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Started by FLRoads, January 20, 2009, 04:01:44 PM

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Ian

Not a really big error, but the reference marker next to the old I-787 shield is supposed to have an "I" at the end of "787" on the top line. Just plain "787" means that the road is state route 787, rather than I-787.
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Michael in Philly

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Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 31, 2010, 05:15:19 PM
Massachusetts indeed signs routes based on navigation, as does Vermont.  I think VT even has a few town-maintained stretches of interstate freeway!

Talking of, I think I saw somewhere that town-maintained state highways in Vermont continue to use Boring Circles instead of Bitchen Green.  Is that true, to your (or anyone's) knowledge?  I haven't been up there myself in a few years and it's not happening this side of October.  If then.  I don't remember noticing significant numbers of circles, although if I did I might just have dismissed them as old signs.
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okroads

This should be a U.S. 59 shield...



Duke87

Quote from: Michael in Philly on September 06, 2010, 11:48:29 AM
Talking of, I think I saw somewhere that town-maintained state highways in Vermont continue to use Boring Circles instead of Bitchen Green.  Is that true, to your (or anyone's) knowledge?  I haven't been up there myself in a few years and it's not happening this side of October.  If then.  I don't remember noticing significant numbers of circles, although if I did I might just have dismissed them as old signs.

The circle is used for numbered routes that are entirely town-maintained. If it's mixed, the green shield is used throughout for continuity's sake.
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deathtopumpkins

Was up in Gloucester today and noticed that most of the shields around US 17 Business STILL don't have banners. The shields from VA 3/14 still refer to the business route as mainline 17, the shields from southbound 17 refer to it as just "17", no directional banner either, and there is one reassurance shield west of the courthouse circle that lacks a "Business" banner.

Come on VDOT, the bypass has only been there for how many decades now?
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froggie

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QuoteMassachusetts indeed signs routes based on navigation, as does Vermont.  I think VT even has a few town-maintained stretches of interstate freeway!

They don't.  Plenty of US route segments that are town-maintained (among them are US 2 and US 7 in Burlington, and US 4 in Woodstock).  But the Interstates are all VTrans.

QuoteThe circle is used for numbered routes that are entirely town-maintained. If it's mixed, the green shield is used throughout for continuity's sake.

Not completely.  Some towns have taken to using the circle shield for ALL the town-maintained routes within their jurisdiction, even if the route is state-maintained elsewhere within that town.  A good example would be Manchester.  Only recently (about 2 years ago) has the town posted a green shield (on west/northbound VT 30).  All the other VT 7A/11/30 shields within town are circles.

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thenetwork

^^^ Geez, how hard is it to add the FUTURE banner to the sign on the far left??? :sombrero:

Hot Rod Hootenanny

An ugly photo for an ugly sign.

Ohio 158 NB between Lancaster and Baltimore. There were about three or four of these I spotted along the way.
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Michael in Philly

Quote from: Adam Smith on September 09, 2010, 01:49:35 PM
An ugly photo for an ugly sign.

Ohio 158 NB between Lancaster and Baltimore. There were about three or four of these I spotted along the way.

Mmm.  One has to wonder what ODOT has against Ashtabula and Conneaut.
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Quote from: Michael in Philly on September 09, 2010, 03:35:37 PM
Mmm.  One has to wonder what ODOT has against Ashtabula and Conneaut.

They're tired of clearing out all that lake effect snow they get.  :sombrero:
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Ian

No photos, but I spotted several US 291 (should be PA 291) shields along PA 291 in Chester today.
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RustyK

No photo, but every workday I pass the exit from WA 522 EB for WA 202 either East or South.  The bgs at the exit reads east, the bgs near the intersection at the end of the ramp reads south.  The road does go SouthEast... but that's kind of loony.

TheStranger

Quote from: RustyK on September 09, 2010, 10:18:55 PM
No photo, but every workday I pass the exit from WA 522 EB for WA 202 either East or South.  The bgs at the exit reads east, the bgs near the intersection at the end of the ramp reads south.  The road does go SouthEast... but that's kind of loony.

Interestingly, I can think of one distinct California example of this: Route 91 in Riverside, where some signs point to it going "SOUTH" and others "WEST."  (91 has not had a true north-south segment since the portion north of Riverside was dropped in favor of I-15 and US 395, later I-215.)
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Quote from: TheStranger on September 09, 2010, 10:24:13 PM
Quote from: RustyK on September 09, 2010, 10:18:55 PM
No photo, but every workday I pass the exit from WA 522 EB for WA 202 either East or South.  The bgs at the exit reads east, the bgs near the intersection at the end of the ramp reads south.  The road does go SouthEast... but that's kind of loony.

Interestingly, I can think of one distinct California example of this: Route 91 in Riverside, where some signs point to it going "SOUTH" and others "WEST."  (91 has not had a true north-south segment since the portion north of Riverside was dropped in favor of I-15 and US 395, later I-215.)

Maryland splits the difference -- the Pennsylvania Avenue exit on I-95/495 is signed for MD 4 "SOUTH/EAST" and "NORTH/WEST".  I'm not sure how it's signed along MD 4 itself, though.

