The road sign city name photo game

[PHLBOS]

Pumpkin Center => Reading

[paulthemapguy]

Reading > Gallup


from the interstate guide

[jbnv]

What the heck, I'll play my own (newer) Pumpkin Center picture.


Clearview LA 1249 Baptist Pumpkin Center Exit Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[hbelkins]

Pumpkin Center to Richmond

[paulthemapguy]

Richmond >> Dekalb


IL-I-39-038N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[SignGeek101]

DeKalb → Beausejour


Trans-Canada 1 Eastbound approaching MB 12 by Sign Geek, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

Beausejour >> Ruma, IL
on a really short outlying highway in southwest IL


IL-155-PDR by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[hbelkins]

Great photo of one of Illinois' shielded stop signs!

Playing this one again. Ruma to Ashland, where you may or may not find dancing arrows.

[jbnv]

Ashland -> Denham Springs (post-2016 flood)


Water Line by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[PHLBOS]

Denham Springs => Salem (NH)

[Jim]

I'll bring us back to D with Mayfield, NY.  December 22, 2010.

[hbelkins]

Mayfield to Dallas

[PHLBOS]

Dallas => Swarthmore (PA)

[index]

Beausejour >> Ruma, IL
on a really short outlying highway in southwest IL


IL-155-PDR by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Pardon me if it's obvious, but what are the boxes around "STO" for?

[hbelkins]

Beausejour >> Ruma, IL
on a really short outlying highway in southwest IL


IL-155-PDR by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Pardon me if it's obvious, but what are the boxes around "STO" for?

To control the angle of visibility of the stop sign. This is often used in Illinois where a road intersects another at an acute angle. It's meant to keep drivers on the thru route from seeing the sign and stopping at the intersection.

[paulthemapguy]

Beausejour >> Ruma, IL
on a really short outlying highway in southwest IL


IL-155-PDR by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Pardon me if it's obvious, but what are the boxes around "STO" for?

At intersections that meet at a sharp angle, a stop sign will be intended for a certain approach; for example, consider a north-south road intersecting a side road coming in from the southeast. The boxes prevent traffic on other approaches from seeing the stop letters so they know it isn't meant for them.  So in my example, if the traffic from the southeast is meant to stop, the boxes prevent traffic on the south approach from also seeing the "STOP" message.  I hope that made sense.

Swarthmore >> Eutaw


eutaw, al by will highsmith, on Flickr

[SignGeek101]

Beausejour >> Ruma, IL
on a really short outlying highway in southwest IL

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Pardon me if it's obvious, but what are the boxes around "STO" for?

To control the angle of visibility of the stop sign. This is often used in Illinois where a road intersects another at an acute angle. It's meant to keep drivers on the thru route from seeing the sign and stopping at the intersection.

It's done with traffic signals as well for the same reason. In this example, the "dead" ones are just signals that are purposely not seen by this traffic: https://goo.gl/maps/sta5KHijf812

[hbelkins]

Eutaw to either of these, since they both end with "A."

[Mapmikey]

Wetumka -> Acorn


VA 203

[Dougtone]

Acorn -> New Danville

[index]

Beausejour >> Ruma, IL
on a really short outlying highway in southwest IL


IL-155-PDR by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Pardon me if it's obvious, but what are the boxes around "STO" for?

To control the angle of visibility of the stop sign. This is often used in Illinois where a road intersects another at an acute angle. It's meant to keep drivers on the thru route from seeing the sign and stopping at the intersection.

Ah, so just like traffic light louvers. I've never seen something like that on stop signs, sorry for going off topic if it bothered anyone.

[jbnv]

New Danville > Edgard


Downslope Veterans' Bridge with LA 18 Advance Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[SignGeek101]

Edgard → Drumheller


Trans-Canada 1 Westbound approaching AB 9, AB 797 by Sign Geek, on Flickr

[corco]

Drumeheller->Rosedale, in Drumheller

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Rosedale -> Emily