1/5 mile sign in DC metro area?

quantumslip · May 04, 2009, 02:45:25 AM

I was wondering if anyone knows the location of a 1/5 mile exit sign in the DC area, near Crystal City. My friends were amused when we saw it, but couldn't get a picture of it. Now I've taken the task of digging through StreetView, but have not been able to find it. Some say that it is on 395 on the way to exit to Crystal City, but I've gone along that route and found nothing. Can anyone point to me where it actually is or have a picture? Thanks!

akotchi · May 04, 2009, 12:28:43 PM

Try I-66 at Exit 75 in Virginia. Looked at photos available, but did not see specific sign, but that exit does serve Crystal City. Might be WB, leaving D.C.

Good luck!

Chris · May 04, 2009, 01:26:04 PM

Streetview screendump:

Truvelo · May 04, 2009, 01:34:41 PM

There's suddenly been a huge increase in the amount of high resolution Streetview in the US. Long may it continue.

quantumslip · May 04, 2009, 01:54:35 PM

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=washington+dc&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=XCv_SauUBYmclQeb0riWCw&ll=38.865575,-77.071195&spn=0.013199,0.022101&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=38.865556,-77.071031&panoid=9ZUh5wVkX-eRviLZnuY7dw&cbp=12,280.22579896266893,,0,-2.6019417475728153

Wow wow, never expected to have someone find it. Thanks a bunch!

74/171FAN · May 04, 2009, 03:35:10 PM

One day I'll actually photograph this and I also believe that a 1/5 mile sign exists for the Stadium Rd exit in Lunchburg from US 29 Business(Lynchburg Expressway)(I haven't been to Lynchburg in eons)

WillWeaverRVA · May 04, 2009, 09:01:24 PM

There is also a 1/5 mile sign for I-64 on eastbound US 250 in Short Pump, although US 250 isn't a freeway like in the other two cases mentioned in this thread.

njroadhorse · June 04, 2009, 08:00:16 PM

I've seen a bunch of x/10 mile advance signs on the Schuylkill, like this one:

Alps · June 04, 2009, 09:34:01 PM

Quote from: njroadhorse on June 04, 2009, 08:00:16 PM
I've seen a bunch of x/10 mile advance signs on the Schuylkill

Also on I-676. I believe I saw them on US 202 around West Chester as well, but I could be wrong.

Alex · June 04, 2009, 11:35:02 PM

U.S. 202 northbound at West Chester has the 1/8th mile sign:

Sykotyk · June 05, 2009, 12:01:19 AM

There's a 4/5 sign on I-81 southbound approaching I-64 east in Virginia.

Sometimes, I wish we had just switched to metric years ago. So much easier than fractions, feet, and miles.

Sykotyk

mightyace · June 05, 2009, 12:04:14 AM

Quote from: AARoads on June 04, 2009, 11:35:02 PM
U.S. 202 northbound at West Chester has the 1/8th mile sign:

How recent was that picture?

I remember seeing that gantry in the 1970s going to my grandparents in DE and the picture exactly like I remember!

Alex · June 05, 2009, 03:13:37 AM

Quote from: mightyace on June 05, 2009, 12:04:14 AM
Quote from: AARoads on June 04, 2009, 11:35:02 PM
U.S. 202 northbound at West Chester has the 1/8th mile sign:

How recent was that picture?

I remember seeing that gantry in the 1970s going to my grandparents in DE and the picture exactly like I remember!

That photo is from 2000. I know those text button copy guide signs were still kicking in 2004...

akotchi · June 05, 2009, 08:25:54 AM

Quote from: AARoads on June 05, 2009, 03:13:37 AM
Quote from: mightyace on June 05, 2009, 12:04:14 AM
Quote from: AARoads on June 04, 2009, 11:35:02 PM
U.S. 202 northbound at West Chester has the 1/8th mile sign:

How recent was that picture?

I remember seeing that gantry in the 1970s going to my grandparents in DE and the picture exactly like I remember!

That photo is from 2000. I know those text button copy guide signs were still kicking in 2004...

