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CtrlAltDel:
Does anyone, just offhand, know why there is a big overhead sign on I-40 west welcoming drivers to New Mexico, but no other similar signs at any of the other places an Interstate enters the state? Was it perhaps a local effort or something like that?
oscar:
--- Quote from: CtrlAltDel on November 02, 2023, 02:03:54 PM ---Does anyone, just offhand, know why there is a big overhead sign on I-40 west welcoming drivers to New Mexico, but no other similar signs at any of the other places an Interstate enters the state?
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There's an identical sign over I-10, just north of the Texas state line.
I haven't lately been at the three other Interstate crossings into New Mexico (I-10 and I-40 from Arizona, I-25 from Colorado).
Bobby5280:
I wonder if they'll build similar overhead "welcome" and "you're now leaving" signs on I-25 at Raton Pass. The last time I drove through Raton Pass (in August) they didn't have any welcome to New Mexico signs. The one that was there was installed on a bridge over I-25 that was demolished and replaced.
DJStephens:
--- Quote from: CtrlAltDel on November 02, 2023, 02:03:54 PM ---Does anyone, just offhand, know why there is a big overhead sign on I-40 west welcoming drivers to New Mexico, but no other similar signs at any of the other places an Interstate enters the state? Was it perhaps a local effort or something like that?
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Yes there is one on I-10 westbound (actually due N at that point) in Anthony. Not really sure why these structures were even warranted at all, as a simple two post sign off the R shoulder would have sufficed. The "leaving new mexico" gantry with the stone base, just off the R shoulder heading southbound just before Exit O is even worse. It sits where a half mile (2500 feet) deceleration lane should have been constructed for trucking that seeks to exit should be. Instead, there is an abrupt veer off to the right. Insane this was not corrected, meaning a decel lane not built at that point.
CtrlAltDel:
--- Quote from: oscar on November 02, 2023, 02:32:35 PM ---There's an identical sign over I-10, just north of the Texas state line.
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--- Quote from: DJStephens on November 05, 2023, 11:05:14 AM ---Yes there is one on I-10 westbound (actually due N at that point) in Anthony.
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Ah, I missed that one, since there's a "regular" sign right at the border. Thanks.
--- Quote from: DJStephens on November 05, 2023, 11:05:14 AM ---Not really sure why these structures were even warranted at all
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I would imagine that no one has ever claimed that these signs were warranted. But why are there so few of them? Is it just where the traffic entering the state is highest? Or perhaps just tourism traffic?
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