"Freeway Entrance" signage

[deathtopumpkins]

I'm curious if anyone has put together a full list of states that use "FREEWAY ENTRANCE" signs, whether consistently or just in random one-off instances.

I know California and Washington use them consistently, and I believe most other western states use them at least sometimes. I've seen random examples in other states (e.g. Michigan), and didn't one recently turn up in Connecticut of all places?

Can we try and put together a list of everywhere these are used?

[ozarkman417]

You may find some additional states or districts that use them in the already existing, five year old thread here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=16911.0

[webny99]

Cross New York off the list. I wish we used them, but nope.

[ilpt4u]

Southern Illinois uses them regularly, but not always. IDOT D9. I want to say I have seen them in other parts of the state, also

[kphoger]

Southern Illinois uses them

Where?  I don't remember that.

[Flint1979]

I'm curious if anyone has put together a full list of states that use "FREEWAY ENTRANCE" signs, whether consistently or just in random one-off instances.

I know California and Washington use them consistently, and I believe most other western states use them at least sometimes. I've seen random examples in other states (e.g. Michigan), and didn't one recently turn up in Connecticut of all places?

Can we try and put together a list of everywhere these are used?

Where in Michigan? I've never seen one and I travel all over the state.

[Flint1979]

Indiana is my second most frequently visited state after Michigan and I don't recall any of them there either.

[1995hoo]

I've never seen that sort of sign in Virginia, except that Transurban uses similar signage at the slip ramps on I-95 and I-395 from the general-purpose lanes to the HO/T lanes (example: https://goo.gl/maps/3wLFKk5VndGHLmkE8 ).

In general, people here do not use the term "freeway," so signs saying "Freeway Entrance" would be strange.

[csw]

They're common in West Virginia, I haven't seen them anywhere else in the east.

ninja edit: I have seen one for the I-277 loop in Charlotte.

[jmacswimmer]

I've never seen that sort of sign in Virginia, except that Transurban uses similar signage at the slip ramps on I-95 and I-395 from the general-purpose lanes to the HO/T lanes (example: https://goo.gl/maps/3wLFKk5VndGHLmkE8 ).

In general, people here do not use the term "freeway," so signs saying "Freeway Entrance" would be strange.

MDTA did the same thing with the I-95 express lanes northeast of Baltimore, both on overheads and gore signage.

Otherwise, MD does not contribute to the "Freeway Entrance" party.

[deathtopumpkins]

You may find some additional states or districts that use them in the already existing, five year old thread here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=16911.0

Damn, I searched before creating this thread but that one didn't come up at all!

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Where in Michigan? I've never seen one and I travel all over the state.

You quoted a link I provided to one in Port Huron:

(e.g. Michigan)

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ninja edit: I have seen one for the I-277 loop in Charlotte.

Which interchange?

[deathtopumpkins]

Consulting the other thread, it looks like we're at:

• California
• Washington
• Nevada
• Oregon
• New Mexico
• Illinois
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Montana
• Michigan
• Colorado (one example that has since been removed)

[roadman]

The Freeway Entrance signs on I-395 in Massachusetts were a one-off and will not be repeated elsewhere in the state.

[1995hoo]

I've never seen that sort of sign in Virginia, except that Transurban uses similar signage at the slip ramps on I-95 and I-395 from the general-purpose lanes to the HO/T lanes (example: https://goo.gl/maps/3wLFKk5VndGHLmkE8 ).

In general, people here do not use the term "freeway," so signs saying "Freeway Entrance" would be strange.

MDTA did the same thing with the I-95 express lanes northeast of Baltimore, both on overheads and gore signage.

Otherwise, MD does not contribute to the "Freeway Entrance" party.

Those signs strike me as more conventional than the Virginia example I noted because the Maryland signs have more standard arrows, whereas the Virginia one has that decidedly abnormal (for this part of the country) downward-pointing arrow that you see in pictures of California's strange signage.

[csw]

ninja edit: I have seen one for the I-277 loop in Charlotte.

Which interchange?

https://goo.gl/maps/Wr78F8URze19KHKm9

[kphoger]

Southern Illinois uses them

Where?  I don't remember that.

Hmmm..  I found one on I-57 at Tuscola.  Are these recent in Illinois?  GSV from 2012 shows no such sign there, and I don't remember there being one there back when I hitchhiked from that exit in 2006.

[sprjus4]

ninja edit: I have seen one for the I-277 loop in Charlotte.

Which interchange?

https://goo.gl/maps/Wr78F8URze19KHKm9

Wasn't there in 2009.

[csw]

ninja edit: I have seen one for the I-277 loop in Charlotte.

Which interchange?

https://goo.gl/maps/Wr78F8URze19KHKm9

Wasn't there in 2009.

Cool. Now it is.

[sprjus4]

ninja edit: I have seen one for the I-277 loop in Charlotte.

Which interchange?

https://goo.gl/maps/Wr78F8URze19KHKm9

Wasn't there in 2009.

Cool. Now it is.

I know, I'm saying it was put up recently.

[NoGoodNamesAvailable]

Cross New York off the list. I wish we used them, but nope.

NY recently required them where entrance & exit ramps are adjacent as part of their wrong-way driving countermeasures at exit ramp termini.

Here's an example on an entrance to the Saw Mill in Bedford.

[Ned Weasel]

Southern Illinois uses them

Where?  I don't remember that.

Hmmm..  I found one on I-57 at Tuscola.  Are these recent in Illinois?  GSV from 2012 shows no such sign there, and I don't remember there being one there back when I hitchhiked from that exit in 2006.

Here's one in central Illinois: https://goo.gl/maps/MZLwQvrkR4zVEfZr9

I thought I remembered one there, since I've been to that Thornton's/Pilot several times.

[Flint1979]

That Port Huron example has to be the only example in Michigan ever. because I certainly haven't seen any freeway entrance signs anywhere in the state and quite frankly I don't get to Port Huron that often so I must have missed this one. Must be a one time thing MDOT did.

[paulthemapguy]

I love California's freeway entrance signage, because it's the only place in the state where I can reliably find cutout route markers.  California is so hit-or-miss when signing its junctions, but the freeway on-ramps seem consistent. 


CA-052G by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[jakeroot]

For all the American influence I see across BC, "FREEWAY ENTRANCE" signs are not one of those things.

That said, they do exist, but are very rare. Here is a pair of black-on-white examples; the one on the left (in sort-of-correct FHWA typeface (should be Clearview)) is actually brand-new, after the original fell off sometime in 2019. The one on the right has the original font, which I have a photo of somewhere.

[Roadrunner75]

The closest thing here is probably the Garden State Parkway entrance signs.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0961162,-74.144866,3a,75y,27.7h,94.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAfiKY7bAGhKVjKMaNlgraA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8630718,-74.2173916,3a,75y,318.06h,90.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjJ6i1NU0gVL5KQH2gv17PQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656