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Title: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: architect77 on November 01, 2014, 09:30:20 PM
Please take a look at Atlanta's descent into 3rd World Country status. I have emailed and Fedexed color photos of these 30 year old I-85 Access Road signs that haven't been replaced since the 1980's. How can any DOT employee hold their heads up in their home city?

Atlanta's infrastructure looks so bad that Atlanta is an absolute DUMP. 4,000 of the 6,000 or so freeway lights HAVEN'T WORKED SINCE 2009!

This city is falling apart.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png&hash=d2c90413eccc15e686659928a4e8087af031b190) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FPTREEIND-ACCESSRDNB_zps5c93097b.png&hash=87dfce656265e8062cefc6174cf9bc0c820ad7c6) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/PTREEIND-ACCESSRDNB_zps5c93097b.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FNDRUIDHILLS-I85_zpsa693e349.png&hash=2e477d8880ad19f0c515ba726e6dff39f91292a7) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/NDRUIDHILLS-I85_zpsa693e349.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI85-SHALLOWFORDRD_zps784ffcbb.png&hash=4ab45df8c3e2ddff76a1b69d2aa74c3090bdbd25) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I85-SHALLOWFORDRD_zps784ffcbb.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png&hash=d2c90413eccc15e686659928a4e8087af031b190) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png.html)

Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Zeffy on November 01, 2014, 09:33:49 PM
I think it's pretty bad that I can't read some of those signs at all and I'm on a computer. If a sign isn't readable to a certain extent, then yes, they need to be replaced. This is apparent here.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hotdogPi on November 01, 2014, 10:11:50 PM
@gas station: Do you realize that's a 3.89 and not a 2.89?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: NE2 on November 02, 2014, 02:04:32 AM
heh heh Cumming Dahlonega
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Eth on November 02, 2014, 07:51:14 AM
Quote from: 1 on November 01, 2014, 10:11:50 PM
@gas station: Do you realize that's a 3.89 and not a 2.89?

The photo's a few months old, I'm guessing.

It should be noted that the signs at Clairmont are much more readable in person than they appear in this photo (unless they've degraded drastically in the last 2-3 months). They are, however, old enough to make no mention of US 23, which joined SR 155 here in approximately 1981.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: xcellntbuy on November 02, 2014, 08:18:56 AM
I noticed on my late night Saturday drive last week that many of the streetlights in the median of Interstate 75 on the south side of the city were completely off.  No construction in the area, just no lighting on a 12-14 lane highway as I approached Interstate 85.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: architect77 on November 02, 2014, 02:25:29 PM
This photo is from yesterday. The signs at Shallowford Rd and/or Chamblee-Tucker northbound are even more faded that this. Regardless, totally unacceptable.

An Atlanta Public Works employee emailed me to say that the freeway lights were being addressed, one highway at a time. I did notice that they were working on the lights on I-75 between downtown and Cumberland/I-285 area.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FClairmontExit_zpsafc3de53.jpg&hash=d399a1a433fc17f37981133d14ebf47689cb1972) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/ClairmontExit_zpsafc3de53.jpg.html)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: national highway 1 on November 02, 2014, 10:07:18 PM
The bottom sign used to be a brown tourist sign for Taronga Zoo, but after all these years it hasn't been replaced.
(https://05298496653391670750.googlegroups.com/attach/4f4310772cf15eb3/image1.JPG?part=0.1.1&view=1&vt=ANaJVrECeU2SuRVSJWd878m5dHFfWCPNAxIli6EaSay0eKMsS5Pe3H9uHxJjNW0iebZOs_E_hrjxyNFnjDBApXQifsmjk972v1sQ8dllFW7YYzzptC8WaXc)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: signalman on November 03, 2014, 10:51:23 AM
Quote from: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.
That would be found in the off topic section, if anywhere on here.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Pink Jazz on November 03, 2014, 11:28:13 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on November 02, 2014, 10:07:18 PM

Brown is a color that fades quite easily.  In the Phoenix area, many of the old brown Loop 202 shields have faded (especially those facing south), which is why ADOT decided to do away with the colored shields for the Phoenix area loops (Loop 101 was blue and Loop 303 was black).  I think green would have been a better choice for Loop 202 instead of brown.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.

Being an out-of-touch-with-pop-culture adult, I have no clue what other meaning "faded" could have.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: DaBigE on November 03, 2014, 11:44:30 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.

Being an out-of-touch-with-pop-culture adult, I have no clue what other meaning "faded" could have.

That makes two of us...
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: NE2 on November 03, 2014, 11:47:54 AM
I'm in-touch enough to know how to search urbandictionary.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: talllguy on November 03, 2014, 12:28:40 PM
I should post a picture of every single sign in Baltimore.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: adventurernumber1 on November 03, 2014, 01:18:06 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on November 03, 2014, 11:44:30 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.

Being an out-of-touch-with-pop-culture adult, I have no clue what other meaning "faded" could have.

That makes two of us...

I am a 14 year old dude and even I don't know what that could have meant  :-D

Quote from: Pink Jazz on November 03, 2014, 11:28:13 AM
Quote from: national highway 1 on November 02, 2014, 10:07:18 PM

Brown is a color that fades quite easily.  In the Phoenix area, many of the old brown Loop 202 shields have faded (especially those facing south), which is why ADOT decided to do away with the colored shields for the Phoenix area loops (Loop 101 was blue and Loop 303 was black).  I think green would have been a better choice for Loop 202 instead of brown.

Wow, that sign is in horrid shape. I can hardly see the font!!  :eyebrow:
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: kj3400 on November 03, 2014, 01:26:17 PM
Quote from: talllguy on November 03, 2014, 12:28:40 PM
I should post a picture of every single sign in Baltimore.
They're not all bad. Well, most of them are.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Zeffy on November 03, 2014, 01:29:48 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on November 03, 2014, 11:44:30 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.

Being an out-of-touch-with-pop-culture adult, I have no clue what other meaning "faded" could have.

That makes two of us...

In short, it means you are either blazed (high) out of your mind (usually with pot), or you are drunk. The term gained popularity when Tyga and Lil' Wayne made a song called Faded, with the chorus going something like:

QuoteFaded, faded, faded, my <explicit> I'm faded (repeats)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: KG909 on November 03, 2014, 03:27:40 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on November 03, 2014, 01:29:48 PM
Quote from: DaBigE on November 03, 2014, 11:44:30 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: KG909 on November 02, 2014, 10:46:32 PM
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.

Being an out-of-touch-with-pop-culture adult, I have no clue what other meaning "faded" could have.

That makes two of us...

In short, it means you are either blazed (high) out of your mind (usually with pot), or you are drunk. The term gained popularity when Tyga and Lil' Wayne made a song called Faded, with the chorus going something like:

QuoteFaded, faded, faded, my <explicit> I'm faded (repeats)
Hate that song, but I heard of it because you know, high school. Anyway yeah Zeffy is right, it's when you're high off marijuana.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 09:09:04 PM
Well, I've semi-heard of Lil Wayne, but have no clue who Tyga is.

(Says the guy who didn't know who Elsa was when he started hearing about all these kids dressed up as Elsa for Halloween).
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 03, 2014, 09:11:11 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on November 03, 2014, 11:28:13 AMI think green would have been a better choice for Loop 202 instead of brown.

there is at least one Loop 202 shield which faded somehow to ... green.  I saw it a couple of weeks ago.  I think it was 101 NB approaching the northern leg of 202.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Eth on November 03, 2014, 10:09:53 PM
Combining the two topics of Atlanta and faded brown signs, there's this (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7446111,-84.3339369,3a,75y,305.02h,91.36t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSBRo1BIe7xBNI0LXwPVbYQ!2e0) (over at the right).

