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Started by FLRoads, January 20, 2009, 11:55:15 PM

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CanesFan27

Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 07, 2013, 01:54:40 PM
lovely block fonts on the shields even in the 1959 diagram.  I think they switched, in actual use, to round fonts by ~1952.

do you know when they changed from black background to white on the secondary signs?

I have several of the fully embossed black ones, if anyone wants one.  they're not too rare; I'd let them go for 25 each plus shipping.

Every now and then you'll find a white on green one as well.


IMG_7815 by Adam's Journey, on Flickr

Photo above is on "The Football Road" in Alamance County

The photo is in black & white - but this still exists on US 401 in Rolesville

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/various/nc1003.jpg


amroad17

I do miss those white directional mileage signs!
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NJRoadfan

Quote from: amroad17 on July 09, 2013, 04:07:25 PM
I do miss those white directional mileage signs!

They seem to be quite common in NC still. Saw quite a few last week in Johnson County along US-70 and NC-42.

WashuOtaku

Quote from: NJRoadfan on July 09, 2013, 06:27:32 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on July 09, 2013, 04:07:25 PM
I do miss those white directional mileage signs!

They seem to be quite common in NC still. Saw quite a few last week in Johnson County along US-70 and NC-42.

I have seen them commonly in the Sandhills area of North Carolina (Fayetteville, Lumberton, etc.).

CanesFan27

Quote from: WashuOtaku on July 09, 2013, 06:49:32 PM
Quote from: NJRoadfan on July 09, 2013, 06:27:32 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on July 09, 2013, 04:07:25 PM
I do miss those white directional mileage signs!

They seem to be quite common in NC still. Saw quite a few last week in Johnson County along US-70 and NC-42.

I have seen them commonly in the Sandhills area of North Carolina (Fayetteville, Lumberton, etc.).

There are very common through much of the state.  In some maintenance districts, they are newer reflective types. in a handful of districts, they have been removed.  But you can pretty much travel anywhere in the state and still come across these.

Finding black on white town & crossroads signs; however, is very rare.

Marc - you may want to head up towards Bellhaven Blvd & Valleydale Rd/ McClure Circle in NW Mecklenburg County.  White destination signs that still have the interlocking NC in it for NC 16.

I wasn't able to take a photo of it last year when we came across on the way back from the Warrior Dash.

CanesFan27

Here's an example of one in Troutman -  IIRC there were a few still in that area along NC 115 but that was ten years ago since i last was on NC 115 or US 21 north of Huntersville.

http://www.gribblenation.com/ncpics/subs/whitesignnc150-patriarca.jpg

WashuOtaku

Quote from: CanesFan27 on July 09, 2013, 07:17:16 PM
Marc - you may want to head up towards Bellhaven Blvd & Valleydale Rd/ McClure Circle in NW Mecklenburg County.  White destination signs that still have the interlocking NC in it for NC 16.

Not finding it on Google http://goo.gl/maps/m9rof  :-/

NJRoadfan

Tracing my steps on streetview I found the following town and crossroads signs

NC-42@NC-50 in Cleveland: http://goo.gl/maps/brnBs
A sample of US-70 in Clayton (just about every cross street has one east of here): http://goo.gl/maps/0FS2e and http://goo.gl/maps/fl8XU

US-70@ Industrial Park Dr.: http://goo.gl/maps/UP1Qb
In the shadow of I-95 on Industrial Park Dr.: http://goo.gl/maps/OJ9dB

Mapmikey

These black and white signs are less common than they were 20 years ago, but still plentiful the further east you are in the state.

One thing I noticed a long time ago is that west of roughly I-77, these signs didn't depict mileage to someplace but instead just the name of the road itself.  This was nearly universal once in the mountains.  One exception I remember from the 1980s is still located in Blowing Rock, for Globe - http://goo.gl/maps/2O3xJ

Mapmikey

CanesFan27

Quote from: WashuOtaku on July 09, 2013, 08:08:00 PM
Quote from: CanesFan27 on July 09, 2013, 07:17:16 PM
Marc - you may want to head up towards Bellhaven Blvd & Valleydale Rd/ McClure Circle in NW Mecklenburg County.  White destination signs that still have the interlocking NC in it for NC 16.

Not finding it on Google http://goo.gl/maps/m9rof  :-/

Go further towards Charlotte to the other intersection with McClure Circle and Valleydale.  It's the intersection with a traffic light and I want to say a gas station.  I think we stopped there for a bathroom/catch up break for the 03 or was it 04 Charlotte Road Meet.

NE2

I see the sign, but I don't get it. Were they still using that style in 1986 when the current NC 16 was built?
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CanesFan27

Quote from: NE2 on July 10, 2013, 08:36:57 AM
I see the sign, but I don't get it. Were they still using that style in 1986 when the current NC 16 was built?

Possibly or they may have just moved an old sign to that location.

