If there's a topic for END signs, then there should also be a topic for BEGINS signs :)
Wellington CR 30 near Maryhill, ON
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Waterloo RR 55 in Breslau, ON
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Wellington CR 32 by Hwy 7 near Guelph, ON
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Maple Grove Rd (Waterloo RR 38) by Formery Hwy 24 in Cambridge, ON
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And a 60 km/h sign :-P
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Pretty sure when I was a kid I saw a BEGIN US 14 assembly in Rochester, MN.
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(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1937110_494276277423659_3766852626280235251_n.jpg?oh=bfd57e02d747b519b35a458b667652f1&oe=594B6E3B)
(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12039524_471949472989673_6580304875703474552_n.jpg?oh=0f8d4c2cdf2e5f78703df0e480a7f0f7&oe=594992ED)
(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12033242_471949262989694_4458771924240324606_n.jpg?oh=5c12a6abb9028a443671ae51f584ddaf&oe=5948D991)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 18, 2017, 02:35:13 AM
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(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1937110_494276277423659_3766852626280235251_n.jpg?oh=bfd57e02d747b519b35a458b667652f1&oe=594B6E3B)
Here's going the opposite way, for the first image:
(https://i.imgur.com/izTiAET.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/izTiAET.jpg)
And my version of that second image:
(https://i.imgur.com/VtP926o.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/VtP926o.jpg)
The Begin MN-244 marker at the junction/terminus of MN-120
(https://i.imgur.com/DPlsLfa.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/DPlsLfa.jpg)
And the old MN-5 terminus at MN-36 in Stillwater
(https://i.imgur.com/ZTF292l.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/ZTF292l.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/37ipu2U.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/37ipu2U.jpg)
Finally, the Begin I-55 marker in Chicago
(https://i.imgur.com/0dPHp3b.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/0dPHp3b.jpg)
Edit to include one I forgot I had, the Begin Iowa 330 marker in Altoona:
(https://i.imgur.com/HdX9gfz.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/HdX9gfz.jpg)
https://flic.kr/p/RFwZ2u
There should be a BEGIN sign over the 168 shield since this is the beginning of the eastern leg of 168. Instead just the BEGIN sign for the scenic route.
If my only contribution to the "END" thread was the end of I-90 East, I feel like I should make my only contribution, from among several dozen possibilities from my collection, to this one the beginning of I-90 East. Or at least what it looked like way back on July 29, 1999, when I took this one:
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A few Michigan photos:
Muskegon:
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Independence Township:
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South of Cedar Springs:
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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FOWtL3X5.jpg&hash=815ea69b89ca9b274087b6fd21a218d80b504794)
Olivet:
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Reposted from the "Daily Picture Challenge" thread: An unusual use of a BEGIN banner on the intersecting route, near Midland:
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In Hawaii, I think there are only two BEGIN signs, both on Kauai (island with the best signage in the entire state).
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaiihighways.com%2Fend56-begin560.jpg&hash=b8bc765282078e6171716778860fe858a96c5a63)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaiihighways.com%2Fbegin-58-end-51.jpg&hash=dfc63fb3568b2b0934a83b7c21a03af08e54323e)
In Alaska, just one set, at the south end of AK 3 (I only photo'd the NB sign, but there's a BEGIN AK 1 along the SB lanes). END signs are not quite as rare, but in keeping with apparent Arctic custom of using them only where they are completely unnecessary (Northwest Territories have a few of those; no END signs at all in the Yukon).
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From Canton, back in the 20th Century....
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Begin the begin.
This is one of the only "BEGIN" signs that I know of in Washington. Most beginnings only have standard route markers with cardinal direction tabs. Interestingly, no cardinal direction tab here:
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The opposite carriageway has the opposite assembly (and accompanying "END" and "BEGIN" tabs), but the Hwy 525 shield has been missing for well over five years now. Not sure why the tab was blue and so small, though:
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Regarding that 60 km/h sign in the first post, I'm sure I remember seeing speed limit signs in Ontario that had a French plaque reading "DEBUT" (may have had an accent mark) underneath the "BEGINS" sign. I don't have any pictures of that, though. I'm pretty sure it wasn't in Quebec because they would most likely have omitted the English portion, and I haven't been to New Brunswick since 1989 so I know it wasn't there I remember because I was driving when I saw these and I've never driven in New Brunswick.
