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Title: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on July 16, 2012, 12:41:29 AM
I couldn't find an existing thread for this topic, so here's a new one.  Here's where to post pictures of signs that have been altered, repurposed, recycled, and/or reused – and preferably are now displayed in a new location, too.  (Guide signs that have been partially changed, but not moved to a new location, are rather too common and aren't really what I had in mind for the thread anyway.)




So here's my first offering:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fsignpatch-5870.jpg&hash=cfb733cf721534932ce3bb6c3852194ec3a8d962)
Wow, a 15 MPH speed limit where it was once 55 MPH – bummer!  No, considering this is at the entrance of an alley in downtown Columbus, the sign was surely posted elsewhere when it read 55 MPH.  I didn't think to look on the back for stickers, but I was a bit worn out from walking at the time. 
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: national highway 1 on July 16, 2012, 12:58:18 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/KY/KY19470001i1.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on July 16, 2012, 01:02:11 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 16, 2012, 12:58:18 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/KY/KY19470001i1.jpg)

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out which is supposed to be the "current" sign image, or even which way is up in the photo...
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Scott5114 on July 16, 2012, 01:05:20 AM
The KY-7 is current. I believe the image has been altered to show the US shield as up but the 7 is/was upright in real life.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Takumi on July 16, 2012, 09:11:19 AM
Still standing as of April.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F182852_1875296723391_4943314_n.jpg&hash=912c81c14d1573e90a964c471c7aa089eb74b025)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Alex on July 16, 2012, 11:14:37 AM
Two entries from the AARoads main pages come to mind (both long gone however from the field):

(https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware010/us-013_de-009_sb_at_us_013_nb.jpg)

This was an outline US 13 shield recycled into a conventional US 13 shield - Wilmington

(https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_jersey200/i-295_sb_exit_000_01.jpg)

The second of two cutouts that were originally posted for US 40's overlap along Interstate 295 southbound in New Jersey. The legend portion of the shield read "DELAWARE" but was superceded by "NEW JERSEY" for the installation's final location. - Penns Grove
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: xonhulu on July 16, 2012, 12:55:39 PM
This is a little different than what's been presented here so far, but here's an altered sign on OR 8 at Murray Blvd in Beaverton, OR that I find a little amusing:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Beaverton,+OR&hl=en&ll=45.489582,-122.82611&spn=0.001008,0.002642&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.273371,86.572266&oq=beaverton&hnear=Beaverton,+Washington,+Oregon&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=45.489599,-122.826279&panoid=V8POjF_a-iFU5R6CjD3S5g&cbp=12,170.59,,0,-4.93 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Beaverton,+OR&hl=en&ll=45.489582,-122.82611&spn=0.001008,0.002642&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.273371,86.572266&oq=beaverton&hnear=Beaverton,+Washington,+Oregon&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=45.489599,-122.826279&panoid=V8POjF_a-iFU5R6CjD3S5g&cbp=12,170.59,,0,-4.93)

The upper section once read "DMV," but that must have moved, so they greened it out and now the sign very usefully tells you that straight ahead is . . . nothing.  There is a junction with OR 10 in a few blocks ahead, which would've been logical information to replace the DMV with, but I guess no one thought of that.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on July 16, 2012, 01:35:05 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 16, 2012, 01:05:20 AM
The KY-7 is current. I believe the image has been altered to show the US shield as up but the 7 is/was upright in real life.

For the full context:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2Foldassembly.jpg&hash=95e2e49465cf9602ef35b3372839b394a76b0e8c)

Several examples on this page:
http://www.millenniumhwy.net/oldsigns/ky/index.html

Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 16, 2012, 02:08:47 PM
yes, entertainingly enough the Kentucky 7 over a US blank ended up in an orientation where neither incarnation was right side up!

here is a Vermont set

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VT/VT19580891i1.jpg)

and a New Hampshire (the 89 was once a 95)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NH/NH19610893i1.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mefailenglish on July 18, 2012, 06:25:06 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FRoad%2520Signs%2520Dec%252009%2F20091226JCTUS27greenonspeedlimitsig.jpg&hash=122db59d7d3a9b1daf5872b2efd2ce47843e0753)

The sticker in the bottom corner says "Up to $500 fine to steal or deface this sign. By order of Lake County Commission". 
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: NE2 on July 18, 2012, 06:42:28 PM
Nice. Jeff Royston job? :)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on July 18, 2012, 07:36:51 PM
^^ Looks like the School Zone speed limit might have also changed at some point to 20 mph...A doubly-modified sign, and a colored shield to boot?   :spin:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 18, 2012, 07:48:56 PM
Quote from: NE2 on July 18, 2012, 06:42:28 PM
Nice. Jeff Royston job? :)

nope, those are elsewhere!
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: national highway 1 on July 18, 2012, 07:52:45 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 16, 2012, 02:08:47 PM
yes, entertainingly enough the Kentucky 7 over a US blank ended up in an orientation where neither incarnation was right side up!


and a New Hampshire (the 89 was once a 95)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NH/NH19610893i1.jpg)
Gosh, that I-93 is looking a bit hideous... (oversized '70 spec?) also the arrow for I-93 is pretty shoddy too. That I-89 arrow is a bit vertically thick, too.
Quote from: mefailenglish on July 18, 2012, 06:25:06 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FRoad%2520Signs%2520Dec%252009%2F20091226JCTUS27greenonspeedlimitsig.jpg&hash=122db59d7d3a9b1daf5872b2efd2ce47843e0753)

The sticker in the bottom corner says "Up to $500 fine to steal or deface this sign. By order of Lake County Commission". 
I'd happily get a bucket of fresh white paint and give this Kodachrome shield a fresh coat of paint, now, if I weren't based across the Pacific!  :bigass: :sombrero:
I do really like Florida's Kodachrome shields. :colorful: Shame the MUTCD phased them out.  :verymad: :meh:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on July 18, 2012, 08:11:17 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2FPushToCross-NoParkingRePurposed.jpg&hash=a4482f0b5ba751574826619020d3f5784d494083)

Right by my house.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on July 18, 2012, 08:25:50 PM
Did those signs ever look right?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: NE2 on July 18, 2012, 09:22:59 PM
If that 27 is on ex-CR 561, I think it did.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mr. Matté on July 18, 2012, 10:15:24 PM
Speaking of CRs in the 500s,

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnj%2Fcr_571%2Fww526.jpg&hash=f6948312dde92bf810cee2924cbd4c4b2432b61c) (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/cr_571/)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on July 18, 2012, 10:16:59 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5270%2F5730673397_885abce4c3_z_d.jpg&hash=94815151fe6db050ae9b8f6437f81f5ad08c0902)

Grandview, MO
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 18, 2012, 10:19:42 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 18, 2012, 10:16:59 PM

Grandview, MO

wow.  I believe I count four layers there, one of which is an Iowa 32 shield.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on July 18, 2012, 10:59:09 PM
This is a favorite of mine (Fayetteville, AR):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2287%2F2259318078_9ed8650e1b_z_d.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=e990317ddcc34ed5cb04330fa6431fed39813a47)

Old US 71 became AR 471, but no one liked it so it was co-signed Bus 71. Approximately 2 years after that, 471 was retired.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Scott5114 on July 19, 2012, 08:31:26 AM
Why did people have a problem with 471?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on July 19, 2012, 09:04:32 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2012, 08:31:26 AM
Why did people have a problem with 471?

After the 71 Freeway was built north of Fayetteville (ca. 1980), AHTD decided to rename old 71 north of Fayetteville as AR 471. There was a lot of wailing and crying from local business who feared being forgotten because no one would know 471 was old US 71. So AHTD eventually changed it to Bus 71 (aka 71B).
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Alps on July 20, 2012, 08:25:48 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 19, 2012, 09:04:32 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 19, 2012, 08:31:26 AM
Why did people have a problem with 471?

