photos of old signs on the internet

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thefraze_1020

Corco has a picture of it on his site, on the page for UT-76.

Quote from: jakeroot on September 30, 2020, 07:27:04 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on September 27, 2020, 03:17:32 AM
This rare Utah button‐copy Rest Area wayfinder is still standing.  This at I-70.Exit 86:

https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/GwRbxmUtM9wN

Like the rest area itself, it has probably remained untouched since the 80s.

You would need to save the photo and upload it elsewhere for us to see that after 24 hours (since the link has now expired).
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Kniwt

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives: "In April 1958, state highway workers installed a sign identifying the Interregional as part of the Ozark Expressway, later known as Interstate 55. The view is looking north."

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/history/a-look-back-1950s-expressway-gave-a-taste-of-a-bigger-system-to-come/article_712bd135-dc0b-51b7-a6d8-f83701058e35.html


NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

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Harvestman

A couple neat old shots of I-75 signage in Northern Kentucky, courtesy of the Kenton County Public Library:

I believe this is where exit 189 (Fort Wright/Park Hills) currently is, but it looks completely different today.  "Lookout Heights" is something I've never seen on any area signage.

https://facesandplaces.kentonlibrary.org/viewimage.php?i=di05609&x=f

How quaint! Look at that adorable four-lane highway with grassy knolls next to the exits and "Kentucky" on the shield (where's the other one??).  Obviously a hell of a lot different nowadays.

https://facesandplaces.kentonlibrary.org/viewimage.php?i=di05610&x=f

hbelkins

Overhead lighting structures. Don't think I ever saw those in Kentucky. There are still a few gantries with remnants of underneath lights, but they obviously are no longer functional.


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Scott5114

Series D (or is that C?) on the capital F and W, Series E(M) on the rest of "Fort Wright". What?
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hbelkins

Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2021, 02:10:21 AM
Series D (or is that C?) on the capital F and W, Series E(M) on the rest of "Fort Wright". What?

I think that's either a function of camera angle, or the sign possibly being bent a little backwards on the left edge.


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Scott5114

Quote from: hbelkins on October 04, 2021, 09:12:43 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2021, 02:10:21 AM
Series D (or is that C?) on the capital F and W, Series E(M) on the rest of "Fort Wright". What?

I think that's either a function of camera angle, or the sign possibly being bent a little backwards on the left edge.

Here it is perspective-corrected.


Still pretty sure that's a series mismatch. Note how much thinner the strokes on the F and W are than the other characters.
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kurumi

#808
EDIT: the reddit thread OP deleted the post and the imgur pic, so unfortunately there's nothing to see now.

Reddit thread about Blue Angels landing at Moffett Field, with all 3 northbound lanes of US 101 (Mountain View, CA) stopped: https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/q5pm72/moffett_field_1970s_photo_by_gary_fong/

Technically, the Ellis St sign is old (and gone), but the 237 sign is still up: https://goo.gl/maps/gcZAzFtpsK6J2F6MA
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Bruce

From the WSDOT Archives:

Installing the first state route shields on SR 512 after the 1964 highway renumbering. The left sign might say "To U.S. 99".



And an "arch of signs" made for the opening of the Kent Freeway (SR 167):


Bruce

Neon signs in the Mount Baker Tunnel (US 10 in Seattle), 1940:


jakeroot

Quote from: Bruce on October 14, 2021, 02:22:06 AM
From the WSDOT Archives:

Installing the first state route shields on SR 512 after the 1964 highway renumbering. The left sign might say "To U.S. 99".



Is that really a spelling error? ('hTe'.)

That's pretty cool to see. I always wondered if SSH 5G was signed or not, since the renumbering occurred prior to so much of WA-512's construction.

Bruce

Quote from: jakeroot on October 15, 2021, 10:34:57 PM
Quote from: Bruce on October 14, 2021, 02:22:06 AM
From the WSDOT Archives:

Installing the first state route shields on SR 512 after the 1964 highway renumbering. The left sign might say "To U.S. 99".



Is that really a spelling error? ('hTe'.)

That's pretty cool to see. I always wondered if SSH 5G was signed or not, since the renumbering occurred prior to so much of WA-512's construction.

It was signed, but mostly on 112th and other streets. The freeway section west of Steele was already complete by 1964, though.

Bruce


Bruce

A painting depicting the installation of a US 40 marker in Ohio, made by Carl Rakeman (the BPR artist of the time).



Source: FHWA, via WTTW

NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

formulanone

#817
Tennessee State line sign, circa 1969:


Tennessee by Edward Hand, on Flickr

Many more older state line signs, towards the end of the album's fifth page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130975381@N03/albums/72157651348480552/page5

TheGrassGuy

Quote from: formulanone on August 21, 2022, 08:34:03 PM
Tennessee State line sign, circa 1969:


Tennessee by Edward Hand, on Flickr

Many more older state line signs, towards the end of the album's fifth page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130975381@N03/albums/72157651348480552/page5
Is the mini flag on the bottom right a Confederate symbol, perchance? :hmmm:
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formulanone

Quote from: TheGrassGuy on August 21, 2022, 09:19:24 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 21, 2022, 08:34:03 PM
Tennessee State line sign, circa 1969:


Tennessee by Edward Hand, on Flickr

Many more older state line signs, towards the end of the album's fifth page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130975381@N03/albums/72157651348480552/page5
Is the mini flag on the bottom right a Confederate symbol, perchance? :hmmm:

It's their state flag...

kurumi

Overhead sign at the (at the time) CT 2/17 split in Glastonbury, from the June 1956 Highway Department "Cuts and Fills" newsletter:



This is now CT 17 southbound at the left exit to New London Turnpike eastbound. The Turnpike became SR 582 when CT 2 was relocated in 1964, but is a town road now. There have been rumblings about decreasing the interchange footprint to a diamond to free up some land.

The sign is white on a blue background; letters and numbers are porcelainized. Later the sign will be illuminated.
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kurumi

Snowy street scene of Route 25/109 intersection (now US 202 and CT 209; street view) in Bantam, 1942. Zoom in for some nice classic 25 and 109 route markers (shown below; but the complete photo is at the Reddit link).



https://www.reddit.com/r/Connecticut/comments/4hxzs8/bantam_connecticut_the_business_section_of_bantam/

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kurumi

Oil truck under overpass after hitting interstate signs, Hartford, February 7, 1969 (Hartford Times; hosted at CT Digital Archive)

Truck takes down a sign bridge on I-84 EB right before the incomplete interchange at I-91 (the famous Morgan Street exit to 91 north)
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