Bonus: you can see where the sign originally said "EXIT 28" instead of "EXIT 60", one of the very few remaining visible indications of the pre-2000 Interstate exit numbers.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Pink Jazz on November 03, 2014, 10:59:30 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on November 03, 2014, 09:11:11 PM
Quote from: Pink Jazz on November 03, 2014, 11:28:13 AMI think green would have been a better choice for Loop 202 instead of brown.

there is at least one Loop 202 shield which faded somehow to ... green.  I saw it a couple of weeks ago.  I think it was 101 NB approaching the northern leg of 202.

Yep, pale green.  The red/orange/yellow dyes used to make brown must have faded, leaving only the leftover green dye.  I actually meant that they should be the same shade of green as the BGS.  I don't think there would be a problem with visibility, as Business Interstates as well as California State Routes all have green shields.  Perhaps other choices would be pink or purple, but pink might fade to white and purple might fade to blue.

BTW, the brown Loop 202 shields when heading on Loop 101 SB aren't nearly faded as badly.  I presume it is because these signs face north and don't receive as much direct sunlight.  However, I expect these signs to be replaced once the Pima Freeway widening project is complete.

Also, the SanTan Freeway portion of Loop 202 never used the brown Loop 202 shields, as ADOT had already done away with the colored shields by the time that portion was built.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: SignGeek101 on December 30, 2014, 10:08:16 PM
Going to revive this thread. Seen near the border.

http://goo.gl/maps/o3856
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: steviep24 on January 27, 2015, 11:09:50 AM
Spotted these today at NY 250 at Klem Rd. in Webster. The street blades are so faded they're unreadable.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.232183,-77.428546,3a,75y,20.6h,92.03t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srYnJGnByaCmJwnjF80cEdg!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Gnutella on March 15, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
Last I saw, Kentucky has several faded brown signs on I-24. They're gradually turning green.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hotdogPi on March 15, 2015, 10:18:32 AM
Quote from: Gnutella on March 15, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
Last I saw, Kentucky has several faded brown signs on I-24. They're gradually turning green.

Copper?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hbelkins on March 15, 2015, 05:09:38 PM
For some reason, quite a few of the big brown guide signs on Kentucky interstates are fading. I've noticed the newer signs are a darker shade of brown than those older ones originally were.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: vtk on March 15, 2015, 08:52:53 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2015, 10:18:32 AM
Quote from: Gnutella on March 15, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
Last I saw, Kentucky has several faded brown signs on I-24. They're gradually turning green.

Copper?

I too have wondered if oxidation of copper is to blame for brown signs turning green. There's a spectacular example on US 23 northbound approaching OH 309. It's uneven, but becoming quite similar in color to the Statue Of Liberty.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: texaskdog on March 15, 2015, 09:17:10 PM
The signs in Atlanta look just like they do in the walking dead
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Pink Jazz on March 15, 2015, 09:22:39 PM
Quote from: vtk on March 15, 2015, 08:52:53 PM

I too have wondered if oxidation of copper is to blame for brown signs turning green. There's a spectacular example on US 23 northbound approaching OH 309. It's uneven, but becoming quite similar in color to the Statue Of Liberty.

I simply thought it is the red pigments in the mixture used to create brown fading, leaving the leftover green pigments.  After all, shades of brown can be made from mixing red and green.

Chandler, Arizona uses brown for street name signs.  While none have faded to green yet, many of them appear more faded than the green signs used in Mesa and Gilbert.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: TrevorB on April 06, 2015, 06:44:40 PM
Not terrible, but definitely hard to read especially at 55 MPH:

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.126618,-90.067012,3a,17.4y,150.41h,86.23t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1si4ae4_yVcZ0cSneuQtorOg!2e0
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: HTM Duke on May 18, 2015, 01:03:17 AM
I-395 northbound prior to the exit for VA-7/King St, this BBS has seen better days: https://goo.gl/maps/ScCCX (https://goo.gl/maps/ScCCX)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Eth on May 18, 2015, 04:41:35 PM
Quote from: Eth on November 03, 2014, 10:09:53 PM
Combining the two topics of Atlanta and faded brown signs, there's this (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7446111,-84.3339369,3a,75y,305.02h,91.36t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSBRo1BIe7xBNI0LXwPVbYQ!2e0) (over at the right).

Bonus: you can see where the sign originally said "EXIT 28" instead of "EXIT 60", one of the very few remaining visible indications of the pre-2000 Interstate exit numbers.

UPDATE: I drove through here last week and found that this sign has been replaced.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Bruce on May 20, 2015, 08:39:02 PM
Here's a "stop sign ahead" sign on Mercer Island, WA, with some I-90 shields that are barely readable:

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5455/17655526035_097991568e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/sUabMi)
Faded signs in Mercer Island (https://flic.kr/p/sUabMi) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on May 20, 2015, 11:23:59 PM
(https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10999408_10205112414962442_8267296911833519285_n.jpg?oh=66eb87d80ad68da9fad9bcbcce222172&oe=55F89F15)

Near Warner, OK
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 03, 2015, 12:16:53 PM
Found this guy in Bessemer, AL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/265/19195314240_c5453fab80.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfe1aN)IMG_3135 (https://flic.kr/p/vfe1aN) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Not sure if this guy counts because you can still make out what it says due to it being embossed, but it's still completely faded:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3735/19196738009_423d4f03d8.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfmipx)Old Street Signs (https://flic.kr/p/vfmipx) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: thefraze_1020 on July 25, 2015, 08:14:24 PM
On County Road 12 (Old US-12) in Grandview, WA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.253487,-119.879497,3a,15y,324.04h,83.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssfGZouuNH9L-ifMIMzuLJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: peterj920 on August 19, 2016, 03:15:34 AM
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/29005239641_a5ca5ded42_k_d.jpg)

Sign was posted in 2008.  There must have been a major defect in the signs posted associated with the Wis 57 project in Door County because many of the County DK and Wis 57 signs are extremely faded like this.  WISDOT has replaced most of the signs along Wis 57.  County DK was formerly Wis 57, and WISDOT posted this sign before the road was turned over to Door County so they are now responsible for replacing the faded County DK signs. 
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 10:58:02 AM
The I-shields on these BGS' are literally screaming for replacements (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1913802,-71.860445,3a,75y,78.34h,79.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9-hGv_8P45JrQufdJoBmOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1).

Yes, I'm aware that full-blown sign replacements are coming in the foreseeable future; but still.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: roadman on August 19, 2016, 11:16:31 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 10:58:02 AM
The I-shields on these BGS' are literally screaming for replacements (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1913802,-71.860445,3a,75y,78.34h,79.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9-hGv_8P45JrQufdJoBmOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1).

Yes, I'm aware that full-blown sign replacements are coming in the foreseeable future; but still.

Presumably, District 3 was supposed to replace those shields back in late 2014 - I've got a call into my District contact to see whether the work was actually done.   BTW, for some reason, those particular signs were retained under the Pike signing contracts done in 1995-1996.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: bob7374 on August 19, 2016, 11:24:22 AM
Quote from: roadman on August 19, 2016, 11:16:31 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 10:58:02 AM
The I-shields on these BGS' are literally screaming for replacements (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1913802,-71.860445,3a,75y,78.34h,79.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9-hGv_8P45JrQufdJoBmOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1).

Yes, I'm aware that full-blown sign replacements are coming in the foreseeable future; but still.

Presumably, District 3 was supposed to replace those shields back in late 2014 - I've got a call into my District contact to see whether the work was actually done.   BTW, for some reason, those particular signs were retained under the Pike signing contracts were done in 1995-1996.
I know they were still up when I drove by them in the spring of 2015, and I believe they were still up when I drove by going the other way this May.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: busman_49 on August 19, 2016, 01:18:14 PM
Columbus, Ohio.  This MAY be gone now, as the signals have been removed by this point.
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5458/9161398163_2bf5847200_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/eXyyuK)08mooberrychampioncolnb_201306 (https://flic.kr/p/eXyyuK) by Ryan busman_49 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/busman_49/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 01:39:49 PM
Quote from: bob7374 on August 19, 2016, 11:24:22 AM
Quote from: roadman on August 19, 2016, 11:16:31 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 10:58:02 AM
The I-shields on these BGS' are literally screaming for replacements (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1913802,-71.860445,3a,75y,78.34h,79.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9-hGv_8P45JrQufdJoBmOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1).

