Large sign assemblies in Wisconsin

[OCGuy81]

Is it fairly common practice in Wisconsin to use rather large signage?  I noticed on a recent trip to the Milwaukee area that a lot of the signage at junctions of state highways is pretty large.

Here is a shot of SB WI-38 at WI-100 in Oak Creek.  The assembly is pretty large, and I saw this a lot.  Is it done statewide?

https://goo.gl/maps/Tn5DXXJYAqM2

[peterj920]

On expressways, large signage is very common statewide.  A few years ago, it looked like smaller signs were replacing some of the bigger signs along Wis 29, but in recent years the bigger signs are being used widespread along 4 lane roads.

[peterj920]

Here is a newer large sign assemblies in Superior, WI from interstate-guide.com at the WIS 35/US 53/I-535 interchange.

[JMAN_WiS&S]

Here is a newer large sign assemblies in Superior, WI from interstate-guide.com at the WIS 35/US 53/I-535 interchange.

Just a side comment of this picture, notice how there is both a vertical monotube and a horizontal trombone setup both at the same intersection here. I can name one place in Eau Claire like this.

[SSOWorld]

That's typical modern WisDOT assembly - the trombone is on a single lane, though it is inconsistent for the assembly.

[Milwaukee, WY]

That's typical modern WisDOT assembly - the trombone is on a single lane, though it is inconsistent for the assembly.

At least here in the Milwaukee Metro, if they use a trombone arm, they mount the signal head vertically. That's for WisDOT signals. Counties and municipalities still do their own thing and I've seen every combination in recently installed signals. Milwaukee County just replaced two lights on Layton Ave on the north side of the airport for example. They used trombone arms with a single vertical signal head for each approach. Weird, since the county has been mainly installing monotubes since 2009.

[paulthemapguy]

On the decision to use a single mast arm versus the traditional Wisconsin trombone, I'm pretty sure it just comes down to the choice to put multiple signal heads in the air.  Wisconsin seems to stick to their signature trombone assembly whenever possible, but they don't support multiple 'airborne' signal heads- so when there are 2 or more heads above the ground, they're forced to use a single mast arm instead.  Even though I have seen places in IL where multiple heads will be mounted on a truss arm