Corporate Logos on BGSs

[SSOWorld]

yeah - I was thinking about snapping one of those today but didn't.

[mightyace]

<was image of State Farm Safety Patrol on PA Turnpike>

D'oh! How could I forget about that one

I saw the same signs on Florida's Turnpike around the fourth of July.  (no photos as it was night)  Also, a State Farm Safety Patrol truck was parked at one of the service plazas on the turnpike.

[thenetwork]

The last time I was on the Ohio Turnpike, the only logos I saw on big signs were on the blue variety:

Service Plaza BBSs had the restaurant/gas logos on them (which is normal), but any BBS which posted the Ohio Turnpike emergency number(s) also had the logo of the sponsoring cellular company.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Speaking of Blue Service Signs on interstates (excluding the toll roads), what state was the first to use the logo-enhanced BBSs.  My earliest recollection goes back to 1983 on our cross country vacation trip, when I saw them for the first time in Iowa -- of all places. 

The first use of them in Ohio was in the mid-to-late 80s on I-75.  There, they used them first for a "Test Section" from Findlay to Lima (perhaps as far south as Dayton) before they decided to go ahead with the BBSs state-wide a couple of years later.

[burgess87]

I've noticed blue signs on both the Thruway & I-290 in the Buffalo area that say:

"Help Trucks - Sponsored by State Farm", with the State Farm logo.

[Bryant5493]

Be well,

Bryant

[Bryant5493]

S.R. 85 North/N. Glynn Street - Fayetteville, Fayette County, Ga.


Be well,

Bryant