After the 71 Freeway was built north of Fayetteville (ca. 1980), AHTD decided to rename old 71 north of Fayetteville as AR 471. There was a lot of wailing and crying from local business who feared being forgotten because no one would know 471 was old US 71. So AHTD eventually changed it to Bus 71 (aka 71B).
Because "Fayetteville Business Dist." isn't clear. This is why Breezewood should be converted into an endless roundabout. I-76, I-70, and US 30 all interchange with free-flowing ramps. Then you have a sign saying "Breezewood businesses." It leads into a two-lane road with no exit.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: national highway 1 on July 21, 2012, 09:50:38 PM
'48 spec US 25E Tennessee:
1993 (credits to HB Elkins)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TN/TN19660251i1.jpg)
1997 (credits to HB Elkins)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TN/TN19660251i2.jpg)
2007 (credits to HB Elkins)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TN/TN19660251i3.jpg)
Feb 2010 (credits to Levente Jakab)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TN/TN19660251i4.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TN/TN19660251i5.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: NE2 on July 21, 2012, 10:13:41 PM
NH1, are you going through the entire shield gallery and posting pictures?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Kacie Jane on July 21, 2012, 10:51:42 PM
I'm more concerned about that post's lack of relevance.  Those signs don't appear to be altered/repurposed in any way.  Just very very old.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: national highway 1 on July 25, 2012, 03:13:12 AM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 21, 2012, 10:51:42 PM
I'm more concerned about that post's lack of relevance.  Those signs don't appear to be altered/repurposed in any way.  Just very very old.
It's a '48 spec shield pasted on a black square to meet the new '61 spec at the time.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on July 25, 2012, 09:13:18 AM
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/555139_3426859271722_1971946828_n.jpg)

Found on Facebook
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 25, 2012, 11:36:36 AM
that is awesome!  I know of no intact surviving Illinois state-outline shields, except for an IL-4 painted on the side of a bridge.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on July 25, 2012, 11:48:50 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 25, 2012, 11:36:36 AM
that is awesome!  I know of no intact surviving Illinois state-outline shields, except for an IL-4 painted on the side of a bridge.

This one? ;)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2525%2F4225972849_26838e6635_d.jpg&hash=4df47d06825ce475717a0bf6e4e9322d5b150057)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: national highway 1 on July 25, 2012, 08:43:10 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 25, 2012, 11:48:50 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 25, 2012, 11:36:36 AM
that is awesome!  I know of no intact surviving Illinois state-outline shields, except for an IL-4 painted on the side of a bridge.

This one? ;)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2525%2F4225972849_26838e6635_d.jpg&hash=4df47d06825ce475717a0bf6e4e9322d5b150057)
In the same vein
Miles City, MT
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MT/MT19370101i1.jpg)
Also from Illinois:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19380671i1.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Alps on July 26, 2012, 12:00:36 AM
Quote from: US71 on July 25, 2012, 11:48:50 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 25, 2012, 11:36:36 AM
that is awesome!  I know of no intact surviving Illinois state-outline shields, except for an IL-4 painted on the side of a bridge.

This one? ;)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2525%2F4225972849_26838e6635_d.jpg&hash=4df47d06825ce475717a0bf6e4e9322d5b150057)
GONE. New bridge abutment, completely repainted as a replica.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on July 29, 2012, 11:35:42 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on July 21, 2012, 09:50:38 PM
'48 spec US 25E Tennessee:

Was in Cumberland Gap today and got new photos of this sign. It has just about faded away to nothingness. However, I found and photographed another old, wide US 25E sign that I had never noticed before.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Takumi on July 30, 2012, 06:09:04 PM
This exit sign on I-95 in Prince William County looks like it's been used before.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-heKskThk33Q/UBb9UOBA-QI/AAAAAAAADaU/5s5ArE5tj4I/s720/DSC01461.JPG)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on July 30, 2012, 10:23:09 PM
Still up in Richmond, VA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5066%2F5633812156_955be3a1f1_z.jpg&hash=ebc57b0ce916b923a3a540dbafe56aaddfa21b23) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5633812156/)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3474%2F3977052085_501c7a1e15_z.jpg&hash=8fef823b844ea9fd4bf0b9518f7e4e32e84a1345) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/3977052085/)

Gone:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3227%2F2674854471_5c06ff0478_z.jpg&hash=d002d83e98a9585a048560f69a41bc1c4879cbf3) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2674854471/)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on July 30, 2012, 11:24:40 PM
Saw a bunch of NC 87 signs in the Sanford area that obviously had been reused. Will post pictures when I go through them at some unknown date in the future. Have a LOT of snaps to go through from this trip.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 31, 2012, 06:50:31 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 29, 2012, 11:35:42 PM

Was in Cumberland Gap today and got new photos of this sign. It has just about faded away to nothingness. However, I found and photographed another old, wide US 25E sign that I had never noticed before.

the one about half a mile down?  that probably dates back to the early 70s, just after the adoption of the wide shields by Tennessee.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: stevenliu96 on July 10, 2013, 07:33:24 PM
I don't know how to post images here, but here's the link to the picture I took of one that I found: http://ushwy101.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/p7070219.jpg
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Signal on July 10, 2013, 09:55:04 PM
Not as interesting
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&sll=36.158901,-115.117144&sspn=0.003105,0.005681&vpsrc=0&g=las+vegas&ie=UTF8&t=m&layer=c&cbll=36.158781,-115.117218&panoid=heXeNzNEQdDmBxH_5PESzQ&cbp=12,53.82,,2,-17.61&ll=36.158903,-115.117278&spn=0.001544,0.00284&z=19
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Signal on July 13, 2013, 11:17:57 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5490%2F9273130078_821739a5df_z.jpg&hash=0d00efce2245e3bbf585ac2960c67489dc54e9bc) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9273130078/)
State Route 302 Bridge Closed (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9273130078/) by Signals Unlimited (http://www.flickr.com/people/94611454@N02/), on Flickr
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7350%2F9273133928_0baf9bff8e_z.jpg&hash=749b4ef88b89a7e55524b890eae8e95cbc7a63af) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9273133928/)
State Route 302 Bridge Closed (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9273133928/) by Signals Unlimited (http://www.flickr.com/people/94611454@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: NE2 on July 13, 2013, 12:56:59 PM
It would be stupid not to reuse a temporary sign.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: WNYroadgeek on July 13, 2013, 11:31:23 PM
Gee, the backs of those blade signs sure look familiar: http://goo.gl/maps/ILhEc
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on July 19, 2013, 01:26:52 PM
As of yesterday (7/18/2013):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FInt95nUniNorthFlordiaSign-diaMissing.jpg&hash=0d94fbfc41106774d85be379bf85ed682c441713)

Break out your green-out!
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: ET21 on July 23, 2013, 05:36:41 PM
If anyone has an image of it (couldn't find it on Google), on South I-55, there was an I-355 sign about 2 miles before the JCT that originally said West Suburbs, then Suburbs, and is now greened out
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Signal on August 19, 2013, 08:01:07 PM
If you zoom in on this, you'll notice the "s" in "1st" is covered. It used to say "1St" (capital S). Just some stupid mistake?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5496%2F9548842497_11fa2c021a_z.jpg&hash=179a2367886f4ccee7fba51504b65aebf6df8efd) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9548842497/)



3 times reused  :colorful: (notice LOT is a cover also)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2833%2F9551473298_167281ef43_z.jpg&hash=f37a4496e51a1a761db93c598e98eff9d9e30118) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9551473298/)


There are plenty of parking signs.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3825%2F9551487322_4d70ece500_z.jpg&hash=a8cf9595d512786a0c5eb8cec3c2a0ea0e20d1b4) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9551487322/)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Jim on August 19, 2013, 08:45:19 PM
I am pretty sure I've posted this one in a different thread before, but it fits here.  This is on Ballston Ave. in Ballston Spa, NY, a street often used to cut a corner when travelling NY 67.  This picture is from 2002, but this sign remains as of earlier this year.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20021006%2Fdonotparkthis-close.jpg&hash=dfcdf847027555c8004577a6a4e5079cd5d9ffde)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: NE2 on August 19, 2013, 10:52:14 PM
Searching the Goog for DO NOT BLOCK SIDE ROAD turns up the other post: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=4235.msg93306#msg93306
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on August 23, 2013, 08:18:08 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 16, 2012, 09:11:19 AM
Still standing as of April.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F182852_1875296723391_4943314_n.jpg&hash=912c81c14d1573e90a964c471c7aa089eb74b025)

