Northern VA odds and ends

[WillWeaverRVA]

Went up to northern Virginia yesterday and took some photos of random odds and ends up there. I've put them on Picasa; I'll transfer some to Flickr at a later date.

http://picasaweb.google.com/coredesat/NorthernVA10102009#

I haven't had a chance to caption them yet, I'll probably do that in a bit. My route was I-95 to VA 207, to VA 2, to US 1 Business (Fredericksburg), to I-95, to SR 784 (Dale City), to US 1, all the way up to the Beltway in Alexandria, then back down it and I-95 to Richmond. Weather sucked much of the day, so there's only 50 pictures at the moment.

[Alex]

Are those new state name shields for Interstate 95 at U.S. 301/VA-207?

I see they took down the Rest Area 1/2 mile sign from this overpass: http://picasaweb.google.com/coredesat/NorthernVA10102009#5391511468717397714

Interesting that its a new Clearview sign here, but they retained the overhead sign lighting: http://picasaweb.google.com/coredesat/NorthernVA10102009#5391511477516637922

They removed the All NON-HOV's Must Exit signage to the left with the Clearview sign replacement and removed the HOV-3 ONLY placard on the right: http://picasaweb.google.com/coredesat/NorthernVA10102009#5391511561050368082

[agentsteel53]

looks like a very narrow VIRGINIA (Series C?)  If so, reminds me of some Mississippi shields for I-55 that have appeared recently.



wonder what the trend is towards tiny state names.  well, beats no state names at all!

[WillWeaverRVA]

Are those new state name shields for Interstate 95 at U.S. 301/VA-207?

Sort of, they were there when I was in the area in 2007. As for the font style, it does seem to be different; compare to this photo.

I see they took down the Rest Area 1/2 mile sign from this overpass: http://picasaweb.google.com/coredesat/NorthernVA10102009#5391511468717397714

Indeed, that's one of the closed rest areas. There's a lot of debris on the offramp.

They removed the All NON-HOV's Must Exit signage to the left with the Clearview sign replacement and removed the HOV-3 ONLY placard on the right: http://picasaweb.google.com/coredesat/NorthernVA10102009#5391511561050368082

Yep, those have been gone for at least a year now.

[agentsteel53]

Sort of, they were there when I was in the area in 2007. As for the font style, it does seem to be different; compare to this photo.

that 1/95 pair is very old.  Note smaller numbers on the 95, and the classic shape on the 1. 

[WillWeaverRVA]

That sign pair has definitely been there since before 1989, which was the last year I lived up there. It's funny that I can remember what signs looked like when I was 5 years old, but not a whole lot else.

[mefailenglish]

I was in Winchester this very same weekend, just out of coincidence.  I had a little bit of free time and did a little cutout exploring.  Wish I had had more time though.