Florida

[NE2]

Yes, but it's not really 'left' so much as newly-installed.

[clef]

That 4 has been around at least a couple years, but I don't know any more than that

[Alex]

That 4 has been around at least a couple years, but I don't know any more than that

Yes, but it's not really 'left' so much as newly-installed.

The only original state-named shield I know of is the I-95 assembly in Miami. The second oldest at this point might be the Jeff I-110 FL shield, which has been around since 1999 or 2000.

[NE2]

There are some (county-installed?) 275s from the 1980s in the 686/694 area, or at least there were a few years ago.

[Alex]

There are some (county-installed?) 275s from the 1980s in the 686/694 area, or at least there were a few years ago.

There are still a handful of those Pinellas County state-named installs around (some on CR 296, CR 611, US 19). Did not know that they were that old though.

[NE2]

There are still a handful of those Pinellas County state-named installs around (some on CR 296, CR 611, US 19). Did not know that they were that old though.

My bad - the one I got a closeup of the back of is dated 1995.

[Brian556]

In the Orlando Area, Google maps now shows the name of Fenton St to have changed to Daryl Carter Pkwy. (former)Fenton St crosses I-4 on a new overpass just N of SR 535.

[Mergingtraffic]

Do my eyes deceive me or is this button copy?  Reflective and most importantly are they still there? Tampa.

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.765696,-82.642337,3a,75y,77.49h,145.5t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sJuldDPdzurwL-d_-MWiTow!2e0!6m1!1e1

[rickmastfan67]

Do my eyes deceive me or is this button copy?  Reflective and most importantly are they still there? Tampa.

https://www.google.com/maps/@27.765696,-82.642337,3a,75y,77.49h,145.5t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sJuldDPdzurwL-d_-MWiTow!2e0!6m1!1e1

Those are for sure Button Copy signs, all 4 of them.  And they are (according to StreetView) still there as of March '15. https://goo.gl/maps/KAPlm

[Zeffy]

Is Florida the only state in which they use "skyscraper" type logos on their services signs such as the one seen below?

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.545044,-81.596281,3a,15y,118.13h,90.26t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sco6YvlkgOF_bOUGUj7uPig!2e0

[Alex]

Is Florida the only state in which they use "skyscraper" type logos on their services signs such as the one seen below?

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.545044,-81.596281,3a,15y,118.13h,90.26t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sco6YvlkgOF_bOUGUj7uPig!2e0

Sounds like a question for Pink Jazz. 

[mefailenglish]

I drive past this all the time but never seem to remember to have a camera with me...

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.760914,-80.386499,3a,16.2y,129.46h,89.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE6tP54nQNxTKPkZXAF6XvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also the US 41 east BGS ahead.

[D-Dey65]

Something odd I noticed about the vicinity of Exit 321 on I-75. Sumter County Road 475 becomes a two-lane divided highway when the northbound bi-directional off-ramp from I-75 intersects with it, then becomes an undivided highway briefly just before becoming one again at CR 470. Wouldn't it make sense to connect the two divided sections?




I feel like maybe this should also go on the Fictional Highways board.

[Brian556]

Has construction started on SR 50 in Ocoee?

[DeaconG]

Has construction started on SR 50 in Ocoee?

According to FDOT they should be starting on it now:

http://www.cflroads.com/project/239535-3/SR_50_from_SR_429_Western_Beltway_to_East_of_the_West_Oaks_Mall

[Brian556]

Check this out: Vertical rectangle SR 15 sign in Orlando:
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.535728,-81.331183,3a,26.7y,25.09h,89.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svnuHuPwPY2RTsw6iKgsi7Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[roadman65]

Has construction started on SR 50 in Ocoee?

According to FDOT they should be starting on it now:

http://www.cflroads.com/project/239535-3/SR_50_from_SR_429_Western_Beltway_to_East_of_the_West_Oaks_Mall

My take is that someplace on SR 50 they will always be working on it.  With sprawl to Orlando as it is, the road is definitely overcapacitated in traffic volumes.  Especially with Clermont becoming the latest boom, SR 50 traffic counts are up these days.  FDOT is not able to keep up with demands on motorists, so there will always be work on some part of 50.

