' penis.

Too far forward (ever see a horse?).  It's got to be a leg.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on March 04, 2014, 12:39:51 PM
Quote from: Brandon on March 04, 2014, 12:28:02 PM
Too far forward (ever see a horse?).  It's got to be a leg.

I figured that, but I've never seen a deers' shlang so I wasn't sure.  :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 04, 2014, 01:43:16 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on February 17, 2014, 09:01:36 PM
Here we go
[I-91]
is that an 18 or a 24 inch Conn. shield?

Quoteand this b/c it's incorrect and NRBC!
did Rhode Island ever use RBC? 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on March 10, 2014, 03:11:52 PM
Looking north from Front St, down the alley just west of Homer Ave, Logan, Ohio:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-logan-nothru.jpg&hash=64acc797ff0fff8045b0d6de5d4e50a1402948da)

GMSV is very unclear, but I think that's Series A on two of the three lines of legend.  (I was there in person yesterday.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 20, 2014, 08:46:40 PM
Old signage, long since replaced, along the Bradford Bypass on US-219 in PA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FPA%2FUS%2F219%2FUS219_bestofsignage.jpg&hash=3e53b32b06d5f11e283d9ede618b5a4f9c41b1a3)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: getemngo on March 21, 2014, 05:57:10 PM
Many of you saw this on Facebook, but here's the oldest Interstate shield in the Upper Peninsula:

(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31.0-8/1669789_10151881628376363_142904215_o.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SSOWorld on March 21, 2014, 10:13:47 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssoworld.org%2Fpics%2FIMG_0460.png&hash=e93040f0b928887c43b9b6bf6257fb36590d4773)

going the beach to hang ten or smoking a huge joint? in California one can do both. (almost)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on March 21, 2014, 10:14:35 PM
Quote from: SSOWorld on March 21, 2014, 10:13:47 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssoworld.org%2Fpics%2FIMG_0460.jpg&hash=b1c43caec6cd9aeaa663065041c9419f5c85c2e0)

going the beach to hang ten or smoking a huge joint? in California one can do both. (almost)

Question mark box.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SSOWorld on March 21, 2014, 10:15:05 PM
Fixed
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JoePCool14 on March 22, 2014, 05:14:52 PM
Quote from: SSOWorld on March 21, 2014, 10:13:47 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssoworld.org%2Fpics%2FIMG_0460.png&hash=e93040f0b928887c43b9b6bf6257fb36590d4773)

going the beach to hang ten or smoking a huge joint? in California one can do both. (almost)

Wasn't this already posted in the Vandilized signs thread?  :pan:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on March 22, 2014, 05:16:30 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 22, 2014, 05:14:52 PM
Quote from: SSOWorld on March 21, 2014, 10:13:47 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssoworld.org%2Fpics%2FIMG_0460.png&hash=e93040f0b928887c43b9b6bf6257fb36590d4773)

going the beach to hang ten or smoking a huge joint? in California one can do both. (almost)

Wasn't this already posted in the Vandilized signs thread?  :pan:

It can be both.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on March 22, 2014, 08:59:32 PM
Not really the best, but we need a break from smokeboarder.

I think this is a very tasteful one-piece, and would suffer from the MUTCD-mandated green background:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.dot.state.fl.us%2Fvideologsource1%2F11346004%2FB46110000N%2FI_00391.jpg&hash=9fedc4964d159063b1c107fd90bb440a25f61741)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on March 23, 2014, 06:04:01 PM
I think that would look better in the Ohio layout: one shield, with cardinals over arrows on either side.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on March 25, 2014, 06:28:48 AM
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6sX6-aQIeW8/SN6xd8dkHFI/AAAAAAAAB74/k51eG2w66js/w793-h595-no/Molong+%25282%2529+%2528Large%2529.JPG)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zw5Onu2YnPo/SN6xcfpsLNI/AAAAAAAAB7w/o2DkqYavYf0/w736-h552-no/Molong+%2528Large%2529.JPG)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotkey.net.au%2F%7Ekrool%2Fphotos%2Fsa%2FWillowie-B56.jpg&hash=b4dbc1454c12844201554742f134e7fd7d638134)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zkeOtOPwSrw/SN6xfneaRaI/AAAAAAAAB8A/jvRAIUJIbg0/w736-h552-no/Molong+%25283%2529+%2528Large%2529.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MJ4ramE_BPY/SN6xLtd6ZoI/AAAAAAAAB6A/GzruMnJZRBk/w736-h552-no/Our+Holiday+2007+Day+1+045+%2528Large%2529.JPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on March 26, 2014, 09:57:19 PM
80s vintage shields in Portsmouth, including a state-name I-264.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-K9PI2J33pRA%2FUzM9ilwLCUI%2FAAAAAAAAHAw%2F1DXWphPXl90%2Fs1600%2FIMG_1916.JPG&hash=ef497ba2cc6d525e50ca7f2e497915926c94e865)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 26, 2014, 10:06:54 PM
I must have missed that one when I was there in 2007.  I snagged this photo which must be from nearby.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VA/VA19792642i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on March 27, 2014, 11:29:25 AM
I have photos from 2008:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Richmond_trip_Day_3%2FImages%2F135.jpg&hash=d57f4c205a3867dc8d82a838a7edf6b32a9a50ab)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Richmond_trip_Day_3%2FImages%2F136.jpg&hash=b595f614cf3b407c78f2d68a561816306fb51d99)

There are craploads of old signs, error signs and sine salad from that area on these pages:

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2008_Richmond_trip_Day_3/index.html

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2008_Richmond_meet_Day_4/index.html
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on March 27, 2014, 11:32:13 AM
I passed those but didn't get photos of them. Turning left onto 58 west from my photo takes you past them.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: apeman33 on April 08, 2014, 01:00:36 AM
Old 60's-era street signs still in use in many places in Louisburg, Kan. This is one of a few which is still in pretty good condition.

Side note: The numbered streets in Louisburg actually run east-west. They're named based on whether they're north or south of Amity St. (K-68), so there is also a "North 2nd St." north of K-68.

Originally, the numbered streets began at Metcalf (Old U.S. 69) and the addresses increased going west. When Louisburg expanded east of Metcalf and the streets were extended, they had a bit of a problem. So if the street is west of Metcalf, the address is just "000 South 2nd St." If it's east of Metcalf, it's "000 South 2nd St. East."

(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1620675_10154030354055331_8570766761691860269_n.jpg)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on April 13, 2014, 10:02:14 AM
Quote from: apeman33 on April 08, 2014, 01:00:36 AM

(https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1620675_10154030354055331_8570766761691860269_n.jpg)


I like the old wire-span stret light.  Used to be a lot of those on I-84 in CT around Danbury, until widening took place in the 1980s.  Still some around though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on April 17, 2014, 06:52:16 PM
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/13856603935_1a2828e035.jpg)

1980's White on lack speed limit sign.  I-84 EB West Hartford, CT.  The "50" is a non-button copy patch.  The sign is button copy but you wouldn't know it based on the photo glare.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 17, 2014, 07:03:02 PM
that new?  here I had been hoping it predated the 1970 MUTCD.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on April 18, 2014, 02:00:18 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.engrish.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F%2F2014%2F04%2Fcaution-a-hole.jpg&hash=c390c53a16928d96ca013cf9c8df6e7f53a7faf7)
Found on engrish.com
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on April 18, 2014, 03:30:23 PM
^^ LOL!  It is accurate, there is a a hole there, but in English slang, there is a second, unintended meaning.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on April 18, 2014, 03:34:21 PM
Quote from: Brandon on April 18, 2014, 03:30:23 PM
^^ LOL!  It is accurate, there is a a hole there, but in English slang, there is a second, unintended meaning.

I thought the sign was saying "Hey asshole, watch the fuck out."

Oh, the hyphen was BEFORE the A and not in between it and hole.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 13, 2014, 05:39:31 PM
LeHay font US 202 shield in Auburn, ME. This is one of the only LeHay 202s I know of left out in the field, since MaineDOT has gone on a purge on most of their LeHay signs in the last several years...

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/14177634732_4b3c9253c7_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jhuntin1 on May 14, 2014, 09:58:24 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on March 25, 2014, 06:28:48 AM
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MJ4ramE_BPY/SN6xLtd6ZoI/AAAAAAAAB6A/GzruMnJZRBk/w736-h552-no/Our+Holiday+2007+Day+1+045+%2528Large%2529.JPG)
Am I the only one who loves the railroad crossing ahead sign in the lower right?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JoePCool14 on May 15, 2014, 04:41:04 PM
While it is an interesting design, I don't care for it.

After my European trip, I have come to this conclusion: U.S. signs are hard to understand for foreigners.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on May 15, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
And to think that I find European guide signs to be difficult to understand (especially since I use a route/direction system for navigating, not a destination system).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 15, 2014, 07:43:15 PM
Quote from: vdeane on May 15, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
And to think that I find European guide signs to be difficult to understand (especially since I use a route/direction system for navigating, not a destination system).

agreed.  it presumes a knowledge of where individual cities are.  I'd like to think I'm fairly good at geography and even then I had to stop and look at the map on occasion.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on June 09, 2014, 06:23:26 PM
You know, there's new old stock, there's using old specs, and then there's completely inventing old-style specs for new signs. Norman has given us the beauty that is an outline meat cleaver. Revel in it.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/SH-9_Norman_OK_street_sign.jpg/1024px-SH-9_Norman_OK_street_sign.jpg)

I think this cements Norman's traffic control division as the best transportation agency in the state of Oklahoma.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 08, 2014, 10:30:17 PM
Seagirt Boulevard, Queens

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5595/14422503058_84b453d206_z.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14422502648_d95c0a65c3_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 08, 2014, 10:47:17 PM
^^^^^^

That sign looks horrible...why hasn't it been replaced?

:sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on July 08, 2014, 10:48:08 PM
Quote from: jake on July 08, 2014, 10:47:17 PM
That sign looks horrible...why hasn't it been replaced.

:sombrero:

It hasn't been replaced because it is still doing its job well (not counting the tree covering it).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 08, 2014, 10:49:51 PM
Quote from: 1 on July 08, 2014, 10:48:08 PM
Quote from: jake on July 08, 2014, 10:47:17 PM
That sign looks horrible...why hasn't it been replaced.

:sombrero:

It hasn't been replaced because it is still doing its job well (not counting the tree covering it).

All kidding aside (I like the sign, actually), don't most states have a sign-replacement schedule? Or is this a city sign and said rule does not exist?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 09, 2014, 07:18:31 AM
To anyone outside this forum, the rust probably makes it an eyesore.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 09, 2014, 08:29:49 AM
My grandmother lived in an apartment on Seagirt Boulevard (Wavecrest Gardens) not far from that sign for many years. I'd say that sign is one of the nicer things in that area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on July 09, 2014, 04:20:30 PM
I forgot about this thread.  Anyhow, How about this?

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/14405646730_cb1ffc6954.jpg)

Heading towards the GWB from US-1 & US-9.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 10, 2014, 06:52:54 PM
Here's an obligatory "it's good because it's old" photo from the University of Washington parking garage...first-gen yield sign. I've never seen one before so it was pretty cool:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FNgUx0Fx.jpg&hash=4637e15c6ab842730a29a7b1144b0fc0f45b3aea)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 12, 2014, 03:30:21 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on July 09, 2014, 04:20:30 PM
I forgot about this thread.  Anyhow, How about this?

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/14405646730_cb1ffc6954.jpg)

Heading towards the GWB from US-1 & US-9.

What's with the hardware left and right of the word Bridge?  I'm assuming that's somehow changeable?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 16, 2014, 11:14:50 PM
Good to know this one (//www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=AL19500061) is still around:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/15120796101_6cf63e8a41_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/p3b2T4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 16, 2014, 11:31:35 PM
The signs for 14th Street along Governors Drive are the last button copy signs in Huntsville.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2915/14671587174_4aed9ed617.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/omtHHy)
Overhead signs on Governors Drive (https://flic.kr/p/omtHHy) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/10227248446_6191b68ba0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/gzKjDL)
Button Copy sign (https://flic.kr/p/gzKjDL) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Here's an old pavement sign in Athens, AL. There are some more in the downtown area, IIRC:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/9375149638_1f9942afb0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fhs6n1)
Old Road sign (https://flic.kr/p/fhs6n1) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5524/9375149894_271a38db8e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fhs6rq)
Old Road sign (https://flic.kr/p/fhs6rq) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Here are some old street signs on Redstone Arsenal:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/11036142556_8d67a2d59a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hPe7FW)
Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/hPe7FW) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/11036048055_0d42216ba5.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hPdCAB)
Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/hPdCAB) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/11036236303_d3df9df0f0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hPeAyg)
Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/hPeAyg) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/11036047385_f062853d80.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hPdCp4)
Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/hPdCp4) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/11036179884_f451cde218.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hPeiMw)
Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/hPeiMw) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/11036046805_90dba2d777.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hPdCe4)
Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/hPdCe4) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

EDIT: Here's another one in downtown Athens, AL. This one's in better shape too.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/14487361719_b73140af4c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o5cvUB)
Pavement Sign (https://flic.kr/p/o5cvUB) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 26, 2014, 06:01:22 PM
What I bet is one of the few remaining button copy signs in Utah:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2931/14749728584_b16eda9178_c.jpg)

(With some terrible aligning on that Parleys Way greenout)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 30, 2014, 12:55:53 PM
I know signs at this location have been posted before, but I'm not sure whether these specific pieces of metal have been posted. I was over in Alexandria about an hour ago and, while I was sitting at a red light, I noticed the first cutout on Route 1 (just north of the intersection of northbound Route 1 and Duke Street) looked to be quite new. The parking spot right next to it was empty, so I pulled over to take some pictures. After leaving there, I went up the block to the other cutout (just north of the intersection of northbound Route 1 and King Street) and found a parking spot right near it, so I got some pictures there too. It also looks extremely shiny and new. Notice how the border on the cutout shields is thicker than the one on the "NORTH" plaques, in particular.

Only after I left did it occur to me I should have gone around the back of the signs to see if there was a sticker stating when they were posted. Ah well, maybe I can find time Sunday if I go that way.

Either way, we often post cutouts in "The Best of Road Signs," but how often do we have cutouts that appear to look extremely new?! (Even if they're not as new as they look, they're still spiffy enough to warrant memorialization!)

(The first two pictures are of the one closer to Duke Street; the second two are of the one north of King Street.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FMiscellaneousJuly2014102_zps541c1e88.jpg&hash=1b25d390b74f8e672439c794c04c19a4d0dac924) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FMiscellaneousJuly2014100_zpsb669bd26.jpg&hash=da2bc44b1d59bbb8f1930b78b0d0f86aa1e4733c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FMiscellaneousJuly2014103_zpsf82fc9de.jpg&hash=6667017b7689a32abe35389587e13498855a7f13) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FMiscellaneousJuly2014104_zps24b0839f.jpg&hash=fd2530884d2846c41310773472c1f507eb036160)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 30, 2014, 04:34:30 PM
That's very interesting, even to someone like me who barely understands shield history.

Does the MUTCD have a restriction on cut-out route shields, or did they just move away from them due to cost? I'm wondering if this is an erroneous error or a one-time splurge by VDOT.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2014, 04:54:09 PM
those look to be honeycomb high intensity sheeting.  they don't make that stuff anymore.  I bet this was old stock shields put up recently.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on July 30, 2014, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: jake on July 30, 2014, 04:34:30 PM
That's very interesting, even to someone like me who barely understands shield history.

Does the MUTCD have a restriction on cut-out route shields, or did they just move away from them due to cost? I'm wondering if this is an erroneous error or a one-time splurge by VDOT.

I don't think the MUTCD has such a restriction.  The interstate shields are almost all cutouts (with exceptions - see WisDOT).  The US and state route shields in California are cutouts as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 30, 2014, 05:12:05 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 30, 2014, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: jake on July 30, 2014, 04:34:30 PM
That's very interesting, even to someone like me who barely understands shield history.

Does the MUTCD have a restriction on cut-out route shields, or did they just move away from them due to cost? I'm wondering if this is an erroneous error or a one-time splurge by VDOT.

I don't think the MUTCD has such a restriction.  The interstate shields are almost all cutouts (with exceptions - see WisDOT).  The US and state route shields in California are cutouts as well.

I see. In retrospect, that was a pretty ridiculous question on my part.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2014, 04:54:09 PM
those look to be honeycomb high intensity sheeting.  they don't make that stuff anymore.  I bet this was old stock shields put up recently.

I almost typed exactly the same thing. Were the signs that these replaced really old, 1995hoo?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 30, 2014, 05:28:49 PM
I don't have another good picture of the signs from as close-up as the ones I took today. There are various pictures online that show signs there that look older and show some rust, which is clearly not present in the picture I took. We haven't had all that much rain in the past week or so and I assume it's unlikely someone went out there and cleaned the signs.

Hence why I had a bit of a facepalm moment when I realized I hadn't thought to go around the other side to see if there was a sticker showing date of installation. I want to get back there and do that, but I know I won't have time tomorrow. Maybe I'll get to it Friday (won't know until Friday). I can't tell for sure if the signs are indeed new and I don't know how old the existing cutouts there were. But earlier today they sure looked extremely shiny and new, to the point where unless someone cleaned them it sure looks like they put new ones up recently.

(I do note, however, that in the case of the first sign, the top of the "2-hour parking" sign covers the bottom tip of the US Highway shield. You would expect it to be the other way around if they only replaced one sign, wouldn't you? Clearly the "NORTH" plaque looks older given how it's bent.)

Regardless of all the above, though, the cutouts sure look good, don't they?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on July 30, 2014, 10:50:32 PM
There are a few other honeycomb reflective cutouts scattered throughout Virginia.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on July 31, 2014, 06:26:41 AM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on July 26, 2014, 06:01:22 PM
What I bet is one of the few remaining button copy signs in Utah:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2931/14749728584_b16eda9178_c.jpg)

(With some terrible aligning on that Parleys Way greenout)
I like the 'cloud' UT 186 beehive shield. Seems to have been common on button copy signs of that vintage in Utah.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 02:37:04 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 30, 2014, 05:28:49 PM
I don't have another good picture of the signs from as close-up as the ones I took today. There are various pictures online that show signs there that look older and show some rust, which is clearly not present in the picture I took. We haven't had all that much rain in the past week or so and I assume it's unlikely someone went out there and cleaned the signs.

Hence why I had a bit of a facepalm moment when I realized I hadn't thought to go around the other side to see if there was a sticker showing date of installation. I want to get back there and do that, but I know I won't have time tomorrow. Maybe I'll get to it Friday (won't know until Friday). I can't tell for sure if the signs are indeed new and I don't know how old the existing cutouts there were. But earlier today they sure looked extremely shiny and new, to the point where unless someone cleaned them it sure looks like they put new ones up recently.

(I do note, however, that in the case of the first sign, the top of the "2-hour parking" sign covers the bottom tip of the US Highway shield. You would expect it to be the other way around if they only replaced one sign, wouldn't you? Clearly the "NORTH" plaque looks older given how it's bent.)

Regardless of all the above, though, the cutouts sure look good, don't they?

Following up on this, I was in Alexandria again earlier this afternoon and I stopped to look at the backs of the cutouts. No stickers indicating when they may have been posted. The signs are in outstanding condition, though. Hopefully they don't fall victim to being replaced just for the sake of replacing them.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on August 01, 2014, 02:56:27 PM
The US 1 cutout north of King St was installed since 2007 as the photo I took below  then shows a browned shield and rusty bolts.  I can't tell if the other one is as new...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fus001alex_02.jpg&hash=871c6c67a4d3cb3e540ab725e54b7f3c03dbfed1)

mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 03:01:10 PM
Thanks for that. Great info, especially as to the bolts. Not counting Interstate shields, anyone know of any other cutouts posted that recently?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 01, 2014, 03:03:49 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 03:01:10 PM
Thanks for that. Great info, especially as to the bolts. Not counting Interstate shields, anyone know of any other cutouts posted that recently?

there are always the occasional installations of cutouts intended for green signs.

as for an actual old-spec shield?  outside of California, these are approximately it.  there is a US-93 California-style cutout in Nevada that was posted around 2006.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on August 01, 2014, 03:08:32 PM
US 3 has several cutouts in Massachusetts.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 03:17:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 01, 2014, 03:08:32 PM
US 3 has several cutouts in Massachusetts.

Sure, but how recent are they? There are a fair number of cutouts to be found in Virginia if you know where to look, but most of them are of older vintage (yet still serving perfectly well).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on August 01, 2014, 04:02:18 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 03:17:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 01, 2014, 03:08:32 PM
US 3 has several cutouts in Massachusetts.

Sure, but how recent are they?
IIRC, there were some 90s-vintage ones (without the outlines) along the expressway section between Burlington and the NH State Line; but I'm not sure if those survived the recent widening project.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on August 01, 2014, 06:36:33 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 03:01:10 PM
Thanks for that. Great info, especially as to the bolts. Not counting Interstate shields, anyone know of any other cutouts posted that recently?

The VA 36 cutout monstrosity in Hopewell that I can't find the on-line posting of anywhere is/was a recent install.

Looking through the vahighways.com photo gallery, a couple cutouts in Staunton have been installed since the photos that Froggie or I took.  There are some isolated examples of new installs after 2000.

Here is one that was installed between 2004-09: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Staunton,+VA&hl=en&ll=38.158958,-79.077294&spn=0.000034,0.033023&sll=35.034248,-83.802295&sspn=0.026917,0.066047&oq=staunton,+va&t=h&hnear=Staunton,+Virginia&z=16&layer=c&cbll=38.159044,-79.077231&panoid=pH-2VE1lq_Le15CgO8naqw&cbp=12,59.04,,0,2.75 

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on August 01, 2014, 06:47:27 PM
Within the same category of cut-outs, does anyone know of cut-out BGSs outside of Virginia and New York? I.e. the edges of the signs are rounded off? I put that in the same category as cut-out shields because both are generally not done because they cost more, however, they both typically look miles better when the treatment is applied.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on August 02, 2014, 12:00:06 AM
There used to be at least one on US 52 in Ohio between Aberdeen and Portsmouth. Saw it once and didn't have a camera. Next time I was along that route, it was gone.

I've also seen a few in Indiana, for US 6, US 35 and US 421.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on August 02, 2014, 10:51:33 AM
Quote from: jake on August 01, 2014, 06:47:27 PM
Within the same category of cut-outs, does anyone know of cut-out BGSs outside of Virginia and New York? I.e. the edges of the signs are rounded off? I put that in the same category as cut-out shields because both are generally not done because they cost more, however, they both typically look miles better when the treatment is applied.


North Carolina used to do this...here are a couple still that way in Asheville next to a newer squared one:
http://goo.gl/maps/DJcjq

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on August 02, 2014, 09:48:15 PM
Quote from: jake on August 01, 2014, 06:47:27 PM
Within the same category of cut-outs, does anyone know of cut-out BGSs outside of Virginia and New York? I.e. the edges of the signs are rounded off? I put that in the same category as cut-out shields because both are generally not done because they cost more, however, they both typically look miles better when the treatment is applied.


The New Jersey Turnpike still does, and Delaware and Washington, D.C. used to do it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on August 03, 2014, 12:21:24 AM
Old US 101 south at Old CA 156, San Juan Bautista, taken today:
(Although this stopped being 101 long before this sign was erected)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxnEzvOF.jpg&hash=53271032d9c217ffa61f8f76f5a79ca5b43bd281)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cu2010 on August 03, 2014, 08:09:17 AM
Quote from: Ian on August 02, 2014, 09:48:15 PM
Quote from: jake on August 01, 2014, 06:47:27 PM
Within the same category of cut-outs, does anyone know of cut-out BGSs outside of Virginia and New York? I.e. the edges of the signs are rounded off? I put that in the same category as cut-out shields because both are generally not done because they cost more, however, they both typically look miles better when the treatment is applied.


The New Jersey Turnpike still does, and Delaware and Washington, D.C. used to do it.

Florida still does as well, though a few super-old extruded panel signs with the squared off edges remain. I-10 on the panhandle, for example, has several.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on August 03, 2014, 11:07:49 PM
Excellent links guys, thank you.

Quote from: cu2010 on August 03, 2014, 08:09:17 AM
Florida still does as well, though a few super-old extruded panel signs with the squared off edges remain. I-10 on the panhandle, for example, has several.

While looking up the I-95 North sign south of Miami, where the BGS indicates it begins (sort of) as it splits from the Dixie Highway, I noticed that the sign is rounded (http://goo.gl/81dWpd).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on August 04, 2014, 06:57:23 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on August 03, 2014, 12:21:24 AM
Old US 101 south at Old CA 156, San Juan Bautista, taken today:
(Although this stopped being 101 long before this sign was erected)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxnEzvOF.jpg&hash=53271032d9c217ffa61f8f76f5a79ca5b43bd281)

Signs like this used to be all over California at major intersections, even in cities. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on August 20, 2014, 03:06:04 AM
(https://05298496653391670750.googlegroups.com/attach/6fc78a2f94a1bd96/20140819_171034_Richtone(HDR).jpg?part=0.1&view=1&vt=ANaJVrEyxHSWqCU5oMIZ5GqIEJ-lUNnxHMg0rXvxf0L_PYLBTy7Bt24Q0rOGVRFs5Mp0QaeQWHbDbo5OYCuRotorboVqHJeiwTMA-KsFHBwca2DfUxy6B1k)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on August 22, 2014, 09:17:25 AM
From Delta, County, Colorado...(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14816125250_fea8c1e92d_m.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on August 22, 2014, 10:17:45 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on August 22, 2014, 09:17:25 AM(https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=eee3ae4897&view=fimg&th=147fdd8edac7c3ad&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1477142780000075776-local0&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8j40DiVSpfWm1q3rfFh_JWu0FawPWuENFVgu_mkte-WuKWSh5R3GmJ61Ylr0JQDmu849iuGieLoRd2ZVmmyHbvKyD5GZ_oXzGRPtSENOEFaFiia39qjynufT8&ats=1408713162805&rm=147fdd8edac7c3ad&zw&sz=w1569-h538)

Question mark box.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 22, 2014, 10:33:18 AM
Quote from: Ian on August 02, 2014, 09:48:15 PM

The New Jersey Turnpike still does, and Delaware and Washington, D.C. used to do it.

Missouri did it until the 80s or so.  there probably are a few survivors still; but I haven't spotted any since 2007.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MO/MO19660292i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on August 22, 2014, 10:34:19 AM
Quote from: Kniwt on August 03, 2014, 12:21:24 AM
Old US 101 south at Old CA 156, San Juan Bautista, taken today:
(Although this stopped being 101 long before this sign was erected)

sign is from 1957.  Z code on the back.  good to see it still survives!

San Juan Bautista also has a cateyed stop sign, and a 1957 tan historic marker.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on August 22, 2014, 10:47:49 AM
Quote from: 1 on August 22, 2014, 10:17:45 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on August 22, 2014, 09:17:25 AM(https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=eee3ae4897&view=fimg&th=147fdd8edac7c3ad&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1477142780000075776-local0&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8j40DiVSpfWm1q3rfFh_JWu0FawPWuENFVgu_mkte-WuKWSh5R3GmJ61Ylr0JQDmu849iuGieLoRd2ZVmmyHbvKyD5GZ_oXzGRPtSENOEFaFiia39qjynufT8&ats=1408713162805&rm=147fdd8edac7c3ad&zw&sz=w1569-h538)

Question mark box.

It's due to https, I think.  The img tags look fine.

Strike that, I think it's where the image is being called from.  The Network, try an image hosting site like Photobucket or Flickr.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on August 22, 2014, 11:33:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on August 22, 2014, 10:17:45 AM
Question mark box.

I rather see nothing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on August 22, 2014, 11:54:32 AM
Quote from: 1 on August 22, 2014, 10:17:45 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on August 22, 2014, 09:17:25 AM(https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=eee3ae4897&view=fimg&th=147fdd8edac7c3ad&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1477142780000075776-local0&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ8j40DiVSpfWm1q3rfFh_JWu0FawPWuENFVgu_mkte-WuKWSh5R3GmJ61Ylr0JQDmu849iuGieLoRd2ZVmmyHbvKyD5GZ_oXzGRPtSENOEFaFiia39qjynufT8&ats=1408713162805&rm=147fdd8edac7c3ad&zw&sz=w1569-h538)

Question mark box.
I get a red X box.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 22, 2014, 10:33:18 AM(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MO/MO19660292i1.jpg)
Button-copy Series D numerals on those I-shields; very nice.  :clap:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on August 22, 2014, 12:22:08 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on August 22, 2014, 11:33:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on August 22, 2014, 10:17:45 AM
Question mark box.

I rather see nothing.

I got a picture of a photo torn in two. (Or if you prefer, a daguerreotype rent in twain.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on August 22, 2014, 12:28:06 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 01, 2014, 03:17:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 01, 2014, 03:08:32 PM
US 3 has several cutouts in Massachusetts.

Sure, but how recent are they? There are a fair number of cutouts to be found in Virginia if you know where to look, but most of them are of older vintage (yet still serving perfectly well).
The ground-mounted cutout shields along US 3 between Burlington and Tyngsborough were put in as part of the last sign update done in 1998.  It was originally believed that cutout shields were specified to accommodate wind loading restrictions on the telescopic posts used.  However, subsequent review of this issue has revealed that the cutouts were provided due to a very literal interpertation of the project sign summary sheets (which showed cutouts instead of the standard MUTCD M1-4 sign detail) by the contractor.

With a few exceptions, all these cutout shields were either retained or reset during the subsequent US 3 widening project.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on August 22, 2014, 05:30:43 PM
For some reason, the link disappeared.  Let's try this again:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/14816125250_fea8c1e92d_m.jpg)

And to make up for the lost link, one of the last button copy signs in Utah, recently taken down over the last several years at I-70 Exit 193:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4059/4450767631_b4b85935fd_m.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 22, 2014, 05:57:59 PM
Some more to the joy

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/14794008881_16ca43e1c9.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14965514412_a1271201ea.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PColumbus73 on August 27, 2014, 08:50:06 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi271.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj153%2FPColumbus611%2FImage082720141851301_zpsc554a02f.jpg&hash=28ca6b7a8cda7372d77e7e419895f8063a6bf221)

First time I've seen street names for checkout lines.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on August 27, 2014, 09:14:44 PM
Trader Joe's in Portland has local street names for checkout lines. Congress St, Forest Ave, State St, Marginal Way, Franklin Arterial...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on August 28, 2014, 01:14:59 AM
Trader Joe's in Bellingham and Seattle too.  A quick and easy way to appear to have a local connection.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on August 28, 2014, 01:35:52 AM
Quote from: kkt on August 28, 2014, 01:14:59 AM
Trader Joe's in Bellingham and Seattle too.  A quick and easy way to appear to have a local connection.

An independent grocery store called "Summit Trading" near Puyallup had each aisle named after a local street. Sadly, the store closed last Autumn, but not before I snapped off a few photos, including one of the named aisles. Others not in this photo include "Vickery", "Pioneer", and "Fruitland". The blurry signs say "Main St", "River Rd" and "Meridian":

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FWWILkEy.jpg&hash=fe94b63036657391f1eb28931934f765ae5c113c)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 28, 2014, 07:48:28 AM
Quote from: kkt on August 28, 2014, 01:14:59 AM
Trader Joe's in Bellingham and Seattle too.  A quick and easy way to appear to have a local connection.


The one closest to us has a fake I-95/I-495 BGS (might be I-395 instead, I don't shop there very often to have noticed the fine details) over one of the checkouts due to its location near the Springfield Interchange, along with the street signs over the other checkouts.

(By "fake" I mean it's hand-painted, doesn't remotely resemble a real BGS, although the intent is clear. Obviously all the signs are " fake" in the literal sense.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on August 28, 2014, 03:26:45 PM
In East Lynn (MA), there was a local supermarket on Eastern Avenue called Mayflower Market (it's now a CVS).  The aisles in the store were named after nearby local streets like Eastern Ave, Western Ave, Alden St, etc..
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Pete from Boston on August 28, 2014, 03:44:16 PM

Quote from: roadman on August 28, 2014, 03:26:45 PM
In East Lynn (MA), there was a local supermarket on Eastern Avenue called Mayflower Market (it's now a CVS).  The aisles in the store were named after nearby local streets like Eastern Ave, Western Ave, Alden St, etc..

One of the chains around here that's trying to project a quirky, neighborhoody image — I can't remember if it's Star Market or Whole Foods — has been labeling their aisles this way of late.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on August 28, 2014, 03:47:17 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on August 28, 2014, 03:44:16 PM

Quote from: roadman on August 28, 2014, 03:26:45 PM
In East Lynn (MA), there was a local supermarket on Eastern Avenue called Mayflower Market (it's now a CVS).  The aisles in the store were named after nearby local streets like Eastern Ave, Western Ave, Alden St, etc..

One of the chains around here that's trying to project a quirky, neighborhoody image – I can't remember if it's Star Market or Whole Foods – has been labeling their aisles this way of late.
One parking lot near the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) uses street names (Chestnut, Market, Locust, etc.) for its various aisles and has done so for years.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on August 28, 2014, 03:59:09 PM
No street names, but I recall a grocery store chain in Quebec during the 1980s (the chain's name escapes me after this many years) having one-way signs on each of the aisles. Can't say I've ever seen that anywhere else. I bring it up in case someone else recalls it and knows which chain it was.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on August 29, 2014, 01:57:34 AM
Most people would disagree with me, but I love the font used on this WSDOT sign near Arlington, Washington, close to where the Oso Landslip occurred:

"JCT" appears to be standard FHWA but everything else appears to be some other font I have never seen before.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbAHxV1T.jpg&hash=1668753b4eadc05f560fc17d8456564abe13da3f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: sammi on August 29, 2014, 02:21:28 AM
Quote from: jake on August 29, 2014, 01:57:34 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbAHxV1T.jpg&hash=1668753b4eadc05f560fc17d8456564abe13da3f)

Looks similar to an old version of DIN 1451 Mittelschrift.

(1000 posts!)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Thing 342 on August 29, 2014, 08:59:34 AM
Saw a bunch of button-copy signs on my most recent trip to Atlanta (almost all along Peachtree Industrial Blvd), but only one picture was even remotely usable:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thing342.us%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2FIMG_20140815_095443.jpg&hash=b48ac81af8355d480be2e194961a348ede0ee9a8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 29, 2014, 09:32:06 PM
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3889/14850852918_d85b4ca0e1.jpg)


One of only 2 CONN shields in the state.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 29, 2014, 09:35:46 PM
and this beauty in NJ:  must be almost 50 years old

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2937/14517449830_5058bc1f79.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on August 29, 2014, 09:38:22 PM
Holy crap, non reflective button copy US 46 shield with Series EM(?) reflectors. That's a nice find off the Turnpike, where it seems all the old BGS seem to be lurking.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on August 29, 2014, 11:44:39 PM
That 46 is DM.  The rest of the letters might be DM also, but I'm less sure of that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on August 29, 2014, 11:48:22 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 29, 2014, 11:44:39 PM
That 46 is DM.  The rest of the letters might be DM also, but I'm less sure of that.

Oops, I meant to say DM, but I guess I hit the E key out of impulse (since I usually refer to EM...) and didn't notice it until now. I'm actually wondering what font the main legend uses on that sign, since it actually does look like DM, which only would make me love it more if that were true.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adventurernumber1 on August 30, 2014, 12:04:57 AM
Quote from: Thing 342 on August 29, 2014, 08:59:34 AM
Saw a bunch of button-copy signs on my most recent trip to Atlanta (almost all along Peachtree Industrial Blvd), but only one picture was even remotely usable:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F14%2F08%2F29%2F4ffe7a2ad4fd9f47788f52b842e4f2f6.jpg&hash=e2ee25380ec513e71be2082a253d5a030c6ea7dd)

Wow. I've been a lot of places in Atlanta but I've never gotten the chance to try out GA SR 141. Never new about those button copy signs. That's pretty cool!  :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on August 30, 2014, 12:43:47 AM
Quote from: sammi on August 29, 2014, 02:21:28 AM
Quote from: jake on August 29, 2014, 01:57:34 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbAHxV1T.jpg&hash=1668753b4eadc05f560fc17d8456564abe13da3f)

Looks similar to an old version of DIN 1451 Mittelschrift.

That's what I thought when I first saw it. I made my whole family pull over and wait while I took a photo because I was so stunned by it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Thing 342 on August 30, 2014, 09:52:39 AM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on August 30, 2014, 12:04:57 AM
Quote from: Thing 342 on August 29, 2014, 08:59:34 AM
Saw a bunch of button-copy signs on my most recent trip to Atlanta (almost all along Peachtree Industrial Blvd), but only one picture was even remotely usable:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F14%2F08%2F29%2F4ffe7a2ad4fd9f47788f52b842e4f2f6.jpg&hash=e2ee25380ec513e71be2082a253d5a030c6ea7dd)

Wow. I've been a lot of places in Atlanta but I've never gotten the chance to try out GA SR 141. Never new about those button copy signs. That's pretty cool!  :)
Most can be found on the frontage roads, though there might be one lying about on the main road.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on August 31, 2014, 09:14:45 PM
Old US 101, Fortuna CA, taken today:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTdh2MLt.jpg&hash=225c339d053fdd2a56fbbba742e53916fff91030)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 02, 2014, 10:26:34 PM
Still here, even after an adjacent re-paving.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3843/14937132640_18832ac910_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CrystalWalrein on September 12, 2014, 10:48:08 PM
A Dead End sign at the end of Grays Street in Glenolden, PA. (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.897339,-75.2953309,3a,15y,308.95h,78.63t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1ski2a4VeQVANeImC4zmc1BA!2e0!6m1!1e1) There used to be a relieved Stop sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8968336,-75.2944838,3a,34.7y,155.1h,91.54t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sfGVjRDTKD5owLrINzTZkww!2e0!5s2007-10!6m1!1e1) at the other end of this street (with the legend 'Cross Road' from what I remember).

I've always wondered why Pennsylvania has an aversion to Dead End signs (a No Outlet sign is posted at the start of this block).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on September 13, 2014, 02:23:35 PM
Quote from: CrystalWalrein on September 12, 2014, 10:48:08 PM

Your links aren't working. I see some quotation marks that shouldn't be there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CrystalWalrein on September 13, 2014, 07:12:24 PM
Fixed. I could have sworn you needed quotation marks at one time....
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on September 13, 2014, 07:32:19 PM
Some better photos of Huntsville, AL's last button-copy signs:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3888/15229222162_cc63f5f973.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pcKKaU)Buttoncopy Signs (https://flic.kr/p/pcKKaU) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/15206555496_7c01551d2b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/paKzaj)Buttoncopy Signs (https://flic.kr/p/paKzaj) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/15042899720_9e116ef245.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oVhN11)Buttoncopy Signs (https://flic.kr/p/oVhN11) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Old US 231 shield in northern Madison County, AL:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3899/15229586915_f31f7f853a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pcMBAK)Old US 231 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/pcMBAK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on September 14, 2014, 08:40:11 AM
Canberra.
(https://05298496653391670750.googlegroups.com/attach/c347c4830bf2636/IMG_20140914_125221.jpg?part=0.1&view=1&vt=ANaJVrHN2a4HztLPtfGWYcURawCTlNNepfZjtyPEek_3lmAZZfi6syWRWHUJIndzPImcdyuyP2r2m6cnheCIlSMRANaTi7biMvYAv0zAtcS6FNgZ0NNQsE0)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on October 02, 2014, 12:45:30 PM
A very old SR 682 shield in very good condition at the US 220/VA 57A/SR 682 interchange in Bassett, VA:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3927/15229546188_efb2278090_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on October 02, 2014, 01:03:25 PM
^ Is that the custom FHWA font? I ask because that 6 is more curved on the top than the normal FHWA Series C one.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on October 02, 2014, 03:26:02 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on October 02, 2014, 01:03:25 PM
^ Is that the custom FHWA font? I ask because that 6 is more curved on the top than the normal FHWA Series C one.
All the 682 numerals appear to be of a custom font.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on October 02, 2014, 04:41:04 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on October 02, 2014, 03:26:02 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on October 02, 2014, 01:03:25 PM
^ Is that the custom FHWA font? I ask because that 6 is more curved on the top than the normal FHWA Series C one.
All the 682 numerals appear to be of a custom font.
Yeah, it appears to be a custom font. Virginia has some old route shields and signs scattered around that use non-FHWA fonts.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on October 04, 2014, 12:25:51 AM
I think this is one of the few BGSes left in BC that use Series E in the route shield (the standard since at least 2000 is helvetica  :ded:). I don't recall seeing any other signs like this.

There is a clear green out; not sure what it was.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FT9Ulaun.jpg&hash=7042e48b2a5d08f6ab1b737b6074cfede9fa32f3)

GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/K7R61
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brian556 on October 04, 2014, 01:02:50 AM
Quote(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3927/15229546188_efb2278090_c.jpg)

That's odd having the KEEP RIGHT sign below the divided highway ends sign.
Any particular reason it's there?

I do think this style of KEEP RIGHT sign should be added to the MUTCD for non-median uses. Example: Hills/sharp turns on unpaved roads.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on October 04, 2014, 08:07:37 AM
A couple of button copy survivors.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4526_zps554699c5.jpg&hash=09a020938486bcddeeec39a1d7440c526e4d2eaa) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4526_zps554699c5.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4803_zps3199e8dd.jpg&hash=cc6c6b4c7b7eab526372c6af9344c6ff1dfa1826) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4803_zps3199e8dd.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on October 04, 2014, 10:14:04 AM
I'm going to have to put that second sign in the "really really good, but not the Best of the Best" category. The spacing between the shields makes me read it as 80 (but not 90) East, and 90 (but not 80) West. (Plus, what's with the arrows on both signs?)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: signalman on October 04, 2014, 02:34:29 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on October 04, 2014, 10:14:04 AM
I'm going to have to put that second sign in the "really really good, but not the Best of the Best" category. The spacing between the shields makes me read it as 80 (but not 90) East, and 90 (but not 80) West. (Plus, what's with the arrows on both signs?)
I read it that way too (even though I know they run concurrently there).  Glad to see I am not the only one to view the sign in that light.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on October 05, 2014, 05:48:43 PM
But if the 80/90 sign leads to that confusion, shouldn't it not even be classified as very good?

The 80 and 90 need to be closer together, obviously.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on October 06, 2014, 04:29:33 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on October 04, 2014, 01:02:50 AM
Quote(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3927/15229546188_efb2278090_c.jpg)

That's odd having the KEEP RIGHT sign below the divided highway ends sign.
Any particular reason it's there?

I supect that's an upside down "divided highway begins" sign. Somehow these get installed upside down a lot.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on October 06, 2014, 04:59:01 PM
Quote from: vtk on October 06, 2014, 04:29:33 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on October 04, 2014, 01:02:50 AM
Quote(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3927/15229546188_efb2278090_c.jpg)

That's odd having the KEEP RIGHT sign below the divided highway ends sign.
Any particular reason it's there?

I supect that's an upside down "divided highway begins" sign. Somehow these get installed upside down a lot.

They're commonly used that way to signify the end of a divided highway section.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on October 06, 2014, 08:23:25 PM
Quote from: Brandon on October 06, 2014, 04:59:01 PM
Quote from: vtk on October 06, 2014, 04:29:33 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on October 04, 2014, 01:02:50 AM
Quote(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3927/15229546188_efb2278090_c.jpg)

That's odd having the KEEP RIGHT sign below the divided highway ends sign.
Any particular reason it's there?

I supect that's an upside down "divided highway begins" sign. Somehow these get installed upside down a lot.

They're commonly used that way to signify the end of a divided highway section.

This is common in Virginia:

Here is VA 99 leaving I-81:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fva000%2Fva099_et_07.jpg&hash=04afc2ce01feba9caee494b3dd2170c5f046138d)

In a totally different part of the state, you can see another example on VA 7 Bus EB just past VA 287:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fva200%2Fva287_st_02.jpg&hash=36389b882d0e8b82925c7cd50da8083112754e46)

Sometimes the KEEP RIGHT sign is posted separately...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on October 07, 2014, 07:18:24 PM
Quote from: Brandon on October 06, 2014, 04:59:01 PM
Quote from: vtk on October 06, 2014, 04:29:33 PM
I supect that's an upside down "divided highway begins" sign. Somehow these get installed upside down a lot.

They're commonly used that way to signify the end of a divided highway section.

Yes, and that's fine when it's at the end of a divided highway section.

I sometimes see them installed this way at the beginning of a divided highway section (which would make more sense in combination with "keep right").  It's like some sign designers get confused as to which orientation belongs in which context.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on October 07, 2014, 07:55:53 PM
Virginia does it that way too...

US 522 entering Virginia above Winchester
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fus%2Fus522_nt.jpg&hash=594093de15a539fd1e9eaec47fb8af4c0459a374)

US 501 entering Virginia below South Boston
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fus%2Fus501_st_02.jpg&hash=624a4de940e092d08371d3390b9f8d8cb75007aa)

Mapmikey
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on October 07, 2014, 08:55:40 PM
Found this today in Boaz, AL. It's an old Alabama stop sign that still stands next to the railroad crossing on Line Avenue. It was yellow at one time, but most of the yellow has since faded to white. Some of the yellow remains where the black paint has flaked off.
This is probably the last one standing in the entire state. Although I've heard that Gadsden may still have a few. I'll have to go find them. It's still something you don't see much of anymore. I sure didn't expect to find it!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5612/15473436862_77b7ef161a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pzkpGb)
Old Alabama Stop Sign (https://flic.kr/p/pzkpGb) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3939/15287215497_95a94761f4.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/phSYyZ)
Old Alabama Stop Sign (https://flic.kr/p/phSYyZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/15450702266_f59883976c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pxjTuo)
Old Alabama Stop Sign (https://flic.kr/p/pxjTuo) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/15450701966_c2dea95153.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pxjTpd)
Old Alabama Stop Sign (https://flic.kr/p/pxjTpd) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on October 07, 2014, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on October 07, 2014, 07:55:53 PM
Virginia does it that way too...

US 522 entering Virginia above Winchester
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fus%2Fus522_nt.jpg&hash=594093de15a539fd1e9eaec47fb8af4c0459a374)

Yeah, that is completely backwards. The diamond warning sign (divided highway begins) should be in advance of the actual condition. The keep right sign should be in the median (and really should use the standard text+arrow or symbolic message).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on October 08, 2014, 08:49:26 AM
A battle-scarred veteran still standing strong in likely it's fifth decade of service....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FOdd%2520Sign%2520Stuff%2Fimagejpg1_zps44366c44.jpg&hash=28957cef07f4ff339ab1df846029b553a3031e82)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on October 08, 2014, 10:58:58 AM
Quote from: roadfro on October 07, 2014, 10:01:58 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on October 07, 2014, 07:55:53 PM
Virginia does it that way too...

US 522 entering Virginia above Winchester
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fus%2Fus522_nt.jpg&hash=594093de15a539fd1e9eaec47fb8af4c0459a374)

Yeah, that is completely backwards. The diamond warning sign (divided highway begins) should be in advance of the actual condition. The keep right sign should be in the median (and really should use the standard text+arrow or symbolic message).

I agree.  When US 167 was widened to a divided 4-lane highway here in Louisiana, they put the divided highway ahead diamond where the median starts.  It should be an R4-7 or an R4-7a IMO.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on October 08, 2014, 11:04:56 AM
Quote from: vtk on October 07, 2014, 07:18:24 PM
Quote from: Brandon on October 06, 2014, 04:59:01 PM
Quote from: vtk on October 06, 2014, 04:29:33 PM
I supect that's an upside down "divided highway begins" sign. Somehow these get installed upside down a lot.

They're commonly used that way to signify the end of a divided highway section.

Yes, and that's fine when it's at the end of a divided highway section.

I sometimes see them installed this way at the beginning of a divided highway section (which would make more sense in combination with "keep right").  It's like some sign designers get confused as to which orientation belongs in which context.

I've also seen "two-way traffic" (diamond with up and down arrows next to each other) used when a divided highway ends.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 08, 2014, 01:35:36 PM
very interesting - flat, printed STOP sign with block fonts.  the one I know of in Gadsden is fully embossed, with round fonts, and does not have the two horizontal bars.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on October 08, 2014, 01:36:16 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 07, 2014, 08:55:40 PM
Found this today in Boaz, AL. It's an old Alabama stop sign that still stands next to the railroad crossing on Line Avenue. It was yellow at one time, but most of the yellow has since faded to white. Some of the yellow remains where the black paint has flaked off.
This is probably the last one standing in the entire state. Although I've heard that Gadsden may still have a few. I'll have to go find them. It's still something you don't see much of anymore. I sure didn't expect to find it!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5612/15473436862_77b7ef161a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pzkpGb)
Why's the old STOP sign set so far away from the pavement edge?  Was the road originally wider or aligned closer to the old sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on October 08, 2014, 01:41:16 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 08, 2014, 08:49:26 AM
A battle-scarred veteran still standing strong in likely it's fifth decade of service....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FOdd%2520Sign%2520Stuff%2Fimagejpg1_zps44366c44.jpg&hash=28957cef07f4ff339ab1df846029b553a3031e82)

Where is this? I take this road everyday. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on October 08, 2014, 03:48:37 PM
A Lincoln Parish route marker...very few left in the field.

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bmmhcz1n69rez3vizjdz2u (http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bmmhcz1n69rez3vizjdz2u)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on October 08, 2014, 03:53:33 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on October 08, 2014, 01:41:16 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 08, 2014, 08:49:26 AM
A battle-scarred veteran still standing strong in likely it's fifth decade of service....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FOdd%2520Sign%2520Stuff%2Fimagejpg1_zps44366c44.jpg&hash=28957cef07f4ff339ab1df846029b553a3031e82)

Where is this? I take this road everyday. 

Side road in Old Saybrook.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on October 09, 2014, 01:08:23 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MS/MS19700113i2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on October 11, 2014, 09:49:24 PM
Found this today in Stevenson, AL:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5608/15510229065_7d66443241.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pCzYJv)
Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/pCzYJv) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15323489810_bc82d0223e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pm5TEb)
Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/pm5TEb) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 20, 2014, 12:52:46 PM
Found this just off NY 137:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny137%2F101_0693-s.JPG&hash=8485c0c0e220461046c3086249ace5e2b4d64a46)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on October 28, 2014, 07:26:44 AM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/11264225264_cbcd6c4152_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on October 29, 2014, 03:44:40 AM
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3862/14575071884_5ae9b5d50d_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on October 29, 2014, 09:55:29 AM
Cropping the photo would be nice, for multiple reasons: it's more obvious what's being featured in the photo, and the cropped photo will have a much smaller file size.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: architect77 on November 01, 2014, 09:58:17 PM
Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2Fus64_zps6ad7b965.png&hash=90d3b7d7cda197e7b8da333334e56e8d3f5ef027) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/us64_zps6ad7b965.png.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on November 01, 2014, 11:04:10 PM
Quote from: architect77 on November 01, 2014, 09:58:17 PM
Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2Fus64_zps6ad7b965.png&hash=90d3b7d7cda197e7b8da333334e56e8d3f5ef027) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/us64_zps6ad7b965.png.html)
Nah, cause I-74 in NC is an egregious violation of the interstate grid and it is located too far south.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on November 01, 2014, 11:29:36 PM
I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsrquebec.net%2Fphotos%2Fa55skm71.JPG&hash=392601eef8a65662214092568d3c766e741a2088)

Not my pic.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on November 01, 2014, 11:38:22 PM
Quote from: architect77 on November 01, 2014, 09:58:17 PM
Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2Fus64_zps6ad7b965.png&hash=90d3b7d7cda197e7b8da333334e56e8d3f5ef027) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/us64_zps6ad7b965.png.html)

Good photo. Those signs look decent enough too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 02, 2014, 01:07:53 AM
Quote from: architect77 on November 01, 2014, 09:58:17 PM
Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2Fus64_zps6ad7b965.png&hash=90d3b7d7cda197e7b8da333334e56e8d3f5ef027) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/us64_zps6ad7b965.png.html)

All I see (on this mobile device) is a question mark box.  On my desktop machine, Firefox tends to warn me about security certificates not being quite right when I view photo-heavy threads like this one, so maybe that's the problem with this image (or, rather, its host site) and this device just refuses to load the image when there's a problem like that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on November 02, 2014, 03:26:03 PM
^^^ The image is hosted on Photobucket.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on November 02, 2014, 04:07:07 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on November 01, 2014, 11:29:36 PM
I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsrquebec.net%2Fphotos%2Fa55skm71.JPG&hash=392601eef8a65662214092568d3c766e741a2088)

Not my pic.
There are a few.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FQC%2Fa55%2F101_0207-s.JPG&hash=ecdd84fe163e968ca7afefb2143c4183a0f1a5b0)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FQC%2Fa40%2F101_0459-s.JPG&hash=87f100622dcccbfc44d2e6bfc665f39116e8a1c0)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on November 04, 2014, 01:09:15 AM
Quote from: vdeane on November 02, 2014, 04:07:07 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on November 01, 2014, 11:29:36 PM
I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.

