Florida

[clef]

It's about 30 miles away from that one.

interesting how the red 1 is much less faded than the red crown of the 95.

I'll bet someone is using up the last of the red 1 shields, and it's a fairly recent replacement.

my guess is it's somewhere near this set:

[agentsteel53]

I'm astonished there was a new red 1 to be found.  between Costa, Alex, Brent, me ... I thought we'd entirely scoured the state.  glad we hadn't!

[clef]

Yeah, I have lurked forever and Street Viewed lots, but I actually ran across that one in the car. There is another interesting sign nearby, with a red US1 (kind of) that I will try and get although it isn't a DOT sign. Also some keys shields near where I work.

I'm astonished there was a new red 1 to be found.  between Costa, Alex, Brent, me ... I thought we'd entirely scoured the state.  glad we hadn't!

[NE2]

Osceola County put up a couple ugly colored 17/92s 5-10 years ago, but they didn't survive the recent widening of Poinciana Boulevard.

I couldn't find my photos of that crapjob, but I did upload a few legit old signs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41203461@N00/

[agentsteel53]

interestingly, the 17/92s in Lake Alfred were the first Floridachrome shields I went out of my way to photograph, in August 2006 after I saw your picture in Wikipedia.  That trip turned up a bunch of other 17/92s, including this odd duck that seems to have been refurbished the wrong color.

[formulanone]

Look at these odd signs. It looks loke the US Highway 441 sign is so deformed it deos not have a middle point.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=28.807508,-81.675324&spn=0.000038,0.025063&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=28.807461,-81.675499&panoid=xxqdqiDv54pau5tT4Uh84g&cbp=12,95.64,,0,0

It most certainly has a middle point. Looks like there's a gray sticker over it.

Neither, but it looks like the bolt holding the sign onto the pole delaminated the shield. The county shields in this area are hideous; even the pentagons are split up by two separate panels, to give the appearance of a lazy unisign.

[agentsteel53]

is that a '61 spec US shield, as intended for green sign use, and resized to 21x18 and placed in a 24" square??

[Ace10]

Osceola County put up a couple ugly colored 17/92s 5-10 years ago, but they didn't survive the recent widening of Poinciana Boulevard.

I couldn't find my photos of that crapjob, but I did upload a few legit old signs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41203461@N00/

Are these the ones you're talking about?



I have 13 other photos at that intersection here. They were all taken 30 August, 2010.

[roadman65]

Osceola County put up a couple ugly colored 17/92s 5-10 years ago, but they didn't survive the recent widening of Poinciana Boulevard.

I couldn't find my photos of that crapjob, but I did upload a few legit old signs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41203461@N00/

Are these the ones you're talking about?



I have 13 other photos at that intersection here. They were all taken 30 August, 2010.

I have photos in my library of the old signs that were both NB and SB.  I will see if I cannot post them to my flickr page.  The problem is, I lost the location of the pictures due to some piece of garbage planting a virus out there that eventually crashed my computer and did not back them up at the time.  Of course, you know from experience or word of  mouth what a virus can do to your computer.

One of them I submitted to Steve's site and the other to Adam Prince's site (gribblenation.net) if you want to see them in the meantime.

[agentsteel53]

Are these the ones you're talking about?

those aren't bad looking at all.  '57 spec shield shape (which I find aesthetically much nicer than the '70 spec, and this example shows it can be used with no border or margin, and just a number)

[mefailenglish]

Yeah, I have lurked forever and Street Viewed lots, but I actually ran across that one in the car. There is another interesting sign nearby, with a red US1 (kind of) that I will try and get although it isn't a DOT sign. Also some keys shields near where I work.

I'm wondering if this is the red US1 (kind of) that's ~30 miles away from that other one:



I also wonder if these are the keys shields near where you work:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2017.msg79393#msg79393

Or maybe I need to be looking closer to Palm Beach Gardens?

[NE2]

Are these the ones you're talking about?

Yep. My bad on the crappiness - my memory failed me.

[NE2]

Noticed the large right-of-way for SR 40 at SR 11. Must be planned for an interchange.
[edit]Volusia property appraiser images are temporary; see the property lines on the Goog: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=29.22434,-81.322271&spn=0.008539,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17

[clef]

I meant that the US1 that I posted in #1034 was about 30 miles away from the US1/A1A in Boca. Where's that one?
Regarding the keys shields... they are in Broward, and they appear to be in the 1949 style(?)

Yeah, I have lurked forever and Street Viewed lots, but I actually ran across that one in the car. There is another interesting sign nearby, with a red US1 (kind of) that I will try and get although it isn't a DOT sign. Also some keys shields near where I work.

I'm wondering if this is the red US1 (kind of) that's ~30 miles away from that other one:



I also wonder if these are the keys shields near where you work:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2017.msg79393#msg79393

Or maybe I need to be looking closer to Palm Beach Gardens?

[NE2]

Regarding the keys shields... they are in Broward, and they appear to be in the 1949 style(?)

Not these in Miami-Dade, I assume?

Sure, you can still find keys shields kicking around in North Florida without looking too hard.  But in Miami-Dade County?

[agentsteel53]

those keys shields are 1961 style.  1949 has six keys. 



IIRC that is the last six-keys shield in the wild, unless a pair of FL-50s still survives.

nifty fonts, btw, on that '61 spec pair. 

[clef]

The pair by my workplace has six-key shields, so it looks like both of those ideas may be inaccurate!

those keys shields are 1961 style.  1949 has six keys. 

...

IIRC that is the last six-keys shield in the wild, unless a pair of FL-50s still survives.

nifty fonts, btw, on that '61 spec pair.

Definitely in Broward and definitely not those

Not these in Miami-Dade, I assume?

[agentsteel53]

The pair by my workplace has six-key shields, so it looks like both of those ideas may be inaccurate!

I definitely would like to see a picture of them!

[clef]

Is the FL-50 pair that strange one at Bennett Rd or a different one?

[NE2]

Is the FL-50 pair that strange one at Bennett Rd or a different one?

The ones on Bennett probably date to 1972, when FDOT took it over and rebuilt it with federal aid (as a connection to the Naval Training Center).

[agentsteel53]

Is the FL-50 pair that strange one at Bennett Rd or a different one?

that's the one.



if they date to 1972, they sure dug up some out-of-spec old blanks, or made an out-of-spec pair.  given that they made the digits small enough to fit a number like "S-789A", they must have been cracked out that day.

[florida]

I'm still waiting for more clues on these supposed keys shields in Broward....otherwise, I'm out of the game.

[formulanone]

I'm still waiting for more clues on these supposed keys shields in Broward....otherwise, I'm out of the game.

I'll settle for them to be hung on a wall at the local Flanigan's, because it gives me a valid excuse...to go to Flanigan's.

[clef]

I've had a very busy week but I'll try and snap them. Meanwhile where are the remaining color US 98s? I found one on street view but I don't know if it's known.

[mefailenglish]

I meant that the US1 that I posted in #1034 was about 30 miles away from the US1/A1A in Boca. Where's that one?

Also about 30 miles away from Boca.  Actually probably more like 35.  North Miami, on one of the side streets between 441 and 1.  Just stumbled across it by accident.