Hey all!
Thought I would start a topic on posting photos of signs that have gotten quite a beating. Any kind of beating weather the sign/shield is banged up badly or the sign is badly faded! I'll start with a few:
Banged up sign:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/NewYorkTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5361449612375974290 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/NewYorkTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5361449612375974290)
Faded sign:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/NewJerseyTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5343891597076737106 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/NewJerseyTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5343891597076737106)
Lets see the photos!
Ian
Faded (both since replaced)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3161%2F2284443089_6af697074e.jpg&hash=761b681a346d7e60733e3bb5dad0ccb7e26ea384)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2342%2F2285231014_2b2f603d9a.jpg&hash=f2a89292b1e4bf1d4e257128431b7fdd6550057f)
Crumbling (Peculiar, MO)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3009%2F2626741334_367bb4c20c.jpg&hash=bee90b2d9dc5162eb129fa5dc5094a22aa3d065c)
Old text still somewhat visible:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs103.snc1%2F5017_761997703363_3216777_43662690_2308566_n.jpg&hash=86f3979707d87b83d2dec9f154697e31a1b465c6)
where is that Reno/Placerville/Fresno sign? Fresno is on 99, Reno is on 40, and Placerville is on 50!
One that was on I-255 a year or more ago:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg11.imageshack.us%2Fimg11%2F2804%2Fi255nbi5570brokensign.jpg&hash=b8ecc90d70ae404e9bfa58c293431b1d1ff6b035)
What can happen when a stopsign is in the path of a tornado:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg11.imageshack.us%2Fimg11%2F7170%2Fdebrisnearmotorpoolagai.jpg&hash=7cf079ea7794bec205850467d95e496c2ebb7b8d)
One of the first photos I posted on Flickr was of a damaged sign.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1021%2F1430701005_ee778505ee.jpg&hash=4fe8b9d095169d6d990dfd7eafe16a27002efc00)
This was damaged in some major storms early in 2007. It's since been replaced with a carbon copy Clearview sign.
Some more:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2349%2F2453300027_ac51393c60.jpg&hash=0991bab1b83630cbb284c4b87efe454673375404)
This has been fixed; the newer VA 54 shield has been screwed back into place.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2327%2F2267848905_349fc50eb4.jpg&hash=b108327174888b8e0f52f71e0c633525a6a9c711)
This is now a Clearview sign.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2344%2F2267857295_ce7688296b.jpg&hash=15c164f9650b8ba9161724279b4a5dba6fd22ff2)
Some of the locals in Chesapeake didn't like the first mention of VA 168 after crossing the VA/NC border...
Quote from: SyntheticDreamer on July 24, 2009, 01:30:23 PM
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This has been fixed; the newer VA 54 shield has been screwed back into place.
I don't understand this. Other than yellowing, I can't see any difference between the old and new 54 shields :-/
The sign underneath is badly faded (I took a peek when I took the photo). No idea why VDOT (which maintains Ashland's roads) didn't just replace it with a normal sign tree.
Faded SR 1219 sign along US 17 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS17SOUTHNEARVA216GUINEARDATSR1219H.jpg&hash=6161af8ee3b34795a328a3f3f79fcd33d76bfe0c) A little arrow movement and the "WEST fading for VA 337 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS58EASTANDVA337WESTSPLITATDUKES-1.jpg&hash=3a9040445a515255e4a2e17b7fc60b39cb098f1e)
From a couple years ago on the NY Thruway. It's since been repaired/replaced.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20070321%2Fexit15a.jpg&hash=6acbcaa32803c52b458856859b031262e040baca)
Faded 30 Km/H sign in Acuna Coahuila, Mexico
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2F_WYYeXvkUoUE%2FSlf9VXGEK0I%2FAAAAAAAABwA%2FranYYV6dKYk%2Fs800%2F007.JPG&hash=8d78ef16c396919ea0436bd5a19f8475578ecbf5)
one that's still out there, and now has no numerals at all unless you use flash/headlights: www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/us_46/w.jpg (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/us_46/w.jpg)
Quote from: Jim T. on July 24, 2009, 09:59:02 PM
From a couple years ago on the NY Thruway. It's since been repaired/replaced.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20070321%2Fexit15a.jpg&hash=6acbcaa32803c52b458856859b031262e040baca)
man, i would have hated to be approaching THAT one when it fell off!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.static.flickr.com%2F1%2F123618903_1942ec2aae_o.jpg&hash=ac2e669b5356ce10de9ff6c75038aa175e3a1f35)
I wonder what is up with the "End" sign and the torn up gate.
Evel Knievel must have died here :P
where was that "END" picture taken? Too bad, there is no picture taken from the end of the bridge in the background!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.communities.qld.gov.au%2Fcommunity%2Fdisaster%2Fimages%2Flarry-large%2Froad-sign.jpg&hash=dadc4062958ac013c62f3265daea1e73f320742f)
Quote from: Hellfighter on July 27, 2009, 02:08:23 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.communities.qld.gov.au%2Fcommunity%2Fdisaster%2Fimages%2Flarry-large%2Froad-sign.jpg&hash=dadc4062958ac013c62f3265daea1e73f320742f)
"The City Of Townsville" -- Home of the Powerpuff Girls....And Mojo Jojo.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flive.psu.edu%2Fslnoflash2%2Fuserpics%2F10004%2Fpowerlines015.jpg&hash=b043ae9091413d42e87346592d8e5b67addd0135)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2496%2F3764888368_9afe2bd47d.jpg&hash=39aa5b09049f047e4a00ca132b67b34933d60667)
I mentioned this in chat. A local decided to smash this sign tree and steal the VA 195 shield from it. Not sure why they left the interstate shields...
Howe, OK:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3180%2F2907833697_85c2222652.jpg&hash=955058eaedcbb3a853b2d39b34ab9b4d6787732e)
Quote from: ctsignguy on July 25, 2009, 11:33:43 AM
Quote from: Jim T. on July 24, 2009, 09:59:02 PM
From a couple years ago on the NY Thruway. It's since been repaired/replaced.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20070321%2Fexit15a.jpg&hash=6acbcaa32803c52b458856859b031262e040baca)
man, i would have hated to be approaching THAT one when it fell off!
This is why NYSDOT shouldn't install their signs the way they do. From the looks of most if not all freeway signs in NY, like they just put a bunch of normal sign metal and bolted them together! Very easy to break apart.
Ian
From I-95 in NC at Truck Stop Rd (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FI-95SOUTHATTRUCKSTOPRDEXIT106.jpg&hash=e3c0acd9c2c0872f7b820800510877bee2e4efd7)
This is old US 71 in Fayetteville, AR. It was 71B, then became 471, then changed back to 71B following a transition period.
AHTD simply pasted a new panel over the old one, but the glue wore out ;)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2287%2F2259318078_9ed8650e1b.jpg&hash=561b2d645e052484e10ff4ca972269369781b726)
Quote from: US71 on July 31, 2009, 04:00:16 PM
This is old US 71 in Fayetteville, AR. It was 71B, then became 471, then changed back to 71B following a transition period.
AHTD simply pasted a new panel over the old one, but the glue wore out ;)
There are a number of states that simply paste on a new overlay, rather than installing a new sign. Problems occur such as your example. Here's a couple in Delaware that existed at one point:
https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware010/us-013_nb_040_eb_app_us-202_de-141_02.jpg (https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware010/us-013_nb_040_eb_app_us-202_de-141_02.jpg)
https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware050/i-095_nb_exit_005b_01.jpg (https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware050/i-095_nb_exit_005b_01.jpg)
Then there was the Hurricane Katrina produced "New Orleag" sign, created when a portion of the overlay blew off.
http://www.southeastroads.com/louisiana001/i-010_wb_exit_239_03.jpg (http://www.southeastroads.com/louisiana001/i-010_wb_exit_239_03.jpg)
These photos were taken back in January so I don't know the status of these since I haven't gone back through either location. The first one is on VA 106 North nearing its interchange with I-64/VA 33 even the shields are so badly bent the east is covered on the I-64 portion. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FVA106NORTHNEARI-64ANDVA33.jpg&hash=95efa0169f60d798104557cb65b6942ef5f06c3b)
Now for the second back on US 17 at the west end of its VA 14 multiplex with horribly faded numbers in Gloucester County (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FUS17SOUTHATVA14WEST.jpg&hash=e0a6600316783edbd588d88d0957371eaa29be53)
There is sign completely sawed in half on the California 91 on a bridge in Orange California.Sorry, don't have a camera though...
And damn, these Transportation agencies are cheap-a$$es.I mean, they can't replace a stop sign?:eyebrow:
On I-10 between Kerrville and San Antonio theres two standalones that have been blown back, and several that have minor damage...
BigMatt
Quote from: Riverside Frwy on November 07, 2009, 09:31:10 PM
There is sign completely sawed in half on the California 91 on a bridge in Orange California.Sorry, don't have a camera though...
And damn, these Transportation agencies are cheap-a$$es.I mean, they can't replace a stop sign?:eyebrow:
Washington, OK has tons of stop signs done up the same way. Of course they can't afford sidewalks or road paint either, so...
2 fadeaways from Berryville, AR
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3004%2F2900981430_509efdeda5.jpg&hash=e2371a2c861ac62feded60c9cbd7cc681c2cc531)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2342%2F2285231014_2b2f603d9a.jpg&hash=f2a89292b1e4bf1d4e257128431b7fdd6550057f)
This damaged sign has been like this on I-84 WB in Vernon, CT for years. I can't remember it before it was damaged, it's been so long. But it's a Pull-through that had one of it's retroreflective arrows torn off along with the bottom right corner of the BGS. They Simply pasted on a button copy arrow slightly above the area that was torn away, and there it has been for years, and still is.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=exit+65+i+84&sll=41.862785,-72.471313&sspn=0.092431,0.222988&ie=UTF8&rq=1&ev=p&cd=1&radius=5.74&hq=exit+65+i+84&hnear=&ll=41.823909,-72.498264&spn=0,359.777012&z=13&layer=c&cbll=41.823778,-72.498666&panoid=-1QXThHqmiOpYjj5Mvgzew&cbp=12,239.1,,0,-35.53 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=exit+65+i+84&sll=41.862785,-72.471313&sspn=0.092431,0.222988&ie=UTF8&rq=1&ev=p&cd=1&radius=5.74&hq=exit+65+i+84&hnear=&ll=41.823909,-72.498264&spn=0,359.777012&z=13&layer=c&cbll=41.823778,-72.498666&panoid=-1QXThHqmiOpYjj5Mvgzew&cbp=12,239.1,,0,-35.53)
agentsteel53: Didn't see your reply from July until now :-D but that would be on X Street at 15th Street, near the US 50/Route 99/Business 80 triplex. (The "Fresno" text is not original, as "Los Angeles" was the original text.)
It may seem odd for such a major corridor to have such things still in place, but... Central Avenue in Westchester County, NY (NY 100) is still sporting quite a few old button copy signs, and some of them have clearly seen better days...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg97.imageshack.us%2Fimg97%2F9884%2Fdscn6017.jpg&hash=db19ffa858d257d5dc7698de23c728f798c6727c)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg97.imageshack.us%2Fimg97%2F3829%2Fdscn5992y.jpg&hash=5227547a85c32d9fa0639d16ab34402dab81b808)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg17.imageshack.us%2Fimg17%2F4258%2Fdscn5997.jpg&hash=558ca3758b0594f2b27fab6a6bf8938da2ea16df)
Here's some closeups (http://img682.imageshack.us/g/dscn6018.jpg/).
There were many signs on the overhead gantries here in Houston that got damaged after Hurricane Ike. Some have been replaced, but there are still many around town that I've noticed that have yet to be replaced. Many of the signs that snapped were signs on older gantries that tend to be lower in height (the signs on these gantries are generally not centered vertically because that would make for too low of a clearance). The result during the storm was that many of these signs didn't have enough strength to withstand the winds, so the upper parts that were not as supported by the gantry itself, snapped.
Wish I'd gotten a picture of it, but I'll just wait for the next windstorm.
There is a sign on I-55 northbound in Illinois, about milepost 265, that has been blown over by the wind three times already. It is for Exit 267, IL-53, Bolingbrook Romeoville, 2 Miles. The original was in Highway Gothic and blew over earlier this year. It was replaced after several weeks with a Clearview copy. A few weeks later, the Clearview sign blew over. It was then simply put upright by IDOT several weeks after that. A couple of months ago, it blew over again. :pan: Recently, about two weeks ago, it was again put upright by IDOT. It is now starting to fall apart from having fallen over so many times. :rolleyes:
Little shield uh-oh from downtown Yonkers:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg691.imageshack.us%2Fimg691%2F9269%2Fdscn6031.jpg&hash=583e97ef35cad039f02ac1dfb9fa1bfd5006b4d4)
This sign was in place for at least six years before finally being replaced last year.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2FJuly_4_06_KY_WV_VA%2FJuly_4_06_KY_WV_VA-Images%2F43.jpg&hash=b764bdbd0f5cffdeee1f4c693726d96c586c88ee)
It's on KY 7 northbound in Carter County, just south of Grayson.
^^^^
Man, that is some hole!
Did the army use it for target practice or something? :wow:
Quote from: Duke87 on November 09, 2009, 08:24:39 PM
Little shield uh-oh from downtown Yonkers:
oh dear. here's a photo when the shield was still somewhat upright. The signs are from the late 50s and early 60s; I took the photo in 2006.
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NY/NY19600091i1.jpg)
The i on this sign is about to fall off.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk%2Fohiodamage.jpg&hash=fe919ecbb701667b9976a64fd3e75599b0010b5b)
I don't know how did this happen.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg191.imageshack.us%2Fimg191%2F4608%2Fdscn4039.jpg&hash=e7b7e75ae34cea2ebaa38f7c129cc3e7891de89f)
Here's one with a missing sheet of pasteover.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg191.imageshack.us%2Fimg191%2F3719%2Fdscn4080.jpg&hash=8ac82d73c6168d81ca68eacc4bb7d888d174ecbc)
^^^
The damage on the top sign might be due to severe winds.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2Froad-photos%2Fmain.php%3Fcmd%3Dimage%26amp%3Bvar1%3Dok%252Fmcclain%252F035i_104_nb_2.jpg%26amp%3Bvar2%3D700_85&hash=055df44b5479b89fedab343603637372b5642ed7)
We have damaged signs here too :colorful:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.co.uk%2Fa45cam.jpg&hash=23de8de753de6be87811aed96dbf2080aa4f850b)
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Identical damage :cool:
Could this be considered double damage?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2633%2F4073936958_71ecc37a2e.jpg&hash=9d9a9387b23fd5f143dae798e90d8c93792981c4)
Back in 2000, I was driving I-64 west every day to work. This sign began falling apart and I started shooting pictures of it. It was finally replaced.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fexit58fallingapart.jpg&hash=bb3be8736d516d268dd1bdfd2d0df0451aa24410)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fexit58leaning.jpg&hash=0b8a8a7c9a226c71274f9f30977a548ca639449e)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fky%2Fexit58%285-18%29.jpg&hash=1d2c63c3bbdaf6bdc0b8411c11dd32767b90049f)
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I wonder who stole the US60 shield. It appears simple enough just to poke something behind it and lever it off :-D
The last two photos were actually taken on consecutive days. Seems like I remember seeing the US 60 marker lying on the ground in the vicinity of the sign that morning.