Not my pic.

There are a few.

Why in the world would they drop those? They're brilliant!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on November 04, 2014, 03:44:38 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on November 04, 2014, 01:09:15 AM
Quote from: vdeane on November 02, 2014, 04:07:07 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on November 01, 2014, 11:29:36 PM
I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.

Not my pic.

There are a few.

Why in the world would they drop those? They're brilliant!

I agree, I think they're clearer than the ones now. I dont know why on earth they would scrap the idea.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on November 08, 2014, 02:54:23 PM
This baby is still holding strong, but I fear it's days are limited:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1300.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fag88%2FZeffyboy%2Frealphotos%2FoldSIEsign_zps468cbc91.png&hash=468a05f3acf7bd745ab676042a6da3a882c4001b)

Sorry about the window glare, but it's not like I was using anything special anyway (iPhone 6 camera) to take it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on November 08, 2014, 06:23:47 PM
Back when the only two sizes of text you needed for a BGS were 10.67" D and 16" EM...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Darkchylde on November 10, 2014, 01:42:19 AM
Found these along I-29 North, near KCI.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fe8ZRAhx.jpg&hash=b3470dcf93e0add742fbe472225221432c36204b)

Edit: There's your crop and zoom.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on November 10, 2014, 04:37:08 AM
Quote from: Darkchylde on November 10, 2014, 01:42:19 AM
Found these along I-29 North, near KCI.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--rLOXFqeEMQ/VGBSzRgfBDI/AAAAAAAAJe4/qlKGMLjByhQ/s640/IMG_20140510_093645.jpg)

What am I are we supposed to be looking at here? Perhaps a zoom and crop is in order, Darkchylde.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Darkchylde on November 10, 2014, 05:30:21 AM
Check the edited post above, Jake.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on November 11, 2014, 02:24:39 AM
^ Yeah...not sure why this would be "best of"...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Darkchylde on November 11, 2014, 02:29:54 AM
Quote from: roadfro on November 11, 2014, 02:24:39 AM
^ Yeah...not sure why this would be "best of"...
Older specs and still perfectly serviceable. Believe me, if something so faded it's hardly legible during the day can count as "best," that can too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on November 11, 2014, 02:48:54 AM
Quote from: Darkchylde on November 11, 2014, 02:29:54 AM
Quote from: roadfro on November 11, 2014, 02:24:39 AM
^ Yeah...not sure why this would be "best of"...
Older specs and still perfectly serviceable. Believe me, if something so faded it's hardly legible during the day can count as "best," that can too.

Old or new, it's gotta look good. I think a sign that is old and a bit faded, or one that is brand new, can be best of...as long as the sign is designed well.

Sorry, I don't think that these signs are particularly attractive looking. To each his or her own.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on November 11, 2014, 06:41:03 AM
The yellow on the bottom is too narrow, making the EXIT ONLY look a little squished. Also, the white border extends all the way around the sign, instead of having a black border around the yellow. I'm not a fan of the exit tabs, but if that's a standard in that state, I wouldn't take points off for it.

The second point in particular would be enough for some people here to put it in "worst of". For me it's just a run of the mill sign. Certainly not best of though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on November 12, 2014, 10:57:00 AM
Discussion on airport identification codes has been moved to:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=13953.0

Please keep the discussion focused on the actual signs themselves. Thanks!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on November 14, 2014, 02:12:25 PM
The exit tabs are old MO standard. More recent signage includes standard right-aligned exit tabs flush with the panel, like every other state.

Is that button copy or early reflectorization?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Darkchylde on November 14, 2014, 04:26:23 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 14, 2014, 02:12:25 PM
The exit tabs are old MO standard. More recent signage includes standard right-aligned exit tabs flush with the panel, like every other state.

Is that button copy or early reflectorization?
They looked reflectorized, though I haven't been up there at night to see.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on November 22, 2014, 09:36:44 PM

original NJ Tpke signage.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/15667285198_7afb88ba2d_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on November 22, 2014, 10:50:31 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on November 22, 2014, 09:36:44 PM
Tpke signage.

Tip-key. That's how I read that. Good find, though. I like the square corners. That's a NJ Turnpike thing, right?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adventurernumber1 on November 22, 2014, 10:55:30 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on November 22, 2014, 10:50:31 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on November 22, 2014, 09:36:44 PM
Tpke signage.

Tip-key. That's how I read that. Good find, though. I like the square corners. That's a NJ Turnpike thing, right?

I read it as "Topeke" (though whatever that could possibly be I don't think it exists)  :-D

But anyways, yeah. Thanks for sharing that photo. What's the date of the photo, if you know?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on November 22, 2014, 11:18:06 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on November 22, 2014, 10:55:30 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on November 22, 2014, 10:50:31 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on November 22, 2014, 09:36:44 PM
Tpke signage.

Tip-key. That's how I read that. Good find, though. I like the square corners. That's a NJ Turnpike thing, right?

I read it as "Topeke" (though whatever that could possibly be I don't think it exists)  :-D

But anyways, yeah. Thanks for sharing that photo. What's the date of the photo, if you know?

I took that in September. The sun wasn't my friend there but it could be worse.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: talllguy on November 29, 2014, 01:20:07 AM
Here's a cool old US-40 shield, in the vicinity of the Hill sign I wrote about earlier (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=14038.0).

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7560/15714617798_cc2c90737a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pWDwob)
Old US 40 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/pWDwob) by Elliott Plack (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Can anyone identify that traffic signal type? The larger light is a green arrow, pointing left.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on November 29, 2014, 08:44:34 PM
I'd need a backshot of the signal to identify who made it, but the signal type is an 8-8-12.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on December 07, 2014, 11:54:41 AM
Replaced earlier this year with black and white shields and the larger 24" (I think) SPUR banner UNDER the state shield  :banghead:
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bulfjz1mu2c4z504zo0z0

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2buk71z1mu223z5e9zlcz0

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bu93xz1mtbmaz47sznuz2u  This is a bit of a crappy shot.  May be able to twist it around to make better.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on December 08, 2014, 09:41:47 AM
Quote from: cjk374 on December 07, 2014, 11:54:41 AM
Replaced earlier this year with black and white shields and the larger 24" (I think) SPUR banner UNDER the state shield  :banghead:
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bulfjz1mu2c4z504zo0z0

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2buk71z1mu223z5e9zlcz0

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bu93xz1mtbmaz47sznuz2u  This is a bit of a crappy shot.  May be able to twist it around to make better.

It's cool to see the green spur signs still around. They're unique because some of them are smaller than the normal directional banners. The only other one I've seen like that is LA Spur 3025 (Bertrand Dr.) at the junction with US 167 (Johnston St.) in Lafayette
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on December 08, 2014, 09:02:31 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on December 08, 2014, 09:41:47 AM
Quote from: cjk374 on December 07, 2014, 11:54:41 AM
Replaced earlier this year with black and white shields and the larger 24" (I think) SPUR banner UNDER the state shield  :banghead:
http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bulfjz1mu2c4z504zo0z0

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2buk71z1mu223z5e9zlcz0

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2bu93xz1mtbmaz47sznuz2u  This is a bit of a crappy shot.  May be able to twist it around to make better.

It's cool to see the green spur signs still around. They're unique because some of them are smaller than the normal directional banners. The only other one I've seen like that is LA Spur 3025 (Bertrand Dr.) at the junction with US 167 (Johnston St.) in Lafayette

Didn't that used to be the normal size of directional banners up until about 30-35 years ago?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on December 09, 2014, 09:41:37 AM
well, I wouldn't know. I haven't quite finished my 3rd decade of life yet haha
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on December 10, 2014, 05:09:51 AM
Gotta love the FHWA font, button copy and 180o turn arrow on this sign on I-10 in Arizona!  :sombrero:
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/arizona010/i-010_eb_exit_289_07.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: dfwmapper on December 12, 2014, 06:23:10 PM
Gone now. The entire interchange was torn down and replaced with a new one further east.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on January 05, 2015, 12:44:27 PM
Found this old Speed Limit sign in Somerville today, with those older "custom" FHWA numbers.

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=40.567249~-74.612038&lvl=18&sty=x~lat~40.567249~lon~-74.612038~alt~-9.551~z~30~h~207.2~p~-0.9~cz~0.672~pid~5082&app=5082&FORM=LMLTCC

Yes, it's Bing Maps, because GMSV hates Somerville and doesn't have coverage for this particular section of S Bridge St, and the coverage in most of Somerville is spotty anyway.

Let me know if that link actually works to view the sign in Bing's street view because I'm not sure if it's like Google or not...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 05, 2015, 12:50:07 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 05, 2015, 12:44:27 PM
Let me know if that link actually works to view the sign in Bing's street view because I'm not sure if it's like Google or not...
Works for me (once the vertical divider is finished jumping around).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 05, 2015, 06:33:18 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 05, 2015, 12:50:07 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 05, 2015, 12:44:27 PM
Let me know if that link actually works to view the sign in Bing's street view because I'm not sure if it's like Google or not...

Works for me (once the vertical divider is finished jumping around).

I had to switch to IE for it to work. Chrome wasn't having it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on January 05, 2015, 08:00:29 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 05, 2015, 06:33:18 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 05, 2015, 12:50:07 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 05, 2015, 12:44:27 PM
Let me know if that link actually works to view the sign in Bing's street view because I'm not sure if it's like Google or not...

Works for me (once the vertical divider is finished jumping around).

I had to switch to IE for it to work. Chrome wasn't having it.

Doesn't work on Firefox either
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: riiga on January 05, 2015, 08:46:58 PM
Quote from: cl94 on January 05, 2015, 08:00:29 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 05, 2015, 06:33:18 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 05, 2015, 12:50:07 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 05, 2015, 12:44:27 PM
Let me know if that link actually works to view the sign in Bing's street view because I'm not sure if it's like Google or not...

Works for me (once the vertical divider is finished jumping around).

I had to switch to IE for it to work. Chrome wasn't having it.

Doesn't work on Firefox either
Neither does it work in Pale Moon (Firefox derivative).

EDIT: Seems like it requires Microsoft Silverlight to be installed.  :-|
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 05, 2015, 08:57:54 PM
Works for me on Firefox (with Silverlight of course).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on January 09, 2015, 11:39:38 PM
I placed Pegman down on a random road in Pennsylvania and...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHitVSkQ.png&hash=0c09f876514b7659927325744236f9e8372d85a2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 09, 2015, 11:42:48 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 09, 2015, 11:39:38 PM
I placed Pegman down on a random road in Pennsylvania and...

Hell of a find. I love those old porcelain signs.

And Street Road? WHY?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on January 09, 2015, 11:58:17 PM
Western Distributor Toll Plaza, Sydney, 1986.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadsandmaritimevisualcollection.com.au%2FFEED%2F50176HB.jpg&hash=5b8e43a9607b375c466e898d8afba45a85f80735)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on January 10, 2015, 12:05:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 09, 2015, 11:42:48 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 09, 2015, 11:39:38 PM
I placed Pegman down on a random road in Pennsylvania and...

Hell of a find. I love those old porcelain signs.

And Street Road? WHY?

Reminds me of this: http://goo.gl/maps/YJyJn
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 10, 2015, 12:28:23 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 10, 2015, 12:05:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 09, 2015, 11:42:48 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 09, 2015, 11:39:38 PM
I placed Pegman down on a random road in Pennsylvania and...

Hell of a find. I love those old porcelain signs.

And Street Road? WHY?

Reminds me of this: http://goo.gl/maps/YJyJn

I'm going to create a town called Road Street and the main street is going to be called Avenue Boulevard.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Big John on January 10, 2015, 07:05:39 AM
Thread of such street names: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10224.0
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on January 10, 2015, 09:10:40 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 09, 2015, 11:39:38 PM
I placed Pegman down on a random road in Pennsylvania and...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHitVSkQ.png&hash=0c09f876514b7659927325744236f9e8372d85a2)

The northbound version (without shitty blotches of blurriness):

(https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/pennsylvania001/us-001_sb_at_pa-132_wb.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on January 10, 2015, 10:17:57 AM
Does anyone know if those signs are still up? They look like they have to be at least 40 years old, if not older!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on January 10, 2015, 10:28:26 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 10, 2015, 10:17:57 AM
Does anyone know if those signs are still up? They look like they have to be at least 40 years old, if not older!

Photographed from doofy103 just this past October:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15373500910_5305044421_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pqvddw)

US-1 NB, Bensalem, PA. Note the 1/8 mile. All text, non-reflective button copy! The "RACETRACK" Sign was added on later but looks worse. Hmpf! (https://flic.kr/p/pqvddw) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/people/98731835@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on January 10, 2015, 10:33:13 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 09, 2015, 11:42:48 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 09, 2015, 11:39:38 PM
I placed Pegman down on a random road in Pennsylvania and...

Hell of a find. I love those old porcelain signs.

And Street Road? WHY?

I believe that takes you right to the center of Townburg, a charming little city on the edge of Forest Woods. Across from Park Green is historic Plaza Square, where you can purchase clothing apparel at Store Shop, a beef steak at Cafe Bistro, or a rap hip-hop CD at LP Records.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadrunner75 on January 10, 2015, 04:04:25 PM
Not sure that Capital One's sign here is your typical gas/food/lodging type....I guess Ocean County needs the money...
https://www.google.com/maps?ll=39.971322,-74.183314&spn=0.000004,0.00327&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.971236,-74.183831&panoid=rJRnMKONGIgrKgOR9REtnQ&cbp=12,29.9,,0,0.68 (https://www.google.com/maps?ll=39.971322,-74.183314&spn=0.000004,0.00327&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.971236,-74.183831&panoid=rJRnMKONGIgrKgOR9REtnQ&cbp=12,29.9,,0,0.68)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on January 10, 2015, 07:29:54 PM
I suspected that might be US 1 at PA 132. There are similar signs on PA 132 as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on January 10, 2015, 08:03:08 PM
Quote from: Alex on January 10, 2015, 10:28:26 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 10, 2015, 10:17:57 AM
Does anyone know if those signs are still up? They look like they have to be at least 40 years old, if not older!

Photographed from doofy103 just this past October:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15373500910_5305044421_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pqvddw)

US-1 NB, Bensalem, PA. Note the 1/8 mile. All text, non-reflective button copy! The "RACETRACK" Sign was added on later but looks worse. Hmpf! (https://flic.kr/p/pqvddw) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/people/98731835@N05/), on Flickr

Thanks Alex! Yep and the ones on PA-132 were still there as well:
I think the date on the back of some were 1968 or so.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3935/15556185741_137c9f4110_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: akotchi on January 10, 2015, 08:15:52 PM
I pass through that area frequently, and those signs are definitely still up, as of a few days ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JCinSummerfield on January 10, 2015, 09:08:31 PM
Someone should post a pic of Toledo, OH's new city limit signs.  Button copy!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 10, 2015, 10:05:19 PM
Quote from: JCinSummerfield on January 10, 2015, 09:08:31 PM
Someone should post a pic of Toledo, OH's new city limit signs.  Button copy!
Nah, they're supposed to be lights.
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/12/17/You-Will-Do-Better-in-Toledo-greets-drivers-at-city-limits.html
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JCinSummerfield on January 11, 2015, 12:00:39 AM
Wow.  I hope they're not going to waste good money electrifying 55 signs!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 11, 2015, 12:03:49 AM
Quote from: JCinSummerfield on January 11, 2015, 12:00:39 AM
Wow.  I hope they're not going to waste good money electrifying 55 signs!
Why would they? It's a flat-printed design.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JCinSummerfield on January 11, 2015, 12:25:35 AM
Okay, I'm lost.  What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 11, 2015, 12:29:22 AM
What are you talking about?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JCinSummerfield on January 11, 2015, 12:35:07 AM
Flat printed design?  If it has lights in it, I reasoned that it would have to be wired to work properly.  What does the design have to do with it?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 11, 2015, 01:21:29 AM
Quote from: JCinSummerfield on January 11, 2015, 12:35:07 AM
Flat printed design?  If it has lights in it, I reasoned that it would have to be wired to work properly.  What does the design have to do with it?
Seriously, what are you talking about? You read the article I linked, right?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on January 12, 2015, 10:52:03 AM
Quote from: Alex on January 10, 2015, 10:28:26 AMPhotographed from doofy103 just this past October:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15373500910_5305044421_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pqvddw)
I'm surprised that the RACETRACK wasn't replaced with a Parx Casino tab.  I know that the supplemental BGS' along I-95 (http://goo.gl/maps/scJH4) had Parx Casino & Racing placed over Philadelphia Park Racetrack when the casino first opened.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Pete from Boston on January 14, 2015, 12:18:19 AM
Holy crap, this is still there in Bayonne.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/16274805031_25d153f832.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qN9CwK)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on January 14, 2015, 12:20:45 AM
And that just might be the last of it's kind in New Jersey, now that the ones on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension were dismantled...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 14, 2015, 12:22:16 AM
I remember about six months ago, when I said ^^this^^ sign needed to come down, I got labelled "the heretic".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Pete from Boston on January 14, 2015, 12:29:40 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 14, 2015, 12:20:45 AM
And that just might be the last of it's kind in New Jersey, now that the ones on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension were dismantled...

When the 78/139 Holland Tunnel approach ramps were rebuilt just a few years ago, this one (http://binged.it/14ZltQ5) seems to have actually had new bases poured, so perhaps there's time left for this design after all.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: riiga on January 18, 2015, 06:16:40 AM
Classic button copy from 1978.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hal1.se%2FRolfs_web%2FRolfs_images%2F1978_USA3%2Fimages%2F7805%2520248.jpg&hash=6fc5965570f33e8d08224afe50324a020515c6fd)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on January 20, 2015, 12:15:53 AM
Old 'freeway green' sign from the late 1980s-early 1990s. Has since been replaced
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fnsw%2Fnumbered%2Fdecommissioned%2Fnationalhighways%2Fnh31%2F03_mittagongtosuttonforest%2Fnorthbound%2Fimages%2F200604_38_berrima.jpg&hash=1c2c18d86566928edbb098caf743ad3bc4240bb3)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2015, 08:29:26 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/SP7vD

Gone now  :-( Been replaced with this:

http://goo.gl/maps/T5LxC
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 24, 2015, 03:29:51 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2015, 08:29:26 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/SP7vD

Gone now  :-( Been replaced with this:

http://goo.gl/maps/T5LxC

Are you also combing through the new BC imagery? Lol.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on January 24, 2015, 11:34:36 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2015, 03:29:51 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2015, 08:29:26 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/SP7vD

Gone now  :-( Been replaced with this:

http://goo.gl/maps/T5LxC

Are you also combing through the new BC imagery? Lol.

Yes, BC has always been interesting to me. I would like to live there if it wasn't for the rain and expensive everything.
BTW, old highway gothic gantries on the TCH crossing the Vancouver Harbour have also been replaced  :no:  :-(
It's getting difficult to find old and FHWA signs in BC now. 

Updated highways such as the 401 widening in Ontario and A85 extension in Quebec also interest me.

It's getting difficult to find old and FHWA signs in BC now. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on January 24, 2015, 12:19:05 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2015, 08:29:26 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/SP7vD

That old signage is both incredibly awesome and incredibly ghetto all in one.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on January 27, 2015, 07:10:42 PM
Long removed signage near Downtown Hamilton:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_2_images%2F2_sign_cosign8and403_May05.jpg&hash=6af84fbf8665060172efdbe729666b9ba2453803)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on January 30, 2015, 03:35:40 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15373507470_948466bee6_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on January 30, 2015, 03:42:52 PM
^ DAMN.  :-o
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 30, 2015, 07:20:56 PM
Did that previously have a left-aligned exit tab?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on January 30, 2015, 07:45:33 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on January 30, 2015, 03:35:40 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15373507470_948466bee6_c.jpg)

  :wow: How old is that sign? Is it made out of wood?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: odditude on January 31, 2015, 02:07:13 AM
Quote from: vtk on January 30, 2015, 07:20:56 PM
Did that previously have a left-aligned exit tab?
there wouldn't be any exit tab at all on that sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 31, 2015, 11:30:31 AM
Quote from: odditude on January 31, 2015, 02:07:13 AM
Quote from: vtk on January 30, 2015, 07:20:56 PM
Did that previously have a left-aligned exit tab?
there wouldn't be any exit tab at all on that sign.

One would think not. But that left border appears to go all the way to the top edge of the sign with no room to curve around the corner.  And I have seen before exit numbers applied to at-grade right and left turns: US 6 at the I-75 diamond interchange ramps (gone now I think).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: odditude on January 31, 2015, 02:36:15 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 31, 2015, 11:30:31 AM
Quote from: odditude on January 31, 2015, 02:07:13 AM
Quote from: vtk on January 30, 2015, 07:20:56 PM
Did that previously have a left-aligned exit tab?
there wouldn't be any exit tab at all on that sign.

One would think not. But that left border appears to go all the way to the top edge of the sign with no room to curve around the corner.  And I have seen before exit numbers applied to at-grade right and left turns: US 6 at the I-75 diamond interchange ramps (gone now I think).
the only roads with numbered exits in the area are I-95 and the Turnpike; this sign is on neither.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on January 31, 2015, 03:52:31 PM
Note in the top center how the border peeled off.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on January 31, 2015, 04:17:33 PM
the sign was at the beginning of the last on-ramp WB before US-1.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: amroad17 on February 01, 2015, 05:16:01 PM
The above sign most likely was put up in the mid to late 1970's when PA was changing from all-text signage to what you see here.  It probably looked great when it was first put up.  Now it really needs to be replaced, although our group appreciates a photo like this.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on February 01, 2015, 05:28:38 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on January 31, 2015, 04:17:33 PM
the sign was at the beginning of the last on-ramp WB before US-1.
That BGS is probably original dating back to when the freeway was built (late 1950s/early 1960s).

Quote from: amroad17 on February 01, 2015, 05:16:01 PM
The above sign most likely was put up in the mid to late 1970's when PA was changing from all-text signage to what you see here.  It probably looked great when it was first put up.  Now it really needs to be replaced, although our group appreciates a photo like this.
See above, IMHO that BGS is clearly older than the 70s and not every PennDOT signs of that era used only text to describe route numbers (though most still did).   

Some old I-95 BGS' that list Delaware Expressway underneath the I-95 shield are probably as old as that PA 63 West BGS.  Although the PA 63 shield might appear be slightly newer; but it might been a replacement for one that fell off or was vandalized early on.

For all we know, the original PA 63/Woodhaven Road Expressway signage may have been an experimental test case for non-Interstate route guidance signage in PA at the time.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on February 06, 2015, 11:02:40 AM
These signs are on the Woodhaven frontage roads, which are maintained by the city. I think the reason they're still up is because neither PennDOT nor the city want to have to replace them. They even survived the reconstruction of the expressway a few years ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman65 on February 06, 2015, 11:04:37 AM
Where are the signs?  You did not post them or provide a link to photos.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on February 06, 2015, 11:08:20 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 06, 2015, 11:04:37 AM
Where are the signs?  You did not post them or provide a link to photos.

I was talking about the Woodhaven signs that were being mentioned. I should've quoted it...

This (https://www.google.com/local?ll=40.095539,-74.98126&spn=0.014625,0.027874&t=m&z=16) is the expressway in question, though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 06, 2015, 06:58:07 PM
I found this on the ground today. Nice job on the typeface.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F4D57DF3C-359F-41A4-ABDD-F2A357883765_zpsvio4pp8u.jpg&hash=50ab10b003074eceac55be25001a62353736401e)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on February 08, 2015, 02:25:29 AM
Something has been eating this wooden sign from the outside. It's amazing that this is still here. Many of the surrounding signs were replaced with Clearview in 2012-2013. Don't know how old this one is.

http://goo.gl/maps/m0qDU
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 08, 2015, 03:05:10 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 08, 2015, 02:25:29 AM
Something has been eating this wooden sign from the outside. It's amazing that this is still here. Many of the surrounding signs were replaced with Clearview in 2012-2013. Don't know how old this one is.

http://goo.gl/maps/m0qDU

Awesome find. Classic BC. Though the sign is sooo good it might actually be bad at this point...it's barely readable.

Also cool to see "Route 91" spelled out. BC is rather random with calling highways "routes". Some intersections have street blades with "Route XX" and some have "Hwy XX".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
The SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail yesterday. For those interested in old road signs, there are some pictures taken along old Route 66....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-jpg.si.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FX158191_TK3_5649-rawMasterwmsm.JPG&hash=96d8ad653a9adeeb3b1beed66cf08b9532730cea)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NYhwyfan on February 10, 2015, 07:58:39 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
The SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail yesterday. For those interested in old road signs, there are some pictures taken along old Route 66....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-jpg.si.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FX158191_TK3_5649-rawMasterwmsm.JPG&hash=96d8ad653a9adeeb3b1beed66cf08b9532730cea)

Yes very nice sign ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PColumbus73 on February 10, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
I love the mountain in the background, very senic!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on February 10, 2015, 08:06:41 PM
Quote from: NYhwyfan on February 10, 2015, 07:58:39 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
The SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail yesterday. For those interested in old road signs, there are some pictures taken along old Route 66....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-jpg.si.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FX158191_TK3_5649-rawMasterwmsm.JPG&hash=96d8ad653a9adeeb3b1beed66cf08b9532730cea)

Yes very nice sign ;)

Wait, there's a sign.....  :bigass:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 10, 2015, 08:13:50 PM
Quote from: myosh_tino on February 10, 2015, 08:06:41 PM
Quote from: NYhwyfan on February 10, 2015, 07:58:39 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
The SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail yesterday. For those interested in old road signs, there are some pictures taken along old Route 66....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-jpg.si.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FX158191_TK3_5649-rawMasterwmsm.JPG&hash=96d8ad653a9adeeb3b1beed66cf08b9532730cea)

Yes very nice sign ;)

Wait, there's a sign.....  :bigass:

Nothing of value to add. I just felt the need to quote the picture one more time, for the benefit of all of us.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 10, 2015, 08:14:18 PM
Horribly composed photo.

Also, well-done but fake. I need my sign porn to be real.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on February 10, 2015, 08:23:29 PM
^^You know you are a roadgeek if the sign was the 1st thing that caught your attention.  :-P :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 10, 2015, 08:25:57 PM
Actually, the sign was all I really saw at first, because I had to scroll down to see the rest of the picture.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PColumbus73 on February 10, 2015, 08:47:18 PM
I think this picture gives us an unrealistic expectation of road signs
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 08:57:17 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on February 10, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
I love the mountain in the background, very senic!

What mountain?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on February 10, 2015, 09:02:50 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 10, 2015, 08:25:57 PM
Actually, the sign was all I really saw at first, because I had to scroll down to see the rest of the picture.

Good point...so true.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 10, 2015, 11:21:30 PM
For what it's worth at this point, even if the shield is fake (which it obviously is), it's not a bad fake. Quite a nice shield, actually. Anybody agree? I'm not super familiar with older trailblazers, but this seems like a good knockoff.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 10, 2015, 11:52:18 PM
It doesn't say "ROUTE" in it. I hate that shit.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 10, 2015, 11:59:45 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 10, 2015, 11:21:30 PM
For what it's worth at this point, even if the shield is fake (which it obviously is), it's not a bad fake. Quite a nice shield, actually. Anybody agree? I'm not super familiar with older trailblazers, but this seems like a good knockoff.
Yeah, it's a well-done job. Probably done by the same folks as this one at Disney's Hollywood Studios:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-sPI_ocs6qeo%2FTijFu6Dsn4I%2FAAAAAAAAKm8%2F6J4UHG4zhJQ%2Fs1600%2FSunset%252Band%252BRoute%252B66%252B%25252804-11%252529.JPG&hash=66ef9471374d08b7d20de2944c73743149d1a5d0)
from http://www.mainstgazette.com/2011/07/that-california-trip.html
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 11, 2015, 09:36:26 AM
Unattended bags!  Call the bomb squad!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ctsignguy on February 11, 2015, 02:14:31 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 08:57:17 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on February 10, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
I love the mountain in the background, very senic!

What mountain?

I think the twin peaks in the foreground......
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on February 11, 2015, 03:07:32 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 11, 2015, 02:14:31 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 08:57:17 PM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on February 10, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
I love the mountain in the background, very senic!

What mountain?

I think the twin peaks in the foreground......

That's what I was thinking...  :nod:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ekt8750 on February 11, 2015, 03:49:26 PM
Quote from: NYhwyfan on February 10, 2015, 07:58:39 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
The SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail yesterday. For those interested in old road signs, there are some pictures taken along old Route 66....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-jpg.si.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FX158191_TK3_5649-rawMasterwmsm.JPG&hash=96d8ad653a9adeeb3b1beed66cf08b9532730cea)

Yes very nice sign ;)

What sign?  :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on February 11, 2015, 05:27:42 PM
Quote from: NE2 on February 10, 2015, 08:14:18 PM
Horribly composed photo.

Also, well-done but fake. I need my sign porn to be real.

Fake!?!  I didn't see any signs of silicone there.

Oh, wait, you mean the sign.

There's a sign there?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on February 11, 2015, 07:48:10 PM
Who wouldn't want to ride on that....road...for a few days??? 

Riding the entire length of Route 66 is still on my bucket list.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on February 11, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
This is considered to be "best of road signs" because it's hilariously wrong and funny:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_1%2Fus1.jpg&hash=bdf56e7ffcfd1b569b09b24a03a6525c15032bfa)

Did you laugh when you saw it?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 11, 2015, 08:48:49 PM
No.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on February 11, 2015, 10:05:14 PM
Not at all.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: The Nature Boy on February 11, 2015, 10:18:17 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on February 11, 2015, 07:48:10 PM
Who wouldn't want to ride on that....road...for a few days??? 

Riding the entire length of Route 66 is still on my bucket list.

I'm sure that there are some interesting...........curves on that road.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 11, 2015, 10:23:19 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 10, 2015, 11:10:47 AM
The SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail yesterday. For those interested in old road signs, there are some pictures taken along old Route 66....

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-jpg.si.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FX158191_TK3_5649-rawMasterwmsm.JPG&hash=96d8ad653a9adeeb3b1beed66cf08b9532730cea)

It had been a depressingly long time since anyone had quoted the picture (six posts??), so... again.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on February 11, 2015, 11:11:27 PM
Oh shit son. That's awesome.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on February 12, 2015, 01:04:36 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 11, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_1%2Fus1.jpg&hash=bdf56e7ffcfd1b569b09b24a03a6525c15032bfa)
Did you laugh when you saw it?

Yes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on February 12, 2015, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: kkt on February 12, 2015, 01:04:36 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 11, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_1%2Fus1.jpg&hash=bdf56e7ffcfd1b569b09b24a03a6525c15032bfa)
Did you laugh when you saw it?

Yes.

Judging by the signposts, it looks likely to be in The Bronx.  :eyebrow:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: slorydn1 on February 12, 2015, 05:14:53 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on February 12, 2015, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: kkt on February 12, 2015, 01:04:36 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 11, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_1%2Fus1.jpg&hash=bdf56e7ffcfd1b569b09b24a03a6525c15032bfa)
Did you laugh when you saw it?

Yes.

Judging by the signposts, it looks likely to be in The Bronx.  :eyebrow:

Yep right in front of the BP station at  intersection.


https://www.google.com/maps/@40.873421,-73.854028,3a,75y,151.28h,74.4t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1slEgSPKSnNKEeGSxkr5WGUw!2e0?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.873421,-73.854028,3a,75y,151.28h,74.4t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1slEgSPKSnNKEeGSxkr5WGUw!2e0?hl=en)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on February 12, 2015, 05:55:57 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on February 12, 2015, 05:14:53 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on February 12, 2015, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: kkt on February 12, 2015, 01:04:36 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 11, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_1%2Fus1.jpg&hash=bdf56e7ffcfd1b569b09b24a03a6525c15032bfa)
Did you laugh when you saw it?

Yes.

Judging by the signposts, it looks likely to be in The Bronx.  :eyebrow:

Yep right in front of the BP station at  intersection.


https://www.google.com/maps/@40.873421,-73.854028,3a,75y,151.28h,74.4t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1slEgSPKSnNKEeGSxkr5WGUw!2e0?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.873421,-73.854028,3a,75y,151.28h,74.4t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1slEgSPKSnNKEeGSxkr5WGUw!2e0?hl=en)


Am I gonna be the only one who remembers the US 1 electric trucking set from Tyco?

http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/tycous1trucking/id7.html (http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/tycous1trucking/id7.html)

http://www.thefind.com/family/browse-tyco-us-1-trucking-slot (http://www.thefind.com/family/browse-tyco-us-1-trucking-slot)

I had one growing up, and I had a blast playing with it.  I wish I had known that they made the truck/train combo set back then.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on February 12, 2015, 08:05:10 AM
Quote from: cjk374 on February 12, 2015, 05:55:57 AM
Am I gonna be the only one who remembers the US 1 electric trucking set from Tyco?

http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/tycous1trucking/id7.html (http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/tycous1trucking/id7.html)

http://www.thefind.com/family/browse-tyco-us-1-trucking-slot (http://www.thefind.com/family/browse-tyco-us-1-trucking-slot)

I had one growing up, and I had a blast playing with it.  I wish I had known that they made the truck/train combo set back then.

Yup, I had the Interstate Trucking set. Loved it!

Also had the Lifelike HO scale freeway signs for I-83 and I-695 for our train set too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on February 12, 2015, 11:37:21 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on February 12, 2015, 04:05:32 AM
Quote from: kkt on February 12, 2015, 01:04:36 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 11, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_1%2Fus1.jpg&hash=bdf56e7ffcfd1b569b09b24a03a6525c15032bfa)
Did you laugh when you saw it?

Yes.

Judging by the signposts, it looks likely to be in The Bronx.  :eyebrow:

Yeah, I posted a picture of this somewhere on the forum. Probably buried in one of these Best of/Worst of threads…

(And yes, I definitely laughed, or at least chortled.)

EDIT: Here. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg124273#msg124273)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on February 12, 2015, 07:51:27 PM
Gosh, had the Electric Trucking set and remember even at that age thinking "how could they mess up the US 1 shield so bad?"  Of course, we lived very close to actual US 1.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on February 12, 2015, 08:57:19 PM
https://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=11,1.16,,2,1.95&cbll=29.559033,-101.029916&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=29.55903,-101.029909&spn=0.006458,0.01929&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&panoid=JDKVmXNXTDJ75PfHTIn-Bw
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadrunner75 on February 12, 2015, 10:11:26 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on February 12, 2015, 05:55:57 AM
Am I gonna be the only one who remembers the US 1 electric trucking set from Tyco?

I had one growing up, and I had a blast playing with it.  I wish I had known that they made the truck/train combo set back then.
I had a US1 trucking set - I think maybe two of them - with an overpass and the gravel hopper where you could dump the load on top and then drive around to pick it up.  Pieces of it still pop up around the house as my son digs through my old toys.  Somewhere around here I've seen the bulldozer recently as well as one of the BGS gantries.  I remember seeing the train / truck combo in a catalog or in the store at the time (probably at Lionel Kiddie City - anyone remember that?) and really wanting it.  Slot car sets were popular then, but really hard to find now - at least at a decent price.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on February 15, 2015, 07:43:28 PM
Old style Ontario font:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F35-115_best.jpg&hash=52b4ed100995d90b89c1abafc94d6f7f1852185d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on February 15, 2015, 11:19:20 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on February 15, 2015, 07:43:28 PM
Old style Ontario font:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F35-115_best.jpg&hash=52b4ed100995d90b89c1abafc94d6f7f1852185d)

When did Ontario stop using its font? There are some route markers around with the old font, but not many.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: dcbjms on February 16, 2015, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 15, 2015, 11:19:20 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on February 15, 2015, 07:43:28 PM
Old style Ontario font:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F35-115_best.jpg&hash=52b4ed100995d90b89c1abafc94d6f7f1852185d)

When did Ontario stop using its font? There are some route markers around with the old font, but not many.

And has anyone converted it into a TTF/OTF file?  It sure looks like an interesting font.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on February 16, 2015, 08:12:44 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 15, 2015, 11:19:20 PM
When did Ontario stop using its font? There are some route markers around with the old font, but not many.

Ontario adopted a more typical version of FHWA font during the early 1990s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: dcbjms on February 16, 2015, 09:49:08 AM
I don't know if it's been posted yet, but in a corner of downtown Providence is one of my favorite signs:

http://goo.gl/maps/LR8zC

How very, well, interesting of Providence to put up that one-way sign (even then, I don't think this combination exists anywhere else in North America - I know Mexico has it, but with a red circle instead of a green one).  Although the photo on GSV was taken in May 2011, I can confirm that that sign is still there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: riiga on February 16, 2015, 12:08:34 PM
Quote from: dcbjms on February 16, 2015, 09:49:08 AM
I don't know if it's been posted yet, but in a corner of downtown Providence is one of my favorite signs:

http://goo.gl/maps/LR8zC

How very, well, interesting of Providence to put up that one-way sign (even then, I don't think this combination exists anywhere else in North America - I know Mexico has it, but with a red circle instead of a green one).  Although the photo on GSV was taken in May 2011, I can confirm that that sign is still there.

Cool sign, I've been experimenting with that type of approach to mandatory signs, extending it to include more than just oneway roads too. Examples:

(https://www.lysator.liu.se/~riiga/Bilder/Amerikanska/oneway.png)

(https://www.lysator.liu.se/~riiga/Bilder/Amerikanska/Forbudsexempel-03.png)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: dcbjms on February 16, 2015, 12:17:29 PM
I noticed.  The problem is that a lot of the time I try viewing them, most of them end up as dead links.  Other comments I'd probably put in your thread, because there's a few things I noticed.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: riiga on February 16, 2015, 12:24:08 PM
Quote from: dcbjms on February 16, 2015, 12:17:29 PM
I noticed.  The problem is that a lot of the time I try viewing them, most of them end up as dead links.  Other comments I'd probably put in your thread, because there's a few things I noticed.

They should be fixed, I moved all images to my Dropbox a few weeks ago since majhost.com had been down for over a month.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on February 21, 2015, 12:15:31 PM
Quote from: dcbjms on February 16, 2015, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on February 15, 2015, 11:19:20 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on February 15, 2015, 07:43:28 PM
Old style Ontario font:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F35-115_best.jpg&hash=52b4ed100995d90b89c1abafc94d6f7f1852185d)

When did Ontario stop using its font? There are some route markers around with the old font, but not many.

And has anyone converted it into a TTF/OTF file?  It sure looks like an interesting font.

I don't know the name, but it's like the current highway gothic, only without the"tail" on the "1" and the three is different. There are a few more differences, but they are similar.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 04, 2015, 11:39:03 AM
Finally made a side trip to Alford.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8620/16087940664_9704160ab5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qvCUgj)
Old US 231 Sign (https://flic.kr/p/qvCUgj) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/people/30552029@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 04, 2015, 11:47:46 AM
These are from the 1940s apparently:
http://www.instantstreetview.com/@34.605423,-87.034681,61.55h,-17.14p,2z

This is also from the 1960s from what I've heard:
http://www.instantstreetview.com/@34.603843,-86.980522,-240.77h,-0.39p,3z
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 04, 2015, 01:28:16 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 04, 2015, 11:47:46 AM
This is also from the 1960s from what I've heard:
http://www.instantstreetview.com/@34.603843,-86.980522,-240.77h,-0.39p,3z

I'm in Decatur every few weeks, and I usually make sure to stop by that one...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F03%2FUS72signIntercityRoute-WornDecaturMoultonStreet_1200.jpg&hash=2bdad92286704d0f066fb03e4752a1765ec64a87)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mr. Matté on March 08, 2015, 02:54:40 PM
Nice re-creation NJDOT (or NJTA put on the former's ROW)!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fhbw7xxL.jpg%3F1&hash=4a15de0c11808251ea1735c36211ef47f45000ac) (http://i.imgur.com/hbw7xxL.jpg)
(click for full size)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 09, 2015, 01:28:36 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 08, 2015, 02:54:40 PM
Nice re-creation NJDOT (or NJTA put on the former's ROW)!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fhbw7xxL.jpg%3F1&hash=4a15de0c11808251ea1735c36211ef47f45000ac) (http://i.imgur.com/hbw7xxL.jpg)
That arrow on the NJ 133 West BGS needs some serious help.  It's too long & skinny.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on March 11, 2015, 02:45:12 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 09, 2015, 01:28:36 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 08, 2015, 02:54:40 PM
Nice re-creation NJDOT (or NJTA put on the former's ROW)!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fhbw7xxL.jpg%3F1&hash=4a15de0c11808251ea1735c36211ef47f45000ac) (http://i.imgur.com/hbw7xxL.jpg)
That arrow on the NJ 133 West BGS needs some serious help.  It's too long & skinny.

Damn! Did this arrow on the NJ 133 sign suffer arrow-anorexia?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 11, 2015, 12:14:42 PM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on March 11, 2015, 02:45:12 AMDamn! Did this arrow on the NJ 133 sign suffer arrow-anorexia?
I thought such was called arrow-exia.  :sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 13, 2015, 05:32:48 PM
Old style distance signage along Hwy 2 in Ontario, north of Port Hope.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.967521,-78.33314,3a,19.8y,334.14h,85.1t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sO8puvxd6B1PP8Ma4xDL4lw!2e0
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on March 13, 2015, 07:40:52 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on February 12, 2015, 07:51:27 PM
Gosh, had the Electric Trucking set and remember even at that age thinking "how could they mess up the US 1 shield so bad?"  Of course, we lived very close to actual US 1.
I had my brother's old 1960s Aurora Model Motoring slot cars, that I eventually set up as a turnpike system as part of my first serious "permanent" HO model railroad (I used my Lensey "Build a Road" sets for the secondary streets).  When US 1 Electric Trucking came out, my friend got one of the sets as a gift.  Upon seeing it, I regarded the overall quality as "more typical Tyco garbage", but was fairly impressed with the castings for the overhead sign supports.  At some point shortly thereafter, I was in KayBee Toys and nearly fainted when I discovered that Tyco sold the overhead signs separately (six to a package).  Bought two packages (they were on closeout), proceeded to paint the castings in silver, and made my own signs to replace the awful decals.

Fun times.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on March 21, 2015, 11:40:05 AM
Although this is erroneous now, it wasn't when it was installed many years ago. Rounded edges (not standard now) and no bilingualism tell of old standards.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FOld%2520Sign_zpsnez0twah.jpg&hash=f3a4a271ea1385ced0a219b32edef5370086c3e0)

Hwy 2 in this area was turned over to the county on 1 January 1998. It should have a trapezoidal shield, not a King's Hwy crown. This old sign still remains as a relic of the past.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on March 21, 2015, 01:03:14 PM
These look like non-reflective button copy. At the end of the Palisades Parkway in Highland Falls, New York.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.319894,-73.991043,3a,43.8y,80.55h,124.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjEQARtJDsqhjs8Rdml8iuA!2e0

Also, anyone know what the white-out is covering on the rightmost sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on March 21, 2015, 01:13:53 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on March 21, 2015, 01:03:14 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.319894,-73.991043,3a,43.8y,80.55h,124.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjEQARtJDsqhjs8Rdml8iuA!2e0

Also, anyone know what the white-out is covering on the rightmost sign?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_202%2Fbmb1.jpg&hash=3cea3df8e5266e2d0638ca85317e21213ea54828)
from http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/us_202/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TEG24601 on March 22, 2015, 05:03:41 PM
Quote from: NE2 on March 21, 2015, 01:13:53 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on March 21, 2015, 01:03:14 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.319894,-73.991043,3a,43.8y,80.55h,124.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjEQARtJDsqhjs8Rdml8iuA!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.319894,-73.991043,3a,43.8y,80.55h,124.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjEQARtJDsqhjs8Rdml8iuA!2e0)

Also, anyone know what the white-out is covering on the rightmost sign?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_202%2Fbmb1.jpg&hash=3cea3df8e5266e2d0638ca85317e21213ea54828)
from http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/us_202/ (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/us_202/)


So I take it there is no longer a toll on the bridge?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 22, 2015, 05:32:24 PM
Quote from: TEG24601 on March 22, 2015, 05:03:41 PM
Quote from: NE2 on March 21, 2015, 01:13:53 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on March 21, 2015, 01:03:14 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.319894,-73.991043,3a,43.8y,80.55h,124.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjEQARtJDsqhjs8Rdml8iuA!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.319894,-73.991043,3a,43.8y,80.55h,124.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjEQARtJDsqhjs8Rdml8iuA!2e0)

Also, anyone know what the white-out is covering on the rightmost sign?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fus_202%2Fbmb1.jpg&hash=3cea3df8e5266e2d0638ca85317e21213ea54828)
from http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/us_202/ (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/us_202/)


So I take it there is no longer a toll on the bridge?

According to the NYSBA website, it's still tolled. Notice also the E-ZPass signs in the background of the image Zeffy linked. Couldn't tell you why they whited it out on the one sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on March 22, 2015, 07:10:53 PM
It's still tolled.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on March 22, 2015, 09:08:10 PM
Quote from: vdeane on March 22, 2015, 07:10:53 PM
It's still tolled.

So why did they blank out that spot?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: xcellntbuy on March 22, 2015, 09:44:51 PM
The brown Palisades Interstate Parkway logo sign has completely faded.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on March 22, 2015, 09:48:05 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 22, 2015, 09:08:10 PM
Quote from: vdeane on March 22, 2015, 07:10:53 PM
It's still tolled.

So why did they blank out that spot?

Maybe it faded or fell off (they put the logo on top of a white background)? Judging by an old GSV, I'm assuming it faded beyond recognition.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 23, 2015, 08:47:20 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on March 21, 2015, 11:40:05 AM
Although this is erroneous now, it wasn't when it was installed many years ago. Rounded edges (not standard now) and no bilingualism tell of old standards.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FOld%2520Sign_zpsnez0twah.jpg&hash=f3a4a271ea1385ced0a219b32edef5370086c3e0)

Hwy 2 in this area was turned over to the county on 1 January 1998. It should have a trapezoidal shield, not a King's Hwy crown. This old sign still remains as a relic of the past.

There is an old overhead sign at that traffic circle as well.  The overhead sign pre-dates the updated lane configuration from when the customs house was moved from the island.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.022045,-74.747543,3a,75y,117.31h,86.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMWwZarIXqvGOaTp_bZKBKQ!2e0
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cu2010 on March 23, 2015, 08:52:03 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on March 21, 2015, 11:40:05 AM
Although this is erroneous now, it wasn't when it was installed many years ago. Rounded edges (not standard now) and no bilingualism tell of old standards.

Pretty sure it's gone now...don't recall seeing it last time I was in Cornwall. I'll have to go over soon and check.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEK Inc. on March 25, 2015, 05:36:48 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/hbcnV
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 25, 2015, 09:47:11 PM
Found this on Tennessee Street in downtown Florence, AL today:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8703/16309278804_76921e5005.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qRcjo9)Button-copy Sign (https://flic.kr/p/qRcjo9) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 30, 2015, 09:52:02 PM
This I-65 shield on Monroe Street is the last I-65 shield in Huntsville, AL that isn't on I-565 in any way, shape, or form (I count the I-65 shields at the end of Governors Drive to be on I-565 since they are the beginning of the ramps). There used to be some I-65 shields at the intersection of Clinton Avenue and Governors Drive, but they were removed recently.
This sign probably also dates back to the days when Governors Drive was AL 20 as well.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7634/16984684385_3c1f0a7cb6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rSSWVX)To I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/rSSWVX) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7608/16797234810_7f6c892afc.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rAjdGJ)To I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/rAjdGJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7591/16983341812_715954496c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rSL4Q9)To I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/rSL4Q9) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7593/16983341882_f7deb2c39a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rSL4Rm)To I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/rSL4Rm) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8732/16797234640_40875a0dce.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rAjdDN)To I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/rAjdDN) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 11:28:05 AM
Quote from: Ian on September 21, 2010, 07:24:03 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FSyVDLxnrVbI%2FAAAAAAAAR0Q%2Fnh3LAsDcUUc%2Fs640%2FIMG_1411.JPG&hash=89ca0db515e4929d4b727823028aaa4452905367)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FSyVD05IbOaI%2FAAAAAAAAR04%2FGtkjFlDZ-ZU%2Fs640%2FIMG_1417.JPG&hash=ab93bd88f41132d9f122a0b908a6b515bfbeba0d)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS8tNPbjiGUI%2FAAAAAAAAZCY%2FH36jMVh-OSI%2Fs640%2FIMG_2792.JPG&hash=90f73ad47a34b6c0c182c6a137baa86673f531d1)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS4li1zwpIbI%2FAAAAAAAAU3g%2FOQzAnyNbb-0%2Fs640%2FIMG_0156.JPG&hash=e770a7631a77f8813f5c01ec2b69e03ed516a25a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS4li2HTOjnI%2FAAAAAAAAU3k%2FMamKDN10J0c%2Fs640%2FIMG_0157.JPG&hash=f9e597ac44cfc51546726aefb5f78b55ff1dad23)

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That evacuation sign has a Conelrad Logo, that's pre-1962. I always thought Conelrad was just for the nuclear apocapylpse since Conelrad stands for Control of Electromagnetic Radiation, plus they taught you how to survive a nuke when they did Conelrad tests, I never knew they used this for hurricanes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on April 03, 2015, 11:42:24 AM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 11:28:05 AM
That evacuation sign has a Conelrad Logo, that's pre-1962.
what (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/washington/01civil.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on April 03, 2015, 12:11:21 PM
Quote from: NE2 on April 03, 2015, 11:42:24 AM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 11:28:05 AM
That evacuation sign has a Conelrad Logo, that's pre-1962.
what (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/washington/01civil.html)
I think he's referring to the Civil Defense Logo on the sign.  Never heard it referred to as a Conelrad Logo though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
Yes I was referring to civil defense, Conelrad was the first of the civil defence broadcasting services
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on April 03, 2015, 01:43:32 PM
Yes, and the CD logo was used until 2006...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 03, 2015, 02:27:06 PM
The Madison County, AL EMA still uses the CD logo on some of their trucks.
And some sirens that were refurbished and then put back up into service also got CD logos.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on April 03, 2015, 03:03:07 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
Yes I was referring to civil defense, Conelrad was the first of the civil defence broadcasting services
As the saying goes "you learn something new every day."  Thanks for the clarification.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on April 03, 2015, 06:59:10 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 11:28:05 AM
Quote from: Ian on September 21, 2010, 07:24:03 PM

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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS4li2HTOjnI%2FAAAAAAAAU3k%2FMamKDN10J0c%2Fs640%2FIMG_0157.JPG&hash=f9e597ac44cfc51546726aefb5f78b55ff1dad23)

What exits are these two off of? Driving through in 2013 I remember button copy signs like that off the exits of I-78.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: briantroutman on April 03, 2015, 07:01:42 PM
Quote from: doofy103 on April 03, 2015, 06:59:10 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 11:28:05 AM
Quote from: Ian on September 21, 2010, 07:24:03 PM

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What exits are these two off of? Driving through in 2013 I remember button copy signs like that off the exits of I-78.