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 08, 2017, 07:37:58 AM
Regarding that 60 km/h sign in the first post, I'm sure I remember seeing speed limit signs in Ontario that had a French plaque reading "DEBUT" (may have had an accent mark) underneath the "BEGINS" sign. I don't have any pictures of that, though. I'm pretty sure it wasn't in Quebec because they would most likely have omitted the English portion, and I haven't been to New Brunswick since 1989 so I know it wasn't there I remember because I was driving when I saw these and I've never driven in New Brunswick.
Here's an example in Ottawa, right off the MacDonald-Cartier Bridge (I'm not sure why the speed limit is so low) :confused:
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That may well be one we passed on our most recent trip to Ontario–we had been to Mont-Tremblant and we drove down to Ottawa on the way home for a stay at the Chateau Laurier.
I drove by this Highway 427 BEGINS sign today and unfortunately didn't get a photo, but here it is on GSV:
https://goo.gl/maps/eBA6uUHmjrG2 (https://goo.gl/maps/eBA6uUHmjrG2)
I'll throw some IL "Begins" signs
I played this one (from interstate-guide.com's page on I-290 in IL) in the Route Number Difference Game
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images290/i-290_il_wt_47.jpg)
ISTHA seems to like these type of signs (from billburmaster.com on various ISTHA Tollway pages)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fsend2940910a.jpg&hash=e7d3679831d34572a9ba965313ee92a7ddd092f1)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fnend2940715a.jpg&hash=666d877fd585e533f3a1d5857c270e108ac45130)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fbeginn355a.jpg&hash=09a847dd2eb83bc89e752dd9eab687d1105589ce)
And more IDOT (interstate-guide.com is credited for first 3 pics, billburmaster.com for IL 394 Begins pic)
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images088/i-088w_wt_01.jpg)
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images088/i-088w_et_19.jpg)
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images474/i-474_wb_at_il-006_01.jpg)
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It's pretty crummy, but I'm not stopping on a four-lane bridge over the Mississippi River in a work zone to get a better shot.
This is a "Begin" sign for IA-163, an expressway from the Mississippi River at Burlington up to Des Moines.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4361/36477896906_303f9f0b67_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XzqKT1)
IA-163ETW (https://flic.kr/p/XzqKT1) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4436/35785155964_b3d4a976e2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wwdh8E)
I-84 (Sturbidge)
It's not that great, my window was dirty
National Route 12 begins in Sapporo, Japan:
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起点: starting point
道路: highway
緊急: emergency
ダイヤル: dial ("daiaru")
国道: National Highway
Sorry for image quality: taken with phone at night from a distance.
I also saw "end" signs (終点) in Sapporo (there's one on the other side of the signpost).
I didn't see any begin or end signs anywhere else (visited a tiny proportion of Tokyo and Kyoto), though they may well exist.
More information about the Japan trip in a future post.
Quote from: kurumi on August 19, 2017, 03:45:35 AM
National Route 12 begins in Sapporo, Japan:
snip
Now that's just really cool.
I can only assume that "Origin" is not the legal term for what is actually occurring. I know they put English on their road signs, but it's usually just to help tourists, right? "Origin" must be an "Engrish" translation of our "BEGINS" signs, or an equivalent to Europe's "motorway begins" plaques.
Here are two BEGIN signs taken on the first half of my trip to Orlando.
The southern start of M-25 in Port Huron, MI
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The northern start of I-475 in Macon, GA (unfortunately it's a blurry photo)
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Took this from Michigan Avenue in Adams Street in downtown Chicago today:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/36429665920_b5ce6fb091_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Xvayuh)IMG_6033 (https://flic.kr/p/Xvayuh) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
The beginning of I-22 (almost) in Byhalia, Mississippi, just a few miles east of Memphis, Tennessee. I-22 begins at a junction with I-269, and follows US Hwy 78 through most of Mississippi, and then through Alabama to Birmingham where it ends (for now and the foreseeable future). When this photo was taken (Nov. 25, 2017), I-269 between I-55 and I-22 was not yet complete or open. I understand that that link opened on December 8, so we just missed it by a couple of weeks.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/da5dlxv5rm1m7u5/I-22%20Begin.jpg?dl=1)
At Wenberg County Park in Snohomish County, WA. It's west of Arlington, south of Stanwood, and northwest of Marysville.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/41439990031_2986e0f0a6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/268UMhK)20180331_165656 (https://flic.kr/p/268UMhK) by Cameron Frazer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/146732988@N03/), on Flickr
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on April 13, 2018, 09:18:28 PM
At Wenberg County Park in Snohomish County, WA. It's west of Arlington, south of Stanwood, and northwest of Marysville.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/884/41439990031_2986e0f0a6_b.jpg
Interesting. WSDOT doesn't use the "BEGIN" shield very often. I can't think of any, besides the one at the beginning of the 525 in Lynnwood, and that's missing its shield.