Here's another one:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg696.imageshack.us%2Fimg696%2F7536%2Fdscn1575.jpg&hash=9bb75ce7bbcf305e65e440508884597e83046120)
Graffiti and a broken off catwalk, that sign is now gone when the overpass it was attached to was demolished a few months ago .
This damage isn't too bad, but considering this sign was just installed less than a year ago...it hurts to see this :-(
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh3.ggpht.com%2F_vV2-Fg-7T40%2FSzJtCJMI0oI%2FAAAAAAAAAUQ%2F2rafsUJ0GlI%2Fs912%2FIMG_8895.JPG&hash=5a6e081f2f4c93e1b4dc51485e939d87163f4252)
More "falling apart" than damaged
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3583%2F3386100595_03bde7c6c8.jpg&hash=1f0063c61f5bb93253fa9ccbd52a58460b88e495)
I've seen signs that are "peeling" like that in the Columbus, Ohio and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pa. areas.
Not a sign, but still damaged.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Seminole,+OK&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.767874,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Seminole,+Oklahoma&ll=35.22098,-96.6711&spn=0.021106,0.045447&z=15&layer=c&cbll=35.221074,-96.671093&panoid=2FFY_tn8HVUeKTEpJXfaXg&cbp=12,203.25,,0,-4.6
That reminds me. In spring and summer 2008 we had frequent strong thunderstorms, and it seems Henrico County's traffic signals couldn't withstand the constant punishment. This one got completely obliterated:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3251%2F2540605274_9fe61e2a73.jpg&hash=e66e3c87c8ab2648141669096be3c5d7fc32c5a5) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2540605274/in/photostream/)
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It was replaced within a week.
Quote from: hbelkins on December 23, 2009, 03:01:39 PM
I've seen signs that are "peeling" like that in the Columbus, Ohio and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pa. areas.
Yeah, I'll have to get a picture of this, but the I-71 entrance signs at Grove City-Stringtown Road are in pretty bad shape from this "peeling".
You mean like this?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2007_SE_Michigan_meet%2FImages%2F297.jpg&hash=75f09fb12eff2cb237303d98dff31c4fe4023161)
Quote from: hbelkins on December 24, 2009, 12:40:04 PM
You mean like this?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2007_SE_Michigan_meet%2FImages%2F297.jpg&hash=75f09fb12eff2cb237303d98dff31c4fe4023161)
BINGO! :sombrero:
Here's a couple from California. These signs were damaged by dump trucks who had the loader in the up position as they were traveling down the freeway. From what I read, the San Diego incident shut down I-805 during the morning commute causing a horrendous backup.
I-805 in San Diego. Photo is from the local newspaper...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fmangled_805_sign.jpg&hash=f5c6b81ac6374834243dcddfbfef1529237c3328)
CA-85 in Sunnyvale. I got this photo off Flickr...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fmangled_ca85_sign.jpg&hash=9e94501ac3b4e891f927b793e19488ba122880e3)
you idiots. if you're going to take out a sign, take out a retro-reflective one, not a 1972 porcelain!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 24, 2009, 07:46:55 PM
you idiots. if you're going to take out a sign, take out a retro-reflective one, not a 1972 porcelain!
If I recall correctly, these overhead signs on I-5 southbound near the CA-170 interchange were damaged and I do believe the CA-170 sign is a porcelain judging by the color...
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images005/i-005_sb_exit_153b_02.jpg)
And here is what's left of the sign bridge...
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images170/ca-170_sb_exit_010_04.jpg)
whoops.
Did someone rocket a crane though it? :-D :happy:
Here's one on Highway 427, The picture was taken from a local newspaper:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg43.imageshack.us%2Fimg43%2F1058%2F2079200025.jpg&hash=ce3a87db4ad27f6da59ec62b2e37e17be9a4cc7b)
While not damaged as the others here's a mangled sign bridge sitting on the ground after it was removed. Incidentally this was on the same highway as the one above.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg710.imageshack.us%2Fimg710%2F1613%2Fdscn5061.jpg&hash=70607405637b25d6fb491c000ef0aa060467dea9)
I've seen sign bridges with their catwalks ripped off before. (presumably by overheight trucks)
mynosh_tino - a bit OT, but what is greened out on the Route 170 sign?
Quote from: TheStranger on December 25, 2009, 05:11:06 AM
mynosh_tino - a bit OT, but what is greened out on the Route 170 sign?
I have no idea :confused: Maybe Agentsteel53 knows.
my guess is La Cienega Freeway.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 25, 2009, 01:08:03 PM
my guess is La Cienega Freeway.
Was that ever signed in the field? IIRC, by the time the California shield became green, the 170 extension south of Route 2 (and as a freeway southwest of Route 134) was already relegated to paper status; my guess is that it was "Hollywood Freeway."
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Thank you, Katrina
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20090827 TN 46 East Damaged-C by mightyace, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyace/4226353117/)
This one's hangin' by a thread.
(OK, a screw!)
Here's a old one:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg9.imageshack.us%2Fimg9%2F1351%2Fdscn6042.jpg&hash=61bd95c74bff5bb139de86764a35b2fef1d4fbbd)
This one dates to before metric conversion during the late 70's as you can see the "M" from the old "MILES" text peeking out. The original sign bridge is long gone though.
Another impact damaged one:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg163.imageshack.us%2Fimg163%2F9751%2Fdscn5987.jpg&hash=88c2831d58650da222f1c00fbf527b253dd76716)
Saw one on I-5 southbound around Woodburn today. Bottom portion looks like it was torn.
Quote from: joseph1723 on January 10, 2010, 07:00:17 PM
This one dates to before metric conversion during the late 70's as you can see the "M" from the old "MILES" text peeking out. The original sign bridge is long gone though.
Canada used to use the US measurement system?!
Quote from: Michael on January 13, 2010, 02:21:12 PM
Quote from: joseph1723 on January 10, 2010, 07:00:17 PM
This one dates to before metric conversion during the late 70's as you can see the "M" from the old "MILES" text peeking out. The original sign bridge is long gone though.
Canada used to use the US measurement system?!
Imperial, actually, but the miles were the same even though the gallons were different. ;)
I like photos where there's an old sign emerging from under where a new sign has blown off.
Here's one from a couple of years ago from my neck of the woods. In the top corner I put a small snap of it undamaged.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FGuerTorrExitMessedUp2.jpg&hash=38efd569a20a90db518ef4883db30a429232ce6c)
EDIT:
Yesterday I was down that way and I spotted a shiny new Clearview sign which I thought was a replacement for the one above. I was wrong, it was the 1-mile approach sign that was new. The LEFT LANE sign, well either they removed or the wind blew off another panel from it and they left it that way.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FGuerTorrExitMessedUp2a.jpg&hash=be5459ffa23ea77b46b6384be5d41d2db06d5549)
So, we had a nasty storm blow through here Saturday night with near hurricane-force winds. There were a few casualties...
Here's a couple from the Hutchinson River Parkway:
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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg8.imageshack.us%2Fimg8%2F4469%2Fdscn6633n.jpg&hash=043be16ce8e651a9a6c0ce75bb5e63d1606224fc)
Here's another one:
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Another sign that got blown off revealing a older blue sign underneath.
Quote from: joseph1723 on January 10, 2010, 07:00:17 PM
Here's a old one:
This one dates to before metric conversion during the late 70's as you can see the "M" from the old "MILES" text peeking out. The original sign bridge is long gone though.
Speaking of blown off signs this one got fixed recently.
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Quote from: Android on January 15, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
I like photos where there's an old sign emerging from under where a new sign has blown off.
Here's one from a couple of years ago from my neck of the woods. In the top corner I put a small snap of it undamaged.
that's a great looking sign... with the original, 1961-spec US-26 shield revealed! I hope they keep it that way at least a little while longer. The classic shields are disappearing quickly in Wyoming.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4043%2F4290578232_06f10265fb.jpg&hash=1e294369a69ddd69239c4d186e1cff841b5df158)
Now I know why this sign was replaced with a Clearview one.
Quote from: WNYroadgeek on March 18, 2010, 09:48:57 PM
Now I know why this sign was replaced with a Clearview one.
Well, it had to be replaced, yes. But, why did it have to be Clearview?
The 26 sign looked like that as early as August, so I'd guess there's no rush to replace it
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fwy%2F25%2F319to26%2F3.jpg&hash=8fb31bb9525407cdde0a489d735cf7502bfe35b4)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm1.static.flickr.com%2F75%2F196259263_e76c639ee3_b.jpg&hash=4e6f0ce06ce6a2f343ddc78cd4f698100eb447fb)
touche... :D
Quote from: corco on March 18, 2010, 10:01:32 PM
The 26 sign looked like that as early as August, so I'd guess there's no rush to replace it
Yeah, it was still that way last Friday. But I'm sure it'll go Clearview eventually like the 1-mile sign did though. *sigh*
Quote from: WNYroadgeek on March 18, 2010, 09:48:57 PM
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Now I know why this sign was replaced with a Clearview one.
Oh, great. NYSDOT is adopting Clearview. In The Clearview Thread, I mentioned another instance where new signs for Half Acre Road at NY 5/US-20 were in Clearview. :banghead:
Quote from: Android on March 18, 2010, 10:58:01 PM
Yeah, it was still that way last Friday. But I'm sure it'll go Clearview eventually like the 1-mile sign did though. *sigh*
Yes, it's happening. Clearview is happening people! muhahahahahaahahahahah
I have a feeling there will be much-b!tching for the next 5-10 years. :)
Quote from: Michael on March 19, 2010, 12:51:38 PM
Oh, great. NYSDOT is adopting Clearview. In The Clearview Thread, I mentioned another instance where new signs for Half Acre Road at NY 5/US-20 were in Clearview. :banghead:
That looks like a NYSTA sign...which would explain the Clearview.
I could be wrong, though.
It may be NYSTA, because it's just at the end of the concrete pavement of the toll plaza, as seen in Google Street View (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.032729,-77.964392&spn=0,359.944253&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.032862,-77.964379&panoid=-UcxbmitGSSlbUiHMdXe2A&cbp=12,43.05,,0,-4.42). Street View captured the Clearview sign.
Unfortunately, these original beauties have been recently hit by a truck. I-95 southbound in Calverton, MD:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FS7lFGGO8T_I%2FAAAAAAAAWR8%2FNdamRUNEc6s%2Fs640%2FIMG_2523.JPG&hash=b853db143c8340c8e7309e63d5997079c4933434)
Quote from: PennDOTFan on April 04, 2010, 11:26:35 PM
Unfortunately, these original beauties have been recently hit by a truck. I-95 southbound in Calverton, MD:
rats! A few weeks ago I was there and got a photo of the uncovered button-copy 212 shield. The 212 shield on the right is a patch over the older button copy. I had not known that Maryland did that until I saw the uncovered example with a shadow of the former patch. I'll have to upload the photo; though I was there at night... the daylight photo is a much better one than mine.
This is how they looked back in October...
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Quote from: hbelkins on April 06, 2010, 12:18:22 AM
This is how they looked back in October...
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That must have been one TALL truck!
I have had my eye on that MD212. Talked to a SHA crew that said it was going to be replaced within the month and it is beyond repair and can't be recycled. A dump truck with the bed up hit it. I will see if maybe that 212 sign goes missing from the scrap pile :spin: There is a BGS with I-95 sign near by and it is a patch over too.
Of all the signs to get hit...
It's clear the trucker was not a fan of button copy.
Quote from: exit322 on April 06, 2010, 11:57:57 AM
It's clear the trucker was not a fan of button copy.
Jerk probably liked Clearview. :colorful:
Quote from: Brandon on April 06, 2010, 01:50:53 PM
Quote from: exit322 on April 06, 2010, 11:57:57 AM
It's clear the trucker was not a fan of button copy.
Jerk probably liked Clearview. :colorful:
I probably did it in my sleep....muhahahaahahahah!
Quote from: shoptb1 on April 06, 2010, 02:01:01 PM
Quote from: Brandon on April 06, 2010, 01:50:53 PM
Quote from: exit322 on April 06, 2010, 11:57:57 AM
It's clear the trucker was not a fan of button copy.
Jerk probably liked Clearview. :colorful:
I probably did it in my sleep....muhahahaahahahah!
If you did, Jake will surely ban you. :spin:
Hey, that's facing the wrong way (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=14920+Cavour,+Livonia,+Wayne,+Michigan+48154&ll=42.373122,-83.217144&spn=0,0.013937&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.373029,-83.217135&panoid=3rf31EjvAtuUgBmqpFHJbw&cbp=12,250.05,,0,1.88)!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozroads.com.au%2FNSW%2FRouteNumbering%2FNational%2520Routes%2F48%2F36.JPG&hash=aef16d774cb7019606939a3fc77b4348b9a97f6e)
Here's one from NSW...
NOTE:This pic was taken in 2004. This sign was replaced in about 2008.
Quote from: ausinterkid on May 08, 2010, 07:04:31 AM
NOTE:This pic was taken in 2004. This sign was replaced in about 2008.
It took FOUR YEARS to replace that sign? I guess the NSW DOT is not into performing maintenance! :wow:
Quote from: mapman on May 08, 2010, 05:48:16 PM
Quote from: ausinterkid on May 08, 2010, 07:04:31 AM
NOTE:This pic was taken in 2004. This sign was replaced in about 2008.
It took FOUR YEARS to replace that sign? I guess the NSW DOT is not into performing maintenance! :wow:
Or replacing them. :pan:
Quote from: The Premier on May 08, 2010, 06:27:37 PM
Quote from: mapman on May 08, 2010, 05:48:16 PM
Quote from: ausinterkid on May 08, 2010, 07:04:31 AM
NOTE:This pic was taken in 2004. This sign was replaced in about 2008.
It took FOUR YEARS to replace that sign? I guess the NSW DOT is not into performing maintenance! :wow:
Or replacing them. :pan:
NOTE:'NSW DOT' is called RTA-Roads and Traffic Authority.
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US-101 (button-copy) in San Jose, CA by the downtown airport (SJC). Taken 4/24/10.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.tinypic.com%2Fi588ar.jpg&hash=e0bb1332d10eb194bd21c6e432ac510a45628710)
F350: Is that the North 1st Street/Old Bayshore Highway junction? That's actually closer to the airport than downtown SJ (which is about 2-3 miles to the south along First).
Quote from: TheStranger on May 15, 2010, 06:34:56 PM
F350: Is that the North 1st Street/Old Bayshore Highway junction? That's actually closer to the airport than downtown SJ (which is about 2-3 miles to the south along First).
Yes, you are correct. This was on the 1st St by the SJC airport.
oh rats, and that looks like an old one, too. Maybe 1960s or 70s?
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 15, 2010, 07:01:18 PM
oh rats, and that looks like an old one, too. Maybe 1960s or 70s?
At least. No info on back that I can see. See a close-up here (http://i44.tinypic.com/fuq1if.jpg%5Burl=http://here).