This is now gone, by the way. Even though it's at the City of Richmond/Henrico County line, the city maintains the next few feet of VA 197, so the replacement is an ugly Richmond trailblazer unisign. At least the county line sign isn't in Clearview. I'll get a picture of the ugly replacement later.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Signal on September 19, 2013, 10:44:46 PM
I have a new favorite sign ever:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2883%2F9810055166_5da9b29f30_c.jpg&hash=74405756c46282499915b639f12b5bf5f68ac777) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810055166/)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7390%2F9810029305_6bb6cea935_z.jpg&hash=a7e525022d2daf282654d5b8c4a4a994fa77930f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810029305/)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3773%2F9810038934_3657aef16b_z.jpg&hash=4d9fb15c6a52c4c3b2c405b6a3b8e969e88597bb) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810038934/)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on March 18, 2014, 02:53:09 PM
Dusting off this old thread to post a few pictures. When I discovered some negative scans from the late 1990s recently, I came across this gem:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7375%2F12682244775_b1323cb3d1_z.jpg&hash=952558274de73b188734bf667a7609913072f41d)

It's gone now, but was located on northbound US 421 at KY 4 in Lexington. The back story behind this came to me from a where-is-he-now roadgeek named Joe Reda, who was a native of western Kentucky. When I first put a Web site online, he emailed me to tell me that when it was first opened, the Bluegrass Parkway was known as the Kentucky Bluegrass Parkway, and was marked that way on maps and signed with "KB Parkway" signs instead of "BG Parkway" markers.

Some others I have in my collection:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8363%2F8345536005_dd4094301d_z.jpg&hash=0124320d2a0ebbb16dc29e421f888d320dc47914)

This is in Winchester, Ky. Not sure if it's still standing or not. Below is the front of the sign:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8498%2F8345536591_58bc8bdf68.jpg&hash=27303dc6a38f326b7205c5e021ca79c32d32dd8f)




There were two recycled signs at this intersection back in 2001. This set reuses an old curve sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8361%2F8345538629_28c0d0cb67_z.jpg&hash=d0c22078d9a9327fcedaa3ab471d027c86d00ba1)

The other set had an old recycled US route marker.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2FKY_WV_various_2002%2FKY_WV_various_2002-Images%2F27.jpg&hash=d1e1c4c25914636461c5ca779e8342b2cb12f8cb)




Way back upthread, I mentioned some NC 87 signage.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8309%2F7887859024_6e52d97831_b.jpg&hash=35bf81dcd70cc76d1316cb10745a8f47c110d31c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8304%2F7887859838_79f5914fe7_b.jpg&hash=b7761b5cd1bae83996c22a7591deb426de6f1e0f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8178%2F7887860538_69760b617e_b.jpg&hash=b5c7555d0ab3fc4b322e178ed91748b093816cac)

I left these bigger than normal so you can see the overlay of the numbers.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: JoePCool14 on March 22, 2014, 05:13:00 PM
Quote from: Signal on September 19, 2013, 10:44:46 PM
I have a new favorite sign ever:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2883%2F9810055166_5da9b29f30_c.jpg&hash=74405756c46282499915b639f12b5bf5f68ac777) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810055166/)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7390%2F9810029305_6bb6cea935_z.jpg&hash=a7e525022d2daf282654d5b8c4a4a994fa77930f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810029305/)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3773%2F9810038934_3657aef16b_z.jpg&hash=4d9fb15c6a52c4c3b2c405b6a3b8e969e88597bb) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810038934/)

Its... its... beautiful!  :rofl:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on April 18, 2014, 09:13:37 AM
Found this on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1556960884529434&set=o.300176946738649&type=3&theater) - tough to figure out this speed limit sign in Huntsville.

(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1496724_1556960884529434_1053268313_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on April 18, 2014, 09:28:02 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash3%2Ft1.0-9%2F1604882_828847447145096_1762224234_n.jpg&hash=5cb4f68791d919e3ca4cd3986440d258c77c75f4)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 26, 2014, 06:04:42 PM
Found this one while waiting at a stoplight on State St. in Salt Lake City:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14771965853_3b410cc095_c.jpg)

This US-89 shield used to be a UT-76 shield.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 26, 2014, 07:06:47 PM
Quote from: formulanone on April 18, 2014, 09:13:37 AM
Found this on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1556960884529434&set=o.300176946738649&type=3&theater) - tough to figure out this speed limit sign in Huntsville.

(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1496724_1556960884529434_1053268313_n.jpg)
Here are the other two from that Marina. They aren't as bad as that one, fortunately.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/14670753111_117951abe8.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/omprMa)
Re-used Speed Limit Signs (https://flic.kr/p/omprMa) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2922/14671623914_f6854bb8c6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/omtUD1)
Re-used Speed Limit Signs (https://flic.kr/p/omtUD1) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: cjk374 on July 27, 2014, 10:47:38 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on March 22, 2014, 05:13:00 PM
Quote from: Signal on September 19, 2013, 10:44:46 PM
I have a new favorite sign ever:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2883%2F9810055166_5da9b29f30_c.jpg&hash=74405756c46282499915b639f12b5bf5f68ac777) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810055166/)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7390%2F9810029305_6bb6cea935_z.jpg&hash=a7e525022d2daf282654d5b8c4a4a994fa77930f) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810029305/)


(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3773%2F9810038934_3657aef16b_z.jpg&hash=4d9fb15c6a52c4c3b2c405b6a3b8e969e88597bb) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94611454@N02/9810038934/)

Its... its... beautiful!  :rofl:

DEFINITELY qualifies as a Frankensign!   :clap:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mergingtraffic on July 30, 2014, 05:09:29 PM
Wasn't there a famous pic of an old CT state-named I-86 shield on the back of a recent I-84 shield??
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Brandon on July 30, 2014, 07:05:12 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 18, 2014, 09:28:02 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash3%2Ft1.0-9%2F1604882_828847447145096_1762224234_n.jpg&hash=5cb4f68791d919e3ca4cd3986440d258c77c75f4)

That's not just repurposed, that's sign abuse.  With the original number (8), it would be a contender for "best of".  Now it looks more like "worst of".
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on September 04, 2014, 12:52:48 PM
Posting this mainly to test out my new Photobucket and Imgur accounts:

Photobucket:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy348%2Fhbelkins%2FCCC4458D-0DA9-48B8-A33B-7AC4358AE4B4_zpszkq77cu6.jpg&hash=c74033aea87bd9db41cd51edf488aec4f2c227ad)

Imgur:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F1MIybSG.png&hash=a9f897b8a52ceef6ca59fa5e7432d1f6da1486e4)

Found this at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park a couple of months ago. If you look closely, you can see patching where the "2" is. A part of KY 302 used to be KY 304. (This was also KY 3 for awhile). A couple of other KY 302 signs in this area also appear to have gotten this treatment.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Central Avenue on September 09, 2014, 11:02:17 PM
Watch as a little bit of black tape turns a warning message into a prohibitory message!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/15006527740_926562b062_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Pete from Boston on September 10, 2014, 01:16:24 PM

Quote from: Central Avenue on September 09, 2014, 11:02:17 PM
Watch as a little bit of black tape turns a warning message into a prohibitory message!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/15006527740_926562b062_c.jpg)

It reads more like an "all clear" message.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: SignGeek101 on October 05, 2014, 12:07:04 AM
Not a road sign, but the original bus stop sign for this bus stop was stolen about couple weeks ago. Then last week, this sign was posted in its place. Normally the bus stop name, number and the buses running on it are posted, but that has been whited out here.