They are still kicking in 2009 as well . . . I've been through there recently.

deathtopumpkins · June 28, 2009, 03:52:57 AM

On a related note I was driving on I-264 EB towards Portsmouth yesterday, and noticed that several of the advance guide signs had been changed to 1/3 mile. Odd, seeing as thirds are hardly standard distances.

mightyace · June 28, 2009, 01:05:04 PM

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 28, 2009, 03:52:57 AM
On a related note I was driving on I-264 EB towards Portsmouth yesterday, and noticed that several of the advance guide signs had been changed to 1/3 mile. Odd, seeing as thirds are hardly standard distances.

Could these be or have been 1/2 kilometer guide signs?

1 km = 0.62mi so 1/2 km = 0.31 mi and 1/3 mi = 0.33 mi

froggie · June 28, 2009, 01:27:40 PM

I haven't been on that stretch of 264 in a long while, but given how close together many of the interchanges are along there, 1/3 mile advance guide signs are not out of the question. 1/3 mile may not be a "standard distance", but it is an acceptable distance value in the MUTCD.

I highly doubt they were former 1/2 km guide signs...as best as I can tell, Virginia never experimented with that. Mike (mapmikey) might have a better answer, though.

deathtopumpkins · June 28, 2009, 02:38:07 PM

I'm not sure what they were originally either... I never normally have a reason to take that part of 264.
Could they have possibly been 1/4 or 1/2 that VDOT remeasured and found to be closer to 1/3?

J N Winkler · July 01, 2009, 08:26:28 AM

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 28, 2009, 02:38:07 PMVFOT

Sorry to be thick--but was that a value judgment?

agentsteel53 · July 01, 2009, 12:32:10 PM

looks like a typo to me ... while the F word is extremely versatile, here I'm having a bit of trouble reconciling it with the acronym in a way that isn't awkward at best.

FVDOT would be a value judgement. MFVDOT a harsher one.

Hellfighter · July 01, 2009, 01:19:03 PM

Quote from: AARoads on June 04, 2009, 11:35:02 PM
U.S. 202 northbound at West Chester has the 1/8th mile sign:

What's up with the median? It looks like it's a fence on the center line.

Alps · July 01, 2009, 10:17:09 PM

Quote from: Hellfighter on July 01, 2009, 01:19:03 PM
Quote from: AARoads on June 04, 2009, 11:35:02 PM
U.S. 202 northbound at West Chester has the 1/8th mile sign:

What's up with the median? It looks like it's a fence on the center line.

It's box beam guiderail.

deathtopumpkins · July 02, 2009, 11:44:54 PM

It was a typo. The F key is above the V key.
It's been fixed now.

Mapmikey · July 12, 2009, 01:23:28 PM

Quote from: froggie on June 28, 2009, 01:27:40 PM
I haven't been on that stretch of 264 in a long while, but given how close together many of the interchanges are along there, 1/3 mile advance guide signs are not out of the question. 1/3 mile may not be a "standard distance", but it is an acceptable distance value in the MUTCD.

I highly doubt they were former 1/2 km guide signs...as best as I can tell, Virginia never experimented with that. Mike (mapmikey) might have a better answer, though.

I am aware of metric distances on signs in Virginia right off the top of my head:

km posts on SR 3000 (Prince William Pkwy) between SR 642 Hoadly Rd and Liberia Ave in Manassas

In the 70s-80s there was a reassurance shield with destination sign US 17 SB leaving US 13-460 that had the NC State Line and Elizabeth City in both miles and kilometers.

Other Virginia locations for small fraction signs: 1/5 mile on US 250 Bypass at US 29 Bus Charlottesville; also two locations in Danville at clovers involving VA 413/VA 86 and US 58 Bus/US 29 Bus. I swear I have seen a 1/10 sign but for the life of me cannot remember where it is.

Mapmikey

WillWeaverRVA · July 12, 2009, 02:46:21 PM

There is also a 1/3 mile sign on US 13 northbound just before US 60; it replaced another 1/3 mile sign (which had nothing wrong with it, and the new Clearview US 60 sign in its place has the same un-centered US 60 shield on it).

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