The Clearview thread

[jdb1234]

One more clearview sign:


On an interesting note the previous sign here only mentioned Highland Ave and not Arlington Ave.

[joseph1723]

Here's one of the latest Toronto clearview sign in my area:


Which replaced this one with a cut off portion during mid-late 2009:

In my opinion I like the spacing on the older sign better.
(picture from google streetview)

[LeftyJR]

I was out last night in an area where both Cleaview and FHWA fonts are signed (Central PA) while it was snowing, I've determined that Clearview is easier to read in the dark and/or in bad weather.  It pains me to say it, but Clearview is growing on me.

The e and t (e's look like o's and t's look like other tall letters) are much easier to read imo.

[mightyace]

I <GASP> spotted the first Clearview signs in Tennessee.

Actually realized is the correct word in that I've passed these signs dozens of times without realizing it.  (Denial I guess.  )

They are at one, possibly two intersections in Franklin, TN traffic lights for the street names.  (BTW The street signs in Franklin have multiple fonts depending on where they are.)

Since this appears to be a city installation, the BGSs maintained by TDOT are safe for now.

I'll get and post a picture as soon as I can.

[codyg1985]

^ I think the street name sign for McEwen Drive off of I-65 sports Clearview.

[jdb1234]

Here is the blue clearview service sign along Corridor X mentioned earlier.

[mightyace]

^ I think the street name sign for McEwen Drive off of I-65 sports Clearview.

I'll take a closer look the next time I'm by that way.  (might even be an hour or so from now)  The signs on McEwen Drive itself are also maintained by the city of Franklin.

There's also a few unisigns there and downtown I need to grab images of.

EDIT:
I didn't have time to stop today, but I did give it a look see as I went by and I think you may be right.  However, the size of the letters for the street name relative to the sign size is smaller than the one at Hillsboro Rd. and DelRio Pike.

[Michael]

NYSDOT posted Clearview signs for Half Acre Road just west of Auburn in an intersection reconstruction this past fall.    I hope it's an isolated incident.

[vdeane]

Is it at least better looking than the ones on the Thruway?

[Android]

Here's another Wyoming before/after Clearview animation I just made up.  Not the same exact same sign, but the same business loop (one has been replaced, the other has not)  This one doesn't bother me very much, but I do wish the 135 was in FHWA numerals and not Clearview. 

-Andy

[shoptb1]

Here's another Wyoming before/after Clearview animation I just made up.  Not the same exact same sign, but the same business loop (one has been replaced, the other has not)  This one doesn't bother me very much, but I do wish the 135 was in FHWA numerals and not Clearview. 

-Andy

I still like the Clearview text best although I would agree that I'm not crazy about the numerals.  Especially the 135. 

[mightyace]

I still like the Clearview text best although I would agree that I'm not crazy about the numerals.  Especially the 135. 

The Clearview 135 is the only part of that sign that I like better.

[Android]

lol, well to each their own, but having a white FHWA shield in that Loop I-25 and a Clearview exit number 135 just clash for me.  And I definatetly do NOT want to see shields in Clearview!   

[vdeane]

For some reason I don't mind the Clearview numerals, though I agree they shouldn't be on shields.  But why the exit number change on that sign?

Also, could you possibly put them side-by-side instead of using an animated GIF?  My brain prefers more than half a second to compare differences.

[Android]

I said it previously, it's not actually the same sign - it's the same business loop, different signs.   They replaced the northbound sign a few years ago (one of the first CV signs I'd seen in WY) but not the southbound one.  I was playing around with a new camera the other day and got a nice clear shot of the NB one, so I decided to go out and get a pic of the SB one yesterday to see how it compared.  It was so similar that making that animated gif out of it was easy.  It was only because they were so similar that I animated it.  I try to save bandwidth all the time and I could have posted those individually with half the file size.

Actually, I was also thinking earlier that half second lag was too short, and was going to change it to longer.  (Which I just did, to 1.5 seconds - however it may not load that way if your computer or server caches images.)  

[Riverside Frwy]

The numbers definitely look better when they are not on the shields.Still love the Clearview letters though.

[Android]

Okay, here's another photo, but no animation this time!

Last year, I posted the following to the misc.transport.road newsgroup, if it looks familiar to you.   

=========================

That brings me to this topic.....  When an Exit/gore sign at milepost
25, on NB WY I-25 got ran over a few months ago, I figured I'd
be seeing a fugly Clearview replacement.  It took a while, during
which there was just an orange cone standing in for it, but a couple
of days ago I finally saw the new sign.  Sure enough.... Clearview,
yech.


Anyway, that particular gore sign location is signficant to me because I
happened to get some photos of it a few years ago, when it was still a
1992-vintage sign that was much larger than it needed to be .  Then,
that got replaced in 2006 ago with a more appropriate/typical sign.  And now
in 2009, it's an ugly Clearview one.   *sigh*

(and please, leave Al Gore out of this)

so..... Once Upon A Time there were Three Gores (signs), One was a Big
Gore, one was an Little Gore  and one was and Ugly Gore.....  Here's
photos of all three:

[Michael]

^^ I like the first one the best.

[Alex]

I noted the use of Clearview on a blue services sign along Interstate 10 westbound in Tallahassee yesterday. This is the first instance of Clearview outside the OOCEA or a local municipality (There are some internally lit street signs in Pensacola that use Clearview now as well) that I have observed.

[wandering drive]

As one might expect, the Illinois Tollway north of Rockford uses Clearview for the signs it replaced.  One thing I didn't notice until today was the US-51 shield... in Clearview.  I don't have a picture, but it looks like whoever made the sign made sure that the "hat" on the 1 was extra long.  Not a pleasant thing to see while dodging semis and Illinois drivers.

[Brandon]

As one might expect, the Illinois Tollway north of Rockford uses Clearview for the signs it replaced.  One thing I didn't notice until today was the US-51 shield... in Clearview.  I don't have a picture, but it looks like whoever made the sign made sure that the "hat" on the 1 was extra long.  Not a pleasant thing to see while dodging semis and Illinois drivers.

Somebody in the Naperville sign shop screwed up.  I've noticed they like to go for a bit of experimentation every now and then.

[Scott5114]

Really? All of the US-51 shields from Rockford I have show FHWA numerals.

[wandering drive]

The shield I saw was a reassurance shield heading NB just north of State St.

[codyg1985]

Hawaii uses Ciearview on some of its new signs.

[Stojko]

I actually like Clearview... it looks more fresh to me. Newfoundland's replaced some signs with it, I've noticed a few of the exit signs on Pitts Memorial Drive (Route 2) in St. John's have been converted but other than that most of the new signs I've saw are just replacing signs that were very, very, very old and damaged (quite a few of those in this province, unfortunately).

I don't like the mix of the old style and Clearview though, on some highways one sign is Clearview, the next isn't and sometimes two signs are together with one Clearview and one not... that looks horrible, all or nothing for me.