This sign is temporary, but at one time it was used as a regular sign somewhere else. You can still see the word "Hastings" for the name and "50477" for the number and "16" on the sign. An old sign reused to represent a temporary sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FB2I174w.jpg&hash=ad9c0f44c8444f682f273d23af6f4d73eda4e064)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on October 06, 2014, 12:50:22 PM
I suspect this was once a KY 80 sign, since it was in Jackson County and the only 8x route in District 11 is KY 80, and the "9" was overlaid over the "0"

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy348%2Fhbelkins%2FMVC-004S_zps78cc34f0.jpg&hash=efea17a04dfc01e849d496ea8cd6216d98f3128e)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Billy F 1988 on October 06, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
Well, doesn't this look familiar? Series C "8", Series A "9". Sounds a lot like what happened with the I-90 shield in Missoula of which the "9" was C, and the "0" was D. Yuck!
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: freebrickproductions on November 01, 2014, 10:08:10 PM
Found this on Facebook. It's in Woodlawn, AL.
(https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10313677_10152616818602874_2508297201467183833_n.jpg?oh=0c038d8410b0fbaf19e40bd4dbc54861&oe=54F73F99)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: SignGeek101 on November 17, 2014, 12:24:36 AM
This one has definitely been used somewhere else, or was changed, but considering the sign "is on wheels", that's unlikely. Can't tell what the three once was.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FiGmmLaA.jpg&hash=835a354907a640a75c66e5468b32a48f62cf3a02)

GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/slWT9
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: roadfro on November 17, 2014, 03:01:39 AM
^ That sign appears to be made so that different panels can be placed over individual speed limit numbers, so that different speed limits can be displayed depending on where the speed truck is placed. Easier than putting on a new sign every time you move the speed truck.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mr. Matté on November 17, 2014, 12:38:52 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on November 17, 2014, 12:24:36 AM
This one has definitely been used somewhere else, or was changed, but considering the sign "is on wheels", that's unlikely. Can't tell what the three once was.
[clipped]
GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/slWT9

Interesting that they're using an American speed limit sign in Canada. Perhaps if a Rip Van Winkle woke up at a spot near there and started driving, that thread about people who go a posted km/h speed limit in miles/hour wouldn't be too far fetched had it not been for the adjacent sign stating that the limit is indeed km/h.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: SignGeek101 on November 18, 2014, 12:48:22 AM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on November 17, 2014, 12:38:52 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on November 17, 2014, 12:24:36 AM
This one has definitely been used somewhere else, or was changed, but considering the sign "is on wheels", that's unlikely. Can't tell what the three once was.
[clipped]
GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/slWT9

Interesting that they're using an American speed limit sign in Canada. Perhaps if a Rip Van Winkle woke up at a spot near there and started driving, that thread about people who go a posted km/h speed limit in miles/hour wouldn't be too far fetched had it not been for the adjacent sign stating that the limit is indeed km/h.

There is the "Your speed" digital display that could remind people. If one were trying to go 30 mph, the display would read something like "48".

I've only seen these types of speed limit signs a few times in Canada. The one below has a separate "km/h" sign below it to remind people.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11045.msg2009660#msg2009660
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: afiler on November 23, 2014, 11:16:18 PM
Two altered embossed stop signs...
The first, only slightly altered:
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6152/6175055914_5446b631de_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/apELZh)
Crystal, North Dakota (https://flic.kr/p/apELZh) by afiler (https://www.flickr.com/people/99909734@N00/), on Flickr

The second, radically repurposed:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2439/3635748865_ce908141c0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/6xhatg)
Scotsguard, Saskatchewan (https://flic.kr/p/6xhatg) by afiler (https://www.flickr.com/people/99909734@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: afiler on November 23, 2014, 11:22:55 PM
Two old reused Minnesota US highway shields:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FWfeDfJo.jpg&hash=e7583b11e3892c156b0b3586a0cc25bb1113623a)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FJuyDXwB.jpg&hash=b3748144fca077c7d0e4949bad706d94db5880a0)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mapmikey on December 30, 2014, 01:50:40 PM
I don't think they tried very hard here:

https://goo.gl/maps/hBs3c

The correct number is 810...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Sam on January 04, 2015, 10:14:29 PM
There were two unaltered I-87 reference markers used to mark a culvert on a town road in Seneca County, NY. I wish I had taken photos before they were replaced.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: agentsteel53 on January 05, 2015, 08:09:58 PM
Quote from: afiler on November 23, 2014, 11:22:55 PM
Two old reused Minnesota US highway shields:

wow!

a few years ago I was in Minnesota and found the corner of an old black on white state highway 34 in use as a bridge abutment warning reflector.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: freebrickproductions on January 18, 2015, 11:35:32 PM
Found this guy over at Ditto Marina here in Huntsville recently. It used to say "Pavillion [sic] and Administration Offices".
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/15692447904_6240b75da1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pUFU3C)Pavillion (https://flic.kr/p/pUFU3C) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 03, 2015, 06:31:36 PM
I didn't notice that this shield is reused.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FReused_zpsnshqh0lz.jpg&hash=d7bf29195f862105cb8898fed68e08781c8f4288)

http://goo.gl/maps/mPjlK

Looks like '55' in white is under it. There is no highway 55 near here, not to mention it's in series E.

I guess it could be an old 'Night Speed Limit' sign?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: JoePCool14 on April 03, 2015, 07:09:10 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on April 03, 2015, 06:31:36 PM
I didn't notice that this shield is reused.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FReused_zpsnshqh0lz.jpg&hash=d7bf29195f862105cb8898fed68e08781c8f4288)

http://goo.gl/maps/mPjlK

Looks like '55' in white is under it. There is no highway 55 near here, not to mention it's in series E.

I guess it could be an old 'Night Speed Limit' sign?
That was what I thought. There isn't anything else that would fit there.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: SignGeek101 on April 03, 2015, 10:34:00 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on April 03, 2015, 07:09:10 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on April 03, 2015, 06:31:36 PM
I didn't notice that this shield is reused.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FReused_zpsnshqh0lz.jpg&hash=d7bf29195f862105cb8898fed68e08781c8f4288)

http://goo.gl/maps/mPjlK

Looks like '55' in white is under it. There is no highway 55 near here, not to mention it's in series E.

I guess it could be an old 'Night Speed Limit' sign?
That was what I thought. There isn't anything else that would fit there.

It's always interesting to note how state / provincial agencies are able to trade shields to each other. Really wish this one lasted longer; it's one of the only American shields in the entire province. In 2009, it looked good. Not sure what caused it to deteriorate so badly in 5 years.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mrfoxboy on April 12, 2015, 10:43:24 AM
So many things wrong with this one:
1. It's so worn out I can barely tell the sign.
2. It is on a side street that never really seen insane amounts of traffic (though there are a few streets to the west of Cameron that cannot access this road, but the traffic is again insignificant.)
3. The wonky right-turn arrow. This should not be on an angle, this street has always been at this angle.
4. This sign has been out of date for 31 years! New Brunswick reclassified it's highways in 1984, and old Route 6 is now 106. The border is the wrong colour now too, it should now be blue (Collector) and not green (Arterial)
http://goo.gl/maps/81Mkk
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mr. Matté on November 16, 2015, 12:53:14 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on July 18, 2012, 10:15:24 PM
Speaking of CRs in the 500s,

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnj%2Fcr_571%2Fww526.jpg&hash=f6948312dde92bf810cee2924cbd4c4b2432b61c) (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/cr_571/)

To quote myself and bump a months-old thread, my home county is still doing this charade of reusing county route shields, but now to make them fully retroreflective, they're just putting the reflective sheet over the existing old shield.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZeUzoAB.jpg&hash=cfb979f69b71eb24763e028bcf2d18b045d8252b)(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FPBQej5z.jpg&hash=a20ed9e3d4a49ba6f8fd8a225057134aad8eeb46)

I sharpened the pics as much as I could but you might be able to faintly see an outline of a FHWA B-sized "6" on both and a "3" on the second pic.
(EDIT: And looking at this again, the arrow on 546's assembly was formerly an upside-down "JCT")
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on November 16, 2015, 03:51:01 PM
Kentucky has reused guide signs in the past by putting up new sheeting over the old sheeting. Examples are on I-64 between Lexington and Frankfort, and all the remaining old signs on the Mountain Parkway. The demountable copy was removed and new Virginia- or New York- or North Carolina-like panels were placed on top of the existing extruded-panel signs.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Pink Jazz on December 03, 2015, 02:47:20 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 16, 2015, 03:51:01 PM
Kentucky has reused guide signs in the past by putting up new sheeting over the old sheeting. Examples are on I-64 between Lexington and Frankfort, and all the remaining old signs on the Mountain Parkway. The demountable copy was removed and new Virginia- or New York- or North Carolina-like panels were placed on top of the existing extruded-panel signs.