Google Street View (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=N+1st+St,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95112&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=N+1st+St,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95112&cd=3&geocode=FfAHOgIdWty7-A&split=0&sll=37.37026,-121.915863&sspn=0.005969,0.00913&layer=c&cbll=37.370366,-121.915929&panoid=SJG-TCPVTYC31KPVql71ZA&cbp=12,0.53,,0,18.86&ll=37.376194,-121.915841&spn=0.000017,0.01826&z=16%5Burl=http://Google%20Street%20View)
hmm, around 1970, California started phasing out its date stamps - after 1973 is really tough to find, but I've seen as late as 1988. If it were 1960s, it would almost definitely have a date stamp on the back.
This one's interesting - a panel of this sign got knocked off during the I-64 repaving project near Richmond, revealing part of the original sign underneath:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_vGM7FtU3Pdk%2FTA6B7MWpJeI%2FAAAAAAAADYA%2F-3H91D1TWOE%2Fs512%2FIMGP2216.jpg&hash=c3bb4b5bb44786f1162ed2f9cf6b977cb37b1800)
A minor scuff on the Western Kentucky Parkway
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2F_vV2-Fg-7T40%2FTDp201AHD_I%2FAAAAAAAAB4s%2FonhjGEgR8qY%2Fs576%2FIMG_1761.JPG&hash=927fa7947b0ee0f2d840beda9317992ca1c9ead3)
These signs have certainly seen better days...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTDp3mIFd99I%2FAAAAAAAAfMk%2FO8gTt5Jo48E%2Fs640%2FIMG_7715.JPG&hash=c00a54ffa65635d22fbb17e2ca753c5daa953472)
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Random question, why are older Rhode Island BGSs tilted upwards?
I think it has to do with preventing glare from the sun or something like that. I know Kansas tilts theirs downward.
Don't have a picture, but an I-55 shield on a BGS in Jackson is fading.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 11, 2010, 11:52:52 PM
I think it has to do with preventing glare from the sun or something like that. I know Kansas tilts theirs downward.
I know a lot of states tilt there's downward, but I wasn't really sure why RI's were tilted upwards. But glare prevention is a good theory.
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 16, 2010, 06:37:26 PM
I know a lot of states tilt there's downward, but I wasn't really sure why RI's were tilted upwards. But glare prevention is a good theory.
except it ... doesn't. It moves the critical angle to
later in the day than sunrise, as opposed to tilting it down, which would make the sign glare at a time when the sun isn't actually above the horizon yet.
There are two cities in Texas (DFW and Amarillo) that tilt signage downward, but the rest of the state mounts signage flat. As for the Southeast, the only state I know of that is still tilting up is South Carolina. Mississippi and Louisiana used to tilt up, but now MS mounts flat and LA tilts down. Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee all tilt down. And Arkansas, Florida and North Carolina all mount flat.
@golden eagle, Where is the fading 55 shield? I am originally from Jackson and still visit quite a bit.
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Old US 71 in Fayetteville.
First it was 71B in the 1970's, then briefly became AR 471 in the early-mid 1980's, then reverted back to 71B following a brief period of being co-signed as 71B/471 .
There was a sign error with a BGS calling it US 471, but the sign was quickly replaced.
Quote from: US71 on July 31, 2009, 04:00:16 PM
This is old US 71 in Fayetteville, AR. It was 71B, then became 471, then changed back to 71B following a transition period.
AHTD simply pasted a new panel over the old one, but the glue wore out ;)
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Quote from: US71 on August 14, 2010, 06:23:51 AM
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Old US 71 in Fayetteville.
First it was 71B in the 1970's, then briefly became AR 471 in the early-mid 1980's, then reverted back to 71B following a brief period of being co-signed as 71B/471 .
There was a sign error with a BGS calling it US 471, but the sign was quickly replaced.
Jeez, David, you really like that sign :P
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2010, 11:17:42 AM
Jeez, David, you really like that sign :P
OK, I forgot I had already posted it. :(
Quote from: golden eagle on July 12, 2010, 12:04:47 AM
Don't have a picture, but an I-55 shield on a BGS in Jackson is fading.
That's not really considered Damaged. If it was, there would be TONS of those in PA.
Looks like one of the construction vehicles whacked this I-670E BGS on OH-315 during the recent work on the southbound lanes.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_vV2-Fg-7T40%2FTGfgxaf7n8I%2FAAAAAAAAB6k%2FZqd5TfjwgJo%2Fs640%2FIMG_2106.JPG&hash=99acd8f418fccd34fb7da5045de4a6c78ba1ac15)
Quote from: shoptb1 on August 15, 2010, 08:43:41 AM
Looks like one of the construction vehicles whacked this I-670E BGS on OH-315 during the recent work on the southbound lanes.
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That's a shame. Those were brand new signage IIRC.
Quote from: The Premier on August 15, 2010, 08:48:38 AM
That's a shame. Those were brand new signage IIRC.
Yep, I would guess that the contractor will be responsible for replacing their own damage.
having GIANT ORANGE GARISH ARIAL banner taped across the sign counts as sufficient damage by my standards. It's never a good sign when Clearview is not the ugliest font on a given sign.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 15, 2010, 01:00:56 PM
having GIANT ORANGE GARISH ARIAL banner taped across the sign counts as sufficient damage by my standards. It's never a good sign when Clearview is not the ugliest font on a given sign.
You cannot hope to be a font elitist if you confuse Arial for Helvetica! Also your second sentence is a pun.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 15, 2010, 02:33:10 PM
You cannot hope to be a font elitist if you confuse Arial for Helvetica! Also your second sentence is a pun.
whatever, they're both ugly. the difference between them is about as much as the difference between Highway Gothic D and Roadgeek D.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 15, 2010, 02:35:56 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 15, 2010, 02:33:10 PM
You cannot hope to be a font elitist if you confuse Arial for Helvetica! Also your second sentence is a pun.
whatever, they're both ugly. the difference between them is about as much as the difference between Highway Gothic D and Roadgeek D.
Not true, sir!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Ff%2Ffd%2FHelvarial.svg%2F500px-Helvarial.svg.png&hash=fd60d9cc59d52af1b27258a62f68b709168ca35e)
I'm too lazy to dig up Highway Gothic D digit 5 vs Roadgeek D digit 5. But they're different.
Probably not as divergent as "G" and "R" above.
"1" is also a greatly divergent character.
I just don't care. they're both awful fonts and completely inappropriate for road use (or, really, any public display in any context anywhere). They're about as awful as when I send someone a .svg and forget to convert my fonts to vectors and (since they don't have the fonts installed), everything appears in Verdana, Times New Roman, or something equally default and inappropriate.
Here's one I'd been meaning to get a picture of the last three times it blew over, but caught it finally on the fourth time.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_0883.jpg&hash=ebd0c906c76d116142bae9f629ab979c57fc7a31)
It's for Exit 267, IL-53, Bolingbrook/Romeoville - 2 miles on I-55 nbd. The original was FHWA font. After the first time it blew over, IDOT replaced it with Clearview. Then it blew over two more times and was replaced, albiet damaged from the fall. This time, they replaced the whole sign again (with Clearview again).
EB Hayden Run Rd, just before Scioto River bridge:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fmisc%2Fdamaged33sm.jpg&hash=02498f8c77015f686021e76e820e611ac8e6f6a8)
Full size: http://vidthekid.info/misc/damaged33.jpg (http://vidthekid.info/misc/damaged33.jpg)
I think this was probably a City of Columbus job, not sure how long ago it was posted.
A couple of pics from a fatal tanker crash early last year that took out a gantry on the Long Island Expressway around exit 48. Looks like it also took out one of the DOT electronic INFORM signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fw6zGF.jpg&hash=b335c2f3a0fb92a62ed37d3bf069ae6652d464de)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtreLh.jpg&hash=634258a4b19457132f95ff2274b4c3ca924f57de)
Quote from: nyratk1 on May 29, 2011, 11:23:08 PM
A couple of pics from a fatal tanker crash early last year that took out a gantry on the Long Island Expressway around exit 48. Looks like it also took out one of the DOT electronic INFORM signs:
[pics removed -DTP]
All I have to say is holy shit!
On I-678 in New York:
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And to think I thought this was bad:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SzIoQ1vagbs/Tel-efE16SI/AAAAAAAAHw8/HPd-BhErJCI/s800/100_5270.JPG)
Quote from: national highway 1 on June 07, 2011, 02:09:56 AM
On I-678 in New York:
Yeah, that sign got mauled by a construction truck a year or two ago. I recall it being discussed here. For a while it was simply removed with the twisted side supports left standing (it's still like that on Street View) (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=New+York&ll=40.797047,-73.82658&spn=0.065236,0.169086&z=13&layer=c&cbll=40.797167,-73.826592&panoid=jL9SWg7_6Ehe0eT7ZJZRbg&cbp=12,341.82,,0,-4.11), but there's a new sign in place now.
Quote from: deanej on June 07, 2011, 05:38:26 PM
And to think I thought this was bad:
Just proof the NYC metro area knows how to do it bigger and better than that. :-D
A couple from Colorado...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F051206%2Fpics%2F349.jpg&hash=0c5093c24c36ad7e3df1f10bd7a9ef55e909fb6f)
On SH 14 in the North Park area. Don't think I've seen sign rot like this anywhere else in the state.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F051206%2Fpics%2F345.jpg&hash=0a3cd107515efec880bb46a66ceb6684244fbce4)
The Elephant Man of speed limit signs
And, the doozie I've found in my travels...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fpics%2F062.jpg&hash=738e0ff4ed5b8e0a4917cf453dc477baa6d6da66)
Old wooden sign that used to block SH 86 westbound from I-70 during bad weather. It was laying on the side of the road.
Oh yeah, one more:
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Look closely and you can see where someone tied up the gate so it wouldn't come down!
Quote from: r-dub on June 16, 2011, 10:11:15 PM
A couple from Colorado...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr-dub.us%2Fvarious%2F051206%2Fpics%2F349.jpg&hash=0c5093c24c36ad7e3df1f10bd7a9ef55e909fb6f)
On SH 14 in the North Park area. Don't think I've seen sign rot like this anywhere else in the state.
Shame this has happened to CO SH shields... :-(
Quote from: r-dub on June 16, 2011, 10:18:46 PM
Oh yeah, one more:
Look closely and you can see where someone tied up the gate so it wouldn't come down!
They also appear to have turned it into a palm tree. :eyebrow:
Quote from: myosh_tino on December 24, 2009, 07:45:11 PM
CA-85 in Sunnyvale. I got this photo off Flickr...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fmangled_ca85_sign.jpg&hash=9e94501ac3b4e891f927b793e19488ba122880e3)
Sorry for dredging up an old topic but Caltrans is going to finally replace the Fremont Avenue exit sign (pictured above) that was destroyed when a dump truck hit the sign some 5 years ago. According to the sign plan, here's what the new sign will look like...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2F85s_Exit20.png&hash=60c6aa98d37ae4e218346ea37d9a4311ef294f83)
The original sign looked like this...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2F85s_Exit20_old.png&hash=584be28e72d8bc8283a5e5e2faca2913198189cc)
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 11, 2010, 11:37:04 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTDp4a00WgUI%2FAAAAAAAAfVM%2FD4ZwkP9e_MA%2Fs640%2FIMG_7786.JPG&hash=f5c8d42370fada0ec3c27f425be2c354d8795e0d)
Random question, why are older Rhode Island BGSs tilted upwards?
More likely answer would be that someone had or read the sign attachment specs./details upside down and placed the the top-member mounting brackets (with the offset to angle the signs slightly downward) on the bottom-member of the sign structure.
RI isn't the only offender of the above. Many older overhead sign gantries along I-95/Route 128 from Dedham/Westwood, MA to Newton, MA erected during the early 70s sport similar. To add insult to injury, when the signs were replaced in the 1990s, MassHighway didn't even bother to swap the upper and lower mounting brackets. As a result, many of these newer signs are still angled slightly upwards.
Quote from: myosh_tino on April 24, 2012, 02:55:40 AM
Quote from: myosh_tino on December 24, 2009, 07:45:11 PM
CA-85 in Sunnyvale. I got this photo off Flickr...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fmangled_ca85_sign.jpg&hash=9e94501ac3b4e891f927b793e19488ba122880e3)
Sorry for dredging up an old topic but Caltrans is going to finally replace the Fremont Avenue exit sign (pictured above) that was destroyed when a dump truck hit the sign some 5 years ago. According to the sign plan, here's what the new sign will look like...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2F85s_Exit20.png&hash=60c6aa98d37ae4e218346ea37d9a4311ef294f83)
The original sign looked like this...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2F85s_Exit20_old.png&hash=584be28e72d8bc8283a5e5e2faca2913198189cc)
I hate it when control cities disappear.
Keeping up with the times... I think the MUTCD disallows control cities and street names on the same signs now.
Quote from: PHLBOS on April 26, 2012, 06:13:22 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 11, 2010, 11:37:04 PM
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Random question, why are older Rhode Island BGSs tilted upwards?
More likely answer would be that someone had or read the sign attachment specs./details upside down and placed the the top-member mounting brackets (with the offset to angle the signs slightly downward) on the bottom-member of the sign structure.
RI isn't the only offender of the above. Many older overhead sign gantries along I-95/Route 128 from Dedham/Westwood, MA to Newton, MA erected during the early 70s sport similar. To add insult to injury, when the signs were replaced in the 1990s, MassHighway didn't even bother to swap the upper and lower mounting brackets. As a result, many of these newer signs are still angled slightly upwards.
Are you sure it's not intentional? I'd expect downward-tilted signs to suffer glare problems at night due to specular reflection of headlights.
Quote from: vtk on April 27, 2012, 02:02:56 PMAre you sure it's not intentional? I'd expect downward-tilted signs to suffer glare problems at night due to specular reflection of headlights.
To be clear, we're referring to
overhead sign mountings being tilted not ground-mounted signs. I don't believe there are any vehicles that have headlights that
high from the ground.
If it
was intentional, more overhead signs and ground-mounted signs would have been erected in such a manner.
Quote from: PHLBOS on April 27, 2012, 02:51:51 PM
Quote from: vtk on April 27, 2012, 02:02:56 PMAre you sure it's not intentional? I'd expect downward-tilted signs to suffer glare problems at night due to specular reflection of headlights.
To be clear, we're referring to overhead sign mountings being tilted not ground-mounted signs. I don't believe there are any vehicles that have headlights that high from the ground.
Yes, I was referring to overhead signs. Headlights certainly don't shine a great deal of light that far upwwards, but enough that shiny things at just the right angle would noticeably reflect light back at the driver. And the problem is that, while retroreflected light is colored green or white depending on which part of the sign reflected it, light reflected by simple specular reflection is not. I thought I read some years ago on MTR that, for this reason, signs aren't generally angled towards the road, but sometimes away from the road slightly. In Ohio it seems signs usually aren't angled at all, so I'm not familiar with installations where signs are angled towards the road (downwards, in the case of overhead signage).
On the other hand, signs angled upwards could be more susceptible to the much more significant problem of specular reflection from the sun, particularly if they're facing east or west. Signs mounted with no tilt suffer similarly, but at lower sun angles when the sunlight isn't quite as bright...
A well-worn sign in eastern Mass. near Exit 30 of I-95. Taken January 14, 2012.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120114%2Fi95northpnhm.jpg&hash=b3a07179f3e91e3430be7d4055f8b8e932ab07f3)
Quote from: Jim on May 30, 2012, 10:28:48 AM
A well-worn sign in eastern Mass. near Exit 30 of I-95. Taken January 14, 2012.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120114%2Fi95northpnhm.jpg&hash=b3a07179f3e91e3430be7d4055f8b8e932ab07f3)
...and in spite of all the re-signing that's been going on in that area for the last few years, it's still there (drove by it yesterday).