Exit 23 - Shartlesville
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on April 05, 2015, 03:50:08 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
Yes I was referring to civil defense, Conelrad was the first of the civil defence broadcasting services

It was *the* first emergency broadcasting service, willed into existence by President Eisenhower.  In the then-new nuclear age (the "Cold War"), Ike realized he would need a way to address the entire nation on short notice if bombers carrying nuclear warheads were detected on approach to US territory.  Conelrad mandated that, in a national emergency, most radio stations (AM's only, FM's were not a consideration back then) would go off the air, and those few which remained on the air would change frequency to either 640 or 1240 kHz.  The theory was that this would confuse the direction finding capabilities of Soviet bombers.  Most AM radios produced in the 1950's and 1960's had two small triangles on the tuning dial, at 640 and 1240, so the listener could switch to a Conelrad station on a moment's notice.

The two logos were different.  The Conelrad logo incorporated the Civil Defense logo, with a banner across it containing the Conelrad name.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on April 06, 2015, 08:17:09 PM
These are still there:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7603/16871288220_fdcb8ff070_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rGRLcE)On-ramp to US-1 SB from W. Cayuga St. Philadelphia, PA. This sign dates to 1950s? It&#x27;s not even button copy. (https://flic.kr/p/rGRLcE) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/people/98731835@N05/), on Flickr

and

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7724/16860740698_7db13fd674_c.jpg)

and
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7663/17058586462_47fde142a4_c.jpg)

and
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7585/17058750752_ca9301afd3_c.jpg)

and a lot more.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/17058750752/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 09, 2015, 10:07:09 PM
I'd like to nominate this.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2F401%2520Westbound_zps3gn943vp.jpg&hash=8e7596e4b8cb858fe197c5dcb55f29d8f3d51116)

This sign is at least 26 years old, but probably older. Notice the '4' in '400' is cut short a little on the left, Ontario did this until the late 80's.
The sign is rounded, which, again, was stopped many years ago (signs are square now).
The distances are a little suspicious. It's actually 1.5 km to the 400 on ramp (the gore point) and 3.1 km to Weston Road's gore point, indicating this sign could have been here since the early 70's.  :-o

http://goo.gl/maps/NCTyK
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: StogieGuy7 on April 11, 2015, 03:28:30 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on April 09, 2015, 10:07:09 PM
I'd like to nominate this.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2F401%2520Westbound_zps3gn943vp.jpg&hash=8e7596e4b8cb858fe197c5dcb55f29d8f3d51116)

This sign is at least 26 years old, but probably older. Notice the '4' in '400' is cut short a little on the left, Ontario did this until the late 80's.
The sign is rounded, which, again, was stopped many years ago (signs are square now).
The distances are a little suspicious. It's actually 1.5 km to the 400 on ramp (the gore point) and 3.1 km to Weston Road's gore point, indicating this sign could have been here since the early 70's.  :-o

http://goo.gl/maps/NCTyK

I remember my first journey through Ontario in 1987 and all of the directional signs on their freeways were white on blue like that.  I remember thinking that the signage looked so cool, almost like being in Europe, yet only a few miles from Buffalo or Detroit!  During the 1990s, they were gradually changed to the white on green standard that those of us in the USA are accustomed to seeing. 

Yes, it's at least 26 years old and likely over 30 - a definite candidate for the "best" thread!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on April 11, 2015, 10:34:17 PM
Quote from: StogieGuy7 on April 11, 2015, 03:28:30 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on April 09, 2015, 10:07:09 PM
I'd like to nominate this.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2F401%2520Westbound_zps3gn943vp.jpg&hash=8e7596e4b8cb858fe197c5dcb55f29d8f3d51116)

This sign is at least 26 years old, but probably older. Notice the '4' in '400' is cut short a little on the left, Ontario did this until the late 80's.
The sign is rounded, which, again, was stopped many years ago (signs are square now).
The distances are a little suspicious. It's actually 1.5 km to the 400 on ramp (the gore point) and 3.1 km to Weston Road's gore point, indicating this sign could have been here since the early 70's.  :-o

http://goo.gl/maps/NCTyK

I remember my first journey through Ontario in 1987 and all of the directional signs on their freeways were white on blue like that.  I remember thinking that the signage looked so cool, almost like being in Europe, yet only a few miles from Buffalo or Detroit!  During the 1990s, they were gradually changed to the white on green standard that those of us in the USA are accustomed to seeing. 

Yes, it's at least 26 years old and likely over 30 - a definite candidate for the "best" thread!

I think this sign was erected when Ontario (and Canada) first went metric, so it is likely over 30 years old.  Surprisingly, this sign was one of very few that was not replaced this spring during an overhead sign support replacement project that has been underway during the past couple of years within the GTA.  Very few of the old style aluminum tapered leg sign supports remain standing.

Before this spring, there was this sign:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_360_east_C_May14.jpg&hash=1fdc9261b528b2bd085cd59580bb8c1b2b5801f7)
http://www.AsphaltPlanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_dv_360_east_C_May14_24x16.jpg

as well as this sign for the 404:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_376_west_C_Sep13.jpg&hash=7d8ea2c6a63352a628e280389e3e1820835a9777)
http://www.AsphaltPlanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_dv_376_west_C_Sep13_24x16.jpg

The sign in advance of the 404 was replaced this spring.  (I took a picture, but can't find the memory card right now).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 11, 2015, 10:52:53 PM
Quote from: StogieGuy7 on April 11, 2015, 03:28:30 PM
During the 1990s, they were gradually changed to the white on green standard that those of us in the USA are accustomed to seeing. 

Yes, it's at least 26 years old and likely over 30 - a definite candidate for the "best" thread!

Green signs were always used in Ontario (at least since the 60's). The blue signs are in place over the collector (local) lanes, the green over the express to avert driver confusion about which sign affected whom.

http://goo.gl/maps/jZafs

Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on April 11, 2015, 10:34:17 PM
I think this sign was erected when Ontario (and Canada) first went metric, so it is likely over 30 years old.  Surprisingly, this sign was one of very few that was not replaced this spring during an overhead sign support replacement project that has been underway during the past couple of years within the GTA.  Very few of the old style aluminum tapered leg sign supports remain standing.

This sign for the 404:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_376_west_C_Sep13.jpg&hash=7d8ea2c6a63352a628e280389e3e1820835a9777)
http://www.AsphaltPlanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_dv_376_west_C_Sep13_24x16.jpg

The sign in advance of the 404 was replaced this spring.  (I took a picture, but can't find the memory card right now).

Did they replace the gantry as well?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on April 11, 2015, 11:17:27 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on April 11, 2015, 10:52:53 PM
Did they replace the gantry as well?

Yes, they did.  I found the photo:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_401_images%2F401_dv_376_west_C_Mar15.jpg&hash=199d5de2d185a4b5745205bcdb0a20bfb5cf9b1e)
http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_401_images/401_dv_376_west_C_Mar15_24x16.jpg
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on April 13, 2015, 01:48:15 PM
Came across this one on GSV:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.580463,-83.664667,3a,27.3y,348.72h,96.95t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sv0cfc_urtMsgefJIXx7JfQ!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.580463,-83.664667,3a,27.3y,348.72h,96.95t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sv0cfc_urtMsgefJIXx7JfQ!2e0)

This particular assembly goes back to at least the early 70s prior to the completion of I-475. Could even be pushing 50 if it hasn't been replaced yet.  There are/were others along US-20/Conant Street between the Turnpike and the Maumee River from the same era.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on April 13, 2015, 02:12:52 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on April 05, 2015, 03:50:08 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on April 03, 2015, 01:01:14 PM
Yes I was referring to civil defense, Conelrad was the first of the civil defence broadcasting services

It was *the* first emergency broadcasting service, willed into existence by President Eisenhower.  In the then-new nuclear age (the "Cold War"), Ike realized he would need a way to address the entire nation on short notice if bombers carrying nuclear warheads were detected on approach to US territory.  Conelrad mandated that, in a national emergency, most radio stations (AM's only, FM's were not a consideration back then) would go off the air, and those few which remained on the air would change frequency to either 640 or 1240 kHz.  The theory was that this would confuse the direction finding capabilities of Soviet bombers.  Most AM radios produced in the 1950's and 1960's had two small triangles on the tuning dial, at 640 and 1240, so the listener could switch to a Conelrad station on a moment's notice.

The two logos were different.  The Conelrad logo incorporated the Civil Defense logo, with a banner across it containing the Conelrad name.
As a kid in the late 1960s, I do recall AM radios with the 'emergency frequency' triangles.  I knew they had to do with Civil Defense from reading a Civil Defense pamphlet my father had gotten from the "free government stuff" clearinghouse he'd get catalogs for, but I didn't realize the broadcast service was called Conelrad until the answer to my previous post above.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on April 13, 2015, 09:55:07 PM
Saw that these were still alive in Saint John, NB this past weekend...

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7615/17109576166_09915e528e_z.jpg)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7603/16515349623_7d8ec17ea3_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 13, 2015, 10:00:37 PM
Quote from: Ian on April 13, 2015, 09:55:07 PM
Saw that these were still alive in Saint John, NB this past weekend...

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7615/17109576166_09915e528e_z.jpg)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7603/16515349623_7d8ec17ea3_z.jpg)

I feel like those signs got hit by a truck or something because of the way they were bent. Nice find. Really wished NB went back to FHWA digits on signs.. sigh
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: machias on April 19, 2015, 11:22:43 AM
Dancing arrows done the right way! I-90/I-94 WB split near O'Hare.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/314912/ill-dancing-arrows.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Stratuscaster on April 19, 2015, 09:04:22 PM
Dancing arrows done correctly, but perhaps not lower-case y's.

(Thought it might be a GSV image distortion, but I have my doubts.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on April 20, 2015, 05:00:27 PM
Also bugs me that WEST and Kennedy are aligned together on the I-90 panel, but WEST and Edens are not.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Stratuscaster on April 20, 2015, 05:49:29 PM
I could kvetch about such details in IDOT and ISHTA signage for days. ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: machias on April 21, 2015, 10:30:21 AM
I still think they look better than anything NYSDOT or the NYSTA does these days.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on April 23, 2015, 08:03:55 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a1%2F03_brucehwy%2F07_gladstonetocairns%2Fnorthbound%2Fimages%2F201011_05_innisfail_terrysiva.jpg&hash=0ed0449848f9e3805845d829fd62978faa2a5536)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on April 25, 2015, 08:01:24 PM
Some lower Manhattan, NYC button copy.  NYC once known for it's plethora of non-reflective button copy, now has only one highway left that is mostly that...the FDR Drive and even here it's being replaced.

Enjoy this now before it's gone.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7704/17082039619_51e6d8d4ec_c.jpg)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7637/17265833742_ce3cfcaf28_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on April 25, 2015, 10:08:25 PM
U. Wis campus, Madison, Wisconsin:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_5407_zpsknplepwj.jpg&hash=95af73757ccb3eedd3b72c7797331073573f042c) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_5407_zpsknplepwj.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_5408_zpsri7b96tt.jpg&hash=c9f200d556b77cb5cea82f8ec34c44e4e1fc7c86) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_5408_zpsri7b96tt.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on April 26, 2015, 10:54:43 AM
Some more from PA:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7714/17277009585_ebc86d531a_z.jpg)


(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8724/17089490940_171ddbbd40_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/s397gw)Original non-reflective button copy. US-209. Milford, PA. Look at those shields!! (https://flic.kr/p/s397gw) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/people/98731835@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: relaxok on April 27, 2015, 09:48:50 PM
Quote from: upstatenyroads on April 19, 2015, 11:22:43 AM
Dancing arrows done the right way! I-90/I-94 WB split near O'Hare.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/314912/ill-dancing-arrows.jpg)

Okay, am I an idiot?  Why are all the lowercase e's blurry in that photo but the other letters aren't?

(you don't really need to answer the first question)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on April 27, 2015, 10:10:30 PM
It's the GSV software that is designed to blur anything that looks like a human face.

And we all know as roadgeeks that certain letters and numbers on signage are in fact real people posing as text to spy on drivers!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on May 10, 2015, 12:07:27 AM
Judging by the amount of fading, and the very old-looking style, I have no choice but to put this beauty here:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@40.013537,-75.044105,3a,15y,150.19h,103.65t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9_zUtnbRhlk28LQex3Dokg!2e0

Anyone want to take a guess just how old that sign is? I'm betting ~45 years.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on May 10, 2015, 01:04:01 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on May 10, 2015, 12:07:27 AM
Judging by the amount of fading, and the very old-looking style, I have no choice but to put this beauty here:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@40.013537,-75.044105,3a,15y,150.19h,103.65t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9_zUtnbRhlk28LQex3Dokg!2e0

Anyone want to take a guess just how old that sign is? I'm betting ~45 years.
The beacons on the sign itself are 12 inch Crouse-hinds Art-deco sections and the lights underneath it are 8 inch Crouse-hinds Type-M sections, so I'd say late 1950s-early 1960s as to when that was put up.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: yakra on May 18, 2015, 12:27:12 AM
I think GMSV is looking less for human faces and more for license plate numbers. There are a lot of false positives on highway shields, and cardinal direction banners.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: signalman on May 18, 2015, 03:39:26 AM
Quote from: yakra on May 18, 2015, 12:27:12 AM
I think GMSV is looking less for human faces and more for license plate numbers. There are a lot of false positives on highway shields, and cardinal direction banners.
Which is silly.  I have been collecting license plates for over 20 years and have photographed many neat and noteworthy plates over the years.  Occasionally I'll be questioned or even cussed out by someone and I remind them that plates don't contain sensitive information about the registrant.  If they contained sensitive information, they wouldn't be on display for millions of other people.  It's also worth noting that plates don't belong to the registrant; they are in fact property of the issuing state.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on May 18, 2015, 04:15:51 AM
Quote from: signalman on May 18, 2015, 03:39:26 AM
Quote from: yakra on May 18, 2015, 12:27:12 AM
I think GMSV is looking less for human faces and more for license plate numbers. There are a lot of false positives on highway shields, and cardinal direction banners.

Which is silly.  I have been collecting license plates for over 20 years and have photographed many neat and noteworthy plates over the years.  Occasionally I'll be questioned or even cussed out by someone and I remind them that plates don't contain sensitive information about the registrant.  If they contained sensitive information, they wouldn't be on display for millions of other people.  It's also worth noting that plates don't belong to the registrant; they are in fact property of the issuing state.

We seem to be the only country that is overly sensitive to license plates. Canada doesn't even care -- watch any newscast on CBC, CTV, Global, etc; none of the license plates are blurred. That's not to say all license plates on American TV are blurred, but the vast majority seem to be.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thefraze_1020 on May 18, 2015, 03:37:47 PM
How about ODOT's way of fitting a sign under the girders of the Fremont Bridge in Portland?

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.541219,-122.678988,3a,75y,55.08h,96.59t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s8o3PLT2akYum1lRyYL-bhw!2e0!5s20140601T000000!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on May 18, 2015, 06:47:00 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on May 18, 2015, 03:37:47 PM
How about ODOT's way of fitting a sign under the girders of the Fremont Bridge in Portland?

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.541219,-122.678988,3a,75y,55.08h,96.59t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s8o3PLT2akYum1lRyYL-bhw!2e0!5s20140601T000000!6m1!1e1?hl=en

That's cute.  But I wonder why they went to the trouble, instead of just centering the thing between the girders...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on May 21, 2015, 10:24:20 AM
Quote from: vtk on May 18, 2015, 06:47:00 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on May 18, 2015, 03:37:47 PM
How about ODOT's way of fitting a sign under the girders of the Fremont Bridge in Portland?

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.541219,-122.678988,3a,75y,55.08h,96.59t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s8o3PLT2akYum1lRyYL-bhw!2e0!5s20140601T000000!6m1!1e1?hl=en

That's cute.  But I wonder why they went to the trouble, instead of just centering the thing between the girders...
Visibility issues?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on May 21, 2015, 11:28:17 PM
I've always liked this one, on the Mass Pike westbound near Chicopee.  Taken 4/18/15.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fchicopee-20150418%2FDSCF0260-800.jpg&hash=fa8a3c9e0ed036499ec55691b9046a7dccb6f9bd)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on May 21, 2015, 11:38:58 PM
Quote from: Jim on May 21, 2015, 11:28:17 PM
I've always liked this one, on the Mass Pike westbound near Chicopee.  Taken 4/18/15.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fchicopee-20150418%2FDSCF0260-800.jpg&hash=fa8a3c9e0ed036499ec55691b9046a7dccb6f9bd)

Hartford Ct. could (very unlikely but still a chance to be) possibly be misinterpreted as Hartford Court and not Hartford, Connecticut. State abbreviations should always be capitalized.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on May 22, 2015, 08:51:24 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on May 21, 2015, 11:38:58 PM
Quote from: Jim on May 21, 2015, 11:28:17 PM
I've always liked this one, on the Mass Pike westbound near Chicopee.  Taken 4/18/15.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fchicopee-20150418%2FDSCF0260-800.jpg&hash=fa8a3c9e0ed036499ec55691b9046a7dccb6f9bd)

Hartford Ct. could (very unlikely but still a chance to be) possibly be misinterpreted as Hartford Court and not Hartford, Connecticut. State abbreviations should always be capitalized.
I believe the 2-letter state abbreviations being all CAPs on signs requirement (if such exists) came about years after that BGS was fabricated.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spooky on May 22, 2015, 09:34:04 AM
Also the chances of someone confusing that for Hartford Court isn't zero, but it's pretty damn close.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on May 29, 2015, 08:44:25 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on May 22, 2015, 08:51:24 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on May 21, 2015, 11:38:58 PM
Quote from: Jim on May 21, 2015, 11:28:17 PM
I've always liked this one, on the Mass Pike westbound near Chicopee.  Taken 4/18/15.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fchicopee-20150418%2FDSCF0260-800.jpg&hash=fa8a3c9e0ed036499ec55691b9046a7dccb6f9bd)

Hartford Ct. could (very unlikely but still a chance to be) possibly be misinterpreted as Hartford Court and not Hartford, Connecticut. State abbreviations should always be capitalized.
I believe the 2-letter state abbreviations being all CAPs on signs requirement (if such exists) came about years after that BGS was fabricated.

Well if that's the case, there's been a "Carthage, Tex" on I-20's last westbound exit in Louisiana for a while. It's survived a recent sign replacement, too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TrevorB on May 30, 2015, 12:14:10 AM
In the Memphis area, since there is a Jackson, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi within close distance, the state abbreviation is necessary. In Mississippi itself, I-55 southbound control city signage simply reads "Jackson". Tennessee writes it as "Jackson Miss", and Arkansas puts it as "Jackson Ms". If it were up to me, it would be "Jackson, MS"...but we can't always get what we want.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on May 30, 2015, 01:14:35 AM
Quote from: Jim on May 21, 2015, 11:28:17 PM
I've always liked this one, on the Mass Pike westbound near Chicopee.  Taken 4/18/15.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fchicopee-20150418%2FDSCF0260-800.jpg&hash=fa8a3c9e0ed036499ec55691b9046a7dccb6f9bd)

That 33 looks like it should have a 136 next to it (see image 23 on the AARoads I-95 CT Norwalk page (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0095nbct)). Classic Connecticut "Phase III" signage that I think has been replaced on I-95 with newer black-on-white route markers. Never seen it in MA before.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on May 31, 2015, 08:05:29 PM
Here's some goodies that are still there in NJ.
Anybody want to guess the date?  Do you agree with the bridge as a control point?

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5572/14525831968_68539da339_z.jpg)
and
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3877/14526039547_3369e44683_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on May 31, 2015, 10:44:15 PM
A couple of goodies from Decatur, AL.
First off, here we have an old (erroneous) US 72 shield on Moulton Street near US 31:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/494/17708558983_2154f7bfc3.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/sYQZCt)Old US 72 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/sYQZCt) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/279/18141473030_2ceb8a0c6e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tD6MTL)Old US 72 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/tD6MTL) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Next, we have an old Advance Warning sign on McEntire Lane, just south of the crossing:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8779/18141458238_d12fedb3af.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tD6HuJ)Old Advanced Warning Sign (https://flic.kr/p/tD6HuJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8880/18143077799_3570785175.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tDf1Wc)Old Advanced Warning Sign (https://flic.kr/p/tDf1Wc) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Alabama/Decatur/McEntire/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on June 01, 2015, 04:55:27 AM
Quote from: TrevorB on May 30, 2015, 12:14:10 AM
In the Memphis area, since there is a Jackson, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi within close distance, the state abbreviation is necessary. In Mississippi itself, I-55 southbound control city signage simply reads "Jackson". Tennessee writes it as "Jackson Miss", and Arkansas puts it as "Jackson Ms". If it were up to me, it would be "Jackson, MS"...but we can't always get what we want.

Missouri does this quite a bit, too, almost as if they think states get periodic table abbreviations. From Missouri, you can visit Fort Smith Ar and Tulsa Ok.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on June 13, 2015, 04:29:19 AM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10943109_10153444480177948_5156998740653888403_n.jpg?oh=f61639e719f44c345fcc7ec4a07f2741&oe=55F23960&__gda__=1442208543_0d83bd25e09271707eb839330664263d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on June 13, 2015, 12:24:24 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 13, 2015, 04:29:19 AM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10943109_10153444480177948_5156998740653888403_n.jpg?oh=f61639e719f44c345fcc7ec4a07f2741&oe=55F23960&__gda__=1442208543_0d83bd25e09271707eb839330664263d)

It's a good representative of that era in Caltrans signmaking... for both good and bad.  Like the freeway name.  Wish it had directions of travel, for people not from the area who aren't sure whether Santa Ana is north or south of L.A.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: iBallasticwolf2 on June 14, 2015, 12:20:52 PM
Looks like some button copy here.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-https://www.google.com/maps/@39.911056,-75.155126,3a,21.9y,92.4h,100.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1AVysAtQQ-iIdGbJaNLHwQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on June 21, 2015, 12:25:02 AM
Here's a positively ancient sign in Olympia, Washington with an I-5 shield covering up what I presume was US-99:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzeARhep.jpg&hash=2bcb53b7ef0a62bc6296bafcc8652ab48d69e883)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on June 21, 2015, 12:31:37 AM
Old PA button copy - Carlisle area (this is about half an hour north of where I live)

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.187355,-77.201637,3a,33.1y,114.21h,90.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2KOfyl-4z-r0ePXfIbSkCw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.187577,-77.196083,3a,33y,156.48h,91.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNLwfmWAbvizPGJOgqSWS6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on June 21, 2015, 12:38:37 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on June 21, 2015, 12:25:02 AM
Here's a positively ancient sign in Olympia, Washington with an I-5 shield covering up what I presume was US-99:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzeARhep.jpg&hash=2bcb53b7ef0a62bc6296bafcc8652ab48d69e883)
Post style was out by the mid-late 60s - US 99 was being upgraded to I-5 in some spots by this time. This place was one of them. Was this near I-5 (entrance ramp, nearby surface street), because I do know a little bit about that area with roads, and I am very optimistic that is US 99 (if you were able to peek under the patch/remove the patch).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on June 21, 2015, 12:59:01 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on June 21, 2015, 12:38:37 AM
Post style was out by the mid-late 60s - US 99 was being upgraded to I-5 in some spots by this time. This place was one of them. Was this near I-5 (entrance ramp, nearby surface street), because I do know a little bit about that area with roads, and I am very optimistic that is US 99 (if you were able to peek under the patch/remove the patch).

Take a look for yourself (https://goo.gl/FrQ2dq); it's within about a mile of the 5. Not sure if the 99 was a freeway through Olympia at any point, however. If not, perhaps State Avenue was signed as 99 before the freeway was built.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thefraze_1020 on June 21, 2015, 01:50:24 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on June 21, 2015, 12:59:01 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on June 21, 2015, 12:38:37 AM
Post style was out by the mid-late 60s - US 99 was being upgraded to I-5 in some spots by this time. This place was one of them. Was this near I-5 (entrance ramp, nearby surface street), because I do know a little bit about that area with roads, and I am very optimistic that is US 99 (if you were able to peek under the patch/remove the patch).

Take a look for yourself (https://goo.gl/FrQ2dq); it's within about a mile of the 5. Not sure if the 99 was a freeway through Olympia at any point, however. If not, perhaps State Avenue was signed as 99 before the freeway was built.

The Olympia Freeway was opened in the late 1958, and originally signed as US99. It wasn't signed as I-5 until the mid 1960's.

I have a picture from the July-August 1958 issue of "Washington Highways" that is relevant to this topic, but I can't figure out how to attach it (it is a jpeg on my computer).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thefraze_1020 on June 21, 2015, 01:51:21 AM
BTW Jakeroot, you should add that picture to our "old Washington signs" thread.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on June 22, 2015, 12:25:48 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/Acs9A

https://goo.gl/maps/O2hQe

For 30-40 year old shields, not doing too bad.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on June 23, 2015, 12:54:21 AM
This trio of overheads, in Akron, OH, have been hanging since at least 1977.  I am willing to say that these signs have been up since 1975, when the nearby Rolling Acres Mall opened on Romig Road -- the last mall to be built in Akron:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.060443,-81.580297,3a,75y,234.85h,93.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spz3QCb8DJ-ZCAMX3jjnQjw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also of note, these signs have outlasted Rolling Acres Mall, which pretty much died a slow, horrible death several years ago. Like the signs, the dead, abandoned mall still stands, though the signs are still in far better shape than the mall.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on June 23, 2015, 10:41:15 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2015, 12:54:21 AM
This trio of overheads, in Akron, OH, have been hanging since at least 1977.  I am willing to say that these signs have been up since 1975, when the nearby Rolling Acres Mall opened on Romig Road -- the last mall to be built in Akron:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.060443,-81.580297,3a,75y,234.85h,93.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spz3QCb8DJ-ZCAMX3jjnQjw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also of note, these signs have outlasted Rolling Acres Mall, which pretty much died a slow, horrible death several years ago. Like the signs, the dead, abandoned mall still stands, though the signs are still in far better shape than the mall.

Bad news from just the last couple months.  They gone.  Replaced with Clearview, save for the 261 shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on June 24, 2015, 02:54:20 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 23, 2015, 10:41:15 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2015, 12:54:21 AM
This trio of overheads, in Akron, OH, have been hanging since at least 1977.  I am willing to say that these signs have been up since 1975, when the nearby Rolling Acres Mall opened on Romig Road -- the last mall to be built in Akron:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.060443,-81.580297,3a,75y,234.85h,93.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spz3QCb8DJ-ZCAMX3jjnQjw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also of note, these signs have outlasted Rolling Acres Mall, which pretty much died a slow, horrible death several years ago. Like the signs, the dead, abandoned mall still stands, though the signs are still in far better shape than the mall.

Bad news from just the last couple months.  They gone.  Replaced with Clearview, save for the 261 shield.

Do the new ones have rounded corners?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on June 24, 2015, 09:50:50 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 23, 2015, 10:41:15 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2015, 12:54:21 AM
This trio of overheads, in Akron, OH, have been hanging since at least 1977.  I am willing to say that these signs have been up since 1975, when the nearby Rolling Acres Mall opened on Romig Road -- the last mall to be built in Akron:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.060443,-81.580297,3a,75y,234.85h,93.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spz3QCb8DJ-ZCAMX3jjnQjw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also of note, these signs have outlasted Rolling Acres Mall, which pretty much died a slow, horrible death several years ago. Like the signs, the dead, abandoned mall still stands, though the signs are still in far better shape than the mall.

Bad news from just the last couple months.  They gone.  Replaced with Clearview, save for the 261 shield.

Oh well, nothing lives forever.  Those Romig Road signs were unusual as Akron tended to use CAPS on all of it's city-made signs over the decades.

I found another assembly that may or may not now be one of the oldest in Akron:  OH-93 @ Kenmore Blvd:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.047769,-81.547759,3a,75y,197.51h,80.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBAGpizC56qXyjYL_bLg3Fw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

The physical assembly is definitely as old as when this "bypass" over the railroad tracks was done in the 50s or 60s.  Not sure how old the signs are, or if those are new panels affixed over the old ones, but they do spell out OH-93 in text form, which was ODOT standard in the 50s and early-mid 60s for such signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on June 29, 2015, 07:15:12 PM
I got some goodies on my trip to FL.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/366/18623186024_ff17c08fdf_z.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/378/19058001858_f9dbe359bd_z.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/555/18972903800_1d96963afa_z.jpg)

[url=https://flic.kr/p/vcmH6F](https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/491/19162868221_883a760485_z.jpg)

[url=https://flic.kr/p/uWSCt3](https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3797/18998958560_d829e3de57_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/v36eYW)US-17, US-92 colored shields. Davenport, FL. Date on back of sign says 1993 just before FL stopped producing colored shields in August of that year. (https://flic.kr/p/uWSCt3) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/), on Flickr

and rare button copy from 12/1993.

(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3829/19249070365_b62c168821_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vjYvZx)Rare button copy in Florida. US-41 EB at Florida&#x27;s Turnpike. West of Miami. Date on back of sign is December 1993. Sign is reflective. (https://flic.kr/p/vjYvZx) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 03, 2015, 12:13:05 PM
Still tons of button-copy in the Birmingham, AL area, especially along I-20/I-59 between the I-65 interchange and Bessemer and along I-65 through the downtown area. Still got a few button-copy shields too!
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/362/19382935935_ff36ee0408.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwNByB)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/vwNByB) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3904/18760411754_2b860a475b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uzN1P5)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/uzN1P5) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/470/19376789202_28e7147d1d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwg7ms)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/vwg7ms) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/381/18762297813_1937bebe04.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uzXFtk)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/uzXFtk) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/296/19195319010_090755beb2.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfe2A3)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/vfe2A3) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/535/19195357608_e030bc5e08.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfee4w)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/vfee4w) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/554/18760410704_0449eaf41e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uzN1uY)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/uzN1uY) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/479/19382933785_e66c887a31.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwNAVx)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/vwNAVx) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/315/19376786992_66f13c8b65.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6Gm)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6Gm) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Some old street signs in Bessemer, AL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/359/19382935485_7ce64902fa.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwNBqR)Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/vwNBqR) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/469/19387031971_a11662a4c3.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vxaBaV)Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/vxaBaV) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/482/19195357978_9768405c36.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfeeaU)Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/vfeeaU) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Cats-eyed signage in Talladega, AL:
Court Street:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/464/19376786352_62b6a4ef2a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6vj)Cats-eyed Advance Warning Sign (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6vj) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/531/19376786192_9438704229.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6sy)Cats-eyed Advance Warning Sign (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6sy) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

South Street:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3746/19376786072_1f87b649cb.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6qu)Cats-eyed Crossbuck (https://flic.kr/p/vwg6qu) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/349/19387029131_8a1f09251c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vxaAjX)Cats-eyed Crossbuck (https://flic.kr/p/vxaAjX) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Old street signs in Stevenson, AL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/447/19195354038_d5dffdc585.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfecZY)Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/vfecZY) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3735/19196738009_423d4f03d8.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfmipx)Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/vfmipx) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

What appears to be an embossed stop sign at the post office in Hollywood, AL:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3814/19356860546_7f5ed5d9f7.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vuuYfW)Old Stop Sign (https://flic.kr/p/vuuYfW) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on July 03, 2015, 12:51:30 PM
^^ I have always loved/preferred that shade of green on the BGS's.  Missouri used to use that shade a lot in the 60s & 70s as well as PA.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on July 05, 2015, 03:53:38 PM
Those humpback signs in Bessemer are reminiscent of the OLD signs in NYC that my father grew up with in the '30s and '40s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on July 05, 2015, 07:53:16 PM
Great old font on this sign:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fhwy3best.jpg&hash=f3b7b229a0b8a23b5fdd344f98be6af7d6797056)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 05, 2015, 09:55:57 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on July 05, 2015, 07:53:16 PM
Great old font on this sign:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2Fhwy3best.jpg&hash=f3b7b229a0b8a23b5fdd344f98be6af7d6797056)
Don't really like the "1," since it is easily confused with something like "l" or "I," and the "6" seems to be standard Series D. Overall, though, it's a nice font, seems to be a nice mix between Series D and some custom glyphs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 05, 2015, 11:02:06 PM
Quote from: Quillz on July 05, 2015, 09:55:57 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on July 05, 2015, 07:53:16 PM
Great old font on this sign:
Don't really like the "1," since it is easily confused with something like "l" or "I," and the "6" seems to be standard Series D. Overall, though, it's a nice font, seems to be a nice mix between Series D and some custom glyphs.

The context allows for minimal confusion, if any, between I, l, and 1 though--unlikely to be any numeral 1s smack up against letters (Exit 51I in Chicago notwithstanding).  In button copy, a numeral 1 would be a straight row of dots just like l or I anyway.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Bruce on July 06, 2015, 07:50:40 PM
Button copy, an unusual gantry, special Seattle Center icon, visible from a public park:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/19267971039_d3ded32a01_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove)
Sign gantry over SR 99 (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on July 06, 2015, 08:44:38 PM
Quote from: Bruce on July 06, 2015, 07:50:40 PM
Button copy, an unusual gantry, special Seattle Center icon, visible from a public park:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/19267971039_d3ded32a01_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove)
Sign gantry over SR 99 (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
What's under Western Avenue? The patch on the white sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ce929wax on July 06, 2015, 09:58:53 PM
Where was the Blendheim-Windsor sign located?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 06, 2015, 10:20:55 PM
Smart-ass answer: 16 km from Blendheim; 131 km from Windsor.  :D

More helpful answer: on ON 3 in Morpeth. (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.392733,-81.843295,3a,66.8y,233.3h,83.72t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOqdFnXEmLMHTPmDihzb_5w!2e0)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ce929wax on July 07, 2015, 01:51:07 AM
Thank you.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 07, 2015, 09:15:02 AM
(It's not technically ON 3 anymore, but I still call it all Route 128 and stuff too.  I happened to visit Ontario during the great downloading of routes and those crown shields coming down was sad really.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Bruce on July 08, 2015, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 06, 2015, 08:44:38 PM
Quote from: Bruce on July 06, 2015, 07:50:40 PM
Button copy, an unusual gantry, special Seattle Center icon, visible from a public park:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/19267971039_d3ded32a01_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove)
Sign gantry over SR 99 (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
What's under Western Avenue? The patch on the white sign.

Not sure what would even be under there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on July 08, 2015, 10:38:39 AM
Just speculating, maybe it said "Seattle Center" or "Fairgrounds" or something like that?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 08, 2015, 02:16:40 PM
Maybe "NEXT RIGHT"?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on July 08, 2015, 09:30:48 PM
I think that there was nothing there.  The sign simply said TUNNEL CLOSED WHEN FLASHING.  But as people didn't know what to do with such knowledge.    :hmmm: 

so the DOT gave them a hint that they should exit right then and there if the tunnel is closed.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on July 09, 2015, 09:14:17 PM
a few old school green signs from around Louisiana. I miss the older all caps destination signs. First one below is in Greenwood LA at the US 79/US 80/LA 169 junction. 2nd one is on LA 1 south in Red River Parish just after US 84 joins.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/16267727849_bf0aaf1689_b.jpg)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/506/19313210140_f062b1889a_b.jpg)


And I really miss the old Corp Limit signs pre-Clearview days. Although the reflective signs have been an improvement.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/299/19310800598_ca635f9230_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on July 09, 2015, 09:40:06 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on July 09, 2015, 09:14:17 PM
a few old school green signs from around Louisiana. I miss the older all caps destination signs. First one below is in Greenwood LA at the US 79/US 80/LA 169 junction. 2nd one is on LA 1 south in Red River Parish just after US 84 joins.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/16267727849_bf0aaf1689_b.jpg)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/506/19313210140_f062b1889a_b.jpg)


And I really miss the old Corp Limit signs pre-Clearview days. Although the reflective signs have been an improvement.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/299/19310800598_ca635f9230_b.jpg)

I am with you on this Bassoon. Now the directional signs are being replaced with the smallest signs that you can hardly read going down the road. They suck!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on July 12, 2015, 09:32:18 PM
Nice button Copy in Ohio:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FYoungstownbuttoncopy.jpg&hash=4e429acea680453000933450843e57a15ef3c2cd)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TEG24601 on July 13, 2015, 12:42:04 PM
Quote from: Bruce on July 08, 2015, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 06, 2015, 08:44:38 PM
Quote from: Bruce on July 06, 2015, 07:50:40 PM
Button copy, an unusual gantry, special Seattle Center icon, visible from a public park:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/19267971039_d3ded32a01_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove)
Sign gantry over SR 99 (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
What's under Western Avenue? The patch on the white sign.

Not sure what would even be under there.


IIRC - There was nothing under that Exit addition.  They just assumed you would follow the other traffic onto Western Ave.  Unfortunately, at some point in the recent past (last 20 years) that didn't happen, and people started backing up onto the Viaduct, because they missed the exit, especially since there aren't any gates to stop you at the Tunnel.  I have a feeling the direction was added after the 2001 quake, as they started doing weekend long inspections of the Viaduct and the tunnel at that point.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: intelati49 on July 14, 2015, 03:22:55 PM
Quote from: TEG24601 on July 13, 2015, 12:42:04 PM
Quote from: Bruce on July 08, 2015, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 06, 2015, 08:44:38 PM
Quote from: Bruce on July 06, 2015, 07:50:40 PM
Button copy, an unusual gantry, special Seattle Center icon, visible from a public park:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/278/19267971039_d3ded32a01_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove)
Sign gantry over SR 99 (https://flic.kr/p/vmDove) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
What's under Western Avenue? The patch on the white sign.

Not sure what would even be under there.


IIRC - There was nothing under that Exit addition.  They just assumed you would follow the other traffic onto Western Ave.  Unfortunately, at some point in the recent past (last 20 years) that didn't happen, and people started backing up onto the Viaduct, because they missed the exit, especially since there aren't any gates to stop you at the Tunnel.  I have a feeling the direction was added after the 2001 quake, as they started doing weekend long inspections of the Viaduct and the tunnel at that point.

Actually, with this one weird google search (Tunnel closed when flashing Seattle sign), I found the answer...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F19990729%2Fwa99.jpg&hash=165931ac9bc4787f26c5b9096b50597f51abed8c)

But yes, one of my favorites as well
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on July 14, 2015, 03:26:39 PM
Quote from: intelati49 on July 14, 2015, 03:22:55 PM
Actually, with this one weird google search (Tunnel closed when flashing Seattle sign), I found the answer...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F19990729%2Fwa99.jpg&hash=165931ac9bc4787f26c5b9096b50597f51abed8c)

But yes, one of my favorites as well

:clap:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on July 14, 2015, 04:29:23 PM
Quote from: intelati49 on July 14, 2015, 03:22:55 PM
Actually, with this one weird google search (Tunnel closed when flashing Seattle sign), I found the answer...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F19990729%2Fwa99.jpg&hash=165931ac9bc4787f26c5b9096b50597f51abed8c)

But yes, one of my favorites as well

You'd think I'd have remembered I had taken that picture when I saw this discussion and posted it myself..  Oh well, it was a long time ago (almost 16 years).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 15, 2015, 08:04:50 PM
Found this on break today in Vermont:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/457/19542743980_cd269c36c4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vLVEVJ)

...and behind it:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/389/19723320072_7aa1fe2523_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/w3TaUC)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NE2 on July 15, 2015, 09:04:42 PM
Oh shit nice.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Quillz on July 15, 2015, 10:49:40 PM
Very nice! I've always wondered why yellow-on-black isn't a more common color scheme for signs, I've found it to be much more visible from a distance than black-on-white or black-on-yellow. The only signs around here that I've noticed in yellow-on-black are railroad crossing signs (when 2+ tracks are present).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 6a on July 23, 2015, 05:46:47 PM
ODOT twittered this out today:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F07%2F23%2F079a88304404aa41e1068ffc5bbc65d0.jpg&hash=38bb365b336024df12b1efa231719116e85df312)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on July 24, 2015, 08:04:57 AM
Great custom-font US 20 shield in West Yellowstone, MT! :thumbsup:
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11755837_10153549684552948_8406366727158851519_n.jpg?oh=52d126833f9937cc2761dbe46c8c8e41&oe=5655285D)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on July 24, 2015, 09:37:50 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 24, 2015, 08:04:57 AM
Great custom-font US 20 shield in West Yellowstone, MT! :thumbsup:
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11755837_10153549684552948_8406366727158851519_n.jpg?oh=52d126833f9937cc2761dbe46c8c8e41&oe=5655285D)
It faintly resembles LeHay/the old Mass font. Yeah, I don't think you use that road signs anymore.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on July 24, 2015, 10:07:41 AM
Quote from: 6a on July 23, 2015, 05:46:47 PM
ODOT twittered this out today:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F07%2F23%2F079a88304404aa41e1068ffc5bbc65d0.jpg&hash=38bb365b336024df12b1efa231719116e85df312)

Wow that's great, not even an OH in front of the 202.  I'm guessing this sign was green?

From the 1958 to 1970s grit:
Non-reflective button copy, rusting and graffiti laced.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/400/19770110408_3a607743d5_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on July 26, 2015, 10:01:32 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on July 24, 2015, 10:07:41 AM
Wow that's great, not even an OH in front of the 202.  I'm guessing this sign was green?

There never would have been an OH. Unlike many states, the official designation is "SR XX" and, from what I can tell, always has been.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 26, 2015, 11:11:08 PM
Quote from: cl94 on July 26, 2015, 10:01:32 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on July 24, 2015, 10:07:41 AM
Wow that's great, not even an OH in front of the 202.  I'm guessing this sign was green?

There never would have been an OH. Unlike many states, the official designation is "SR XX" and, from what I can tell, always has been.

"OH" as an abbrev for Ohio wasn't put forth by USPS until 1963 anyway.  Just plain "O." was in common (not postal) use and even appeared on signs in other states...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fin%2Fi-65%2Fs112_2.jpg&hash=2c482e3213b3779a5bd1fc57efee7702b0f49071)

On modern signs in Ohio that use text (not shields) for route numbers, though, "SR XX" is always used (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.186866,-81.625852,3a,66.8y,203.95h,78.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSTIMCmn2uyhzwithtln1tg!2e0).  Same in Indiana, fwiw.  (There used to be more specimens of the number-only type here and there, but they have disappeared over time.  I can swear I recall one in Medina screaming "18" with an arrow--no other characters--that is gone now, for example.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on July 27, 2015, 12:11:39 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 26, 2015, 11:11:08 PM
Quote from: cl94 on July 26, 2015, 10:01:32 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on July 24, 2015, 10:07:41 AM
Wow that's great, not even an OH in front of the 202.  I'm guessing this sign was green?

There never would have been an OH. Unlike many states, the official designation is "SR XX" and, from what I can tell, always has been.

"OH" as an abbrev for Ohio wasn't put forth by USPS until 1963 anyway.  Just plain "O." was in common (not postal) use and even appeared on signs in other states...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fin%2Fi-65%2Fs112_2.jpg&hash=2c482e3213b3779a5bd1fc57efee7702b0f49071)

On modern signs in Ohio that use text (not shields) for route numbers, though, "SR XX" is always used (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.186866,-81.625852,3a,66.8y,203.95h,78.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSTIMCmn2uyhzwithtln1tg!2e0).  Same in Indiana, fwiw.  (There used to be more specimens of the number-only type here and there, but they have disappeared over time.  I can swear I recall one in Medina screaming "18" with an arrow--no other characters--that is gone now, for example.

SR-57 is still alive and kicking in Lorain, OH:  https://www.google.com/maps/@41.445754,-82.120081,3a,75y,64.5h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suK0vvCMk32aUl8bA3ADP1Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

And just south of Akron, SR-93 is still alive, albeit on a modern-day replica of an old 1960's era BGS.:  https://www.google.com/maps/@41.04787,-81.54772,3a,75y,180h,86.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7fFKl2vts_7u4LCIm5nvDw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 27, 2015, 12:14:11 AM
Yes! The 57 ones are exactly the kind I was thinking of that used to exist for 18.  Very Massachusetts, with a route number in text.   They get the job done.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on July 27, 2015, 03:19:45 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 26, 2015, 11:11:08 PM
On modern signs in Ohio that use text (not shields) for route numbers, though, "SR XX" is always used (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.186866,-81.625852,3a,66.8y,203.95h,78.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSTIMCmn2uyhzwithtln1tg!2e0).  Same in Indiana, fwiw.

I wouldn't be so quick to use the word "same". "SR" in Ohio stands for "state route"; in Indiana it stands for "state road".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on July 27, 2015, 11:47:04 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 27, 2015, 03:19:45 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 26, 2015, 11:11:08 PM
On modern signs in Ohio that use text (not shields) for route numbers, though, "SR XX" is always used (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.186866,-81.625852,3a,66.8y,203.95h,78.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSTIMCmn2uyhzwithtln1tg!2e0).  Same in Indiana, fwiw.

I wouldn't be so quick to use the word "same". "SR" in Ohio stands for "state route"; in Indiana it stands for "state road".

Same abbreviation SR on signage is all I was referring to--not necessarily the same what it stands for.  The "SR" thing came up in the context of "OH" not being in front of "202" like PA or NY would do it ("NY 161", "PA 611", etc.) vs. spelling it out.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on July 27, 2015, 11:58:36 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 27, 2015, 11:47:04 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 27, 2015, 03:19:45 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 26, 2015, 11:11:08 PM
On modern signs in Ohio that use text (not shields) for route numbers, though, "SR XX" is always used (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.186866,-81.625852,3a,66.8y,203.95h,78.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSTIMCmn2uyhzwithtln1tg!2e0).  Same in Indiana, fwiw.

I wouldn't be so quick to use the word "same". "SR" in Ohio stands for "state route"; in Indiana it stands for "state road".

Same abbreviation SR on signage is all I was referring to--not necessarily the same what it stands for.  The "SR" thing came up in the context of "OH" not being in front of "202" like PA or NY would do it ("NY 161", "PA 611", etc.) vs. spelling it out.

NY isn't consistent. I-390 had a bunch of distance signs for "Rte 17", since patched to become "Rte I-86".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on July 27, 2015, 09:23:30 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.338941,-74.647584,3a,15.1y,4.55h,83.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVhNoZAKsZKmnak-gErzZMA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think that this sign was used way before the WEIGHT LIMIT X TONS signs you see nowadays. The font doesn't look to be 100% FHWA either, but again, not sure on that either.

This isn't really a sign, but...
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.474113,-74.656948,3a,15y,39.02h,73.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXCvjbwVNdiOslDVsQx6wrQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

These babies are slowly becoming illegible to read. These original markers were used extremely early, easily before the 1930s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: andy3175 on August 02, 2015, 11:34:45 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 24, 2015, 08:04:57 AM
Great custom-font US 20 shield in West Yellowstone, MT! :thumbsup:
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11755837_10153549684552948_8406366727158851519_n.jpg?oh=52d126833f9937cc2761dbe46c8c8e41&oe=5655285D)

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed this picture. I posted this and others around West Yellowstone while visiting Montana last month. This was the only one that appeared to be older style fonts; the others I saw appeared newer.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: machias on August 03, 2015, 12:18:38 PM
Quote from: cl94 on July 27, 2015, 11:58:36 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 27, 2015, 11:47:04 AM
Quote from: vtk on July 27, 2015, 03:19:45 AM
Quote from: PurdueBill on July 26, 2015, 11:11:08 PM
On modern signs in Ohio that use text (not shields) for route numbers, though, "SR XX" is always used (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.186866,-81.625852,3a,66.8y,203.95h,78.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSTIMCmn2uyhzwithtln1tg!2e0).  Same in Indiana, fwiw.

I wouldn't be so quick to use the word "same". "SR" in Ohio stands for "state route"; in Indiana it stands for "state road".

Same abbreviation SR on signage is all I was referring to--not necessarily the same what it stands for.  The "SR" thing came up in the context of "OH" not being in front of "202" like PA or NY would do it ("NY 161", "PA 611", etc.) vs. spelling it out.

NY isn't consistent. I-390 had a bunch of distance signs for "Rte 17", since patched to become "Rte I-86".

I always found that "Rte 17" sign to be the oddball because it was very, very rare to see "Rte" instead of "N Y" in New York. Of course, the Thruway used "ROUTE" for everything back in the day, for example "ROUTES 48 - 690".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mwb1848 on August 09, 2015, 09:11:09 AM
This button copy goodness has survived many Clearview sign replacements nearby and remains on US 62 (Paisano Drive) eastbound before its junction with I-110 which provides access to I-10, US 54, and Ciudad Juárez via the Bridge of the Americas.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0426_zpszytuvg6x.jpg&hash=aa94c6abb8b02881538d4a338a4b6dd843c82950) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0426_zpszytuvg6x.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0423_zpsijvffkyk.jpg&hash=8fc44b7e586cbfdbeed8b9a710be6d62131f1a2f) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0423_zpsijvffkyk.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0422_zpspsmzrvfj.jpg&hash=bd749ae623add20a69027c76c2b7f6fb87ff23db) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0422_zpspsmzrvfj.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0419_zpso6lb4vvs.jpg&hash=640335314a4e2ce393ea564be504bfc6b9f9aa76) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0419_zpso6lb4vvs.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on August 10, 2015, 08:17:11 AM
^ That is a very cool sign.  Thank's for posting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on August 10, 2015, 08:42:32 AM
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11873806_10153589316632948_8709216418784221455_n.jpg?oh=e650e47b86280e70b425f86d9fa42bcd&oe=563C0C47)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 10, 2015, 12:29:09 PM
Southbound on SC 170/US 17, near the Georgia/South Carolina state line:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/454/20243337270_f6080f00d0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wQQoUo)
Not ALT / SC 170 (https://flic.kr/p/wQQoUo) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/), on Flickr

Wikipedia suggests this routing was once part of US 17, and Alternate US 17 took its place in 1975, so this assembly is at least that old.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: andy3175 on August 11, 2015, 01:07:12 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on August 10, 2015, 08:42:32 AM
(https://scontent-lax1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11873806_10153589316632948_8709216418784221455_n.jpg?oh=e650e47b86280e70b425f86d9fa42bcd&oe=563C0C47)

Thanks again for sharing another AARoads picture. Please remember to include a link back to the site where you found this picture.

https://www.facebook.com/aaroads/photos/a.10153589315867948.1073741848.181045197947/10153589316632948/?type=3&theater
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on August 11, 2015, 06:45:56 AM
Quote from: formulanone on August 10, 2015, 12:29:09 PM
Southbound on SC 170/US 17, near the Georgia/South Carolina state line:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/454/20243337270_f6080f00d0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wQQoUo)
Not ALT / SC 170 (https://flic.kr/p/wQQoUo) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/), on Flickr

Wikipedia suggests this routing was once part of US 17, and Alternate US 17 took its place in 1975, so this assembly is at least that old.

The bridge in the interchange is dated 1974 so this sign likely dates to then.  It was definitely there in 1987.

