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Started by US71, January 09, 2012, 12:57:22 PM

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BakoCondors

Didn't get the chance to check previous posts (trying to leave the office early) so I hope no one has posted this already. Pot shop on Union Ave in Bakersfield. I'll have to try and get a clearer image than Google.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3552794,-119.0028829,3a,75y,17.62h,91.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8IKpg7JPek-ad-SXxzx6UA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1


Bruce


Quillz

I like the use of Futura. Reminds me a tiny bit of autobahn signage.

NYhwyfan


roadfro

Reno, NV:

*The "Hi-Way 40 Motel" on E. 4th Street, heading towards Sparks from downtown Reno
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5338123,-119.7917422,3a,17.4y,242.85h,91.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4BJDEyEuEtEravxSVK-f0Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

*"Abby's Hwy 40 Bar" on E. 4th Street, in downtown Reno
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5310449,-119.8082555,3a,34.5y,208.66h,88.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQHuLIB6wOMi46fZMV4qVkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

(Note that 4th St used to be US 40 before the route was decommissioned through Nevada in the 1970s.)


Carson City, NV:

*Red's Old 395 Grill on S. Carson St/US 395 Business (pretty sure "Old" was in the name before US 395 was moved off the street)
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1574351,-119.7669532,3a,20.9y,12.55h,93.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siC4ujOWrONlPJ9MybAiu4A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1


Roadfro - AARoads Pacific Southwest moderator since 2010, Nevada roadgeek since 1983.

Pete from Boston

Probably an old Phillips 66, eastbound U.S. 46, Little Falls, New Jersey:


US71

Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 20, 2016, 11:24:31 AM
Probably an old Phillips 66, eastbound U.S. 46, Little Falls, New Jersey:



Very likely as that looks like a Phillips 66 gantry.
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paulthemapguy

There's a gas station called "Route 66 Food & Fuel" in Joliet, IL along what used to be US66.

https://goo.gl/maps/eRDdL2xf1Sw

They have a counterpart to the northeast along US6, called "Route 6 Food and Fuel." (GSV not updated enough for an image though)
Farther south in Wilmington, there's an old US66 shield posted on the front of an auto mechanic's shop.
https://goo.gl/maps/5yXQR2zUEgK2
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US71

#109

DeQueen, AR
Looks like a Phillips 66 ripoff


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FrCorySticha

Quote from: US71 on February 21, 2016, 11:42:43 AM

DeQueen, AR
Looks like a Phillips 66 ripoff

Probably was a Phillips 66 until they lost the franchise. I'm sure they thought that no one will know the difference if you just change the top sign.

Max Rockatansky

#111
This has probably is cliche and brought up elsewhere in the thread but US 66 is the undisputed king of non-highway route signage of varying quality.  Really you could pick anything outside of L.A. and Chicago, you'll get ton of stuff on image search business or otherwise.

I always digged the US 66 signs painted into the old alignment from Ludlow, CA to Goffs, CA.



Cadiz Summit has/had some cool graffiti signage posted on an old garage in the same stretch as above:



More makeshift 66 in Daggett and Newberry Springs:





Ludlow Cafe



Some stuff in and around Needles:







Topock








Oatman













Some stuff from Kingman











Hackberry



Valentine



Truxton





Seligman, with my personal favorite the "Road Kill Cafe" included:













Ash Fork



Williams







Bellemont



Flagstaff





Two Guns



Meteor City





Had to end this with Winslow or I'll keep going with stuff all the way to Chicago:






US71

Quote from: FrCorySticha on February 22, 2016, 02:11:02 PM
Quote from: US71 on February 21, 2016, 11:42:43 AM

DeQueen, AR
Looks like a Phillips 66 ripoff

Probably was a Phillips 66 until they lost the franchise. I'm sure they thought that no one will know the difference if you just change the top sign.
It was ;)

It's now VP Fuels
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Super Mateo

Major League Baseball is using US Highway shield shapes to promote spring training.

mlb.com

peterj920





The speedway is along County R, but keeps the old road alive

paulthemapguy

Here's a business I passed on a recent trip to Ohio

https://goo.gl/maps/2HfNdrRgFGn
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
My website! http://www.paulacrossamerica.com Now featuring all of Ohio!
My USA Shield Gallery https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwJRZk
TM Clinches https://bit.ly/2UwRs4O

National collection status: 391/425. Only 34 route markers remain!

Bruce

WSDOT's Eastern Division used some terrible Paint skills to whip these two up: https://twitter.com/WSDOT_East/status/708070571150430208


Zeffy

Near Sussex, NJ:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2151466,-74.5996687,3a,50.7y,128.96h,80.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svdQkuWU_nMWBJsGQISdO9w!2e0!7i3328!8i1664

It looks like it's for some LLC of some sort... I can't make out the second part of the name (284 ................ LLC), but it's interesting they have a sign with an I-284 shield on it outside.
Life would be boring if we didn't take an offramp every once in a while

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Roadgeek Adam

Quote from: Zeffy on March 12, 2016, 11:08:57 AM
Near Sussex, NJ:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2151466,-74.5996687,3a,50.7y,128.96h,80.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svdQkuWU_nMWBJsGQISdO9w!2e0!7i3328!8i1664

It looks like it's for some LLC of some sort... I can't make out the second part of the name (284 ................ LLC), but it's interesting they have a sign with an I-284 shield on it outside.



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