Detroit - US 10 shields

Alps · July 06, 2009, 06:15:46 PM

I've heard there are several still around. Since I leave in about 36 hours for the Indy meet, where can I find some of them? (Are they all pre-1991 or whenever the change happened, or are some newly erected by the city?)

agentsteel53 · July 06, 2009, 06:23:34 PM

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=MI19550101t200100.jpg

your job to figure out the exact location. it's like a game of "name that infrastructure element"!

DanTheMan414 · July 07, 2009, 12:15:03 AM

There's a wealth of them on SB Livernois Ave. between M-102 and M-10.

agentsteel53 · July 07, 2009, 12:44:19 AM

Dan, are the ones you refer to cutouts?

there are these two as well ...

a construction error. wooden shield!

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=MI19800101t200100.jpg

also an error, but looks to be intended to be permanent:

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=MI19800102t200100.jpg

I have no idea where they are, but I remember going eastbound when taking the photos.

Hellfighter · July 07, 2009, 11:51:35 AM

There are two US-10 shields around that I have seen. One's at 8 Mile Eastbound approaching Livernois, and the other's on Westbound Davison at Wyoming Avenue.

agentsteel53 · July 07, 2009, 12:13:10 PM

can you get photos? US-10s are always good to see, even if they are not cutouts. I'm nowhere near Detroit so I can't do it myself ...

DanTheMan414 · July 07, 2009, 05:31:13 PM

Steve (AlpsRoads) is going to be in town next week. That might be as good a time as any...

By the way, there is still at least 1 old school cutout US 10 shield (along with vintage I-75 (MI) shield) on EB Trumbull immediately before the SB I-75 Service Drive. There might still be one (old cutout US 10 shield) on the NB I-75 Service Drive north of Trumbull, but that I'm not sure about.

agentsteel53 · July 07, 2009, 05:42:43 PM

Dan, I saw those in April, 2008... the link I posted was to them. Just in front of Tiger Stadium.

interstate696 · July 28, 2009, 01:19:12 AM

yeah i live right off that discommised duplex of US-10 and I have not seen any evidence, that would be cool to see the duplex on my daily commute, more signs = more power

Stephane Dumas · July 28, 2009, 07:35:37 PM

I spotted on the following link this vintage
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/general/musclecars-ads.shtml this vintage picture showing a US-10 shield on Woodward Avenue

agentsteel53 · July 28, 2009, 08:53:52 PM

excellent! 1968 photo. *yanks it*

thenetwork · July 28, 2009, 11:19:21 PM

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 28, 2009, 08:53:52 PM
excellent! 1968 photo. *yanks it*

I miss them old white-on-black wooden Michigan signs!!! It took until the early-to-mid-80s to convert most of those BB(lack)Ss to BGSs -- at least in SE MI.

agentsteel53 · July 28, 2009, 11:43:19 PM

there are a couple of black signs floating around still ... I forget where this one is but I found it in 2006:

just down the street is its companion:

Hellfighter · July 29, 2009, 12:02:13 AM

Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 28, 2009, 07:35:37 PM
I spotted on the following link this vintage
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/general/musclecars-ads.shtml this vintage picture showing a US-10 shield on Woodward Avenue

Nice find!

Alps · July 29, 2009, 07:54:44 PM

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 28, 2009, 11:43:19 PM
there are a couple of black signs floating around still ... I forget where this one is but I found it in 2006:

Appears to be in Evergreen Shores just north of St. Ignace. W. Lant Rd. SB at/just past the I-75 SB onramp from the BL.

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