Semi-Circular Banners

[Dirt Roads]

Oh, and it's the Mountain Parkway.  No nicknames for that.

Around here, it's "the parkway" and some even call it "the toll road" even though the tolls have been off for 35 years.

So no one calls it the Combs Parkway?

Practically everyone around here call it the Mountain Parkway - and that's how it's written in local papers and media outlets, so the name just stuck around.

All of this discussion about the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway reminded me of the semi-circular banners over top of circular cutouts:



I remember seeing only the Mountain Parkway signs at first, then the "Bert T. Combs" banners were added in the 1970s.  I seem to recall other highways that had semi-circular banners as well.

Admins:  Topics about signage generally appear in the Traffic Control board, but since this particular instance has nothing to do with "traffic" or "control" I shoved the topic over here.  Feel free to give me a bump, if needed. 

[Scott5114]

Generally, sign stuff goes in Traffic Control because signs are "traffic control devices"...even when they don't really try to control traffic, like state line signs.