Yes, I'm aware that full-blown sign replacements are coming in the foreseeable future; but still.

Presumably, District 3 was supposed to replace those shields back in late 2014 - I've got a call into my District contact to see whether the work was actually done.   BTW, for some reason, those particular signs were retained under the Pike signing contracts were done in 1995-1996.
I know they were still up when I drove by them in the spring of 2015, and I believe they were still up when I drove by going the other way this May.
As of this past weekend, those faded I-shields are still there.

IIRC, those signs were erected just a year or two prior to the 1995-96 Pike sign replacement project; which is probably why they weren't touched during the later project.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: SidS1045 on August 19, 2016, 02:40:03 PM
Ironic that the pilgrim's hat logo...the one MassDOT is trying to phase out...looks as fresh as the day the sign was erected.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: epzik8 on August 21, 2016, 04:39:11 PM
The Baltimore city portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295) is maintained by the city itself. No upgrades have been performed on that segment, from the I-95 Russell Street interchange to the city-county line, since probably before the year 1960. The result is the presence of extremely old button copy signs. These signs are true relics. However, some of them are very faded:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbqR1RXB.jpg&hash=c4b298be4ffce1b241179dc1ef4a541e334fbeeb)
The Maryland Route 648 marker on this sign is so old and faded that even I can never tell what it is at first glance.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9syh1KP.jpg&hash=f99654176b523af9b660c5dd29575c45f2a21ba1)
I don't know what used to be on this sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCy5TkxC.jpg&hash=0bcbcec383e4cf93c33822117239b0ba75916646)
The "648" on the Annapolis Road sign in this one is all but gone.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: epzik8 on August 22, 2016, 12:39:47 PM
I've got more Baltimore ones. These are along I-83 north in downtown.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F4dV06wB.jpg&hash=f144ee2549efd2344c7ffa32b462beae2fc914e9)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXKnxga7.jpg&hash=8e00b5b3c0223107bceea60b941d2eb32598c3cb)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: bzakharin on August 22, 2016, 12:49:51 PM
This "Left Turn Signal" sign was finally replaced this year.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9467505,-75.0281053,3a,37.5y,344.42h,91.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s99OeJqn1KBnPqKlwUSKl7w!2e0!5s20151001T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Mr. Matté on August 22, 2016, 12:56:19 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaPSUQlj.jpg&hash=5e51f29f92d08f4deaa6d16abc2b70459b3bc317)
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2420512,-74.5814095,3a,59.7y,314.54h,89.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdjS2QOGWXuMvWMBp0fgieg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

You can use the slider to see how the cyan in the shield faded from 2008 to 2016 (note the shield used to be on a speed limit sign further back prior to 2011). Luckily, nobody uses 6xx CRs for navigation in Jersey (except me, but I've biked this road a billion times so I don't need it here).

2017 edit: Sign has since been replaced by the typical ugly new Mercer County route shield with the words being yuge and the reflective sheeting obviously pasted over another old CR shield
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: vtk on August 22, 2016, 01:45:16 PM
Quote from: busman_49 on August 19, 2016, 01:18:14 PM
Columbus, Ohio.  This MAY be gone now, as the signals have been removed by this point.
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5458/9161398163_2bf5847200_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/eXyyuK)08mooberrychampioncolnb_201306 (https://flic.kr/p/eXyyuK) by Ryan busman_49 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/busman_49/), on Flickr

Where?  Oh, Mooberry & Champion, I see it in the filename now.



Did anyone (besides a GSV car) ever get a good photo of this before it got replaced?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5732673,-83.0740453,3a,15y,25.76h,88.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sF_rhuUsWub18os5fIau1iA!2e0!5s20150901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
(US 23 NB, approaching OH 95 exit, Marion; street view 2015 Sep has old, faded sign; street view 2016 Jan has new sign)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Ian on August 26, 2016, 06:47:33 PM
Very faded plywood NM 93 shield I found driving west a few weeks ago off of I-40 exit 369 just west of the Texas state line near San Jon, NM.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTGqqhjKl.jpg&hash=adf4a6c97c28083d01bf31c3fbb70bb5b2089b1a)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: mefailenglish on August 26, 2016, 07:25:47 PM
If you squint you might make out JCT US 29:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FDSCF3667_zpshlscdzst.jpg&hash=0dce91c275441108a7729a9fab9f8798f9ef791d)

Not as bad but also badly faded:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FDSCF3731_zpsigfecflv.jpg&hash=276719470bc9d6afc80a429dd4a4df611161ed14)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on September 06, 2016, 01:15:05 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 01:39:49 PM
Quote from: bob7374 on August 19, 2016, 11:24:22 AM
Quote from: roadman on August 19, 2016, 11:16:31 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 19, 2016, 10:58:02 AM
The I-shields on these BGS' are literally screaming for replacements (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1913802,-71.860445,3a,75y,78.34h,79.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9-hGv_8P45JrQufdJoBmOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1).

Yes, I'm aware that full-blown sign replacements are coming in the foreseeable future; but still.

Presumably, District 3 was supposed to replace those shields back in late 2014 - I've got a call into my District contact to see whether the work was actually done.   BTW, for some reason, those particular signs were retained under the Pike signing contracts were done in 1995-1996.
I know they were still up when I drove by them in the spring of 2015, and I believe they were still up when I drove by going the other way this May.
As of this past weekend, those faded I-shields are still there.

IIRC, those signs were erected just a year or two prior to the 1995-96 Pike sign replacement project; which is probably why they weren't touched during the later project.
As of this past Labor Day weekend, the I-shields for all the eastbound BGS' for Exit 10 (including the I-90 East pull-through) have been replaced.  The I-290/395 shields beyond the toll plaza were replaced as well.

The I-395 numerals are in Series D and the I-290 numerals are in Series C but widely spread apart.

All the shields for the westbound BGS' and the ones beyond the first split ramp for MA 12 South are unchanged.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on September 06, 2016, 02:50:38 PM
Quote from: mefailenglish on August 26, 2016, 07:25:47 PM
Not as bad but also badly faded:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FDSCF3731_zpsigfecflv.jpg&hash=276719470bc9d6afc80a429dd4a4df611161ed14)

Is this one still standing? I thought all the Kodachrome US 41 shields were gone...
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: mefailenglish on September 06, 2016, 05:50:59 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 06, 2016, 02:50:38 PM
Is this one still standing? I thought all the Kodachrome US 41 shields were gone...
No.  I took this on 12/26/2009 near Morriston.  Street View (https://goo.gl/maps/mv1FmgeinWt) shows it's been replaced (though you can see it in the 2008 imagery).
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Alex on September 06, 2016, 09:04:15 PM
Quote from: epzik8 on August 21, 2016, 04:39:11 PM
The Baltimore city portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295) is maintained by the city itself. No upgrades have been performed on that segment, from the I-95 Russell Street interchange to the city-county line, since probably before the year 1960. The result is the presence of extremely old button copy signs. These signs are true relics. However, some of them are very faded:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9syh1KP.jpg&hash=f99654176b523af9b660c5dd29575c45f2a21ba1)
I don't know what used to be on this sign.