No pic, but when a tornado went through Sturbridge, MA last year; one fairly-new cantilever sign gantry along I-84 West was knocked over, sign and all. A small, temporary ground-mount sign is presently there... an approach sign for Exit 2 (TO MA 131 Sturbridge-Southbridge).
Quote from: PHLBOS on May 31, 2012, 05:23:27 PM
No pic, but when a tornado went through Sturbridge, MA last year; one fairly-new cantilever sign gantry along I-84 West was knocked over, sign and all. A small, temporary ground-mount sign is presently there... an approach sign for Exit 2 (TO MA 131 Sturbridge-Southbridge).
I remember seeing that on my way to New Hampshire last year. I wish I could've gotten a photo of it, but we were heading the other direction.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7101%2F7312403642_55991f6238_c.jpg&hash=a0a3015372b264b734e559c222ea08cfb66c9395)
Located along the short US-101/CA-152 duplex in Gilroy. Picture taken northbound.
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 26, 2012, 11:37:59 PM
Keeping up with the times... I think the MUTCD disallows control cities and street names on the same signs now.
Discussion following this point now has its own thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=6847.0).
Not damaged at the time of the picture, but both of these signs have now fallen over the last time I've passed them.
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The city limit sign, not the gantry.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7240%2F7338756504_a23f937b15_c.jpg&hash=652f1a17dfffe5bd5dd3fd9c3711e3858405fa2f)
This sign just stumps me that it has no border. It just looks...weird.
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on June 04, 2012, 05:29:21 PM
This sign just stumps me that it has no border. It just looks...weird.
that sign is from about 1959-1963 and it at one point had a retroreflective perimeter, which has flaked and fallen off. if you could get a close look, including the date code on the back, that would be very useful.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F24.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m569g7yz8Q1rob8r8o1_500.png&hash=941eede7497c9f61dc1e5f0579b0421c109ed543)
This shit. Not a highway sign but it still goes under the damaged category
:banghead:
^ There are lots of those here in Salinas. Also, I notice that they barely turn the illuminated signs around here at night anymore. Only the new ones do.
The lights are probably burnt out and they aren't fixing them in anticipation that they're going to replace them with LED ones. Burbank did the same, they let the florescent ones go to shit and they started to replace them. A name panel missing is rather rare around these parts.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m5a4wzQVbA1rob8r8o1_500.jpg&hash=cb966352826f19ee41f9cc433372657e65c01885)
Here's another I pass often but never think to get a pic real quick. I-5 South at the CA-2 crossing. Shield was kinda busted looking before but a few months ago it disappeared all together
Several D-series signs and route markers are broken (presumably by wind) or missing along OH-4 between Bucyrus and Sandusky. They have been that way for at least the last 10 months. No pics because I'm always working when I'm up there...
On I-459, a few of the northbound signs in Bessemer are completely falling apart. The exit tab signs are faded almost completely white, almost like someone took a large brush and painted over half the sign with white paint.
I'd link Street View, but the images are 4 years old now and won't show just how bad the signs are right now. I even looked on the 2012 satellite shot and it isn't recent enough to show.
Quote from: BamaZeus on June 08, 2012, 11:36:51 AM
I even looked on the 2012 satellite shot and it isn't recent enough to show.
was there an event which caused a lot of damage in very little time? a storm or something?
Hurricane Charley, passing through the Turnpike and US 192, in August 2004:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FDamaged-US192-Aug2004.jpg&hash=48b02e8eb122959547734329ff18462bc7ee0797)
Quote from: bulkyorled on June 07, 2012, 11:42:58 PM
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Here's another I pass often but never think to get a pic real quick. I-5 South at the CA-2 crossing. Shield was kinda busted looking before but a few months ago it disappeared all together
I got a picture of that sign (more like the whole gantry) before the shield fell off. Back in July of last year, this thing looks like it's gonna fall off soon.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7101%2F7352056492_8c2968720f_c.jpg&hash=508eb17e121c87cde3ef47e18edd486684c2f307)
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on June 08, 2012, 02:02:47 PM
Quote from: bulkyorled on June 07, 2012, 11:42:58 PM
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Here's another I pass often but never think to get a pic real quick. I-5 South at the CA-2 crossing. Shield was kinda busted looking before but a few months ago it disappeared all together
I got a picture of that sign (more like the whole gantry) before the shield fell off. Back in July of last year, this thing looks like it's gonna fall off soon.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7101%2F7352056492_8c2968720f_c.jpg&hash=508eb17e121c87cde3ef47e18edd486684c2f307)
Yea that one is in kind of bad condition now. The picture you have makes it look a million times better. The sign with the 2 on it looks like some truck exploded smog on it now. I think they're likely to update it soon anyways with a new reflective sign as they have through that area on the 5. As you can see on the left ahead they had already replaced it with a new one. They just recently (about 2 weeks ago) replaced ALL the signs in the construction zone between Glenoaks Blvd all the way to Western Av with brand new ones thank god, the old ones were no bueno. They should do it with that crusty crust next.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2012, 11:39:37 AM
Quote from: BamaZeus on June 08, 2012, 11:36:51 AM
I even looked on the 2012 satellite shot and it isn't recent enough to show.
was there an event which caused a lot of damage in very little time? a storm or something?
I'm not really sure. As many storms as we've had roll through the last several months, anything is possible. The signs themselves are not physically damaged (i.e. leaning over, half broken-off, etc), it's as if the paint had a 30 year lifespan and at 30 years and one day it faded to white. I'm guessing those signs in question are original ones from the road construction in the early 80s. It's really kinda bizarre, considering all the other signs in the area are just fine, although the southbound signs are much newer, IIRC.
I remember this sign being in this condition in March 2011, and it is still standing as of six days ago.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2FMexico_3.png&hash=e820f3ab574649739d4a242c298deb63b3ed4f30)
Which SR 35 shield is that? I don't think I've seen them before.
It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.
Found this in Sedona, AZ
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/s720x720/223920_10151838830085297_56737449_n.jpg)
Quote from: kphoger on June 15, 2012, 11:20:50 PM
It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.
Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?
Quote from: the49erfan15 on June 18, 2012, 02:29:52 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 15, 2012, 11:20:50 PM
It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.
Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?
Not just on road signs, but on many other kinds of signs and even handwriting.
Quote from: kphoger on June 18, 2012, 11:00:03 PM
Quote from: the49erfan15 on June 18, 2012, 02:29:52 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 15, 2012, 11:20:50 PM
It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.
Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?
Not just on road signs, but on many other kinds of signs and even handwriting.
As seen on older U.S. currency:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F2%2F28%2FRomana_Acosta_Ba%25C3%25B1uelos_sig.jpg&hash=80f6eb868b8a09dee2b2d49cd7bb3645dcf8575c)
Got a lot of damaged Street Name signs in my home county, all of them damaged from excessive heat during the summer time. Though they may look okay for those who don't live in Barnwell County, they are not.
Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.
Quote from: mjb2002 on June 18, 2012, 11:59:38 PM
Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.
Is there an old cutout nearby?
Quote from: NE2 on June 19, 2012, 01:12:39 AM
Quote from: mjb2002 on June 18, 2012, 11:59:38 PM
Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.
Is there an old cutout nearby?
No. Not a cutout. But, this sign was from likely the 1950s, shortly after SRS was built.
Quote from: mjb2002 on June 19, 2012, 02:06:03 AM
Quote from: NE2 on June 19, 2012, 01:12:39 AM
Quote from: mjb2002 on June 18, 2012, 11:59:38 PM
Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.
Is there an old cutout nearby?
No. Not a cutout. But, this sign was from likely the 1950s, shortly after SRS was built.
Worth splooging over?
This is from 2009. I don't know if these have been replaced or not.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F6048_1203920139396_7492950_n.jpg%26gt%3B&hash=7fb5cde3e82f83cf712502a409556eb06de1d829)
Looks like someone hit this one, ironically taken while I was sitting in traffic on westbound I-80 just past I-355 due to an accident.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2144.jpg&hash=0b6183d3081418ff816907b68c5db035c8937ca1)
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 18, 2012, 11:32:36 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 18, 2012, 11:00:03 PM
Quote from: the49erfan15 on June 18, 2012, 02:29:52 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 15, 2012, 11:20:50 PM
It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.
Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?
Not just on road signs, but on many other kinds of signs and even handwriting.
As seen on older U.S. currency:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F2%2F28%2FRomana_Acosta_Ba%25C3%25B1uelos_sig.jpg&hash=80f6eb868b8a09dee2b2d49cd7bb3645dcf8575c)
I should point out that, though a tilde rendered as a straight line is fairly common on Mexican road signs, the 'edges' of the line are not vertical but slanted, as in the example below:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mayanbeachgarden.com%2FImages%2Fsign_noMaltrate.jpg&hash=63b8b2a91c087d0173dd3658bde0cba6a8c744e8)
I've seen plenty of curvy tildes and plenty of straight ones, but I don't think I've ever seen (noticed!) a straight tilde with 90° angles.
Quote from: Takumi on June 19, 2012, 01:32:55 PM
This is from 2009. I don't know if these have been replaced or not.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F6048_1203920139396_7492950_n.jpg%26gt%3B&hash=7fb5cde3e82f83cf712502a409556eb06de1d829)
If we're going to post shot-up signs, there isn't enough time for me to photograph and post all the ones in Kentucky.
Lots of the BGSes on the Mountain Parkway, that have been up since the mid-70s, are riddled with bullet holes.
Trying to play catch-up with my photos...
County road pentagon...in yellow? Never saw one fade to that color before, usually they fade to a light blue. (January 2012)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7386/27387569546_d5ec03d307_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HJ9sfW)
Still faded, as of last month; photo from 2009. Usually, these more recent signs peel or crack, before fading.
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6001/5962803876_3645b2c389_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/a5UVRo)
Not unusual to see many old signs where the white has faded to a bare metal, in all of its shiny glory:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/s-ncKI_-LLp8wkI51C4h7UlRYaDVjJDdpdKLEv1mVgfE-VCD41tCYUIG6jtoMqXxrIvIkpY8p5e35oVHEbDrbBln0ldPcMKuH765JjvxkeTkzptI6JRinEVCn-h4iA5rNn0h5GRyBZyklSHHCL3aPx6W2TZAXm-Ud-Qbk7LhUpDvR_q8M8asLJ9LT9sGe9SxiVP343-mDDnG9x3QaW7Im4L628A9L41H910TNwrqoYE2CgVV2JInzy76IeJ4Jbsq3SJlCrxlCvf6qY4cpeLbj35JEUaluEbSAyPGdkqW8KxVZTeRDZBUQxMSpcgSZDeNCcZ1zwg2rMCjNtZItjay87v7xxgsWplAJLrdJnMRV6nA-fm06z3dmOtSaKpDEZjrwlxmr897D9ENBRjtSAYvBt7FO0_DuoX_IPLgxkgjfF1qGU9sXXYd6GdYuCO5ZKQGVQ5lo71RAkM9HCXFvKJuS5xKllXJsEQu_s_Lb3wbxIA6A_v7UcwHtNKrNRA5vE15V98hSoYHTrLKqzAGpaCMFuxKr4NwGuZfup_jOKN1t0aEhh7f17k0VRgTU26hxCyGx2sGf_8OB4_ZYdIxbERckSrQyRPNShINlq5ABOU=w800-h533-no)
Quote from: formulanone on July 31, 2012, 10:45:05 PM
County road pentagon...in yellow? Never saw one fade to that color before, usually they fade to a light blue. (January 2012)
if the sign were made by applying a light blue negative-space foreground to a yellow background, and all the blue fell off, the result would be that.
I have seen this happen in New Mexico.
QuoteNot unusual to see many old signs where the white has faded to a bare metal, in all of its shiny glory:
most surviving keys shields are now black on bare aluminum.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 31, 2012, 10:55:34 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 31, 2012, 10:45:05 PM
County road pentagon...in yellow? Never saw one fade to that color before, usually they fade to a light blue. (January 2012)
if the sign were made by applying a light blue negative-space foreground to a yellow background, and all the blue fell off, the result would be that.
I have seen this happen in New Mexico.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnm%2Fnm_187%2Fwe62.jpg&hash=f40224880f5adcc963cde0ac955054e419785ab9) but that looks like black text?
Quote from: Steve on July 31, 2012, 11:04:55 PM
but that looks like black text?
that one might very well be black text. I have other examples from that area (I believe that exact county!) where all of the legend looks like the number does on your example.
Destroyed in the derecho last month. Hilariously, the attraction panel's rivets were stronger than the actual sign's...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BYeeZYqWHTU/UBs16fjbgnI/AAAAAAAAFRU/lsDdF_l3IQE/s640/K5PC2009.jpg)
EN EN!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zuH-BsnC5nc/UBs2BjMvqLI/AAAAAAAAFUM/ebGrBN7voS4/s640/K5PC2045.jpg)
And speaking of bullets, this old one from 2008 (which, from what I'm told, is still like this):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2344%2F2267857295_ce7688296b_z.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=2aed8f09e2e091683a74316910270d6d1d2078c8) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/2267857295/)
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on August 02, 2012, 11:37:49 PM
[EAT CHIKIN OR WEEL LET THIS THING OUT]
I'm not even gonna go there...
Saw the following this afternoon on southbound I-395 in Virginia. After looking at the picture I find myself thinking it was done intentionally because of the way the lighting equipment appears to be so cleanly removed. I don't remember hearing anything on the news about it, but perhaps they were moving a large load recently given that there's still a lot of roadwork on the Beltway in both directions not far from that interchange.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2Fe074fff8.jpg&hash=b90c08721b90a3e531de7847f6ce8ba076b89d2d)
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on August 02, 2012, 11:37:49 PM
Destroyed in the derecho last month. Hilariously, the attraction panel's rivets were stronger than the actual sign's...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BYeeZYqWHTU/UBs16fjbgnI/AAAAAAAAFRU/lsDdF_l3IQE/s640/K5PC2009.jpg)
Looks to me like the left post took a direct hit, and was temporarily replaced with a lighter weight one. Based on the damage, I suspect the Attractions panel was fabricated from sheet aluminum panels (increment panel method).
BTW, this is the first time I've ever seen a main Attractions LOGO sign with a brown background. The MUTCD specifies a blue background for these signs, but permits states to use brown backgrounds for individual text LOGO panels.
Quote from: roadman on August 03, 2012, 06:31:46 PM
Looks to me like the left post took a direct hit, and was temporarily replaced with a lighter weight one. Based on the damage, I suspect the Attractions panel was fabricated from sheet aluminum panels (increment panel method).
BTW, this is the first time I've ever seen a main Attractions LOGO sign with a brown background. The MUTCD specifies a blue background for these signs, but permits states to use brown backgrounds for individual text LOGO panels.