Alex

The route number should be Hawaii 65, yet they swapped out a Highway Gothic sign for a Clearview sign and did not bother to correct it!

https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii003/i-h003_eb_exit_014_03.jpg - new
https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii003/h3e-advkailua.jpg - old

Did not dawn on them that the next guide sign shows a different number: https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii003/i-h003_eb_exit_014_04.jpg

Another carbon copy error:
https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii050/hi-061_sb_at_pacific_hts_lookout.jpg - should include "Junction" or "Ahead" or "1/2 Mile" or something that alludes to the fact that one is not on I-H1, but actually on HI-61 south ahead of I-H1. They had it wrong before, but at least kept the state-name in the funky looking shield: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=honolulu,+hi&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.528905,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Honolulu,+Hawaii&ll=21.323359,-157.84637&spn=0.012553,0.034332&z=16&layer=c&cbll=21.32347,-157.846156&panoid=t67GjDUJPNSUua28OJ5H4g&cbp=12,212.41,,0,9.61

agentsteel53

damn, too bad that state-named shield on the green sign on 61 is gone!  somewhere I have a photo of it.
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froggie

QuoteMaryland splits the difference -- the Pennsylvania Avenue exit on I-95/495 is signed for MD 4 "SOUTH/EAST" and "NORTH/WEST".  I'm not sure how it's signed along MD 4 itself, though.

North-south.

shoptb1

Quote from: AARoads on September 10, 2010, 12:37:36 PM
Another carbon copy error:
https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii050/hi-061_sb_at_pacific_hts_lookout.jpg - should include "Junction" or "Ahead" or "1/2 Mile" or something that alludes to the fact that one is not on I-H1, but actually on HI-61 south ahead of I-H1. They had it wrong before, but at least kept the state-name in the funky looking shield: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=honolulu,+hi&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.528905,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Honolulu,+Hawaii&ll=21.323359,-157.84637&spn=0.012553,0.034332&z=16&layer=c&cbll=21.32347,-157.846156&panoid=t67GjDUJPNSUua28OJ5H4g&cbp=12,212.41,,0,9.61

The signage on O'ahu is about the most haphazard and non-standard as it comes, but come on, how can anyone complain....you're in Hawaii!  I remember this sign on the Pali Hwy and it would eerk me from time to time, but it was the Pali Hwy, so I was happy anyway.  :)

Alex

Quote from: shoptb1 on September 11, 2010, 06:29:02 PM
Quote from: AARoads on September 10, 2010, 12:37:36 PM
Another carbon copy error:
https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii050/hi-061_sb_at_pacific_hts_lookout.jpg - should include "Junction" or "Ahead" or "1/2 Mile" or something that alludes to the fact that one is not on I-H1, but actually on HI-61 south ahead of I-H1. They had it wrong before, but at least kept the state-name in the funky looking shield: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=honolulu,+hi&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.528905,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Honolulu,+Hawaii&ll=21.323359,-157.84637&spn=0.012553,0.034332&z=16&layer=c&cbll=21.32347,-157.846156&panoid=t67GjDUJPNSUua28OJ5H4g&cbp=12,212.41,,0,9.61

The signage on O'ahu is about the most haphazard and non-standard as it comes, but come on, how can anyone complain....you're in Hawaii!  I remember this sign on the Pali Hwy and it would eerk me from time to time, but it was the Pali Hwy, so I was happy anyway.  :)


I have yet to go there (it is planned), but had a slew of photos taken to me by a contributor that I am adding, and noticed the errors when comparing them to Kevin's photos from 2004. I likely won't care when I am there either.  :) But for now, the errors have made me wonder.   :hmmm:

Found even more weirdness when seeing that HI-750 is signed as HI-76 at the north end along HI-99. Was HI-750 originally HI-76 and they just never got around to changing the signs?

shoptb1

Quote from: AARoads on September 12, 2010, 12:58:09 AM
Quote from: shoptb1 on September 11, 2010, 06:29:02 PM
Quote from: AARoads on September 10, 2010, 12:37:36 PM
Another carbon copy error:
https://www.aaroads.com/west/hawaii050/hi-061_sb_at_pacific_hts_lookout.jpg - should include "Junction" or "Ahead" or "1/2 Mile" or something that alludes to the fact that one is not on I-H1, but actually on HI-61 south ahead of I-H1. They had it wrong before, but at least kept the state-name in the funky looking shield: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=honolulu,+hi&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.528905,107.138672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Honolulu,+Hawaii&ll=21.323359,-157.84637&spn=0.012553,0.034332&z=16&layer=c&cbll=21.32347,-157.846156&panoid=t67GjDUJPNSUua28OJ5H4g&cbp=12,212.41,,0,9.61

The signage on O'ahu is about the most haphazard and non-standard as it comes, but come on, how can anyone complain....you're in Hawaii!  I remember this sign on the Pali Hwy and it would eerk me from time to time, but it was the Pali Hwy, so I was happy anyway.  :)


I have yet to go there (it is planned), but had a slew of photos taken to me by a contributor that I am adding, and noticed the errors when comparing them to Kevin's photos from 2004. I likely won't care when I am there either.  :) But for now, the errors have made me wonder.   :hmmm:

Found even more weirdness when seeing that HI-750 is signed as HI-76 at the north end along HI-99. Was HI-750 originally HI-76 and they just never got around to changing the signs?

That's always been my understanding.  This is a place where HI-78, H-201, H201, and The Moanalua Freeway are all signed in different variations in a 4 mile stretch.  Honolulu can be one of the most confusing places to drive...it's taken me almost 10 years of visiting to get used to driving there. But again, it's a nice problem to have :)

corco

Good to see that US-91 has been re-extended, this time into Nebraska



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