You Know you are in this state

[roadman65]

Georgia



When span wire signals have the box set up being pulled on a four sides with another cable to the strain pole.

[SkyPesos]

Is this restricted to road features only? If not, all notable city skylines or other landmarks qualify.

[webny99]

This state usually prefers to keep their trucks on residential and commercial streets, but some made it onto the freeway:

[ran4sh]

Georgia

When span wire signals have the box set up being pulled on a four sides with another cable to the strain pole.

Tbh, I have no idea why other states don't do that.

GDOT says that they prefer span wire (as opposed to mast arms) because span wire makes it easier to position a signal in the correct location (per the MUTCD). Which makes sense, because if one wanted to use a mast arm to position those signals in that location, the pole would be closer to the road (and thus less safe) than the existing pole that holds the span wire.

[SkyPesos]

Georgia

When span wire signals have the box set up being pulled on a four sides with another cable to the strain pole.

Tbh, I have no idea why other states don't do that.

It's pretty common in Ohio too.

[1995hoo]

You know you're in North Carolina when you see a sign telling you to "burn headlights"  when it's raining.

[CoreySamson]

You probably can guess this state pretty easily. I count at least 6 distinct ways you would know that this is in this state, even without the presence of the others. Anyone care to guess them?

[Big John]

^^ Texas

[Billy F 1988]

I know I'm in Montana when the city of Missoula gets stupid busy at peak traffic times every day, and I'm starting to hate the city's major roadways, Broadway in particular. Man, I hate that road.

[CtrlAltDel]

Georgia

When span wire signals have the box set up being pulled on a four sides with another cable to the strain pole.

Tbh, I have no idea why other states don't do that.

I can't even make out what it means.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota, Minnesota

Wisconsin

[hotdogPi]

Massachusetts: paddle sign


New Hampshire: encouraging drinking and driving
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1051192,-71.4746609,3a,75y,15.68h,88.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sp2MFXT0MlQssSkj3qXdrZQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Flint1979]

You know your in Michigan when the sign says Potholes Ahead.

[texaskdog]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_U-turn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_left

[bing101]

You know you are in California when there is a Freeway entrance sign.

[Scott5114]

You probably can guess this state pretty easily. I count at least 6 distinct ways you would know that this is in this state, even without the presence of the others. Anyone care to guess them?

- sideways stoplights
- giant-ass star art on the retaining wall and stars on the support pillars of the flyover at right
- U-shaped "goalpost" pole for shields
- T-shaped sign post for the right turn must turn right sign
- "Beltway 8"

What am I missing?

[TheStranger]

You know you are in California when there is a Freeway entrance sign.

IIRC Nevada also does Freeway Entrance signs as well.

Things that are more endemic to this state:

- even sign heights and internal exit tabs
DSC_8824 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_6950 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_0066 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

- cut-out shields for both state routes and US routes
DSC_7247 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_6289 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr



- old button copy still in use (sometimes with greenout panels)
DSC_7220 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_6023 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

- proprietary style of Exit Only signage compared to current MUTCD standards
DSC_6025 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_6291 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_0318 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_0234 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

- usage of Junction text
DSC_5332 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr
DSC_0095 by Chris Sampang, on Flickr

[texaskdog]

You probably can guess this state pretty easily. I count at least 6 distinct ways you would know that this is in this state, even without the presence of the others. Anyone care to guess them?

- sideways stoplights
- giant-ass star art on the retaining wall and stars on the support pillars of the flyover at right
- U-shaped "goalpost" pole for shields
- T-shaped sign post for the right turn must turn right sign
- "Beltway 8"

What am I missing?

The turnaround

[index]

South Carolina by the sheer number of directional intersections, and also this thing they do, placing a banner above a shield on a BGS:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.153955,-79.8785504,3a,15y,86.83h,88.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s___eaWENYhD80EXYgzbp3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And pretty much everything else SCDOT does. They're such a weird (and horrible) egg of a DOT. The stuff they do either no other DOT really does, or it's more characteristic of the Midwest than the South.

You know you are in California when there is a Freeway entrance sign.

IIRC Nevada also does Freeway Entrance signs as well.

I also see it in Uptown Charlotte.

[webny99]

Minnesota

Definitely. Called this one before I even clicked on the links. 

[Big John]

South Carolina by the sheer number of directional intersections, and also this thing they do, placing a banner above a shield on a BGS:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.153955,-79.8785504,3a,15y,86.83h,88.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s___eaWENYhD80EXYgzbp3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And pretty much everything else SCDOT does. They're such a weird (and horrible) egg of a DOT. The stuff they do either no other DOT really does, or it's more characteristic of the Midwest than the South.

You know you are in California when there is a Freeway entrance sign.

IIRC Nevada also does Freeway Entrance signs as well.

I also see it in Uptown Charlotte.

South Carolina by the sheer number of directional intersections, and also this thing they do, placing a banner above a shield on a BGS:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.153955,-79.8785504,3a,15y,86.83h,88.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s___eaWENYhD80EXYgzbp3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And pretty much everything else SCDOT does. They're such a weird (and horrible) egg of a DOT. The stuff they do either no other DOT really does, or it's more characteristic of the Midwest than the South.

and the rectangular stop signs.

[CoreySamson]

You probably can guess this state pretty easily. I count at least 6 distinct ways you would know that this is in this state, even without the presence of the others. Anyone care to guess them?

- sideways stoplights
- giant-ass star art on the retaining wall and stars on the support pillars of the flyover at right
- U-shaped "goalpost" pole for shields
- T-shaped sign post for the right turn must turn right sign
- "Beltway 8"

What am I missing?

Your last three weren't inherently what I had in mind, but they make sense for Texas nonetheless. Here were my other 4:

- The fact that the junction is a giant stack with a volleyball feeder road intersection underneath
- The Texas U-turns
- The excessive clearance signs on the overpasses
- The flood gauge (maybe not exactly a Texas thing, but totally a Houston thing)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_U-turn

I find it interesting that the wikipedia schematic has the Texas U-turn over the freeway. Most (if not all) of them I've seen have it under the freeway.

[SkyPesos]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_U-turn

I find it interesting that the wikipedia schematic has the Texas U-turn over the freeway. Most (if not all) of them I've seen have it under the freeway.

Over-freeway diagrams for interchanges are easier to show all the notable parts than under, as it's not blocked under by the freeway overpass. Same with the SPUI and DDI diagrams I've seen on Wikipedia.

[ran4sh]

California is not the only state that makes adjacent BGS' the same height. That's also done in Georgia and in some other states. I would say Georgia does it the right way, with the sign legend determining the height, rather than the California way of having the height max out at 120 inches and then try to fit the legend in that space, often violating MUTCD standards to do so.

On the other hand, North Carolina aligns adjacent BGS' bottom-justified, which makes down arrows on different signs line up. I'm not sure if other states do something similar (usually a state that doesn't make BGS the same height, aligns them center-justified on a gantry).

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota

Definitely. Called this one before I even clicked on the links. 

Oh, this too.

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.132179,-92.8876098,3a,30y,135.53h,82.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7lyMJ7aVw0s0_SXMf7F31w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656