Virginia seems to do this a lot with attractions signage, whether on individual signs or on overheads. VDOT will even use brown-out to accomplish this:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5053%2F5426091165_9d7e6b86a7_z.jpg&hash=304f46aa2aa6d08ea29ca32a490c047e91e786d6) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coredesatchikai/5426091165/)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu126%2Fbugo348%2Fcreekturnpike.jpg&hash=06e093659cb430384dd0704ca6ba73cf4d5912ce)
Saw some similar (but not as extensive) damage on the same roadtrip the last photo I posted was shot on:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YCBKAxqcJU0/UBs18tFvlAI/AAAAAAAAFSQ/GWFovFTSfGM/s800/K5PC2018.jpg)
Found this oldie near downtown Hartford in 2008....looks like half its face was blown off
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0029.jpg%3Ft%3D1242043401&hash=a3c7d9d7d403095c93a5aec2a48cbdd7010d639f)
Any idea how old that is? The arrow under it looks much newer.
Quote from: Takumi on August 04, 2012, 10:22:27 PM
Any idea how old that is? The arrow under it looks much newer.
Anybody know when ConnDOT discontinued the use of plywood for permanent route markers. That would provide a rough clue as to the age of the sign.
Quote from: roadman on August 04, 2012, 10:53:18 PM
Quote from: Takumi on August 04, 2012, 10:22:27 PM
Any idea how old that is? The arrow under it looks much newer.
Anybody know when ConnDOT discontinued the use of plywood for permanent route markers. That would provide a rough clue as to the age of the sign.
Jeff at the ConnDOT Sign Shop advised me that they stopped making wood signs in the late 70s, but still used what they had in stock or in the field garages until they started wholesale replacements of the wood signs with metal signs in the mid-80s...so at the time, the sign was probably at least 30 years old, but i cant say how long it had actually been hanging around when i took its portrait
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on August 04, 2012, 04:33:42 PM
Saw some similar (but not as extensive) damage on the same roadtrip the last photo I posted was shot on:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YCBKAxqcJU0/UBs18tFvlAI/AAAAAAAAFSQ/GWFovFTSfGM/s800/K5PC2018.jpg)
Interesting how the 64 information was left off the replacement BGS, and appears on the left upright instead - almost as an afterthought (or perhaps in reponse to complaints?). I know many state DOTs are frugal about replacing OH supports, but this is just really poor signing design on VDOT's part.
On SB I-71 in OH just after either Exit 169 or Exit 165, it looks like a large vehicle went off-road for about a hundred yards, blasting through a sign or three in the process. One of those signs listed the distances to I-270 and Cincinnati, and is now in about a dozen pieces scattered along the highway embankment. Unfortunately, as often as I drive past for work, I don't think I can get a decent photo myself if I'm on the clock.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7212%2F7349141726_2c7f6bed9f_b.jpg&hash=7d5162f82ac0c3a4737616e22c56bf81a5b2c7de)
There was a gun club up CR 47 a bit. Clearly people in Shandaken don't have much to do in their spare time.
Quote from: roadman on August 06, 2012, 08:24:37 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on August 04, 2012, 04:33:42 PM
Saw some similar (but not as extensive) damage on the same roadtrip the last photo I posted was shot on:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YCBKAxqcJU0/UBs18tFvlAI/AAAAAAAAFSQ/GWFovFTSfGM/s800/K5PC2018.jpg)
Interesting how the 64 information was left off the replacement BGS, and appears on the left upright instead - almost as an afterthought (or perhaps in reponse to complaints?). I know many state DOTs are frugal about replacing OH supports, but this is just really poor signing design on VDOT's part.
The funny thing is this isn't even the only time VDOT's done this to 64. The eastbound signage for 64 at the north end of 664 in Hampton, VA also relegates the shield to a standalone, with the overhead sign just reading "Downtown Hampton / Norfolk / Va Beach". I believe the old sign had "Downtown Hampton" as a patch over something, so it may have originally been left off, which would have left room for a shield. The clearview replacement, however, is a carbon copy.
Indeed, there has never been a shield on that BGS, and it's always been on the left upright. That sign is a supplement to the one that appears at the actual I-95/I-64 split in downtown Richmond, which is behind where this picture was taken.
The Clearview sign is new, though, and is actually not a carbon copy - the sign that was there before only mentioned 3rd Street and not the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
The "Downtown Hampton" patch covers the original I-64 EAST part of the sign, which was there when I-664 first opened. Between 1996-2000 is when the sign was greened over. Probably Hampton wanted some mention on the sign even though one is already in the city itself.
Quote from: amroad17 on August 08, 2012, 09:05:34 AM
The "Downtown Hampton" patch covers the original I-64 EAST part of the sign, which was there when I-664 first opened. Between 1996-2000 is when the sign was greened over. Probably Hampton wanted some mention on the sign even though one is already in the city itself.
In other words, VDOT did what engineers refer to as "Warrant 15" (political favor).
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on August 06, 2012, 11:07:52 PM
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There was a gun club up CR 47 a bit. Clearly people in Shandaken don't have much to do in their spare time.
This happens a lot in Oklahoma (and other Southern states).
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 08, 2012, 06:44:28 PM
This happens a lot in Oklahoma (and other Southern states).
The story goes that, when Burma-Shave was in its heyday and posting hundreds of sign sets throughout the country, they changed from wood signs to aluminum for a short time for easier production and installation, as well as to reduce costs. Not too long afterwards, they decided to switch back to wood. The reason company officials stated for this "flip-flop" was because most wood signs can more easily absorb gunfire without affecting legibility.
^^^
That Calgary video is the subject of a thread on the "Canada" subforum (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7488.0), but I could see why people might not have seen it there.
I know Clearview is cursed, but that's just ridiculous! :wow:
EDIT: Removed video quote since it broke the emoticon and it's not really necessary anyway.
Boingy, boingy, boingy!
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on June 04, 2012, 05:29:21 PM
Not damaged at the time of the picture, but both of these signs have now fallen over the last time I've passed them.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7228%2F7338761286_7cb963d394_c.jpg&hash=0493ace6c08f732854efbcde19730eb6183026b5)
The city limit sign, not the gantry.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7240%2F7338756504_a23f937b15_c.jpg&hash=652f1a17dfffe5bd5dd3fd9c3711e3858405fa2f)
This sign just stumps me that it has no border. It just looks...weird.
As of the last time I passed these, both have since been put back up with no new reflective signs. (Though if it was Salinas, they'd probably be replaced with horrendous new Clarendon signs)
For a new addition, there's this on I-80 west in Fairfield:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8306%2F7810713524_c7b308a836_c.jpg&hash=a0851d6bf711d7c94f4ac1f2725a5755f8edd64b)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5163%2F5356571620_869f94c2b7.jpg&hash=ebb4a79229e8ded39fcabeb1799d4289faa602f8)
Another one which I've passed numerous times but haven't got a picture...
I-70 WB at mile 86 in Ohio, there's a sign informing drivers they are entering Madison C unty.
Quote from: vtk on August 18, 2012, 11:31:28 PM
C unty.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsuptg.thisisnotatrueending.com%2Farchive%2F11329508%2Fimages%2F1280014082758.jpg&hash=ee9d0f19a2d6b73eb859deb42d592883795fcfc3)
GMSV from August 2011 (recently updated); the sign is unchanged since the previous GMSV, which was from 2009. The top line should read "Tlalnepantla".
http://goo.gl/maps/oWA3H (http://goo.gl/maps/oWA3H)
Quote from: vtk on August 18, 2012, 11:31:28 PM
Another one which I've passed numerous times but haven't got a picture...
I-70 WB at mile 86 in Ohio, there's a sign informing drivers they are entering Madison C unty.
Yikes! Mustv'e happened in the past year or so....despite several trips by there easbound, I haven't gone past there westbound since last November I think. Street view from over 3 years ago (http://goo.gl/maps/qrMLU) shows the sign intact (minus a few reflectors) but losing letters since then isn't a surprise. The old button copy along that stretch is starting to really age badly. East of there there was an exit BGS that was missing about a quarter of the sign for a long while but finally did get replaced (sadly with Clearview). The ~2003 sign replacement on I-70 between downtown and about exit 91 didn't reach that far west, and the new signage that came with the widening west of US 42 didn't hit it either, so there are some really old signs along there.
Now while losing a letter isn't a surprise, the particular letter that was lost is really something. What were the chances?
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 19, 2012, 10:13:53 AM
What were the chances?
1 out of 6, I believe. :P
Smaller if we're counting every word on the sign. I don't feel like doing the arithmetic right now.
Apparently I was living life on the dangerous side today. I pulled over to get this pic (on my phone camera):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-madisoncunty.jpg&hash=ce81246628e742e2789e39914c626b82b755c38b)
Well it was worth it, because you have successfully made me giggle like a sixth grader
A little north of Brownsville, TX on US 77/81:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2FTX801%2B499bgsDamaged-US77n.jpg&hash=ec3410b1525fa4e9d8291aa822c6be99ad1c9bb7)
Quote from: vtk on September 05, 2012, 11:24:41 PM
Apparently I was living life on the dangerous side today. I pulled over to get this pic (on my phone camera):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-madisoncunty.jpg&hash=ce81246628e742e2789e39914c626b82b755c38b)
Is there a sign nearby saying "Slippery When Wet?"
Quote from: Darkchylde on September 06, 2012, 02:05:51 PM
Quote from: vtk on September 05, 2012, 11:24:41 PM
Apparently I was living life on the dangerous side today. I pulled over to get this pic (on my phone camera):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-madisoncunty.jpg&hash=ce81246628e742e2789e39914c626b82b755c38b)
Is there a sign nearby saying "Slippery When Wet?"
Not that i can recall.....but i think nearby there is a sign warning about ice that appears in the cold months.....take that as you will....
Hmm... how easy would it have been to remove the y?
Nah, Madison is better without artificial enhancements.
Quote from: Duke87 on September 06, 2012, 08:31:55 PM
Hmm... how easy would it have been to remove the y?
Nah, Madison is better without artificial enhancements.
you'd have to move the C over to get anyone to parse the joke at freeway speed...
Quote from: PennDOTFan on July 11, 2010, 11:37:04 PM
These signs have certainly seen better days...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTDp3mIFd99I%2FAAAAAAAAfMk%2FO8gTt5Jo48E%2Fs640%2FIMG_7715.JPG&hash=c00a54ffa65635d22fbb17e2ca753c5daa953472)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F_ZkmN2RrOJxw%2FTDp4a00WgUI%2FAAAAAAAAfVM%2FD4ZwkP9e_MA%2Fs640%2FIMG_7786.JPG&hash=f5c8d42370fada0ec3c27f425be2c354d8795e0d)
Random question, why are older Rhode Island BGSs tilted upwards?
All of these damaged signs in Rhode Island were replaced in the I-95 sign replacement project between 2010-2011.
Quote from: vtk on September 05, 2012, 11:24:41 PM
Apparently I was living life on the dangerous side today. I pulled over to get this pic (on my phone camera):
Who else but Quagmire?!
Giggity!
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 03, 2012, 06:05:26 PM
Saw the following this afternoon on southbound I-395 in Virginia. After looking at the picture I find myself thinking it was done intentionally because of the way the lighting equipment appears to be so cleanly removed. I don't remember hearing anything on the news about it, but perhaps they were moving a large load recently given that there's still a lot of roadwork on the Beltway in both directions not far from that interchange.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2Fe074fff8.jpg&hash=b90c08721b90a3e531de7847f6ce8ba076b89d2d)
I posted the above on August 3. As of Wednesday morning (September 5), it still hadn't been fixed.
^That 'SOUTH, I-95' and 'VA 644' shield don't appear to be centered right. Is that space meant to be for a third shield?
Quote from: national highway 1 on September 10, 2012, 01:52:25 AM
^That 'SOUTH, I-95 and VA 644 shield don't appear to be centered right. Is that space meant to be for a third shield?
All those signs at that interchange are like that and the answer is I assume so, but I don't know. Just to the south of the 644 interchange (and I really mean JUST to the south) there is an HOV-only interchange with VA-289 (formerly 7900), the Franconia—Springfield Parkway. A few years ago there was talk of making that into a full interchange, so perhaps the green space has a 7900 marker (I've noted the blank spaces appear to have a greenout panel over them). I always thought it seemed highly unlikely they'd ever do that due to (a) severe design challenges due to the proximity of the existing 644 interchange to the north (weave areas being deemed unacceptable because the recent eight-year-long reconstruction of that whole area was designed to eliminate them) and (b) cost of eminent domain proceedings if they wanted to do it right because they'd have to buy and condemn some private property to have sufficient space for C/D roadways.
The guy who used to represent the area where I live on the county Board of Supervisors told me the plan for that interchange is dead, if indeed it was ever truly alive in the first place. I assume the highway signs were designed and made with the possibility in mind, though, since they've been up since sometime in the middle of the last decade.
Here's a Google Maps satellite view so you can see the area. (http://goo.gl/maps/SJlxY) I-95 is the very wide road running north-south through the middle of the image. DC is out of the image off the top. The sign in my previous post is on the southbound carriageway, also out of the image to the north off the top. The tangle of ramps at the top is the I-95/I-395/I-495 interchange (the Beltway, which runs across the picture). The next tangle of ramps south of there is the Route 644 interchange (plus access ramps into and out of the center HOV reversible roadway) and then the large white overpass all the way at the bottom is the Franconia—Springfield Parkway, the road lacking a full interchange. You can see what I mean about it being a very tight space as well as very closely-spaced interchanges.
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 10, 2012, 09:27:50 AM
The guy who used to represent the area where I live on the county Board of Supervisors told me the plan for that interchange is dead, if indeed it was ever truly alive in the first place. I assume the highway signs were designed and made with the possibility in mind, though, since they've been up since sometime in the middle of the last decade.
A full interchange between I-95 and Va. 289 (former 7900) was once planned as part of the Springfield Interchange reconstruction project, but it was deleted from the project as the costs went up, up and away, though I think the preliminary engineering had been done.
Now that the "missing link" of Va. 286 (former 7100) is done through the Fort Belvoir North Area, there's a reasonably easy (if somewhat out-of-the-way) expressway link from I-95 to Va. 289, I don't think a full interchange between I-95 and 289 is going to happen anytime soon.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on September 10, 2012, 10:37:12 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on September 10, 2012, 09:27:50 AM
The guy who used to represent the area where I live on the county Board of Supervisors told me the plan for that interchange is dead, if indeed it was ever truly alive in the first place. I assume the highway signs were designed and made with the possibility in mind, though, since they've been up since sometime in the middle of the last decade.
A full interchange between I-95 and Va. 289 (former 7900) was once planned as part of the Springfield Interchange reconstruction project, but it was deleted from the project as the costs went up, up and away, though I think the preliminary engineering had been done.
Now that the "missing link" of Va. 286 (former 7100) is done through the Fort Belvoir North Area, there's a reasonably easy (if somewhat out-of-the-way) expressway link from I-95 to Va. 289, I don't think a full interchange between I-95 and 289 is going to happen anytime soon.
It's unnecessary for another reason: The new direct ramps connecting the HOV carriageway to the Beltway and the impending conversion of the I-95 portion of that HOV carriageway to HO/T lanes. Both of those make access to the Franconia—Springfield Parkway far easier, though to be sure it's not full-time access due to the reversible operations on I-95 there. Still, depending on the time of day, the amount of the toll, and your destination I could certainly see using the HO/T facility to make this connection instead of looping through local streets in Springfield because the latter can be somewhat convoluted depending on where your starting point is (Springfield is very easy to get THROUGH, but it's not easy to get around WITHIN Springfield even if you know exactly where you're going because you have to use indirect routes and stop at a lot of red lights).
