Something of a particular state’s highways your sad to see go

[roadman65]

https://www.aaroads.com/pa/078/i-078-e-exit-040-4.jpg
This photo courtesy of AA Roads shows a type of overpass that was quite common once within the commonwealth of PA.  Sadly, what I used to find fascinating that these design structures built similar to railroad overpasses, is now being phased out for the more conventional type of overpass.

I know, things get old and outlive their service life, but I hate to see a part of roadding history go at the same time.

[Quillz]

Button copy is becoming less and less common in California as signs get replaced. I particularly will miss this style of button copy shields:

Aesthetically, I think the thicker border combined with the thinner crossbar looks really nice. This style dates back to at least the 1970s or so, if not older.

[1995hoo]

[hotdogPi]

Flashing green lights in Massachusetts, although they're not entirely gone. In my opinion, they should be used when there's a pedestrian crossing not at an intersection, although some of the current flashing greens are at intersections.

I don't live in flashing green territory, but the pushbutton on the nearest three-headed flashing yellow to me doesn't work.

[NWI_Irish96]

I was sad to see all the short urban/suburban state highways in Indiana get decommissioned, like 73, 112, 123, 131, 141, 219, 431, 435

I get that INDOT needs to focus more on inter-regional connections, but it would be nice if they could work out a way to have locally maintained roads still signed as state highways.

[zachary_amaryllis]

Wooden signposts in Colorado, being replaced by those godawful yellow things.

[Big John]

Trombone arms in Wisconsin.

[Hobart]

Chicagoland trombone trusses.

[hbelkins]

The square signs that Kentucky used for its three- and four-digit state routes up until the 1970s.

Now even District 12 (Pikeville), which was the last holdout for using the circles-in-squares signs for four-digit routes, is using the wider oval-or-ellipse-in-rectangle signs for the four-digit routes and wider shields-in-rectangles for US 119 and US 460.

I'm not OCD, but the uniform square signs make for cleaner looking assemblies.

In West Virginia, the "delta" routes and the old-style county route markers -- all-cap lettering with a white outlined circle and white numbers with the inside of the circle being green like the rest of the sign.

[Max Rockatansky]

Button copy is becoming less and less common in California as signs get replaced. I particularly will miss this style of button copy shields:

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Aesthetically, I think the thicker border combined with the thinner crossbar looks really nice. This style dates back to at least the 1970s or so, if not older.

Came here to say the same thing.  I love the aesthetic of button copy and find modern vinyl signage boring to look at. 

[mgk920]

The thiin black outlines around route shields on BGSes in Iowa.

Mike

[mgk920]

    Trombone arms in Wisconsin.


Munis can and still do use them.  Appleton just repaved a major street in its downtown area this past summer (Appleton St) and ALL of its signalized intersections got them.   They look really nice.

Mike

[mgk920]

Chicagoland trombone trusses.

But Wiscosin's have those horizontal signal heads. 

Mike

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota's three-post setup with the diagonal wind brace for standalone ground signs. Still more than a few around but actively being replaced with the single rectangular post in many spots.

[Takumi]

Large one-piece sign assemblies. A lot of independent cities still do them, but they've become very rare in VDOT-maintained jurisdictions.

[kphoger]

Minnesota's three-post setup with the diagonal wind brace for standalone ground signs. Still more than a few around but actively being replaced with the single rectangular post in many spots.

I didn't realize those were going away.

[KCRoadFan]

    Trombone arms in Wisconsin.


Munis can and still do use them.  Appleton just repaved a major street in its downtown area this past summer (Appleton St) and ALL of its signalized intersections got them.   They look really nice.

Mike

When I was in Madison this summer, I saw a lot of them there - although I'm not sure if they're new installs or pre-existing ones.

[JoePCool14]

Wooden signposts in Colorado, being replaced by those godawful yellow things.

IDOT does the same thing. So many of their posts are yellow and they look awful. Especially on signs with conflicting colors like green or blue.

[Bruce]

The black-background shields in Idaho, as well as their brown variant for scenic routes. They look much better than their replacements (which are still being phased in).

[Roadgeekteen]

I will always have nostalgia for the old exit numbers in Massachusetts.

[JoePCool14]

Another one to add for Wisconsin, I'll miss the wooden uni-signs. They've now switched over to using sheet metal in an effort to be more sustainable, but the wooden signs just felt so right. I wouldn't be surprised to see a reversal to the policy one day when wood becomes the more "sustainable" hot topic.

[skluth]

I miss the old rural roadsides. I remember them along several highways in Wisconsin when I was younger. They typically weren't much - a couple picnic tables and maybe an outhouse with parking for 4-6 cars - but they were great for a picnic when traveling along the old two-lane highways. I remember my mom packing sandwiches and we'd stop to eat at one on our way to campgrounds "Up North" or on our periodic vacation trips to Mackinac Island.

[kphoger]

Wayside picnic areas are only useful if there's a bathroom.

[Avalanchez71]

I miss the Tennessee Scenic Highway auxiliary signs that were posted along scenic highways throughout the state.  They had the larger ones and then the small reassurance ones.
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/traffic-engineering/TN-Supplement%20to%20Highway%20Signs%202018%20final.pdf

[kphoger]

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/traffic-engineering/TN-Supplement%20to%20Highway%20Signs%202018%20final.pdf

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