Annapolis | Washington and three down arrows
2013 photo of the sign: https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/maryland295/md-295_sb_exit_038_02.jpg
I should have an older photo showing the text more legible in my archives.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: JMAN_WiS&S on February 03, 2017, 01:55:16 PM
Sorry for the bump, I just noticed this the other day and thought it was worthy of a post. Here is an I-94 shield in Eau Claire WI that is extremely faded. Street view is outdated and the shield itself is becoming very faded. I wonder if the DOT forgot about this or hasn't done an replacement due to lack of any construction in the area  in a while. 4819 Golf Rd

https://goo.gl/maps/4UdDZd4rtou (http://4819%20golf%20rd
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Buck87 on February 03, 2017, 03:33:03 PM
Quote from: vtk on March 15, 2015, 08:52:53 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2015, 10:18:32 AM
Quote from: Gnutella on March 15, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
Last I saw, Kentucky has several faded brown signs on I-24. They're gradually turning green.

Copper?

I too have wondered if oxidation of copper is to blame for brown signs turning green. There's a spectacular example on US 23 northbound approaching OH 309. It's uneven, but becoming quite similar in color to the Statue Of Liberty.

Quote from: vtk on August 22, 2016, 01:45:16 PM

Did anyone (besides a GSV car) ever get a good photo of this before it got replaced?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5732673,-83.0740453,3a,15y,25.76h,88.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sF_rhuUsWub18os5fIau1iA!2e0!5s20150901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
(US 23 NB, approaching OH 95 exit, Marion; street view 2015 Sep has old, faded sign; street view 2016 Jan has new sign)

Wow, have gone by that sign many times and never noticed that. It's so green it's easy to just assume it was green from the start.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: bzakharin on February 05, 2017, 12:27:00 PM
All Mercer County NJ welcome signs look like this at best
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.174006,-74.6107543,3a,15y,281.72h,86.7t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2e5AhfCzfOHmBwmAN-zAQQ!2e0!5s20151001T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
Do they no longer make new ones?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 7/8 on April 14, 2017, 03:26:59 PM
Here's a sign for some museum on King St at Weber St in Waterloo, ON (the museum name is too faded to even read).

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxlmDFA7.jpg&hash=3b9aa400f000bc3df90325a928c461524b898129)

Here's two pretty faded signs for Hwy 7 and 401 on King St at Ottawa St in Kitchener, ON.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlKnJtk3.jpg&hash=ecfce39328eb4f54038d7552809ab423db14351d)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on April 23, 2017, 11:02:50 PM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/340/18585594845_520f2f7404_z_d.jpg)
Warner, OK

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3194/2823187063_1e3d975dce_z_d.jpg)
Randlett, OK
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 7/8 on May 01, 2017, 04:55:21 PM
A faded "16" on this sign for TCH 16 on TCH 16A in Yorkton, SK

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FWrvgpJV.jpg&hash=bbc7f7f6327df90b53bc8dd95699e9d1afb606be)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: freebrickproductions on May 03, 2017, 01:41:12 PM
This old directional sign on Sullivan Street in Madison, AL likely dates back to when Madison Boulevard (just beyond the sign) was still AL 20/ALT US 72:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4159/34272192342_57435382ac_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UdvWKY)Faded Directional Sign (https://flic.kr/p/UdvWKY) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on May 03, 2017, 07:47:46 PM
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18194008_10211145189338031_1095258403141548185_n.jpg?oh=0cdb7edc903a41b201250df3bdd6cd6a&oe=59C187EF)
Old US 69 Caddo, OK
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Max Rockatansky on May 03, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Way over exposed but some of the lettering is still visible, I can't make this one out:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4171/33628849333_e7ede62c17_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TeEDi8)IMG_6435 (https://flic.kr/p/TeEDi8) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 7/8 on May 28, 2017, 07:43:55 PM
These two signs for Highway 3 at the south end of Highway 24 in Simcoe, ON are getting pretty faded.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fbe9n16E.jpg&hash=70d395cf6bce996074ef6341e275f99630952d1d)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fwf7chPh.jpg&hash=ce99e8a0ab14f23d76f62cf5c3a3bfe8c7e02ffa)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: freebrickproductions on July 14, 2017, 08:52:13 PM
Hartselle, AL:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4327/35795662741_a598f2aa83_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98qZ)Completely Illegible (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98qZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/35757429422_f17477cef1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WtLaZQ)Completely Illegible (https://flic.kr/p/WtLaZQ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4232/35795662611_5918519413_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98oK)Completely Illegible (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98oK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: mrsman on July 19, 2017, 10:54:51 PM
E.T. is on an official highway sign?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Life in Paradise on July 20, 2017, 09:42:15 AM
Back in the late 1990s, some advertising friend of Progressive's owner made a pitch to the company and also to the movie studio/Spielberg about using ET.  They would only allow ET to be used in safety type ads.  It was one of the dumbest advertising campaigns that I have ever seen.  I was a claims manager at Progressive back then, but didn't dare say anything about how lame it was, although everyone else had the same feeling.  Didn't know that they actually produced street signs.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: SectorZ on July 20, 2017, 02:59:19 PM
Quote from: Life in Paradise on July 20, 2017, 09:42:15 AM
Back in the late 1990s, some advertising friend of Progressive's owner made a pitch to the company and also to the movie studio/Spielberg about using ET.  They would only allow ET to be used in safety type ads.  It was one of the dumbest advertising campaigns that I have ever seen.  I was a claims manager at Progressive back then, but didn't dare say anything about how lame it was, although everyone else had the same feeling.  Didn't know that they actually produced street signs.

Lamer than what they have now?

I worked in insurance, in claims, for years. I could tolerate any company but two. Progressive was one, and another over-advertiser who's company name is technically an acronym and not a lizard was the other.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: plain on July 20, 2017, 06:17:25 PM
This is on VA 150 SB. The banner on the top says  (or at least SAID) TOLL. The circular shield says RMA (basically what's in my avatar)
https://goo.gl/maps/N24nDZrfJiS2

The I-95 shield is faded as well as both direction banners
https://goo.gl/maps/rosbjNWfjav

The blue is still recognizable but the red is gone
https://goo.gl/maps/XZMHPLpcF622
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on July 21, 2017, 09:12:35 AM
Quote from: plain on July 20, 2017, 06:17:25 PMThe blue is still recognizable but the red is gone
I've seen plenty other examples of such.  For some reason; the red tends to fade earlier than the blue.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Roadsguy on July 24, 2017, 05:34:31 PM
This sign (https://goo.gl/maps/TafzU7JZxk32) near Pittsburgh was recycled from a previous sign, and said previous sign's markings have bled through to the point where it's impossible to tell which is which just by looking at it. Is it a right-turn-only sign that used to be a no-right-turn sign, or vice versa? It's the former, but you'd never know by looking at it.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: JJBers on July 24, 2017, 07:17:17 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4254/35383789031_daf629de31_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VUKaJ8)
This must be from at least the 70's, because it's completely de-saturated.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on July 25, 2017, 01:05:49 PM
Quote from: JJBers on July 24, 2017, 07:17:17 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4254/35383789031_daf629de31_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VUKaJ8)
This must be from at least the 70's, because it's completely de-saturated.

Mid-80s vintage; when reflectorized sheeting w/button-copy was ConnDOT's order of the day.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 7/8 on August 25, 2017, 07:49:01 PM
These two exit signs for Kirkman Road in Orlando, FL have very faded I-4 shields (both photos taken northbound this morning).

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeHzRovO.jpg&hash=fe1944a5813e3ad0508578e0a315ec2fee6d690f)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvO5ZS0v.jpg&hash=266d59721d341babb2f6f8147c9c0ca40b5a262a)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 7/8 on September 09, 2017, 09:46:20 AM
This I-370 shield is very hard to read (taken on NB I-270 in Gaithersburg, MD)

(https://i.imgur.com/n1ehSi5.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: JJBers on September 10, 2017, 05:00:36 PM
Wow
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4339/36198064734_3821aa8d51_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X9Gxwo)
MA 136 (https://flic.kr/p/X9Gxwo) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 7/8 on November 05, 2017, 07:14:23 PM
This scenic route sign has seen better days. This is on Grey CR 13 just north of Grey CR 4 (formerly a King's Highway) just east of Flesherton, ON.