Nonetheless, the BGS backing is probably turning off more than a few people here. Certainly doesn't bother me, though.
Quote from: jakeroot on April 14, 2018, 12:10:21 AM
Interesting. WSDOT doesn't use the "BEGIN" shield very often. I can't think of any, besides the one at the beginning of the 525 in Lynnwood, and that's missing its shield.
Nonetheless, the BGS backing is probably turning off more than a few people here. Certainly doesn't bother me, though.
Doesn't bother me either, (although I do think it could do without the horizontal line between BEGIN and East) and I think I prefer the green background in situations where one route begins and another ends, as in some of the examples I posted above. That said, it can also be used incorrectly:
(https://i.imgur.com/bASk9Z8.jpg)
MN-15 does end here, but the lanes
join US-10 West—obviously US-10 West doesn't start here. It should read "JCT West US-10" instead.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 14, 2018, 06:24:36 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 14, 2018, 12:10:21 AM
Interesting. WSDOT doesn't use the "BEGIN" shield very often. I can't think of any, besides the one at the beginning of the 525 in Lynnwood, and that's missing its shield.
Nonetheless, the BGS backing is probably turning off more than a few people here. Certainly doesn't bother me, though.
Doesn't bother me either, (although I do think it could do without the horizontal line between BEGIN and East) and I think I prefer the green background in situations where one route begins and another ends, as in some of the examples I posted above.
If the local agency is going for more of an actual guide sign (so an LGS), rather than just a guide sign appearance, the line would be unnecessary. But WSDOT frequently uses green backgrounds for reassurance shields (or did, most new signs are just standard black and white unisigns), not to emulate a guide sign I don't believe. Just because they like the consistent (green) look, I guess. And I mean guess. I really have no clue.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 14, 2018, 06:24:36 AM
That said, it can also be used incorrectly:
https://i.imgur.com/bASk9Z8.jpg
MN-15 does end here, but the lanes join US-10 West–obviously US-10 West doesn't start here. It should read "JCT West US-10" instead.
That would definitely be a misuse of the "BEGIN" plaque. I could see "END MN-15 / JCT West US-10" as well.
Reassurance shields on a green background seemed to be for the most part a WSDOT thing in the 80's up to the late 90's. I still see them posting a few of this style from time to time, but they have mostly replaced them with the black and white one-piece signs for state routes and US highways, and cutouts for interstates.
As I recall, this SR 531 sign has the old style fabrication sticker that WSDOT used through 1991. 1992 and up, they used a new style sticker with the last two digits of the year very large. Since SR 531 was created in 1992, and this sign has the old style sticker, I would venture to guess that this sign was posted circa 1991.
Quote from: jakeroot on April 14, 2018, 10:37:15 AM
That would definitely be a misuse of the "BEGIN" plaque. I could see "END MN-15 / JCT West US-10" as well.
Similarly, at US 212's east end they have "END 212/BEGIN MN 62" even though that's not the beginning of MN 62.
They did do it properly at the new MN 610 west terminus - "END 610/JCT WEST I-94".
US 1 begins here, in Key West FL:
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A bit off-kilter begin marker on IN-265 east of I-65. When are we gonna get a full interstate designation?
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/962/40035807300_29785b8281_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23ZPYFE)
IN-265WTER (https://flic.kr/p/23ZPYFE) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
I-295 in Massachusetts:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/670/31148163673_bf2fe7b8ce_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PsstSH)
Begin/End signs are kind of rare in Texas, but SH 239 starts where FM 774 ends (at a 90 degree angle) in Austwell:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5324/31231807631_9ac7bf25f6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PzRbiV)
CR-R52 Peoria, Illinois:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/14776344075_fb8a437056_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ovJCi2)
Florida uses END frequently, but much less so BEGIN plaques - probably because maintenance begins seemingly in the middle of the road:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4572/38719445472_a539b96ebd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21Zvhb5)
Unusual BEGIN sign for Poweshiek CR F62, where it branches off from Iowa 146. This section of county road used to be Iowa 225 until 2003, which is perhaps why there's a BEGIN sign here. (Or might be because, to stay on NB Iowa 146, you have to angle right. Staying straight goes onto this county road.)