Quote from: southshore720 on September 06, 2012, 09:26:17 PMhttp://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZkmN2RrOJxw/TDp4a00WgUI/AAAAAAAAfVM/D4ZwkP9e_MA/s640/IMG_7786.JPG[/img]
Random question, why are older Rhode Island BGSs tilted upwards?
Personal guess on my part: those older BGS' (along w/the ones along I-95/MA 128 between Weston (I-90) and Dedham (US 1)) erroneously had the brackets (used for the angling) for the BGS' mounted along the lower member of the gantry/truss instead of the upper member.
Quote from: PHLBOS on September 11, 2012, 10:09:00 AM
Quote from: southshore720 on September 06, 2012, 09:26:17 PM
Random question, why are older Rhode Island BGSs tilted upwards?
Personal guess on my part: those older BGS' (along w/the ones along I-95/MA 128 between Weston (I-90) and Dedham (US 1)) erroneously had the brackets (used for the angling) for the BGS' mounted along the lower member of the gantry/truss instead of the upper member.
RI signs were tilted upward so that headlights would not reflect back into the drivers' eyes.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fnj%2Fi-80%2Fw53eo.jpg&hash=52b98e6b9f6b9008bf0a9d3286b8aa11f9007b04)
Shamelessly ripped from Steve's site. The missing letter here is very nearly as humorous as Madison C unty.
There's a gap in "Gap", get it? :pan:
Quote from: ctsignguy on September 06, 2012, 06:34:42 PM
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Quote from: vtk on September 05, 2012, 11:24:41 PM
Apparently I was living life on the dangerous side today. I pulled over to get this pic (on my phone camera):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Foldsign-madisoncunty.jpg&hash=ce81246628e742e2789e39914c626b82b755c38b)
Is there a sign nearby saying "Slippery When Wet?"
Not that i can recall.....but i think nearby there is a sign warning about ice that appears in the cold months.....take that as you will....
It'd have to be a bit nipply out for the ice. OK, I shouldn't be poking people. :-P
Spotted this last Wednesday on northbound PA Turnpike 43. It's obviously an advance sign for the I-70 interchange.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FDaytonOctober2012181_zps345112b9.jpg&hash=00c8701d2ca859da1c46b88948325398e3e00bd0)
We saw that "Madison Cunty" sign later on the same drive. Even though I'd seen the picture here it still made me snigger and my wife was amused too. I hadn't realized we were going to pass that sign, blue tab seen in the picture notwithstanding, and it made me smile to have seen it here.
This is how it looked two years ago:
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Northbound I-395 (14th Street Bridge, S.W.) in the District of Columbia:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toward.com%2Fcpz%2Fdsc01291.jpg&hash=fcf3dedf8be71e791a7e0bbc5453c9e9f5d358dd)
EDIT: I think this panel might be a victim of Hurricane Sandy.
Curiously, it looks like an over-height truck might have damaged the lighting below the sign.
I saw this one the other day. I can't remember exactly where it was but it was in northern Indiana.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk%2Fdamagedsine.jpg&hash=7ac4dd5d6f26dfd3bd9ee7e2872f472f2b3b19c5)
^ I'm pretty sure that's on the ramp leading from the Indiana Toll Road onto NB US-31 in South Bend. The Brick Rd.-Cleveland Rd. exit is one mile north. I tried to find a Street View picture, but none exists, due to the ramp location.
We got a lot of wind from Sandy, and that's probably the cause.
US-31 would fit as I travelling on US-31 northbound between US-30 at Plymouth to the missing section at I-94/I-196. The sign was on the southbound side meaning it would be near the state line. Google Street View shows a shield at the top which isn't present in my picture.
Found it! The angle of your photo deceived me into thinking that the sign location was on a ramp. It's really on the mainline of US-31. Here's a Street View taken from about the same angle, partially blocked by a semi, when the sign was still standing obviously.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi47.tinypic.com%2F30lyotf.png&hash=b38e016400d7307157e3557bc9161a331ea10f91)
I hope your visit to Hoosierland, Truvelo, was a good one.
Quote from: theline on November 08, 2012, 08:53:13 PM
I hope your visit to Hoosierland, Truvelo, was a good one.
According to local radio stations it was Michiana :colorful:
Here is a faded VA 36 shield in Hopewell right before it turns left off of Broadway onto N 6th Ave. I just hope Hopewell never decides to replace this shield with the any of those hideous ones. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FVA36EASTNEARN6THAVE.jpg&hash=f20c8be58a050c4923332d6ad7812289bface8ed)
Nothing wrong with the shield. It's just the "EAST" banner that needs replacing. But I'm afraid you're right that they would...
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=27.955629,-82.462263&spn=0.017286,0.033023&gl=us&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=27.955333,-82.462409&panoid=mjYwW0p9dLC7trfhcS5XWg&cbp=12,117.03,,2,2.38
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccs.neu.edu%2Fhome%2Fimage%2Fimages%2Fsmall-bnb.gif&hash=30cf50da91496f4de5d50e99994c2f8749e8dc85)
Quote from: NE2 on December 08, 2012, 04:05:10 PM
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=27.955629,-82.462263&spn=0.017286,0.033023&gl=us&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=27.955333,-82.462409&panoid=mjYwW0p9dLC7trfhcS5XWg&cbp=12,117.03,,2,2.38
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccs.neu.edu%2Fhome%2Fimage%2Fimages%2Fsmall-bnb.gif&hash=30cf50da91496f4de5d50e99994c2f8749e8dc85)
I can pee at least 60.
Since this has to do with Damaged signs, I'm gonna bring something I posted a few weeks ago on the Street Name sign topic (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3582.msg185881#msg185881) over here - this was in Burnettown, S.C.:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-brX_fiZF_T4/UKwzaHRSpvI/AAAAAAAACCM/pshJKRkP42w/s800/Jefferson%2520Davis%2520Hwy%2520and%2520Langley%2520Dam%2520Rd.jpg)
I really hate to say this, but I believe that the back to back Street Name signs should be a standard for higher speed highways.
On another note: I have seen many signs in Barnwell that are so badly faded, the signs are no longer legible. The most prominent examples are along MARLBORO AV (SC 3) and ELLENTON ST (US 278) at its intersection with WELLINGTON DR. The latter location has the background paint peeling off the Street Name sign.
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This pic was taken last in 2011, Rt. 1, in Damariscotta, Maine. Was replaced pretty quick by MDOT (within a month or so) But what are they using, Elmer's glue to hold this up?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi867.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab236%2Fjwadd13%2Fmoo003.jpg&hash=761a99481a4f9cefb23a4f4ce7a30ae0562af5af)
What happens when a road sign is too close to a massive gas pipeline explosion (http://jalopnik.com/5967574/an-incredibly-massive-explosion-has-set-the-highway-on-fire-in-west-virginia):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A92-TCzCMAEIpAc.jpg:large)
(Borrowed from Twitter.)
What the hell?! Looks like a friggin' war zone out there! Must be those clumsy Alanlanders!
I like how the legend is, for the most part, still legible.
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on December 11, 2012, 07:07:03 PM
What happens when a road sign is too close to a massive gas pipeline explosion (http://jalopnik.com/5967574/an-incredibly-massive-explosion-has-set-the-highway-on-fire-in-west-virginia):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A92-TCzCMAEIpAc.jpg:large)
(Borrowed from Twitter.)
That's what you get for taking down perfectly good button-copy & replacing it with Clearview! :spin:
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on December 11, 2012, 07:07:03 PM
What happens when a road sign is too close to a massive gas pipeline explosion (http://jalopnik.com/5967574/an-incredibly-massive-explosion-has-set-the-highway-on-fire-in-west-virginia):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A92-TCzCMAEIpAc.jpg:large)
(Borrowed from Twitter.)
Quote from: Central Avenue on December 11, 2012, 08:09:20 PM
I like how the legend is, for the most part, still legible.
It's even more interesting that the sign is now a BWS w/black lettering.
Who said they hoped Clearview would die in a fire? :-D
Quote from: hbelkins on December 12, 2012, 12:28:14 PM
Who said they hoped Clearview would die in a fire? :-D
/me slowly raises his hand
Quote from: hbelkins on December 12, 2012, 12:28:14 PM
Who said they hoped Clearview would die in a fire? :-D
Judging by the fact that the text is still legible, did it really die? :-/
No, it's just a shell of its former self.
Like it said in the Charleston news report, "Holy Crap!"
Anyway, how long do you think this section of I-77 will be closed?
Quote from: myosh_tino on December 12, 2012, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 12, 2012, 12:28:14 PM
Who said they hoped Clearview would die in a fire? :-D
Judging by the fact that the text is still legible, did it really die? :-/
Zombie Clearview.
Quote from: amroad17 on December 12, 2012, 07:06:17 PM
No, it's just a shell of its former self.
Like it said in the Charleston news report, "Holy Crap!"
Anyway, how long do you think this section of I-77 will be closed?
Found out from another thread that this section is already open to traffic. Great job WVDOT!
Quote from: PHLBOS on December 12, 2012, 08:50:53 AM
It's even more interesting that the sign is now a BWS w/black lettering.
No, it's a BAS. (Big Aluminum Sign.) Any bits of reflective backing left are charred onto the metal. The reason the shield and letters made it through is because they were tacked onto the background - that's one extra layer to burn through.
Quote from: myosh_tino on December 12, 2012, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 12, 2012, 12:28:14 PM
Who said they hoped Clearview would die in a fire? :-D
Judging by the fact that the text is still legible, did it really die? :-/
Since it's still legible, they should totally leave the sign standing!
I recently saw a direction sign with black text on a white background that wasn't the result of a fire or other damage, though I was too far away to get a picture. It replaced a standard white text on green background sign and I have no idea what knucklehead approved it.
If anyone's in the DC area soon and wants to try to get a picture, it's on the exit ramp from the Outer Loop to Gallows Road (Old Exit 7, I think now Exit 51).
To me the road surface in the West Virginia picture above looks kind of like the floor in a barbershop when they're not being prompt about sweeping up all the clippings!
On US 78 (future I-22) in Alabama.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8499%2F8292553450_968fedc608.jpg&hash=47cc6ec51749aa72b98ad7b126fd5b45b8afd0e4)
From earlier:
Quote from: Road Hog on April 17, 2012, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: bugo on April 17, 2012, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on April 17, 2012, 09:49:41 AM
Between Sherman and Dallas, there is an FM 121 that crosses US 75 a short distance before SH 121. A TxDot engineer told me that there is a custom sign to tell drivers not to confuse the two.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7216%2F6942436724_b89102cb4b_c.jpg&hash=354c913f26e87464314194adb4efb86e3bec6fed)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7039%2F7088507525_d8078232c9_c.jpg&hash=3b31fd6d8ba9de129429c7a2256418a60ae605c7)
I drive past these signs almost daily. The street name has been changed to Van Alstyne Parkway, but the FM 121 text remains.
(The 1-mile BGS, by the way, has been through the mill since this picture was made. Been hit and knocked over at least twice, but the original sign remains, albeit dented up pretty good.)
Make that three times. That sucker was knocked over about four months ago and I swear it's still on the ground. It's a minor miracle that sign isn't filling an entire wall of some frat house by now.
Noted missing signs at five or so interchanges on New Year's Eve from Columbia, SC west to Montgomery, AL. Weather related or what?
A couple more that were still somewhat standing:
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/i-020_wb_exit_022_01.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/i-020_wb_exit_022_01.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/i-085_sb_exit_070_01.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/i-085_sb_exit_070_01.jpg)
For the other Wichita residents on here:
I noticed a broken & fallen exit sign on my way to work–good photo op for someone interested in mounting hardware. I-135 northbound at the K-254 exit.
A few more damaged BGS' are shown in the thread below:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8977.0 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8977.0)
Quote from: kphoger on December 13, 2012, 03:05:26 PM
Quote from: myosh_tino on December 12, 2012, 04:03:42 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 12, 2012, 12:28:14 PM
Who said they hoped Clearview would die in a fire? :-D
Judging by the fact that the text is still legible, did it really die? :-/
Since it's still legible, they should totally leave the sign standing!
Since this thread has since been 'bumped up'. That damaged BGS (now BAS) apparently went through this:
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:-D
Had to do a double-take on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F01%2FInt80wRoad-Exit101Damaged.jpg&hash=339c3e3f103230b5bc098ed96860f0a305e73d16)
Oh come on, if you were going to the effort of patching "NEXT RIGHT" on the middle sign, why couldn't you replace the missing I-270 shield on the pull-through while you were at it?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3678%2F11469165024_c9a0b58c20_c.jpg&hash=02266a5dfa9178e8185b8e1ed37ef506b1680539)
Same mentality that led to crews paving over a deer carcass in Licking County a few years back: "Not my responsibility." The temporary sign patch was likely done by the construction contractor, not ODOT.
Quote from: vtk on December 21, 2013, 10:24:10 AMpaving over a deer carcass in Licking County
oh god i can't stop laughing
Anyway, yeah, I hadn't considered the fact that it was the contractors doing the patching.
And now that I think about it, a pull-through sign positioned over closed lanes isn't of much use anyway, is it?
Quote from: Central Avenue on December 21, 2013, 09:53:07 AM
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The arrows on the construction diamonds are fat and ugly.
Quote from: Zeffy on December 21, 2013, 10:34:40 AM
Quote from: Central Avenue on December 21, 2013, 09:53:07 AM
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The arrows on the construction diamonds are fat and ugly.
...not to mention they're a non-standard sign used for a non-standard purpose.
Nonstandard, but not uncommon, at least in Ohio.
They did always strike me as a bit silly; I'd think the line of orange barrels would be sufficient as far as channelizing goes.
South bound I-71 at about mile 44 in Ohio: a button copy distance sign got pretty well wanged. Still standing, but mangled in the lower left corner, with some letters discombobulated. Not convenient for me to get a photo myself. Hopefully someone else can get it before it's fixed. A close up shot would be awesome.
Quote from: vtk on March 08, 2014, 10:07:43 AM
South bound I-71 at about mile 44 in Ohio: a button copy distance sign got pretty well wanged. Still standing, but mangled in the lower left corner, with some letters discombobulated. Not convenient for me to get a photo myself. Hopefully someone else can get it before it's fixed. A close up shot would be awesome.
Is that the Wilmington Rd 7 Cincinnati 43 sign? You do know when it gets replaced it
will be in Clearview.
Quote from: amroad17 on March 08, 2014, 06:08:02 PM
Quote from: vtk on March 08, 2014, 10:07:43 AM
South bound I-71 at about mile 44 in Ohio: a button copy distance sign got pretty well wanged. Still standing, but mangled in the lower left corner, with some letters discombobulated. Not convenient for me to get a photo myself. Hopefully someone else can get it before it's fixed. A close up shot would be awesome.
Is that the Wilmington Rd 7 Cincinnati 43 sign? You do know when it gets replaced it will be in Clearview.
Yeah, that one. And you're probably right about the Clearview – I hadn't thought about that.