(https://i.imgur.com/tsPKZxl.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: JJBers on February 22, 2018, 04:19:55 PM
Reviving this thread for this photo
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4747/39715437814_1c5ce2d45b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23vvZZQ)
Buckland St. (https://flic.kr/p/23vvZZQ) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Those direction signs are really badly faded
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on May 24, 2018, 10:59:08 PM
Private driveway exit, Kihei, Maui.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/885/42287456702_033c992196_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27qNgB5)Faded stop sign, Kihei, Maui (https://flic.kr/p/27qNgB5) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr

Approximately here (https://goo.gl/maps/kqWLUieZ4t62)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Eth on July 22, 2018, 07:39:00 PM
This speed limit sign on GA 5/280 in Marietta has seen better days:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2Fspeed_limit_45_faded.jpg&hash=6faa4305de87d3cc70fc4bb7701a66efbbdf6bcc)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 17, 2018, 09:50:37 AM
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I thought these were relevant.

This is the route marker on US-169 NB right past the north ramps to/from I-90. Interesting that the digits have survived (mostly) but not the rest!

(https://i.imgur.com/icCzP2v.jpg)

At one time, this sign was brown. Not anymore...

(https://i.imgur.com/ZGZARnR.jpg)

...but some of the brown is still hiding under the MN-13 marker.

(https://i.imgur.com/mBhwPcY.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on December 17, 2018, 11:06:56 PM
Outside the employee exit for Six Flags New Jersey. (https://goo.gl/maps/LWBag4Z2H9k)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on December 17, 2018, 11:12:22 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4848/32490841148_0142b16656_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m)Faded I-5 sheld on button copy sign (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Brian556 on December 17, 2018, 11:40:07 PM
Quote from: formulanone on September 06, 2016, 02:50:38 PM
Quote from: mefailenglish on August 26, 2016, 07:25:47 PM
Not as bad but also badly faded:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FDSCF3731_zpsigfecflv.jpg&hash=276719470bc9d6afc80a429dd4a4df611161ed14)

Is this one still standing? I thought all the Kodachrome US 41 shields were gone...

How am I seeing this Photobucket pic in 2018? Do you have a paid account with them?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 18, 2018, 03:30:24 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on December 17, 2018, 11:40:07 PM
How am I seeing this Photobucket pic in 2018? Do you have a paid account with them?

Don't quote me on this, but I'm guessing they went back to allowing linking, just now with that stupid watermark.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Eth on December 18, 2018, 02:10:22 PM
I'm not even entirely sure why there's an I-4 shield on this sign, so maybe it's actually good that it's unreadable.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2Fi4e_exit75.jpg&hash=91105d2ee69d922e46175c910a7be0e44d2072b3)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: mgk920 on December 24, 2018, 12:21:21 PM
About 8-10 years ago, Greenville Township (just west of Appleton, WI) replaced a major percentage of their street name blades with the cheapest ones that they could find (typical of Wisconsin townships - Grrrr....) and now it is getting hard to find ones' way around there due to many/most of them having faded to unreadability.

Mike
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on January 04, 2019, 10:43:24 AM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on December 17, 2018, 11:12:22 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4848/32490841148_0142b16656_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m)Faded I-5 sheld on button copy sign (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr

Where is this located?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on January 04, 2019, 10:56:26 AM
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1902/45324676041_d05123aaf6_z_d.jpg)
Old Us 30
Hamlet, IN
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: csw on January 04, 2019, 04:22:01 PM
^How recent is that photo?!
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on January 04, 2019, 04:41:10 PM
Quote from: csw on January 04, 2019, 04:22:01 PM
^How recent is that photo?!

October
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: csw on January 04, 2019, 04:59:58 PM
I'm going to have to go snag a photo of that. Nice find.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on January 04, 2019, 11:57:50 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 04, 2019, 10:43:24 AM

Where is this located?

Boeing Access Road, south of Seattle (https://goo.gl/maps/rJEXVC9yNvK2)

(Go forward and spin around to see another button copy sign, and an arrow pointing down against temporary opposite-direction traffic.)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: jakeroot on November 25, 2019, 06:53:22 PM
Along Broadway in Downtown Tacoma, WA:

(https://i.imgur.com/0Od2gbm.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on November 25, 2019, 06:57:12 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3194/2823187063_1e3d975dce_z_d.jpg)
"County Road"
old US 277/US 281 near Randlett, OK
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ozarkman417 on November 26, 2019, 10:08:19 PM
While randomly browsing GSV, I found This US 31 shield (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5197814,-86.8177935,3a,15y,87.46h,112.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szRLU4htNbUnK7t_WYqfzaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), that looks like it's about to lose it's 1. looking closely it is on an old button-copy sign.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: wolfiefrick on November 26, 2019, 10:10:25 PM
South Outer Forty ("SO TH O T    O  T") at Woodlake Drive. Town and Country, Missouri.


https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7 (https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ozarkman417 on November 26, 2019, 10:12:13 PM
Quote from: wolfiefrick on November 26, 2019, 10:10:25 PM
South Outer Forty ("SO TH O T    O  T") at Woodlake Drive. Town and Country, Missouri.


https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7 (https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7)
Given what the sign spells, it was probably vandalized  :-D
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on November 26, 2019, 10:15:58 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8642/30336379376_f0029c8e6c_z_d.jpg)
Downtown Birmingham, AL
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on November 27, 2019, 10:10:33 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on November 26, 2019, 10:08:19 PM
While randomly browsing GSV, I found This US 31 shield (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5197814,-86.8177935,3a,15y,87.46h,112.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szRLU4htNbUnK7t_WYqfzaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), that looks like it's about to lose it's 1. looking closely it is on an old button-copy sign.

With that section of I-20/59 (or 59/20) under re-construction, that sign gantry is probably history, along with many others.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: csw on November 27, 2019, 11:29:33 AM
The bottom sign used to be brown. I-581 in Roanoke, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/JCNRqRc.jpg)

A few old I-80 shields and a patchy green sign. White Haven, PA.
(https://i.imgur.com/dsBcaL4.jpg)

Do Not Enter. Indianapolis, IN.
(https://i.imgur.com/n7zWx0f.jpg)

Nearly illegible directional signs. Old US 31 in Fulton Co., IN.
(https://i.imgur.com/XmDF493.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Mergingtraffic on November 29, 2019, 02:50:56 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/930/43870762091_b7c0c7a915_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29QH88R)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7916/40405744393_e71476a762_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24yw16p)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48140311321_c2c47a6000_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gkZFnB)

Baltimore, MD
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Eth on January 14, 2020, 07:47:35 PM
Crossing into Florida on southbound US 27, there's a nearly illegible sign for Gadsden CR 157 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.6895098,-84.3808058,3a,25.5y,199.33h,81.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSDVQPF1Sd6JLiEyrwgZ7FA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: silveradoman298 on February 14, 2020, 11:04:13 AM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on November 29, 2019, 02:50:56 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/930/43870762091_b7c0c7a915_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29QH88R)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/7916/40405744393_e71476a762_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24yw16p)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48140311321_c2c47a6000_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gkZFnB)

Baltimore, MD

Gotta love button copy!
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: csw on February 14, 2020, 03:04:42 PM
Buena Vista, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/vPrM8AL.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on March 18, 2020, 10:57:22 PM
The new 520 Floating Bridge is only a few years old, but already the purple University of Washington logo is fading.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49675172452_d2cc1231ca_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iFCf7y)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: jakeroot on March 19, 2020, 04:15:53 AM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on March 18, 2020, 10:57:22 PM
The new 520 Floating Bridge is only a few years old, but already the purple University of Washington logo is fading.

