The Best of Road Signs

[national highway 1]

[vtk]

Cropping the photo would be nice, for multiple reasons: it's more obvious what's being featured in the photo, and the cropped photo will have a much smaller file size.

[architect77]

Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?

[national highway 1]

Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?

Nah, cause I-74 in NC is an egregious violation of the interstate grid and it is located too far south.

[SignGeek101]

I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.



Not my pic.

[Alex]

Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?

Good photo. Those signs look decent enough too.

[vtk]

Is this Central North Carolina shot on US-64 good enough for the "Best of" thread?

All I see (on this mobile device) is a question mark box.  On my desktop machine, Firefox tends to warn me about security certificates not being quite right when I view photo-heavy threads like this one, so maybe that's the problem with this image (or, rather, its host site) and this device just refuses to load the image when there's a problem like that.

[hbelkins]

^^^ The image is hosted on Photobucket.

[vdeane]

I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.



Not my pic.

There are a few.

[jakeroot]

I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.

Not my pic.

There are a few.

Why in the world would they drop those? They're brilliant!

[SignGeek101]

I don't know how many "olde" style Quebec signs are left (the ones with the older exit arrow on them), but there can't be that many. Sign has a lot of extra green space though.

Not my pic.

There are a few.

Why in the world would they drop those? They're brilliant!

I agree, I think they're clearer than the ones now. I dont know why on earth they would scrap the idea.

[Zeffy]

This baby is still holding strong, but I fear it's days are limited:



Sorry about the window glare, but it's not like I was using anything special anyway (iPhone 6 camera) to take it.

[vtk]

Back when the only two sizes of text you needed for a BGS were 10.67" D and 16" EM...

[Darkchylde]

Found these along I-29 North, near KCI.



Edit: There's your crop and zoom.

[jakeroot]

Found these along I-29 North, near KCI.

What am I are we supposed to be looking at here? Perhaps a zoom and crop is in order, Darkchylde.

[Darkchylde]

Check the edited post above, Jake.

[roadfro]

^ Yeah...not sure why this would be "best of"...

[Darkchylde]

^ Yeah...not sure why this would be "best of"...

Older specs and still perfectly serviceable. Believe me, if something so faded it's hardly legible during the day can count as "best," that can too.

[roadfro]

^ Yeah...not sure why this would be "best of"...

Older specs and still perfectly serviceable. Believe me, if something so faded it's hardly legible during the day can count as "best," that can too.

Old or new, it's gotta look good. I think a sign that is old and a bit faded, or one that is brand new, can be best of...as long as the sign is designed well.

Sorry, I don't think that these signs are particularly attractive looking. To each his or her own.

[Kacie Jane]

The yellow on the bottom is too narrow, making the EXIT ONLY look a little squished. Also, the white border extends all the way around the sign, instead of having a black border around the yellow. I'm not a fan of the exit tabs, but if that's a standard in that state, I wouldn't take points off for it.

The second point in particular would be enough for some people here to put it in "worst of". For me it's just a run of the mill sign. Certainly not best of though.

[Zeffy]

Discussion on airport identification codes has been moved to:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=13953.0

Please keep the discussion focused on the actual signs themselves. Thanks!

[Scott5114]

The exit tabs are old MO standard. More recent signage includes standard right-aligned exit tabs flush with the panel, like every other state.

Is that button copy or early reflectorization?

[Darkchylde]

The exit tabs are old MO standard. More recent signage includes standard right-aligned exit tabs flush with the panel, like every other state.

Is that button copy or early reflectorization?

They looked reflectorized, though I haven't been up there at night to see.

[Mergingtraffic]

original NJ Tpke signage.

[jakeroot]

Tpke signage.

Tip-key. That's how I read that. Good find, though. I like the square corners. That's a NJ Turnpike thing, right?