I went over to Liverpool yesterday to pick up a computer I won on eBay, and I have a few things to report from the trip:
I saw my first yellow "YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSWALK" in-road sign in Elbridge. I thought that pedestrian signs in this area weren't even made using yellow anymore.
NY 695 has all new signage north of Gerelock Road. One thing that stuck out to me was the new I-690 West exit BGS. The sign is closer to being a square, similar to the one on the left on
the old sign bridge. The new 690 West sign is basically identical to the old one. The "EXIT ONLY" panel on the new sign was the first time I've seen the up/right arrow used in the "EXIT ONLY" area. It read "EXIT [arrow] ONLY". The BGS is also on a new sign bridge spanning the entire highway, along with a new "Gerelock Rd./EXIT ½ MILE" sign above the southbound lanes. The
mini overhead "Gerelock Rd." sign before the exit has been replaced by a ground-mounted sign. I don't remember if the
overhead "EXIT" sign at the gore was there or not.
The blue mile markers that were installed sometime around 2002 (someone correct me if I'm wrong) on NY 5, NY 695, and I-690 have been replaced with MUTCD-compliant green ones.
Street View imagery from July 2011 shows the old mile markers.
Option lanes at exit ramps and lane splits in the area have been repainted to be dotted, but they didn't remove or black out the old paint.
When we exited I-690 at John Glenn Blvd., I saw my first
"sideways" added lane sign. Just after the merge, I noticed that
the railroad crossing had 8 inch lenses.
Around the intersection of John Glenn Blvd. and CR 57, there are (imo ugly) non-cutout CR 57 shields, along with directional banners that are probably half as high as they should be. They look more like street blades than directional banners. As an aside, I think that the the "JCT CR 57" shield on John Glenn Blvd. eastbound is way too close to the intersection. I also saw a left turn arrow with a "LEFT TURN SIGNAL" sign. There may be more, but I only saw one.
On the way home, I saw a VMS advertising the upcoming
I-81 Challenge public meeting.