US 17 followed what is now the SC 170 option from 1926-94.  The former US 17 ALT from here was built in the mid-1950s.

Mike
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on August 16, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
This sign looks old. Like, really old. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0243847,-86.0310355,3a,15y,291.17h,106.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdCzYmt4jG97jlFOxCv5WA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also, unrelated, but what is the 'historic marker' that the signs in Gadsden keep referring to?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on August 16, 2015, 11:36:33 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on August 16, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
This sign looks old. Like, really old. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0243847,-86.0310355,3a,15y,291.17h,106.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdCzYmt4jG97jlFOxCv5WA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also, unrelated, but what is the 'historic marker' that the signs in Gadsden keep referring to?

:wow:

1950's maybe. Even 1940's? That old font looks to be that old.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: iBallasticwolf2 on August 16, 2015, 11:50:10 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on August 16, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
This sign looks old. Like, really old. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0243847,-86.0310355,3a,15y,291.17h,106.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdCzYmt4jG97jlFOxCv5WA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
That sign looks very patched up. The 35 looks newer than the rest of the sign. Perhaps the speed sign on this sign was changed at some point?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on August 17, 2015, 10:28:10 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on August 16, 2015, 11:36:33 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on August 16, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
This sign looks old. Like, really old. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0243847,-86.0310355,3a,15y,291.17h,106.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdCzYmt4jG97jlFOxCv5WA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also, unrelated, but what is the 'historic marker' that the signs in Gadsden keep referring to?

:wow:

1950's maybe. Even 1940's? That old font looks to be that old.
Most likely 1950s or 1960s, as the signals in it are Eagle Flat-backs. I actually have a photo of that sign on my external hard drive at home, and I think I have a photo of it on my Flickr. If anyone can find it on my Flickr, feel free to post it on here for me.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTHhi0Ww.jpg&hash=0651b06ee7ab50ea343d6d3e1c27f7b9db69c67c)

Here's a classic from Boston. One of my favorites.  :love:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on August 17, 2015, 01:48:14 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
Here's a classic from Boston. One of my favorites.  :love:

What's with the weird extra arrow thingy? That didn't use to be there. Or used not to be there. Something like that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on August 17, 2015, 03:16:59 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTHhi0Ww.jpg&hash=0651b06ee7ab50ea343d6d3e1c27f7b9db69c67c)

Here's a classic from Boston. One of my favorites.  :love:
Ugh, no. One simple reason: What type of arrow (on the top right of the sign) is that!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on August 17, 2015, 03:42:25 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on August 17, 2015, 03:16:59 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:32:24 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTHhi0Ww.jpg&hash=0651b06ee7ab50ea343d6d3e1c27f7b9db69c67c)

Here's a classic from Boston. One of my favorites.  :love:
Ugh, no. One simple reason: What type of arrow (on the top right of the sign) is that!!!

Kind of reminds me of the 'download' button you see next to a picture or file on the internet.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on August 17, 2015, 03:57:54 PM
Yes.  As a stranger to town, it would make me wonder if there were two different routes, one west and one towards New York.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spooky on August 17, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
am I the only one who can tell that's just something that was stuck on there and doesn't have anything to do with the sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on August 17, 2015, 04:07:20 PM
Quote from: spooky on August 17, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
am I the only one who can tell that's just something that was stuck on there and doesn't have anything to do with the sign?

Boston has some of the neatest graffiti artists in the world?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on August 17, 2015, 05:55:52 PM
Quote from: kkt on August 17, 2015, 04:07:20 PM
Quote from: spooky on August 17, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
am I the only one who can tell that's just something that was stuck on there and doesn't have anything to do with the sign?

Boston has some of the neatest graffiti artists in the world?


Definitely some type of sticker graffiti, called  "U-Down" 

Definition:  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=U-Down. 

Official Website:  http://udown.com/

Some risk taker(s) will affix the logo to a sign whether it's a roadside sign off the shoulder, or on an overhead BGS.  A couple of years back, there were two such signs I saw in Colorado with the U-Down logo attached (one overhead BGS, one Blue Services sign).  CDOT had removed the stickers within a month or 2 after appearing on them.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MNtoOC on August 17, 2015, 06:54:20 PM
Apologies for getting us off topic as this *certainly* is not a "best of" sign, but this SoCal 5 Fwy sign has a "UDown" sticker as well. Not only is this this ugly due to delamination(?), but as you can see from Google Street View history, the OC CalTrans District can't be bothered with removing the sticker after 8 years or so.

https://goo.gl/maps/7AvIw
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on August 17, 2015, 07:08:24 PM
From the official website:

QuotePlease show some respect and courtesy by not placing our stickers on personal property, businesses, churches, cemetaries, or schools!

Road signs are not on the list... (Also try to find the one incorrectly-spelled word.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on August 17, 2015, 10:01:06 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 17, 2015, 10:28:10 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on August 16, 2015, 11:36:33 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on August 16, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
This sign looks old. Like, really old. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0243847,-86.0310355,3a,15y,291.17h,106.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdCzYmt4jG97jlFOxCv5WA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also, unrelated, but what is the 'historic marker' that the signs in Gadsden keep referring to?

:wow:

1950's maybe. Even 1940's? That old font looks to be that old.
Most likely 1950s or 1960s, as the signals in it are Eagle Flat-backs. I actually have a photo of that sign on my external hard drive at home, and I think I have a photo of it on my Flickr. If anyone can find it on my Flickr, feel free to post it on here for me.
Here's my photo of the sign:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/16724744130_3f93f93e55.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rtUFKq)Eagle Flat-back School Beacon (https://flic.kr/p/rtUFKq) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Took that back in March of this year.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on August 17, 2015, 10:42:52 PM
Quote from: spooky on August 17, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
am I the only one who can tell that's just something that was stuck on there and doesn't have anything to do with the sign?

Indeed, one of Steve's I-90 pages (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/i-90/3.html) has a pic of the sign in its unadulterated form, with a less-faded shield too.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fma%2Fi-90%2F22on.jpg&hash=5e8655df4ee4bf4b93b5ac763b7869d7fc9a64ed)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on August 17, 2015, 10:52:36 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 17, 2015, 07:08:24 PM
From the official website:

QuotePlease show some respect and courtesy by not placing our stickers on personal property, businesses, churches, cemetaries, or schools!

Road signs are not on the list... (Also try to find the one incorrectly-spelled word.)

I got it! It's "courtesan".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 18, 2015, 03:45:43 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 17, 2015, 10:01:06 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 17, 2015, 10:28:10 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on August 16, 2015, 11:36:33 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on August 16, 2015, 11:13:25 PM
This sign looks old. Like, really old. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0243847,-86.0310355,3a,15y,291.17h,106.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdCzYmt4jG97jlFOxCv5WA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also, unrelated, but what is the 'historic marker' that the signs in Gadsden keep referring to?

:wow:

1950's maybe. Even 1940's? That old font looks to be that old.
Most likely 1950s or 1960s, as the signals in it are Eagle Flat-backs. I actually have a photo of that sign on my external hard drive at home, and I think I have a photo of it on my Flickr. If anyone can find it on my Flickr, feel free to post it on here for me.
Here's my photo of the sign:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/16724744130_3f93f93e55.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rtUFKq)Eagle Flat-back School Beacon (https://flic.kr/p/rtUFKq) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Took that back in March of this year.

There's a second one in the city, same fonts and all. I think it's used for another school zone in Gadsden.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on August 18, 2015, 11:13:43 AM
Quote from: 1 on August 17, 2015, 07:08:24 PM
From the official website:

QuotePlease show some respect and courtesy by not placing our stickers on personal property, businesses, churches, cemetaries, or schools!

Road signs are not on the list... (Also try to find the one incorrectly-spelled word.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.tvtropes.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpub%2Fimages%2Fpetsemataryfirste_826.png&hash=96db7cf63513236031a86544bcdcd17b4bbad231)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bassoon1986 on August 18, 2015, 12:08:42 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 17, 2015, 10:42:52 PM
Quote from: spooky on August 17, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
am I the only one who can tell that's just something that was stuck on there and doesn't have anything to do with the sign?

Indeed, one of Steve's I-90 pages (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/i-90/3.html) has a pic of the sign in its unadulterated form, with a less-faded shield too.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fma%2Fi-90%2F22on.jpg&hash=5e8655df4ee4bf4b93b5ac763b7869d7fc9a64ed)

Question from the southern boy. Is that sign referencing New York state, which I-90 definitely travels to, or New York City by way of I-84/I-684 or another route?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: machias on August 18, 2015, 12:18:40 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on August 18, 2015, 12:08:42 PM
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 17, 2015, 10:42:52 PM
Quote from: spooky on August 17, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
am I the only one who can tell that's just something that was stuck on there and doesn't have anything to do with the sign?

Indeed, one of Steve's I-90 pages (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/i-90/3.html) has a pic of the sign in its unadulterated form, with a less-faded shield too.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fma%2Fi-90%2F22on.jpg&hash=5e8655df4ee4bf4b93b5ac763b7869d7fc9a64ed)

Question from the southern boy. Is that sign referencing New York state, which I-90 definitely travels to, or New York City by way of I-84/I-684 or another route?


Yes!  You can make your decision farther upstream.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 27, 2015, 03:40:10 PM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/589/20173688033_0916b89714_z.jpg)

There's nothing really special about this sign, but I like the fact the crosswalk is in the sign. It makes it more noticeable in my opinion than with just the PED figure.

Now, time for some non-reflective button copy from Baltimore
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5762/20381479998_5c2486fa61_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on August 27, 2015, 06:22:21 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on August 27, 2015, 03:40:10 PM

Now, time for some non-reflective button copy from Baltimore
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5762/20381479998_5c2486fa61_z.jpg)

Gotta take away some points away for the EXIT ONLY tabs, though...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on September 02, 2015, 07:30:56 PM
This best-of is now little more than "meh":

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZApJ8Cl.png&hash=6caedc87215c9fab090e7d667ba45aa38a5720c5)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSejDhXA.jpg&hash=87e5d90d618f31ad9438165244a0b7e529b3f619)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on September 02, 2015, 07:32:33 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 02, 2015, 07:30:56 PM
This best-of is now little more than "meh":

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSejDhXA.jpg&hash=87e5d90d618f31ad9438165244a0b7e529b3f619)

Is it my imagination that the S in 'South' is more bold than the rest of the word 'OUTH'?

Edit: Never mind, looks like I'm going crazy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on September 02, 2015, 07:46:15 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on September 02, 2015, 07:32:33 PM
Edit: Never mind, looks like I'm going crazy.

Not necessarily, that's just how this whole initial cap thing works now. The first letter is so much larger, it appears to be an entirely different weight.

From what I've seen on other threads, it would look better if the initial cap was E and the rest was E(M).

EDIT: This is how it might look if the initial cap was E and the rest was E(M) (ignore the other personal changes):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FakmZKCs.png&hash=b34c107e4d1ff447939f4313b912d304080b94ca)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 04:38:15 PM
Near downtown Grambling, LA:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/21241868492/in/album-72157655329475165/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on September 08, 2015, 05:42:20 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 04:38:15 PM
Near downtown Grambling, LA:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/21241868492/in/album-72157655329475165/

Link is broken.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 08:18:59 PM
It worked when I tried it.  Try this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/albums/72157655329475165

Look at the last pic.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on September 08, 2015, 08:35:16 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 08:18:59 PM
It worked when I tried it.  Try this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/albums/72157655329475165

Look at the last pic.
Awesome photos, the only ones I gripe about are the first three.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 09:21:09 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on September 08, 2015, 08:35:16 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 08:18:59 PM
It worked when I tried it.  Try this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/albums/72157655329475165

Look at the last pic.
Awesome photos, the only ones I gripe about are the first three.

Not all are supposed to be best of. The stop sign is ugly, but what's wrong with the first 2?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Big John on September 08, 2015, 09:29:49 PM
^^ Assuming the second picture was taken in Louisiana, like all the other ones;  US 220 does not enter Louisiana.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman65 on September 08, 2015, 09:34:15 PM
Hey Hollywood thinks that the streets of LA look like the streets of New York when they do not want to spend money to fly a whole cast thousands of miles away from the mother studios. 

We accept that when we watch television, so someone here is bound to use another similar place's photo to make a point.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 10:04:49 PM
The US 220 milepost is an error. It is located on I-220 in Bossier City.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on September 08, 2015, 10:37:43 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 09:21:09 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on September 08, 2015, 08:35:16 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 08:18:59 PM
It worked when I tried it.  Try this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/albums/72157655329475165

Look at the last pic.
Awesome photos, the only ones I gripe about are the first three.

Not all are supposed to be best of. The stop sign is ugly, but what's wrong with the first 2?

Sorry, what was wrong with the first sign (the I-20 sign)? The second sign looks fine to me, but the stop sign is ugly. Clearview stop signs look better than that, and Helvetica of course  :biggrin:

The last sign is definitely reused, any idea where it came from? Is/was there a state route 300 around here?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 10:52:04 PM
Nothing is wrong with the 1st I-20 sign. This is the first non-neutered interstate shield in my hometown in 25-30 years. I really like it.

The last sign is not reused. That is a 30-40 year old I-20 shield back when all shields had the state name on it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on September 08, 2015, 11:38:04 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 10:52:04 PM
The last sign is not reused. That is a 30-40 year old I-20 shield back when all shields had the state name on it.

I meant the sign with the '300' poking out, not the I-20 sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on September 09, 2015, 03:57:55 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 10:52:04 PM
Nothing is wrong with the 1st I-20 sign. This is the first non-neutered interstate shield in my hometown in 25-30 years. I really like it.
Meh. There's no kick to it with the shield. Nothing weird. Well, the state name is a little bit too big.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 10, 2015, 06:14:55 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on September 08, 2015, 11:38:04 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 10:52:04 PM
The last sign is not reused. That is a 30-40 year old I-20 shield back when all shields had the state name on it.

I meant the sign with the '300' poking out, not the I-20 sign.

Oh yeah that one... I would have to find my old Lincoln Parish map to find out where 300 was. It was probably the next sign on top of a stack in the parish highway barn that a worker grabbed to change it to the LEAVE Lincoln Parish sign.

Quote from: noelbotevera on September 09, 2015, 03:57:55 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on September 08, 2015, 10:52:04 PM
Nothing is wrong with the 1st I-20 sign. This is the first non-neutered interstate shield in my hometown in 25-30 years. I really like it.
Meh. There's no kick to it with the shield. Nothing weird. Well, the state name is a little bit too big.

Too big is better than non-existent.  :bigass:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on September 10, 2015, 11:22:52 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on September 08, 2015, 09:34:15 PM
Hey Hollywood thinks that the streets of LA look like the streets of New York when they do not want to spend money to fly a whole cast thousands of miles away from the mother studios.

Actually, they don't.  I've seen some Hollywood back lots which look exactly like the streets of New York, down to the two-color Ruleta traffic signals (yes, that's where some of them ended up after NYC eliminated them) and the correct period street signs.  Of course, that's aside from the series which are actually shot in NYC, like the Law & Order shows.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on September 11, 2015, 01:32:05 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.1827553,-89.6934139,3a,90y,215.81h,80.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siQNpw57BGMscXRUj92Ho_g!2e0!7i3328!8i1664?hl=en

Here's a unique older overhead Stop Ahead sign in Merrill, WI
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on September 11, 2015, 01:46:14 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0734953,-89.4116844,3a,15y,269.29h,94.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9SX5YUqCD1qlBEr3CaXt_A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Not sure if this was already posted, but here's an overhead button copy sign with older US shields in Madison, WI
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on September 11, 2015, 02:09:59 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7919352,-91.4585753,3a,15y,4.41h,97.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swpDYF52NRxpS5AZXGRbeHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

This is in Eau Claire, WI.  This is on Business US 53, but the sign still says North US 53, despite US 53 being rerouted on a new freeway east of this location.  The road was reconstructed, but somehow these button copy signs were not replaced when the road was reconstructed.  Drove by last week and the signs still stand.  The BGS' southbound were newer than these signs, but they were replaced instead of these signs with Clearview font that the City of Eau Claire excessively uses now. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on September 18, 2015, 11:26:29 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0751616,-81.1337523,3a,15y,198.13h,103.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smHJGgdFTIly68lVqMPOmew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That I-516 shield is amazing, and the '61 spec US 17 shield doesn't hurt either. What's interesting though is that the sign itself looks decently new, especially considering it uses Series EM when Georgia used to only really use Series D. Unless they replaced the sign and not the shields...?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on September 18, 2015, 11:30:59 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on September 18, 2015, 11:26:29 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0751616,-81.1337523,3a,15y,198.13h,103.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smHJGgdFTIly68lVqMPOmew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That I-516 shield is amazing, and the '61 spec US 17 shield doesn't hurt either. What's interesting though is that the sign itself looks decently new, especially considering it uses Series EM when Georgia used to only really use Series D. Unless they replaced the sign and not the shields...?

Could be a design error of some type. Either on the EM or the older shield design. I don't see any obvious patch. If it was done, it was quite neat.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on September 20, 2015, 09:01:32 AM
If that were one of the new signs, the destination legend would be larger. Instead, I think you've found a rare surviving example of a pre-1990s sign, from before Georgia started using Series D. (Note also the smaller radius on the rounded corners, a hallmark of the older signs.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mwb1848 on September 21, 2015, 12:52:08 AM
Otero County, New Mexico, could give lessons to state departments of transportation on how to consistently and effectively sign a highway system.

I've posted about the surprisingly robust stock of old signage in place in the county, but I'm amazed to report on the even more robust updated stock of new signage they've been placing on their network of UNPAVED COUNTY ROADS!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0849_zpsr5difwif.jpg&hash=7fa8f1b93f90988619523c95de6b4974929e4582) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0849_zpsr5difwif.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0848_zpsfomebubk.jpg&hash=f7db674042211d4c0897bc4963a1bdbfb22496bd) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0848_zpsfomebubk.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0865_zpscdft5bpp.jpg&hash=bf1801b0a5ce594a4862fe087fc9354e5dda5186) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0865_zpscdft5bpp.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0863_zpszwuof2lq.jpg&hash=712aaabae41edc85e85313317618e8ff29b69dfc) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0863_zpszwuof2lq.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0866_zpsepd3dyph.jpg&hash=072fb90ab23627ca3050953f039f379f036325ff) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0866_zpsepd3dyph.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on September 21, 2015, 06:39:28 AM
Wow...a county system that has directional signs!  :wow: Absolutely amazing! There is no such thing anywhere near here. (Counties in the northeast excluded because...it's the northeast)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on October 01, 2015, 08:54:47 AM
(https://bretthampson.smugmug.com/Travel/Northern-Territory-1988/i-XbTqmhB/2/L/NT%201988%20274-L.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Big John on October 03, 2015, 12:20:39 AM
Scrolling through a GSV link on a traffic signal thread in Indiana, I saw a black on white Do Not Enter sign, those used before the red circle with a white line in the middle standard was adopted: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7460956,-86.7634508,3a,75y,13.43h,78.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seYutDg_A5lNpWgtLeHwn2Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on October 05, 2015, 09:21:39 PM
MA-33 Chicopee, MA.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/679/21794053049_28c96d8fda_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zcSdFk)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hubcity on October 06, 2015, 11:22:05 AM
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/1461082179829869199.jpg)

Taken sometime during the great Depression, via the newly-released batch of photographs from Yale. That's a NY 1A trailblazer on 1st Ave in NYC, plus a really cool One Way sign (and, of course, classic street signage.) This is the first I encountered so far, but I'd bet there's lots more.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hubcity on October 06, 2015, 11:23:40 AM
Yale's site is at http://photogrammar.yale.edu/ - some interesting search options are available.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hubcity on October 06, 2015, 11:45:45 AM
Different pole, but a better view of the sign on it.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotogrammar.research.yale.edu%2Fphotos%2Fservice%2Fpnp%2Ffsa%2F8a19000%2F8a19100%2F8a19117v.jpg&hash=f7f337c77984dd43e01061752057a2245b319df2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on October 06, 2015, 11:55:27 AM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on October 05, 2015, 09:21:39 PM
MA-33 Chicopee, MA.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/679/21794053049_28c96d8fda_z.jpg)
(https://flic.kr/p/zcSdFk)
CLassic - I love how Mass Dept of Public Works is still legible on the bottom of the shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on October 07, 2015, 03:22:56 PM
Quote from: cappicard on October 07, 2015, 03:11:42 PM
Here's an strange one.

https://goo.gl/maps/NNSweSjjqJ62

This is the advance exit sign for K-153 Spur from southbound K-61. KDOT, for whatever reason, decided to outline the sunflower in black.
It shouldn't be in Best of Road Signs then.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cappicard on October 07, 2015, 09:30:59 PM

Quote from: noelbotevera on October 07, 2015, 03:22:56 PM
Quote from: cappicard on October 07, 2015, 03:11:42 PM
Here's an strange one.

https://goo.gl/maps/NNSweSjjqJ62

This is the advance exit sign for K-153 Spur from southbound K-61. KDOT, for whatever reason, decided to outline the sunflower in black.
It shouldn't be in Best of Road Signs then.
Noted and moved. :)


iPhone
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on October 08, 2015, 02:47:46 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on October 07, 2015, 03:22:56 PM
Quote from: cappicard on October 07, 2015, 03:11:42 PM
Here's an strange one.

https://goo.gl/maps/NNSweSjjqJ62

This is the advance exit sign for K-153 Spur from southbound K-61. KDOT, for whatever reason, decided to outline the sunflower in black.
It shouldn't be in Best of Road Signs then.

Why not? I think the black outline looks nice.

Quote from: cappicard on October 07, 2015, 09:30:59 PM
Noted and moved. :)

I think you should've kept it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Buffaboy on October 08, 2015, 05:00:23 PM
There was one like this in Utica, NY, but I don't think it's there anymore.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSR6IPiq.jpg&hash=aa96504548152ec75058f32a6e9ff9128ec493d0)

Source: https://youtu.be/jYFz0rBfcNo?t=5m30s (https://youtu.be/jYFz0rBfcNo?t=5m30s)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22736130955_a42e84ec8b_z_d.jpg)

Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on November 03, 2015, 03:42:45 AM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area

So good I thought it was fake. What a fail.

Good find BTW.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on November 03, 2015, 03:32:30 PM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22736130955_a42e84ec8b_z_d.jpg)

Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area
"It would do you in the ass" - Quote from a Bill Nye Youtube Poop
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on November 03, 2015, 05:22:39 PM
I can't remember exactly where in WI there was an intersection of county roads P and OO :sombrero:.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on November 03, 2015, 05:38:07 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 03, 2015, 05:22:39 PM
I can't remember exactly where in WI there was an intersection of county roads P and OO :sombrero:.

Chippewa Falls: https://goo.gl/jcTFFY

This is also NE2's avatar.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVD9p01X.png&hash=ac502be6dd9225d8d3125698b78c4801b53506e5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: steviep24 on November 03, 2015, 06:02:22 PM
Old historic porcelain "humpback" street blades in Rochester, NY.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1298588,-77.6030033,3a,30y,134.5h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTSqF_mHhMc6GZ_Qz5RVFTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

I believe these are the last surviving ones still in use in the city.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 08:03:25 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on November 03, 2015, 03:32:30 PM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22736130955_a42e84ec8b_z_d.jpg)

Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area
"It would do you in the ass" - Quote from a Bill Nye Youtube Poop

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5724/22722568422_df8b944296_z_d.jpg)

What's even stranger about this assembly is that on Hwy 28 north, the signs were posted apart to avoid saying "ASS," but didn't do the same at the stop sign for Hwy SS.  A normal sign assembly lists both routes on the same sign assembly, but wasn't clearly because of the combination.  On South 28 it's combined because SS goes left, while A goes right.  It could be because the assembly for A and SS is smaller and easier to steal than the assembly for 28, A, and SS which is bigger and takes 2 posts to mount.  The JCT signs have SS before A on the same sign to avoid the combination as well.   
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on November 04, 2015, 02:06:11 AM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22736130955_a42e84ec8b_z_d.jpg)

Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area

I nominate this one for the "C'mon man!" category.  :D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cappicard on November 06, 2015, 11:00:25 AM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on November 04, 2015, 02:06:11 AM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22736130955_a42e84ec8b_z_d.jpg)

Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area

I nominate this one for the "C'mon man!" category.  :D
I-49 has quite a few gems like that.

https://goo.gl/maps/CxneRLmt5gy

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on November 06, 2015, 01:21:16 PM
Quote from: cappicard on November 06, 2015, 11:00:25 AM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on November 04, 2015, 02:06:11 AM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 03, 2015, 01:25:52 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/716/22736130955_a42e84ec8b_z_d.jpg)

Unintended consequence of Sheboygan County naming county roads with certain letters in the same area

I nominate this one for the "C'mon man!" category.  :D
I-49 has quite a few gems like that.

https://goo.gl/maps/CxneRLmt5gy



Yes, I always snicker when I hear somebody say "ddbb".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on November 10, 2015, 07:29:16 PM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/760/22307415824_49cc49e1dc_k_d.jpg)

More fun with county road signs
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on November 11, 2015, 07:41:03 AM
Quote from: peterj920 on November 10, 2015, 07:29:16 PM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/760/22307415824_49cc49e1dc_k_d.jpg)

More fun with county road signs

Very titillating.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cappicard on November 11, 2015, 11:26:09 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/UKSndwzzEfK2

Missouri Trunk Highways B and FF. :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman65 on November 16, 2015, 08:27:36 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8818971,-77.170561,3a,37.5y,327.64h,86.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1-om_vXp40SnrW8mdYrjtw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This VA 7 cutout in Falls Church, VA.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cappicard on November 17, 2015, 11:01:52 AM
Not really a neat road sign, just the fact it's K-9. ;)

https://goo.gl/maps/93yrHj69ztq
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on November 17, 2015, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on November 16, 2015, 08:27:36 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8818971,-77.170561,3a,37.5y,327.64h,86.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1-om_vXp40SnrW8mdYrjtw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This VA 7 cutout in Falls Church, VA.

At this same intersection there is still also a more vintage set of US 29-VA 7 cutouts.

VA 338 cutout is now removed as of this last update of GMSV...

Mike
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on November 22, 2015, 11:43:19 AM
Some more button-copy from Birmingham:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5760/23186679356_a3fa575d0b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BjVMXJ)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/BjVMXJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5637/22584349174_9137787e65.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ApGGbA)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/ApGGbA) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

And here's some button-copy from Tuscaloosa, AL:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/689/22818668627_5bb1b96dcc.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ALpDca)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/ALpDca) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5782/23212812705_e1dc984b9b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BneJuH)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/BneJuH) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5772/22917012460_98f75f8505.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/AV6Fou)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/AV6Fou) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
This was the only button-copy I saw along I-359:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/737/22585732193_2b3a07bc3d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ApPMiK)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/ApPMiK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on November 22, 2015, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 22, 2015, 11:43:19 AM
Some more button-copy from Birmingham:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5760/23186679356_a3fa575d0b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BjVMXJ)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/BjVMXJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
[img width=500]
(https://flic.kr/p/ApGGbA)
What's US 78 and Jasper patched over?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on November 22, 2015, 12:50:05 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on November 22, 2015, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 22, 2015, 11:43:19 AM
Some more button-copy from Birmingham:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5760/23186679356_a3fa575d0b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BjVMXJ)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/BjVMXJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
[img width=500]
(https://flic.kr/p/ApGGbA)
What's US 78 and Jasper patched over?
There used to be a button-copy US 78 shield in the middle there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on November 23, 2015, 07:45:41 PM
Are these beauties still in the field?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.57338,-121.5825284,3a,15y,70.97h,95.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMSsk2Wf0ctbgqYc32oa3tA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Come to think about it, how much of this type of button copy is available in California still?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on November 23, 2015, 08:08:04 PM
^ That is a sexy sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on November 25, 2015, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on November 23, 2015, 07:45:41 PM
Are these beauties still in the field?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.57338,-121.5825284,3a,15y,70.97h,95.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMSsk2Wf0ctbgqYc32oa3tA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Come to think about it, how much of this type of button copy is available in California still?

Not sure about that particular structure, but it could be endangered.

California has been slowly replacing old button copy signs, in part due to the ongoing exit numbering project. On the Pacific Southwest board, there were three topics in recent months about massive sign replacement projects going to bid, which are likely to wipe out quite a bit button copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on November 25, 2015, 03:50:02 PM
Quote from: roadfro on November 25, 2015, 02:45:13 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on November 23, 2015, 07:45:41 PM
Are these beauties still in the field?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.57338,-121.5825284,3a,15y,70.97h,95.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMSsk2Wf0ctbgqYc32oa3tA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Come to think about it, how much of this type of button copy is available in California still?

Not sure about that particular structure, but it could be endangered.

California has been slowly replacing old button copy signs, in part due to the ongoing exit numbering project. On the Pacific Southwest board, there were three topics in recent months about massive sign replacement projects going to bid, which are likely to wipe out quite a bit button copy.

Checking the project plans (link) (http://caltrans.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/project_ads_addenda/03/03-4F7104/plans/), those particular signs are not part of the massive sign replacement project roadfro referred to.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Big John on November 25, 2015, 05:05:10 PM
How long will this last coming out of a mall parking lot? https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2724911,-88.4721866,3a,75y,17.18h,85.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sobTZqulrP-lKBPuU_1sh2A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on November 25, 2015, 09:01:33 PM
Quote from: Big John on November 25, 2015, 05:05:10 PM
How long will this last coming out of a mall parking lot? https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2724911,-88.4721866,3a,75y,17.18h,85.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sobTZqulrP-lKBPuU_1sh2A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

On that note, I hope this assembly (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.150643,-77.2083979,3a,75y,230.33h,85.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1oQrmvF_vhP7HC_RBnIFyA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is still hanging around.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on December 09, 2015, 12:36:06 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5821/22934488839_c67a1cf5ae_c.jpg)
Mass Ave. Boston, MA.  The cool thing is there is no modern sign displaying the same message nearby....so this sign is it...front and center!

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5688/22880191926_5a621e6f34_c.jpg)
Original button copy in LA's "sister city" NYC!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on December 09, 2015, 10:05:43 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on December 09, 2015, 12:36:06 PM
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5821/22934488839_c67a1cf5ae_c.jpg

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reactiongifs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2Fholy-sht.gif&hash=1e926d471e3a82fb4a2bdd0be57a24a4d841acde)

That might be the oldest sign I've ever seen.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on December 24, 2015, 03:06:14 PM
Stumbled upon this neat relic in Upper Darby, PA a few days ago, and today I decided to go back and grab a photo. It even has the old Pennsylvania Department of Highways (PDH) logo on the bottom!

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1695/23867345551_08d2b53ff9_z.jpg)

Also, in nearby Nether Providence Township exists this yellow YIELD sign (also with the PDH logo)...

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5677/23923771166_e3c9e713bd_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 23, 2016, 10:55:16 PM
It's been too long since there's been an entry, so here goes.

I-5 US 99 CA 99 north in Sacramento:

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1589/23944449743_0dd04f5f78_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CtTyGp)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on January 24, 2016, 12:01:13 AM
Quote from: formulanone on January 23, 2016, 10:55:16 PM
I-5 north in Sacramento:

Nice sign, but it's actually on CA 99: https://goo.gl/maps/MhdAvn1ctGS2
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 24, 2016, 07:24:23 AM
Well, I messed up a dozen file names. Thanks for the correction, though!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 04, 2016, 09:20:13 PM
Button-copy signage in Gadsden, AL:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1691/24883321524_874c615038.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DURwyU)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/DURwyU) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Zeffy on March 04, 2016, 09:35:10 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 04, 2016, 09:20:13 PM
Button-copy signage in Gadsden, AL:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1691/24883321524_874c615038.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DURwyU)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/DURwyU) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Those signs are still in fantastic shape for how old they probably are. How much button copy is left in Alabama, anyway?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 04, 2016, 10:25:16 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on March 04, 2016, 09:35:10 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on March 04, 2016, 09:20:13 PM
Button-copy signage in Gadsden, AL:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1691/24883321524_874c615038.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DURwyU)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/DURwyU) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Those signs are still in fantastic shape for how old they probably are. How much button copy is left in Alabama, anyway?
Still a good bit in Birmingham, a good bit in Tuscaloosa and maybe Gadsden, not so much in other areas.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on March 05, 2016, 01:33:23 AM
Always loved that shade of green.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 11, 2016, 08:20:53 PM
These are long gone, but were awesome:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F2oversized.jpg&hash=d54987990ab1fe16d15954afa70d25ab572f0912)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on March 11, 2016, 09:28:34 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on March 11, 2016, 08:20:53 PM
These are long gone, but were awesome:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2F2oversized.jpg&hash=d54987990ab1fe16d15954afa70d25ab572f0912)

Where was that? There's not too many ON 2 signs still around I would think. It's been 18 years since it was downgraded. Gananoque had a few really old ON 2 shields in areas even that are county maintained now.

Though even non-cutouts are better than unisigns  :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 12, 2016, 09:38:11 AM
^ This was on Lawson Road, from the overpass that carried Highway 2 overtop of Highway 2A at Highland Creek in eastern Scarborough.

There was an additional sign like this at the eastbound off-ramp from Highway 2A to Lawson Road that I unfortunately never got a photo of.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on March 24, 2016, 05:36:02 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5624/22661448101_ae9b8a0b3f_c.jpg)

The last full non-reflective button copy sign on I-95 in NY.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5626/21997758974_5f5b1ca381_c.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5825/22018603103_eb5853b3d6_c.jpg)

I still wish it said I-478
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5810/22995886906_0a990f603e_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 25, 2016, 02:06:03 PM
I think this may be the only signage for the Artesia Freeway in LA.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FCA%2FI%2F605%2FI605_CA_dv_7_south_Dec14.jpg&hash=472e438e3c3456d26cdf7998c65616bab0da1ae7)
www.AsphaltPlanet.ca/CA/I/605/I605_CA_dv_7_south_Dec14_lg.jpg
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on March 25, 2016, 02:26:55 PM
The evolution of California guide signs. (http://www.kriske.com/highway/signs/signs2.html)

Guide signs too! (http://www.kriske.com/highway/signs/signs.html)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on March 26, 2016, 04:52:22 AM
Found this picture on the AARoads Facebook page. It is located in Maquoketa, Iowa.
(https://fbcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/12321499_10154117706197948_6252272597022326752_n.jpg?oh=c304a1cc578417dca042f5a7ff90324e&oe=577D5CB0&__gda__=1467639022_ee32146792909fa5d991107e07e12a06)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on March 28, 2016, 11:26:22 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FPCHsignbest.jpg&hash=5cbc273ced83fa04caeb6cbd6d9559ca0f2ed05b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hockeyjohn on March 28, 2016, 04:51:42 PM
Both of these signs have been replaced by far less interesting ones.

Charlotte, Michigan (Packard Hwy east of Old US-27)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc4.staticflickr.com%2F2%2F1720%2F25496957403_e9e6d67a91.jpg&hash=3d678b916a0420b856b6a87b2f1a9c1124b623e4)

Jackson, Michigan (Airport Rd north of Springport Dr)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc5.staticflickr.com%2F2%2F1482%2F25494809604_55cac8d41d_n.jpg&hash=91a027bc24a4e9929b551c39d53fa51fd651c57d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 28, 2016, 08:36:10 PM
Quote from: hockeyjohn on March 28, 2016, 04:51:42 PM
Both of these signs have been replaced by far less interesting ones.

Charlotte, Michigan (Packard Hwy east of Old US-27)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc4.staticflickr.com%2F2%2F1720%2F25496957403_e9e6d67a91.jpg&hash=3d678b916a0420b856b6a87b2f1a9c1124b623e4)


This sign SHOULD say, "Pavement 'n Arrows."   :spin:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2016, 11:24:07 PM
^^ That "PAVEMENT NARROWS" sign reminds me of the "LANE ENDS" signs Maryland (and sometimes Delaware) likes to use...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2715/5860719223_e6ebce0228_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: peterj920 on March 30, 2016, 06:53:46 AM
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1625/26104428576_f2dc58c88c_k_d.jpg)

The end of Goodwin Rd at Grimms Rd in western Manitowoc Co, WI. 
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 30, 2016, 01:56:57 PM
Quote from: hockeyjohn on March 28, 2016, 04:51:42 PM
Jackson, Michigan (Airport Rd north of Springport Dr)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc5.staticflickr.com%2F2%2F1482%2F25494809604_55cac8d41d_n.jpg&hash=91a027bc24a4e9929b551c39d53fa51fd651c57d)
That arrow through the 1 reminds me of old-school MassDPW D6/D8 signage.  Scroll down for an old D6 Paddle example. (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/us_1/)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: national highway 1 on April 01, 2016, 06:48:02 AM
(https://igcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/e35/12822469_202635806765291_1608032275_n.jpg)
Found this on @michaelste Instagram showing the button copy sign northbound on CA 110 at the substandard left exit to I-5.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hockeyjohn on April 01, 2016, 10:19:06 AM
This is a quick Powerpoint rendition of a sign that used to be on Millersville Rd east of Keystone Ave in Indianapolis from at least the 1960s through about 2000 - drove past it frequently and never took a photo of it.   It is the only example of "SQUEEZE LEFT" I've ever seen anywhere in the Midwest.

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1648/26103516671_8593cfd143_q.jpg)

This more typical of how Indiana marks the end of a lane.

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/2/1476/25897436910_f1f65725b0.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on April 03, 2016, 07:25:44 PM
Long live button copy:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FCA%2FI%2F580%2FI580_rampto680_east_Dec14_aaroads.jpg&hash=3e80e550144a3b8e7bf8c807a96d142b4ba6d2a1)
http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/CA/I/580/I580_rampto680_east_Dec14_24x16.jpg
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 11, 2016, 11:31:51 PM
I'm normally not a sucker for old signs, but this shield for BC-99A is pretty cool. 99A was decommissioned in 2006, plus it's in the old BC font from several years ago.

I took the photo below this morning on the Georgia Viaduct, just east of downtown Vancouver. The viaduct was the location of the freeway fight in Deadpool. Interestingly, city councillors voted to demolish the viaduct last October, so this shield's days are numbered.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTfXO2f6.jpg&hash=77b0c3e14b61871a54a20624cbb3e6f1d33c5aa4)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on April 12, 2016, 08:13:59 AM
SPOILERS!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 12, 2016, 12:10:28 PM
Quote from: Rothman on April 12, 2016, 08:13:59 AM
SPOILERS!

Good point. I've edited my post. That said, I don't think the part that I mentioned has any bearing on the overall story.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 12, 2016, 05:07:29 PM
MA 145 in Winthrop.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1662/25781371544_d1b4350bc7_c.jpg) (http://flic.kr/p/FhdgxW)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tckma on April 13, 2016, 09:45:19 AM
Wisconsin Rest Area signage? (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9644879,-90.3837634,3a,75y,140.59h,83.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHW9o88tma3e5eekb5uh69A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

I was surprised to see one of these (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.30756,-76.7552409,3a,75y,97.66h,94.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szFm0hZvbMR2k2c1GTWz7eQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) on an Interstate highway yesterday.  And look at that old font!  Bet that sign predates this road being I-70.

If we're talking about old signs, there is this assembly (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2176358,-76.8404732,3a,75y,11.64h,84.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFjspnJWEEqpuNUhC9lOMOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), which as far as I know is still there (I don't have much reason to go this way as the nearby section Oakland Mills Road has been closed for construction since November and is still closed... hopefully they don't take this down as part of that.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on April 13, 2016, 10:12:29 AM
Quote from: tckma on April 13, 2016, 09:45:19 AM
Wisconsin Rest Area signage? (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9644879,-90.3837634,3a,75y,140.59h,83.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHW9o88tma3e5eekb5uh69A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

I won't dare to take that exit, as it might lead to a corrupt place.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on April 13, 2016, 10:37:56 PM
Quote from: tckma on April 13, 2016, 09:45:19 AM
I was surprised to see one of these (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.30756,-76.7552409,3a,75y,97.66h,94.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szFm0hZvbMR2k2c1GTWz7eQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) on an Interstate highway yesterday.  And look at that old font!  Bet that sign predates this road being I-70.

Want a BWS version of that (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8213219,-78.790742,3a,49.4y,17.24h,84.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVZQAwMEPQ_devfO6GY2Xuw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)? This isn't on an Interstate highway, but it is Interstate-quality.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 13, 2016, 11:09:35 PM
Quote from: cl94 on April 13, 2016, 10:37:56 PM
Quote from: tckma on April 13, 2016, 09:45:19 AM
I was surprised to see one of these (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.30756,-76.7552409,3a,75y,97.66h,94.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szFm0hZvbMR2k2c1GTWz7eQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) on an Interstate highway yesterday.  And look at that old font!  Bet that sign predates this road being I-70.

Want a BWS version of that (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8213219,-78.790742,3a,49.4y,17.24h,84.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVZQAwMEPQ_devfO6GY2Xuw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)? This isn't on an Interstate highway, but it is Interstate-quality.

"Must turn right"? Don't they mean "Must exit"?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on April 16, 2016, 02:44:28 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2FOntroads%2FDriveThruTreeRoad.jpg&hash=7e24608c71dd4f3f5034787b6eb27d2048f8208b)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: slorydn1 on April 18, 2016, 01:18:20 AM
Not a best of, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to post a sign for the  "real" Fort Bragg, lol. (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.092175,-78.7804235,3a,49.3y,237.7h,89.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spXadxKxvu3YdcxfEAqvdig!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)  :sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 18, 2016, 01:27:12 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on April 18, 2016, 01:18:20 AM
Not a best of, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to post a sign for the  "real" Fort Bragg, lol. (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.092175,-78.7804235,3a,49.3y,237.7h,89.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spXadxKxvu3YdcxfEAqvdig!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)  :sombrero:

I prefer the fictional Fort Bragg, California.

:sombrero:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: slorydn1 on April 18, 2016, 01:28:59 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 18, 2016, 01:27:12 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on April 18, 2016, 01:18:20 AM
Not a best of, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to post a sign for the  "real" Fort Bragg, lol. (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.092175,-78.7804235,3a,49.3y,237.7h,89.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spXadxKxvu3YdcxfEAqvdig!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)  :sombrero:

I prefer the fictional Fort Bragg, California.

:sombrero:

Believe it or not...so do I. :clap:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 23, 2016, 07:29:53 PM
Anyone know if this beauty is still there? I'll have to check it out when I go to the railroad crossing next to it this summer:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7810234,-85.2467422,3a,15y,42.18h,83.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sv8jVVCSMJkJ9fzM0wLaidg!2e0!5s20130601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Bruce on April 23, 2016, 10:09:32 PM
Surfer crossing in Encinitas, California (Google Maps link (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0755258,-117.3091281,3a,75y,7.13h,80.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sO3HFyn9Jd7MBgupAghaalg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1); source (https://twitter.com/rchslc/status/724025835733180416))

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtWNbhga.jpg&hash=968d6c06d43c968562163469bb81db42add00562)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 24, 2016, 08:01:31 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 23, 2016, 07:29:53 PM
Anyone know if this beauty is still there? I'll have to check it out when I go to the railroad crossing next to it this summer:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7810234,-85.2467422,3a,15y,42.18h,83.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sv8jVVCSMJkJ9fzM0wLaidg!2e0!5s20130601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

I didn't know that was there; I usually just swing down FL 276 about once a year...thanks for that!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Alex on April 24, 2016, 09:09:14 AM
Quote from: formulanone on April 24, 2016, 08:01:31 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 23, 2016, 07:29:53 PM
Anyone know if this beauty is still there? I'll have to check it out when I go to the railroad crossing next to it this summer:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7810234,-85.2467422,3a,15y,42.18h,83.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sv8jVVCSMJkJ9fzM0wLaidg!2e0!5s20130601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

I didn't know that was there; I usually just swing down FL 276 about once a year...thanks for that!

Was as of last November,  photographed it and several other remaining blue US 90's:
A pic I tweeted from 11-24:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUmQSKzUkAAiMpK.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 24, 2016, 10:30:23 AM
Quote from: Alex on April 24, 2016, 09:09:14 AM
Quote from: formulanone on April 24, 2016, 08:01:31 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 23, 2016, 07:29:53 PM
Anyone know if this beauty is still there? I'll have to check it out when I go to the railroad crossing next to it this summer:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7810234,-85.2467422,3a,15y,42.18h,83.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sv8jVVCSMJkJ9fzM0wLaidg!2e0!5s20130601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

I didn't know that was there; I usually just swing down FL 276 about once a year...thanks for that!

Was as of last November,  photographed it and several other remaining blue US 90's:
A pic I tweeted from 11-24:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUmQSKzUkAAiMpK.jpg)
Sweet! Florida's blue shields are some of my favorite US Route shields. I know what I'm going to get photos of this summer while I'm in Port St. Joe.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mwb1848 on June 03, 2016, 10:46:01 AM
This vintage assembly on Mesa Street in South El Paso has always been one of my favorite. The sign directs motorists to turn left on Eighth Street, which has been converted into basically a block long slip ramp, to Stanton Street which carries US 85 south across the Mexican Border. From all the evidence I've seen, though, Mexico 45 has been re-routed and now crosses into the US connecting to I-110 at the Bridge of the Americas a few miles east.

However, about a half dozen of these modified Texas route shields still dot Downtown El Paso directing motorists to the Stanton Street Bridge to get to Mexico 45.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0030_zpsmfskpwd6.jpg&hash=a55c405ba3f73eefc64a800f1132319d139482fc) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0030_zpsmfskpwd6.jpg.html)

The US 85 fabrication stickers were hard to read; the Mexico 45 shield didn't have any. But it's clearly hand-painted and showing signs of wear.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0029_zps8yne9yjn.jpg&hash=e411eb601a6dc31cb2f05771355aa70eea1c755e) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0029_zps8yne9yjn.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0027_zpsmgm4rv8h.jpg&hash=31c980846cb932fdadfeb9f4cda8880d5b6f171f) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0027_zpsmgm4rv8h.jpg.html)

The whole assembly gets an assist from this pair of more recent City of El Paso installations.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0032_zpshecf2xzz.jpg&hash=cdc61fb76b89794853982c2bc1a07a821b6cc042) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0032_zpshecf2xzz.jpg.html)

Of note, as far as I know, Stanton Street also carries US 62 WB to the Border. US 62 EB and US 85 NB travel north from the Border along El Paso Street to Paisano before splitting at this assembly:

https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7548837,-106.4880689,3a,75y,345.37h,89.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1styiEaTY8DHSc0PZN68GbIg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DtyiEaTY8DHSc0PZN68GbIg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D324.67838%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@31.7548837,-106.4880689,3a,75y,345.37h,89.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1styiEaTY8DHSc0PZN68GbIg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DtyiEaTY8DHSc0PZN68GbIg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D324.67838%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on June 03, 2016, 11:25:13 AM
Quote from: mwb1848 on June 03, 2016, 10:46:01 AM
This vintage assembly on Mesa Street in South El Paso has always been one of my favorite. The sign directs motorists to turn left on Eighth Street, which has been converted into basically a block long slip ramp, to Stanton Street which carries US 85 south across the Mexican Border. From all the evidence I've seen, though, Mexico 45 has been re-routed and now crosses into the US connecting to I-110 at the Bridge of the Americas a few miles east.

Did Mexican federal highway 45 use to be routed up to the Stanton Street bridge?  I haven't personally been to Juárez since January 2002, but we used the Bridge of the Americas on that trip anyway and I don't remember specific signage except local street blades.  Sheets from the SCT have the airport entrance as the northernmost data point with lat/long coordinates, but the distance to the endpoint has not changed since 2004 (as far back as I can check online), suggesting that the routing has not changed in at least eleven years.

Hopefully you're not considering a weird trailblazer on the Texas side of the border to be proof of official routing of a Mexican highway?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mwb1848 on June 03, 2016, 11:49:01 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 03, 2016, 11:25:13 AM
Quote from: mwb1848 on June 03, 2016, 10:46:01 AM
This vintage assembly on Mesa Street in South El Paso has always been one of my favorite. The sign directs motorists to turn left on Eighth Street, which has been converted into basically a block long slip ramp, to Stanton Street which carries US 85 south across the Mexican Border. From all the evidence I've seen, though, Mexico 45 has been re-routed and now crosses into the US connecting to I-110 at the Bridge of the Americas a few miles east.

Did Mexican federal highway 45 use to be routed up to the Stanton Street bridge?  I haven't personally been to Juárez since January 2002, but we used the Bridge of the Americas on that trip anyway and I don't remember specific signage except local street blades.  Sheets from the SCT have the airport entrance as the northernmost data point with lat/long coordinates, but the distance to the endpoint has not changed since 2004 (as far back as I can check online), suggesting that the routing has not changed in at least eleven years.

Hopefully you're not considering a weird trailblazer on the Texas side of the border to be proof of official routing of a Mexican highway?

Interesting info! I've been unsuccessfully looking for Chihuahua route logs for some time. Would you mind sharing the link?

There is actually a slate of new signage when you come off the Bridge of the Americas on the Juarez side referencing Mexico 45 which seems to dove-tail with Google Maps' assertion that Mexico 45 follows Avenida de las Americas and Triunfo de la Republica.

Regarding the re-routing, I was only meaning that if it does make it to the Bridge of the Americas (which is only about 50 years old) it had to be re-routed from wherever it was before the Chamizal Treaty – which I assumed was the Downtown bridges.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on June 03, 2016, 06:15:38 PM
Quote from: mwb1848 on June 03, 2016, 11:49:01 AM
Interesting info! I've been unsuccessfully looking for Chihuahua route logs for some time. Would you mind sharing the link?

http://www.sct.gob.mx/carreteras/direccion-general-de-servicios-tecnicos/datos-viales/
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on June 08, 2016, 08:10:54 AM
Willmar, MN

If you look very very closely, you can see the remains of a "WEST" tab above the US 12 shield, so my guess is this sign goes back to when the US 12 "bypass" of downtown first opened, and maybe the west half of the reroute opened before the east half did.