(https://i.imgur.com/tBU283M.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2270/2450171941_8ceb58eabb_b.jpg)
US 20. Newport, Oregon.
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 16, 2017, 11:51:11 PM
I'll throw some IL "Begins" signs
I played this one (from interstate-guide.com's page on I-290 in IL) in the Route Number Difference Game
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images290/i-290_il_wt_47.jpg)
ISTHA seems to like these type of signs (from billburmaster.com on various ISTHA Tollway pages)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fsend2940910a.jpg&hash=e7d3679831d34572a9ba965313ee92a7ddd092f1)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fnend2940715a.jpg&hash=666d877fd585e533f3a1d5857c270e108ac45130)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fbeginn355a.jpg&hash=09a847dd2eb83bc89e752dd9eab687d1105589ce)
And more IDOT (interstate-guide.com is credited for first 3 pics, billburmaster.com for IL 394 Begins pic)
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images088/i-088w_wt_01.jpg)
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images088/i-088w_et_19.jpg)
(https://www.interstate-guide.com/images474/i-474_wb_at_il-006_01.jpg)
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I never liked those begin end signs in chicago, I-80, 94, & 90 don't begin or end in that area!
this may be the only one in indiana https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6048084,-87.3372409,3a,15.8y,251.54h,89.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sr1MrNZytMfswrL_fYeSiKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
All US routes in Tennessee have a hidden state route designation. Interstates, however, do not. This is a relatively-new assembly where I-26 ends, but the freeway continues as US 23. Previously, there was only an "End I-26" sign here.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/826/41079858745_0cf2859962_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25A61ND)2018 Tennessee US 11 clinching trip Day 2 - 012 (https://flic.kr/p/25A61ND) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
The beginning of NW Parkway and the end of E-470 around Denver, CO (at I-25)
(https://i.imgur.com/xX0aAUhl.jpg)
Not exactly a "begins" sign, but a sign for the start of the Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria, BC.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/967/40386502080_ef73eb6a51_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24wPo2o)Mile 0 of the Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria, BC (https://flic.kr/p/24wPo2o) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
BEGIN MN-3 marker posted at the ramps to/from MN-110 WB. Robert St (unsigned MN-952A) continues north behind this picture. West St. Paul, MN, taken yesterday, May 26, 2018.
(https://i.imgur.com/fGsFGM0.jpg)
NDOT has installed the rural "enhanced mileposts" on Franktown Road in Washoe Valley. The south end gets the deluxe treatment, with an enhanced milepost zero at the start and the shield and banners a few yards on up the road.
(https://i.imgur.com/N7M8scR.jpg)
The north end, not being at a whole mile, settles for a standard milepost.
(https://i.imgur.com/aQuQaen.jpg)
Gonna revive this thread with a BEGIN sign for a signed byway: Lake Country Scenic Byway in Walker. It's also the beginning of MN-34, but no banner for that.
(https://i.imgur.com/Ehkrrwsl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Ehkrrws)
Begins signs are very uncommon in Illinois, but here's one at the south end of IL-83 near Dyer, Indiana.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1825/43538769721_6cbb506f45_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29knznt)
IL-083STNR (https://flic.kr/p/29knznt) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
A trio of beginnings from southwestern Indiana last summer..
