Then and Now

[Alex]

Post before and after photos of a road, highway, interchange, street, etc, showing changes over time. You get the jist. 



Water Street northbound in Mobile, AL in 2003 without the RSA Tower.



Water Street northbound in Mobile, AL in 2006 with the RSA Tower.

[Voyager]

Oh I like this thread idea!

My favorite comparison:

Interstate 80 coming into San Francisco in 2003:



Much more recently in 2007:

[SimMoonXP]

wow, that is gigantic change in SF california!

[Bryant5493]

Why are the highway signs orange?? 


Be well,

Bryant

[Voyager]

Construction zone.

[jd2death]

interstate 80/294 in 2000





interstate 80/294 in 2005 during upgrade

[SimMoonXP]

Hi, Could you fix the image of "interstate 80/294 in 2000" because it is showing the red "x" please.

[Voyager]

Hm, there's nothing wrong with it that I can tell...I'm seeing the red X too though.

[Voyager]

Instead of reposting the whole thing, try finding a different link for the first one and edit your original post. 

[jd2death]

its funny i can see why can't y'all, i even put up another picture?

[SimMoonXP]

The California's Orange Crush series

Circa 1988


Circa 2007

[Bryant5493]

Construction zone.

Okay, strange.


Thanks,

Bryant

[FLRoads]

Here are two Interstate 15 trailblazer signs on Vegas Boulevard heading southbound near the intersection with Sahara Avenue:


The trailblazer looks like it was erected fairly recently before this picture was taken. Photo taken 07/23/06.

And now in 2008...

The trailblazer has seen some wear and tear. Photo taken 07/28/08.

I guess what happens to trailblazers in Vegas stays in Vegas...

[Truvelo]

I don't have any before and after pictures taken in the US but here's one from the UK showing a typical speed limit reduction which is affecting our country badly.

[mightyace]

Are those lights or video enforcement on those signs?

Also, I assume those speeds are kph.

[Truvelo]

Those are lights above the signs. They're there for a reason - on lit roads the signs must also be lit otherwise they don't apply. If you're caught speeding at night and the bulb has failed you can claim not to have seen the sign and get the violation revoked.

The speed limits are in MPH, I believe the US and UK are the only countries still using imperial measurements for speed, Ireland switched to kph a few years ago and Canada has been using metric even longer.

[mapman]

Here's a "Then and Now" near where I grew up -- the CA 1/CA 17 interchange (a.k.a. "The Fishhook") in Santa Cruz, CA.

First, a picture from December 2001 (from westcoastroads.com):


Next, the "Now," taken by me in October 2008 after the 2.5 year widening project at the interchange:

[FLRoads]

Wow, what 7 years and a little road widening will do...Not only do the signs look different, but so does the landscape. What happened to all those trees??  *shakes head*

[Truvelo]

The earlier view is nicer

[Alex]

Interstate 26 westbound beginning - Pre Ravenel Bridge



Interstate 26 westbound beginning - Post Ravenel Bridge

[Revive 755]

I-55 NB at I-44-mid 1990's:


Now:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.609158,-90.211476&spn=0,359.989014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.609203,-90.211406&panoid=ly6KfnMWqOSujzxn2kiZxw&cbp=12,33.94282863836758,,0,-13.720703124999998

EDIT:  I-270 and US 50 entering Missouri between 1974 and 1985:
(Large document)  http://www.ewgateway.org/pdffiles/library/trans/transredefined-1992.pdf (scroll to page 146/267)

Today on I-255 and US 50: 
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.486584,-90.278692&spn=0,359.912109&z=14&layer=c&cbll=38.488664,-90.281864&panoid=RadVfkK2L4NdAPIZR6xtrw&cbp=12,304.03343049459573,,0,2.890624999999999

--
US 50 crossing the Mississippi, sometime between 1970 and 1984:
(Same large document) http://www.ewgateway.org/pdffiles/library/trans/transredefined-1992.pdf

I-255 and US 50 crossing the Mississippi today:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.48398,-90.263243&spn=0,359.978027&z=16&layer=c&cbll=38.485082,-90.269808&panoid=9BlLFLFeVbos2eV9tnLPuw&cbp=12,291.91479469216284,,0,5.791015625000001
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[mapman]

Wow, what 7 years and a little road widening will do...Not only do the signs look different, but so does the landscape. What happened to all those trees??  *shakes head*

The earlier view is nicer

Well, that's what nearly 60 years of tree growth can get you.  This interchange was built in two phases between the 1940's and 1950's.  Caltrans says that it will replace all of the lost trees over the next 3 years at something like a 3:1 ratio.

[Alex]

Classic button copy sign replaced with bubble shield and 'crammed-in' numbers. 



Photo by Corco, posted on his SR-16 page.

[Ian]

I-95 northbound just after entering Maine. First photo by Michael Summa in 1976:


43 years later, a photo my me:


I-395 northbound at exit 10 in Washington, DC. First photo by Alex on June 2nd, 2003:


7 years later, a carbon copied replacement:

[corco]

Ha! They still put the old Amtrak logo on the replacement, just using the new colors