State-named interstate shields

Started by Mergingtraffic, May 06, 2014, 09:02:15 PM

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route17fan

(NY) Rochester, NY is still a state-named shield mecca! This link is to a shield that is still there - it's out of the way but still kickin'!

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1578082,-77.6290459,3a,20.8y,194.9h,84.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sho27-iJ-OazEYPcCcFd7tA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
John Krakoff - Cleveland, Ohio


formulanone

Found a rare North Carolina I-40 shield in The Triangle...




Mapmikey

Anybody know if these two sets of I-75 Michigan shields and M134 cutouts are still around?

https://goo.gl/maps/bL1m95oCXPr
https://goo.gl/maps/ydAJeBf9V5E2

slorydn1

Quote from: formulanone on March 06, 2018, 09:33:28 AM
Found a rare North Carolina I-40 shield in The Triangle...






So I really haven't been going as crazy as I was beginning to think I was. I have been searching all over the state for one so I could prove they actually existed and I was beginning to think I dreamed it up when I said that I had seen state named shields in NC within the last 20 years. You sir have found the unicorn and I salute you!
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Mapmikey

Quote from: slorydn1 on March 14, 2018, 12:59:40 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 06, 2018, 09:33:28 AM
Found a rare North Carolina I-40 shield in The Triangle...





So I really haven't been going as crazy as I was beginning to think I was. I have been searching all over the state for one so I could prove they actually existed and I was beginning to think I dreamed it up when I said that I had seen state named shields in NC within the last 20 years. You sir have found the unicorn and I salute you!

As of last summer there were still state-named I-85 shields in the City of Durham
https://goo.gl/maps/rF9bmn91okA2
https://goo.gl/maps/jFLcMUQiy2A2
https://goo.gl/maps/LBAsmywvcoF2

formulanone

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Quote from: Mapmikey on March 14, 2018, 06:34:10 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on March 14, 2018, 12:59:40 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 06, 2018, 09:33:28 AM
Found a rare North Carolina I-40 shield in The Triangle...





So I really haven't been going as crazy as I was beginning to think I was. I have been searching all over the state for one so I could prove they actually existed and I was beginning to think I dreamed it up when I said that I had seen state named shields in NC within the last 20 years. You sir have found the unicorn and I salute you!

As of last summer there were still state-named I-85 shields in the City of Durham
https://goo.gl/maps/rF9bmn91okA2
https://goo.gl/maps/jFLcMUQiy2A2
https://goo.gl/maps/LBAsmywvcoF2

Oooh, going to save those for my next visit.

Here's the link to the one I found; not vintage spec, but unusual enough.

Mapmikey

Quote from: formulanone on March 14, 2018, 07:59:53 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on March 14, 2018, 06:34:10 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on March 14, 2018, 12:59:40 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 06, 2018, 09:33:28 AM
Found a rare North Carolina I-40 shield in The Triangle...





So I really haven't been going as crazy as I was beginning to think I was. I have been searching all over the state for one so I could prove they actually existed and I was beginning to think I dreamed it up when I said that I had seen state named shields in NC within the last 20 years. You sir have found the unicorn and I salute you!

As of last summer there were still state-named I-85 shields in the City of Durham
https://goo.gl/maps/rF9bmn91okA2
https://goo.gl/maps/jFLcMUQiy2A2
https://goo.gl/maps/LBAsmywvcoF2

Oooh, going to save those for my next visit.

Here's the link to the one I found; not vintage spec, but unusual enough.

Also this one for I-40 nearby:
https://goo.gl/maps/Mg19Sqk4kWn

CanesFan27

Got them a while back. I'll add the bbcode vs. A link when I get home.

https://flic.kr/p/cfjwz5 - I-40 NC shield at the NC 55 interchange.

Older i85 shield at the end of 55 in Durham.
https://flic.kr/p/8jpsXj

ethanhopkin14


cjk374

Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.

roadfro

Quote from: cjk374 on March 17, 2018, 06:46:48 AM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on March 15, 2018, 04:04:22 PM
Has anyone mentioned this gem from Las Vegas:

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.063349,-115.1722876,3a,16.9y,126.26h,89.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFwt_aQ1op354nh9RApvGOw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Kinda opposite of the thread but worthy of mention.

That is a new one for me. Interesting.

There were several of these installed with the initial segment of I-215 in Las Vegas (I-15 to Warm Springs Road) in the mid 1990s, both on the mainline and at a few intersecting locations. These were also notable for using 2DI shield specs. The AARoads pages on I-215 have a few of these documented.