[image clipped]
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49675172452_d2cc1231ca_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iFCf7y)

That's disappointing. Any idea if they used the approved purple (the equivalent of Pantone 259)? Or if they used what UW specifies (Pantone 2685)? Can't recall how similar the colors are.

I only ask because there are tons of ETC-related signs across this country that, despite their age, have not faded to that degree, but which do use the purple that was approved for highway signage.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: KEVIN_224 on March 28, 2020, 04:24:10 PM
New Britain, CT, where Main Street meets CT Route 71.
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/85/dd/PgI2QJiA_t.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/PgI2QJiA)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: CovalenceSTU on April 05, 2020, 03:48:25 AM
This was a No Parking Any Time sign when I first saw it, but now it's just white and covered in moss.

(https://i.imgur.com/IxCJUU5.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on April 05, 2020, 02:43:33 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2751/4223610269_8f485b07f6_d.jpg)
Rogers, AR (no longer there)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: KEVIN_224 on May 11, 2020, 09:01:52 PM
The shields were for I-91 in Springfield, MA. This is more or less a parking lot and access to an Amtrak line behind me, so virtually no traffic. They might be leftover from when the Basketball Hall Of Fame was next door (center and right with the yellow columns).
(https://i.imgur.com/S12vwmy.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Amtrakprod on May 12, 2020, 06:32:51 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on May 11, 2020, 09:01:52 PM
The shields were for I-91 in Springfield, MA. This is more or less a parking lot and access to an Amtrak line behind me, so virtually no traffic. They might be leftover from when the Basketball Hall Of Fame was next door (center and right with the yellow columns).
(https://i.imgur.com/S12vwmy.jpg)
Speaking of Greenfield. Not sure if this counts but look at this FYA sign. Best part is that the original sign had the same pattern but had a green color instead of a yellow in the same shape. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200512/0e9a220e657fd497635244b5a099681c.jpg)


iPhone
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: jakeroot on May 13, 2020, 02:42:55 PM
Quote from: Amtrakprod on May 12, 2020, 06:32:51 PM
Speaking of Greenfield. Not sure if this counts but look at this FYA sign. Best part is that the original sign had the same pattern but had a green color instead of a yellow in the same shape.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200512/0e9a220e657fd497635244b5a099681c.jpg)

Not all unlike the very-briefly standard "YIELD ON FLASHING YELLOW [YELLOW]" (https://goo.gl/maps/pPm9EySVJX7k8yxS9) signs in Federal Way, WA.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Amtrakprod on May 13, 2020, 06:09:28 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on May 13, 2020, 02:42:55 PM
Quote from: Amtrakprod on May 12, 2020, 06:32:51 PM
Speaking of Greenfield. Not sure if this counts but look at this FYA sign. Best part is that the original sign had the same pattern but had a green color instead of a yellow in the same shape.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200512/0e9a220e657fd497635244b5a099681c.jpg)

Not all unlike the very-briefly standard "YIELD ON FLASHING YELLOW [YELLOW]" (https://goo.gl/maps/pPm9EySVJX7k8yxS9) signs in Federal Way, WA.
Here's a video of the green arrow version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIW8Y9q07So
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: CovalenceSTU on May 18, 2020, 02:38:09 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 05, 2020, 02:43:33 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2751/4223610269_8f485b07f6_d.jpg)
Rogers, AR (no longer there)
There's a sign just like that in Longview, WA:
(https://i.imgur.com/OWAQcej.png)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: CapeCodder on June 07, 2020, 08:58:59 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.339683,-76.6477521,3a,35.5y,195.08h,98.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOp7ZRBXA4K5wEfQ4h3Gu3A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.339683,-76.6477521,3a,35.5y,195.08h,98.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOp7ZRBXA4K5wEfQ4h3Gu3A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)

I-83 in Baltimore.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on June 10, 2020, 03:53:14 PM
Quote from: CovalenceSTU on May 18, 2020, 02:38:09 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 05, 2020, 02:43:33 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2751/4223610269_8f485b07f6_d.jpg)
Rogers, AR (no longer there)
There's a sign just like that in Longview, WA:
(https://i.imgur.com/OWAQcej.png)

Sadly, the one in Rogers is gone after the street was widened.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: M3100 on June 14, 2020, 02:06:34 PM
CA-213, Western Ave., an "urban state highway" in Harbor City [which is technically part of Los Angeles], CA.
Signs in this part of So Cal that are within arms' reach often have stickers on them.  Graffiti is less common here; more common closer to downtown LA and other locations.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50005414103_8e4113435c.jpg) 
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: stevashe on June 29, 2020, 02:47:29 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on March 19, 2020, 04:15:53 AM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on March 18, 2020, 10:57:22 PM
The new 520 Floating Bridge is only a few years old, but already the purple University of Washington logo is fading.

[image clipped]
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49675172452_d2cc1231ca_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iFCf7y)

That's disappointing. Any idea if they used the approved purple (the equivalent of Pantone 259)? Or if they used what UW specifies (Pantone 2685)? Can't recall how similar the colors are.

I only ask because there are tons of ETC-related signs across this country that, despite their age, have not faded to that degree, but which do use the purple that was approved for highway signage.

Luckily this sign will be replaced with the ongoing Montlake project anyway. Fingers crossed they use a more durable purple color this time!
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: plain on August 08, 2020, 06:11:47 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Damn... Snoop Dogg doesn't even get that faded  :-D
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on August 09, 2020, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: plain on August 08, 2020, 06:11:47 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Damn... Snoop Dogg doesn't even get that faded  :-D

Eye-Fadey Seven
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: DrSmith on August 10, 2020, 08:07:18 PM
At least there is one legible "Do Not Enter" sign there
Also, inappropriate shape to the sign

https://goo.gl/maps/xDGLwHQtunX1a9Wf8
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on August 12, 2020, 03:45:47 PM
Last fall, MassDOT replaced many of the 90s-vintage faded button-copy I-shields on the northbound I-95 interchange signage for the Canton I-93 interchange.

1-mile advance sign showing the replacement I-95 shield but the old faded I-93 shield remains (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1916273,-71.1518256,3a,75y,35.16h,97.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Ue5KAEtHV46nDOxTtYhjg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)

Not sure why that one I-93 shield on that sign wasn't changed; unless such was done after Nov. 2019.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Scott5114 on August 12, 2020, 05:45:13 PM
Quote from: DrSmith on August 10, 2020, 08:07:18 PM
At least there is one legible "Do Not Enter" sign there
Also, inappropriate shape to the sign

https://goo.gl/maps/xDGLwHQtunX1a9Wf8


That's because there's a stop sign on the other side of it, and they don't want to obscure the octagonal shape of the stop sign with the square shape of a Do Not Enter sign on the other side of it.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: roadfro on August 15, 2020, 03:25:36 PM
Quote from: DrSmith on August 10, 2020, 08:07:18 PM
At least there is one legible "Do Not Enter" sign there
Also, inappropriate shape to the sign

https://goo.gl/maps/xDGLwHQtunX1a9Wf8

But also the shape is possibly "ahead of its time". Guidance added to the 2009 MUTCD [2B.10p08] states that a sign placed back to back on the same post with a stop/yield sign should stay within the edges of the stop/yield sign. (Although the suggestion there is to increase the size of the stop/yield sign so the other sign can remain in its edges.)