Here in Arizona I have also seen a few incremental panels overlaid on extruded panel signs.  They are especially common at exit gore signs.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Pink Jazz on February 03, 2016, 09:32:06 PM
Considering that logo signs will be installed in the Tucson area starting next month, this brings up an interesting point.  Currently, the I-10 and Tangerine exit in Marana does not have logo signs, but has a large text sign with the word "CAMPING" in the center.  It appears that sign can easily be repurposed into a logo sign by covering the text in the center with blueout and riveting on a logo and a "CAMPING" plaque on the top of the sign (assuming the campground at that exit signs up).

Here is one of the signs I am talking about:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4355362,-111.1793981,3a,75y,150.74h,65.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srdyJBorH-DhaV9wiKN-eBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: freebrickproductions on February 20, 2016, 10:50:51 PM
Here's a couple of reused signs from Cullman, AL.
If you look closely, you can make out the "45" that used to be on this speed limit sign:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1647/25067089571_5d9cdf0b20.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ec6opv)School Speed Limit 15 (https://flic.kr/p/Ec6opv) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

This one's somewhat obvious:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1491/24864702610_7d30e9d19d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DTd6P9)No Thru Traffic (https://flic.kr/p/DTd6P9) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Billy F 1988 on February 21, 2016, 05:25:35 PM
Kill that godawful font on that school speed limit sign with fire!
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on April 05, 2016, 03:02:24 PM
This US 60 sign is in Winchester, Ky. It definitely dates back to the early 1970s, before the inception of reflective sheeting. A decade ago, it wasn't faded like this, but now that it is, it shows what it was in a previous life.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/gallery/21_05_04_16_2_47_01.jpeg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on April 12, 2016, 09:22:41 PM
Near Grandview, MO
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5270/5730673397_885abce4c3_z_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on April 13, 2016, 06:28:32 AM
Quote from: US71 on April 12, 2016, 09:22:41 PM
Near Grandview, MO
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5270/5730673397_885abce4c3_z_d.jpg)

There seems to be about 5-7 layers on that sign. Or just a lot of errors.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: jeffandnicole on April 13, 2016, 08:11:50 AM
Probably the construction firm's sign, so they just keep reusing it everytime they have a new project to work on.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mapmikey on April 13, 2016, 09:09:31 AM
This was located between Damascus and Glade Spring on a bypassed portion of VA 91 at what was once VA 80.  This is gone now...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fva091lodi_02.jpg&hash=7bb4adce4bfcfeee80943e2cd46af29d47f4c407)
May 2007
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: peterj920 on June 01, 2016, 11:06:21 PM
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/27132381970_6d76a31873_k_d.jpg)


(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/27132388730_67c14d0910_k_d.jpg)

The front
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on June 01, 2016, 11:20:03 PM
A waterfront rest area? Where's that?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: peterj920 on June 01, 2016, 11:52:55 PM
Quote from: vtk on June 01, 2016, 11:20:03 PM
A waterfront rest area? Where's that?

Along Wis 42 at Lake Michigan in Manitowoc, WI.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on June 07, 2016, 09:38:58 AM
Temporarily repurposed:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi109.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn68%2Fvidthekid%2Foddsign-trucksnoright1641a.jpg&hash=ef80f860a4cd9e3cd52a89b04bf3fec5f699dfa9)

I believe that's a R4-5 being misused just for its first line of legend.  However, I can't seem to find a sign code for the "trucks no right turn" unisign I've seen elsewhere, or even a simple "trucks" plaque to place above a normal "no right turn sign".  Those being less common, this substitution by a contractor for a temporary situation is understandable.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mwb1848 on June 16, 2016, 02:39:39 PM
This is the back of a gated-off storage area in an industrial yard in El Paso. It was created using some old BGS's and a few shipping containers. Notice, the BGS's include button copy, FHWA, and Clearview.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2FIMG_0167_zpskd8cxu52.jpg&hash=60194f9ba92bd7f02bb5e748703102cbb7d6ba2d) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/IMG_0167_zpskd8cxu52.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on July 02, 2016, 03:15:29 PM
Some Kentucky examples...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fkbpkwy.jpg&hash=e91a8cbe412690583489df3d56f0d09dea1060e4)

(See the "Named routes/shields" thread for an explanation.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2Foldassembly.jpg&hash=b73308bf8e57e34584c7e0e8eee6e8a0cef8eeb6)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2FoldKY7closeup.jpg&hash=d3e1c37b53b9f40e388bb8818e1edb68223410c1)

No longer standing in Grayson, Ky.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2FOldArrow.jpg&hash=e8a395fa59bd94de6a72fbce0a584f3dbfceac42)

Near Central City, Ky. No clue if it's still standing or not.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2Frecycledsign.jpg&hash=59a5e13697e8df1e7bb8241b793f85cd539153e6)

Bourbon County, Ky. This is gone now.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: machias on July 02, 2016, 06:13:43 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 16, 2015, 03:51:01 PM
Kentucky has reused guide signs in the past by putting up new sheeting over the old sheeting. Examples are on I-64 between Lexington and Frankfort, and all the remaining old signs on the Mountain Parkway. The demountable copy was removed and new Virginia- or New York- or North Carolina-like panels were placed on top of the existing extruded-panel signs.

Hasn't Virginia done that quite a bit, especially along I-81?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: opspe on July 02, 2016, 09:20:09 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/gq5xuFspKwP2 (https://goo.gl/maps/gq5xuFspKwP2)

If you look closely, you can see the "17" is overlaid on a "28".  Don't have any actual pictures of this though, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Jim on July 06, 2016, 09:08:54 PM
Looks like this one on Massachusetts 8A in Heath has a patch to show the left turn junction at the upcoming corner.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fma-vt-20160625%2FDSCF0023-800.jpg&hash=08043d4e2f3208cb0c1b8ea0b720c3d705fae3c9)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mass_citizen on July 19, 2016, 01:54:09 AM
Quote from: Jim on July 06, 2016, 09:08:54 PM
Looks like this one on Massachusetts 8A in Heath has a patch to show the left turn junction at the upcoming corner.


Wonder if that patch is retroreflective?

btw I've see this with some regularity around Mass for some reason. Mostly municipalities.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: adt1982 on July 20, 2016, 11:56:38 AM
Ekhart, December 2002 or January 2003.

When the US route has been replaced by a state route, don't spend time taking the old signs down.  Just block out the shield with the new one.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv346%2Fadt1982%2Froad%2520signs%2FScan1_zpsnrs5bzuf.jpg&hash=e07f595729182086e553f235bba9eb2c8e6dfaa5) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/adt1982/media/road%20signs/Scan1_zpsnrs5bzuf.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: noelbotevera on July 21, 2016, 04:08:35 PM
Quote from: adt1982 on July 20, 2016, 11:56:38 AM
Ekhart, December 2002 or January 2003.

When the US route has been replaced by a state route, don't spend time taking the old signs down.  Just block out the shield with the new one.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv346%2Fadt1982%2Froad%2520signs%2FScan1_zpsnrs5bzuf.jpg&hash=e07f595729182086e553f235bba9eb2c8e6dfaa5) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/adt1982/media/road%20signs/Scan1_zpsnrs5bzuf.jpg.html)
What did IN 933 replace? Let me guess, US 33?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: theline on July 21, 2016, 04:51:42 PM
^^ Right, US 33 became SR 933 in St. Joseph County only. The portion of US 33 in Elkhart County, from the county line to the US 20 bypass was turned over to the localities.

This information tells you that the picture wasn't taken in Elkhart. It was taken in South Bend, on Michigan Street (BR 31), looking north toward Sample Street.

Lazy work on the signs when the change was made years ago, and it's never been fixed. Lots of the SR 933 signs are the wrong size, like this one: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6675485,-86.2391561,3a,66.8y,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sq1OHsO8CUydC9y11AKyN2g!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6675485,-86.2391561,3a,66.8y,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sq1OHsO8CUydC9y11AKyN2g!2e0)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: adt1982 on July 21, 2016, 05:28:31 PM
Yes, it was South Bend, not Elkhart. 
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on July 24, 2016, 08:34:00 AM
School daze:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc2.staticflickr.com%2F9%2F8009%2F27866420393_da3347aa18_o.jpg&hash=3e8cd09514f53cbbd3237e97057c3fa3363eab64) (http://flic.kr/p/JssFW2)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on July 30, 2016, 09:47:12 PM
Quote from: mass_citizen on July 19, 2016, 01:54:09 AM
Quote from: Jim on July 06, 2016, 09:08:54 PM
Looks like this one on Massachusetts 8A in Heath has a patch to show the left turn junction at the upcoming corner.