This was a service sign on I-55.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_3813_zps34f763b7.jpg&hash=8a11630dcb7c6a6eb937c3a9f40b5800b27922b7) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_3813_zps34f763b7.jpg.html)
Emphasis on "was".
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/11846540195_c62ba36cc1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/j3QBF2)
U.S. 82 West in Whitesboro, TX. Photo taken by me on 1/5/14.
Shouldn't that BGS really be on the other side of what looks to be a 90 degree intersection or driveway there???
If I own a damaged sign, and it's slightly warped, what could be done to get it straight and flat?
Quote from: amroad17 on March 08, 2014, 06:08:02 PM
Quote from: vtk on March 08, 2014, 10:07:43 AM
South bound I-71 at about mile 44 in Ohio: a button copy distance sign got pretty well wanged. Still standing, but mangled in the lower left corner, with some letters discombobulated. Not convenient for me to get a photo myself. Hopefully someone else can get it before it's fixed. A close up shot would be awesome.
Is that the Wilmington Rd 7 Cincinnati 43 sign? You do know when it gets replaced it will be in Clearview.
It's been replaced. With Clearview, yes. Too bad I never managed to get an up-close pic; I think that would have been cool.
Quote from: vtk on December 21, 2013, 10:24:10 AM
Same mentality that led to crews paving over a deer carcass in Licking County a few years back: "Not my responsibility." The temporary sign patch was likely done by the construction contractor, not ODOT.
Similar happened in Schuylkill County, PA near New Ringgold along PA 895 about a decade or two ago.
Bumping this thread with a pic of a half-burnt (or half-burned, perhaps?) sign on CA-99 south in Bakersfield.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14706215760_264d300ddc_c.jpg)
Quote from: mcdonaat on March 30, 2014, 10:13:15 PM
If I own a damaged sign, and it's slightly warped, what could be done to get it straight and flat?
if it's flat as opposed to embossed, just put it between two steel plates in a hydraulic press.
I guess I-65 north is no longer accessible from I-85, apparently. Photo taken on 6-29-14.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/14714199909_37e1f6617a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oqf7ZT)
I-85/I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/oqf7ZT) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Here's a few others that I've posted in previous threads:
Part of this sign was damaged back in 2008 and was repaired rather quickly with this ugly patch. January 0f 2008 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.703718,-86.682009,3a,66.3y,53.5h,106.84t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s3WDuZz_txmq8vlKFW43Uaw!2e0!5s2008-01) shows the sign in-tact, while March of 2008 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.703716,-86.682013,3a,28.7y,60.99h,108.84t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s-SyBIHzxSQ_8N-TgTSssAw!2e0!5s2008-03) shows it with the patch.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/14691554904_efb22cd442.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oof4qL)
Exit 14 (https://flic.kr/p/oof4qL) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/14428517219_ab72aa6eea.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nYZVug)
You need a new sign (https://flic.kr/p/nYZVug) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14487276920_0b8cd9dbd0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o5c5Gy)
Signs in need of repair (https://flic.kr/p/o5c5Gy) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3858/14487534027_2289a55473.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o5dp8r)
Faded Stop Sign (https://flic.kr/p/o5dp8r) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14487533937_9ed00860a6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o5dp6T)
Faded No Left Turn Sign (https://flic.kr/p/o5dp6T) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 12, 2014, 06:22:11 PM
I guess I-65 north is no longer accessible from I-85, apparently. Photo taken on 6-29-14.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/14714199909_37e1f6617a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oqf7ZT)
I-85/I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/oqf7ZT) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
That sign has been like that for many years now. Take a look at it from 2010 (https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama085/i-085_sb_exit_000_04.jpg).
Quote from: Alex on August 20, 2014, 08:52:18 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on August 12, 2014, 06:22:11 PM
I guess I-65 north is no longer accessible from I-85, apparently. Photo taken on 6-29-14.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3923/14714199909_37e1f6617a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oqf7ZT)
I-85/I-65 (https://flic.kr/p/oqf7ZT) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
That sign has been like that for many years now. Take a look at it from 2010 (https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama085/i-085_sb_exit_000_04.jpg).
Now for the million dollar question: Are they ever going to fix it?
Quote from: okroads on March 29, 2014, 03:07:31 PM
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/11846540195_c62ba36cc1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/j3QBF2)
U.S. 82 West in Whitesboro, TX. Photo taken by me on 1/5/14.
I guess it was trying to do a barrel roll :-D
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/west/i-015_sb_exit_052_20.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/west/i-015_sb_exit_052_20.jpg)
Spotted north of Las Vegas last month, KO'd guide sign for the Clark County 215 Beltway on I-15 south.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.063513,-82.888044,3a,15y,215.37h,92.28t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sw_5LDoh4obCru2XD9jnLyg!2e0
Sign says:
BEGIN
35
MPH
SPEED
And a chunk is now missing from the bottom-left corner, comprising about 1/6 of the total sign area.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5580/15229221642_6614904a87.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pcKK1W)Damaged AL 255 Sheild (https://flic.kr/p/pcKK1W) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-h.ak.instagram.com%2Fhphotos-ak-xaf1%2F10666270_643228549125639_19166145_n.jpg&hash=65c8a269203fd71bb32445a26770ca7fa6ad8252)
Posted several damaged or missing signs in recent site updates in South Florida showing what Hurricane Wilma did in October 2005. A few:
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida595/i-595_eb_exit_012a_24.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida595/i-595_eb_exit_012a_24.jpg)
I-595 (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0595afl) approaching US 1.
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida595/i-595_eb_exit_012b_26.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida595/i-595_eb_exit_012b_26.jpg)
I-595 east at US 1.
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida095/i-095_nb_exit_004_28.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida095/i-095_nb_exit_004_28.jpg)
I-95 north (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0095anafl) at I-195/Florida 112
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida095/i-095_sb_exit_027_22.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/florida095/i-095_sb_exit_027_22.jpg)
I-95 south (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0095ascfl) at Florida 842
Ah yes, I remember those missing signs all over the place. The signs that all but disappeared quickly in Hurricane Wilma were the "Old Exit xx" signage after conversion from consecutive to mileage-based exit numbers, tacked onto the tops or sides of BGS on Interstate 95.
Alum Creek Dr NB at I-270, Columbus.
This one has been standing like this for at least a year. It's anybody's guess as to how long before it's replaced.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fdamagedsign-270alum.jpg&hash=07fd0a4cbe8a0835fcf69242015770bc4493624e)
What's interesting is how the original non-reflective background is revealed, complete with the uneven fading from the original foreground elements, which were in slightly different positions. And the old I-270 shield was smaller.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy348%2Fhbelkins%2FMVC-026S_zps7fc1010b.jpg&hash=e0e09d971e14903d811bb96787ea380291b833e5) (http://s1028.photobucket.com/user/hbelkins/media/MVC-026S_zps7fc1010b.jpg.html)
Wasn't sure if this should go in Damaged or Vandalized, so I'm putting it in both.
This is a KY 37 marker in the Forkland community of Boyle County.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy348%2Fhbelkins%2FIMG_9680_zpsfbdd3f12.jpg&hash=2b4bca724eb396b0e166736bbfd5511fab1fe11e) (http://s1028.photobucket.com/user/hbelkins/media/IMG_9680_zpsfbdd3f12.jpg.html)
I saw this along I-459 in Hoover a while back:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15461038942_8ff0ac3089.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pyeSdW)Something's missing here... (https://flic.kr/p/pyeSdW) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
This non-reflective button copy goodie lying by the side of NJ-495.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3946/15519237422_ba9edaf564_z.jpg)
It used to be on this pole.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3948/15332970918_ef536450c7_z.jpg)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F13%2Fdu9ype9y.jpg&hash=69b4621a6db43aa7974197891bf7af093e8cfbba)
Quote from: KG909 on October 12, 2014, 07:12:48 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F13%2Fdu9ype9y.jpg&hash=69b4621a6db43aa7974197891bf7af093e8cfbba)
I think this falls into vandalized signs. A shame an old button copy sign looks like this. :-(
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 12, 2014, 11:58:47 PM
Quote from: KG909 on October 12, 2014, 07:12:48 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F13%2Fdu9ype9y.jpg&hash=69b4621a6db43aa7974197891bf7af093e8cfbba)
I think this falls into vandalized signs. A shame an old button copy sign looks like this. :-(
Yup it hurts looking at the pic :/. And my bad it's just I found this topic first.
These guys are a bit bent. Not sure what caused it (maybe wind?) Note the round edges on these signs. Saskatchewan is the only Canadian province to do this I believe.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGIiZ8El.jpg&hash=19a08c44580c0c572fe7b75bc048a5f580bc7421)
GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/Ln5sY
EDIT: Found another set of signs damaged; even worse than the ones above.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FO6MjpYA.jpg&hash=bf3d5a5c9f2dcc834b72ee4a80295ff2f8f30e00)
GMSV:http://goo.gl/maps/AJjAN
(https://05298496653391670750.googlegroups.com/attach/4fb36eb3c3270220/200903_47_rochedale_milesplattingrd_sr56_robtilley.jpg?part=0.1&view=1&vt=ANaJVrGCtrCdZ1S_rLSi0e0wv4vr9enR_jpRmsIvQlK9ebry3BTYchGwyE_0mRWvRijzJKHhd6MGztilOeCtRGfWp5nu3cZEBrQu86GaV43_NKMfeRIyKYU)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2Fy7apavu8.jpg&hash=9f5aaf1c5b288df78d1655ffa4d1c9fc9adb8017)
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2Fy7apavu8.jpg&hash=9f5aaf1c5b288df78d1655ffa4d1c9fc9adb8017)
Yikes! Where was that taken? New Orleans after Katrina or something?
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 19, 2014, 08:27:51 PM
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
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Yikes! Where was that taken? New Orleans after Katrina or something?
Yes during the whole mess, this one is a bit damaged
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2F7y2yturu.jpg&hash=752a4d2b898363b7544887dc69e5934864a78fb8)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_DFW_Day_1%2FImages%2F235.jpg&hash=ac67d97e77592efcf4c8d7c3037eed78a7c12f34)
Quote from: hbelkins on October 23, 2014, 07:42:31 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_DFW_Day_1%2FImages%2F235.jpg&hash=ac67d97e77592efcf4c8d7c3037eed78a7c12f34)
Is this on I-40 east of Memphis?
Yes, but taken in January 2010, so it has probably been fixed since then.
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 08:32:37 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 19, 2014, 08:27:51 PM
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
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Yikes! Where was that taken? New Orleans after Katrina or something?
Yes during the whole mess, this one is a bit damaged
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2F7y2yturu.jpg&hash=752a4d2b898363b7544887dc69e5934864a78fb8)
I noticed that I-10 has a left exit, yet I also see a trailblazer pointing one TO EAST I-10 along Claiborne Ave. Is it for those entering the ramp seen in the lower right in the photo?
Quote from: amroad17 on October 26, 2014, 04:56:00 AM
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 08:32:37 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 19, 2014, 08:27:51 PM
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2Fy7apavu8.jpg&hash=9f5aaf1c5b288df78d1655ffa4d1c9fc9adb8017)
Yikes! Where was that taken? New Orleans after Katrina or something?
Yes during the whole mess, this one is a bit damaged
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2F7y2yturu.jpg&hash=752a4d2b898363b7544887dc69e5934864a78fb8)
I noticed that I-10 has a left exit, yet I also see a trailblazer pointing one TO EAST I-10 along Claiborne Ave. Is it for those entering the ramp seen in the lower right in the photo?
I'm thinking it is, so they could know there is another entrance to the freeway. I think they did this possibility to relieve a bit of traffic.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3009/2626741334_367bb4c20c_z_d.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1093/5143851589_8340c139a9_z_d.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1123/4725223453_8bee391353_z_d.jpg)
Those first two aren't damaged, they're just suffering from sine rot.
Quote from: amroad17 on October 26, 2014, 04:56:00 AM
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 08:32:37 PM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 19, 2014, 08:27:51 PM
Quote from: KG909 on October 19, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2Fy7apavu8.jpg&hash=9f5aaf1c5b288df78d1655ffa4d1c9fc9adb8017)
Yikes! Where was that taken? New Orleans after Katrina or something?
Yes during the whole mess, this one is a bit damaged
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F10%2F20%2F7y2yturu.jpg&hash=752a4d2b898363b7544887dc69e5934864a78fb8)
I noticed that I-10 has a left exit, yet I also see a trailblazer pointing one TO EAST I-10 along Claiborne Ave. Is it for those entering the ramp seen in the lower right in the photo?
Simple answer: Yes
I am not sure how this works now, but when I lived there almost 30 years ago, when you exited off bus 90 to get to I 10 east, you were supposed to go down Claiborne until the I-10 east on ramp. That is why that trailblazer is there. But many people would just cut over all the lanes and enter I-10 there instead. That ramp is intended only for traffic that was already on Claiborne.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fb%2Fbf%2FNgaraRoadSign.JPG&hash=d765b85fb0ea756a8c685cd82ffc33630b9d5bb9)
Looks like rust, and maybe other things have damaged this sign. Should be replaced.
NOT my pic. Off of Wikipedia.
This sign has seen better days...
http://goo.gl/maps/1g8cp
I'm sure this sign has been fixed by now.
http://goo.gl/maps/ynKAx
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 03, 2015, 10:27:15 PM
I'm sure this sign has been fixed by now.
http://goo.gl/maps/ynKAx
I thought for a brief second that the sign indicates oncoming drivers are going to swerve out of our way.
Noooooooooo!!!!! Not a FHWA sign, anything but a FHWA sign! Had FHWA numerals in the shield too!! Whoever did this... :verymad:
http://goo.gl/maps/lnaok
What it used to be:
http://goo.gl/maps/NqQOR
Well, at least this one is still up:
http://goo.gl/maps/eyCF4
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwvrecord.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F03%2FSissonville.jpg&hash=8409d57b3af99a2598f96a2cf2c12cfc2fa0cde5)
At least it was a Clearview sign.
(reasoning behind this (http://wvrecord.com/news/266478-property-owners-say-gas-explosion-caused-damage))
Quote from: Sanctimoniously on December 11, 2012, 07:07:03 PM
What happens when a road sign is too close to a massive gas pipeline explosion (http://jalopnik.com/5967574/an-incredibly-massive-explosion-has-set-the-highway-on-fire-in-west-virginia):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A92-TCzCMAEIpAc.jpg:large)
I kind of like the white.
Quote from: jakeroot on March 05, 2015, 03:41:51 PM
I kind of like the white.
Looks like a spec sheet in 3-D.
Sign Gore
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FWN7a79g.jpg&hash=499ffe38d9e226017ce5c0f52528f11056c06ee6)
Mass sign graveyard (NSFAlan): http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/12120
Damaged street-name sign in Huntsville, AL:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7651/16827526555_0b6f3cf5f7.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rCZtoc)Damaged Street Sign (https://flic.kr/p/rCZtoc) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
http://goo.gl/maps/tm9XC
A FHWA sign in Michigan :-(
Metal is better than wood.
http://goo.gl/maps/Kx2Dx
Here's one. KY 18 near Turfway Road in Florence, captured 4/16. Looks to have been wiped out by a wayward vehicle of some sort. A tree was damaged right alongside of this. And yes, I've notified KYTC which I believe is responsible for this stretch.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fg992Wa9.jpg&hash=f34e5b510aa98cd7d7e348541f511f2e0fa903be) (http://imgur.com/g992Wa9)
Quote from: JMoses24 on April 17, 2015, 01:59:09 AM
Here's one. KY 18 near Turfway Road in Florence, captured 4/16. Looks to have been wiped out by a wayward vehicle of some sort. A tree was damaged right alongside of this. And yes, I've notified KYTC which I believe is responsible for this stretch.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fg992Wa9.jpg&hash=f34e5b510aa98cd7d7e348541f511f2e0fa903be) (http://imgur.com/g992Wa9)
Judging from the sign, damaged trees and tire tracks, I am very surprised the wayward driver did not hit that fire hydrant...
