Groups of shields on one sign

[Scott5114]

or less frequently like this or this or this (the last one used to be common but is being phased out)

They'll have to bring them back when the 2009 MUTCD goes into effect. It specifically disallows anything other than green as a background for this type of sign.

[corco]

Quote from: corco on November 12, 2009, 05:18:31 PM
or less frequently like this or this or this (the last one used to be common but is being phased out)



They'll have to bring them back when the 2009 MUTCD goes into effect. It specifically disallows anything other than green as a background for this type of sign.

Even if it's just a reassurance shield? I'm not sure why that first 395/20 one would be illegal on a one piece. It's constructed exactly like 2 separate shields posted next to each other except it's just one

[Brandon]

An example from Wisconsin with the three interstate multiplex of I-39, I-90, and I-94.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.332795,-89.460425&spn=0,359.928417&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.332843,-89.460297&panoid=YPxq16yB-2f2CSnm0XbdwQ&cbp=12,131.16,,0,9.69
Note that everything seems to be on one sign.  I'm trying to find the examples of six interstate shields in a row I've seen along that stretch.

[ctsignguy]

I apologise if there's already a thread on this but after doing a search I can't find anything so here goes.

Is this setup rare or not? On all my trips to the US I have never seen such an arrangement before. I've seen individual signs put together in a bunch but never a single sign with multiple shields.


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Gah!  Must be Delaware OH....

[exit322]

That's correct.  It's inbound on the east side of town on 36/37 just before they split.

[thenetwork]

I apologize if there's already a thread on this but after doing a search I can't find anything so here goes.

Is this setup rare or not? On all my trips to the US I have never seen such an arrangement before. I've seen individual signs put together in a bunch but never a single sign with multiple shields.


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Gah!  Must be Delaware OH....

For sure...My sister lives just outside of Delaware, OH and if you are not passing thru the town on US 23, then you need a sharp eye and some luck to keep on the same route through town.

Not only that, but Delaware is the city full of NIMBYs who don't want to see US 23 improved/upgraded into a 4-lane expressway, nor do they want to see an I-73 shield anywhere near their town.  Yet they love stop & go traffic congestion from Delaware south to I-270 in Columbus.

BTW, for those keeping score at home, the obstructed shield on the BWS is US 42.

[deathtopumpkins]

I don't know of any offhand in the Richmond-Petersburg area though.

You do now.  From Synthetic Dreamer's Picasa:

[froggie]

IIRC, there's another at the US 1/301/VA 144 junction.

VDOT's Richmond District seems to have really taken to the "unisigns".  I've only rarely seen them elsewhere in the state.

[74/171FAN]

IIRC, there's another at the US 1/301/VA 144 junction.

VDOT's Richmond District seems to have really taken to the "unisigns".  I've only rarely seen them elsewhere in the state.

I was referring to the green ones instead of all colors  but there are a few in Hopewell including this one.   

IIRC, there's another at the US 1/301/VA 144 junction.

VDOT's Richmond District seems to have really taken to the "unisigns".  I've only rarely seen them elsewhere in the state.

And of course that one has US 144 on there instead of VA 144

[roadfro]

They'll have to bring them back when the 2009 MUTCD goes into effect. It specifically disallows anything other than green as a background for this type of sign.

According to the FHWA's Powerpoint notes on the MUTCD, when route shields and their associated auxiliary messages are combined on one sign, the background color *should* be green (which equates to a recommendation, not a requirement). However, the proposed text specifically disallows just mounting route shield auxiliary signs to a guide sign background.