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13412947_558319111019375_4893585528512362417_n.jpg?oh=2fbfc71642fa3e7cccc3d5016ffdadae&oe=58041636)

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13423839_558319167686036_1894838906986488256_n.jpg?oh=7ee72f3c3e2676536ce6b07c8694de54&oe=57D55775)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on June 11, 2016, 07:48:31 PM
US 89, Orderville UT, taken today:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0MeSjVh.jpg&hash=51d74482289f76a4f7b5d591a5920bcaa53e0cd5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: theline on June 13, 2016, 02:17:24 PM
^^ Thanks for posting that. It is very similar to signs I remember from my childhood in the '50s, the first time I rode on an interstate, other than one of the turnpikes. I recall looking out the back window of Dad's Pontiac, probably on I-75 near Lima, OH, and seeing those odd signs that were erected parallel to the travel lanes. I asked Dad about them, and he said that they were required by law to notify anyone who wanted to build a driveway that they couldn't do so along these roads. I can see in those days when "limited access" was a new concept some farmer just building a road from his field to the edge of the interstate.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rover_0 on June 13, 2016, 02:39:20 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on June 11, 2016, 07:48:31 PM
US 89, Orderville UT, taken today:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0MeSjVh.jpg&hash=51d74482289f76a4f7b5d591a5920bcaa53e0cd5)


I thought I noticed those. :D Anyways, there are a couple others a mile or so south of this one around Mt. Carmel and Mt. Carmel Junction (US 89/UT 9 junction), with one faded enough that it's revealed as a "No U Turn" sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on June 13, 2016, 02:47:31 PM
North Carolina used to post right-of-way signs on all classes of roads.  This one was on a secondary road near Mt. Airy in Apr 2007:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Foldsigns%2FoldncROWsign.jpg&hash=acebc06bccecb5cd8401a160dcd80a68a4ffaa56)

Some old-style limited access signs are still along I-40/85 between Greensboro and Efland.  These may go back to when the route was built as part of US 70 in the 1950s.

https://goo.gl/maps/sqnNeq8GEgE2
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on June 13, 2016, 03:47:55 PM
These are still there at the NJ Turnpike/Garden State Parkway interchange. I didn't see any new foundations around either.  With the sign replacement projects underway I surprised to see it.  Look at the US shields.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7362/27617256096_9367db8840_c.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7512/27040311664_cb40149f7c_c.jpg)


and this for good measure:
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7363/27577507031_7b6e26cb3d_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 16, 2016, 02:04:03 PM
I didn't have my camera with me when I passed by this one, so enjoy this 1960s-spec white-bordered US 31 sign (http://www.google.com/maps/@32.7519839,-86.5122324,3a,25.9y,67.72h,75.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srAvigV2oxTbzFQj8d7waQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1) in Alabama.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on June 17, 2016, 01:39:38 PM
Quote from: formulanone on June 16, 2016, 02:04:03 PM
I didn't have my camera with me when I passed by this one, so enjoy this 1960s-spec white-bordered US 31 sign (http://www.google.com/maps/@32.7519839,-86.5122324,3a,25.9y,67.72h,75.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srAvigV2oxTbzFQj8d7waQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1) in Alabama.
I need to get down to the crossing just up the street anyways, so I'll have to photograph it when I'm down there!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mwb1848 on June 19, 2016, 02:09:16 PM
These BGS's installed in the past couple of years around the Alamogordo Relief Route (bypass, to non-New Mexicans) are better than any I've ever seen on New Mexico's interstates. While it's always difficult to find any discernable pattern in how or why New Mexico handles signage, these signs don't follow the NM convention of outlining US shields on New Mexico BGS's. Also, everything on the signs is abnormally well-placed.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0186_zps2zxnum3z.jpg&hash=501ce9397f1c1fcd071004bb5fb4c95cdcd787a0) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0186_zps2zxnum3z.jpg.html)
At the end of U.S. 82 westbound as it descends from the Sacramento Mountains into the northeastern outskirts of Alamogordo.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0187_zps3idkfrsx.jpg&hash=47caa65f43befe03d88f1908df9258926ebf0f16) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0187_zps3idkfrsx.jpg.html)
At the end of a ramp carrying US 70 eastbound to its relatively new "Relief Route" alignment west of Alamogordo.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0188_zpsqxgau9jq.jpg&hash=0a51252b000bab1ca2f610b43a2827dfbae8eaaf) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0188_zpsqxgau9jq.jpg.html)
At the end of the new alignment, where US 54 joins its old alignment south of town en route to El Paso.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0189_zpsmwrcfnks.jpg&hash=3ec270bb05450364502dd1b97898732fdbbc9d75) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0189_zpsmwrcfnks.jpg.html)
An auxiliary sign that looks like it was plucked from neighboring Arizona.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0190_zpslazsu6ol.jpg&hash=138c17be405e3acde17a3bb54b8cd9f88cdac6e8) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0190_zpslazsu6ol.jpg.html)
Northbound traffic on US 54 and eastbound traffic on US 70 turns right here to avoid traversing Alamogordo. Westbound 70 turns left at the next light. NMDOT has added some additional signs (not pictured) pointing traffic to US 82 which meets with 54/70 north of Alamogordo at the end of the Relief Route.

My guess is NMDOT standards are so poorly written that contractors have more leeway than they would in other states. Meaning a good contractor can do better-than-average work or worse-than-average work and NMDOT doesn't really get too worked up in either direction.

I couldn't bring myself to take a picture, but NMDOT also slapped some very poorly proportioned signs pointing to Ruidoso below some of these BGS's.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on June 19, 2016, 03:06:56 PM
Quote from: mwb1848 on June 19, 2016, 02:09:16 PM
... While it's always difficult to find any discernable pattern in how or why New Mexico handles signage, these signs don't follow the NM convention of outlining US shields on New Mexico BGS's. Also, everything on the signs is abnormally well-placed.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0186_zps2zxnum3z.jpg&hash=501ce9397f1c1fcd071004bb5fb4c95cdcd787a0) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0186_zps2zxnum3z.jpg.html)
At the end of U.S. 82 westbound as it descends from the Sacramento Mountains into the northeastern outskirts of Alamogordo.

Things do seem to be laid out well for NM, but there are still some issues. "Tularosa" letter spacing seems compressed. And, technically speaking, MUTCD guidance would place the destinations in order as straight—left—right (instead of the left—right—straight used here).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on June 25, 2016, 12:05:59 PM
Utterly ancient SR 602 sign near VA 199's west end outside Williamsburg. Hard to tell if it was originally white border or black border.
https://goo.gl/maps/4UGBJsJq6DL2
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on June 25, 2016, 12:56:32 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 25, 2016, 12:05:59 PM
Utterly ancient SR 602 sign near VA 199's west end outside Williamsburg. Hard to tell if it was originally white border or black border.
https://goo.gl/maps/4UGBJsJq6DL2

The 2016 GMSV (on opposite direction of SR 646) shows a completely faded sign that it is unknowable what kind of sign it is.  The 2012 GMSV (near view) shows it was not white border, which is also supported by the fact that this intersection did not exist until the very late 1970s - SR 646 and I-64 was just a regular at-grade intersection (was still VA 168) and there was no need for the frontage road/SR 602 to run parallel to what is now the interstate.  White border signs stopped being used statewide by VDOT on new assemblies around 1970.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TravelingBethelite on June 25, 2016, 06:25:38 PM
I just love this sign. I think it's also one of my best photos, what with the sign and its perch next to the road it represents. Without further ado...

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7493/27617645470_6f0fabad2e_k.jpg)


P.S. In this thread does old = good, or is it something else?  :poke:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 26, 2016, 09:58:55 AM
I didn't discover it (thanks, Shield Gallery!), but I stopped by this classic in the Quad Cities last Friday...good to know it's still around:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc8.staticflickr.com%2F8%2F7548%2F27918163255_90b93aa845_c.jpg&hash=a12fe48e8d9694545c256938aaa996502ca7e486) (http://flic.kr/p/Jx2Thk)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Takumi on June 26, 2016, 01:01:10 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 25, 2016, 12:56:32 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 25, 2016, 12:05:59 PM
Utterly ancient SR 602 sign near VA 199's west end outside Williamsburg. Hard to tell if it was originally white border or black border.
https://goo.gl/maps/4UGBJsJq6DL2

The 2016 GMSV (on opposite direction of SR 646) shows a completely faded sign that it is unknowable what kind of sign it is.  The 2012 GMSV (near view) shows it was not white border, which is also supported by the fact that this intersection did not exist until the very late 1970s - SR 646 and I-64 was just a regular at-grade intersection (was still VA 168) and there was no need for the frontage road/SR 602 to run parallel to what is now the interstate.  White border signs stopped being used statewide by VDOT on new assemblies around 1970.
Gotcha. I did some exploring in that area the other day and that was about it for old stuff. At some point after SR 646 narrows and goes into James City County (i.e. away from I-64), some To I-64 trailblazers appear directing you to SR 606 and eventually SR 607. It is the way from the campgrounds and VA 199 to York River State Park, but it just seems odd that you would direct people away from 199 if they're looking to get back to I-64.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kacie Jane on June 27, 2016, 12:26:01 AM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on June 25, 2016, 06:25:38 PM
P.S. In this thread does old = good, or is it something else?  :poke:

I tend to think of "old" as being worth extra bonus points.  Old alone does not make a sign good, but it does make a good sign better.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on June 28, 2016, 10:41:03 PM
This was ahead of us on US-1 just south of Crystal City this morning. My wife noticed it before I did, which was a surprise because she doesn't normally notice signs. (If it doesn't display, try again later....Photobucket seems to be horribly slow tonight.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F74f64322da03a527ea7122f5a22b3b33_zpsn1jnhxti.jpg&hash=60edf50a09f1349d232999dd7844d7caec353542)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Jim on July 06, 2016, 09:25:18 PM
I classify this as "best" because of "old".  Route 100 in Whitingham, Vermont.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fma-vt-20160625%2FDSCF0037-800.jpg&hash=b0f112e7a75ab6ed13a6f7407b759665f3a5a682)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on July 07, 2016, 11:36:44 AM
Quote from: mwb1848 on June 19, 2016, 02:09:16 PMMy guess is NMDOT standards are so poorly written that contractors have more leeway than they would in other states. Meaning a good contractor can do better-than-average work or worse-than-average work and NMDOT doesn't really get too worked up in either direction.

NMDOT does not have a guide sign design manual, though it has a SHSM supplement.  Construction plans sets for contract work do have sign panel detail sheets and it has been my experience that the contractors do fabricate the signs exactly as designed.  Judging from the finished plans sets, however, QA/QC is very weak at the design stage.  There is also a sign shop at the NMDOT offices on Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe that handles nearly all of the small guide signing for two-lane rural state highways, and I suspect it is responsible for NM oddities like multiple route numbers stacked in a single shield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 12, 2016, 12:15:17 AM
Took a trip down to Florida last week. Here's some of what I saw:

Button-copy in Birmingham (with a button-copy shield!):
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8856/28221768996_06a7952f5a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JZRWG5)Button-copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/JZRWG5) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Old US 90 shield in Mariana, FL:
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8882/27640419903_4739c41876.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7unRR)Old US 90 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7unRR) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8836/27640422893_04048fd948.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uoKp)Old US 90 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uoKp) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Keys shield in Cypress, FL:
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7573/27640422743_ccec45580b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uoGP)FL C-275 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uoGP) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Another old US 90 shield in Sneads, FL:
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8751/27640449654_eddaf32a37.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwGN)Old US 90 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwGN) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8894/28221761276_9ae78aea1c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JZRUoY)Old US 90 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/JZRUoY) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Old US 98 shield in Port St. Joe, FL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8846/27640449104_4cecd9ea4d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwxj)Old US 98 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwxj) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8565/27640419713_7356489e1d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7unNz)Old US 98 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7unNz) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7555/27640422243_35570a08c1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uoyc)Old US 98 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uoyc) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Keys shield in Port St. Joe, FL:
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7380/27640448814_86904eda0e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwsj)FL C-384 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwsj) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7407/27640422093_92d44dc67c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uovB)FL C-384 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uovB) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8704/28221761066_322a72488c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JZRUkm)FL C-384 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/JZRUkm) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Keys shield just SE of Port St. Joe, FL:
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8565/27640448524_43baff3404.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwnj)FL C-30 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwnj) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7485/27640421983_cb60c90549.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uotH)FL C-30 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uotH) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8597/27640448194_e57112ed68.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwgC)FL C-30 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uwgC) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Keys shield in Mexico Beach, FL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8794/27640446904_771503a900.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uvTo)FL 386 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uvTo) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8850/27640420863_b90ef36260.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uo9p)FL 386 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uo9p) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7573/27640446734_78ea567a36.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uvQs)FL 386 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uvQs) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Old US 231 shield in Panama City, FL:
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8823/27640420773_9b77fa62e7.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uo7R)Old US 231 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uo7R) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8617/27640446484_398cb64f10.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uvL9)Old US 231 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uvL9) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8634/27640420563_fc67df0217.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7uo4e)Old US 231 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7uo4e) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Keys shield in Highland City, FL. This sign has the date of 10-29-1974 on the back of the arrow sign, so it's in great shape for being over 40 years old!
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8653/27640419493_f55869b17d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7unJM)FL 389 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7unJM) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7320/28221762686_4bf487758c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JZRUPh)FL 389 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/JZRUPh) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7492/27640420133_941c862573.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J7unVP)FL 389 Keys Shield (https://flic.kr/p/J7unVP) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Big thanks to Alex for helping me with finding the locations of some of these shields!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on July 13, 2016, 06:30:46 PM
Great signs Freebrick!  Some Baltimore signage! Baltimore is one of my favorite cities to road-geek in.

City maintained section of I-83 on first pic:

(https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7683/28151923172_c598a4033f_c.jpg)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7098/28254181825_2e5b5137cf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/K3J4TX)Original non-reflective button copy. Baltimore, MD. Note: if you look real close at the I-70 shield you can see a &quot;ghost&quot; &quot;N.&quot;  This sign dates to when I-70 was called I-70N. Ingleside Ave. Baltimore, MD. (https://flic.kr/p/K3J4TX)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8730/27973060600_d8c0375442_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JBTfmh)Original non-reflective button copy on MD-295. Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Baltimore, MD. (https://flic.kr/p/JBTfmh)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8681/28177779681_93fc635a4a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JVYucB)Baltimore, MD. (https://flic.kr/p/JVYucB)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: seicer on July 15, 2016, 07:16:54 PM
Whats with the odd exit tab? Was it renumbered?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: DevalDragon on July 18, 2016, 11:31:51 PM
Found this gem in East Chicago Indiana. It has since been replaced.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdevaldragon.com%2FYears%2F2015%2FRoad%2FRoad-07.jpg&hash=b86b2add06f139c2590bbc58693ec123016c84c9)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on August 24, 2016, 01:47:08 PM
It's been over a month since the last entry, so a dual Keys Shield entry will do:

(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8467/28917589970_b297e6ac05_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/L4md2q)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mapman1071 on August 24, 2016, 08:05:41 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 24, 2016, 01:47:08 PM
It's been over a month since the last entry, so a dual Keys Shield entry will do:

(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8467/28917589970_b297e6ac05_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/L4md2q)

2 of many Florida Negative Highway Numbers
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on October 11, 2016, 08:47:17 AM
I nominate this oddity in Mentone, Texas:

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8608/30142893822_903bff30a4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MVCdaU)

1) unexpected re-use of button copy
2) it says "BRINE"
3) it's in the only town in the least-populated county in America
4) brine!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on October 16, 2016, 11:26:57 AM
Here's a button-copy I-85 shield I found in Atlanta, GA:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5542/29732295384_dab50499c0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MikMyu)Button-copy I-85 Sheild (https://flic.kr/p/MikMyu) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Not sure if it was known about before, and it appears to be from before Georgia dropped the state-name for a while.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Revive 755 on October 16, 2016, 12:18:41 PM
A Canadian symbolic version of 'trucks entering roadway'?  https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4918508,-117.2846983,3a,28y,132.67h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxMidX1xkH-9uFlO-jRKC4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4918508,-117.2846983,3a,28y,132.67h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxMidX1xkH-9uFlO-jRKC4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on October 16, 2016, 10:37:45 PM
Quote from: Revive 755 on October 16, 2016, 12:18:41 PM
A Canadian symbolic version of 'trucks entering roadway'?  https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4918508,-117.2846983,3a,28y,132.67h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxMidX1xkH-9uFlO-jRKC4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4918508,-117.2846983,3a,28y,132.67h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxMidX1xkH-9uFlO-jRKC4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

Standard across the country. Here it is in the driver's ed book from the MTO: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section3.1.3.shtml
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tckma on October 18, 2016, 12:26:31 PM
Quote from: Revive 755 on October 16, 2016, 12:18:41 PM
A Canadian symbolic version of 'trucks entering roadway'?  https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4918508,-117.2846983,3a,28y,132.67h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxMidX1xkH-9uFlO-jRKC4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4918508,-117.2846983,3a,28y,132.67h,81.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxMidX1xkH-9uFlO-jRKC4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)

I wish I had taken a picture of it then, but this was in an age before cell phones were ubiquitous.  I remember when I was in grad school, a road construction crew put up a sign near campus that said "TRUCKS ENTERING AHEAD," but the spaces between letters was inconsistent.  A few days after the sign went up, it had been graffiti'd with a drawing of a giant face with open mouth into which a truck was driving.  Trucks entering a head.

This was in Boston along Comm Ave somewhere near Kenmore Square.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on October 18, 2016, 06:22:52 PM
I found these beauties in West Pawlet, VT today a stone's throw from the New York border. These are OLD.

(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8272/30329473711_e5d830dc7a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Nd7tSx)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tckma on October 20, 2016, 12:14:22 PM
Quote from: cl94 on October 18, 2016, 06:22:52 PM
I found these beauties in West Pawlet, VT today a stone's throw from the New York border. These are OLD.

You sure that was Vermont?  That green sign looks suspiciously like a NYS Reference Marker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_marker_(New_York)).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on October 20, 2016, 12:40:55 PM
Quote from: tckma on October 20, 2016, 12:14:22 PM
Quote from: cl94 on October 18, 2016, 06:22:52 PM
I found these beauties in West Pawlet, VT today a stone's throw from the New York border. These are OLD.

You sure that was Vermont?  That green sign looks suspiciously like a NYS Reference Marker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_marker_(New_York)).

Vermont uses similar reference markers, except they restart at town lines and the first row always has 4 digits, even if the leading ones are zeroes (in this case, 0153, indicating that it's a town-maintained state route). I'm damn sure that's the Vermont side of the line because I was standing about 100 feet east of the boundary marker when I took it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on October 20, 2016, 12:42:51 PM
Quote from: cl94 on October 18, 2016, 06:22:52 PM
I found these beauties in West Pawlet, VT today a stone's throw from the New York border. These are OLD.

(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8272/30329473711_e5d830dc7a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Nd7tSx)

really nice...check out what was still posted at the 153-315 jct as late as 2008:  https://goo.gl/maps/pFQuY5PKtSS2

There are shields like this on all three roads approaching this intersection...

Then there is this odd vermont marker where it leaves NY: https://goo.gl/maps/Tn5h5FME4L12
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on October 20, 2016, 01:02:11 PM
Yeah, wish those 153-315 shields were still there. I remember them from when I was little. Quite neat being able to see all three series of Vermont SR shields on the roads at once. Was hoping to see them on Tuesday, but VTrans did a huge replacement. All signs in Rupert are relatively new. The state line sign is gone as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 20, 2016, 01:19:38 PM
So how do you tell the difference, via reference marker, verses town-maintained VT 153 and VT 15C (since the last number is the suffix for the state-maintained routes)?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on October 20, 2016, 01:27:40 PM
County and town code on the second line. That and VT 15C doesn't exist. I can't confirm this immediately, but it doesn't appear that many (if any) numbers that would conflict in this way exist.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 20, 2016, 02:05:29 PM
They don't; Vermont doesn't have many suffixes.  Still, I would have designed the system to be more reversible and not have that issue.  As it is now, "route" can mean two different things, and it's up to looking at another data piece to determine which is which (and even THAT relies on VT not numbering routes that the ambiguity could exist within a single town).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on October 20, 2016, 02:12:11 PM
Does Vermont even need to worry about that? They'll never come close to running out and, even as it is, they have over 700 available 3-digit numbers. Numbers over 140 are generally continuations of a bordering state/provincial route as are a bunch of the suffixes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on October 20, 2016, 05:27:03 PM
I guess I'm unusual as I like to design systems to be as versatile as possible even if it likely won't ever be needed.  I know I've definitely over-designed spreadsheets and forms before, for example (for example, forms for an effort to update the railroad crossing inventory this past summer were designed to be able to inventory things that don't even exist in the Region, just in case the forms happened to become the standard for all future updates and those devices might exist 50 years from now).  I guess I'm just an overachiever.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on November 18, 2016, 11:31:52 PM
Too long without a post here.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5549/31060253726_a2255bd57f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PjFViY)Ancient signage along MA-71. STILL there! (https://flic.kr/p/PjFViY) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on November 18, 2016, 11:35:02 PM
I saw a few of those MA 71 signs last weekend, but it was too dark to safely take a good picture. Town maintenance does wonders for keeping old signs around.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on December 05, 2016, 03:04:26 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:44:52 PM
these aren't falling apart, but they seem to be the canonical example of "what's wrong with California" or "what is awesome about California", depending on your perspective.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580103i1.jpg)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580103i2.jpg)

Where is the first sign's location?
Also, looks like the 2nd gantry was taken down according to GSV.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: AsphaltPlanet on December 05, 2016, 03:10:43 PM
^ The first sign is (was?) situated right at the I-10/SR-60 junction in Beaumont.

edit - now that I have double checked street view, I am pretty sure I am wrong about that.  I always thought that this sign was in Beaumont... I have some pics from this interchange that I took back in 2010, which I will look at to see if I can place it when I get home tonight.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on December 05, 2016, 08:58:43 PM
Quote from: AsphaltPlanet on December 05, 2016, 03:10:43 PM
^ The first sign is (was?) situated right at the I-10/SR-60 junction in Beaumont.

edit - now that I have double checked street view, I am pretty sure I am wrong about that.  I always thought that this sign was in Beaumont... I have some pics from this interchange that I took back in 2010, which I will look at to see if I can place it when I get home tonight.

The 2nd sign is still at the I-10/CA 60 split, though the arrows have now also been greened out to use straight arrows...

https://goo.gl/maps/3ipJpGz1Qv22
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffe on December 06, 2016, 01:32:09 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:44:52 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580103i2.jpg)

Not exactly on topic, although I guess it could still be considered a "sign", but does anyone know what is up with the three paper arrows taped to the base of the overhead sign?

I've seen these other places, usually placed on three consecutive gore points -- the first having two down arrows and one pointing to the exit; the second with one down arrow and two pointing toward the exit; and finally the third with all arrows pointing to the exit as in the image above.

It seems to be indicating which exit to take, but anyone know who they are directing and who would put them up?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on December 06, 2016, 12:14:27 PM
Quote from: jeffe on December 06, 2016, 01:32:09 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 21, 2010, 06:44:52 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580103i2.jpg)

Not exactly on topic, although I guess it could still be considered a "sign", but does anyone know what is up with the three paper arrows taped to the base of the overhead sign?

I've seen these other places, usually placed on three consecutive gore points -- the first having two down arrows and one pointing to the exit; the second with one down arrow and two pointing toward the exit; and finally the third with all arrows pointing to the exit as in the image above.

It seems to be indicating which exit to take, but anyone know who they are directing and who would put them up?

Could it be film/TV production companies giving directions to a shoot location? Those signs are typically a standardized black-on-yellow, but maybe for freeway exits they use something less obtrusive? Or another specialized industry, perhaps?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on December 07, 2016, 11:43:51 AM
^^^

Also used by traveling carnival groups to direct the trucks carrying the midway rides and games to their appropriate destination.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffandnicole on December 07, 2016, 12:46:56 PM
Temporary arrows like that are used by numerous non-profit groups as well.  Bike runs, Walks, etc.  Could've been an charity organization that told the drivers to follow the 3 white-on-black arrows to their destination.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on December 07, 2016, 02:13:45 PM
It could literally be anything. Trying to guess is completely ridiculous. No one knows, and I don't think anyone will ever know.

Quote from: hbelkins on December 07, 2016, 11:43:51 AM
Also used by traveling carnival groups to direct the trucks carrying the midway rides and games to their appropriate destination.

I think I know what you mean by this.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on December 07, 2016, 02:55:45 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 07, 2016, 12:46:56 PM
Temporary arrows like that are used by numerous non-profit groups as well.  Bike runs, Walks, etc.  Could've been an charity organization that told the drivers to follow the 3 white-on-black arrows to their destination.

Military convoy?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on December 07, 2016, 03:00:06 PM
Quote from: kkt on December 07, 2016, 02:55:45 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 07, 2016, 12:46:56 PM
Temporary arrows like that are used by numerous non-profit groups as well.  Bike runs, Walks, etc.  Could've been an charity organization that told the drivers to follow the 3 white-on-black arrows to their destination.

Military convoy?

Directions to a concert?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on December 12, 2016, 12:03:22 AM
That's what GPS is for.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on December 13, 2016, 07:57:01 PM
Quote from: mrsman on December 12, 2016, 12:03:22 AM
That's what GPS is for.

That's why I thought military convoy.  Training for drivers to follow marked signs, so they'll be able to when the enemy is jamming GPS.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on December 13, 2016, 08:08:53 PM
Quote from: kkt on December 13, 2016, 07:57:01 PM
Quote from: mrsman on December 12, 2016, 12:03:22 AM
That's what GPS is for.

That's why I thought military convoy.  Training for drivers to follow marked signs, so they'll be able to when the enemy is jamming GPS.


And that's why I thought film shoot. Those are often located in hard-to-describe locations, or are widely spread over an area, not easily referenced by a GPS-friendly address.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on December 13, 2016, 08:49:41 PM
Pointless argument.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on December 14, 2016, 10:26:19 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on December 13, 2016, 08:49:41 PM
Pointless argument.

More like argumentless point. :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Walleye2013 on December 14, 2016, 02:17:30 PM
Quote from: cl94 on November 18, 2016, 11:35:02 PM
I saw a few of those MA 71 signs last weekend, but it was too dark to safely take a good picture. Town maintenance does wonders for keeping old signs around.

I saw them when I went to Thanksgiving in Sheffield. They were only on the eastbound/southbound side. When returning to New York, I didn't see any old signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ColossalBlocks on December 15, 2016, 10:10:54 AM
There is an Arrow-Per-Lane installation on I-55 in Barnhart, Missouri, The only Arrow-Per-Lane installation i seen outside of St Louis.

https://goo.gl/maps/cKwjQRn9CKt (https://goo.gl/maps/cKwjQRn9CKt)

Here is another overhead installation in Festus, Missouri, where US 67 meets with I-55.

https://goo.gl/maps/EeJsgojLXtn (https://goo.gl/maps/EeJsgojLXtn)

This sign has the city limit sign mounted to the bottom.

https://goo.gl/maps/XjvBtowc2Xw (https://goo.gl/maps/XjvBtowc2Xw)

I found this rendering on Google Images

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Sorry for the long link.

Here is this thing outside of De Soto, Missouri.

https://goo.gl/maps/zSjf7kwHyE12 (https://goo.gl/maps/zSjf7kwHyE12)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 22, 2016, 02:00:26 AM
Old AL 207 shield in Rogersville, AL:
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/279/31798226995_2f9496fe2b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe42)Old AL 207 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe42) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/731/31425810940_6d32f6c3e6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PSZuJy)Old AL 207 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/PSZuJy) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/444/31798226865_8da2ac0d40.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe1M)Old AL 207 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe1M) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 22, 2016, 06:39:20 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 22, 2016, 02:00:26 AM
Old AL 207 shield in Rogersville, AL:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/444/31798226865_8da2ac0d40.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe1M)Old AL 207 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe1M) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Awesome find! I didn't think any Alabama shields with white backgrounds were still around.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 22, 2016, 11:21:43 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 22, 2016, 06:39:20 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 22, 2016, 02:00:26 AM
Old AL 207 shield in Rogersville, AL:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/444/31798226865_8da2ac0d40.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe1M)Old AL 207 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/QrUe1M) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Awesome find! I didn't think any Alabama shields with white backgrounds were still around.
It's on a county road so I'm pretty sure it'll be there for a long time (or until a car wipes it out). Thanks!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on January 18, 2017, 10:52:37 AM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on December 15, 2016, 10:10:54 AM
I found this rendering on Google Images

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2F2017%2F04-colossalblocks-data.png&hash=4a11319e996bcb749d452acc7dcedd0c4b297659)

Fixed for you. That long URL actually points to image data contained within itself, rather than hosted on a website somewhere, but the forum mangles data-URL hyperlinks and image embeds, so I hosted the pic myself.

PS – That looks like it might have come from one of our own threads in Road-Related Illustrations.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on January 18, 2017, 04:37:58 PM
Quote from: vtk on January 18, 2017, 10:52:37 AM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on December 15, 2016, 10:10:54 AM
I found this rendering on Google Images

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2F2017%2F04-colossalblocks-data.png&hash=4a11319e996bcb749d452acc7dcedd0c4b297659)

Fixed for you. That long URL actually points to image data contained within itself, rather than hosted on a website somewhere, but the forum mangles data-URL hyperlinks and image embeds, so I hosted the pic myself.

PS – That looks like it might have come from one of our own threads in Road-Related Illustrations.

You're right.  The above drawing is mine...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2F5-805_apl_ex.png&hash=a36a467daef43ab492b40ad5c7cdba818c8b1623)

...and it was posted to the original Road-Related Illustration thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=575.msg107061#msg107061) before we got our own sub-board.

This drawing was also posted to Skyscraper City in a discussion about the newly-introduced arrow-per-lane signs in the 2009 MUTCD.

Oh and FWIW, this sign doesn't really exist so it shouldn't be considered a "best of".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: westerninterloper on January 18, 2017, 09:00:55 PM
Perhaps the wrong thread for this question, but I'll try:

I was driving the other night on a newly reconstructed stretch of I-75 near Toledo Ohio the other night, and all of the brand new BGSs were almost unreadable.

The weather conditions were wet/foggy and hovering around 31F. The roads were wet, but frost was developing on everything else, including the BGSs on the interstate I believe. I'm guessing that the frost was obscuring the signs at night?

Last night driving the same stretch, everything was bright and clear.

Anyone else noticed something like this?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on January 18, 2017, 09:15:29 PM
Yes, that happens sometimes. Condensation on humid nights can cause a similar effect. Not much that can be done to counteract it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on January 18, 2017, 11:19:44 PM
Quote from: westerninterloper on January 18, 2017, 09:00:55 PM
Perhaps the wrong thread for this question, but I'll try:

I was driving the other night on a newly reconstructed stretch of I-75 near Toledo Ohio the other night, and all of the brand new BGSs were almost unreadable.

The weather conditions were wet/foggy and hovering around 31F. The roads were wet, but frost was developing on everything else, including the BGSs on the interstate I believe. I'm guessing that the frost was obscuring the signs at night?

Last night driving the same stretch, everything was bright and clear.

Anyone else noticed something like this?

Oh, yes.

Check out this link ... http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2010_DFW_Day_2/index.html ... and you can see all sorts of signs on which the frost has obscured the reflectivity.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 18, 2017, 11:41:47 PM
^^

Any idea if this issue is more prevalent with incremental or extruded panels? Washington (who uses incremental) doesn't seem to have too much of an issue with frosty signs (at least from my experience).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: myosh_tino on January 19, 2017, 01:57:12 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 18, 2017, 11:19:44 PM
Quote from: westerninterloper on January 18, 2017, 09:00:55 PM
Perhaps the wrong thread for this question, but I'll try:

I was driving the other night on a newly reconstructed stretch of I-75 near Toledo Ohio the other night, and all of the brand new BGSs were almost unreadable.

The weather conditions were wet/foggy and hovering around 31F. The roads were wet, but frost was developing on everything else, including the BGSs on the interstate I believe. I'm guessing that the frost was obscuring the signs at night?

Last night driving the same stretch, everything was bright and clear.

Anyone else noticed something like this?

Oh, yes.

Check out this link ... http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2010_DFW_Day_2/index.html ... and you can see all sorts of signs on which the frost has obscured the reflectivity.

The same thing happens out here in northern California but in our case, condensation from fog or humidity is the culprit.  This concerns me a little because Caltrans has issued a directive to remove the lighting fixtures from overhead signs when Type XI sheeting is used.  What good are highly reflective signs when they can be obscured by condensation?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on January 19, 2017, 02:28:35 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 18, 2017, 11:41:47 PM
^^

Any idea if this issue is more prevalent with incremental or extruded panels? Washington (who uses incremental) doesn't seem to have too much of an issue with frosty signs (at least from my experience).

I've always seen it on extruded panels, but that's because nobody uses incremental around here. Keep in mind that local weather tendencies are going to cause a lot of variance, too (the dew point has to be high enough).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 19, 2017, 03:57:31 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 19, 2017, 02:28:35 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 18, 2017, 11:41:47 PM
^^

Any idea if this issue is more prevalent with incremental or extruded panels? Washington (who uses incremental) doesn't seem to have too much of an issue with frosty signs (at least from my experience).

I've always seen it on extruded panels, but that's because nobody uses incremental around here. Keep in mind that local weather tendencies are going to cause a lot of variance, too (the dew point has to be high enough).

Well is it frost or condensation? Because Washington gets plenty of frost this time of year. This is also a very humid part of the US. During the summer, the dew point is usually lower than the temp, so it doesn't feel humid. But the winter regularly deals out brutal humidity/dew point combos.

This was a test ignore it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on January 20, 2017, 03:26:38 AM
Frost is frozen condensation...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 20, 2017, 03:32:23 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 20, 2017, 03:26:38 AM
Frost is frozen condensation...

I know, I know. Just testing ya.

Jokes aside, do they have different effects on the signs?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: spooky on January 20, 2017, 08:41:52 AM
The condensation/frost effect obscuring sign visibility is common on cold mornings in MA, at least based on my observations of new-ish BGS on MA 3, I-93 and I-95.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PurdueBill on February 05, 2017, 09:29:44 PM
Speaking of frost on signs: Took this picture on OH 315 at I-270 5 years ago tonight driving home from the Super Bowl in Indianapolis.  Too bad the lighting was turned off or else the signs would have looked fine.

(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12670219_10105957840881048_7907864804095289965_n.jpg?oh=ef81fd0ea59d01d5ed6f3981f05a68ff&oe=593E6FD3)

(Photo was taken around 2am as I recall.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 11, 2017, 09:03:04 PM
I totally just saved that picture to my hard drive
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on February 15, 2017, 10:48:33 PM
Happened to stumble upon these old signs in Killen, AL while out and about today. The first sign is an embossed speed limit sign on J C Mauldin Highway, which appears to be a former alignment of US 72 through Killen:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2864/32112084723_5f983d696d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCQ2a)Embossed Speed Limit Sign (https://flic.kr/p/QVCQ2a) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/614/32546406660_d9c9e2b905.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QNq)Embossed Speed Limit Sign (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QNq) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/735/32546406430_11097eeed1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QJs)Embossed Speed Limit Sign (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QJs) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2826/32546406000_0a11c47ba9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QB3)Embossed Speed Limit Sign (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QB3) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Next I found this old 50s-60s-era "Stop Ahead" assembly on School Lane, just off of J C Mauldin Highway. These signs would be installed like this on a concrete post, but they'd also usually have a sign that gave a distance (such as "500 feet") underneath the "Stop Ahead" sign, apparently. This was likely installed by the state back when Lauderdale County was a "captive county". Either way, it's rather neat that this sign has managed to survive without replacement for so long, as it's very much a classic Alabama sign install. Also, note the little "visor"-like thing on the "Intersection" sign. That serves the purpose of helping re-enforce the sign so it doesn't warp as easily.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2796/32112084103_ddd0d41b24.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPQt)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPQt) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/625/32773287892_914ba8ca8a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RW4EFN)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/RW4EFN) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2781/32112083843_e20c3dbc55.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPKZ)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPKZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2829/32112083783_c0329b0bbe.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPJX)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPJX) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3719/32112083623_d184c5248f.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPGc)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPGc) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2135/32112083523_4f3acdbe47.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPEt)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPEt) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/258/32546404700_34704cc324.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QdC)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/RA1QdC) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2754/32112083263_c69cc23769.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPzZ)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPzZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2790/32546404210_b365b29f02.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RA1Q5b)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/RA1Q5b) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/494/32112083033_34f8829d41.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPw2)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPw2) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3807/32083773594_5945cd02ee.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QT8J7f)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QT8J7f) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Aerobird on February 16, 2017, 12:19:12 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 15, 2017, 10:48:33 PM
Also, note the little "visor"-like thing on the "Intersection" sign. That serves the purpose of helping re-enforce the sign so it doesn't warp as easily.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2781/32112083843_e20c3dbc55.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPKZ)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPKZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
I have to admit, I never thought I'd see a road sign with a Gurney flap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_flap)!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on February 16, 2017, 06:12:44 PM
Quote from: Aerobird on February 16, 2017, 12:19:12 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 15, 2017, 10:48:33 PM
Also, note the little "visor"-like thing on the "Intersection" sign. That serves the purpose of helping re-enforce the sign so it doesn't warp as easily.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2781/32112083843_e20c3dbc55.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPKZ)Old Stop Ahead Signage Assembly (https://flic.kr/p/QVCPKZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
I have to admit, I never thought I'd see a road sign with a Gurney flap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_flap)!

...or wickerbill.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vtk on February 23, 2017, 10:45:38 PM
Series F!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on February 27, 2017, 06:57:18 PM
Quote from: vtk on February 23, 2017, 10:45:38 PM
Series F!
On which sign?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on February 28, 2017, 10:26:17 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 27, 2017, 06:57:18 PM
Quote from: vtk on February 23, 2017, 10:45:38 PM
Series F!
On which sign?
I believe the STOP lettering for the STOP AHEAD sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on March 12, 2017, 07:14:14 PM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8690/16540932054_50fbac9cd7_c.jpg)

It's been awhile, and this sign is no longer there, but it's a sign of what could've been if the RI-138 expressway was built in Newport, RI. (https://flic.kr/p/rcEAPG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: D-Dey65 on March 27, 2017, 09:37:47 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on August 11, 2015, 06:45:56 AM
Quote from: formulanone on August 10, 2015, 12:29:09 PM
Southbound on SC 170/US 17, near the Georgia/South Carolina state line:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/454/20243337270_f6080f00d0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wQQoUo)
Not ALT / SC 170 (https://flic.kr/p/wQQoUo) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/), on Flickr

Wikipedia suggests this routing was once part of US 17, and Alternate US 17 took its place in 1975, so this assembly is at least that old.

The bridge in the interchange is dated 1974 so this sign likely dates to then.  It was definitely there in 1987.
I saw that as recently as 1999 when I took Greyhound to NYC.

Anyway, here's a button copy stop sign that somebody is trying to auction off on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Red-PORCELAIN-Stop-Sign-Cat-Eye-Reflectors-CITY-OF-BERKELEY-California/371901969046?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40130%26meid%3Dc22b59240bc2414a95624344323591d3%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D292067712426   


Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cl94 on April 08, 2017, 07:50:23 PM
Somehow got several beauties in one picture. Grafton, VT.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3945/33077094324_410519b6a5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SoUKKJ)

I can't decide which is best: the square VT 121, the ancient mileage signs or the embossed speed limit sign? There's a less-faded VT 121 on the post behind it.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3947/33077089914_2fa5ffbe15.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SoUJrG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 7/8 on May 07, 2017, 05:27:44 PM
I really like the signage for the yellowhead highway where it branches off from TCH 1 in Manitoba:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEY4H1zr.jpg&hash=b4d286c545b20ac91213c5d9cae1d96cd6190e97)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F4yN5BL4.jpg&hash=95f719b3ee4c82b1c117c39d14216cf3ded80b57)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXzwUTq8.jpg&hash=ac9cd996b7bce7584d74844fbed659b3a838e2a0)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 10, 2017, 05:24:49 PM
Found a rare West Virginia "delta route" in Morgantown:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4171/34504036926_822e7e257b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Uz1d5o)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on May 11, 2017, 12:15:47 PM
I've only seen a couple of others in all my travels in West Virginia. There was one on CR 857 between Cheat Lake and the state line the last time I traveled that route.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 12:29:03 AM
One of my personal favorites.  Bakersfield, California.  You got button copy and Buck Owens in one nice looking sign.  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3671/8788296059_cb12286e64_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 12:39:20 AM
Interstate 5, Northern California. (https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7305/13302478913_fca7f20ef6_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 12:43:40 AM
Hard to beat this one.  Seattle, WA, about five years ago.  (https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8448/7983432040_98cd025015_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 12:46:20 AM
Interstate 10 near Palm Springs, CA.  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7140/6901170350_782134c572_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 12:58:57 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7170/6445918815_dee51bd008_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 01:33:33 AM
Yuma, Arizona. (https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7262/7059212597_3dfa6d6b73_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 01:38:17 AM
On I-5 near CA152 in the year 2000.  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kurumi.com%2Froads%2F3di%2Fpics%2Fphoto-i152.jpg&hash=a63a9b09cc90ff4b7a284ef18427048502ce63a6)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 01:44:43 AM
Vidal Junction, CA(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/56/141083451_ae57a758b2_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 01:52:44 AM
Near Gerlach, NV, 2009.  Now gone, and replaced by something boring.(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7200/7131028729_1ae66843f9_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 02:08:08 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/102/253115644_e4a2c19e25_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 02:38:58 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2468/3599062079_11f3b79327_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 02:44:46 AM
I like this one.  It's a little busy, but it gets its point across.  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3156/2606468201_2d6664dfc9_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 02:47:40 AM
Benton Hot Springs, California  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5039/6920857286_9bd5e5c089_h.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 02:58:06 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8030/8046244011_6d740db10b_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:03:14 AM
If you can look through the bullet holes and rust, you'll see a beautiful old sign on an abandoned stretch of road near Eagle Mountain, California.  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7264/7048696031_16864a1fab_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:25:20 AM
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5587/14918641921_9e1079a5a8_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:29:50 AM
Washington, DC.  The Clearview looks nice here.  And you've got the button copy.  Everybody wins.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8196/8089287357_3a08276144_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:42:46 AM
Lone Pine, CA  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3950/15747627412_30171639fb_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:45:42 AM
Falls City, OR.  2006(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/38/116256927_804171a400_o.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:58:53 AM
Goldfield, Nevada  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7295/8966711018_e5eb4034c5_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:07:58 AM
Wyoming.(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7064/6987899860_42a59c5984_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:16:12 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8736/16830097809_6d0d43f5ad_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:18:23 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5319/7048985599_3c1bd4b6ee_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:19:45 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5462/7073149913_53456e243e_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:23:10 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8156/7156744044_cef6e84ae0_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:26:52 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7084/7159020219_be840d6197_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:31:39 AM
Somewhere near Hamburg, Germany.  2010.(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8165/7417990924_38539e4033_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 04:54:19 AM
West Virginia. (https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/99/255403486_0bc08c0716_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:00:15 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7265/6997936702_05366ba68d_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:02:42 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/173/437404143_20cbba46ae_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:08:20 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/167/434870631_edb0e59ad1_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:11:12 AM
Green River, Utah  (https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3201/2481161736_8bd0f8308a_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:13:45 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8631/15734570367_5d77ebc0a9_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:36:30 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7016/6677465847_89893412f7_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:45:59 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2276/2477474169_543bbc2f13_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:47:54 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3094/2607326872_280b8aa596_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffandnicole on May 15, 2017, 06:13:38 AM
What the hell is all of this? 

CGPerry - did you just wander around the internet, grabbed some pictures of signs, and post them?  And how are these "The Best Of"?  Faded signage, reused signage where the square sticker doesn't fit in the circle, and misaligned numbers aren't the "Best Of" anything.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 15, 2017, 09:05:12 AM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 15, 2017, 06:13:38 AM
CGPerry - did you just wander around the internet, grabbed some pictures of signs, and post them?

From following his work on Flickr, they're all his photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisperry/).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on May 15, 2017, 06:15:43 PM
Quote from: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 05:36:30 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7016/6677465847_89893412f7_b.jpg)

Where's this?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on May 15, 2017, 06:19:02 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 15, 2017, 06:13:38 AM
What the hell is all of this? 

CGPerry - did you just wander around the internet, grabbed some pictures of signs, and post them?  And how are these "The Best Of"?  Faded signage, reused signage where the square sticker doesn't fit in the circle, and misaligned numbers aren't the "Best Of" anything.

I dunno.  Historic signage, creative signs, or signs with patina can be best in their own way.  Brand new bog standard signs aren't tremendously interesting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on May 15, 2017, 09:47:34 PM
Quote from: kkt on May 15, 2017, 06:19:02 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 15, 2017, 06:13:38 AM
What the hell is all of this? 

CGPerry - did you just wander around the internet, grabbed some pictures of signs, and post them?  And how are these "The Best Of"?  Faded signage, reused signage where the square sticker doesn't fit in the circle, and misaligned numbers aren't the "Best Of" anything.

I dunno.  Historic signage, creative signs, or signs with patina can be best in their own way.  Brand new bog standard signs aren't tremendously interesting.


Some people consider anything "old school" to be the best; I get that. What struck me more was the sheer onslaught of posts–a full page and a half. Surely that's considered poor forum etiquette?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on May 16, 2017, 12:15:47 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2017, 09:47:34 PMSurely that's considered poor forum etiquette?

Forum etiquette went out the window here a long time ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: paulthemapguy on May 16, 2017, 12:29:24 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2017, 09:47:34 PMSurely that's considered poor forum etiquette?

For posting this sentence, I'm picturing you donning a monocle and a tophat from here onwards.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on May 16, 2017, 12:31:57 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on May 16, 2017, 12:15:47 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2017, 09:47:34 PMSurely that's considered poor forum etiquette?

Forum etiquette went out the window here a long time ago.

It did? I'm not seeing any arguing for no reason on this forum except for a select few (<5%) members. Also, threads do get locked when they become insult after insult, but that happens extremely rarely.

As for other violations of etiquette, duplicate threads are usually started by new members, and that happens on every forum. Triple posts or greater are very rare (bugo's 6 in a row a few days ago was a record until this page and a half occurred). Politics is avoided except by one member who I shall not name, religion, ethnicity, and race don't come up at all, LGBTQ members are tolerated here, and sports rivalries are friendly rivalries, not bitter ones (at least on this forum).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on May 16, 2017, 12:55:14 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 16, 2017, 12:29:24 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2017, 09:47:34 PMSurely that's considered poor forum etiquette?

For posting this sentence, I'm picturing you donning a monocle and a tophat from here onwards.

I'm satisfied with that legacy. :-)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on May 16, 2017, 07:34:42 PM
Quote from: formulanone on May 15, 2017, 09:05:12 AM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 15, 2017, 06:13:38 AM
CGPerry - did you just wander around the internet, grabbed some pictures of signs, and post them?

From following his work on Flickr, they're all his photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisperry/).

No need to attack like that.  my god.  and yes he's on Flickr.  I liked looking at the photos.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 7/8 on May 17, 2017, 11:38:55 PM
Not a great picture, but I love the older style "King's Highway" shields, and I found this one in Mitchell just south of Hwy 8

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8hYfUST.jpg&hash=30880f5c77654cfb5e4defea27a91fdb6bf12be0)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: abc2VE on May 20, 2017, 09:33:17 PM
I got these nice photos a couple of months ago. In the second picture I see something that looks light a grid and based on the paint on the letters, I would assume these were painted with a brush.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4221/33944429104_62bf5e1c80_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/THy5aE)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4202/33944429914_7387553f14_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/THy5pC)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thefraze_1020 on May 21, 2017, 11:57:15 AM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on May 16, 2017, 07:34:42 PM
Quote from: formulanone on May 15, 2017, 09:05:12 AM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 15, 2017, 06:13:38 AM
CGPerry - did you just wander around the internet, grabbed some pictures of signs, and post them?

From following his work on Flickr, they're all his photos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisperry/).

No need to attack like that.  my god.  and yes he's on Flickr.  I liked looking at the photos.

This thread hasn't had a lot of action lately, which is a shame, because I love seeing these pictures. I respect CGPerry's traveling and keen photography skills. And I'm glad to see that he is putting up a bunch of new posts for us all to see.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 7/8 on May 28, 2017, 02:24:38 PM
Here are some older sign I found today:

Fading Neighbourhood Watch sign on Highway 3 (I think in Courtland, ON)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIUq1dQr.jpg&hash=35f93d0b64b315b45571b0168cc7ee45b218e990)

Old Highway 3 marker in Simcoe, ON
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5yna1WY.jpg&hash=df8ce3a00fb1f0f5cfc96a782bb863bf73ef25af)

Old Brant CR 15 sign south of Ayr, ON
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fp1Qy4g7.jpg&hash=4b7e863574aef5e9331e81744c29b46a653be16f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on May 29, 2017, 02:04:51 PM
Old plywood LeHay font ME 129 shield along Business US 1 in the small town of Damariscotta, Maine (with my car idling in the background). There are several old font signs along this stretch of road through the towns of Damariscotta and Newcastle, which is awesome because there aren't that many of these types of signs left around the state. This was taken last night, but I'm going to come back down here at some point during the day and get photos of the other ones.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3caCeZHl.jpg&hash=68302db4311f8fcefd5820e5aa273345f8e9ab84)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 29, 2017, 02:21:44 PM
Quote from: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 03:29:50 AM
Washington, DC.  The Clearview looks nice here.  And you've got the button copy.  Everybody wins.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8196/8089287357_3a08276144_k.jpg)

The reason why the Clearview looks so nice is because it's FHWA Series...

Quote from: abc2VE on May 20, 2017, 09:33:17 PM
I got these nice photos a couple of months ago. In the second picture I see something that looks light a grid and based on the paint on the letters, I would assume these were painted with a brush.

It probably is hand painted, but the "grid" you're seeing is part of the application process for obsolete Scotchlite sheeting.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on May 30, 2017, 11:23:15 AM
Quote from: Ian on May 29, 2017, 02:04:51 PM
Old plywood LeHay font ME 129 shield along Business US 1 in the small town of Damariscotta, Maine (with my car idling in the background). There are several old font signs along this stretch of road through the towns of Damariscotta and Newcastle, which is awesome because there aren't that many of these types of signs left around the state. This was taken last night, but I'm going to come back down here at some point during the day and get photos of the other ones.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3caCeZHl.jpg&hash=68302db4311f8fcefd5820e5aa273345f8e9ab84)
I knew a girl from Damariscotta in college.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on June 02, 2017, 09:32:39 PM
Some good photos for a Friday night.  As always visit my Flickr and lemme know what you think!

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4242/35060902105_c5f47efc6d_z.jpg)[/url]

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4252/35020829526_042968f69d_z.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4275/34929434451_7c39643662_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on June 03, 2017, 09:46:53 PM
I'm fairly proud of this shot.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSy4nV1p.jpg&hash=61d38bff2da7e43b0ecd73056503d05f69d440e6)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on June 03, 2017, 09:51:38 PM
Quote from: csw on June 03, 2017, 09:46:53 PM
I'm fairly proud of this shot.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSy4nV1p.jpg&hash=61d38bff2da7e43b0ecd73056503d05f69d440e6)

That's "best of road pictures", not "best of road signs".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on June 09, 2017, 07:30:15 AM
wooops.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 09, 2017, 10:52:34 AM
I didn't know that power plant was there. I drove the Pennyrile northbound several years ago and don't remember seeing that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: seicer on June 09, 2017, 12:54:37 PM
It's a fantastic road sign. Properly aligned text; appropriately sized fonts; correct exit tabs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on June 09, 2017, 04:46:22 PM
Funny you should say that, because it appears KYDOT made a mistake on the previous sign....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMLWEWce.jpg&hash=288a7dce01d116635abbba61bd4698d5a9c9c229)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on June 09, 2017, 04:55:52 PM
Quote from: csw on June 09, 2017, 04:46:22 PM
Funny you should say that, because it appears KYDOT made a mistake on the previous sign....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMLWEWce.jpg&hash=288a7dce01d116635abbba61bd4698d5a9c9c229)

Does the order of cities even matter?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on June 09, 2017, 05:59:43 PM
No, it's not really a big deal, I just thought it was unusual.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SectorZ on June 09, 2017, 06:01:07 PM
Quote from: csw on June 09, 2017, 04:46:22 PM
Funny you should say that, because it appears KYDOT made a mistake on the previous sign....
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMLWEWce.jpg&hash=288a7dce01d116635abbba61bd4698d5a9c9c229)

I would call that inconsistent design rather than a mistake.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 09, 2017, 08:13:40 PM
It's supposed to matter. The city on the left of the exit is supposed to appear first, and the city on the right is to appear second. It's possible that the half-mile signs got installed on the wrong side of the road. Southbound should say "Owensboro/Sebree" and it's possible it says "Sebree/Owensboro."

