Highway signs with NO control cities

[tolbs17]

Must be a state or US highway.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4347004,-78.0653475,3a,18y,117.64h,90.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFd4SgIByzVu-49sd7I2yMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8919716,-76.5313031,3a,15y,303.41h,91.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXCo3H4ae_jaryef1Ccp7og!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7659137,-77.9612187,3a,15.1y,335.59h,91.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCnlqMAXL9MC87D2zx6D8bA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1 - The other side as well has no control city.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5202206,-77.5857264,3a,44.4y,20.93h,87.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNvZi8QPZQ0HRWkFwgNK9FA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1

[SkyPesos]

I-270 and OH 315 for an example in Ohio.

Some states, like Minnesota, are full of examples of this. Specifically in the Twin Cities, where control cities aren't signed on a majority of the intracity freeways, which includes MN 36, 62, 77 and 100.

[Rothman]

Egads.  There must be hundreds of these.

[1995hoo]

I looked at the links in the OP and I don't see any overhead signs.

[tolbs17]

I looked at the links in the OP and I don't see any overhead signs.

Makes more sense now.

[SectorZ]

You must be driving a go-kart off road along the interstate for these to count as overhead.

[1995hoo]

With that said, I agree with Rothman–there must be loads of those all over the place. In particular, BGSs in heavily-settled areas often have just a route number and road name with no control cities (or other sorts of destinations) listed. I can think of a sign six miles up the Beltway from my exit that simply has a secondary route 620 shield and says "Braddock Road" without telling you where it goes. That sort of thing is very common.

The sort of sign the OP posted does seem to be exceptionally common in North Carolina, however. Those sorts of signs are one example of why I find a sat-nav to be useful if I hit an unexpected traffic jam on the Interstate–when the sign doesn't say where the road goes, I can hit up the sat-nav for a spur-of-the-moment detour and I know it'll route me back to the Interstate within a reasonable distance. (That very thing happened to us in North Carolina a few weeks ago due to construction.)

[Ned Weasel]

Quite a few in Kansas:

US 69:
https://goo.gl/maps/HC3V3AH2HpfRRw1RA
https://goo.gl/maps/U5JMdWp6R6Wt47rE6
https://goo.gl/maps/rYHAHKN9dKm4rp4F9
https://goo.gl/maps/6MZgzueoYxLTtHGU7

US 75:
https://goo.gl/maps/apEmciwCcRHY4U727
https://goo.gl/maps/nVvL3e9R13Rwk7iu7
https://goo.gl/maps/gTstpvBtP4iSFg756
https://goo.gl/maps/WcKKhasDDVitvAXk6

K-96:
https://goo.gl/maps/MaXpud1SCKFPWzG3A
https://goo.gl/maps/QWotW79bJcoGWhDk6

And I assumed you weren't counting the ones that have road names.

[kphoger]

duh.    https://goo.gl/maps/HdCwQ7BhVEiUF8mTA

yawn.    https://goo.gl/maps/7uavJUPqxBz6JApC7

blawp.    https://goo.gl/maps/hQyQYUAS2a2CCbmMA

Egads.  There must be hundreds of these.

Absolutely.  Silly thread.

[jmacswimmer]

So many examples, so little time

[hbelkins]

There are two of these for US 60 on I-64 in Kentucky -- one in Clark County between Winchester and Mt. Stelring, and one in Boyd County between Grayson and the West Virginia state line.

[tolbs17]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

[kphoger]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

On both signs.  Which isn't exactly best practice.

[Scott5114]

Egads.  There must be hundreds of these.

Probably hundreds of them in Kansas alone. KDOT is pretty fastidious about its control-signing practices and, when it can't find one it likes, just doesn't post one.

[SkyPesos]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

On both signs.  Which isn't exactly best practice.

Also the "Via Whitakers-Enfield-Halifax-Weldon"  in fine print. Never heard of those places in either NC or VA.

[Scott5114]

Here's a Swedish sign with NO control city.

[formulanone]

duh.
yawn.
blawp.

Egads.

Absolutely

Roadgeeks need a comic book superhero, and I think it should be The Green Arrow.

Ah!

[tolbs17]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

On both signs.  Which isn't exactly best practice.

Also the "Via Whitakers-Enfield-Halifax-Weldon"  in fine print. Never heard of those places in either NC or VA.

Never seen a sign that has so many control cities... Also, that sign was probably put there before 1979?

[SkyPesos]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

On both signs.  Which isn't exactly best practice.

Also the "Via Whitakers-Enfield-Halifax-Weldon"  in fine print. Never heard of those places in either NC or VA.

Never seen a sign that has so many control cities... Also, that sign was probably put there before 1979?

In some places, like China and Japan, it's common seeing 4 control cities on a BGS due to the nature of their language.

[tolbs17]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

On both signs.  Which isn't exactly best practice.

Also the "Via Whitakers-Enfield-Halifax-Weldon"  in fine print. Never heard of those places in either NC or VA.

Never seen a sign that has so many control cities... Also, that sign was probably put there before 1979?

In some places, like China and Japan, it's common seeing 4 control cities on a BGS due to the nature of their language.

Normally over here, there's usually no more than 2 (or 3 if they are all major cities).

[Takumi]

Used to say Richmond

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0383632,-77.7629452,3a,75y,20.28h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0CWFI5rfwn_srLx7He95xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

On both signs.  Which isn't exactly best practice.

Also the "Via Whitakers-Enfield-Halifax-Weldon"  in fine print. Never heard of those places in either NC or VA.

They're all in NC. Weldon is the only one of note, being right next to Roanoke Rapids and is where US 158 and 301 meet. The greened out part said Battleboro, which was annexed by Rocky Mount at some point.

[Scott5114]

Roadgeeks need a comic book superhero, and I think it should be The Green Arrow.

Aren't most of the arrows we take photos of white, though?

[formulanone]

Roadgeeks need a comic book superhero, and I think it should be The Green Arrow.

Aren't most of the arrows we take photos of white, though?

Traffic lights are more dynamic.

[JoePCool14]

ISTHA has several of these on one stretch I-90 alone. This isn't uncommon enough to warrant a thread.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I-270 and OH 315 for an example in Ohio.

Some states, like Minnesota, are full of examples of this. Specifically in the Twin Cities, where control cities aren't signed on a majority of the intracity freeways, which includes MN 36, 62, 77 and 100.

36 is actually one of the few local freeways that does have control cities signed inside of 694.

Snelling Ave at 36

I-35E at 36