Wonder if that patch is retroreflective?

It's black, so it shouldn't be.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on August 04, 2016, 12:48:39 PM
Questionable modification...binder clips on a revised speed limit sign? US 190 west of Baton Rouge, from October 2014.

(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8299/28676965231_9378a1bd3c_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KG5WF2)

Later on, I'll upload a larger photo.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mass_citizen on August 04, 2016, 11:01:39 PM
 :banghead:

just WOW
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: noelbotevera on August 05, 2016, 01:18:43 AM
You've got to be kidding me.  :no:

Also, that 40 looks like it was ripped from Google Images.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: national highway 1 on August 11, 2016, 01:38:20 AM
Typical Caltrans greenout job retrofitting an exit number to their aging button copy signs.
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/5/4026/4323936300_a41a9dc4e1_b.jpg)
I-5 southbound in Santa Ana, CA.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on August 17, 2016, 06:32:35 AM
County sign with a ghost of former (or possibly mistaken) usage:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc8.staticflickr.com%2F9%2F8435%2F29035204895_3083d5fe16_o.jpg&hash=9baaf7664fb7d4c967c0242ee97529b996bbb26c) (http://flic.kr/p/LeK1QX)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: epzik8 on August 19, 2016, 12:05:10 PM
Do gantries count? A couple of old gantries along Maryland Route 100 that used to hold large signs stretching across the expressway have been converted into pairs of much smaller and disonnected signs on either side of the roadway.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FszDSBFF.jpg&hash=b24f981e2323ea6118d869472a69341f3e9cd200)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEycEyxX.jpg&hash=18c01b5c70899436a8ebb7b7cab1a3743235ae91)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on August 22, 2016, 03:06:31 PM
ODOT does that when the gantry has collided with a truck.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: jbnv on August 22, 2016, 05:06:56 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 22, 2016, 03:06:31 PM
ODOT does that when the gantry has collided with a truck.

There's a gantry on I-10 eastbound at US 165 that apparently had the same problem.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: roadfro on August 23, 2016, 10:55:33 PM
Quote from: jbnv on August 22, 2016, 05:06:56 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 22, 2016, 03:06:31 PM
ODOT does that when the gantry has collided with a truck.

There's a gantry on I-10 eastbound at US 165 that apparently had the same problem.

Not quite sure how gantries collide with a truck...  :pan:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: JoePCool14 on August 24, 2016, 08:07:31 AM
Quote from: roadfro on August 23, 2016, 10:55:33 PM
Quote from: jbnv on August 22, 2016, 05:06:56 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 22, 2016, 03:06:31 PM
ODOT does that when the gantry has collided with a truck.

There's a gantry on I-10 eastbound at US 165 that apparently had the same problem.

Not quite sure how gantries collide with a truck...  :pan:

They mess with them while playing limbo.  :spin:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Mr_Northside on August 29, 2016, 11:26:30 PM
Quote from: epzik8 on August 19, 2016, 12:05:10 PM
Do gantries count? A couple of old gantries along Maryland Route 100 that used to hold large signs stretching across the expressway have been converted into pairs of much smaller and disonnected signs on either side of the roadway.

Drove that stretch of MD-100 on the way to the beach.
In addition to the ones on that highway, the final overhead assembly for the US-50/301 split has gotten this treatment as well.  I think I recall it being that way last summer too.
I kind of wondered how preemptive the move might have been, or if these actually collapsed on their own first.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: vtk on September 01, 2016, 02:06:16 PM
Quote from: roadfro on August 23, 2016, 10:55:33 PM
Quote from: jbnv on August 22, 2016, 05:06:56 PM
Quote from: vtk on August 22, 2016, 03:06:31 PM
ODOT does that when the gantry has collided with a truck.

There's a gantry on I-10 eastbound at US 165 that apparently had the same problem.

Not quite sure how gantries collide with a truck...  :pan:

Same way a person can use their face to hit another person's fist.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on September 01, 2016, 07:32:41 PM
Quote from: vtk on September 01, 2016, 02:06:16 PM
Same way a person can use their face to hit another person's fist.

I rather like that German has a word for this: backpfeifengesicht.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: jbnv on September 02, 2016, 01:51:48 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 01, 2016, 07:32:41 PM
Quote from: vtk on September 01, 2016, 02:06:16 PM
Same way a person can use their face to hit another person's fist.

I rather like that German has a word for this: backpfeifengesicht.

Say that out loud to someone and they'll be using their face to obstruct the flow of your saliva.  :-D
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: roadman on September 02, 2016, 02:04:49 PM
Quote from: mass_citizen on July 19, 2016, 01:54:09 AM
Wonder if that patch is retroreflective?

Unlikely.  After all, the color is black.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: jwolfer on September 02, 2016, 06:56:02 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 17, 2016, 06:32:35 AM
County sign with a ghost of former (or possibly mistaken) usage:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc8.staticflickr.com%2F9%2F8435%2F29035204895_3083d5fe16_o.jpg&hash=9baaf7664fb7d4c967c0242ee97529b996bbb26c) (http://flic.kr/p/LeK1QX)
I saw this sign today.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: epzik8 on September 18, 2016, 06:09:23 PM
This one looks like a rotated T-intersection sign. This is Liberty Road in between Randallstown and Eldersburg, Maryland, west of Baltimore.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FNUgS0Us.jpg&hash=d730b4be3ddfab87267aa65a698a2a74f71b79e8)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: MNHighwayMan on September 19, 2016, 03:42:27 AM
Current signage at the former north junction of old MN-5 westbound and MN-120:

(https://i.imgur.com/uyoLR1a.jpg)

Prior to the turnback:

(https://i.imgur.com/qM7AbPI.jpg)

It's obvious they plastered an "OLD" banner over the original "WEST" one.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Jim on May 25, 2017, 01:10:47 PM
This "END" began life as "EXEMPT".  Murray, Utah.  November 13, 2016.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Futah-20161112-17%2F13%2FDSCF0040-800.jpg&hash=6844e31aa8b893765f672d88dd1a86e2fb73804c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Futah-20161112-17%2F13%2FDSCF0040-close.jpg&hash=a78684e69ccf524cebde44f20669762cb9b85eca)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Eth on June 23, 2017, 03:58:11 PM
These signs in Lawrenceville, GA look like they may have had a previous life in Cumming. (3/26/2017)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2F2017%2Fsign_photos%2Fga120w_ga316_overhead.jpg&hash=3cb8b6606620a6ad89f8b4e0dc5d992615edc02b)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US 89 on June 23, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Quote from: jwolfer on September 02, 2016, 06:56:02 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 17, 2016, 06:32:35 AM
County sign with a ghost of former (or possibly mistaken) usage:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc8.staticflickr.com%2F9%2F8435%2F29035204895_3083d5fe16_o.jpg&hash=9baaf7664fb7d4c967c0242ee97529b996bbb26c) (http://flic.kr/p/LeK1QX)
I saw this sign today.

Wow, that would have been a 5 character sign (2254A, maybe?).
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Big John on June 23, 2017, 04:26:01 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on June 23, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Wow, that would have been a 5 character sign (2254A, maybe?).
looks like 225-A
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: jwolfer on June 23, 2017, 09:05:42 PM
Quote from: Big John on June 23, 2017, 04:26:01 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on June 23, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Wow, that would have been a 5 character sign (2254A, maybe?).
looks like 225-A
It is 225-A.. Bradford Cou ty doesnr have 4 digit CRs

LGMS428

Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mefailenglish on September 24, 2017, 06:33:50 PM
Meant to post this a couple of months ago...Repurposed kodachrome US1 shield

(https://scontent-mia3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20108466_10214264458474608_3746905408295492013_n.jpg?oh=8020005ff7fdebdf79b0cdf1373ea21d&oe=5A41ED0C)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on October 10, 2017, 01:13:40 PM
http://www.cosmos-monitor.com/mo/main/recycled-cutout-shield.html

Recycled MO State cut-out
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: csw on October 13, 2017, 11:19:26 AM
There are chopped-up signs used for parking delegation all over downtown New Orleans. Didn't get any photos but here is an GSV example.