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/432/31242770534_0f390b6b2d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PAPncu)2016 Alabama Meet Trip Day 1 - 141 (https://flic.kr/p/PAPncu) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

And what do you know? This is southbound on the new I-69, taken last fall. They did get the signs flip-flopped on the wrong direction.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on June 09, 2017, 08:49:58 PM
Quote from: csw on June 09, 2017, 04:46:22 PM
Funny you should say that, because it appears KYDOT made a mistake on the previous sign....

http://i.imgur.com/MLWEWce.jpg

On the 2 mile and 1/2 mile advanced guide signs, "EXIT" and "134" seem too close together.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: seicer on June 09, 2017, 09:23:33 PM
Are those numbers patched?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on June 09, 2017, 09:48:12 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on June 09, 2017, 08:49:58 PM
Quote from: csw on June 09, 2017, 04:46:22 PM
Funny you should say that, because it appears KYDOT made a mistake on the previous sign....

http://i.imgur.com/MLWEWce.jpg

On the 2 mile and 1/2 mile advanced guide signs, "EXIT" and "134" seem too close together.
Quote from: seicer on June 09, 2017, 09:23:33 PM
Are those numbers patched?

A quick consultation of Wikipedia suggests that they are likely patches over the old number 63.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on June 10, 2017, 10:42:43 PM
Quote from: Eth on June 09, 2017, 09:48:12 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on June 09, 2017, 08:49:58 PM
Quote from: csw on June 09, 2017, 04:46:22 PM
Funny you should say that, because it appears KYDOT made a mistake on the previous sign....

http://i.imgur.com/MLWEWce.jpg

On the 2 mile and 1/2 mile advanced guide signs, "EXIT" and "134" seem too close together.
Quote from: seicer on June 09, 2017, 09:23:33 PM
Are those numbers patched?

A quick consultation of Wikipedia suggests that they are likely patches over the old number 63.

There was a complete sign replacement along the Pennyrile between the WK and US 60 at Henderson.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 11, 2017, 10:56:34 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 09, 2017, 08:13:40 PM
It's supposed to matter. The city on the left of the exit is supposed to appear first, and the city on the right is to appear second. It's possible that the half-mile signs got installed on the wrong side of the road. Southbound should say "Owensboro/Sebree" and it's possible it says "Sebree/Owensboro."

I always figured it was typically the larger/closer/immediate city (or equivalent) first, and the secondary/further was next, if they're on the same single sign...with respect to east-west or north-south (one for each direction).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JJBers on June 11, 2017, 01:57:59 PM
Quote from: formulanone on June 11, 2017, 10:56:34 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 09, 2017, 08:13:40 PM
It's supposed to matter. The city on the left of the exit is supposed to appear first, and the city on the right is to appear second. It's possible that the half-mile signs got installed on the wrong side of the road. Southbound should say "Owensboro/Sebree" and it's possible it says "Sebree/Owensboro."

I always figured it was typically the larger/closer/immediate city (or equivalent) first, and the secondary/further was next, if they're on the same single sign...with respect to east-west or north-south (one for each direction).
Same thought here, a lot of CT signs do that
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Voyager75 on June 24, 2017, 11:55:51 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1376.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fah18%2Fbshuguley%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FAAAD5A12-7EFC-4624-A616-E3A289EE880B_zpsdbvpugwt.jpg&hash=5a685bce219da5a4c99c59cbb5fff3ce09f7e2b3) (http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/bshuguley/media/Mobile%20Uploads/AAAD5A12-7EFC-4624-A616-E3A289EE880B_zpsdbvpugwt.jpg.html)

18th Street N. in Birmingham, AL. Doubt these '57 spec shields will be around much longer as this on ramp will be removed after the I-20/59 bridge replacement project.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 7/8 on July 02, 2017, 08:07:33 PM
I got my first photos of button-copy signage today! These are both in Toledo on I-75.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FfWubyJI.jpg&hash=9adba35f2c17f62b3246e565031819877434485c)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHJJXGlE.jpg&hash=6af1ee7dac04fd221558215689bd5a9a18100678)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 7/8 on July 02, 2017, 09:31:40 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.

I can see your point of view, but for me, I find it cool to see any button-copy (I never see it in Ontario). Indianapolis had lots of good button copy, but I was the one driving in the city, so I didn't get any photos.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: amroad17 on July 03, 2017, 01:05:50 AM
Come down to Cincinnati.  There are many, many BGS's that are button copy on I-75 and there are even more on I-71.  Better come soon because many button copy signs on some of the other highways (Ronald Reagan/Cross County, I-275, I-75 in the reconstructed zones, and I-74) have been or are being replaced by reflective or Clearview signage.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on July 03, 2017, 01:55:51 AM
Quote from: amroad17 on July 03, 2017, 01:05:50 AM
Come down to Cincinnati.  There are many, many BGS's that are button copy on I-75 and there are even more on I-71.  Better come soon because many button copy signs on some of the other highways (Ronald Reagan/Cross County, I-275, I-75 in the reconstructed zones, and I-74) have been or are being replaced by reflective or Clearview signage.

That's one hell of a double whammy. Bye bye button copy, hello Clearview. Ugh.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: amroad17 on July 03, 2017, 02:17:45 AM
Yes, all of the BGS's in the Thru the Valley reconstruction on I-75 in Cincinnati (currently from Harrison Ave, Exit 2B, to the Norwood Lateral, Exit 7) have been or are being replaced (in the case of the Lateral) by Clearview signage.  Signs north of the Lateral are a mix of reflective Gothic and button copy.  Many of the Clearview signs aren't too bad with the exception being the Mitchell Ave (Exit 6) signage.  The signs are a bit cluttered with the Exit Only part sort of "tacked on" to the northbound signs.

A few years ago, Fayette County in Ohio changed all the BGS's on I-71 and on US 35 from button copy or reflective Gothic to Clearview.  Again, many of the signs do not look too bad with maybe a couple of exceptions.  It is interesting traveling on US 35 from Fayette County into Ross County and seeing signs go from Clearview to reflective Gothic.  Likewise traveling south on I-71 from Fayette into Greene County.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SignGeek101 on July 03, 2017, 02:36:12 AM
Quote from: 7/8 on July 02, 2017, 09:31:40 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.

I can see your point of view, but for me, I find it cool to see any button-copy (I never see it in Ontario). Indianapolis had lots of good button copy, but I was the one driving in the city, so I didn't get any photos.

The only button copy in all of Canada I'm aware of (that was still there as of October 2016) is in Calgary.

https://goo.gl/maps/5aeGdyvUxpr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TravelingBethelite on July 03, 2017, 03:03:37 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on July 03, 2017, 01:55:51 AM
Quote from: amroad17 on July 03, 2017, 01:05:50 AM
Come down to Cincinnati.  There are many, many BGS's that are button copy on I-75 and there are even more on I-71.  Better come soon because many button copy signs on some of the other highways (Ronald Reagan/Cross County, I-275, I-75 in the reconstructed zones, and I-74) have been or are being replaced by reflective or Clearview signage.

That's one hell of a double whammy. Bye bye button copy, hello Clearview. Ugh.

That raises the question, or at least to me it does, has there (n)ever been an example in the wild of button-copy Clearview? Or is it the sort of the thing we'll see/get when we get I-70 through Baltimore or a renumbered I-99?  :spin:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on July 03, 2017, 04:44:00 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on July 03, 2017, 03:03:37 PMThat raises the question, or at least to me it does, has there (n)ever been an example in the wild of button-copy Clearview?
Guess on my part: no. 
The likely reason being that the newest examples of button-copy signage were fabricated years prior to the first Clearview signage being made.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 03, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on July 03, 2017, 02:36:12 AM
Quote from: 7/8 on July 02, 2017, 09:31:40 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.

I can see your point of view, but for me, I find it cool to see any button-copy (I never see it in Ontario). Indianapolis had lots of good button copy, but I was the one driving in the city, so I didn't get any photos.

The only button copy in all of Canada I'm aware of (that was still there as of October 2016) is in Calgary.

https://goo.gl/maps/5aeGdyvUxpr

Excellent find! (Assuming you found it.) I've never seen button copy outside of the US before.

Almost worth making a trip to take a photo while it still stands.

FWIW, I don't believe Vancouver ever used button copy.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on July 03, 2017, 08:01:18 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 03, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on July 03, 2017, 02:36:12 AM
Quote from: 7/8 on July 02, 2017, 09:31:40 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.

I can see your point of view, but for me, I find it cool to see any button-copy (I never see it in Ontario). Indianapolis had lots of good button copy, but I was the one driving in the city, so I didn't get any photos.

The only button copy in all of Canada I'm aware of (that was still there as of October 2016) is in Calgary.

https://goo.gl/maps/5aeGdyvUxpr

Excellent find! (Assuming you found it.) I've never seen button copy outside of the US before.

Almost worth making a trip to take a photo while it still stands.

FWIW, I don't believe Vancouver ever used button copy.

Wow.

Also, I like the horizontal signal on the Prepare to Stop sign. Never seen that before, even in places with horizontal signals.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on July 03, 2017, 10:52:15 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on July 03, 2017, 01:05:50 AM
Come down to Cincinnati.  There are many, many BGS's that are button copy on I-75 and there are even more on I-71.  Better come soon because many button copy signs on some of the other highways (Ronald Reagan/Cross County, I-275, I-75 in the reconstructed zones, and I-74) have been or are being replaced by reflective or Clearview signage.

Then some of those signage plans must have been active for quite some time. How long's it been since Clearview went bye-bye? Definitely more than a year.

Quote from: roadguy2 on July 03, 2017, 01:55:51 AM

That's one hell of a double whammy. Bye bye button copy, hello Clearview. Ugh.

Happened on the westernmost 15 miles of I-64 in West Virginia about four years ago. Button copy between the Kentucky state line and the US 60 Barboursville exit was replaced with Clearview. Included in the sign replacement project was a sign for Exit 1 in Kentucky that had been replaced by Kentucky not all that many years prior.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: seicer on July 05, 2017, 08:54:31 AM
Many of those signs were fabricated before the Clearview test was rescinded (but is open for states to use again) for the reconstruction of I-75 south of the Norwood Lateral/SR 562.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on July 10, 2017, 12:11:31 PM
Auburn, N.Y., today:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fvdxi0bQ.jpg&hash=aa5fe7b52872a7c6201f6c4e593a7c6f31c7ba56)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: epzik8 on July 10, 2017, 04:17:19 PM
I just dug up this one from the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike approaching Breezewood:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYaAHVmb.jpg&hash=3ee52c3215762030d6a95bee71e51fed3f750603)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on July 10, 2017, 04:20:48 PM
Quote from: epzik8 on July 10, 2017, 04:17:19 PM
I just dug up this one from the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike approaching Breezewood:
(snip)
There's actually a continuation of that sign - I think it says "USE I-70 EAST" or something. I can't quite remember, but that set of signs is similar to the I-70 descent into Denver out west.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on July 10, 2017, 07:07:17 PM
Not sure how rare these are, but I had never seen one before. Business US 67 in Poplar Bluff, MO:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzpaS3g2.jpg&hash=a8fc3d634d22b88e79971d06120a2b3c19a2b94f)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on July 11, 2017, 01:28:49 AM
Quote from: csw on July 10, 2017, 07:07:17 PM
Not sure how rare these are, but I had never seen one before. Business US 67 in Poplar Bluff, MO:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzpaS3g2.jpg&hash=a8fc3d634d22b88e79971d06120a2b3c19a2b94f)

There are similar signs on Spur US 95 between Weiser ID and Weiser Jct OR.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: amroad17 on July 11, 2017, 11:22:44 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on July 10, 2017, 12:11:31 PM
Auburn, N.Y., today:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fvdxi0bQ.jpg&hash=aa5fe7b52872a7c6201f6c4e593a7c6f31c7ba56)
I'll bet those signs looked great in 1971.  BTW, they did.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 12, 2017, 02:41:24 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on July 11, 2017, 11:22:44 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on July 10, 2017, 12:11:31 PM
Auburn, N.Y., today:

http://i.imgur.com/vdxi0bQ.jpg

I'll bet those signs looked great in 1971.  BTW, they did.

I ain't betting against you, if you already know they did.

:)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 15, 2017, 10:09:06 PM
Some old (?) signage on West Broadway in Vancouver:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4302/35907217136_602f279735_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WGZSEC)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 15, 2017, 11:39:39 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 15, 2017, 10:09:06 PM
Some old (?) signage on West Broadway in Vancouver:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4302/35907217136_602f279735_b.jpg

Vancouver, particularly the city, is full of awesome old signage. That "BC font" is the giveaway of the age (not sure when they stopped using the font).

A couple of my favorites:

Georgia Viaduct:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTfXO2f6.jpg&hash=77b0c3e14b61871a54a20624cbb3e6f1d33c5aa4)

Hwy 1/Taylor Way Jct:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fw6RfXct.jpg&hash=54c43c2cd144d262815ab79bf5210466e1310176)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on July 16, 2017, 03:14:50 PM
West end of Elko NV today. Appears to predate I-80:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqPB2xLd.jpg&hash=2905eafb2596dfc157722660622771c8be2b9df3)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on July 16, 2017, 03:18:43 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on July 16, 2017, 03:14:50 PM
West end of Elko NV today. Appears to predate I-80:

(snipped)

It would be best of, except that one idiot vandalized it in a specific way.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on July 16, 2017, 06:51:39 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4291/35927142696_39abc04ffc_c.jpg)
(https://flic.kr/p/WJKZQL)Original non-reflective button copy on I-78 East (NJ Turnpike Newark Bay Extension) Bayonne, NJ. Note: a rare white on black speed limit sign. (https://flic.kr/p/WJKZQL) by mergingtraffic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/), on Flickr

A poster in the Northeast Roads FB group mentioned this was still there.  And sure enough it is. I snapped it today.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 16, 2017, 06:59:28 PM
Not sure I've ever seen a white-on-green speed limit sign. I suspect it doesn't conform to any sort of standard, then or now. Doubt it's legally enforceable either.

Anyone know if such signage was ever common?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: theline on July 16, 2017, 09:42:44 PM
Maybe I'm dense, but I can't figure out what message the sign is trying to deliver. "EXIT 14 - 14C" confuses me. Does the speed limit apply just to the main line in the area of those ramps? That's a very odd way to assign speed limits.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on July 17, 2017, 12:06:47 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 16, 2017, 06:59:28 PM
Not sure I've ever seen a white-on-green speed limit sign. I suspect it doesn't conform to any sort of standard, then or now. Doubt it's legally enforceable either.

Anyone know if such signage was ever common?

All speed limit signage on the Ohio Turnpike prior to the 80s was pretty much white-on-green except for the service plazas -- those were white-on-blue.

Somewhere, I have an old pic from the Will Rogers Turnpike in OK from 1983 where at least some of the speed limit signs were white-on-green.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 17, 2017, 12:57:12 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on July 17, 2017, 12:06:47 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 16, 2017, 06:59:28 PM
Not sure I've ever seen a white-on-green speed limit sign. I suspect it doesn't conform to any sort of standard, then or now. Doubt it's legally enforceable either.

Anyone know if such signage was ever common?

All speed limit signage on the Ohio Turnpike prior to the 80s was pretty much white-on-green except for the service plazas -- those were white-on-blue.

Somewhere, I have an old pic from the Will Rogers Turnpike in OK from 1983 where at least some of the speed limit signs were white-on-green.

Huh! That's crazy. I didn't realise there was so much variation in color. I assume the white-on-black design was standard by, at the latest, the 50s, so I'm surprised that alternative colors arose, and lasted that long.

That in mind, I do know that the Ohio Turnpike has some relatively unique signage features (square BGSs being the first thing that I think of).

Quote from: theline on July 16, 2017, 09:42:44 PM
Maybe I'm dense, but I can't figure out what message the sign is trying to deliver. "EXIT 14 - 14C" confuses me. Does the speed limit apply just to the main line in the area of those ramps? That's a very odd way to assign speed limits.

I assume that it means "exit ramps 14 to 14C have speed limits of 50", but it's nonetheless confusing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hubcity on July 17, 2017, 11:52:13 AM
Quote from: theline on July 16, 2017, 09:42:44 PM
Maybe I'm dense, but I can't figure out what message the sign is trying to deliver. "EXIT 14 - 14C" confuses me. Does the speed limit apply just to the main line in the area of those ramps? That's a very odd way to assign speed limits.

This is a stretch where NJ Turnpike exit naming really gets confusing if you're hoping for MUTCD compliance. The Turnpike's Newark Bay Extension is really more of a highway on its own - in fact, it carries I-78 for its entire distance - with access to the mainline turnpike provided via full intersections as it crosses. The extension starts with Exit 14 at its western end, where a barrier toll plaza separates the extension from I-78, which extends from there to the west. The Extension continues eastward past its unnumbered interchange with the mainline Turnpike (I-95) and exits 14A (NJ-440) and 14B (Liberty State Park), before ending at Exit 14C, a barrier toll, at its eastern end, from which the road extends to the Holland Tunnel with an additional unnumbered exit for Columbus Drive in Jersey City. Those letter-suffixed exits are thus placed along slightly more than 8 miles of highway.

Interestingly, traveling eastbound toward the Extension's eastern end, one can choose from two "Exit 14"s: one east of the mainline Turnpike intersection for US 1/9 and US 22, and one west of it for I-78.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: epzik8 on July 17, 2017, 12:35:13 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 10, 2017, 04:20:48 PM
Quote from: epzik8 on July 10, 2017, 04:17:19 PM
I just dug up this one from the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike approaching Breezewood:
(snip)
There's actually a continuation of that sign - I think it says "USE I-70 EAST" or something. I can't quite remember, but that set of signs is similar to the I-70 descent into Denver out west.
I remember driving eastbound on I-70 into Denver in 2009 with my dad and two brothers on an RV trip, and we were quite amused by those signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 17, 2017, 05:55:20 PM
Haven't posted in this thread in a while, but there are a few old LeHay font signs that I've photographed around Maine these past two months. I'm happy that these were there when I saw them, because these shields are a fast dying breed. These first three are in Damariscotta along Business US 1...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEs6XolXl.jpg&hash=d168fe17ffa044af5cce824647559ec32241e73a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeSkhK1Dl.jpg&hash=dbfdadb2fa2ee7e2ff852f31d197301e88af8a71)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMuOr94ol.jpg&hash=176db134903fe87bfc64b90907ea0ce7f716110f)


Newcastle, also on Business US 1...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FjR799g8l.jpg&hash=d54ebb64670ff18db471e09f3a3a4dd2d77a95bf)


Woolwich, at the intersection of US 1 and ME 127...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbxX7nPbl.jpg&hash=a55887102291f3a1d06d3bdffe5c2591f618563d)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on July 17, 2017, 05:56:26 PM
...and a few more. The first two here are in Bath, the first one being on Washington Street heading south just beyond US 1 and the second being on ME 209 (High Street) proper just south of the Webber Avenue intersection.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FRIhhk9ml.jpg&hash=b72cec505d5aa382b93151bd3cb1f28df9ce136e)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxtkWcUPl.jpg&hash=b69c48f5c8e6fea57bfee9c52c60e59d10ae25b3)


And lastly, at the south end of ME 216 in Phippsburg...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Flr9PEXtl.jpg&hash=631fafe683e4bfe6adc106c949dc7134a0ee6f67)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: theline on July 17, 2017, 10:52:46 PM
Quote from: hubcity on July 17, 2017, 11:52:13 AM
Quote from: theline on July 16, 2017, 09:42:44 PM
Maybe I'm dense, but I can't figure out what message the sign is trying to deliver. "EXIT 14 - 14C" confuses me. Does the speed limit apply just to the main line in the area of those ramps? That's a very odd way to assign speed limits.

This is a stretch where NJ Turnpike exit naming really gets confusing if you're hoping for MUTCD compliance. The Turnpike's Newark Bay Extension is really more of a highway on its own - in fact, it carries I-78 for its entire distance - with access to the mainline turnpike provided via full intersections as it crosses. The extension starts with Exit 14 at its western end, where a barrier toll plaza separates the extension from I-78, which extends from there to the west. The Extension continues eastward past its unnumbered interchange with the mainline Turnpike (I-95) and exits 14A (NJ-440) and 14B (Liberty State Park), before ending at Exit 14C, a barrier toll, at its eastern end, from which the road extends to the Holland Tunnel with an additional unnumbered exit for Columbus Drive in Jersey City. Those letter-suffixed exits are thus placed along slightly more than 8 miles of highway.

Interestingly, traveling eastbound toward the Extension's eastern end, one can choose from two "Exit 14"s: one east of the mainline Turnpike intersection for US 1/9 and US 22, and one west of it for I-78.

Thanks for the education, hubcity. So that sign could have said something like "SPEED LIMIT 50 - Next 8 miles - unless otherwise posted." Actually, the sign as posted is probably clearer.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 20, 2017, 10:46:14 PM
Passed this yesterday on I-95 (we were in the express lanes, but they weren't moving much better than the regular lanes were) and I liked the "Halloween" feel of the way the characters were deteriorating.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/b36b63268d05e72024afda9a10cfcab7.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 21, 2017, 06:47:11 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 20, 2017, 10:46:14 PM
Passed this yesterday on I-95 (we were in the express lanes, but they weren't moving much better than the regular lanes were) and I liked the "Halloween" feel of the way the characters were deteriorating.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/b36b63268d05e72024afda9a10cfcab7.jpg)

Based on the most recent re-signing project along I-95 in Miami-Dade, that sign can't be more than 2-3 years old.

Not saying that disqualifies it from the thread, but even for Florida, that's some serious deterioration or a manufacturing flaw.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: route17fan on July 21, 2017, 07:33:55 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 16, 2017, 06:59:28 PM
Not sure I've ever seen a white-on-green speed limit sign. I suspect it doesn't conform to any sort of standard, then or now. Doubt it's legally enforceable either.

Anyone know if such signage was ever common?

The PA Turnpike had such signage as well. This YouTube video has excellent examples of old signage and button copy!! Forward to 9:40 for the speed limit sign from this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIe5A079lI0 and enjoy!  :nod:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tckma on July 21, 2017, 01:51:10 PM
Quote from: epzik8 on July 10, 2017, 04:17:19 PM
I just dug up this one from the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike approaching Breezewood:

BAD CURVES!!! NO BISCUIT!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tckma on July 21, 2017, 01:56:53 PM
Quote from: theline on July 16, 2017, 09:42:44 PM
Maybe I'm dense, but I can't figure out what message the sign is trying to deliver. "EXIT 14 - 14C" confuses me. Does the speed limit apply just to the main line in the area of those ramps? That's a very odd way to assign speed limits.

It's because this section of the New Jersey Turnpike is the easternmost section of I-78 approaching the tunnel into NYC.  The mainline Turnpike exit to I-78 is Exit 14.  Thus the exits eastbound from the mainline Turnpike to the Tunnel are numbered 14A, 14B, and 14C.  This section of the NJ Turnpike pre-dates I-78, as far as I know.  When mainline I-78 was built, the exit numbers were not changed to match the milepost-based exit numbers on I-78.  I've never been on this part of I-78 (only the mainline Turnpike, and mainline I-78 from I-287 west to the Pennsylvania line), so I'm not sure I've got that quite right.

So before I-78 was constructed, you had just the mainline New Jersey Turnpike, and a short eastbound extension (the "Newark Bay Extension") accessed via Exit 14 that would take you to the tunnel.  That extension has three exits of its own: 14A, 14B, and 14C.

Clear as mud, right?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: TravelingBethelite on July 21, 2017, 05:33:33 PM
I found this old beauty in Casey, Illinois last year. (Perhaps I should be berated that it's not much different then a new Illinois route sign  :pan:)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3787/32972896265_c1ab8ab48e_k.jpg)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on July 21, 2017, 11:00:32 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 21, 2017, 06:47:11 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 20, 2017, 10:46:14 PM
Passed this yesterday on I-95 (we were in the express lanes, but they weren't moving much better than the regular lanes were) and I liked the "Halloween" feel of the way the characters were deteriorating.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/b36b63268d05e72024afda9a10cfcab7.jpg)

Based on the most recent re-signing project along I-95 in Miami-Dade, that sign can't be more than 2-3 years old.

Not saying that disqualifies it from the thread, but even for Florida, that's some serious deterioration or a manufacturing flaw.

That sign would have looked a lot different if the photo had been taken from behind a clean windshield.  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 1995hoo on July 22, 2017, 01:48:29 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 21, 2017, 11:00:32 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 21, 2017, 06:47:11 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 20, 2017, 10:46:14 PM
Passed this yesterday on I-95 (we were in the express lanes, but they weren't moving much better than the regular lanes were) and I liked the "Halloween" feel of the way the characters were deteriorating.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170721/b36b63268d05e72024afda9a10cfcab7.jpg)

Based on the most recent re-signing project along I-95 in Miami-Dade, that sign can't be more than 2-3 years old.

Not saying that disqualifies it from the thread, but even for Florida, that's some serious deterioration or a manufacturing flaw.

That sign would have looked a lot different if the photo had been taken from behind a clean windshield.  :-D

We were riding with my brother-in-law. Not much I could do about it!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on November 01, 2017, 07:16:39 PM
Found this today at a Cracker Barrel near Winston-Salem, NC:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4478/38068130252_70c3abcb33_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZZX7Rj)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: steviep24 on November 25, 2017, 10:57:48 AM
Crosspost from the "CT's Defunct I-86" thread.

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7316/27061619703_90259f7f7a_b.jpg)

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 04, 2017, 09:23:15 PM
Found this old (1950s?) US 31 shield on CR 59 in Verbena, AL recently:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4570/27066139559_6b92ac94d9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HeK3jB)Old US 31 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/HeK3jB) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4539/38842634351_07f32f439c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22boDWg)Old US 31 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/22boDWg) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4520/27066139239_8f9d2242d2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HeK3e6)Old US 31 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/HeK3e6) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4548/38842634031_1181bb80d9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22boDQK)Old US 31 Shield (https://flic.kr/p/22boDQK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 04, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on December 04, 2017, 09:23:15 PM
Found this old (1950s?) US 31 shield on CR 59 in Verbena, AL recently:

I've been trying to get back to that one for about a year now! Saw it when driving in the rain with kids in the car...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: countysigns on December 04, 2017, 10:18:42 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.
Unfortunately, these button-copy signs are history.  They were replaced a few months ago on a sign rehab job by ODOT.  Not too many button-copy signs left on the freeways in Toledo anymore :(
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on December 05, 2017, 03:24:24 PM
Quote from: countysigns on December 04, 2017, 10:18:42 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 02, 2017, 09:22:47 PM
The Exit 209 sign looks excellent, but the other two are quickly losing their "best-of" status (if the peeling means anything to anyone else).

Which reminds me: does a damaged or worn sign, with something like button copy or a unique state-named shield, still count as best-of?

I remember seeing (on another thread) some NJ Turnpike signage where the black paint was fading off, and revealing the green below it. I thought it looked like shit but I was berated heavily for claiming as much.

Unfortunately, these button-copy signs are history.  They were replaced a few months ago on a sign rehab job by ODOT.  Not too many button-copy signs left on the freeways in Toledo anymore :(

I know the pain. WSDOT replaced the last overhead button-copy guide sign about a year ago: https://goo.gl/bqb4ih (this is the old sign).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 12, 2017, 07:00:35 AM
This old blue US 11 sign is still standing in Mississippi, as of yesterday:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4572/38117496115_3e5d0b8294_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/215j8AT)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 11, 2018, 11:28:02 AM
Nobody found anything interesting in the past 3 months? Too focused on bad signs?

As of last week, Memphis still has two of these ancient relics side-by-side, though they're almost unreadable:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/26877101798_e209cf0720_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GX3aYS)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4772/40748672091_6d234203f6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/255PAxV)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4801/40038696674_1d8471fd04_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2415MAs)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US71 on March 11, 2018, 12:18:15 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 11, 2018, 11:28:02 AM
Nobody found anything interesting in the past 3 months? Too focused on bad signs?

As of last week, Memphis still has two of these ancient relics side-by-side, though they're almost unreadable:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/26877101798_e209cf0720_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GX3aYS)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4772/40748672091_6d234203f6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/255PAxV)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4801/40038696674_1d8471fd04_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2415MAs)


I saw those when I went to the Birmingham Meet. TNDOT needs to replace them. I'll even help dispose of the faded ones ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on March 11, 2018, 02:14:39 PM
I've got a bit of Button-copy from Gadsden that I have yet to post.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on March 11, 2018, 07:30:18 PM
This is one of the last button-copy signs in Utah:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4695/26455449108_09f1bc9b11_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GiM6jU)

It’s on southbound US-89 right before the Beck Street interchange north of Salt Lake City.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HTM Duke on March 13, 2018, 06:14:23 PM
The talk about the difference between DEAD END and NO OUTLET signs in another thread made me recall this sign, located on US-220 Business at the Madison, NC / Mayodan, NC line:
https://goo.gl/maps/PXhCJYaZB8t (https://goo.gl/maps/PXhCJYaZB8t)

And a couple more advisory signs to finish things off:
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/NGE1113/Sign%201.png (http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/NGE1113/Sign%201.png)
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/NGE1113/Sign%202.png (http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/NGE1113/Sign%202.png)
Pardon the paranoia, but VDOT generally replaces signage before it reaches any type of vintage, and I really don't want to give the locations away.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 18, 2018, 08:16:29 PM
This GEM in Fargo at the I-94 I-94 BUS Interchange. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8774748,-96.9574591,3a,25.7y,84.51h,102.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssViGdWmFHLyqn1G34s_UUQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 18, 2018, 10:34:00 PM
Revisited some CA 136 photos from last year and thought that this one deserved some merit:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4075/34976787923_9e74b0311e_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VhMbtD)IMG_2029 (https://flic.kr/p/VhMbtD) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on March 19, 2018, 05:41:26 AM
Excellent photography, but the signs are pretty standard for California. The digits on the 395 are compressed a bit, and that End plate is about half as tall as it should be (both qualifying for the Design Errors thread).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on March 19, 2018, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 19, 2018, 05:41:26 AMExcellent photography, but the signs are pretty standard for California. The digits on the 395 are compressed a bit, and that End plate is about half as tall as it should be (both qualifying for the Design Errors thread).

I have driven a large chunk of the southern part of US 395 in California and I don't think I have seen an independent-mount US 395 shield that didn't have compressed Series D digits.

The End plate actually used is designed for use with (IIRC) recreational/cultural interest signs; I'm not finding it in a casual search of Caltrans' sign specs and suspect it was jettisoned sometime in the mid-noughties when Caltrans purged all sign specs that were considered duplicative of Standard Highway Signs.  The correct tab for this application, G57, is still considered valid, presumably because Caltrans' letter series and size options allow for longer reading distances.  (Caltrans specifies 9 in or 10 in in Series C; federal M4-6 specifies 6 in or 8 in in Series D; assuming nominal unit legibilities of 50 ft/in for Series D and 42 ft/in for Series C, this gives reading distances of 378 ft and 420 ft for the Caltrans options and 300 ft and 400 ft for the federal options.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 19, 2018, 11:19:31 AM
Quote from: J N Winkler on March 19, 2018, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 19, 2018, 05:41:26 AMExcellent photography, but the signs are pretty standard for California. The digits on the 395 are compressed a bit, and that End plate is about half as tall as it should be (both qualifying for the Design Errors thread).

I have driven a large chunk of the southern part of US 395 in California and I don't think I have seen an independent-mount US 395 shield that didn't have compressed Series D digits.

The End plate actually used is designed for use with (IIRC) recreational/cultural interest signs; I'm not finding it in a casual search of Caltrans' sign specs and suspect it was jettisoned sometime in the mid-noughties when Caltrans purged all sign specs that were considered duplicative of Standard Highway Signs.  The correct tab for this application, G57, is still considered valid, presumably because Caltrans' letter series and size options allow for longer reading distances.  (Caltrans specifies 9 in or 10 in in Series C; federal M4-6 specifies 6 in or 8 in in Series D; assuming nominal unit legibilities of 50 ft/in for Series D and 42 ft/in for Series C, this gives reading distances of 378 ft and 420 ft for the Caltrans options and 300 ft and 400 ft for the federal options.)

Pretty much all the cut-out US Route shields in California have that compressed numeral look.  The 395 I have in my stash in the garage essentially is exactly the same:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/33580517775_4774078a9c_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TaoW1p)395USd (https://flic.kr/p/TaoW1p) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

As far as End placards go you're guess is probably way more accurate than mine.  The standards for End placards varies wildly through the state and depending on the Caltrans district they might not even be present at all.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on March 20, 2018, 03:50:34 PM
NDOT has also used the "half-height" END (and BEGIN) placards frequently in the past–especially in district 2/northwest Nevada (there's quite a few around Fallon). They also tend to be mounted below the shield instead of the typical spot above.

However I have not seen these on any new installations within the last decade or so.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kkt on March 20, 2018, 03:57:07 PM
That looks like a very typical 3dus Caltrans sign, and I give them five stars.  The US highway signs painted on a rectangular panel in other states just make me sad.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on March 20, 2018, 04:59:25 PM
I don't know when it was installed, but WSDOT has also used that half-height end/begin tab (note that in the example below, the WA-525 shield fell off the sign)...

(https://i.imgur.com/VOBHrP6.png)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 21, 2018, 08:45:08 AM
Still standing in Chicago, as of last week:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/40883218591_8e44682f58_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25hHbxa)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on March 21, 2018, 09:35:15 AM
A couple interesting things there: the "65" clearly looks like a patch, though I'm not sure what number that could be covering (especially since it has the INDIANA state name, so presumably it's not, say, 57). Some of the shields also appear to have been moved at some point, as you can see outlines of previous locations behind both the 80 and the 90.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 21, 2018, 10:59:43 AM
I tried to get a close-up of the patch, but it was blurry; this one sort of shows it in better detail. I couldn't tell by looking at it in person. I'm convinced the I-65 shield was a complete afterthought.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/804/40930197271_80b380b3ea_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25mRXEp)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on March 21, 2018, 01:22:48 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on March 11, 2018, 07:30:18 PM
This is, to my knowledge, the last button-copy sign in Utah:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4695/26455449108_09f1bc9b11_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GiM6jU)

It's on southbound US-89 right before the Beck Street interchange north of Salt Lake City.

Wasn't there a button copy sign still hanging on near the I-80?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7143002,-111.785947,3a,75y,230.65h,106.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFFxQxssOpXg0-PkYCDZpCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on March 21, 2018, 04:11:06 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on March 21, 2018, 01:22:48 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on March 11, 2018, 07:30:18 PM
This is, to my knowledge, the last button-copy sign in Utah:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4695/26455449108_09f1bc9b11_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GiM6jU)

It’s on southbound US-89 right before the Beck Street interchange north of Salt Lake City.

Wasn't there a button copy sign still hanging on near the I-80?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7143002,-111.785947,3a,75y,230.65h,106.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFFxQxssOpXg0-PkYCDZpCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

There was. Those were replaced last summer, along with all the other old signage and gantries in that area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on March 21, 2018, 10:10:26 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 19, 2018, 11:19:31 AM
Quote from: J N Winkler on March 19, 2018, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 19, 2018, 05:41:26 AMExcellent photography, but the signs are pretty standard for California. The digits on the 395 are compressed a bit, and that End plate is about half as tall as it should be (both qualifying for the Design Errors thread).

I have driven a large chunk of the southern part of US 395 in California and I don't think I have seen an independent-mount US 395 shield that didn't have compressed Series D digits.

Pretty much all the cut-out US Route shields in California have that compressed numeral look. 


Fair enough, I guess. I'm more sensitive to compressed digits than most because, well, Oklahoma.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on March 27, 2018, 03:06:55 PM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/896/40995363332_75ab4d31d1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25sBXgb)

Original NY Thruway shield
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on March 27, 2018, 11:48:05 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 21, 2018, 08:45:08 AM
Still standing in Chicago, as of last week:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/40883218591_8e44682f58_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25hHbxa)
Where is this, exactly?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 28, 2018, 07:58:26 AM
Quote from: Rothman on March 27, 2018, 11:48:05 PM
Where is this, exactly?

With a little help from the sign in the background (Stony Island Ave) and some perseverance, I found it here (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7767741,-87.5858067,3a,48.8y,221.24h,87.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbNPIkbhYwGPJM_NzM9nxgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on March 28, 2018, 08:09:37 AM
Thanks.  I might be headed to Chicago this summer.  Hope it is still there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 28, 2018, 10:23:18 AM
Quote from: Rothman on March 28, 2018, 08:09:37 AM
Thanks.  I might be headed to Chicago this summer.  Hope it is still there.

I parked at the McDonald's across the street from the sign. Hey, for $5, it's the cheapest parking in the city, and it came with a warm McGriddle and hot coffee.

If I had the time, I'd see some of the museums, but I had a flight at Midway to catch.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on April 03, 2018, 02:30:44 PM
I came across this 1960's era LeHay font ME 203 shield the other day. I measures only 16x12" and is made of steel, and is the only one I know of in this style still remaining out in the field. It's at the south end of 203 in Waldo, Maine.

(https://i.imgur.com/rUm4E3Hl.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Tom958 on April 08, 2018, 09:49:49 AM
Not in Athens, GA, but in Opelika, AL, about ten miles from the edge of Auburn University's campus. This is at US 431, a.k.a. Bulldog Parkway, and former US 29. The Dawgs are those of Opelika High School, not UGA.
(https://i.imgur.com/YzbpwEo.jpg?1)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 08, 2018, 10:45:52 AM
Though the shields aren't anything special, old slatted guide signs are slowly disappearing in Alabama:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3730/33425460225_9c072fe587_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SVGdNn)
I-20/59 East/North: Exit 124AB I-65 North/South (https://flic.kr/p/SVGdNn) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/photos/formulanone/), on Flickr

This one's probably getting scrapped after replacement for the massive I-20/59 and I-65 construction and re-signage project. Would love to at least have the left-side panel in my garage!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Tom958 on April 08, 2018, 11:00:37 PM
Quote from: formulanone on April 08, 2018, 10:45:52 AMThis one's probably getting scrapped after replacement for the massive I-20/59 and I-65 construction and re-signage project.

Actually, it's been gone for over a year, as I happened to have posted today.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 09, 2018, 05:10:50 AM
Quote from: Tom958 on April 08, 2018, 11:00:37 PM
Quote from: formulanone on April 08, 2018, 10:45:52 AMThis one's probably getting scrapped after replacement for the massive I-20/59 and I-65 construction and re-signage project.

Actually, it's been gone for over a year, as I happened to have posted today.

Oh, I just wan't sure if it wasn't going to wind up in a museum, bar, or something in between.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: KEVIN_224 on April 09, 2018, 06:33:41 PM
About the old slatted BGS signs from Alabama ^^^

Were those designed as such due to wind loading? There used to be "slatted" overhead signs on I-95 South in Portsmouth, NH. They were just after Exit 7 (Woodbury Avenue), a couple minutes after you had come off the Piscataqua River Bridge from Kittery, Maine.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatRandomOshawott on April 09, 2018, 09:12:18 PM
I saw some slatted signs in Mobile last year. Also last year, I saw an old button-copy sign on US Route 60 in Southeast MO. It was one of those Gas/Lodging/etc. signs, though it no longer had any businesses on it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2018, 02:14:59 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on April 09, 2018, 06:33:41 PM
About the old slatted BGS signs from Alabama ^^^

Were those designed as such due to wind loading? There used to be "slatted" overhead signs on I-95 South in Portsmouth, NH. They were just after Exit 7 (Woodbury Avenue), a couple minutes after you had come off the Piscataqua River Bridge from Kittery, Maine.
From what I understand, yes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on April 11, 2018, 03:54:41 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2018, 02:14:59 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on April 09, 2018, 06:33:41 PM
About the old slatted BGS signs from Alabama ^^^

Were those designed as such due to wind loading? There used to be "slatted" overhead signs on I-95 South in Portsmouth, NH. They were just after Exit 7 (Woodbury Avenue), a couple minutes after you had come off the Piscataqua River Bridge from Kittery, Maine.
From what I understand, yes.
I remember those slotted BGS' along I-95 as well. 
I-495 in DE has a couple of those slatted overhead BGS' (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7234868,-75.5360155,3a,75y,218.73h,83.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s54i759Xx6CSGw7Iwf6ueQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) just south of the Christiana River crossing.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adventurernumber1 on April 11, 2018, 05:16:40 PM
I absolutely love those slatted BGS'ses.  :nod:  :hyper:  :thumbsup:

I believe I have most often seen them on Google Maps Street-View in the Mobile, Alabama area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2018, 11:45:20 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on April 11, 2018, 05:16:40 PM
I absolutely love those slatted BGS'ses.  :nod:  :hyper:  :thumbsup:

I believe I have most often seen them on Google Maps Street-View in the Mobile, Alabama area.

Same here! There's a few in Huntsville, but I remember a good number in Birmingham as well. Montgomery has some as well.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adventurernumber1 on April 12, 2018, 01:19:55 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2018, 11:45:20 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on April 11, 2018, 05:16:40 PM
I absolutely love those slatted BGS'ses.  :nod:  :hyper:  :thumbsup:

I believe I have most often seen them on Google Maps Street-View in the Mobile, Alabama area.


Same here! There's a few in Huntsville, but I remember a good number in Birmingham as well. Montgomery has some as well.

I remember seeing some in Birmingham on GMSV many times before. And actually, I spent a good 10 to 20 minutes hunting one down in that area to add to my earlier post (the one which you quoted), but for some reason this time it was to no avail (I think I just spent too much time in too small of an area and on too small a number of roads when looking). My most vivid memory of seeing these things there was on a highway in downtown Birmingham, but I just can't remember the exact details of where and what it was (besides being a slatted BGS on a highway in downtown Birmingham).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on April 12, 2018, 03:13:17 AM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on April 12, 2018, 01:19:55 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2018, 11:45:20 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on April 11, 2018, 05:16:40 PM
I absolutely love those slatted BGS'ses.  :nod:  :hyper:  :thumbsup:

I believe I have most often seen them on Google Maps Street-View in the Mobile, Alabama area.


Same here! There's a few in Huntsville, but I remember a good number in Birmingham as well. Montgomery has some as well.

I remember seeing some in Birmingham on GMSV many times before. And actually, I spent a good 10 to 20 minutes hunting one down in that area to add to my earlier post (the one which you quoted), but for some reason this time it was to no avail (I think I just spent too much time in too small of an area and on too small a number of roads when looking). My most vivid memory of seeing these things there was on a highway in downtown Birmingham, but I just can't remember the exact details of where and what it was (besides being a slatted BGS on a highway in downtown Birmingham).

There were a number of 20/59 in downtown Birmingham prior to the bridge reconstruction project.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mapmikey on April 12, 2018, 06:21:09 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 12, 2018, 03:13:17 AM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on April 12, 2018, 01:19:55 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on April 11, 2018, 11:45:20 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on April 11, 2018, 05:16:40 PM
I absolutely love those slatted BGS'ses.  :nod:  :hyper:  :thumbsup:

I believe I have most often seen them on Google Maps Street-View in the Mobile, Alabama area.


Same here! There's a few in Huntsville, but I remember a good number in Birmingham as well. Montgomery has some as well.

I remember seeing some in Birmingham on GMSV many times before. And actually, I spent a good 10 to 20 minutes hunting one down in that area to add to my earlier post (the one which you quoted), but for some reason this time it was to no avail (I think I just spent too much time in too small of an area and on too small a number of roads when looking). My most vivid memory of seeing these things there was on a highway in downtown Birmingham, but I just can't remember the exact details of where and what it was (besides being a slatted BGS on a highway in downtown Birmingham).

There were a number of 20/59 in downtown Birmingham prior to the bridge reconstruction project.

When I drove 20-59 through Birmingham in January, there were about a dozen or so still up at interchanges for US 78, I-65, and US 31-280.  A few in each direction.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 24, 2018, 11:47:22 PM
Quite sure this is FHWA Series A, unless it's a faded/peeling application. Somewhere in Mississippi, last week:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/958/41644715332_5f41030951_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26s13Zj)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 26, 2018, 12:46:40 AM
Yeah, that's Series A. Great find!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 27, 2018, 08:41:56 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 26, 2018, 12:46:40 AM
Yeah, that's Series A. Great find!

Indeed! I have never seen Series A in the flesh before. I thought all previous examples were removed (and that NZTA was the only agency world-wide still using the glyphs).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on April 27, 2018, 11:00:08 PM
KY doesn't use it?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 30, 2018, 06:51:21 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 27, 2018, 08:41:56 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 26, 2018, 12:46:40 AM
Yeah, that's Series A. Great find!

Indeed! I have never seen Series A in the flesh before. I thought all previous examples were removed (and that NZTA was the only agency world-wide still using the glyphs).

It still lives in Oklahoma, on the very first sign you see at the beginning of US-277 (before you've even gotten off the ramp from I-44):
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Southbound_beginning_US_277.jpg/800px-Southbound_beginning_US_277.jpg)

How the US-62 shield managed to get replaced in 2002 and the 277 remained unscathed, I have no idea...This was still posted as of March.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MNHighwayMan on April 30, 2018, 09:08:17 AM
Hopefully because the crew that did sign replacements saw that beauty and decided to spare it from the scrap heap. :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 01, 2018, 05:35:49 AM
Either that, or they brought a wide 277 out there and couldn't figure out how to make it fit (and didn't feel like replacing the pole)...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MNHighwayMan on May 01, 2018, 07:22:53 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on May 01, 2018, 05:35:49 AM
Either that, or they brought a wide 277 out there and couldn't figure out how to make it fit (and didn't feel like replacing the pole)...

That didn't stop one particular contractor that did a sign replacement for MnDOT. Solution: punch new holes in the wide shields.

(https://i.imgur.com/OebovkK.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 10, 2018, 03:59:13 PM
US 99 at the ramp for the Alaska Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle on Columbia Street:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/975/27153565337_a5c23970e8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Hnt7XB)0 (https://flic.kr/p/Hnt7XB) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thefraze_1020 on June 04, 2018, 01:42:07 PM
Some more gems from the Evergreen State:

Northbound US 101 (W Wishkah Street) at N Jefferson Street in Aberdeen:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1737/41732236734_13d1d233f5_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26zJC41)IMG_7688 (https://flic.kr/p/26zJC41) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

Altoona-Pillar Rock Road in Rosburg. This road was SR 403 until it was decommissioned in 1992:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1731/28582187378_8bfb8b5fba_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KxHbw7)IMG_7723 (https://flic.kr/p/KxHbw7) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

This one was posted at an old abandoned bridge at the intersection of US 12 and Tucannon Road north of Dayton. The Washington State Department of Highways became WSDOT in 1977, so this sign dates at least to the mid-1970's, if not older.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1735/28759824888_6191314e48_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KPpBXN)IMG_8103 (https://flic.kr/p/KPpBXN) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

On Hume Road at the turnoff to Steptoe Butte. Hume Road is a Whitman County road, and this sign likely was posted by the county years ago, but I really like the way it looks.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1756/41659726735_21b8aa2199_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26tjZmB)IMG_8377 (https://flic.kr/p/26tjZmB) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

Rosalia on S Whitman Ave (old US 195). This sign was made by Washington State Parks, but it definitely has been around awhile.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1741/28687481948_c1a0e6908c_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KH1QVJ)IMG_8432 (https://flic.kr/p/KH1QVJ) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

Spokane is a mecca for old road signs. This one is on W 2nd Ave at S Adams Street. I-90 in the west end of Spokane was opened to traffic in 1965. I'm willing to bet this sign dates to when it was opened. It appears to have de-mountable lettering, but not button copy.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1732/28687475888_24942cabdf_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KH1P8f)IMG_8463 (https://flic.kr/p/KH1P8f) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

The Maple Street Bridge in Spokane was opened to traffic in 1958, it was a toll bridge until 1990. These signs at the bridge's south end look like they date to the bridge's early days.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1755/42509037302_e44f5cfaa2_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27LnVNf)IMG_8467 (https://flic.kr/p/27LnVNf) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1724/42561052171_8e1976dcfe_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27QYw1k)IMG_8468 (https://flic.kr/p/27QYw1k) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1728/42509032222_f2384595f2_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27LnUhE)IMG_8469 (https://flic.kr/p/27LnUhE) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1734/42561029301_c96b70d988_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27QYpd2)IMG_8474 (https://flic.kr/p/27QYpd2) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

This one is on S Stevens Street approaching 2nd Ave (in Spokane), and likely dates to the 1960's.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1756/40752739730_43142fd861_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/256brHC)IMG_8515 (https://flic.kr/p/256brHC) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
I don't think these are as old as the previous sign, but they have been around awhile. Spokane on 2nd Ave at Browne Street.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1745/42509009512_1425681cf5_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27LnMx7)IMG_8519 (https://flic.kr/p/27LnMx7) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

This sign is at the east end of Sunnyside on the Yakima Valley Highway, which was US 12 until I-82 was opened circa 1981. It is button copy except for the patch on the lower half. I would love to see what is under that patch!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1758/42560947741_728950bf01_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27QXYXP)IMG_8831 (https://flic.kr/p/27QXYXP) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

This one is also on the Yakima Valley Highway, at Granger. I imagine that under the patch on the top, it reads US 12 Yakima, straight.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1735/28687336278_f05abf0482_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KH16Cb)IMG_8841 (https://flic.kr/p/KH16Cb) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

Who knows how old this sign is, but it is on Yakima Valley Highway, which was old US 12. I-82 opened in this area around 1980, so this sign is older than that (US 12 was moved to the freeway when it opened, and Yakima Valley Highway was transferred to Yakima County). But Zillah was bypassed by the modern Yakima Valley Highway circa 1960, so the sign dates to the 60's or 70's.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1757/41838659344_4a776144cb_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26K94MA)IMG_8876 (https://flic.kr/p/26K94MA) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

I reckon this sign is original to when I-82 opened through Zillah around 1980:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1722/42508909672_02c3380cb8_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27LngRJ)IMG_8879 (https://flic.kr/p/27LngRJ) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

This is in Tukwila, on what used to be SR 99 south approaching SR 518. SR 518 fully opened between I-5/ I-405 to SR 509 circa 1972. I am willing to bet this sign is from then.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1753/27691224037_d3534accb2_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JbYLac)IMG_9074 (https://flic.kr/p/JbYLac) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr

These signs are on Boeing Access Road on the boundary between Seattle and Tukwila. I-5 opened in this area in late 1967, and I have a feeling these signs are that old.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1757/27691221247_fc7a3ea3df_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JbYKk6)IMG_9082 (https://flic.kr/p/JbYKk6) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thefraze_1020 on June 04, 2018, 01:49:28 PM
I have one more sign from Zillah, WA. It is on the Yakima Valley Highway approaching I-82. As mentioned before, I-82 opened here around 1980. This sign is pretty interesting because the message on it has been changed at least once. Obviously the "Yakima" is not standard formatting. I can tell that it once said "left" under "JCT", and there once was a US shield (almost certainly US 12) just to the right of the faded-beyond-recognition I-82 shield.

With that said, I believe that I-82 to the left (east) was opened a few years before I-82 to the right (west). I think in the first few years of this sign's existence, it read "US 12 EAST, Richland, Left 1/4 Mile". However, when the freeway was opened in the westerly direction, "EAST" was taken down and replaced with "YAKIMA", the US 12 shield was replaced with I-82, and "Left" was replaced with "JCT".

