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Started by CanesFan27, September 20, 2009, 03:01:17 PM

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CanesFan27

Have you thought about going out yourself on a Saturday and looking?  After all it's only about 2-3 hour drive from Pittsburgh.


rickmastfan67

Quote from: CanesFan27 on November 10, 2010, 04:03:49 PM
Have you thought about going out yourself on a Saturday and looking?  After all it's only about 2-3 hour drive from Pittsburgh.

I'd love to go down there, but have stuff that needs to be done on the weekends. :(

hbelkins

Quote from: rickmastfan67 on November 09, 2010, 10:28:51 PM

Key word there is "plan".  I just want 100% conformation that it will(is) posted all the way to VA. ;)   Can't hurt to be safe before WV US-48 is put online.

Hopefully I will be able to give you a report tomorrow evening, as I plan to drive the new route tomorrow on my way to the Northeast. I'll probably be doing real-time updating on my Millennium Highway Facebook page so feel free to check it out if you can't wait to check here tomorrow.  :-D


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

hbelkins

I can report that US 48 is fully signed along WV 55. There is only one assembly that the US 48 sign is missing from, and that's the WV 55/WV 259 assembly just as you rejoin the old alignment outside Wardensville.

Going east into Virginia, there is only one US 48 sign, and that's at the state line. There are no more between there and I-81. Westbound, however, there are several.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

agentsteel53

are any of the 48 shields made to '61 spec?  (classic shield shape, usually with Series C number)
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hbelkins

Virginia's are, I believe. WV, not so much. I did get plenty of pics.


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agentsteel53

cool!  would like to see an example.  hell, even a '70 spec (bloater shield) from WV is going to be a necessary thing on the shield gallery because right now we don't have a US-48 shield for either state.

(or for Maryland, for that matter.)
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froggie

West Virginia's use D-series font.

agentsteel53

WV's been using the fatter shield shape for a while now.



note the two different shield shapes.
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mightyace

^^^

Is that US 277 an error shield?
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agentsteel53

no, it is correctly identifying US-277.  It just happens to be made to 1961 spec, complete with Series A font.
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CanesFan27

Brian Powell has a photo of a US 48 shield on his flickr site (alas I am at work and can't access it) but it is the same as that Oklahoma 62.

mightyace

Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 12, 2010, 01:06:15 PM
no, it is correctly identifying US-277.  It just happens to be made to 1961 spec, complete with Series A font.

I am sorry, I was assuming to picture was in WV!  I should have known better as I don't think there's anywhere that flat in that state.  :banghead:
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agentsteel53

heh, 62 also misses WV to the best of my knowledge.
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agentsteel53

Quote from: CanesFan27 on November 12, 2010, 01:23:24 PM
Brian Powell has a photo of a US 48 shield on his flickr site (alas I am at work and can't access it) but it is the same as that Oklahoma 62.

the '70 spec shields aren't exactly critical.  if I somehow fail to put one up, I won't really object.
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CanesFan27


agentsteel53

dang.  Not critical.  I'll likely run across US48 next week so if I'll grab a photo.  Here's hoping I can find a '61.
live from sunny San Diego.

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froggie

You won't.  All the US 48 shields are in the same format as the one in the photo.

agentsteel53

Quote from: froggie on November 17, 2010, 01:15:36 PM
You won't.  All the US 48 shields are in the same format as the one in the photo.


damn. 

I know WV just recently put up a bunch of '57-spec I-64 shields.  Maybe they'll perform a similar act with US-48 randomly?
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hbelkins

All of Virginia's posted US 48 shields look like this:




Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

agentsteel53

that'll do.  that is almost '61 spec!  that is the Virginia number-only cutout that was first introduced around 1956 (slightly different shape than the classic 1926 that appears on the '61 spec shields) and now it shows up on the black square.  good job Virginia not using ugly shields!
live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

hbelkins

There are several of those 48/55 assemblies heading west from I-81 toward the state line, but only one corresponding eastbound assembly, just past the state line as you cross from WV into VA.

At least WV's US 48 shields don't look like this butt-ugly example, which can be found all over the Mountain State:





Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

agentsteel53

gotta love it.  Alabama has similarly wretched designs.

live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

mightyace

^^^

In your example, the US shield's deficiencies are overshadowed by the horrible 3-digit AL state highway sign.

To me, that shape looks more like you just used the lower half of Alabama rather than stretching the state shape.
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