It wouldn’t have had U of R in this direction – that was always on this sign (originally more verbose).
On the subject of verbosity and these signs, I remember seeing Paula Poundstone in a local appearance years ago. She had a joke about these signs, and specifically about one that read "University of Roch". Can anybody pinpoint where such a sign would have been (probably talking mid-late 90s here)?
Going northbound, the one I posted above, and
its twin at the end of I-590, have been in their locations since the highways opened in 1980. Until a few years ago, their layout was something like:
Monroe Comm College
University of Roch
Strong Mem Hospital
(I am not sure I am abbreviating the correct words, and the lines might have been in a different order)
Going southbound (like an entertainer who just flew in), I think that University of Roch was in
advance of exit 17, Strong Mem Hospital
for exit 16A, and Monroe Comm College
for exit 16B, all since 1980.