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1739/41838666904_cf1c68cd6d_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26K972W)IMG_8875 (https://flic.kr/p/26K972W) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1728/41838671784_4199491c0f_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26K98u5)IMG_8874 (https://flic.kr/p/26K98u5) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 18, 2018, 02:59:59 PM
I'd say this pair of signs on US 31 in Montgomery, AL certainly qualifies:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1765/41685513360_eec3cd750f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26vB9PA)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/26vB9PA) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1823/28606690687_eaf9021c82_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSLuX)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSLuX) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/837/42776805104_0474faf8ba_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iQu)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iQu) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1809/28606690527_032befbb90_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSLsc)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSLsc) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1829/42776801334_27da1ebba1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28b3hHu)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/28b3hHu) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1822/28606687557_6f1dd07b8e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKyZ)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKyZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1767/28606687167_6675c5a4ed_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKsg)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKsg) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/917/42776804984_7baf03fdbe_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iNq)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iNq) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/843/28606687977_1fe3f7da51_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKGe)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKGe) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/836/28606689957_9922ab2605_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSLhn)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSLhn) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/847/42776804074_907d9abe8c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iwJ)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iwJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1808/28606688917_f7077384c5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKYr)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/KzSKYr) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1788/42776802854_c98cb049cf_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iaG)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/28b3iaG) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1830/42776801044_edf3d01307_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28b3hCu)Old Button Copy Signage (https://flic.kr/p/28b3hCu) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on July 18, 2018, 10:30:37 PM
^^ Man do I miss old button-copy, non-interstate shields!!!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 19, 2018, 02:00:31 AM
I always used to think that California was the only state that used button copy around the edge of route markers, and along the numerals. I've recently realized that this is not the case, as the sign above (in addition to others that I've seen) is a dead-ringer for anything in California up to the 90s. Just lovely.

AFAIK, Washington never did more than button copy the sign edge, text, and arrow: https://goo.gl/osaBgY (the shields were never touched)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 19, 2018, 02:30:03 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 19, 2018, 02:00:31 AM
I always used to think that California was the only state that used button copy around the edge of route markers, and along the numerals. I've recently realized that this is not the case, as the sign above (in addition to others that I've seen) is a dead-ringer for anything in California up to the 90s. Just lovely.

AFAIK, Washington never did more than button copy the sign edge, text, and arrow: https://goo.gl/osaBgY (the shields were never touched)
ALDOT dropped the use of button-copy on shields sometime after I-65 was completed through Birmingham. Since then, most of the button copy shields have been replaced with newer ones, so there aren't many left in the state. In fact, other than the button-copy I-65 shields in Birmingham and the ones posted above in Montgomery, I'm personally not aware of any button-copy shields left here in Alabama.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 19, 2018, 07:10:46 AM
The US 43/80 button copy shields in Demopolis have been gone since 2013, and the I-20/59 shields around near I-65 disappeared after recent construction.

That pretty much just leaves the trio of southbound I-65 button copy shields just south of the I-20/59 interchange and those posted above. There's a few button copy signs scattered around the state, but with painted shields. Maybe there's an obscure corner we've overlooked.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on July 19, 2018, 12:53:47 PM
Here are a couple from Utah that I'd say qualify for this thread.

This is one of the very few button copy signs in Utah, and probably dates back to the construction of I-15 in the early 1970s.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/914/42352594294_ee08460fc2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27wy7K1)

And here's a cutout US 89 shield on I-70. When US 89 was moved onto I-70 in 1992, apparently the entire concurrency was signed with these cutouts. This is probably the only one still standing.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1782/29436473518_60cfc8fc03_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LRcC2u)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: cjk374 on July 22, 2018, 10:51:00 AM
I love those old US 80 button copy signs from Montgomery! Excellent shots freebrick!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 22, 2018, 02:32:02 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on July 22, 2018, 10:51:00 AM
I love those old US 80 button copy signs from Montgomery! Excellent shots freebrick!
Thanks!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on July 28, 2018, 11:21:38 PM
Taylor Co, Wisconsin:

(https://i.imgur.com/65uWQOB.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 29, 2018, 01:35:13 AM
Was that sign originally black-on-white? Or is it just insanely faded?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on July 29, 2018, 04:12:42 PM
GSV in the area is really low quality, but it looks like it was black and white to begin with.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on September 27, 2018, 11:17:20 AM
Anyone have a better photo of these two arrows? It looks like they've got button reflectors on them but I can't tell for sure.

https://goo.gl/maps/FDseuMvm5Gn

I'm also confused by this ramp, does it switch directions at different times of day?

edit: probably would've been better in the good, bad and ugly thread, my b.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: vdeane on September 27, 2018, 12:56:44 PM
Yeah, it looks like it goes to/from reversible express lanes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on September 27, 2018, 06:45:22 PM
Quote from: csw on September 27, 2018, 11:17:20 AM
Anyone have a better photo of these two arrows? It looks like they've got button reflectors on them but I can't tell for sure.

https://goo.gl/maps/FDseuMvm5Gn

WSDOT has used arrows like that before, though the buttons were just simulated: https://goo.gl/pZsxGZ

I'm also not sure if the buttons on your sign are real or not, but the side view on Street View seems to suggest they are also simulated.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on September 28, 2018, 05:09:45 PM
Post-Clearview PennDOT and the PTC seem to have signage figured out. Everyone loved this sign from southbound I-283 when I posted it in the Pennsylvania thread:

(https://i.imgur.com/d7FLsWC.jpg)

The new batch from the PTC at the I-95/PA Turnpike interchange are great, too:

(https://i.imgur.com/OOdUmJa.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PC9cUJT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/N5TbYFw.jpg)

Or maybe at this point anything looks good to me after all the Clearview (https://goo.gl/maps/iDbyk4EoHJy).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on September 28, 2018, 05:15:19 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on September 28, 2018, 05:09:45 PMOr maybe at this point anything looks good to me after all the Clearview (https://goo.gl/maps/iDbyk4EoHJy).
At least the I-shields on those signs look decent and are consistent in terms of the font types & numeral sizes.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on September 28, 2018, 07:31:16 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on September 28, 2018, 05:15:19 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on September 28, 2018, 05:09:45 PMOr maybe at this point anything looks good to me after all the Clearview (https://goo.gl/maps/iDbyk4EoHJy).
At least the I-shields on those signs look decent and are consistent in terms of the font types & numeral sizes.

Indeed. Most of the shields that I've seen from PennDOT and the PTC have been consistent, even if the entire rest of the sign is messed up.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tckma on October 01, 2018, 07:46:04 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 29, 2018, 01:35:13 AM
Was that sign originally black-on-white? Or is it just insanely faded?

When I was in college (1996-2000), I remember there was ONE exit sign (BGS) on the Cross-Island Parkway approach to the Whitestone Bridge that was black on white instead of white on green.  The last time I was through that area, it was replaced.  All I remember is that it was between the Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges on the Cross Island.  (I believe I had an ongoing argument with my father about whether it was better to take the Throgs Neck or Whitestone bridge when I went from our Nassau County home to I-80 in NJ and on to I-81 up to Ithaca.  I preferred the Whitestone, he swore by the Throgs Neck.)

I used to wonder if ALL BGS's where originally BWS's, and I thought the old-looking sign was neat.  I don't think GMSV has it, but does anyone here have a photo?  (It might have been the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport, now that I think about it.  I try to block out any memories I have of living on Lawn Guyland.)

Also, I do remember exit numbers on NY-27's surface intersections somewhere in Brooklyn back then.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on October 09, 2018, 09:58:46 PM
Found yesterday in Waterbury, VT:

(https://i.imgur.com/aTSNdVR.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on January 11, 2019, 09:48:51 PM
Bumping this thread to share some photos of old Florida shields I found this week. Starting with these secondary (S-) turned county (C-) route 200A keys shields located in Lawtey...

(https://i.imgur.com/wUkglPBl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NeAkS76l.jpg)

A yellow (or what used to be yellow) US 17 shield in Winter Haven. I love the arrow used for this one!

(https://i.imgur.com/RypwuvOl.jpg)

Yellow US 17/blue US 92 assembly still kicking in Davenport. I'm surprised the 92's still have blue left on them after all these years.

(https://i.imgur.com/tMIfj1Bl.jpg)

Lastly, an SR 224 keys shield in Orange Park.

(https://i.imgur.com/obhVT47l.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on January 23, 2019, 12:09:05 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.396483,-77.4433052,3a,19.6y,38.22h,100.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soeGkif_DFldA6t86-bw0vg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This beauty in Frederick, Maryland. (I-70/I-270 Interchange)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 23, 2019, 05:15:15 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on January 23, 2019, 12:09:05 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.396483,-77.4433052,3a,19.6y,38.22h,100.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soeGkif_DFldA6t86-bw0vg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This beauty in Frederick, Maryland. (I-70/I-270 Interchange)

Not sure most would consider that "best of" (seems like it has to be old and falling apart to qualify), but I know I do. Very imaginative!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 23, 2019, 05:15:15 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on January 23, 2019, 12:09:05 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.396483,-77.4433052,3a,19.6y,38.22h,100.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soeGkif_DFldA6t86-bw0vg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This beauty in Frederick, Maryland. (I-70/I-270 Interchange)

Not sure most would consider that "best of" (seems like it has to be old and falling apart to qualify), but I know I do. Very imaginative!

I agree. That is a very interesting and cool design. I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.

I can't specifically think of any similar overhead guide signs, but I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on January 24, 2019, 05:02:45 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

Whoa, South Africa style!   :clap:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 05:17:40 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 24, 2019, 05:02:45 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

Whoa, South Africa style!   :clap:

Wouldn't surprise me if one or more MOTI employees were South African or European, or something else. They've been using up arrows, in many capacities, for years. There's gotta be some outside influence.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 14, 2019, 12:05:30 PM
Quote from: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 01:38:17 AM
On I-5 near CA152 in the year 2000.  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kurumi.com%2Froads%2F3di%2Fpics%2Fphoto-i152.jpg&hash=a63a9b09cc90ff4b7a284ef18427048502ce63a6)
Since when was I-152 a thing?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on February 14, 2019, 12:06:39 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 14, 2019, 12:05:30 PM
Quote from: CGPerry on May 15, 2017, 01:38:17 AM
On I-5 near CA152 in the year 2000.  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kurumi.com%2Froads%2F3di%2Fpics%2Fphoto-i152.jpg&hash=a63a9b09cc90ff4b7a284ef18427048502ce63a6)
Since when was I-152 a thing?
See I-238 :D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 14, 2019, 04:23:31 PM
This goody goody gumdrop in Randolph, Massachusetts. This sign is at the end of MA-24. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1988201,-71.0777731,3a,19y,359.45h,100.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjmpe6SKzwGGEyWl5jyGW8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 14, 2019, 04:31:27 PM
So...  it's button copy?  Is that what makes it the best?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 14, 2019, 04:58:15 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I really like this!  I have a hard time figuring out a solution for showing drivers that a lane is an exit-only lane, but for the SECOND exit and not the upcoming one.  This does a great job of showing this type of situation!  I don't know how to show this using APL's or traditional exit-only signage with down arrows.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 15, 2019, 12:59:27 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 14, 2019, 04:58:15 PM
I have a hard time figuring out a solution for showing drivers that a lane is an exit-only lane, but for the SECOND exit and not the upcoming one. 

My preference would be to have an EXIT ONLY tab on the second exit's panel but not on the first exit's panel.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 15, 2019, 04:35:11 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 14, 2019, 04:58:15 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I really like this!  I have a hard time figuring out a solution for showing drivers that a lane is an exit-only lane, but for the SECOND exit and not the upcoming one.  This does a great job of showing this type of situation!  I don't know how to show this using APL's or traditional exit-only signage with down arrows.

I have not seen BC do this overhead yet, but this is how I picture it (with APL's, as is normal in BC). The final sign for Lillooet Road would have a right-facing arrow instead of straight-up:

(https://i.imgur.com/Jyi8CAH.png)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on February 15, 2019, 07:38:41 PM
Well this thread is going to keep me busy for the next few hours.

I got a DSLR one week ago today.  This was my first "BGS," a fairly weathered sign at Killens Pond State Park outside of Felton DE.

(https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/I1lJdRs.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 18, 2019, 05:26:50 PM
A few 1970s-80s era LeHay font signage I found this weekend on a trip up to Aroostook County, Maine. While most of the state has seen the demise of a majority of these signs, there are still a decent amount still kicking around up north!

US 2 unisign at the east end of ME 159 in Island Falls. The shield shapes are funky, but not many of this design are still alive. At one point, there were LeHay directional banners above this sign (as per GSV (https://goo.gl/maps/1hsfnFyZtA52)), but those appear to have gone missing.

(https://i.imgur.com/mpivzd7l.jpg)

LeHay font WRONG WAY signs at the Maine welcome center in Houlton.

(https://i.imgur.com/ykAAcnZl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7QEl156l.jpg)

US 1 and ME 10 shields directly across the street from each other in downtown Presque Isle.

(https://i.imgur.com/segWjd7l.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dpBaiXAl.jpg)

ME 89/223 unisign in Caribou.

(https://i.imgur.com/y9kc0L6l.jpg)

ME 11 shield in Fort Kent.

(https://i.imgur.com/NplmvRYl.jpg)

ME 11/159 unisign in Patten.

(https://i.imgur.com/ieuDsqol.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on February 19, 2019, 05:43:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.

I can't specifically think of any similar overhead guide signs, but I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I-355 south at I-55 courtesy of ISTHA: https://goo.gl/maps/hkj2Z7P9eYn
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 19, 2019, 11:28:42 PM
Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2019, 05:43:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.

I can't specifically think of any similar overhead guide signs, but I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I-355 south at I-55 courtesy of ISTHA: https://goo.gl/maps/hkj2Z7P9eYn

That's very nice! Although not really my preferred style of up arrow.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ErmineNotyours on February 20, 2019, 10:31:55 AM
Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2019, 05:43:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.

I can't specifically think of any similar overhead guide signs, but I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I-355 south at I-55 courtesy of ISTHA: https://goo.gl/maps/hkj2Z7P9eYn

I-5 south on the Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle used to have an up arrow sign with lane markings like this.  This was to show that the left exit to the 520 bridge isn't an exit-only ramp even though it's a fairly major exit.  They removed this arrow when they reimposed tolls on 520.  Of the four lanes on the bridge in that direction, the left lane is the only one that goes through Downtown Seattle intact.  It is important for through drivers to stay in that lane, but that whole part of the freeway is weird, built just before left exits were banned.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: billpa on February 20, 2019, 10:50:53 AM
Quote from: Ian on February 18, 2019, 05:26:50 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/segWjd7l.jpg)


Looks like they borrowed some Canadian overhead pedestrian crossing signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on February 20, 2019, 12:50:40 PM
Quote from: billpa on February 20, 2019, 10:50:53 AM
Looks like they borrowed some Canadian overhead pedestrian crossing signs.

I've always wondered about those, because I've seen them elsewhere around Maine. Here's another example in Old Town...

https://goo.gl/maps/SAuwfMNnJUy
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ErmineNotyours on February 22, 2019, 12:39:25 AM
Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2019, 05:43:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.

I can't specifically think of any similar overhead guide signs, but I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I-355 south at I-55 courtesy of ISTHA: https://goo.gl/maps/hkj2Z7P9eYn

Here (https://goo.gl/maps/QbEn9Vdyf8w) I've found a similar arrow.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 22, 2019, 03:32:03 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on February 22, 2019, 12:39:25 AM
Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2019, 05:43:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 24, 2019, 04:54:25 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 24, 2019, 03:45:13 PM
I don't think I've ever seen anything specifically like that before.

I can't specifically think of any similar overhead guide signs, but I've seen a similar setup in Vancouver for a ground-mounted sign: http://bit.ly/2RcrD7q

I-355 south at I-55 courtesy of ISTHA: https://goo.gl/maps/hkj2Z7P9eYn

Here (https://goo.gl/maps/QbEn9Vdyf8w) I've found a similar arrow.

Damn that sign got dirty quick. I think it was only installed like 12 years ago? Funny how that happens.

I think the difference between your two mentioned WA diagrammmatic arrow signs and the one posted by Brandon is the number of exits displayed (two in Brandon's indicating two upcoming exits, versus one in the WA-520 example, and one in the WA-16 example). Still, they're both pretty cool on account of their relative rarity here in WA.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 26, 2019, 03:39:02 PM
I know this might not classify as "best" but it's best in my book. This sign in New Cumberland, PA. The way they put "TOLL I-76 PENN TURNPIKE ROAD" is pretty unique, I would not have thought of that. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2068478,-76.8752275,3a,43.9y,313.39h,114.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sER2k5C1xlvUf04p432xp8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on February 26, 2019, 04:26:01 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 26, 2019, 03:39:02 PM
I know this might not classify as "best" but it's best in my book. This sign in New Cumberland, PA. The way they put "TOLL I-76 PENN TURNPIKE ROAD" is pretty unique, I would not have thought of that. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2068478,-76.8752275,3a,43.9y,313.39h,114.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sER2k5C1xlvUf04p432xp8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That's the old way that they used to do it before they adopted the standard yellow TOLL banner seen on their newest signs, so don't expect any more new ones. I will say, though, that as Clearview signs go, that one is pretty good.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 26, 2019, 07:41:45 PM
Since we're talking about PA, I found this massive Penn Turnpike sign in Mechanicsburg, PA. At the US-15/I-76 interchange. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1992679,-76.9723908,3a,15y,214.85h,89.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd48BDoomK83IX6xWQFrD-w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on February 26, 2019, 07:45:55 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 26, 2019, 07:41:45 PM
Since we're talking about PA, I found this massive Penn Turnpike sign in Mechanicsburg, PA. At the US-15/I-76 interchange. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1992679,-76.9723908,3a,15y,214.85h,89.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd48BDoomK83IX6xWQFrD-w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Those exist at almost every interchange (except the E-ZPass only ones), though the newer ones are unfortunately not cutout, so the cutout style is becoming more and more rare.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ErmineNotyours on February 26, 2019, 11:47:46 PM
Another Washington State multi-lane arrow. (https://goo.gl/maps/FwriLcbC38K2)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 27, 2019, 10:44:12 AM
I found theese different sized US-22/30 shields while looking at some freeway signage in Pittsburgh, i'm assuming theese are original shields, or mabye they could just be replacements. Who knows? https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4394016,-80.0092133,3a,75y,97.48h,90.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slZPu0Q8yQ8i5S8owIvrzJg!2e0!5s20180801T000000!7i13312!8i6656 i'm assuming theese are replacements because of what I found here: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4393992,-80.0092161,3a,25.1y,140.84h,86.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swaridtZpDaXaG7BGKlk8eQ!2e0!5s20110801T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on February 27, 2019, 10:48:08 AM
Again another interesting sign from Pittsburgh, PA. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4372449,-80.0021716,3a,40.1y,262.9h,119.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s16BP8iQECx_mWPfbxgZP_A!2e0!5s20170901T000000!7i13312!8i6656 This one is at the Fort Pitt Blvd exit and I-376/US-22/30 interchange.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on February 27, 2019, 11:57:26 AM
Funny, there's a topic for interesting signs.  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11045.4150)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 27, 2019, 02:18:08 PM
Quote from: csw on February 27, 2019, 11:57:26 AM
Funny, there's a topic for interesting signs.  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11045.4150)

Seriously.  I'm not sure what is supposed to make "different sized US-22/30 shields" the best of road signs.   :-|
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 27, 2019, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on February 26, 2019, 11:47:46 PM
Another Washington State multi-lane arrow. (https://goo.gl/maps/FwriLcbC38K2)

I think what I find most interesting about the diagrammatic "stipled arrow" exit signs is the lack of any black-on-yellow exit-only messages. Such messages seem to be essential for APL signs, yet their predecessor had no such message on overhead signage (instead only on the ground). Besides being hard to read, they would have been redundant, since it's blatantly obvious looking at the signs which lane goes which place (although they are comparatively harder to read at-speed compared to APLs, in my experience).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Eth on February 27, 2019, 03:33:43 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 27, 2019, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on February 26, 2019, 11:47:46 PM
Another Washington State multi-lane arrow. (https://goo.gl/maps/FwriLcbC38K2)

I think what I find most interesting about the diagrammatic "stipled arrow" exit signs is the lack of any black-on-yellow exit-only messages. Such messages seem to be essential for APL signs, yet their predecessor had no such message on overhead signage (instead only on the ground). Besides being hard to read, they would have been redundant, since it's blatantly obvious looking at the signs which lane goes which place (although they are comparatively harder to read at-speed compared to APLs, in my experience).

Ah, but GDOT says you'll be happy for such messages when the signs start fading!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2Fi85n_ga316_advance.jpg&hash=b11f5e0cb13f7e5517defff8eab7cc4fa0ffa430)

(This sign was replaced with an APL sometime between April 2017 and April 2018.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 27, 2019, 04:40:52 PM
Quote from: Eth on February 27, 2019, 03:33:43 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 27, 2019, 02:34:43 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on February 26, 2019, 11:47:46 PM
Another Washington State multi-lane arrow. (https://goo.gl/maps/FwriLcbC38K2)

I think what I find most interesting about the diagrammatic "stipled arrow" exit signs is the lack of any black-on-yellow exit-only messages. Such messages seem to be essential for APL signs, yet their predecessor had no such message on overhead signage (instead only on the ground). Besides being hard to read, they would have been redundant, since it's blatantly obvious looking at the signs which lane goes which place (although they are comparatively harder to read at-speed compared to APLs, in my experience).

Ah, but GDOT says you'll be happy for such messages when the signs start fading!

http://ten93.com/roadphotos/i85n_ga316_advance.jpg

(This sign was replaced with an APL sometime between April 2017 and April 2018.)

I guess there had to be at least one example!

That sign actually highlights a possible sign design that may not have been utilized yet: an arrow that points in two directions, without any lane markings within the arrow, and a message on either side of the arrow that indicates the lanes that go in that direction.

For example, on your sign, on the right would be a message indicating "RIGHT 2 LANES", and on the left side of the sign, "LEFT 5 LANES".

If an option lane exists, you just add an extra number. To quote your example again, the messages would become "RIGHT 3 LANES" and "LEFT 5 LANES" (assuming the option lane was the #5 lane, allowing a driver to go straight or left).

I don't think the sign is as intuitive as an APL, but would save some space when necessary.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 27, 2019, 10:46:19 PM
OkDOT loves "LEFT 3 LANES" to get out of having to have signs wide enough to avoid dancing arrows. It sucks having to count lanes at speed because the DOT cheaped out, especially when there's a curve or the lane markings are obscured by rain or lack of maintenance.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on February 27, 2019, 10:50:38 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 27, 2019, 10:46:19 PM
OkDOT loves "LEFT 3 LANES" to get out of having to have signs wide enough to avoid dancing arrows. It sucks having to count lanes at speed because the DOT cheaped out, especially when there's a curve or the lane markings are obscured by rain or lack of maintenance.

Hmm... use dancing arrows, or have hard-to-interpret signage that might lead to wrong turns or cause accidents from last-minute lane changes?

The correct choice is obviously the second option :biggrin:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 28, 2019, 01:23:31 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 27, 2019, 10:46:19 PM
OkDOT loves "LEFT 3 LANES" to get out of having to have signs wide enough to avoid dancing arrows. It sucks having to count lanes at speed because the DOT cheaped out, especially when there's a curve or the lane markings are obscured by rain or lack of maintenance.

Of course, you have to count lanes regardless with those stipled arrow signs. And I've never considered those easy to read at-speed either, having to then visually transfer the thought down to the road below the sign to figure out the correct lane.

Assuming exit-only markings, you'd really only need to look for the closely-spaced dotted line to figure out the division between the x-number of lanes leaving the freeway, and the x-number of lanes staying on.

All told, I'd still rather have APLs. Less fool-proof and don't require English-language proficiency like my idea.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on February 28, 2019, 01:25:22 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 27, 2019, 10:46:19 PM
It sucks having to count lanes at speed because the DOT cheaped out, especially when there's a curve or the lane markings are obscured by rain or lack of maintenance.

I'm always aware of which lane I'm in, even in city traffic on wide highways.  To me, three lanes is fairly easy to compute:  are there two lanes next to me, or are there more?

Quote from: jakeroot on February 28, 2019, 01:23:31 AM
Of course, you have to count lanes regardless with those stipled arrow signs. And I've never considered those easy to read at-speed either, having to then visually transfer the thought down to the road below the sign to figure out the correct lane.

Agreed.

Quote from: jakeroot on February 28, 2019, 01:23:31 AM
All told, I'd still rather have APLs.

Agreed even more.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 05, 2019, 07:58:34 PM
This amazing bunch of signs in New Castle, Delaware. That flashing arrow really stands out! https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6967763,-75.5697346,3a,18.5y,275.24h,95.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZAN3O0kKiJqzLIISyNVN5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 06, 2019, 11:51:02 AM
I found these old, rusty button copy signs in Los Angeles, CA. There is no doubt that these are original! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0344987,-118.2744132,3a,51.7y,17.62h,103.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slCdBQNxC5XWfhofBu3qB9A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on March 06, 2019, 09:47:35 PM
The signs themselves aren't actually rusty! What happened there is that those signs are actually painted with porcelain enamel, and they predated button copy. At some point Caltrans went back and glued button reflectors on the enameled letters to make them reflective. The glue used unfortunately picks up smog from the atmosphere, which makes it look horrifically dirty.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:17:23 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 06, 2019, 09:47:35 PM
The signs themselves aren't actually rusty! What happened there is that those signs are actually painted with porcelain enamel, and they predated button copy. At some point Caltrans went back and glued button reflectors on the enameled letters to make them reflective. The glue used unfortunately picks up smog from the atmosphere, which makes it look horrifically dirty.
Yeah but are they original though? I think they're from the 90s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on March 07, 2019, 12:13:47 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
They used to have something similar on the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4319043,-79.9974202,3a,75y,210.95h,77.66t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sd0W9HFIEM3y_VctPjXBzsQ!2e0!5s20140501T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PHLBOS on March 07, 2019, 12:55:12 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 05, 2019, 07:58:34 PM
This amazing bunch of signs in New Castle, Delaware. That flashing arrow really stands out! https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6967763,-75.5697346,3a,18.5y,275.24h,95.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZAN3O0kKiJqzLIISyNVN5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Similar flashing arrow signs (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8780117,-75.1012544,3a,75y,326.2h,80.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHzWg9XHJj5nMb77X_A_Gig!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) are also in NJ along the Al-Jo curve via I-295 southbound at the I-76/NJ 42 interchange.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on March 07, 2019, 01:37:25 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:17:23 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 06, 2019, 09:47:35 PM
The signs themselves aren't actually rusty! What happened there is that those signs are actually painted with porcelain enamel, and they predated button copy. At some point Caltrans went back and glued button reflectors on the enameled letters to make them reflective. The glue used unfortunately picks up smog from the atmosphere, which makes it look horrifically dirty.
Yeah but are they original though? I think they're from the 90s.

Those? Oh, heck, no. The first clue is that the 110 shields are on greenout (they're covering CA 11s). The second clue is the large size of the control cities; Caltrans hasn't used that convention in decades. The bridge log for this crossing says it was widened in 1961; the signs probably aren't quite that old, but I'd hazard 1970s-era, probably the early part of the decade.

If you meant the buttons, IIRC those came on around the late 1970s, early 1980s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on March 11, 2019, 12:28:27 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.

I'm kind of partial to this one on I-80 east/I-580 west:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7865/47139585581_818f87cc53_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ePyGtx)4CAa (https://flic.kr/p/2ePyGtx) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kendancy66 on March 14, 2019, 12:48:52 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.

During "rush hour" they only want that lane as be used left turn only to I-5 North. At other times, you can still make that left, but also continue straight onto to Pasadena.  Anyone who regularly drives through there going to Pasadena know if you to stay to the right there, those lanes are much less congested.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 19, 2019, 07:10:39 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3750196,-106.6930117,3a,24.1y,151.14h,107.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st_nhZcyc-aAG2x1JOO3krg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I don't think this needs an explanation. (Buffalo, WY)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on March 19, 2019, 10:19:54 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 19, 2019, 07:10:39 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3750196,-106.6930117,3a,24.1y,151.14h,107.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st_nhZcyc-aAG2x1JOO3krg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I don't think this needs an explanation. (Buffalo, WY)

I need an explanation. I'm seeing a state-named shield, but nothing else exceptionally good.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jeffandnicole on March 19, 2019, 11:43:41 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 19, 2019, 10:19:54 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 19, 2019, 07:10:39 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3750196,-106.6930117,3a,24.1y,151.14h,107.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st_nhZcyc-aAG2x1JOO3krg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I don't think this needs an explanation. (Buffalo, WY)

I need an explanation. I'm seeing a state-named shield, but nothing else exceptionally good.

Center exit tab; bad kerning for Casper; single up arrow for 2 lanes when an arrow isn't needed in the first place. It's actually bad signage, not good.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on March 22, 2019, 01:48:51 PM
Quote from: kendancy66 on March 14, 2019, 12:48:52 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.

During "rush hour" they only want that lane as be used left turn only to I-5 North. At other times, you can still make that left, but also continue straight onto to Pasadena.  Anyone who regularly drives through there going to Pasadena know if you to stay to the right there, those lanes are much less congested.

Unless,something has changed more recently, I think it's the other way around.  There is a regular sign posted on GSV saying that from 3-7 PM left lane turns left, second lane is an option lane.  I assume that means that at other times (non-rush hour) only the left lane turns left and the second lane must continue on 110.

But you are correct that given the traffic volumes, the 110 to I-5 north should have at least 2 optional lanes at most times (and not just one during non-rush hour).  That was at the heart of my question.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on March 23, 2019, 03:50:29 PM
Quote from: mrsman on March 22, 2019, 01:48:51 PM
Quote from: kendancy66 on March 14, 2019, 12:48:52 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.

During "rush hour" they only want that lane as be used left turn only to I-5 North. At other times, you can still make that left, but also continue straight onto to Pasadena.  Anyone who regularly drives through there going to Pasadena know if you to stay to the right there, those lanes are much less congested.

Unless,something has changed more recently, I think it's the other way around.  There is a regular sign posted on GSV saying that from 3-7 PM left lane turns left, second lane is an option lane.  I assume that means that at other times (non-rush hour) only the left lane turns left and the second lane must continue on 110.

But you are correct that given the traffic volumes, the 110 to I-5 north should have at least 2 optional lanes at most times (and not just one during non-rush hour).  That was at the heart of my question.

Sign in question: https://goo.gl/maps/ZcT95CkwUj42

Note by definition, you can only ever have one option lane...

The possible breakdowns for this scenario are:
5 EXIT | 5 EXIT | 110 NB | 110 NB
5 EXIT | Option | 110 NB | 110 NB
5 EXIT | 110 NB | 110 NB | 110 NB

A more interesting question is why isn't it just marked as an option lane all the time? The geometry is set up as an option lane, and there are no physical devices or markings present that would prohibit a vehicle from going one direction or the other.

Going back to the 2009 Street View, it appears that the exit had previously been marked to just have the #1 lane exit only to I-5 and the painted gore was much wider, but the variable signs existed at this time as well. So it appears the variable signage existed to allow drivers in the #2 lane to cross the painted gore and exit to I-5 when activated. (2012 street view also indicates that there were in-roadway lane lights in the pavement that may have helped delineate this.) However, the striping was changed sometime between 2009 and 2011 to permanently allow the option lane. So the variable signage doesn't seem to be necessary any longer.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on March 23, 2019, 04:17:04 PM
Hilton Pkwy in Baltimore, MD.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7818/32467152877_ef9229f66b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rt1DpT)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on March 23, 2019, 10:30:36 PM
Hey. That's a lovely old beast. Hope it stays up for a long time; it looks like it should last.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kendancy66 on March 24, 2019, 12:00:51 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 22, 2019, 01:48:51 PM
Quote from: kendancy66 on March 14, 2019, 12:48:52 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.

During "rush hour" they only want that lane as be used left turn only to I-5 North. At other times, you can still make that left, but also continue straight onto to Pasadena.  Anyone who regularly drives through there going to Pasadena know if you to stay to the right there, those lanes are much less congested.

Unless,something has changed more recently, I think it's the other way around.  There is a regular sign posted on GSV saying that from 3-7 PM left lane turns left, second lane is an option lane.  I assume that means that at other times (non-rush hour) only the left lane turns left and the second lane must continue on 110.

But you are correct that given the traffic volumes, the 110 to I-5 north should have at least 2 optional lanes at most times (and not just one during non-rush hour).  That was at the heart of my question.

After reviewing google street view myself, and now seeing the regulatory black on white sign that precedes the VMS sign.  I did have it backwards.  The #2 lane is option lane during rush hour (3-7-PM) and straight ahead all other times.  I guess what I was saying before was that is the way I THINK IT SHOULD BE.  Which is #2 lane turns left only during rush hour.  The purpose of this would be to get traffic continuing to Pasadena to stay to the right, to have then #1 and #2 lane for I-5 north traffic.  My two personal experiences driving here was that I stayed left the whole time from downtown only to find out at the left turn that If I had stayed right I would have saved about 10-15 minutes of dealing with traffic.  The other time I actually wanted to turn left to go the Griffith Park, and patiently waited in #1 lane, only to realize I could have saved time being in number 2 lane.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 24, 2019, 10:06:10 AM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on March 23, 2019, 04:17:04 PM
Hilton Pkwy in Baltimore, MD.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7818/32467152877_ef9229f66b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rt1DpT)

^ Mmmm...gratuitously-rounded corners.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on March 24, 2019, 02:14:12 PM
Quote from: roadfro on March 23, 2019, 03:50:29 PM
Quote from: mrsman on March 22, 2019, 01:48:51 PM
Quote from: kendancy66 on March 14, 2019, 12:48:52 AM
Quote from: mrsman on March 11, 2019, 12:11:12 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 07, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
Yet again another amazing sign from LA, this one is a varible message panel! https://www.google.com/maps/@34.074901,-118.2322674,3a,15y,37.78h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA5BBY74XsetVEouVhx2Dng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great sign indeed.  One thing I cannot figure out is why this arrangement is only available in rush hour.  Certainly, the main connection from Downtown LA to I-5 north would justify having 2 lanes at all times.  The second lane from the left should be an option lane to either I-5 north or CA-110 north at all times. 

Then the VMS can be converted to an APL.

During "rush hour" they only want that lane as be used left turn only to I-5 North. At other times, you can still make that left, but also continue straight onto to Pasadena.  Anyone who regularly drives through there going to Pasadena know if you to stay to the right there, those lanes are much less congested.

Unless,something has changed more recently, I think it's the other way around.  There is a regular sign posted on GSV saying that from 3-7 PM left lane turns left, second lane is an option lane.  I assume that means that at other times (non-rush hour) only the left lane turns left and the second lane must continue on 110.

But you are correct that given the traffic volumes, the 110 to I-5 north should have at least 2 optional lanes at most times (and not just one during non-rush hour).  That was at the heart of my question.

Sign in question: https://goo.gl/maps/ZcT95CkwUj42

Note by definition, you can only ever have one option lane...

The possible breakdowns for this scenario are:
5 EXIT | 5 EXIT | 110 NB | 110 NB
5 EXIT | Option | 110 NB | 110 NB
5 EXIT | 110 NB | 110 NB | 110 NB

A more interesting question is why isn't it just marked as an option lane all the time? The geometry is set up as an option lane, and there are no physical devices or markings present that would prohibit a vehicle from going one direction or the other.

Going back to the 2009 Street View, it appears that the exit had previously been marked to just have the #1 lane exit only to I-5 and the painted gore was much wider, but the variable signs existed at this time as well. So it appears the variable signage existed to allow drivers in the #2 lane to cross the painted gore and exit to I-5 when activated. (2012 street view also indicates that there were in-roadway lane lights in the pavement that may have helped delineate this.) However, the striping was changed sometime between 2009 and 2011 to permanently allow the option lane. So the variable signage doesn't seem to be necessary any longer.

I think what you say is correct.  When they first set this up as a way to alleviate the traffic that backed up the left lane far more than the other three, they were permitting an otherwise illegal action (turning into the gore) to spread the traffic load over more lanes.  But, when they did some repainting and now it is easy to allow traffic from the #2 lane to go either to 110 or 5.  What I beleive is unnecessary is having the restriction limited to only 3-7PM.  It is good to allow 2 lanes to I-5 and 3 lanes to 110 - this should be allowed at all times.  If the option lane were permanent (not limited to only 3-7PM), the VMS would not be needed, the sign by the highway would not be needed, and traffic would generally move better on 110 NB through the tunnels at all times.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 26, 2019, 08:45:23 AM
This one has to be one of my favorites. (Fairmont City, IL/Near Saint Louis, MO) https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6363717,-90.1376414,3a,15y,207.04h,98.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saRBIdSar5kfF_vCg4T2I0Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DaRBIdSar5kfF_vCg4T2I0Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D215.73994%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: billpa on March 26, 2019, 10:10:30 AM
That is nice. I think the Metro logo looks good on that sign.

Pixel 2

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: empirestate on March 26, 2019, 03:12:27 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 26, 2019, 08:45:23 AM
This one has to be one of my favorites. (Fairmont City, IL/Near Saint Louis, MO) https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6363717,-90.1376414,3a,15y,207.04h,98.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saRBIdSar5kfF_vCg4T2I0Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DaRBIdSar5kfF_vCg4T2I0Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D215.73994%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

If you think of it, using a shortened link, or just adding a blank line after the URL, will help make it clickable without being blocked by scroll bars.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on March 28, 2019, 11:56:13 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How is that best of?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 28, 2019, 12:48:28 PM
I don't get it either.  It's a rather boring sign.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 28, 2019, 01:01:48 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Help us out; start with complete sentences which include adjectives.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 28, 2019, 01:30:26 PM
I'm half-convinced that this thread should be locked due to all the "good" stuff already being posted, and/or a mass failure to understand what qualifies as "best of."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadsguy on March 28, 2019, 02:07:41 PM
Well this thread and its worst-of counterpart are already nowhere near as active as they used to be for that reason. Don't see why we need to lock it. You could always just ignore this thread like I do with all the photo games. :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on March 28, 2019, 03:11:25 PM
"Best" and "worst" are very subjective. One person's "man this is so cool I love it" might be another person's "meh." And one person's, "this sign is putrid" can be another's "hey I kinda like it."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 28, 2019, 04:22:20 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on March 28, 2019, 02:07:41 PM
Well this thread and its worst-of counterpart are already nowhere near as active as they used to be for that reason. Don't see why we need to lock it. You could always just ignore this thread like I do with all the photo games. :P

But then I wouldn't have gotten to see that eye candy in reply #2357.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:37:02 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 28, 2019, 11:56:13 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How is that best of?
It has a rare white "BUISNESS" banner on top of the US-6.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 28, 2019, 04:41:49 PM
meh.  I can think of three others on US highways in Missouri right off the top of my head.

Nixa (https://goo.gl/maps/GwMWEo8foWF2)
Poplar Bluff (https://goo.gl/maps/nWfwcGjTCQ22)
Springfield (https://goo.gl/maps/afFhuUZnmSo)

edited to add one more I thought of a minute later
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:44:39 PM
This green backround sign in Auburn, ME. That US-202 shield though.. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.097832,-70.231345,3a,15y,205.32h,91.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAUnsgnRsorSn7MFYeVnpnQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on March 28, 2019, 05:57:39 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:37:02 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 28, 2019, 11:56:13 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How is that best of?
It has a rare white "BUISNESS" banner on top of the US-6.

Not uncommon in Indiana when there is a business route.  Hardly a candidate for "best of".
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ian on March 28, 2019, 06:04:59 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 28, 2019, 03:11:25 PM
"Best" and "worst" are very subjective. One person's "man this is so cool I love it" might be another person's "meh." And one person's, "this sign is putrid" can be another's "hey I kinda like it."

I've always interpreted this thread as a place to post old classic signs that are still up in the field, in addition to modern signs done to classic specifications. In my opinion, something such as a simple (but well designed) BGS isn't enough to classify it as "best of."

Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:44:39 PM
This green backround sign in Auburn, ME. That US-202 shield though.. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.097832,-70.231345,3a,15y,205.32h,91.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAUnsgnRsorSn7MFYeVnpnQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

The green uni-sign isn't best of in the slightest, but the Maine Turnpike trailblazer sure is. The directional arrow in lieu of the gold star is an old standard that hasn't been done for years.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on March 28, 2019, 06:19:55 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:37:02 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 28, 2019, 11:56:13 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How is that best of?
It has a rare white "BUISNESS" banner on top of the US-6.

That's rare because it's hard to read and against the MUTCD.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Brandon on March 29, 2019, 01:41:30 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 28, 2019, 06:19:55 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:37:02 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 28, 2019, 11:56:13 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
Hmmm...  :hmmm: (Gary, IN) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5651697,-87.3045689,3a,15y,217.16h,100.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBuZTQwPblUHoI-iewUz6NA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How is that best of?
It has a rare white "BUISNESS" banner on top of the US-6.

That's rare because it's hard to read and against the MUTCD.

Someone better tell InDOT and MoDOT.  :-D
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on March 29, 2019, 02:20:08 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/yn8ZIZS.jpg)

This beauty is on US 89 southbound in North Salt Lake, Utah, just before the I-15 interchange. I couldn't find a date sticker, but it seems quite likely that it dates back to when this road was also US 91, and it could well predate the Interstate.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: odditude on March 29, 2019, 03:25:31 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 28, 2019, 04:44:39 PM
This green backround sign in Auburn, ME. That US-202 shield though.. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.097832,-70.231345,3a,15y,205.32h,91.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAUnsgnRsorSn7MFYeVnpnQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
you keep posting in the wrong thread - they belong in Unique, Odd, or Interesting signs aka the good, the bad, and the ugly (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11045).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on March 31, 2019, 07:12:00 AM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on March 26, 2019, 08:45:23 AM
This one has to be one of my favorites. (Fairmont City, IL/Near Saint Louis, MO) https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6363717,-90.1376414,3a,15y,207.04h,98.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saRBIdSar5kfF_vCg4T2I0Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DaRBIdSar5kfF_vCg4T2I0Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D215.73994%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

THere's a lot to like here, but I worry that there might be too much here and it could lead to message loading concerns.  Hiding the shields for IL-3 and Great River Road may help. (Put that information on a sign on the side.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on March 31, 2019, 03:30:40 PM
Message overload is inevitable at that location.  While I could see the Great River Road shield being moved to a secondary post-mounted assembly, that's about it.  The importance of IL-3 in southern Illinois should not be underestimated.  There have been plenty of times I've crossed the river from Missouri into Illinois and needed to follow signs for IL-3
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on March 31, 2019, 04:30:11 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 31, 2019, 03:30:40 PMMessage overload is inevitable at that location.  While I could see the Great River Road shield being moved to a secondary post-mounted assembly, that's about it.  The importance of IL-3 in southern Illinois should not be underestimated.  There have been plenty of times I've crossed the river from Missouri into Illinois and needed to follow signs for IL-3

The last time I visited St. Louis, in the spring of 2016, I depended heavily on SR 3 because it was the most convenient route between downtown St. Louis and my lodging near the Chain of Rocks Bridge on the Illinois side.  The I-55/I-64/SR 3 cat's cradle is just very difficult to sign, even with I-70 now partially out of the picture, and I would contend it is one of the poster children for "Don't build it if you can't sign it."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on March 31, 2019, 07:38:42 PM
Washington State's contribution to the "best-of" gallery isn't stellar, but this older yellow "yield [to peds]" sign on the UW-Seattle campus is certainly a cool sight...only one I know of on an actual road (Cowlitz Rd @ NE 40th (http://bit.ly/2I3ryCs))

(https://i.imgur.com/y43B7Hu.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 31, 2019, 07:40:30 PM
Interesting. It doesn't look that old, though–at least not in that picture.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on March 31, 2019, 08:42:18 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 31, 2019, 07:40:30 PM
Interesting. It doesn't look that old, though–at least not in that picture.

I am uncertain of its age. There is at least one other yellow yield sign on the UW-Seattle property (in the underground parkade). It's possible they were both installed some time after the current red/white design was introduced, but not long enough for the school engineers to have adopted it.

Considering the white-painted wooden pole (an old Seattle standard that's rarely seen anymore), and the custom painted font, the sign is undoubtedly from the past century...maybe the late 70s or early 80s.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Gnutella on April 01, 2019, 03:17:22 AM
Quote from: kphoger on March 28, 2019, 04:41:49 PM
meh.  I can think of three others on US highways in Missouri right off the top of my head.

Nixa (https://goo.gl/maps/GwMWEo8foWF2)
Poplar Bluff (https://goo.gl/maps/nWfwcGjTCQ22)
Springfield (https://goo.gl/maps/afFhuUZnmSo)

edited to add one more I thought of a minute later

The '67' on the sign in Poplar Bluff is screwed up too.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on April 01, 2019, 02:49:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on March 31, 2019, 07:38:42 PM
Washington State's contribution to the "best-of" gallery isn't stellar, but this older yellow "yield [to peds]" sign on the UW-Seattle campus is certainly a cool sight...only one I know of on an actual road (Cowlitz Rd @ NE 40th (http://bit.ly/2I3ryCs))

(https://i.imgur.com/y43B7Hu.jpg)

Or it's telling peds to yield.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 01, 2019, 08:02:40 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 01, 2019, 02:49:22 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on March 31, 2019, 07:38:42 PM
Washington State's contribution to the "best-of" gallery isn't stellar, but this older yellow "yield [to peds]" sign on the UW-Seattle campus is certainly a cool sight...only one I know of on an actual road (Cowlitz Rd @ NE 40th (http://bit.ly/2I3ryCs))

https://i.imgur.com/y43B7Hu.jpg

Or it's telling peds to yield.

"Yield, peds!"
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on April 04, 2019, 10:38:07 AM
Quote from: J N Winkler on March 31, 2019, 04:30:11 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 31, 2019, 03:30:40 PMMessage overload is inevitable at that location.  While I could see the Great River Road shield being moved to a secondary post-mounted assembly, that's about it.  The importance of IL-3 in southern Illinois should not be underestimated.  There have been plenty of times I've crossed the river from Missouri into Illinois and needed to follow signs for IL-3

The last time I visited St. Louis, in the spring of 2016, I depended heavily on SR 3 because it was the most convenient route between downtown St. Louis and my lodging near the Chain of Rocks Bridge on the Illinois side.  The I-55/I-64/SR 3 cat's cradle is just very difficult to sign, even with I-70 now partially out of the picture, and I would contend it is one of the poster children for "Don't build it if you can't sign it."

I guess in East St Louis they have no choice but to sign something like this.  Too many highways just happen to all join together at one interchange.

A similar situation in Colton, CA (and other freeway junctions) in the 1960's was one of the impetuses for the great highway renumbering of 1964 in California.

Here is a photo of the old freeway sign:

https://forgottenhwy.weebly.com/ca-i10.html

There are a lot of highways to keep track of here.

The modern equivalent of the sign is here with only two highways, I-10 and I-215:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.063934,-117.2861133,3a,75y,250.21h,93.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sybVX_iSeckfTS_sHwFf6IA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


CA has the luxury of being in the corner of the country, so they can truncate national routes that no longer make sense to sign.  And CA has done so many times.  You can't do that in St. Louis.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on April 04, 2019, 12:46:47 PM
^^^
I don't know why it says "unattributed" -- that's one of the more famous images from California Highways and Public Works. I'm pretty sure I have that issue around here somewhere.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 17, 2019, 09:15:58 AM
Old Camden County 726 sign:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47868690831_de43ab4c48_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fVZy4H)

The New Jersey turnpike still has some odd button copy arrow signs (if not the wavy-gravy ones) at NJ 73:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46952406685_aa5d8be39f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ex2mHc)

Here's an old NJTP standard with some clipped corners and massive elephant-leg posts at NJ 32:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47868692841_62a8de66aa_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fVZyEn)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Truvelo on May 17, 2019, 04:25:26 PM
^^ I really like the button copy on that last sign. Normally it's only that intense when viewed at night under a strong light.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 19, 2019, 09:19:08 AM
Quote from: Truvelo on May 17, 2019, 04:25:26 PM
^^ I really like the button copy on that last sign. Normally it's only that intense when viewed at night under a strong light.

It's a nice effect when a button copy sign is in the shade. As another example:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2949/33873517941_64c635a1d3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TBhCKp)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on May 19, 2019, 10:21:03 AM
Quote from: formulanone on May 19, 2019, 09:19:08 AM
Quote from: Truvelo on May 17, 2019, 04:25:26 PM
^^ I really like the button copy on that last sign. Normally it's only that intense when viewed at night under a strong light.

It's a nice effect when a button copy sign is in the shade. As another example:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2949/33873517941_64c635a1d3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TBhCKp)
:-o :love:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on June 18, 2019, 10:16:15 PM
Found an old CONN 15 shield today with a colorful patina:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48089733443_b9e347ce42_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ggwske)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on July 01, 2019, 04:05:36 PM
Spotted on a building in Toquerville, Utah, just a couple blocks off original U-15 (now SR 17):

(https://i.imgur.com/UVU913O.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on July 01, 2019, 04:12:48 PM
Quote from: J N Winkler on March 31, 2019, 04:30:11 PM

The last time I visited St. Louis, in the spring of 2016, I depended heavily on SR 3 because it was the most convenient route between downtown St. Louis and my lodging near the Chain of Rocks Bridge on the Illinois side.  The I-55/I-64/SR 3 cat's cradle is just very difficult to sign, even with I-70 now partially out of the picture, and I would contend it is one of the poster children for "Don't build it if you can't sign it."

As they say  "You can't correct poor design with good signing."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 03, 2019, 06:53:54 PM
Quote from: Kniwt on July 01, 2019, 04:05:36 PM
Spotted on a building in Toquerville, Utah, just a couple blocks off original U-15 (now SR 17):

(https://i.imgur.com/UVU913O.jpg)

Cool, I don't think I've seen a color photo of that kind of Utah shield before!

An oldie-but-a-goodie in Houston...yes, Clearview was applied but the original sign was retained:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48192106087_bb47fe47a7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gqz99P)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: noelbotevera on July 03, 2019, 10:31:48 PM
Quote from: formulanone on June 18, 2019, 10:16:15 PM
Found an old CONN 15 shield today with a colorful patina:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48089733443_b9e347ce42_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ggwske)
(lowered dimensions so that my reply didn't have another massive photo - sorry)

Out of curiosity, where was this? I've only ever exited/entered CT 15 at CT 8 and CT 34, so if it was further east than exit 58 or was off some obscure side street (a typical case), then I definitely missed this.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on July 03, 2019, 10:57:15 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on July 03, 2019, 10:31:48 PM
Quote from: formulanone on June 18, 2019, 10:16:15 PM
Found an old CONN 15 shield today with a colorful patina:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48089733443_b9e347ce42_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ggwske)
(lowered dimensions so that my reply didn't have another massive photo - sorry)

Out of curiosity, where was this? I've only ever exited/entered CT 15 at CT 8 and CT 34, so if it was further east than exit 58 or was off some obscure side street (a typical case), then I definitely missed this.

Glenville - close to the New York border. I wasn't expecting it at all, just trying to turn back on NY 433 but decided to press on.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on July 04, 2019, 09:33:41 AM
Quote from: formulanone on July 03, 2019, 06:53:54 PM
An oldie-but-a-goodie in Houston...yes, Clearview was applied but the original sign was retained:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48192106087_bb47fe47a7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gqz99P)
You know, I didn't even recognize that to be Clearview until I read your caption.  Must be the streakiness.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on July 06, 2019, 03:09:16 PM
Quote from: ipeters61 on July 04, 2019, 09:33:41 AM
You know, I didn't even recognize that to be Clearview until I read your caption.  Must be the streakiness.

Neither did I! Not sure if that's a compliment towards Clearview, or whether the rest of the sign was so damn wonderful, I neglected to notice.