Royal St https://goo.gl/maps/7bhySiAxndF2

Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Max Rockatansky on October 13, 2017, 12:36:21 PM
A have recycled Stop sign that was cut into a US 4 shield in my sign collection.  I'll post a copy of the picture from my sign galley when I get a chance, my phone app doesn't want to work.  I got the sign from New Hampshire where recycling signs into US Routes is apparently a common practice. 
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on December 18, 2017, 03:30:11 PM
Cross-posting from the "worst of" thread.

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 17, 2017, 01:05:25 AM
Best worst US 101 shield ever along the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road in Big Sur:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4517/39082665701_26ff6cf25f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22xASTP)IMG_0440 (https://flic.kr/p/22xASTP) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 17, 2017, 12:24:21 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 17, 2017, 03:24:02 AM
Not only is it a shittily-made stencil, it's in friggin' Calibri, the default MS Office font.

It is actually a recycled sign from when the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road was the only access to Gorda down in Big Sur along CA 1. 

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4593/39082663641_14b84058ba_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22xAShi)IMG_0442 (https://flic.kr/p/22xAShi) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr

I suspect that Los Padres National Forest just did what they could over at Nacimiento Station with a stencil.  Really though out to order a G14, US 101, and CA 1 shield at the junction to direct traffic the correct way.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 19, 2017, 02:24:12 AM
There was a do not pass sign turned into a Speed 30 sign in a construction zone, couldn't get a good picture.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on May 01, 2018, 07:42:09 PM
Is Birmingham the leader in re-using old signage?

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/955/41820914131_43f9d494da_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26Hz7KD)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/823/41820913001_e6490b5dff_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26Hz7qa)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/12940081685_5e003b3e16_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/kHtisD)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US 89 on May 01, 2018, 10:01:22 PM
^^That US 59 sign looks like they filled in the numbers and arrows with permanent marker.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Jim on June 04, 2018, 07:28:03 AM
It seems the Texas 255 connector from I-35 to the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge used to be a toll road, but is not anymore.  As of last November, the 4th to be exact, the signs from I-35 still use the toll-style markers but the word "toll" is taped over.   And you can still read "Toll" through the yellow tape on the BGS.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20171104%2Fusetx255.jpg&hash=c379ffbc6d5868ed42198aeacade2d4c6f1e2793)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20171104%2Fexit24.jpg&hash=f50f7b213cc2b8bd8712853d511638790a538cdf)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20171104%2Fhmtotx255.jpg&hash=e2372c728ce5caee3d3e90fc746274214bd87fc0)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: jay8g on June 10, 2018, 08:38:31 PM
This sign may look like it was vandalized, but I'm pretty sure the hand-written part was actually done as a correction -- WSDOT typically uses the P suffix for pedestrian bridges, and this is one. However, very strangely, WSDOT's bridge list (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/PUBLICATIONS/MANUALS/FULLTEXT/M23-09/SR99.pdf) doesn't show a bridge 99-582 at all, with or without the P suffix.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1755/40912974890_59de01650b_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25kkG3N)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: ErmineNotyours on June 15, 2018, 12:35:37 AM
I was just reading this thread for the first time, then went through old photos and found this:

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/883/40997508790_da37283521_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25sNX2Q)Reused sign, 2009, W Fort St. & 32nd Ave W, Seattle (https://flic.kr/p/25sNX2Q) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr

They have since replaced the top sign.  It's a dead end for cars, but a through route for bikes and pedestrians.  Google Street View. (https://goo.gl/maps/CRcK3Qrw6sy)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on January 03, 2019, 01:37:16 PM
Cross-posting from another thread, because it also belongs here...

Quote from: US71 on January 02, 2019, 11:30:06 PM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7476/28987538205_5317a3b0e3_z_d.jpg)
Cattle Xing near Ft Smith, AR
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on January 03, 2019, 01:42:57 PM
Quote from: Jim on June 04, 2018, 07:28:03 AM
It seems the Texas 255 connector from I-35 to the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge used to be a toll road, but is not anymore.  As of last November, the 4th to be exact, the signs from I-35 still use the toll-style markers but the word "toll" is taped over.   And you can still read "Toll" through the yellow tape on the BGS.

Tolls on TX-255 stopped being collected in May 2017 and were later prohibited by order of SB 312, effective 09/01/2017. 

Quote from: Julia Wallace, LMTonline, 8/25/2017
Texas Rep. Richard Peña Raymond ... said the Texas Department of Transportation will take down the signs that say "Camino Colombia Toll Road" any day now.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Buck87 on January 24, 2019, 03:24:04 PM
After a railroad bridge was removed north of Norwalk, Ohio, Huron County repurposed this distant low clearance sign...

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/a8740e5c356ab91eb74875772aab310d.jpg)

VS988

Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on January 24, 2019, 03:34:55 PM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5270/5730673397_885abce4c3_z_d.jpg)
I saw this in Kansas City a few years ago. It's apparently a contractor sign that has been overlayed several times.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: chays on April 28, 2020, 02:26:35 PM
At local ballfields, an old sign was chopped up and used to help secure a new sign to the fence.

(https://i.imgur.com/FMZSX91.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: stevashe on May 29, 2020, 03:41:43 PM
This one way sign in Seattle used to be a rather large parking sign, it's now slated for replacement though so it won't be around much longer.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49949077343_280373ed88_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j6Q5uF)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: JUHSD-rvalencia on June 25, 2020, 02:01:48 AM
Daly City in my area especially John Daly Blvd, one of the signs in Univers Condensed text as supposed to the Caltrans "no right turn on red" one, reused a really old one by flipping it over. Absurd!  :angry:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on July 04, 2020, 01:35:27 PM
I noticed this while my family was walking back from the convenience store on Thursday.

Neighborhood Watch sign, repurposed as a Neighborhood Watch sign.

(https://i.imgur.com/A3BIPGq.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: ErmineNotyours on October 01, 2020, 12:11:33 AM
Reused speed limit sign, Yakima.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50403446301_d84b11fc5f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jMYQye)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Harvestman on October 02, 2020, 12:26:17 AM
Here's a real gem on the Western Hills Viaduct in Cincinnati.  Once bearing "No Left Turn 6 - 10 AM Monday thru Friday" text, it was painted over with some hand-painted lettering. 
(https://i.imgur.com/agTcAJE.jpg)
The area that this sign is guarding was once used by streetcars and has been blocked off ever since.  There are still a few intact tracks just beyond the sign.  Up until recently, there was a massive graveyard of older traffic/pedestrian signals and a few signs, but all of it has since been cleared out.
(https://i.imgur.com/aUfncOUh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CBxrS3jh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2Gn9F2dh.jpg)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: DRMan on October 06, 2020, 03:59:36 PM
This I-8 shield (formerly an I-10 shield) is even harder to read today, especially at 75 MPH.

https://goo.gl/maps/SDKdaPW6LEokh2zY7
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Pink Jazz on October 06, 2020, 09:23:54 PM
Quote from: DRMan on October 06, 2020, 03:59:36 PM
This I-8 shield (formerly an I-10 shield) is even harder to read today, especially at 75 MPH.

https://goo.gl/maps/SDKdaPW6LEokh2zY7 (https://goo.gl/maps/SDKdaPW6LEokh2zY7)


This still has the light fixtures installed.  ADOT is phasing these out as they install new signs with either type IX or XI sheeting.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: CoreySamson on October 11, 2020, 05:44:15 PM
Interesting take on a end of road sign...

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.1649789,-95.4552833,3a,15y,88.2h,86.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF9_RQaiiFqrzd_WXLrPVeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/

You seriously need to crop that fat ugly dude out of that photograph.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on October 12, 2020, 09:21:42 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/

You seriously need to crop that fat ugly dude out of that photograph.

But if he goes missing, we can use it to ID him :p
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/

You seriously need to crop that fat ugly dude out of that photograph.
Kinda fits the whole "eyesore" mood though.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on October 13, 2020, 02:19:00 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/

You seriously need to crop that fat ugly dude out of that photograph.
Kinda fits the whole "eyesore" mood though.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be offended.

(In case you didn't know, that fat ugly dude is me.)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2020, 02:32:25 PM
Which are you?

