photos of old signs on the internet

Hellfighter · July 17, 2009, 11:35:10 AM

Quote from: US71 on July 17, 2009, 08:54:23 AM
What is (or was) a dim out zone?

Maybe a dense fog area?

mightyace · July 17, 2009, 12:12:07 PM

Quote from: US71 on July 17, 2009, 08:54:23 AM
What is (or was) a dim out zone?

If that photo is from WWII, it could be an area near the coast where you're supposed to dim your headlights for security reasons. (i.e. So that you wouldn't be seen by a Japanese sub or airplane.)

xonhulu · July 18, 2009, 12:32:06 AM

Quote from: mightyace on July 17, 2009, 12:12:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on July 17, 2009, 08:54:23 AM
What is (or was) a dim out zone?

If that photo is from WWII, it could be an area near the coast where you're supposed to dim your headlights for security reasons. (i.e. So that you wouldn't be seen by a Japanese sub or airplane.)

Probably. Fort Stephens just north of this location was actually shelled by a Japanese sub during WWII. This photo is from just south of Seaside OR and you can stay inland by taking OR 2 (now US 26) and OR 53 (together these make up the old alignment of US 101 between Seaside and Nehalem).

Hellfighter · July 21, 2009, 10:59:53 PM

BigMattFromTexas · July 21, 2009, 11:37:15 PM

I took a better picture of my US 277 sign

Hellfighter · July 22, 2009, 05:36:22 PM

US71 · July 22, 2009, 05:50:37 PM

Not sure of the age on this one, but it's no longer there.

Hellfighter · July 22, 2009, 06:29:40 PM

US71 · July 22, 2009, 07:06:57 PM

Hellfighter · July 22, 2009, 07:08:05 PM

US71 · July 22, 2009, 07:11:30 PM

Hellfighter · July 22, 2009, 07:15:59 PM

agentsteel53 · July 22, 2009, 10:08:25 PM

where on earth do you find all these old sign photos??

florida · July 23, 2009, 03:23:26 AM

Yeah, really!

US71 · July 23, 2009, 10:58:49 AM

From www.lincolnhighwayoh.com

I used to have a site bookmarked with all sorts of old Ohio signs, but can't find it.

Hellfighter · July 26, 2009, 11:11:32 PM

I just took this one on Friday...

agentsteel53 · July 27, 2009, 12:16:11 AM

now that is a find right there!

can we have it for the shield gallery? the only MI I-275 shield we have is hanging on someone's wall

Hellfighter · July 27, 2009, 12:28:59 PM

Why, yes you can!

Alps · July 27, 2009, 08:04:32 PM

Wish I knew of that one two weeks ago!

Mapmikey · July 30, 2009, 12:22:10 PM

Someone earlier in this thread asked about I-85 shields with "Virginia" on them...

There was still at least 1 up in 2007 in Petersburg. I do not remember exactly which intersection this was...

Mapmikey

agentsteel53 · July 30, 2009, 02:51:01 PM

nice find! can we yank the 85/95 for the shield gallery? the only VA I-85 shield photo we have was taken in 1986.

Mapmikey · July 31, 2009, 11:23:55 AM

you have my permission to use any photo I have taken and published on the web, credited to me or the Virginia hwys Project...

Mapmikey

florida · August 02, 2009, 03:10:38 PM

These were in the Fort Drum Service Plaza.

Alex · August 02, 2009, 05:04:39 PM

Don't know if they are still there, but there are some old black and white photos hanging up in Concord Mall in Delaware that show the rural U.S. 202. One of the photos has a Delaware US 202 cutout in it.

I love the signals in that 1st Florida pic!

xonhulu · August 02, 2009, 05:51:32 PM

Here's something I found in Miles City, MT a few years back:

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