CanesFan27

Quote from: NJRoadfan on July 09, 2013, 08:17:48 PM
Tracing my steps on streetview I found the following town and crossroads signs

NC-42@NC-50 in Cleveland: http://goo.gl/maps/brnBs
A sample of US-70 in Clayton (just about every cross street has one east of here): http://goo.gl/maps/0FS2e and http://goo.gl/maps/fl8XU

US-70@ Industrial Park Dr.: http://goo.gl/maps/UP1Qb
In the shadow of I-95 on Industrial Park Dr.: http://goo.gl/maps/OJ9dB


Sorry I meant town and crossroads like this:


Verona (2013) by Adam's Journey, on Flickr


WashuOtaku

Quote from: CanesFan27 on July 10, 2013, 08:19:40 AM
Go further towards Charlotte to the other intersection with McClure Circle and Valleydale.  It's the intersection with a traffic light and I want to say a gas station.  I think we stopped there for a bathroom/catch up break for the 03 or was it 04 Charlotte Road Meet.

Okay, found it http://goo.gl/maps/qevvj

I will go by hopefully this weekend and take a picture of it close-up, hopefully it will still be there.

Takumi

I found an NC-style white sign at this intersection today, on old VA 233. Turn 90º east to see it.
http://goo.gl/maps/hpvjm
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Mapmikey

Don't know if I would classify that as NC-style since Virginia has/had lots of these that are green and white instead of black and white...

Some communities use(d) this style of sign as their street signs.


some others I have found followed by an older green one:










Mapmikey



hbelkins

There are a few examples of what Mapmikey posted to be found in SW Virginia. I have photographed a few.


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WashuOtaku

Quote from: WashuOtaku on July 10, 2013, 05:51:17 PM
Okay, found it http://goo.gl/maps/qevvj

I will go by hopefully this weekend and take a picture of it close-up, hopefully it will still be there.

Took a picture of the sign on Saturday.  I suspect it has been there since the 1950s, SR 2005 is for McClure Circle and yes, if you go almost three miles that direction you will reach the Oak Dale Elementary School.  So after looking at old county maps, NC 16 traversed along Bellhaven Boulevard, so it would cross here and if you took McClure Circle, it would reconnect further west to NC 16 again... though it begs the question why you would take a road TO NC 16 when you are already on NC 16, maybe it was an assurance thing.  Anyway, took a few pics of it, even a close-up of the countless nails, screws, and staples on it.  :-D 


130713-3436 Charlotte by WashuOtaku, on Flickr

cpzilliacus

Officials believe they know cause of US-441 landslide

QuotePark officials now believe they know what caused the massive landslide, which took out a football field-sized portion of Newfound Gap Road (US 441) on the North Carolina side. 

QuoteOfficials said they found a subsurface spring underneath the landslide site and they aren't quite sure how long its been there.  They said the spring, along with last week's massive amounts of rainfall, contributed to the landslide Wednesday morning, near mile marker 22 between Collins Creek and Webb Overlook.

Quote"We were unaware of this subsurface spring which causes embankment failure," said Acting Deputy Superintendent Alan Sumeriski.

QuoteApproximately 90,000 cubic yards of dirt, rock and roadway crashed 45-50 feet down the side of the mountain.  Officials surveying the damage said the area is still not stable as debris continues to fall. 
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DSS5

Gallery of aerial photos of the landslide that wiped out NC 194 in Avery County.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=170653346453054&set=pb.139130392938683.-2207520000.1374959595.&type=3&theater

In initial photos of the incident, there was a lane left standing, but eventually that fell in too.

There is a short detour around that section that only adds a couple miles, but trucks can't navigate it (to say nothing of Floridians), so they have to take a 14-mile detour. Two homes were also destroyed and some livestock was killed, but no people were injured.

WashuOtaku

Quote from: DSS5 on July 27, 2013, 05:19:10 PM
Gallery of aerial photos of the landslide that wiped out NC 194 in Avery County.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=170653346453054&set=pb.139130392938683.-2207520000.1374959595.&type=3&theater

In initial photos of the incident, there was a lane left standing, but eventually that fell in too.

There is a short detour around that section that only adds a couple miles, but trucks can't navigate it (to say nothing of Floridians), so they have to take a 14-mile detour. Two homes were also destroyed and some livestock was killed, but no people were injured.

I looked up the NCDOT news release on it, officially southbound is to use US 19E South -> NC 194 North -> US 221 North -> NC 194 North; northbound use NC 181 south -> NC 105 north -> NC 194 south.  But yes, if people use Blevins Creek Road (Old NC 194), locals can get around it.  Thanks for sharing that picture; makes one wonder if they did the best engineering job in the 1960s when they built that section of road, I guess it was a matter of time and water.

architect77


Thing 342

Does anyone know when the new section of I-295 around Fayetteville will open (or opened)? Everything I've read about says it should be open by July 2013, and AFAIK it still isn't open.

bob7374

Quote from: Thing 342 on August 21, 2013, 08:38:01 AM
Does anyone know when the new section of I-295 around Fayetteville will open (or opened)? Everything I've read about says it should be open by July 2013, and AFAIK it still isn't open.
Based on the information on the NCDOT Projects Listings page http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/search/details.html#id=2881 only 1 of the current contracts is to be completed this year, this month in fact. The remainder have completion dates either next spring or November 2014. I do not think they'll open any of it until all the contracts are completed.

DBR96A

So I was looking at North Carolina in my road atlas last night, and it seems to me that there's a lot of limited-access highways that are either redundant or kind of pointless, especially near the Greensboro and Winston-Salem areas. It also looks like they're trying to connect every town with more than one traffic signal with a limited-access highway.

Do you agree with my assessment? Is it feasible to eliminate some of the highway tangle around some of the larger cities? Just curious.



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