*  Altered
*  Repurposed
*  Recycled
*  Reused
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 03:15:43 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 13, 2020, 02:19:00 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/

You seriously need to crop that fat ugly dude out of that photograph.
Kinda fits the whole "eyesore" mood though.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be offended.

(In case you didn't know, that fat ugly dude is me.)
Oh. Oh Jesus Christ, I'm sorry.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on October 13, 2020, 04:34:50 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 03:15:43 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 13, 2020, 02:19:00 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
Quote from: US71 on October 11, 2020, 06:00:12 PM
This was an obvious paint-over, in addition to being an error
Even the arrow was painted over

https://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/37545782546/

You seriously need to crop that fat ugly dude out of that photograph.
Kinda fits the whole "eyesore" mood though.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be offended.

(In case you didn't know, that fat ugly dude is me.)
Oh. Oh Jesus Christ, I'm sorry.

You don't have to call me Jesus Christ. I'm nowhere near that good of a soul.

You also don't have to apologize either. I have a good sense of humor and am not above self-deprecation at times.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on October 13, 2020, 04:40:35 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 03:15:43 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
fat ugly dude

Jesus Christ

Link (https://www.deviantart.com/jw-jeong/art/Do-You-Believe-in-Jesus-327131630) (for the brave-hearted)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on October 13, 2020, 05:51:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on October 13, 2020, 04:40:35 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 13, 2020, 03:15:43 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on October 12, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
fat ugly dude

Jesus Christ

Link (https://www.deviantart.com/jw-jeong/art/Do-You-Believe-in-Jesus-327131630) (for the brave-hearted)

TFTMS
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US71 on October 14, 2020, 09:25:07 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/5270/5730673397_885abce4c3_z_d.jpg)

Construction sign has been reused multiple times.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: formulanone on October 14, 2020, 09:29:02 AM
More from Birmingham...these four on a span wire (street view might be easier to see (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5193486,-86.7803919,3a,48.2y,54.72h,96.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc_D4nbhJkCWoHLXnzryNrQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)):

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50475030352_c9fc1c037d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jUiJ11)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Billy F 1988 on October 18, 2020, 12:29:40 AM
On the left of where the previous photo's location was, I spot more reused lane assignment signage, and abandoned rail trackage.
google.com/maps/@33.5198588,-86.7803389,3a,35.4y,343.34h,112.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTLXxSFpbDyC2DxilvHmUVA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (http://google.com/maps/@33.5198588,-86.7803389,3a,35.4y,343.34h,112.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTLXxSFpbDyC2DxilvHmUVA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Harvestman on December 12, 2020, 11:04:31 PM
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on October 18, 2020, 12:29:40 AM
On the left of where the previous photo's location was, I spot more reused lane assignment signage, and abandoned rail trackage.
google.com/maps/@33.5198588,-86.7803389,3a,35.4y,343.34h,112.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTLXxSFpbDyC2DxilvHmUVA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (http://google.com/maps/@33.5198588,-86.7803389,3a,35.4y,343.34h,112.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTLXxSFpbDyC2DxilvHmUVA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Gotta love the Lovecraftian 3-headed arrow.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: index on March 10, 2021, 10:33:47 AM
Posting here after being recommended to do that in another thread, a repurposed US shield:

Quote from: index on March 10, 2021, 08:49:35 AM
It looks like the tribal government here wrote a trespassing notice or something on a US shield for this access road:
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.2913499,-80.8579749,3a,15y,33.62h,86.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svVrIAayQgsrsPChBlRRZ8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@26.2913499,-80.8579749,3a,15y,33.62h,86.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svVrIAayQgsrsPChBlRRZ8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Weird.



Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: US 89 on August 08, 2021, 09:29:30 PM
Bumping to post this great shield I found on SR 161 near Cove Fort, UT:

(https://i.imgur.com/qb9OyME.jpg)

It's cool at first glance simply because it's a very old variant of the beehive that you rarely see anymore. But it gets even cooler if you look closer at the numbers, you'll see it used to be for SR 33 ... which has not existed for 40 years. That was the original designation for the state highway between Castle Gate and Duchesne, which became part of US 191 back in 1981.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: hbelkins on September 17, 2021, 09:42:55 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51409499238_dbe7e8319c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mjT83w)2021 Western road trip Day 4 - 060 (https://flic.kr/p/2mjT83w) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

Looks like a MT 42 marker has been pasted over an existing marker here.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: LilianaUwU on September 17, 2021, 09:56:32 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 17, 2021, 09:42:55 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51409499238_dbe7e8319c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mjT83w)2021 Western road trip Day 4 - 060 (https://flic.kr/p/2mjT83w) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

Looks like a MT 42 marker has been pasted over an existing marker here.

MT 24W, which was the old number, according to Alps: https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/mt/us_2/
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: FrCorySticha on September 17, 2021, 01:05:46 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on September 17, 2021, 09:56:32 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 17, 2021, 09:42:55 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51409499238_dbe7e8319c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mjT83w)2021 Western road trip Day 4 - 060 (https://flic.kr/p/2mjT83w) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

Looks like a MT 42 marker has been pasted over an existing marker here.

MT 24W, which was the old number, according to Alps: https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/mt/us_2/

MT 24W was the old number, and apparently MDT got lazy on this sign when changing the spur route to MT 42 in 1994. At the same time, MT 13W in Wolf Point became MT 25, and any remnants of the old MT 13W disappeared completely.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Harvestman on November 04, 2021, 07:03:12 PM
I pass this clearance sign on Cincinnati-Dayton Road in Liberty Township, OH on the way back from work every morning.  Not until today did I notice that it's actually a reused construction sign!

(https://i.imgur.com/SN1LTCKh.jpg)

"Beckett [Road] north of Union Center [Boulevard] closed from May 12, 2000 for 4 days"

Bonus points for a mis-spelling: it's Union Centre Boulevard, not Union Center.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: Harvestman on December 16, 2021, 10:55:43 AM
Right in front of Paul Brown Stadium in downtown Cincinnati is this oddity...

(https://i.imgur.com/0mIi5Dth.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xTMjgl7h.jpg)

"If snow exceeds two (2) inches, all cars must be off street or towed away"

Apparently this sign is ancient enough that it predates snow emergency signs.  Really odd phrasing as well.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: LilianaUwU on March 30, 2022, 04:10:24 AM
A very obviously tacked on "1" on a shield on the Zzyzx Rd/I-15 NB onramp:

(https://i.imgur.com/ArmbnZo.png)

(Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/Ana8oaTULk3XMdKGA))
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: LilianaUwU on July 23, 2022, 08:58:36 PM
A 65 km/h curve speed plate recycled... into another 65 km/h curve speed plate:

(https://i.imgur.com/BPFlSP4.png)(https://i.imgur.com/GjQeZKy.png)

(Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/wxusMn3Uf21iFAco8))
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kirbykart on July 23, 2022, 09:49:10 PM
Quote from: epzik8 on September 18, 2016, 06:09:23 PM
This one looks like a rotated T-intersection sign. This is Liberty Road in between Randallstown and Eldersburg, Maryland, west of Baltimore.
I've seen that commonly enough near where I live, I thought it was a different version of the T-intersection sign!  :banghead:
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kirbykart on July 23, 2022, 09:57:46 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 23, 2022, 08:58:36 PM
A 65 km/h curve speed plate recycled... into another 65 km/h curve speed plate:
OK, now what is the point of that?
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mglass87 on September 22, 2023, 10:01:51 AM
https://imgur.com/IiKBVeE
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: kphoger on September 22, 2023, 10:07:00 AM
FTFY

Quote from: mglass87 on September 22, 2023, 10:01:51 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/IiKBVeE.jpeg)

Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: johnandmegh on September 22, 2023, 10:33:39 PM
I assume this sign used to be "Through Trucks Prohibited"?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9bpzka2CiBF2qvwi8

The irony here is that this street doesn't actually lead anywhere except for looping back out onto the same road a few hundred feet away. so unlike in other applications of this sign, this isn't a place where someone could cut through a sleepy residental street in between two major roads.
Title: Re: Altered, Repurposed, Recycled, Reused
Post by: mglass87 on January 09, 2024, 10:58:58 AM
An old stop sign pole with a newer stop sign pole nailed into it:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ib5m2Q6E2CkZPrFPA