Yes Ocoee is the last part of SR 50 west of Orlando that is still four lanes, as Winter Garden and west and of course from Good Homes to Tampa Avenue are all now six lanes leaving this segment in between not widened yet. 

[DeaconG]

Has construction started on SR 50 in Ocoee?

According to FDOT they should be starting on it now:

http://www.cflroads.com/project/239535-3/SR_50_from_SR_429_Western_Beltway_to_East_of_the_West_Oaks_Mall

My take is that someplace on SR 50 they will always be working on it.  With sprawl to Orlando as it is, the road is definitely overcapacitated in traffic volumes.  Especially with Clermont becoming the latest boom, SR 50 traffic counts are up these days.  FDOT is not able to keep up with demands on motorists, so there will always be work on some part of 50.
 

Agreed.  Taking SR 50 between Avalon Park and Alafaya Trail has been a nightmare for the better part of two years with the widening there, and now they're planning on doing work between Avalon Park and Bithlo.  Oh joy.

[Brian556]

Saw a pic of a mis-spelled blue sign on FB for road work on SR 50 in Clermont.
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/7/15/clermont_misspelled_sign.html

[Brian556]

New overhead sign at US 98 & SR/CR 399 in Gulf Breeze:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.357783,-87.164519,3a,75y,128.17h,83.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXfIjHYN-0xqbFmjLeww1hQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

[FLRoads]

Interchange idea aims to ease State Road 56 congestion

The DOT opened S.R. 56 and its new interchange in 2002. A decade later, the agency was forced to spend another $31.4 million to extend the exit ramp from I-75 and I-275 by more than 2 miles, south of the Pasco County line.

"We call them "˜Waddah Ramps,' "  Carson said, referring to engineer Waddah Farah, strategic intermodel systems coordinator for District 7. "It's a 2-mile exit lane. Nobody else has anything quite like it."

Actually, this ramp is 2.2 miles in length, as I use it five days a week. Personally, I refer to this extended ramp as State Road 56A, as no ramp should ever be that long to accommodate traffic.

Farah's next challenge is to find a better solution for the gridlock on the S.R. 56 interchange, a problem that only will get worse when Tampa Premium Outlets opens in the fall.

"The problem now with the traditional interchange is the left-turn movement,"  he said.

In the mornings, traffic backs up on the S.R. 56 bridge as commuters wait in the left-turn lanes to go south on I-75. During the afternoon rush hour, traffic backs up on the ramp – sometimes for more than a mile.

Converting the interchange to a "diverging diamond interchange"  would solve those problems, Farah said.

He believes the S.R. 56 interchange could be converted to a diverging diamond design within the existing right-of-way. There would be no need to rebuild the bridge, just re-stripe the lanes. "It looks like we might be able to fit it all on the existing structure,"  Farah said.

Engineers will know for sure after they complete the interchange design, now scheduled and funded in 2017.

[roadman65]

New overhead sign at US 98 & SR/CR 399 in Gulf Breeze:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.357783,-87.164519,3a,75y,128.17h,83.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXfIjHYN-0xqbFmjLeww1hQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Black border shields.  Coming from NJ I am impressed as I grew up with these, however NJ is feeling the heat from big brother and lately on the GSP have been going borderless on new installations.

[formulanone]

Personally, I find the black-bordered US Route shields to be the biggest non-issue in all of roadgeekdom. Many seem to make a huge deal out of something visually inconsequential.

[Tom958]

OT, I guess, but best to ask Floridians: WTF are these?

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.4930968,-81.619981,644m/data=!3m1!1e3

[FLRoads]

OT, I guess, but best to ask Floridians: WTF are these?

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.4930968,-81.619981,644m/data=!3m1!1e3

These are detention areas to hold excess water. Years ago when I worked for a survey company in Orlando I remember seeing some further to the south near Florida 429 north of Western Way (Exit 8), and they were somewhat full of water at the time.