Welcome to signs/displays

[Quillz]

Maybe it's a holdover from before exit numbers, and thus that was the only indication you were near the state line.

[SidS1045]

US 5...how sad....

In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways.  The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).

[PurdueBill]

In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways.  The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).

Plus this pic shows being welcomed with a trademark Massachusetts Paddle Sign.  You don't see those everywhere, you know!

[signalman]

New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB).  I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way.  I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either.  None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing.  

[huskeroadgeek]

New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB).  I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way.  I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either.  None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing. 

That happens other places too where a toll road begins at the state line. For instance, there is a sign on I-44 WB in Missouri indicating that Exit 1 is the last exit before the toll road begins in Oklahoma.

[NE2]

Generally I've seen 'last exit before toll' in those cases, while going the other way (if it's a one-way toll) there will be 'last exit in [state]'.

[1995hoo]

New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB).  I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way.  I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either.  None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing. 

I don't think that's always the case. It's been a few years, but I'm pretty certain I recall a "Last Exit in New Jersey" sign on the northbound Garden State Parkway even though you're connecting to the toll-free portion of the Thruway.

I don't drive in New Jersey nearly as often as I used to, though.

[signalman]

Could be.  I wouldn't know.  I've only driven that section of the GSP southbound.  Furthest I've driven northbound is the Ridgewood exit, 168 or something like that.

[Alps]

New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB).  I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way.  I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either.  None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing. 

I don't think that's always the case. It's been a few years, but I'm pretty certain I recall a "Last Exit in New Jersey" sign on the northbound Garden State Parkway even though you're connecting to the toll-free portion of the Thruway.

I don't drive in New Jersey nearly as often as I used to, though.

You don't get them on I-95 or I-287. Street view the Parkway and you'll find it. They're not going to install or remove something like that if it has/n't been there for years.

[flowmotion]

Long-time lurker, first-time poster.  Back in July (when I took this photo), the sign on the Skyway had been updated.

Judging by my visits to Chicago, I figure there must have been 10,000 signs there with the mayor's name on them.

At Midway Airport, they even had signs like: "Shuttle Bus Parking --> Richard M. Daley Mayor". I wonder how many of them were updated and how quickly.

[deathtopumpkins]

US 5...how sad....

In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways.  The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).

Not everywhere even gets a paddle sign though. Both US 1 and MA/NH 1A's signs crossing the MA/NH border are boring. Coming into MA southbound all you get is the town line sign with a small mention of Massachusetts squeezed in the bottom, and for northbound the reverse side treats it as a regular town but says "Seabrook, NH", and is accompanied on the other side of the road by a small NH welcome sign.

Continuing west, MA 150 north of Amesbury simply gets a tiny green sign on a pole on the left side of the road welcoming you to New Hampshire, with nothing for traffic entering Mass.

[myosh_tino]

I would have liked to see California's when I crossed the border from Nevada on I-15 in 2009, but there was no sign to be seen .

that is really strange because I remember it being a fixture... and a sign style that seems to me to date to the 80s: the gold-on-blue style with italics and a graphic of poppies.

it is set back a few miles from the state line, I think.  I barely remember, exactly because it is something I pass by so often ...

if it is gone, I would be very surprised - especially since it would imply that my powers of observation failed me quite exquisitely.

Having just got back from Las Vegas a couple of days ago, I did make a concerted effort to see if there was a Welcome to California sign on I-15.  I am happy to report that Agentsteel's powers of observation are as strong as ever.   The blue Welcome to California sign is still located on I-15 right at the state line.

[J N Winkler]

that is really strange because I remember it being a fixture... and a sign style [California welcome sign] that seems to me to date to the 80s: the gold-on-blue style with italics and a graphic of poppies.

Actually, it dates to the early 1970's, when it was first proposed as a replacement for the bland text-only "Welcome to California" signs.

[SidS1045]

Plus this pic shows being welcomed with a trademark Massachusetts Paddle Sign.  You don't see those everywhere, you know!

Actually, I see the paddle signs all the time, since I live in MA.  I just wish they hadn't abandoned the old design with the right and left sides of the top of the sign cut off.  Now THAT was unique.

[Ian]

I just wish they hadn't abandoned the old design with the right and left sides of the top of the sign cut off.  Now THAT was unique.

Agreed 100%. I wish they hadn't gotten rid of their custom font and arrow either.

[sandiaman]

  South Carolina's  got  my vote  for the best Welcome  sign.  That is  one classy entrance to that state.  Next, would be West Virginia  with their  over the highway gantry.  That is a bold welcome  too.  I have noticed  that if    you cross a  state  line on an Indian  Reservation,  quite often  the  state line  sign is  missing.  That could be due to the  fact that  reservations are soverign  nations.

[florida]

This is going off in a slight tangent, but this is the most elaborate "Welcome to _____ County" sign I've ever seen....

[Truvelo]

This isn't the usual North Carolina sign.

[NE2]

This is going off in a slight tangent, but this is the most elaborate "Welcome to _____ County" sign I've ever seen....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_US_1_Brevard_Volusia_county_line.jpg
Same county, more elaborate

[Alex]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_US_1_Brevard_Volusia_county_line.jpg
Same county, more elaborate

Along the same lines:

[Beeper1]

This isn't the usual North Carolina sign.

That's a National Park Service sign on the Blue Ridge Parkway, right?

[ghYHZ]

At the Maine/New Brunswick Border (I-95 NB95)




At the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Border

[Roadgeek Adam]

Surprised these PA relics haven't gotten much nod:


PA 652, Darbytown, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania.

[hbelkins]

Surprised these PA relics haven't gotten much nod:


PA 652, Darbytown, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania.

Wow ... there's a truck that looks exactly like that sitting out in my driveway!!!!

[relaxok]

Alberta/Northwest Territories border on the Mackenzie Highway.  apparently, this is a very new installation - Google Street View has something older.

Wow! I love it!  Not exactly tasteful but it looks especially good in that photo with the night sky.