The Best of Road Signs

[Scott5114]

I'd love to find out what's on it.

With a box cutter and a blatant disregard for private property rights, you probably can.

[kurumi]

Some signs from the past few months.

Kingston, NY...

Marion, OH...

Stamford, CT.

Street view for the CT 137 marker: https://goo.gl/maps/tXi6cPYnubgCNDmX9

[CovalenceSTU]

Pretty sure this is the best thread for this:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-18/1960s-era-highway-99-revealed-after-5-freeway-sign-falls-down

[LilianaUwU]

Pretty sure this is the best thread for this:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-18/1960s-era-highway-99-revealed-after-5-freeway-sign-falls-down

The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.

[jakeroot]

The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.

There's only so many murders you can report on before we need something else.

This is a very standard story. It's a kind of human-interest story, I suppose.

Some news agencies employ dedicated historians who create segments specifically related to history of the area. Feliks Banel of Seattle's KIRO-FM is an example.

[LilianaUwU]

The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.

Some news agencies employ dedicated historians who create segments specifically related to history of the area. Feliks Banel of Seattle's KIRO-FM is an example.

Couldn't they have asked the historians about the date of decommissioning (1964, not 1972), what the routes are called (did Calrog write the article?), or that the sign wasn't uncovered just two days ago?

[jakeroot]

The news reported on it? Slow news day, I guess.

Some news agencies employ dedicated historians who create segments specifically related to history of the area. Feliks Banel of Seattle's KIRO-FM is an example.

Couldn't they have asked the historians about the date of decommissioning (1964, not 1972), what the routes are called (did Calrog write the article?), or that the sign wasn't uncovered just two days ago?

US-99 was decommissioned in California before 1972 but the route still existed elsewhere until 1972. *Since they didn't specify "in California"  they're not technically wrong.

I don't see any issues with the route names used. Other than "State Route 134"  usually just being called "the 134" .

[kphoger]

Couldn't they have asked the historians about ... what the routes are called (did Calrog write the article?) ...?

I don't see any issues with the route names used. Other than "State Route 134"  usually just being called "the 134" .

"The federal route was eventually..."

[Max Rockatansky]

Here is the non-newspaper variant of the US 99 story:

https://www.gribblenation.org/2023/04/the-reemergence-of-us-route-99-at.html?m=1

But yeah, even the San Francisco Gate did their own story.  The Gate apparently talked to Mike Ballard's group and thusly had more accurate nomenclature. 

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/us-99-sign-falls-los-angeles-freeway-17907017.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0_uWPEu0eG1aRlp9BQb1zrbYUCu4GcwdfwugvsJrbx6K0_QZlrJeYd5dk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

[Rothman]

Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

[hbelkins]

Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

Creeping in my hometown!

With the removal of the two signs in Salyersville,, this is now the last remaining old-school Mountain Parkway sign remaining in the wild. Since the state gave up maintenance of Main Street to the city when the new KY 52 bypass of downtown was built, hopefully it will remain for awhile.

(There is a square Mountain Parkway marker on US 60 (West Lexington Avenue) at KY 627 (Maple Street) in Winchester, but it doesn't have the "Bert T. Combs" indicator above it.)

[Rothman]

Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

Creeping in my hometown!

With the removal of the two signs in Salyersville,, this is now the last remaining old-school Mountain Parkway sign remaining in the wild. Since the state gave up maintenance of Main Street to the city when the new KY 52 bypass of downtown was built, hopefully it will remain for awhile.

(There is a square Mountain Parkway marker on US 60 (West Lexington Avenue) at KY 627 (Maple Street) in Winchester, but it doesn't have the "Bert T. Combs" indicator above it.)

I thought you were from Jackson, for some reason.

[hbelkins]

I work in Jackson.

[PColumbus73]

Came across this old Mountain Parkway shield in Beattyville, KY.  HB may have mentioned seeing the shield somewhere on the forum before.

Creeping in my hometown!

With the removal of the two signs in Salyersville,, this is now the last remaining old-school Mountain Parkway sign remaining in the wild. Since the state gave up maintenance of Main Street to the city when the new KY 52 bypass of downtown was built, hopefully it will remain for awhile.

(There is a square Mountain Parkway marker on US 60 (West Lexington Avenue) at KY 627 (Maple Street) in Winchester, but it doesn't have the "Bert T. Combs" indicator above it.)

I thought you were from Jackson, for some reason.

The background on the KY 11 sign is faded just enough that it looks like a cutout shield

[hotdogPi]

Mechanical "your speed" sign where the individual pixels flip.

Eaton Ave., Woburn, MA.

I'm linking rather than posting an image because it's a video.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/53268734952/in/dateposted-public/

Here is an image from farther away:

[CovalenceSTU]

Some variously worn old signs, in the spirit of the thread:

Props to whoever in Caltrans saved this gantry when the road was narrowed for a roundabout 20 years ago:


plus a more faded all-text sign right ahead:


A 4-way guide sign on 101B here in Oregon that's started peeling. I traced it out and the distances appear to be to city centers on the original routings, so it's likely from when this was mainline 101 (pre-1964). Also has its own font that may be a poorly cloned Series A (notice the multiple variations of "S" and "N"), sans numbers.



B/W "ALL WAY STOP" on a beacon in western Seattle. This one side is different then the rest (3 lines and blocky font) but is the only one that isn't mostly faded.


Also, this beauty posted here 12 years ago is still in place:

[ErmineNotyours]

Mechanical "your speed" sign where the individual pixels flip.

Eaton Ave., Woburn, MA.

I'm linking rather than posting an image because it's a video.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hotdogpi/53268734952/in/dateposted-public/

Here is an image from farther away:

WSDOT still has some flip-dot signs in use.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BduWNT3Q8UpTpuDi6

[PColumbus73]

An older sign at the Seattle Ferry Terminal apparently referring to I-90 Temp

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.60297,-122.3382259,3a,21.4y,78.11h,104.78t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slz2BuhZZN9FLVWnKahQWnQ!2e0!5s20170901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

[jakeroot]

An older sign at the Seattle Ferry Terminal apparently referring to I-90 Temp

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.60297,-122.3382259,3a,21.4y,78.11h,104.78t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slz2BuhZZN9FLVWnKahQWnQ!2e0!5s20170901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

I could be wrong, but I think this sign is gone.

[74/171FAN]

The state name is on the I-81 shield here. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219981270042596&set=a.10219981315163724)