The Best of Road Signs

[realjd]

Although I never saw one myself, I think this deserves a place in the Best Of Road Signs gallery:


(from Wikipedia)

Does anyone have an actual photo? AARoads doesn't cover Montana, and a quick GIS didn't turn up many.

[Alps]

Although I never saw one myself, I think this deserves a place in the Best Of Road Signs gallery:


(from Wikipedia)

Does anyone have an actual photo? AARoads doesn't cover Montana, and a quick GIS didn't turn up many.

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/mt/misc has that which you seek.

[Central Avenue]

Somehow, I almost like this one better in the photo than in person. (at Olentangy River Road)

315 South by LongestAugust, on Flickr

This one's neat just for the "wait, what?" factor. (along US 23 SB between Marion and Delaware)

Experimental Test Pavement by LongestAugust, on Flickr

And finally, this is the only remaining state-name Interstate shield I know of in Columbus. It's not just the photo, the colors are actually that faded. (along OH 317 SB just past East Main Street/US 40)

Interstate Ohio 70 by LongestAugust, on Flickr

[Mapmikey]

IIRC, the last US route cutouts were removed before 2003. The last one I remember was on EB W Broad St (US 33/250) between Westmoreland St and Staples Mill Rd (US 33).

I've scoured the various US routes in Richmond and have come up empty-handed; the oldest signs I can find are City of Richmond uni-signs. These signs ARE quite old and some of the older ones refer to old route alignments - they date back to the 1970s and possibly earlier (there is a sign for US 60 on Broad St at Monroe St; this part of Broad has not had US 60 since 1974), but they're not what I'm looking for. Of course, the city is also replacing those and one of the replacements is an error shield that I stuck in the sign error thread.

Two VA 6 cuotus are still up, one in each direction west of Three Chopt Road on Patterson Ave...saw them today but didn't have my camera with me...

Mapmikey

[MDOTFanFB]

[Quillz]

I think Series C works very well with an Interstate shield:

[MDOTFanFB]

Though I never saw this myself, I think it should belong in here:



(from the Google 3D Warehouse)

Anyone have an actual photo of this sign?

[NE2]

Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

[MDOTFanFB]

Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

[deathtopumpkins]

Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Nope, Virginia's full of them, and I've also seen them for sure in New Jersey, and probably elsewhere. Typically orange and used in connection with a work zone though.

[ctsignguy]

I couldnt have made THAT one up if i tried!!!

[WillWeaverRVA]

Two VA 6 cuotus are still up, one in each direction west of Three Chopt Road on Patterson Ave...saw them today but didn't have my camera with me...

Mapmikey

They're actually east of Three Chopt Road: there is one westbound just before that intersection, and one eastbound near St. Christopher's Road. There used to be one at Thompson Street near I-195, but it's gone now.

[MDOTFanFB]

This one's neat just for the "wait, what?" factor. (along US 23 SB between Marion and Delaware)

Experimental Test Pavement by LongestAugust, on Flickr

Very neat. Are there any text "Divided Highway", "Divided Highway Ends" or "Merging Traffic" signs left in the state? Are there even "No Center Stripe" signs in the state?

[myosh_tino]

Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Nope, Virginia's full of them, and I've also seen them for sure in New Jersey, and probably elsewhere. Typically orange and used in connection with a work zone though.

Add California to that list of states that use "Trucks Entering Highway" signs though like Virginia, California's signs are almost always orange construction signs.

[corco]

Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Nope, Virginia's full of them, and I've also seen them for sure in New Jersey, and probably elsewhere. Typically orange and used in connection with a work zone though.

Add California to that list of states that use "Trucks Entering Highway" signs though like Virginia, California's signs are almost always orange construction signs.

Definitely in Wyoming too, and I've seen them in Idaho in a construction context

[Eth]

Also used frequently in Georgia.  It might be easier to list states that don't use it...except that I can't think of any offhand.

[Central Avenue]

Very neat. Are there any text "Divided Highway", "Divided Highway Ends" or "Merging Traffic" signs left in the state? Are there even "No Center Stripe" signs in the state?

I don't know of any, but I rarely leave Columbus so I wouldn't really know.

[yakra]

[agentsteel53]

["to route 112" photo]

holy Hell, where did you find that?  that's amazing that it survives.  Gotta be an early 40s blank with the "route 112" filled in sometime in the 60s at the latest.

[US71]

Yes: http://www.google.com/images?q=trucks%20entering%20highway

I'm 100% sure that sign can only be seen in Colorado.

Arkansas has them, too. I've just never taken a photo.

[Scott5114]

holy Hell, where did you find that?

This is when you know you've found something good.

[yakra]

That's on a dirt road in VT spitting distance from the MA line. (Promise not to steal it! ) Good point on the 112 possibly being filled in later on -- didn't notice this before. The 2 especially looks much more rounded & thus more recent than the rest of the legend, and the black on the numerals doesn't look nearly as worn. Also looks to not be embossed - a look back the original resolution pic confirms -- looks like they may be stickers.
This begs the question: How the hell did I not pick up on this at the time? Didn't I walk right up n feel the dang thing when I was oohing & aahing and snapping photos? Eh! Or maybe I didn't... had 2 non-roadgeek friends in the car and was trying to be somewhat quick...

[Duke87]

What: a huge overhead sign on a rural 2-lane road that presumably is lit up at night
Where: MA 57 westbound between Tolland and New Boston
Why: because there is a serious (12%, according to later signs) hill up ahead, with a stop sign at the bottom.

Certainly attention-grabbing, isn't it?

[Kniwt]

Why: because there is a serious (12%, according to later signs) hill up ahead, with a stop sign at the bottom.

Looks like the last half-mile is a real white-knuckle:

[Beeper1]

That's a really white-knuckle section of road, especially in the winter.  The road makes a very sharp 90 degree turn just before comint to a stop sign at MA 8, a much busier road.  Its one of the only places I know of in Mass where there is a Runaway Truck Ramp. It's at the bottom of the hill at the 90 degree turn.

Only other runaway truck ramp I know of in MA is on the MassPike eastbound at the bottom of the long hill from Blandford to the Westfield River bridge.