photos of old signs on the internet

[Hellfighter]

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[Hellfighter]

I'm sorry, the site said it was 780x540. My Mistake. 

[Alps]

And what if the site told you to jump off a cliff?  Would you do it?  huh huh would ya would ya huh?

[rickmastfan67]

[WillWeaverRVA]

[Hellfighter]

[BigMattFromTexas]

This sign looks pretty old and faded.
BigMatt

[Ian]

Surprisingly, these are still in service in Wilmington, DE...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039031651997458
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039046348218050
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039063650619522

[agentsteel53]

Surprisingly, these are still in service in Wilmington, DE...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039031651997458
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039046348218050
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039063650619522

please don't encourage the highway department to take down old signs. 

[Ian]

Surprisingly, these are still in service in Wilmington, DE...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039031651997458
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039046348218050
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039063650619522

please don't encourage the highway department to take down old signs. 

I apologize. I erased that.

[froggie]

please don't encourage the highway department to take down old signs

If the signs are obsolete or faded, why not?

[oscar]

please don't encourage the highway department to take down old signs. 

Sometimes I get that concern when I post photos of old cutout-style state route markers in Hawaii, that I make it too easy for transportation departments or sign thieves to take them down.  But while the old signs are gradually disappearing, many still remain (except on Kauai, where all the old signs were already gone by the time I started visiting Hawaii). 

Maybe Hawaiians are a buncha slackers on removing or stealing old signs, but I suspect many mainlanders also find they have better things to do.   

[agentsteel53]

If the signs are obsolete or faded, why not?

they are correctly referring to their intended routes, and are perfectly legible.

[agentsteel53]

Maybe Hawaiians are a buncha slackers on removing or stealing old signs, but I suspect many mainlanders also find they have better things to do.   

it is quite the logistical feat - tough to just drive over in your pickup truck full of tools, snag the sign, and drive home.  

furthermore, Hawaii stopped using the cutouts pretty late in the came compared to other places.  As far as I know, they were the last state to abandon the embossed cutouts, sometime around 1968.

[Alex]

Surprisingly, these are still in service in Wilmington, DE...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039031651997458
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039046348218050
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/DelawareTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5394039063650619522

Those two Interstate 95 shields are from the original construction of the freeway. 1979 spec'd shields were only used briefly in the state. I remember a southbound shield posted ahead of Christiana Marsh at the merge of the c/d roadway from Delaware 141 and a handful of shields on the Mall Road encircling Christiana Mall. All of those shields were removed by the end of 1994. There are just six state-named shields left for Interstate 95...

[hbelkins]

If the signs are obsolete or faded, why not?

they are correctly referring to their intended routes, and are perfectly legible.

But they most certainly do not meet modern reflectivity standards.

[agentsteel53]

But they most certainly do not meet modern reflectivity standards.

they still work.  they don't work as well as some other signs, but that's like saying "let's destroy all '89 Honda Civics because they're not as good as '05 ones"

[CanesFan27]

Yes, old signs are great...but I don't get the fuss so many in this hobby has about signs...as a friend of mine says...your hobby really should be called signgeeking vs. roadgeeking.  I have to admit I agree.

[agentsteel53]

Yes, old signs are great...but I don't get the fuss so many in this hobby has about signs...as a friend of mine says...your hobby really should be called signgeeking vs. roadgeeking.  I have to admit I agree.

meanwhile I don't get the fuss about "a new alignment of 540 just opened! gotta go drive it!"

[CanesFan27]

Jake,

I don't either..since I don't get fussed up about it.  :-p  There's nothing wrong with liking signs - as much as yourself or others do - or road construction etc.

I just find it interesting how much of the hobby is based on signs vs. travel. 

[mightyace]

Yes, old signs are great...but I don't get the fuss so many in this hobby has about signs...as a friend of mine says...your hobby really should be called signgeeking vs. roadgeeking.  I have to admit I agree.

meanwhile I don't get the fuss about "a new alignment of 540 just opened! gotta go drive it!"

To each his/her own, I guess.

For me, I'm interested in both the signs and the alignment things mentioned above, but I don't get the traffic signals.  I often look at the posts there any say to myself.  "What's the fuss, those two signal types look the same to me."

[agentsteel53]

For me, I'm interested in both the signs and the alignment things mentioned above, but I don't get the traffic signals.  I often look at the posts there any say to myself.  "What's the fuss, those two signal types look the same to me."

I'm not as big into the signals (mainly because I've seen too many red ones in my life!) but they are still better than new infrastructure.

[agentsteel53]

I just find it interesting how much of the hobby is based on signs vs. travel. 

I'd like to think I'm pretty heavily into travel

[hbelkins]

Jake,

I don't either..since I don't get fussed up about it.  :-p  There's nothing wrong with liking signs - as much as yourself or others do - or road construction etc.

I just find it interesting how much of the hobby is based on signs vs. travel. 

I'm probably the quintessential "sign geek" but I honestly enjoy the roads, the scenery, the bridges, all of it.

[US71]

I'm probably the quintessential "sign geek" but I honestly enjoy the roads, the scenery, the bridges, all of it.

I like to travel and see new places. Along the way, I take photos, but often just exploring new places is good, too (like my trip along US 71 in Iowa last month)