South end of IN 57 near the Evansville airport:
(https://i.imgur.com/EOAPpNg.jpg)
Beginning of IN 237 just before the bridge to Cannelton from Hawesville, KY:
(https://i.imgur.com/Xv15RMM.jpg)
IN 662 begins at I-69 between Evansville and Newburgh:
(https://i.imgur.com/BrFIphG.jpg)
And a bonus IL 267 in Jacksonville, IL:
(https://i.imgur.com/j7SveiB.jpg)
Ohio has this narrow-gauge BEGIN sign in Burton:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/848/29773637198_037da6c21e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MmZF3o)
A Texas "BEGIN" sign for Business FM1960 outside Houston:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/837/41814657270_f9d0ed09b1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26H23NJ)
US 50 Begin at the end of NV 28:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1902/44259384425_5c08c89095_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ar3V1V)50USbegin (https://flic.kr/p/2ar3V1V) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Washington State Route 526 in Everett:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/SR_526_and_SR_527_terminus_in_Everett%2C_WA.jpg/1280px-SR_526_and_SR_527_terminus_in_Everett%2C_WA.jpg)
At the Seattle end of the SR 520 Floating Bridge (the world's longest):
(https://i.imgur.com/PF6shaj.jpg)
Quote from: paulthemapguy on July 21, 2018, 12:16:08 AM
Begins signs are very uncommon in Illinois, but here's one at the south end of IL-83 near Dyer, Indiana.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1825/43538769721_6cbb506f45_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29knznt)
IL-083STNR (https://flic.kr/p/29knznt) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
I didn't get a clear shot but IL 43 has a Begin at US 30
They're not common in Iowa, either (this is the third one I know of!) This is the current southern terminus of Iowa 191 at I-680. The route formerly ran southwest all the way to Council Bluffs.
(https://i.imgur.com/aFRe93J.jpg)
Here's an example at the eastern end of I-80 at the "beginning" of I-95: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8658283,-74.0205388,3a,42.9y,114.07h,98.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKemt-MiyplobwKsfrKXOeQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: US71 on November 04, 2018, 08:48:51 AM
I didn't get a clear shot but IL 43 has a Begin at US 30
And now I have a photo of it!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4829/45308003865_23fe33f0d5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2c2Hn3r)
IL-043STNR (https://flic.kr/p/2c2Hn3r) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Closest Arkansas comes to it is State Maintenance Begins
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4037/4289667758_17844f2b19_z_d.jpg)
A rare BEGIN sign for a county road. Hennepin CR-81 (former MN-101) at the I-94/MN-101/CR-81 interchange in Rogers.
(https://i.imgur.com/qtL6yVc.jpg)
At the western terminus of SR 532 on Camano Island, WA. This is on one arm of a Y-split.
(https://i.imgur.com/9779JLH.jpg)
Quote from: Bruce on May 13, 2019, 08:22:45 PM
At the western terminus of SR 532 on Camano Island, WA. This is on one arm of a Y-split.
(https://i.imgur.com/9779JLH.jpg)
Ironically the pavement gets better on the south side of the intersection, where Island County takes over. I am surprised that the highway doesn't go all the way down Camano Island, or at least to one of the state parks.
Quote from: formulanone on September 17, 2018, 12:13:56 PM
A Texas "BEGIN" sign for Business FM1960 outside Houston:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/837/41814657270_f9d0ed09b1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26H23NJ)
Wow, 2 TX rarities on one assembly: a BEGIN banner and a Business FM shield (this is only one of 3 Business FM roads in the whole state)
Here are a few examples from Nevada:
SR 487 north of Baker
(https://i.imgur.com/xVbnXev.jpg)
SR 488 in Baker
(https://i.imgur.com/GemK52h.jpg)
Other end of SR 488, at Great Basin National Park
(https://i.imgur.com/qkKMjDm.jpg)
I-405 in Lynnwood, WA:
(https://i.imgur.com/n6nyKYY.jpg)
MN-169, a good distance after the ramps from US-53 merge together.
(https://i.imgur.com/6uGbZ8n.jpg)
BEGIN FA 2478 in Wales, Utah
(https://i.imgur.com/9cEGGIq.jpg)
Here's a BGS with "BEGINS," although I find the use of "CONTINUES" to be the more interesting aspect. Essentially it's advance warning of a TOTSO.