I rather like this though. If it weren't so faded, I think we'd see the full red "do not enter" circle and it would still have white surrounding it. Since "do not enter" signs don't have a border, nothing is really lost by using a stop sign blank instead of a square.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on August 17, 2020, 10:32:00 PM
Not a road sign, but it is faded.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50238488283_a43fc2ed71_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jxpoht)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: STLmapboy on August 21, 2020, 07:28:43 PM
The shields are fine but the words (https://www.google.pl/maps/@48.1840056,-117.0389823,3a,39.3y,278.67h,103.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSVyqR9JSbEGusC6ORHc40w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656/) are awful.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: PHLBOS on August 24, 2020, 12:00:16 PM
While not a traffic control device; this ancient sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8902613,-75.3132949,3a,75y,184.05h,82.89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZ1tze6vLDQa6dMot78R6eA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DZ1tze6vLDQa6dMot78R6eA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D213.905%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) at a park entrance once listed the park's hours (in better days).  At present, one can only decipher PARK HOURS in red letters at the top.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on September 02, 2020, 08:59:56 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 21, 2020, 07:28:43 PM
The shields are fine but the words (https://www.google.pl/maps/@48.1840056,-117.0389823,3a,39.3y,278.67h,103.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSVyqR9JSbEGusC6ORHc40w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656/) are awful.

Shields were probably replaced, but not the whole sign.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: SidS1045 on September 03, 2020, 04:28:06 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 12, 2020, 03:45:47 PM
Last fall, MassDOT replaced many of the 90s-vintage faded button-copy I-shields on the northbound I-95 interchange signage for the Canton I-93 interchange.

1-mile advance sign showing the replacement I-95 shield but the old faded I-93 shield remains (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1916273,-71.1518256,3a,75y,35.16h,97.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Ue5KAEtHV46nDOxTtYhjg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)

Just drove through there today.  Nothing has changed since your post.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: roadman65 on September 09, 2020, 10:15:08 PM
These shields here have a lot to be desired.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50325373001_3c9903bd47_3k.jpg)

Hardeeville, SC on US 17 N Bound.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: JoePCool14 on September 09, 2020, 10:22:39 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on September 09, 2020, 10:15:08 PM
These shields here have a lot to be desired.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50325373001_3c9903bd47_3k.jpg)

Hardeeville, SC on US 17 N Bound.

After driving around a bit in SC, I feel like this problem is rather common on some of their newer (Clearview) signs, I wonder why.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: D-Dey65 on September 18, 2020, 10:31:53 AM
On the Montauk Point State Parkway (part of NY 27), the signs approaching the East Overlook are in terrible condition.

Especially eastbound:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_1000_Ft_Sign.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_Directional_Sign.jpg

These are the westbound signs:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_1000_Ft_Sign.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_Directional_Sign.jpg

NYSDOT Region 10 had enough sense to replace the ones for the West Overlook with brown signs, but they're too small.


Quote from: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
We don't use close-up shots of asphalt, that's for sure.
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9359346,-73.8556313,3a,75y,48.08h,89.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sglD-SPVpV86K1su0cDeUKg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Besides replacing that sign, Region 8 should use that big space on the sign gantry for an NY 100 pull through sign.



Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ozarkman417 on September 28, 2020, 11:10:38 PM
At first, I thought there was no number here at all, but at this angle, there is a very faint number next to the US. I'll assume the "missing" number here is 49. I'm not even sure if this was faded, it was probably defaced.

AR 91 at I-555 US-63 in Jonesboro  (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8575193,-90.7798875,3a,15y,174.68h,86.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQzBN64ECNycxCbF3tJpiNA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on September 28, 2020, 11:13:29 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on September 28, 2020, 11:10:38 PM
At first, I thought there was no number here at all, but at this angle, there is a very faint number next to the US. I'll assume the "missing" number here is 49. I'm not even sure if this was faded, it was probably defaced.

AR 91 at I-555 US-63 in Jonesboro  (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8575193,-90.7798875,3a,15y,174.68h,86.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQzBN64ECNycxCbF3tJpiNA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)

Hard to tell, but almost looks like it was never there
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Finrod on October 20, 2020, 01:41:47 AM
This "Roswell Next Right" on the 120 Marietta loop in Cobb GA looks even worse now than it does in this GSV shot from about a year ago:

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.954858,-84.4969392,3a,75y,32.89h,79.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sscrDl4podwJCCPM2iQIBcg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: US71 on October 20, 2020, 09:48:30 AM
This one is close
(https://live.staticflickr.com/1902/45324676041_d05123aaf6_z_d.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/871/41434666741_6c47f89fea_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/268ruRT)2018 west-central KY route-clinching trip Day 2 - 155 (https://flic.kr/p/268ruRT) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.

That's a pretty normal sized BGS.  Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Billy F 1988 on October 30, 2020, 11:52:03 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8687388,-113.9830435,3a,15y,312.5h,93.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D101.7046%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8687388,-113.9830435,3a,15y,312.5h,93.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D101.7046%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192)

It's amazing how the left sign with the old style US 12 shield has stood the sun beating all this time whereas the other one on the right is pretty much completely sun beaten beyond visibility. It's even crazier when the I-Business shield still reflects when driving by it. I can't determine the build date on the right sign that's completely faded, but I think the build date on the left one had to have been around '75.

GMaps location: Van Buren St. and E. Broadway Street looking west towards Madison Street/US 12.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.

That's a pretty normal sized BGS.  Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?

At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Rothman on October 31, 2020, 12:03:32 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.

That's a pretty normal sized BGS.  Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?

At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
That's too bad.  It's been too long since I have driven the Mountain Parkway.  I didn't know the signs had shrunk.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Dirt Roads on October 31, 2020, 12:33:29 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
That's a pretty normal sized BGS.  Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?

Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.

Gosh, its been 35 years since I last made one of several camping trips to Natural Bridge State Park.  Hiked every bit of it.  Almost as nice as Breaks Interstate.  Glad to hear the old sign is still there.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: csw on December 04, 2020, 10:29:06 PM
Old overhead showing its age near Charlottesville, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/t7WtP89.jpg)

At least the sign 1/4 mile down the road is legible. Emporia, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/ipzVCiD.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Scott5114 on December 04, 2020, 10:44:21 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 31, 2020, 12:33:29 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
That's a pretty normal sized BGS.  Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?

Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.

Gosh, its been 35 years since I last made one of several camping trips to Natural Bridge State Park.  Hiked every bit of it.  Almost as nice as Breaks Interstate.  Glad to hear the old sign is still there.

Is this what you're referring to? https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7976161,-83.6692054,3a,20.3y,274.67h,90.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXyoM0ZXtCek8nbZQvYBlMg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Dirt Roads on December 05, 2020, 09:49:22 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
That's a pretty normal sized BGS.  Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?

Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.

Quote from: Scott5114 on December 04, 2020, 10:44:21 PM
Is this what you're referring to? https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7976161,-83.6692054,3a,20.3y,274.67h,90.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXyoM0ZXtCek8nbZQvYBlMg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That's it.  But the ones on the Mountain Parkway are up close to the pavement.  I seem to recall that the supersize ones along I-64 and I-75 were set back way further to give them the appearance of the smaller fonts on reassurance signs.  Back to topic, this one for Exit 33 still looks great.  I figured that any supersized signs would be long faded by now.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.

Practically unreadable now.

https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.

Practically unreadable now.

https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps.  Signs could have been replaced by now.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:32:24 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.

Practically unreadable now.

https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps.  Signs could have been replaced by now.
Yes they could have, it makes me ask why are they still there?
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on February 10, 2022, 10:26:29 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:32:24 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.

Practically unreadable now.

https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps.  Signs could have been replaced by now.
Yes they could have, it makes me ask why are they still there?

Send a polite email off to NCDOT if you want to help or know for sure.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: tolbs17 on February 10, 2022, 10:44:44 AM
Quote from: formulanone on February 10, 2022, 10:26:29 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:32:24 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.

Practically unreadable now.

https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps.  Signs could have been replaced by now.
Yes they could have, it makes me ask why are they still there?

Send a polite email off to NCDOT if you want to help or know for sure.
Will do.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: CovalenceSTU on December 31, 2022, 06:34:15 PM
Cairo, IL: (first pic is from 2014, second is 2019)
(https://i.imgur.com/vmhnMep.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/0KFuDKp.jpeg)

Newest Street View on this one is from 2014 but it's probably still there:
(https://i.imgur.com/iN0Tn4S.jpeg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on December 31, 2022, 07:27:18 PM
On the other hand, there were two yellow yield signs still hanging around in Cairo in 2020.