WA never used button-copy all over the shields like some places (CA, TX), so I love seeing signs like these.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on July 07, 2019, 12:30:27 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on July 06, 2019, 03:09:16 PM
Quote from: ipeters61 on July 04, 2019, 09:33:41 AM
You know, I didn't even recognize that to be Clearview until I read your caption.  Must be the streakiness.

Neither did I! Not sure if that's a compliment towards Clearview, or whether the rest of the sign was so damn wonderful, I neglected to notice.

WA never used button-copy all over the shields like some places (CA, TX), so I love seeing signs like these.

I guess it may be obvious to all, but in case it isn't O.S.T. in the sign above stands for Old Spanish Trail.  I wasn't aware, so I did some quick researching before asking the group. 

I suppose in the Houston area this is well known, but I'm surprised that this typed of abbreviation is allowed on a highway sign since it isn't very descriptive.  Something like "Old Span Tr" would be more expected.

Even in California, where PCH is well-known, it is always signed (at the very least) with "Pac Coast Hwy"
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Kniwt on July 07, 2019, 01:14:02 PM
Quote from: mrsman on July 07, 2019, 12:30:27 PM
Even in California, where PCH is well-known, it is always signed (at the very least) with "Pac Coast Hwy"

Pismo Beach says "hold my beer."

(https://i.imgur.com/UBjYrlJ.png)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Occidental Tourist on July 07, 2019, 11:45:36 PM
Quote from: mrsman on July 07, 2019, 12:30:27 PM
Even in California, where PCH is well-known, it is always signed (at the very least) with "Pac Coast Hwy"

Uh, no.   Here's just one example where Caltrans uses PCH as an abbreviation. There's quite a few other examples between Santa Monica and Oxnard as well.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fzo3go5Y.jpg&hash=1201ea971f164f908e41aa3971fd0d9c9593babd)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on July 23, 2019, 09:07:41 AM
This interesting State Named shield in Augusta, ME. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.3090169,-69.8081163,3a,15y,38.82h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s23qGFsAiUmhzha58ukPfLg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on July 23, 2019, 12:06:22 PM
Here's a nice sign in Pittsburgh (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4415964,-79.9936965,3a,70.8y,99.78h,97.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Zqe7UZij2ZSyYHIP6IBtQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on July 23, 2019, 05:18:11 PM
Nice one. I've spent a good amount of time scouting for old signs in Pittsburgh via GSV but haven't found much yet. Other Rust Belt cities have yielded more though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Verlanka on July 24, 2019, 04:50:56 AM
Quote from: ipeters61 on July 23, 2019, 12:06:22 PM
Here's a nice sign in Pittsburgh (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4415964,-79.9936965,3a,70.8y,99.78h,97.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Zqe7UZij2ZSyYHIP6IBtQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
What font is that?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on August 06, 2019, 12:08:30 PM
This one is quite old, i'm guessing it's from the 60's atleast. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8574284,-73.974293,3a,48.7y,132.1h,124.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scjq07qUgVwK1TjC3AndDeA!2e0!5s20180901T000000!7i16384!8i8192 (Fort Lee, NJ.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on August 06, 2019, 01:45:09 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on August 06, 2019, 12:08:30 PM
This one is quite old, i'm guessing it's from the 60's atleast. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8574284,-73.974293,3a,48.7y,132.1h,124.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scjq07qUgVwK1TjC3AndDeA!2e0!5s20180901T000000!7i16384!8i8192 (Fort Lee, NJ.)

According to Historic Aerials, access to either carriageway was eliminated in the mid/late 70s, and that's when it would have been modified! Incredible age.

I love that type of arrow display (on the right) as well. Anyone know what technology is used there?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on August 10, 2019, 12:03:56 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 06, 2019, 01:45:09 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on August 06, 2019, 12:08:30 PM
This one is quite old, i'm guessing it's from the 60's atleast. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8574284,-73.974293,3a,48.7y,132.1h,124.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scjq07qUgVwK1TjC3AndDeA!2e0!5s20180901T000000!7i16384!8i8192 (Fort Lee, NJ.)

According to Historic Aerials, access to either carriageway was eliminated in the mid/late 70s, and that's when it would have been modified! Incredible age.

I love that type of arrow display (on the right) as well. Anyone know what technology is used there?

I've never seen it in use. Ever. Note: only the word BRIDGE and the arrow are button copy.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/1849/43384016454_5deb7d1fd6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/296GqBG)

Carrying on:an RI ancient 60s or even 50s sign gantry follwed by  another NJ sign.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48491083251_7ffa082166_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gSZtDv)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48141330026_3cb0202c74_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gm5Ucu)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on September 01, 2019, 09:38:37 PM
My first time spotting an old-spec US shield in the wild.  In Williamsport MD, photo taken this afternoon:

(https://i.ibb.co/0V52dGm/IMG-7897.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dJZMz5j)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Chrispi on September 02, 2019, 02:44:57 PM
What's hated more on the AARoads forum, Clearview or the Vienna Convention?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on September 02, 2019, 03:19:55 PM
Quote from: Chrispi on September 02, 2019, 02:44:57 PM
What's hated more on the AARoads forum, Clearview or the Vienna Convention?
Breezewood
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on September 09, 2019, 08:52:38 PM
Not new discoveries, but it's always nice to see some Virginia cutouts still kicking.

US 460 in Christiansburg. Could be in danger of removal due to some resurfacing/light road work immediately surrounding it.
(https://i.imgur.com/GyOneVB.jpg)

US 23/US 58A/VA 74 in Norton. One of several assemblies in and around the main street.
(https://i.imgur.com/DBpbxSz.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on September 10, 2019, 04:26:58 PM
Christiansburg used to be full of them, but most are gone. I stumbled upon a couple a couple of years ago.

Norton still has a bunch. There's also a US 74 in a wide 3dus marker along Kentucky Avenue.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 11, 2019, 09:30:40 AM
Quote from: ipeters61 on September 01, 2019, 09:38:37 PM
My first time spotting an old-spec US shield in the wild.  In Williamsport MD, photo taken this afternoon:

Thanks for the heads up on this one! It wasn't too far from work this week...
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on September 11, 2019, 05:02:24 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 11, 2019, 09:30:40 AM
Quote from: ipeters61 on September 01, 2019, 09:38:37 PM
My first time spotting an old-spec US shield in the wild.  In Williamsport MD, photo taken this afternoon:

Thanks for the heads up on this one! It wasn't too far from work this week...

If you can get this, take the 30 minute drive up to Breezewood and get the glorious button copy.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48010018436_6812b9a53b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g9tTQy)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on November 07, 2019, 11:09:45 AM
Do my eyes decieve me?! Is this...BUTTON COPY IN CANADA!? ITS BEAUTIFUL! (Calgary, AB, Canada) https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0650244,-114.0263039,3a,21.7y,1.48h,104.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc9P39Rc_ES5ZmcoZdzpM4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on November 07, 2019, 01:31:36 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on November 07, 2019, 11:09:45 AM
Do my eyes decieve me?! Is this...BUTTON COPY IN CANADA!? ITS BEAUTIFUL! (Calgary, AB, Canada) https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0650244,-114.0263039,3a,21.7y,1.48h,104.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc9P39Rc_ES5ZmcoZdzpM4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Nope, it's the real deal...the only button copy I've seen in Canada, though I'm far from an expert on that.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48796607527_20b78e96f4_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hkZnnr)

Hold up...why is there a dash between "Medicine" and "Hat"?

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48796109913_372fefabfb_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hkWPrT)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48796607642_25413acfd3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hkZnpq)

There's also some non-metric bridge height signs around there, so I'm guessing that's from the 1980s?

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48796607727_6a1cf64383_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hkZnqT)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: bcroadguy on November 07, 2019, 06:17:50 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 07, 2019, 01:31:36 PM
Nope, it's the real deal...the only button copy I've seen in Canada, though I'm far from an expert on that.

I think someone posted a white-on-black button copy "median keep right" sign at a rail underpass in Toronto a while back (I don't remember where), but that was the only button copy in Canada I knew of until now. It's cool to see more of it! :)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: planxtymcgillicuddy on November 07, 2019, 07:50:26 PM
A still-visible "NORTH" from the long-gone Business 95 southern terminus at Kenly, NC (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5901588,-78.1346548,3a,15y,27.22h,102.44t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTAPA8fBsgx0EuQ7lKrDx0Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DTAPA8fBsgx0EuQ7lKrDx0Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D220%26pitch%3D-10%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)

Also, multiples of the same size, as well as old Hooters & Circle K signs, despite both having newer logos for at least 5 years now, at Exit 36 (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6028862,-80.859458,3a,15y,219.27h,95.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ0L5XMfTTOIVuCu1HHo4rw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) on I-77
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on November 08, 2019, 10:17:40 AM
Quote from: formulanone on November 07, 2019, 01:31:36 PM
Quote from: ThatTenneseeRoadgeek on November 07, 2019, 11:09:45 AM
Do my eyes decieve me?! Is this...BUTTON COPY IN CANADA!? ITS BEAUTIFUL! (Calgary, AB, Canada) https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0650244,-114.0263039,3a,21.7y,1.48h,104.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc9P39Rc_ES5ZmcoZdzpM4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Nope, it's the real deal...the only button copy I've seen in Canada, though I'm far from an expert on that.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48796607527_20b78e96f4_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hkZnnr)

Hold up...why is there a dash between "Medicine" and "Hat"?

Are "Medicine" and "Hat" the names of two different communities? I recognize this isn't a photo from the U.S., but using a dash is the MUTCD-preferred method of separating two words on the  same line of a legend (per 2A.13 and 2E.17).
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: J N Winkler on November 08, 2019, 10:48:40 AM
Quote from: roadfro on November 08, 2019, 10:17:40 AMAre "Medicine" and "Hat" the names of two different communities? I recognize this isn't a photo from the U.S., but using a dash is the MUTCD-preferred method of separating two words on the  same line of a legend (per 2A.13 and 2E.17).

No, Medicine Hat, Alberta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_Hat) is one community whose name is usually written as an open compound.  I'm not sure why it appears on this sign with a hyphen.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on November 08, 2019, 02:10:40 PM
Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on November 07, 2019, 07:50:26 PM
old Hooters & Circle K signs

The new Circle K and old Circle K logos are so similar, I couldn't even determined the difference at first.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: planxtymcgillicuddy on November 08, 2019, 05:08:48 PM
Quote from: kphoger on November 08, 2019, 02:10:40 PM
Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on November 07, 2019, 07:50:26 PM
old Hooters & Circle K signs

The new Circle K and old Circle K logos are so similar, I couldn't even determined the difference at first.

It's amazing how many out-of-date logos you'll see on the blue signs here. Motel 6 is the most notorious of the bunch
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on November 10, 2019, 11:09:47 AM
I was visiting family in New Hope PA yesterday.  I've driven by this glorious non-reflective button copy several times but finally took a photo:

(https://i.ibb.co/ydN39K4/IMG-8783.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TYwCfJW)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on November 11, 2019, 07:47:47 PM
I'd consider this a best because it seems hard to find a well spaced out logo services sign.  Either the panels are mismatched or the font is off etc.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48910315392_688e448d53_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hw39KS)
I-84 Danbury, CT.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on December 02, 2019, 04:48:54 PM
Gonna slap another cutout in here. They're not the most rare, but they still look great. Clifton Forge, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/4CZglVH.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 02, 2019, 07:17:06 PM
A blue Loop 101 sign with button copy still lurks in Scottsdale, Arizona, with some overheads nearby:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49160719681_b07d2b3b5b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hUaxec)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 10, 2019, 01:36:02 AM
Found this embossed yellow yield sign in Albertville, AL, recently:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49197508636_5033641bc5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXq6iw)Embossed Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/2hXq6iw) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49197709242_983d6b946b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXr7Wf)Embossed Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/2hXr7Wf) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49197009228_d989f9d65c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXnwR3)Embossed Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/2hXnwR3) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49197009188_d81d60cac6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXnwQm)Embossed Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/2hXnwQm) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49197508476_45a1ddfc0a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXq6fL)Embossed Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/2hXq6fL) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49197009078_5f683e509f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXnwNs)Embossed Yellow Yield Sign (https://flic.kr/p/2hXnwNs) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on December 10, 2019, 10:45:34 AM
From the pictures, that YIELD sign looks like it serves no purpose.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 10, 2019, 11:51:50 AM
Quote from: kphoger on December 10, 2019, 10:45:34 AM
From the pictures, that YIELD sign looks like it serves no purpose.
It more or less guards a private driveway leading to a truck lot.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on December 10, 2019, 12:58:18 PM
Yeah.  What I'm getting at is that there's no intersection immediately beyond the sign.  What, exactly, is one supposed to yield to?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: freebrickproductions on December 13, 2019, 09:04:35 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 10, 2019, 12:58:18 PM
Yeah.  What I'm getting at is that there's no intersection immediately beyond the sign.  What, exactly, is one supposed to yield to?
Traffic on the road that the driveway connects to.
Here's where it is:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.2851757,-86.2171606,3a,49.1y,348.27h,84.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxfY8N577dZSo5lvMYFnBAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on December 20, 2019, 10:44:07 AM
Dayton, OH, is the place to be for old button copy.
(https://i.imgur.com/P3OF7A2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nVPVvyO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0XHKcDL.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on January 09, 2020, 03:58:48 PM
Still on eof my favorites from Baltimore, MD.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7819/47373567911_770ab547fb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fbeVgD)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman on January 09, 2020, 04:39:19 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on January 09, 2020, 03:58:48 PM
Still on eof my favorites from Baltimore, MD.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7819/47373567911_770ab547fb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fbeVgD)

Life Like, a train company based in the Baltimore area, used to offer a model of this very sign as a scenic accessory - it was packaged with an illuminated overhead sign on a cantilever support.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadman65 on January 11, 2020, 11:32:00 AM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/33438500338/in/photostream

The signs both FDOT and MDOT both use on freeways at county lines.😀

Of course partial due to living in a Florida :bigass: but good format though.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 15, 2020, 03:53:33 PM
Some 1990s button-copy signs on eastbound Ashlan Avenue headed towards CA 168/Sierra Freeway:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49391220622_be48f46541_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ifwV8m)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2ifwV8m) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49390546733_0c80be5392_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iftsNz)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2iftsNz) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 7/8 on February 02, 2020, 04:41:31 PM
I found this button copy sign in Columbus last summer. I took the below photo, but Google Maps' street view is better quality: https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.9692026,-82.9975248,3a,43.1y,338.38h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCvG3N_ji-N_LMDSnzyLe2Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.9692026,-82.9975248,3a,43.1y,338.38h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCvG3N_ji-N_LMDSnzyLe2Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)

(https://i.imgur.com/wCLbwq8l.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 03, 2020, 03:52:29 PM
I found an older-style Wisconsin Trunk Highway sign with "WIS":

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49542799233_d53d5502de_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2itVNaF)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 25, 2020, 08:13:30 PM
Market Street (NJ 33) at US 1 in Trenton:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49817584668_c57a1f32a3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iUd9iA)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadrunner75 on April 25, 2020, 08:19:24 PM
Quote from: roadman on January 09, 2020, 04:39:19 PM
Life Like, a train company based in the Baltimore area, used to offer a model of this very sign as a scenic accessory - it was packaged with an illuminated overhead sign on a cantilever support.
I had that model sign when I was a kid in the 80s and used it on my network of roads in the sandbox.  It's probably still sitting in one of the boxes of Matchbox cars and other toys that my own kid is playing with now.  I remember thinking how cool it was when I found out the sign was modeled after a real sign and there was in fact a real Jones Falls Expressway.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: StogieGuy7 on May 01, 2020, 12:32:48 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 03, 2020, 03:52:29 PM
I found an older-style Wisconsin Trunk Highway sign with "WIS":

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49542799233_d53d5502de_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2itVNaF)

There are a bunch of these along CTH's in Kenosha County and I always admire them for how much better they look than what the state uses for badges. Kudos to the Kenosha County Highway Department for being resistant to change!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ipeters61 on May 01, 2020, 10:52:30 PM
Here's an interesting all text, probably older, "Do Not Enter" sign in Laurel DE.

(https://i.ibb.co/2sB0hHV/IMG-9793.jpg) (https://ibb.co/b2njmDw)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 13, 2020, 05:04:51 AM
^ I think the red/white Do Not Enter signs date back to the 1971 MUTCD.

Found an old Alabama captive county sign last week:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49889305203_ca5b293c11_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j1xJjx)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on May 19, 2020, 11:57:21 AM

Recalled passing this button-copy dinosaur in late March...Likely the last of the button copy along I-70 in (eastern) Utah:

https://goo.gl/maps/RSVS5SbXrr4XRszt5

And still holding up better than the 8-10 year old reflective signage that is currently along I-70.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on May 20, 2020, 02:11:30 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on May 19, 2020, 11:57:21 AM

Recalled passing this button-copy dinosaur in late March...Likely the last of the button copy along I-70 in (eastern) Utah:

https://goo.gl/maps/RSVS5SbXrr4XRszt5

And still holding up better than the 8-10 year old reflective signage that is currently along I-70.

Nice. I’d seen that before and suspected it could be button copy, but could never get a close enough look to confirm.

That raises the count of button copy signs I know of in Utah up to 4. There are probably a few more out there, but they’re a very rare breed in this state - one of UDOT’s favorite hobbies is replacing signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on May 22, 2020, 01:38:32 PM
Speaking of button copy, the large collection of button copy signs in Weirton, WV (at least 20 assemblies), is still kicking. Most everything on the Steubenville side of the US 22/OH 7 route is clearview, but there are a few left on the Ohio side as well. This is the on-ramp to the US 22 freeway from downtown Weirton.
(https://i.imgur.com/TfoM3HJ.jpg)

There is also plenty at the I-79/US 50 interchange east of Clarksburg, WV, still up. Only got photos of a few, though, due to rain.
(https://i.imgur.com/VMmDuBO.jpg)

I was also surprised to find this sign in Meadville, PA, of all places.
(https://i.imgur.com/e7UkZCz.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 06:00:42 PM
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/ma_9/e128_1.jpg)

For MA 128 fans, not sure if this is still there.

Photo from alpsroads
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on August 22, 2020, 02:41:31 PM
Since there is no button copy in Virginia, I have to settle for the next-best thing: old spec overheads. Some features of these older signs include long exit arrows, US Route shields with skinny waists, and smaller digits within the shields. Here's most of what I've found so far.

Faded numerals, skinny US shields, and small digits in the secondary route circle.
(https://i.imgur.com/yYLllYq.jpg)

Long side arrow, skinny shields, and small digits, all on the righthand sign.
(https://i.imgur.com/FIuUCKV.jpg)

Skinny US shields with small digits. (Also, three exit arrows?)
(https://i.imgur.com/niYveLP.jpg)

Small digits in both shields.
(https://i.imgur.com/Tpqafhf.jpg)

Small digits on a secondary route circle.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lc34Nz2.jpg)

1/3 mile distance and long exit arrow.
(https://i.imgur.com/eGlkWCe.jpg)

Small digits in the shield.
(https://i.imgur.com/7eLQjj8.jpg)

Skinny US shields, small digits, and long side arrows. Sadly this overhead was recently taken down.
(https://i.imgur.com/JSCcMcX.jpg)

Long side arrow and some worn shields.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZBVnju0.jpg)

This may not be the most interesting of posts, but with most new Virginia signs being Clearview, it's nice to stumble on an old one every once in a while.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: SidS1045 on August 26, 2020, 09:04:51 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 06:00:42 PM
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/ma_9/e128_1.jpg)

For MA 128 fans, not sure if this is still there.

Photo from alpsroads

If that's the one I think it is (eastbound MA 9, approaching the 128 interchange) it's still there, but in substantially worse condition than what's shown in that photo.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Ben114 on August 26, 2020, 10:08:45 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 26, 2020, 09:04:51 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 06:00:42 PM
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/ma_9/e128_1.jpg)

For MA 128 fans, not sure if this is still there.

Photo from alpsroads

If that's the one I think it is (eastbound MA 9, approaching the 128 interchange) it's still there, but in substantially worse condition than what's shown in that photo.

September 2019 Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/GUWLF6RjsPfm5NGt8) shows that it's still there.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: STLmapboy on August 26, 2020, 11:13:19 PM
Quote from: Ben114 on August 26, 2020, 10:08:45 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 26, 2020, 09:04:51 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 06:00:42 PM
(https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/ma_9/e128_1.jpg)

For MA 128 fans, not sure if this is still there.

Photo from alpsroads

If that's the one I think it is (eastbound MA 9, approaching the 128 interchange) it's still there, but in substantially worse condition than what's shown in that photo.

September 2019 Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/GUWLF6RjsPfm5NGt8) shows that it's still there.
Albeit peeling fast, goddamn.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: HTM Duke on October 09, 2020, 04:58:15 PM
Lloyd, FL, on Jefferson CR 158 west approaching FL-59:
https://goo.gl/maps/PK2YJk2w6Vrak5YD9 (https://goo.gl/maps/PK2YJk2w6Vrak5YD9)

Also a bit erroneous, as evidenced by the peeling COUNTY sticker at the bottom of the sign.  (Did FL-59 ever fall out of the primary system at one point?)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CoreySamson on October 10, 2020, 09:52:27 PM
Is this button copy on the two yellow diamonds at the bottom of this sign? Even if it isn't, it's still very old looking.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3372813,-95.4254963,3a,27.3y,45.41h,88.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqU6m_-Y4VJxhry-0Z3MVFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

This sign looks pretty old. Is this an older Texas state shield spec? Sadly, it's now gone.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.0126017,-95.3924793,3a,21.3y,194.81h,89.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szgFQEUw2UOYOuXTquNTvUA!2e0!5s20161101T000000!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on October 11, 2020, 04:16:27 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on October 10, 2020, 09:52:27 PM
Is this button copy on the two yellow diamonds at the bottom of this sign? Even if it isn't, it's still very old looking.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3372813,-95.4254963,3a,27.3y,45.41h,88.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqU6m_-Y4VJxhry-0Z3MVFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

"Button copy" specifically refers to text (and select other elements) on signs manufactured with small reflector elements placed within the letters (old, kinda dirty example (https://goo.gl/maps/mzPrGeJ5k83tP2xG7)). This was commonly used before the advent of reflective sheeting as an alternative to using external lighting to illuminate a sign at night.

What you see here are Type 1 object markers (OM1-1 to be exact, yellow square with yellow reflectors), mounted in a square orientation instead of the normal diamond.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tylert120 on November 30, 2020, 09:40:01 AM
Found some button copy signs, which I consider to be rare in the Pittsburgh area, along the interchanges of PA 28 in northeastern Allegheny County. This part of PA 28 underwent a major makeover and included a lot of sign upgrades a few years ago but it appears some of the button copy signs survived. Here is a sign for Pittsburgh and Kittanning at the Natrona Heights exit in Fawn/Harrison Townships: https://goo.gl/maps/bQjwRCYQNiWBZpf26 (https://goo.gl/maps/bQjwRCYQNiWBZpf26)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: NoGoodNamesAvailable on November 30, 2020, 09:55:25 AM
Quote from: tylert120 on November 30, 2020, 09:40:01 AM
Found some button copy signs, which I consider to be rare in the Pittsburgh area, along the interchanges of PA 28 in northeastern Allegheny County. This part of PA 28 underwent a major makeover and included a lot of sign upgrades a few years ago but it appears some of the button copy signs survived. Here is a sign for Pittsburgh and Kittanning at the Natrona Heights exit in Fawn/Harrison Townships: https://goo.gl/maps/bQjwRCYQNiWBZpf26 (https://goo.gl/maps/bQjwRCYQNiWBZpf26)

I've never seen box beam barrier like that outside NY. It looks like a very old style that NY used, rarely seen anymore.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: tylert120 on November 30, 2020, 02:27:57 PM
Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on November 30, 2020, 09:55:25 AM
Quote from: tylert120 on November 30, 2020, 09:40:01 AM
Found some button copy signs, which I consider to be rare in the Pittsburgh area, along the interchanges of PA 28 in northeastern Allegheny County. This part of PA 28 underwent a major makeover and included a lot of sign upgrades a few years ago but it appears some of the button copy signs survived. Here is a sign for Pittsburgh and Kittanning at the Natrona Heights exit in Fawn/Harrison Townships: https://goo.gl/maps/bQjwRCYQNiWBZpf26 (https://goo.gl/maps/bQjwRCYQNiWBZpf26)

I've never seen box beam barrier like that outside NY. It looks like a very old style that NY used, rarely seen anymore.

Yeah it is not common around here. It was actually removed when PA 28 underwent a makeover a few years ago and the interchange areas were paved. There is no longer a guide rail of any type in the median. They went with ground mounted delineators inside the concrete median instead.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on December 07, 2020, 06:21:20 PM
An older-spec Georgia 75 Alternate sign:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50678334783_6917607096_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kdgHjP)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 20, 2021, 05:20:11 AM
Old stuff still hanging around in Vancouver and North Vancouver (pics from 2018):

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737000168_198b727c6f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kisouY)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737841272_26484c06bd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwGwL)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737844917_e0a496665c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwHBB)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 20, 2021, 01:55:35 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 20, 2021, 05:20:11 AM
Old stuff still hanging around in Vancouver and North Vancouver (pics from 2018):

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737000168_198b727c6f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kisouY)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737841272_26484c06bd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwGwL)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737844917_e0a496665c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwHBB)

Yes! I love it!

Vancouver has an incredible amount of ancient, worn signage. One of my favorites is here in West Van (https://goo.gl/maps/Vw1Fi6qaY1pXoswJA). So. Many. Fonts. In. BC.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: billpa on January 20, 2021, 03:40:41 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 20, 2021, 01:55:35 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 20, 2021, 05:20:11 AM
Old stuff still hanging around in Vancouver and North Vancouver (pics from 2018):

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737000168_198b727c6f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kisouY)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737841272_26484c06bd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwGwL)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737844917_e0a496665c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwHBB)

Yes! I love it!

Vancouver has an incredible amount of ancient, worn signage. One of my favorites is here in West Van (https://goo.gl/maps/Vw1Fi6qaY1pXoswJA). So. Many. Fonts. In. BC.
The street blade sign on the signal mast near that spot actually says Route 1. Does anyone use the word "route" in BC?

Pixel 2

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Billy F 1988 on January 23, 2021, 11:23:19 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 20, 2021, 05:20:11 AM
Old stuff still hanging around in Vancouver and North Vancouver (pics from 2018):

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737000168_198b727c6f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kisouY)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737841272_26484c06bd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwGwL)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50737844917_e0a496665c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kiwHBB)
Looks as if the first two in this set use a Le Hey type of font like the old signage in Massachusetts.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on January 26, 2021, 10:06:27 PM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on January 23, 2021, 11:23:19 PM
Looks as if the first two in this set use a Le Hey type of font like the old signage in Massachusetts.

It's usually just referred to as the "BC font", but it definitely has some similarities to Le Hey.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on February 14, 2021, 05:59:35 PM
Confirmed the presence of some old New Hampshire signage today.

White background shield heading east out of Concord.
(https://i.imgur.com/83vjmKv.jpg)

This sign in Concord references the "city proper", even though you're already basically in the city proper (US 3/Main St. is only 2.5 blocks away).
(https://i.imgur.com/aMaxzot.jpg)

An outstanding assembly in Manchester.
(https://i.imgur.com/VRtZiIP.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kenarmy on March 07, 2021, 03:42:57 PM
https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ms/us_98/wlog.jpg
I wonder is this sign still around
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on March 07, 2021, 09:24:38 PM
Quote from: kenarmy on March 07, 2021, 03:42:57 PM
https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ms/us_98/wlog.jpg
I wonder is this sign still around

They're out and about in Mississippi; this one is on MS 33:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/970/27309357067_98307cd61c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HBeApV)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 11, 2021, 09:56:34 AM
Found an old county route sign in New Jersey last week:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/gallery/2069_11_04_21_9_55_11.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JoePCool14 on April 29, 2021, 05:14:25 PM
An ODOT miracle. I didn't think it was possible. A good-looking, modern sign with no Clearview.

https://goo.gl/maps/J9XJiTTAGPpRUEkd7
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CoreySamson on April 29, 2021, 05:16:14 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on April 29, 2021, 05:14:25 PM
An ODOT miracle. I didn't think it was possible. A good-looking, modern sign with no Clearview.

https://goo.gl/maps/J9XJiTTAGPpRUEkd7
I like the black border around the US 62 shield. One of the few good things ODOT does.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on April 29, 2021, 06:56:58 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on April 29, 2021, 05:14:25 PM
An ODOT miracle. I didn't think it was possible. A good-looking, modern sign with no Clearview.

https://goo.gl/maps/J9XJiTTAGPpRUEkd7

It's like a unicorn, isn't it?

Of course, they manage to whiff it by putting the wrong type of arrow on the exit direction sign ½ mile later, but at least the advance signage is nice.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on April 29, 2021, 07:11:06 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on April 29, 2021, 05:16:14 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on April 29, 2021, 05:14:25 PM
An ODOT miracle. I didn't think it was possible. A good-looking, modern sign with no Clearview.

https://goo.gl/maps/J9XJiTTAGPpRUEkd7
I like the black border around the US 62 shield. One of the few good things ODOT does.

Utah used to do that all the time with a slightly thicker border. I want to say a black border directly on a green sign is banned now though, which is why they stopped doing that about 10 years ago.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: LilianaUwU on April 29, 2021, 09:44:47 PM
This sign was erected by a private entity, but as of 2019, this sign still stood, making it one of the only button copy signs in Canada.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.7880936,-71.3188895,3a,15y,284.55h,91.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7e-7lqtRwktP8aUOYxj1VQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on April 30, 2021, 12:26:46 PM
Someone tell Stephen Colbert. Might make it on the show.  :bigass:
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on May 06, 2021, 06:48:42 PM
An old LeHay-ish US 6 in New Bedford, MA.
(https://i.imgur.com/h7zxt6d.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on May 06, 2021, 09:13:57 PM
Quote from: csw on May 06, 2021, 06:48:42 PM
An old LeHay-ish US 6 in New Bedford, MA.
(https://i.imgur.com/h7zxt6d.jpg)


That sign in the background...  I don't know what it's saying...

To request green, skateboarders wait on cyclists.

Does that really make the light turn green?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Big John on May 06, 2021, 09:16:13 PM
^^ there probably is a sensitive detector around that area.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: someperson on May 06, 2021, 09:28:12 PM
This must be one of the only button copy signs in Houston. Also note the very faded 610 shield:
https://goo.gl/maps/fjMafCiLt4unJzYQA

Might not be around much longer because this piece of road is about to get a major reconfiguration.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on May 06, 2021, 09:55:42 PM
Quote from: Big John on May 06, 2021, 09:16:13 PM
^^ there probably is a sensitive detector around that area.

If that's the case, then... I still don't know what it means.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 06, 2021, 10:48:39 PM
Quote from: kphoger on May 06, 2021, 09:55:42 PM
Quote from: Big John on May 06, 2021, 09:16:13 PM
^^ there probably is a sensitive detector around that area.

If that's the case, then... I still don't know what it means.

The skateboarding guy isn't part of the original sign. Some random person stuck it there later on.

It means, if you are riding a bike, to position your bicycle on the matching bicyclist symbol painted on the street, because there's a bike-sensitive detector installed in the pavement there, and it will cycle the signal for you. If you wait elsewhere, the sensor is calibrated to detect cars and won't pick up a bike, so it won't cycle the signal.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CoreySamson on May 06, 2021, 11:27:31 PM
Quote from: someperson on May 06, 2021, 09:28:12 PM
This must be one of the only button copy signs in Houston. Also note the very faded 610 shield:
https://goo.gl/maps/fjMafCiLt4unJzYQA

Might not be around much longer because this piece of road is about to get a major reconfiguration.
Man I'll have to check this out! Not too many old signs left in Texas.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on May 31, 2021, 04:01:35 PM
Quote from: M3100 on May 31, 2021, 03:43:31 PM
Here's a button copy relic.  This is on Redondo, just south of Rosecrans, in north Manhattan Beach, CA.  That is a movie/TV studio in the right distance "Welcome To What's Next").
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51217046060_d0a6018f1c_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on July 03, 2021, 05:35:27 PM
A few fantastic signs still linger in the White River Junction, VT, area.

(https://i.imgur.com/YPbjFmT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EJQmvFC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zhKkAIn.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on September 07, 2021, 10:33:05 PM
Found an old US 11 sign near Slidell, Louisiana (photo taken in June):

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51420179020_6afc43ec9e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mkPRLG)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on September 08, 2021, 12:44:54 AM
Nothing better than a classic button copy in good condition. I-585 in Spartanburg SC, taken January 2021.

(https://i.imgur.com/hHFc1ub.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Skye on September 19, 2021, 06:54:07 PM
In Dayton, OH

(https://i.imgur.com/MZNSSmR.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Skye on September 22, 2021, 01:41:19 PM
Another one I captured, from 2006 in Portsmouth, OH.

(https://i.imgur.com/yyYeMap.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on September 23, 2021, 02:56:30 PM
That tilted i just gives it character.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:36:32 PM
I got some new goodies recently...

NJ:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51508589828_e8b4181179_c.jpg)


Philly PA:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51508589633_a3ee02d2f2_c.jpg)

CT:
Last state-named state route shield
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51364240478_246363db2f_c.jpg)

and MD for the never completed I-170
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51508364006_16b58357e0_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:41:56 PM
Annnnnnnnnnnnd the last standing button copy sign in NYC's Staten Island.  It doesn't even serve traffic anymore.  When the toll booths were removed, they narrowed I-278 but left this sign.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51326676323_a7b6f4bf2b_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on September 23, 2021, 10:56:07 PM


Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:36:32 PM
I got some new goodies recently...

NJ:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51508589828_e8b4181179_c.jpg)

This one is a real beaut! It's real cool how they clipped the corners of the main BGS to match the turnpike shield. I'm also liking the different tones of green.

Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: plain on September 24, 2021, 11:29:02 AM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:36:32 PM
I got some new goodies recently...

NJ:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51508589828_e8b4181179_c.jpg)

Is this the one on NJ 32? (There's 2 of them but I believe this is the EB one)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: LilianaUwU on October 13, 2021, 06:50:54 PM
A QC-360 shield that was recycled from Route 38 (or 33, but I'm 80% sure it's 38).

(https://i.imgur.com/6MnrFcF.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/6MnrFcF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KE8AUnJ.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/KE8AUnJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JzOwIb2.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/JzOwIb2.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: LilianaUwU on October 20, 2021, 09:45:15 PM
An old one (from 2009!): Route 8A behind a QC-197 shield in Rivière-au-Renard. Sadly, it has been gone for a while now. Since I had a cheap digital camera at the time and it was nighttime, the quality of the pictures is less than ideal, but you can click on them to enlarge them.

(https://i.imgur.com/NfxJy04.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/NfxJy04.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7XlRzVJ.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/7XlRzVJ.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on October 25, 2021, 01:09:06 PM
Google Maps doesn't have a good shot of this (I nabbed a portrait myself while I was driving by from out of the desert), but a nice cats-eye button copy sign sitting unmolested on a side street.

https://goo.gl/maps/qHHK7m4JDErRKGAz9
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Tom958 on November 08, 2021, 04:56:06 AM
I love this little sign (https://goo.gl/maps/pUsBHRfHHMmKDQMr9). I don't frequent the area, but it seems to be effective at keeping traffic moving.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on November 08, 2021, 01:42:58 PM
It looks like the other three directions have STOP signs? That works.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: mrsman on November 09, 2021, 12:36:29 PM
^^^^

I guess it's OK, since it appears to be a relatively quiet corner, but generally a 3-way stop, where one direction does not stop at all, can be quite confusing for traffic.  The situation is probably a concession to the nearby railroad crossing, so that cars won't stop on the tracks.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: roadfro on November 11, 2021, 12:15:10 PM
Quote from: Tom958 on November 08, 2021, 04:56:06 AM
I love this little sign (https://goo.gl/maps/pUsBHRfHHMmKDQMr9). I don't frequent the area, but it seems to be effective at keeping traffic moving.

I'm intrigued that they used a custom arrow graphic (which appears to favor the left turn) instead of just a standard three-headed lane assignment arrow. But a nice little sign given the context.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: MCRoads on November 11, 2021, 05:51:56 PM
I like this:

https://goo.gl/maps/hXs5KLyQFq2Lfo5n9
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: plain on November 11, 2021, 08:18:00 PM
Quote from: MCRoads on November 11, 2021, 05:51:56 PM
I like this:

https://goo.gl/maps/hXs5KLyQFq2Lfo5n9

I've seen signs like this. I believe the last one I saw was in Brooklyn or Queens back in the early 2000's but it was a warning sign (yellow on black) and without the words. Nice find!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on December 14, 2021, 10:23:00 PM
Downtown Durango, CO:  2 classic US Shields ...

601 Main Ave
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2QLotPqNCdkzn6uBA
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on January 07, 2022, 08:02:50 PM
Some signs from the past few months.

Kingston, NY.
(https://i.imgur.com/F8CjjwT.jpg)

Marion, OH.
(https://i.imgur.com/eyVCsqH.jpg)

Stamford, CT.
(https://i.imgur.com/o1x00L0.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on April 21, 2022, 08:40:25 PM
An old Maryland 501 shield in Hyattsville:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52020707043_cfb8c1842f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nfTHQ8)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 02, 2022, 07:26:50 PM
Still hanging on in Baraboo!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52046424454_ca5e07e33a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2niawHL)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52045131362_5d64c21655_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ni3Uk5)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ClassicHasClass on May 03, 2022, 02:58:50 PM
That is lovely. Looks like a crypt, though!
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on May 03, 2022, 03:30:10 PM
Quote from: ClassicHasClass on May 03, 2022, 02:58:50 PM
That is lovely. Looks like a crypt, though!

Can't find an exact source, but they seem like 1920s vintage. Might be the oldest posted route signs still in place, although the denoted routes have moved slightly (WI 33 is still along the route and "WIS 12" is now a US 12 Business route.) It looks like street names are on the bottom but I can't read them too well, and the L and R denote directions.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: csw on August 27, 2022, 06:17:20 AM
Finding a group of button copy signage in Calgary earlier this month was a pleasant surprise.
(https://i.imgur.com/qrjNYSm.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wlYsUEU.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on August 27, 2022, 09:10:07 AM
^ Love the sideways “prepare to stop” sign. I wish places in the US with horizontal signals did that.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kirbykart on August 27, 2022, 09:33:32 AM
GSV doesn't have the greatest shot of this, but here's some old county road shields. Catt. Co. phased these out in the early 90s, but as you can see, a few still remain at quiet rural intersections.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/PHndhtQXvUnAPSTC7
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 19, 2023, 01:51:33 PM
Found an old Wisconsin 83 shield a few months back:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52636833513_5a52ca0ac0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ockwLi)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Big John on January 19, 2023, 03:39:50 PM
^^v Was in in Waukesha County?  They still use the old specs for junction signs.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: formulanone on January 19, 2023, 03:44:46 PM
Quote from: Big John on January 19, 2023, 03:39:50 PM
^^v Was in in Waukesha County?  They still use the old specs for junction signs.

Yes, but it's the only one I found in my last few visits.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CoreySamson on January 21, 2023, 03:28:52 PM
Button copy in Tulsa still exists as of today!

(https://imgur.com/omXNDlB.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/avsb1bv.jpg)
(photos mine)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: JoePCool14 on January 21, 2023, 05:15:38 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on January 21, 2023, 03:28:52 PM
(https://imgur.com/avsb1bv.jpg)
(photos mine)

Broken Arrow? More like, Covered Arrow.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on January 31, 2023, 09:13:36 PM
I have seen this one a couple of times:

5600 S Hwy 191
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S8LxBgU8j8GWxxD18

Now, this looks like an ordinary Billboard to most, but the actual structure that holds the shape of the vinyl sign is an honest to goodness RETIRED BGS!!!

This is facing northbound traffic on US-191 a few miles south of Moab.  As of today, the top center of the billboard is sagging just enough to reveal all the red and a sliver of the blue crown of an (3di???) Interstate shield and what looks like a top of a NORTH direction to the right of it.

Now the Moab Mystery:  Where did it come from and does this sign company use others in the wild?

Anybody else see this sign in person?  More importantly, who wants to go take a peek under the vinyl???
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Dirt Roads on January 31, 2023, 09:51:07 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on January 31, 2023, 09:13:36 PM
I have seen this one a couple of times:

5600 S Hwy 191
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S8LxBgU8j8GWxxD18

Now, this looks like an ordinary Billboard to most, but the actual structure that holds the shape of the vinyl sign is an honest to goodness RETIRED BGS!!!

Funny thing is one of the southbound views has the backside of the old BGS blurred out so that we can't peak.  The next one doesn't.  Perhaps someone doesn't want us to know something.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: thenetwork on January 31, 2023, 11:16:02 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on January 31, 2023, 09:51:07 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on January 31, 2023, 09:13:36 PM
I have seen this one a couple of times:

5600 S Hwy 191
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S8LxBgU8j8GWxxD18

Now, this looks like an ordinary Billboard to most, but the actual structure that holds the shape of the vinyl sign is an honest to goodness RETIRED BGS!!!

Funny thing is one of the southbound views has the backside of the old BGS blurred out so that we can't peak.  The next one doesn't.  Perhaps someone doesn't want us to know something.


A 'secret' I-x70???  ;)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: US 89 on February 01, 2023, 12:03:52 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on January 31, 2023, 11:16:02 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on January 31, 2023, 09:51:07 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on January 31, 2023, 09:13:36 PM
I have seen this one a couple of times:

5600 S Hwy 191
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S8LxBgU8j8GWxxD18

Now, this looks like an ordinary Billboard to most, but the actual structure that holds the shape of the vinyl sign is an honest to goodness RETIRED BGS!!!

Funny thing is one of the southbound views has the backside of the old BGS blurred out so that we can't peak.  The next one doesn't.  Perhaps someone doesn't want us to know something.


A 'secret' I-x70???  ;)

Unfortunately, it's not that old, at least in its current location. It appeared sometime between November 2018 and May 2021, per GSV history.

What's really interesting though is it appears to be a wood-backed BGS reminiscent of what they installed in the early 2000s. Utah hasn't installed much if any in the way of wooden signs in the last 15 years, so there's a very good chance that sign is a transplant from somewhere else. I'd love to find out what's on it.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Scott5114 on February 01, 2023, 12:36:52 AM
Quote from: US 89 on February 01, 2023, 12:03:52 AM
I'd love to find out what's on it.

With a box cutter and a blatant disregard for private property rights, you probably can. :P
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kurumi on February 02, 2023, 12:28:57 AM
Quote from: csw on January 07, 2022, 08:02:50 PM
Some signs from the past few months.

Kingston, NY...

Marion, OH...

Stamford, CT.
(https://i.imgur.com/o1x00L0.jpg)

Street view for the CT 137 marker: https://goo.gl/maps/tXi6cPYnubgCNDmX9
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CovalenceSTU on April 19, 2023, 02:46:43 PM
Pretty sure this is the best thread for this (https://goo.gl/maps/QsZwGuDUoWndg1LC7):
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-18/1960s-era-highway-99-revealed-after-5-freeway-sign-falls-down
(https://california-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/e3/c8/4f5f1eeb4e43910d3f7f504d2725/1284969-la-me-5-freeway-sign-freveals-old-highway-99-002-ls.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: LilianaUwU on April 19, 2023, 05:03:42 PM
Quote from: CovalenceSTU on April 19, 2023, 02:46:43 PM
Pretty sure this is the best thread for this (https://goo.gl/maps/QsZwGuDUoWndg1LC7):
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-18/1960s-era-highway-99-revealed-after-5-freeway-sign-falls-down
(https://california-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/e3/c8/4f5f1eeb4e43910d3f7f504d2725/1284969-la-me-5-freeway-sign-freveals-old-highway-99-002-ls.jpg)

The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 20, 2023, 02:17:22 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on April 19, 2023, 05:03:42 PM
The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.

There's only so many murders you can report on before we need something else.

This is a very standard story. It's a kind of human-interest story, I suppose.

Some news agencies employ dedicated historians who create segments specifically related to history of the area. Feliks Banel of Seattle's KIRO-FM is an example.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: LilianaUwU on April 20, 2023, 04:58:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 20, 2023, 02:17:22 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on April 19, 2023, 05:03:42 PM
The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.
Some news agencies employ dedicated historians who create segments specifically related to history of the area. Feliks Banel of Seattle's KIRO-FM is an example.
Couldn't they have asked the historians about the date of decommissioning (1964, not 1972), what the routes are called (did Calrog write the article?), or that the sign wasn't uncovered just two days ago?
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on April 22, 2023, 02:56:26 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on April 20, 2023, 04:58:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 20, 2023, 02:17:22 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on April 19, 2023, 05:03:42 PM
The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.
Some news agencies employ dedicated historians who create segments specifically related to history of the area. Feliks Banel of Seattle's KIRO-FM is an example.
Couldn't they have asked the historians about the date of decommissioning (1964, not 1972), what the routes are called (did Calrog write the article?), or that the sign wasn't uncovered just two days ago?

US-99 was decommissioned in California before 1972 but the route still existed elsewhere until 1972. *Since they didn't specify "in California"  they're not technically wrong.

I don't see any issues with the route names used. Other than "State Route 134"  usually just being called "the 134" .
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: kphoger on April 24, 2023, 09:33:04 AM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on April 20, 2023, 04:58:06 AM
Couldn't they have asked the historians about ... what the routes are called (did Calrog write the article?) ...?

Quote from: jakeroot on April 22, 2023, 02:56:26 AM
I don't see any issues with the route names used. Other than "State Route 134"  usually just being called "the 134" .

"The federal route was eventually..."
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on April 24, 2023, 10:15:25 AM
Here is the non-newspaper variant of the US 99 story:

https://www.gribblenation.org/2023/04/the-reemergence-of-us-route-99-at.html?m=1

But yeah, even the San Francisco Gate did their own story.  The Gate apparently talked to Mike Ballard's group and thusly had more accurate nomenclature. 

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/us-99-sign-falls-los-angeles-freeway-17907017.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0_uWPEu0eG1aRlp9BQb1zrbYUCu4GcwdfwugvsJrbx6K0_QZlrJeYd5dk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on August 20, 2023, 09:58:58 PM
Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53131209795_7378c5c714_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oX2kBi)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on August 21, 2023, 10:10:00 AM
Quote from: Rothman on August 20, 2023, 09:58:58 PM
Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53131209795_7378c5c714_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oX2kBi)

Creeping in my hometown!

With the removal of the two signs in Salyersville,, this is now the last remaining old-school Mountain Parkway sign remaining in the wild. Since the state gave up maintenance of Main Street to the city when the new KY 52 bypass of downtown was built, hopefully it will remain for awhile.

(There is a square Mountain Parkway marker on US 60 (West Lexington Avenue) at KY 627 (Maple Street) in Winchester, but it doesn't have the "Bert T. Combs" indicator above it.)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: Rothman on August 21, 2023, 01:24:34 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on August 21, 2023, 10:10:00 AM
Quote from: Rothman on August 20, 2023, 09:58:58 PM
Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53131209795_7378c5c714_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oX2kBi)

Creeping in my hometown!

With the removal of the two signs in Salyersville,, this is now the last remaining old-school Mountain Parkway sign remaining in the wild. Since the state gave up maintenance of Main Street to the city when the new KY 52 bypass of downtown was built, hopefully it will remain for awhile.

(There is a square Mountain Parkway marker on US 60 (West Lexington Avenue) at KY 627 (Maple Street) in Winchester, but it doesn't have the "Bert T. Combs" indicator above it.)
I thought you were from Jackson, for some reason.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hbelkins on August 22, 2023, 01:54:16 PM
I work in Jackson.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PColumbus73 on August 22, 2023, 06:52:45 PM
Quote from: Rothman on August 21, 2023, 01:24:34 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on August 21, 2023, 10:10:00 AM
Quote from: Rothman on August 20, 2023, 09:58:58 PM
Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53131209795_7378c5c714_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oX2kBi)

Creeping in my hometown!

With the removal of the two signs in Salyersville,, this is now the last remaining old-school Mountain Parkway sign remaining in the wild. Since the state gave up maintenance of Main Street to the city when the new KY 52 bypass of downtown was built, hopefully it will remain for awhile.

(There is a square Mountain Parkway marker on US 60 (West Lexington Avenue) at KY 627 (Maple Street) in Winchester, but it doesn't have the "Bert T. Combs" indicator above it.)
I thought you were from Jackson, for some reason.

The background on the KY 11 sign is faded just enough that it looks like a cutout shield
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: hotdogPi on October 19, 2023, 09:37:59 AM
Mechanical "your speed" sign where the individual pixels flip.

Eaton Ave., Woburn, MA.

I'm linking rather than posting an image because it's a video.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/53268734952/in/dateposted-public/

Here is an image from farther away:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53269627526_3863ce9678_c.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: CovalenceSTU on October 20, 2023, 08:34:53 PM
Some variously worn old signs, in the spirit of the thread:

Props to whoever in Caltrans saved this gantry (https://maps.app.goo.gl/79xaiiVKbU8Lb6EJA) when the road was narrowed for a roundabout 20 years ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/NyZDhUV.jpg)

plus a more faded all-text sign right ahead:
(https://i.imgur.com/s6tYEdO.jpg)

A 4-way guide sign (https://maps.app.goo.gl/PgTdtvDfShkgj9HQ9) on 101B here in Oregon that's started peeling. I traced it out and the distances appear to be to city centers on the original routings, so it's likely from when this was mainline 101 (pre-1964). Also has its own font that may be a poorly cloned Series A (notice the multiple variations of "S" and "N"), sans numbers.
(https://i.imgur.com/MTikFiR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hzLb3pd.jpg)

B/W "ALL WAY STOP" on a beacon (https://maps.app.goo.gl/LVYFDMwkzwKFNuJf9) in western Seattle. This one side is different then the rest (3 lines and blocky font) but is the only one that isn't mostly faded.
(https://i.imgur.com/llMYO4K.jpg)


Also, this beauty (https://maps.app.goo.gl/WoBVe65FxPyXHL9m7) posted here 12 years ago is still in place:
(https://i.imgur.com/3qt1DGi.jpg)
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: ErmineNotyours on October 22, 2023, 02:31:11 PM
Quote from: 1 on October 19, 2023, 09:37:59 AM
Mechanical "your speed" sign where the individual pixels flip.

Eaton Ave., Woburn, MA.

I'm linking rather than posting an image because it's a video.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/53268734952/in/dateposted-public/

Here is an image from farther away:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53269627526_3863ce9678_c.jpg)

WSDOT still has some flip-dot signs in use.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BduWNT3Q8UpTpuDi6
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: PColumbus73 on December 28, 2023, 12:38:15 PM
An older sign at the Seattle Ferry Terminal apparently referring to I-90 Temp

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.60297,-122.3382259,3a,21.4y,78.11h,104.78t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slz2BuhZZN9FLVWnKahQWnQ!2e0!5s20170901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: jakeroot on February 05, 2024, 06:59:21 AM
Quote from: PColumbus73 on December 28, 2023, 12:38:15 PM
An older sign at the Seattle Ferry Terminal apparently referring to I-90 Temp

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.60297,-122.3382259,3a,21.4y,78.11h,104.78t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slz2BuhZZN9FLVWnKahQWnQ!2e0!5s20170901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

I could be wrong, but I think this sign is gone.
Title: Re: The Best of Road Signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on February 15, 2024, 05:50:57 PM
The state name is on the I-81 shield here. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219981270042596&set=a.10219981315163724)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53531584211_5a7b19db22_c.jpg)