(The sign has since been updated with the new route numbers, primary routes 289 and 286 from left to right.)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2Fa7b4f816.jpg&hash=792894b5d7eacf9b3f08cf2d0a702583e991453d)
I hadn't passed through Warrenton in a few years until we went through there on Thursday en route to Luray. Couldn't help but notice this "BEGIN" sign. It looked a little older in person than it does in the Street View image.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190902/49fa39b84fa3885f5ef04a77bf328a67.jpg)
BEGIN SR 165 in Paradise, Utah
(https://i.imgur.com/c9ycsQ1.jpg)
BEGIN FA 1160 at Hardware Ranch, Utah
(https://i.imgur.com/EH3I3nm.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/1980/30649882517_84490602c1_z_d.jpg)
I-269 near Memphis
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2540/4201625720_c38b7e7fc1_o_d.jpg)
Lyons, IL
PennDOT District 6-0 occasionally farms out entire-road sign replacements to outside contractors. There have been recent updates on PA 724 in Chester County and PA 491 in Delaware County within the past couple of weeks that both feature new BEGIN signs:
BEGIN PA 724 at the PA 23 beginning
BEGIN EAST PA 491 at the US 202 beginning
I don't have pics...wasn't expecting to see those...and is NOT a PennDOT norm that I've ever seen...
SR 252 Begins, Martinsville, Ind. This sign was located at the original beginning of SR 252 on Hospital Drive at Morgan St (Old SR 37) ~ 1/4 mile west of the present junction.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49757565556_1c01b8929a_z.jpg)
M-84 at it's southern terminus.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200410/37012f3b572573e5746e30de1fdaf720.jpg)
A bus lane begins sign on WA 99 northbound approaching the new tunnel:
(https://i.imgur.com/i8gM0Xa.jpg)
Surprisingly CA 255 actually has one at R Street and 4th in Eureka:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/07/california-state-route-255-and-humboldt.html
CA 198 BEGIN:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51965913204_4a7fd147d4_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nb3TwL)198CAbegin (https://flic.kr/p/2nb3TwL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
I didn't know this thread existing until now, but I'm happy to see it does!
Here's the only BEGIN for I-41. Apologies for the glare.
(https://snz04pap002files.storage.live.com/y4mWtepnHieHPXgF9RN7pDa1PVO4y9Lj8j_kQQtV5H3TjIMxhq1CLvxZrOj2_fXCkUMgz6C15jHd-xkuHfBwLbBqRuzDgiIUUXPncM8alKGEWLLIEcVU3tMHbfrRtmvntywHXqognUShXDZbtKoQaWbp5H7_F2t6mIciPLzSF55RLstgxCwYHQ88Xv7wTQZvWsV?width=3029&height=2272&cropmode=none)
Howard, WI
January 9, 2022
Hawaii Route 311 BEGIN:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52386373897_b1030194e7_3k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nPcRR4)311HIbegin (https://flic.kr/p/2nPcRR4) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Washington State Route 10 on the east end: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.0345671,-120.6107924,3a,15y,326.2h,90.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTgW_X1bKqrmaTgBv2H9lTA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DTgW_X1bKqrmaTgBv2H9lTA%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D190.27922%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
The west end just has a standard East 10 sign. No actual begin.
If you ask me, it should be required for states to have begin and end signage for all of their highways–interstates, US routes, state routes–for all directions, including alternate, spur, and business routes.
US Bicycle Route 20 begins in Marine City, MI:
(https://i.imgur.com/tKqAWVx.jpg)
US-17 begins in Winchester, VA:
(https://i.imgur.com/oDB8yuN.jpg)
An unusual begin sign for a normal unnumbered highway at Lake Wenatchee in Washington:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/SR_207_northern_terminus_near_Lake_Wenatchee%2C_WA.jpg/1280px-SR_207_northern_terminus_near_Lake_Wenatchee%2C_WA.jpg)
WA 823: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RBCo814auiydP7Ue8
No begin or end signs on the southern terminus, though. Only the northern terminus.
I posted an end sign for the End signs thread, so I'll post all most of my known Begin signs:
(https://i.postimg.cc/CMQ9Lj0h/IMG-3051.jpg)
NC-700, taken 5/18/23.
(https://i.postimg.cc/5NQTH69w/IMG-3748.jpg)
VA-76, taken 6/4/23.
(https://i.postimg.cc/5tbRkgB3/IMG-4325.jpg)
SR-636, taken 6/6/23.
I do have the south begin for Delaware Bike Route 1, but the picture is having problems uploading to Postimages.
US 23 begins at I-75...if you Zoom in. :D
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53192132621_1b75065590_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2p3pzQR)US 23 BEGINS (https://flic.kr/p/2p3pzQR)
Vallejo, CA for Eastbound I-780 has a Begin Sign at Curtola Parkway to I-80 interchange
(https://www.aaroads.com/ca/780/i-780-e-exit-001-01.jpg)