I'm fairly certain most of them have been replaced by now (the linked one above might be the last one left).
Roadfro - AARoads Pacific Southwest moderator since 2010, Nevada roadgeek since 1983.

csw

Some new (in the last few years) Indiana I-70 shields have appeared at the Holt Rd interchange approach. https://goo.gl/maps/HwBamdG1xu92

PHLBOS

GPS does NOT equal GOD

US 89

Quote from: PHLBOS on March 22, 2018, 01:05:44 PM
From Roadsguy2's post in the Daily Picture Challenge thread, this one's appears to be a fairly new installation:

Quote from: roadguy2 on March 21, 2018, 04:00:23 PM

That was installed in 2015 when that section of I-15 was reconstructed.

Actually, almost every Interstate shield installed by UDOT since around 2013 has included the state name. Before then, Utah had exactly zero state-named shields.

thefraze_1020

Not sure if this has been posted already, but I found this gem last October while walking a side street in Olympia:
20171020_205019_1 by Cameron Frazer, on Flickr
Alright, this is how it's gonna be!

jakeroot

Quote from: thefraze_1020 on April 13, 2018, 09:16:05 PM
Not sure if this has been posted already, but I found this gem last October while walking a side street in Olympia:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/871/40725381354_ad21e2105a_k.jpg

Holy crap! No, I don't believe it was. That's one of only two state named cutout interstate shields that I've been made aware of (in addition to this beauty in Mount Vernon: https://goo.gl/XRybdY).

Mergingtraffic

CT still uses state-named shields but this one is a gem:

I only take pics of good looking signs. Long live non-reflective button copy!
MergingTraffic https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/

Mapmikey

Quote from: jakeroot on April 13, 2018, 09:58:56 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on April 13, 2018, 09:16:05 PM
Not sure if this has been posted already, but I found this gem last October while walking a side street in Olympia:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/871/40725381354_ad21e2105a_k.jpg

Holy crap! No, I don't believe it was. That's one of only two state named cutout interstate shields that I've been made aware of (in addition to this beauty in Mount Vernon: https://goo.gl/XRybdY).

An I-90 one like the Mt Vernon example was still up in 2010 when I drove by this one located at WA 970 leaving US 97 at night.  Gone by the 2013 GMSV.
https://goo.gl/maps/wTxbsb3kvGQ2

jakeroot

Quote from: Mapmikey on April 15, 2018, 05:29:12 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 13, 2018, 09:58:56 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on April 13, 2018, 09:16:05 PM
Not sure if this has been posted already, but I found this gem last October while walking a side street in Olympia:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/871/40725381354_ad21e2105a_k.jpg

Holy crap! No, I don't believe it was. That's one of only two state named cutout interstate shields that I've been made aware of (in addition to this beauty in Mount Vernon: https://goo.gl/XRybdY).

An I-90 one like the Mt Vernon example was still up in 2010 when I drove by this one located at WA 970 leaving US 97 at night.  Gone by the 2013 GMSV.
https://goo.gl/maps/wTxbsb3kvGQ2

Can't help but wonder if that was ever captured up close. Too bad GMSV was such poor quality in most areas pre-2010.

It's really amazing how many WA state-named cutout shields completely dropped off the map between 2000 and 2010. Almost all except for the two noted above, and the straggler you found in Eastern WA.

Mergingtraffic

A NYC installed state-named I-95 shield. It actually looks pretty good...NYCDOT known for square borders and funky arrows.

I only take pics of good looking signs. Long live non-reflective button copy!
MergingTraffic https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/

cjk374

Quote from: Mergingtraffic on April 26, 2018, 05:52:16 PM
A NYC installed state-named I-95 shield. It actually looks pretty good...NYCDOT known for square borders and funky arrows.



Trying to save nuts & bolts by squishing the banners & shield together. So sad.
Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.

MNHighwayMan

I want this sign. I want it. I need it. My collection of Minnesota highway markers demands it.

I found it on the on-ramp (:confused:) from MN-60 to EB I-90 in Worthington today.




KG909

~Fuccboi

MNHighwayMan

I found this beauty yesterday, still posted on MN-13 SB just west of the MN-55 intersection. It points I-494 bound traffic south onto Pilot Knob Rd, since MN-13 does not interchange with I-494.




csw

Found this old boy on the west side of Chicago today. How old of a spec are circular "TO" placards?






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