----------------

My guess is that they're waiting to replace the entire thing after construction has completed at I-95 and I-595:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52094012452_75d4ce1eab_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nnnqYu)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: CovalenceSTU on January 06, 2023, 05:02:11 PM
Quote from: formulanone on December 31, 2022, 07:27:18 PM
On the other hand, there were two yellow yield signs still hanging around in Cairo in 2020.

I saw them both poking around Street View for that kind of thing, as well as a pre-1971 Do Not Enter sign (only a block away from the yield sign I posted) that hasn't faded a bit. Is there a thread for very old signs still in use? :D
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Mr. Matté on May 10, 2023, 10:22:44 PM
Not that it gets a whole lot of traffic, but this freeway ends sign probably dates back to when this was actually I-170 in Baltimore:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Former_I-170_eb_end%2C_May_2023.jpg/600px-Former_I-170_eb_end%2C_May_2023.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: LilianaUwU on August 11, 2023, 08:35:05 AM
This QC 138 assembly has seen better days.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53106987466_019d494e57_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTc9W)Peeling QC 138 assembly - 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTc9W) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53107497288_ed1b3eeac5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oUVNGY)Peeling QC 138 assembly - 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2oUVNGY) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53106986896_63a254430c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTbZ7)Peeling QC 138 assembly - 3 (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTbZ7) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Rothman on August 26, 2023, 09:26:44 PM
Probably not faded beyond recognition, but pretty darned faded, by Dinosaur BBQ, no less.  Probably been shared somewhere on the forum before, but here's my shot of it:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53144339498_f0ae305c1d_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oYbCBu)20230826_172145 (https://flic.kr/p/2oYbCBu)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: freebrickproductions on September 29, 2023, 01:49:50 PM
Came across this rather worn out specimen (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9365046,-85.7759993,3a,15y,63.56h,85.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spt-scmwkzpEJ_rVO21pdxQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) while looking around Jackson County, AL, on Google Maps yesterday evening.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: tmoore952 on September 29, 2023, 05:14:22 PM
NB I-270 in Maryland -- over main lanes guessing somewhere between Falls Rd. and Rt. 28 (I see this sign all the time but since I'm driving I don't remember exactly where it is). There is a sign above the road listing upcoming exits. One of the three (?) exits listed is I-370. There is a small shield on the sign but the numbers have nearly (or completely) faded away.

I have lived in the area for 23 years and I am pretty sure that sign predates me.

The corresponding sign in the SB direction (several miles north of I-370, and therefore about 8 to 10 miles north of the aforementioned one) is brand new and that is because one of the exits listed on that sign is the new Watkins Mill Road interchange.

EDIT - see post 76 in this thread for a picture of the faded sign that I mention. That post is from SIX years ago. Sign is still there.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: ErmineNotyours on November 12, 2023, 05:38:08 PM
Another post on the Lincoln Tunnel led me to this:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3i1E417bfJn8Zpi18
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 74/171FAN on November 23, 2023, 08:15:09 PM
I think the faded sign was the old Appomattox River sign.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218792931494875&set=a.10218793136620003)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53401924613_c7efba4873_c.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: plain on November 25, 2023, 08:03:24 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on November 23, 2023, 08:15:09 PM
I think the faded sign was the old Appomattox River sign.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218792931494875&set=a.10218793136620003)

(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/348992924_634982624800222_841308378291270583_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=xlx5kmFYNVcAX84Bd1A&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCImkdNDVDnFe3WMIkucizOY6WOVNxxZ87awztN427ETw&oe=656484AB)

Appomattox River/Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on November 26, 2023, 12:49:07 PM
IN episode IV

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51157387528_2c4f5af55e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kWAZ1U)


"Hidden Drive"
sign on Garden Road
near Vineland, New Jersey.
Rebel sun has infiltrated the Empire's
traffic control devices in attempt to thwart a
proposed trade route between Cape May and Delaware
Water Gap. A standoff between button copy and directly-applied
signage looms as negotiations break down at the Taylor Ham factory...


Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Big John on November 26, 2023, 12:53:32 PM
^^ Or is it peeled? https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33963.0
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 74/171FAN on January 07, 2024, 03:28:42 PM
US 119 NB approaching PA 66 NB/I-70/I-76 in New Stanton, PA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817527029123&set=a.10219817649832193)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449315636_2c2445a4b4_c.jpg)

(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817530069199&set=a.10219817649832193)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449443718_fb75a14927_c.jpg)

On I-287 WB at I-95 SB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980920273852&set=a.10219981104278452)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53527814458_1e6463ddb5_c.jpg)

Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: Scott5114 on February 29, 2024, 06:49:12 PM
Thank God that Clark County felt the need to fix the error on this sign. I don't know what we'd do if it had the wrong street name suffix. We might, I dunno, not recognize which street this is or something.

(https://i.imgur.com/V19jyrr.png)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: roadfro on March 03, 2024, 02:03:33 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 29, 2024, 06:49:12 PM
Thank God that Clark County felt the need to fix the error on this sign. I don't know what we'd do if it had the wrong street name suffix. We might, I dunno, not recognize which street this is or something.

(https://i.imgur.com/V19jyrr.png)

That's a weird instance of one set of street blades getting replaced while the other on the same post does not. I don't usually see that around Vegas, except in cases of street name changes (which is clearly not the case here).

EDIT: Found it on Street View (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7Lbqk9BVt2hWiZVh7). That assembly is unusual in and of itself, because it's a separate set of street name signs from those that appear above the stop sign on Aldora Ave, which is somewhat unusual (at least in current practice). Also interesting is that they put "W" for the Rainbow Blvd directional when it should be "S".
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: plain on March 08, 2024, 08:22:07 AM
"Fade" to black. This is on US 1's short run on Azalea Ave in Richmond. If you go back to the 2007 GSV, you can see it was already starting to turn.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MJbijkKo2HH8evqK6


Image from yesterday



(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240308/01281e33032581f4e17809def9625684.jpg)

moto g pure

Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: mglass87 on March 08, 2024, 09:44:52 AM
These no parking signs at Brightpoint Community College in Chester, VA:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AKgWnyAhJNn1THn97
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 74/171FAN on March 21, 2024, 08:39:40 PM
On US 23 NB approaching Big Stone Gap, VA, at US 58 ALT WB.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220095364094876&set=a.10220095521778818)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53599627972_71dccd9c60_c.jpg)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: bzakharin on April 17, 2024, 11:06:59 AM
It seems like Mercer County, NJ should rethink how they make their welcome signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1739833,-74.6106894,3a,16.8y,279.59h,91.79t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1su9FbxrPj9vR81XHIbyLcww!2e0!5s20230901T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This one replaced a faded sign around 2018 and is already fading again. It used to be that all their welcome signs were completely faded. They seemed to have replaced them between 2018 and 2021. If the above sign is typical, they'll all be faded again by the end of the decade.
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: formulanone on May 08, 2024, 10:09:04 AM
Almost all of the shields on Tennessee Truck 7 in Ardmore look like this:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53689654829_66c74e8c58_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pNnvRX)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53689654559_8ec753e4ed_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pNnvMi)
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: freebrickproductions on May 12, 2024, 07:52:44 PM
I almost wonder if TDOT's just forgotten about it, given how inconsistently it can be signed (including having a mix of primary and secondary shields, IIRC).
Title: Re: FADED Beyond Recognition
Post by: 74/171FAN on May 14, 2024, 06:29:09 PM
I-83 NB at PA 114 (Exit 39A) in New Cumberland, PA (Where did the PA Turnpike go???)(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220308978595105&set=a.10220308987635331)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53720895237_b8ea68b623_c.jpg)

Found it:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53721797541_2c0e01e13a_c.jpg)

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