Quote from: roadfro on April 17, 2015, 03:33:24 PM
Quote from: JMoses24 on April 17, 2015, 01:59:09 AM
Here's one. KY 18 near Turfway Road in Florence, captured 4/16. Looks to have been wiped out by a wayward vehicle of some sort. A tree was damaged right alongside of this. And yes, I've notified KYTC which I believe is responsible for this stretch.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fg992Wa9.jpg&hash=f34e5b510aa98cd7d7e348541f511f2e0fa903be) (http://imgur.com/g992Wa9)
Judging from the sign, damaged trees and tire tracks, I am very surprised the wayward driver did not hit that fire hydrant...
Maybe the hydrant has already been replaced.
^^ The grass around it looks intact as replacing the hydrant with its integral underground piping would disturb that.
Quote from: Big John on April 17, 2015, 10:00:22 PM
^^ The grass around it looks intact as replacing the hydrant with its integral underground piping would disturb that.
As far as I know, modern hydrants are breakaway at ground level, with the valve below ground. If a vehicle hits it, only the above-ground part is sheared off, and there's no gusher. No excavation needed.
Quote from: vtk on April 17, 2015, 10:47:36 PM
Quote from: Big John on April 17, 2015, 10:00:22 PM
^^ The grass around it looks intact as replacing the hydrant with its integral underground piping would disturb that.
As far as I know, modern hydrants are breakaway at ground level, with the valve below ground. If a vehicle hits it, only the above-ground part is sheared off, and there's no gusher. No excavation needed.
Yes, but like a breakaway sign post, most American fire hydrants have a point where it is attached/screwed to a base which is typically slightly above ground. (The Wikipedia article on fire hydrants has a couple good example pics.)
The hydrant in the photo appears to be shorter than normal, which would indicate to me that the base may be slightly below the grass/grade level. So if the hydrant had been sheared off in an impact, there would still be some disturbance in the grass when it was reattached.
I was often wondering is what you see in the movies reality when a car runs over a hydrant? I heard one man say no, that his car got stopped in transit. Then I seen in my old neighborhood the mess left behind when a car struck a fire plug as if the movies were correct. I did not see the incident nor witnessed the geyser that Hollywood loves to create in car chases gone sour.
Are hydrants made to break away, or are they mounted real tight?
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8807/17161424532_39461e1908_z.jpg)
Quote from: doofy103 on April 18, 2015, 10:26:30 PM
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8807/17161424532_39461e1908_z.jpg)
I would put that more in vandalized signs.
Perhaps, though those poles certainly aren't straight. (Though I suppose technically that doesn't mean the sign itself is damaged, though in JMoses's example, the actual signs seem fairly unscathed, though now I'm talking in circles, ladidadida.........)
Here's two from Seattle:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8745/16822137468_266d41fa06_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rCvRoU)
Vandalized street sign on Roanoke Street (https://flic.kr/p/rCvRoU) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/people/70175722@N04/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7737/16739057314_ac9f1dee2d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rvb3ys)
Upside-down sign on King Street (https://flic.kr/p/rvb3ys) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/people/70175722@N04/), on Flickr
Cincinnati, Ohio:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/14938565935_549bb7267e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oL54cD)P1160426 (https://flic.kr/p/oL54cD) by Ryan busman_49 (https://www.flickr.com/people/23731450@N05/), on Flickr
^ mmm, U-channel Taco.
Quote from: roadman65 on April 18, 2015, 07:11:57 PM
I was often wondering is what you see in the movies reality when a car runs over a hydrant? I heard one man say no, that his car got stopped in transit. Then I seen in my old neighborhood the mess left behind when a car struck a fire plug as if the movies were correct. I did not see the incident nor witnessed the geyser that Hollywood loves to create in car chases gone sour.
Depending on the gross vehicle weight, car and driver will rise up to thirty feet on the column of water, remaining suspended there until someone shuts off the hydrant.
Most drivers will at this point remove their hat and lash it against the steering wheel with a grunt of frustration.
It is important to turn the hydrant off gradually, or the car will slam to the ground with a cloud of smoke billowing up. Sad trombone and circling, chirping birds are likely to follow.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7336/11989637475_5648f22a62_c.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/12215876043_192abc6435_o.png)
I also need to take pictures of BGSs damaged by maintenance crews. I know of at least two examples.
There's a CA 138 exit bus on the I-15 with the complete bottom portion gone. I'll take a pic when I can. Though it might be replaced before I get a chance because of construction.
Along I-65 near exit 334:
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3813/18763096833_a4e5495edf.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uA2LZx)Damaged Sign (https://flic.kr/p/uA2LZx) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
Both of these are along I-459:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/484/19195355958_5ffd581400.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vfedz5)Damaged Sign (https://flic.kr/p/vfedz5) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3930/18762295353_2f6e421e96.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uzXEJV)Damaged Sign (https://flic.kr/p/uzXEJV) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
CA-60 / I-215 concurrency Riverside, Ca
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F07%2F13%2Fb1a8f7498a9caa82b3264ea00ed9df34.jpg&hash=fb3c4b3cf0dab73aa846d4566699b6a253d7a364)
A few damaged signs I saw along I-65 recently in Alabama:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/534/19807762305_c61e749cc4.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wbkXDc)Damaged Logo Sign (https://flic.kr/p/wbkXDc) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/449/19800443422_78b6913969.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/waGrZy)Damaged Logo Sign (https://flic.kr/p/waGrZy) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/516/19812581221_6f1e7ff160.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wbLE8X)Fallen Sign (https://flic.kr/p/wbLE8X) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
What 90+ mph straight-line winds can do to a sign:
Before:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.fotki.com%2F1_p%2Crrdttgbstsgkwtqxsqgkrwffkgwrb%2Cvi%2Fwrrtdtwdrxwgqrfgwxsqddgfwkw%2F7%2F3659717%2F13766000%2FHwySignNormal-vi.jpg&hash=22a877e8c883359989aa2b43ac6a75814bf91970)
After:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.fotki.com%2F1_p%2Crrdttgkkwfkfrbsxsqgkrwffkgwrb%2Cvi%2Ftrkbgkbgsxwgtbwqwssxrbrdtgggs%2F7%2F3659717%2F13766000%2F20150723_163950-vi.jpg&hash=db5bc292dbd05f06f12c47fdc3db0d89ed78f3d9)
From Saudi Arabia, a dump truck brings down a gantry:
Looks like that pickup was inches from being hit from shrapnel, or worse. Obviously, the driver of the pickup was too dumb to figure out what was going to happen.
That surprisingly isn't the first time that's happened.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=59.msg316490#msg316490
Only that was a truss, not a gantry.
A couple from Boston:
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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTHhi0Ww.jpg&hash=0651b06ee7ab50ea343d6d3e1c27f7b9db69c67c)
I'm not quite sure if the second one qualifies as damaged. :-/ What's the second arrow on that sign, though?
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:30:18 AM
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What's the second arrow on that sign, though?
In short, this: http://udown.com/
Quote from: thenetwork on August 17, 2015, 05:58:12 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:30:18 AM
What's the second arrow on that sign, though?
In short, this: http://udown.com/
In short, vandalism. (I almost thought I saw button copy in that logo, though.)
Quote from: jbnv on August 17, 2015, 06:00:59 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on August 17, 2015, 05:58:12 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on August 17, 2015, 11:30:18 AM
What's the second arrow on that sign, though?
In short, this: http://udown.com/
In short, vandalism. (I almost thought I saw button copy in that logo, though.)
Obviously there are lots of duuuudes who think it's cool to place these on freeway signs. So many, in fact, that the website above has a disclaimer on its site saying that they don't condone defacing any property with these stickers. Ummmm.....Yeah!
The Warm Springs wildfire in Oregon took down this mis-ordered US 26 shield:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/20522276858_216125bb73_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC)Charred U.S. 26 sign (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC) by Oregon Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/), on Flickr
Quote from: Bruce on August 19, 2015, 03:02:35 PM
The Warm Springs wildfire in Oregon took down this mis-ordered US 26 shield:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/20522276858_216125bb73_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC)Charred U.S. 26 sign (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC) by Oregon Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/), on Flickr
Gosh, just because sometimes we say "kill it with fire" to mis-ordered or ugly signs doesn't mean we really want it killed with fire! Yikes.
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 20, 2015, 02:01:28 PM
Quote from: Bruce on August 19, 2015, 03:02:35 PM
The Warm Springs wildfire in Oregon took down this mis-ordered US 26 shield:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/20522276858_216125bb73_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC)Charred U.S. 26 sign (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC) by Oregon Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/), on Flickr
Gosh, just because sometimes we say "kill it with fire" to mis-ordered or ugly signs doesn't mean we really want it killed with fire! Yikes.
Only the
signs weren't killed with fire. The wood pole used to hold them up was.
On another note, am I the only one who actually prefers the directional tab below the shield? Or is it because I live in Canada, and this is the norm?
The direction below the shield does go more with how many people would refer to the direction/number combo anyway..."take 77 north to 490 west to 90 west" versus "take north 77 to west 490 to west 90" which doesn't roll off my tongue nearly as naturally.
Quote from: Bruce on August 19, 2015, 03:02:35 PM
The Warm Springs wildfire in Oregon took down this mis-ordered US 26 shield:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/20522276858_216125bb73_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC)Charred U.S. 26 sign (https://flic.kr/p/xgu2VC) by Oregon Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/), on Flickr
I'd steal it
From Seattle, at the intersection of Denny Way and Bellevue Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8O3YW5R.jpg&hash=b9f8b35b9886c58c131ff42cbac61c9dbc6fc97d)
The intersection has another sawed-off sign on the other side. Probably something to do with the overhead lines (power, telephone, trolleybus).
Quote from: Bruce on August 26, 2015, 07:49:04 PM
From Seattle, at the intersection of Denny Way and Bellevue Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8O3YW5R.jpg&hash=b9f8b35b9886c58c131ff42cbac61c9dbc6fc97d)
The intersection has another sawed-off sign on the other side. Probably something to do with the overhead lines (power, telephone, trolleybus).
When I first saw that picture my brain falsely identified a bicycle...
Something took a big bite out of these signs. They're brand new too.
https://goo.gl/maps/Qma7W4eH71D2
That is a brand-new sign, just put up within the past few weeks. Sure didn't last long at all. Picture taken an hour ago as I type this. (The road to the right is the ramp between the Capital Beltway and Van Dorn Street just south of Alexandria, Virginia. I was waiting at the red light going southbound on Van Dorn.)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2F8ea976269e8a00b83f333ea4b28ca5f6_zpstcjhh7qd.jpg&hash=cb7a6760df0e4abd4d07c4d14d68b0e72ba870db)
Quote from: PurdueBill on August 20, 2015, 02:37:27 PM
The direction below the shield does go more with how many people would refer to the direction/number combo anyway..."take 77 north to 490 west to 90 west" versus "take north 77 to west 490 to west 90" which doesn't roll off my tongue nearly as naturally.
We had a thread a few years ago addressing why the direction is placed first:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=4980.msg108692#msg108692
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fnsw%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm1_a1%2F02_brunswickheadstoballina%2Fnorthbound%2Fimages%2F201502_10_bangalow_bangalowrd_robtilley.jpg&hash=9ffd53e9f229099232876c2d8bb6a44e2416d243)
Here's a photo which Gulf Power just posted on Facebook in an album highlighting their response to a recent tornado in Escambia County, Florida.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi907.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac274%2Fmartinbartlett%2Fi-10%2520i-110%2520pensacola_zpsdchfxlw3.jpg&hash=c088df43045d88bcffe68a157222c1bf4028f05a) (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/martinbartlett/media/i-10%20i-110%20pensacola_zpsdchfxlw3.jpg.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/gallery/13639_12_07_16_1_41_32.jpeg)
An old, tired stop sign. It's looked like this for the entire decade-plus that I've lived in the area. What interests me even more about this sad sign is that it is just a block away from a very well-to-do part of town (old money). I'm surprised the locals haven't clamored for it's removal and replacement.
It's located in Middletown, Kentucky.
"sun damage"
http://krqe.com/2016/07/01/passengers-say-damaged-signs-outside-sunport-are-eyesores/ (http://krqe.com/2016/07/01/passengers-say-damaged-signs-outside-sunport-are-eyesores/)
I've never seen signs do that before. Most sun-damaged signs just fade.
Quote from: mass_citizen on July 13, 2016, 04:11:17 AM
"sun damage"
http://krqe.com/2016/07/01/passengers-say-damaged-signs-outside-sunport-are-eyesores/ (http://krqe.com/2016/07/01/passengers-say-damaged-signs-outside-sunport-are-eyesores/)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.theportalwiki.net%2Fimg%2Fthumb%2F0%2F0a%2FPortal_Cake.png%2F200px-Portal_Cake.png&hash=554d8c4b45040cd7069335fee4410d8ce8b59f07)
Replace with sign.
courtesy of theportalwiki
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXznCn3P.jpg%3F1&hash=0f0664821d293fe95fd2720f7c3ecfdd4b937ed8) (http://i.imgur.com/XznCn3P.jpg)
I think I remember passing this sign in this condition (the right one, the left one is funky due to 60 Hz electric) in January 2015 (per my biking records) but I don't seem to have a photo of it.
The top half of this sign is missing. This is on TCH 1 near Summerberry, SK
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Quote from: 7/8 on May 07, 2017, 05:16:34 PM
The top half of this sign is missing. This is on TCH 1 near Summerberry, SK
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I don't think the top is "missing"...it looks like it is lying on the ground at the foot of the posts.
Quote from: thenetwork on May 07, 2017, 06:23:18 PM
Quote from: 7/8 on May 07, 2017, 05:16:34 PM
The top half of this sign is missing. This is on TCH 1 near Summerberry, SK
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I don't think the top is "missing"...it looks like it is lying on the ground at the foot of the posts.
You're probably right. I didn't notice that, good catch :)
When I went out to get pictures of the remaining Carver County segments of MN-101, back in May of 2014, I found this at the county line:
(https://i.imgur.com/aKpNe4a.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/aKpNe4a.jpg)
Not sure if it was ever fixed, because the next year that was all ripped up and replaced with a new bridge across the Minnesota River anyway.
Edit: Goddamn, that picture is less than two days away from being three years old. My how time flies.
Re the above photo, I'm more interested in what MnDOT was doing to the rumble strips there; it looks like they're trying to pave them over. I wish NJDOT did that with Route 12's shoulder rumble strips so I can go biking on that road again.
Back on topic, outside of my work on US 1, leftover damage from yesterday's severe thunderstorms though this is slightly more expensive:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUjL7ATv.jpg&hash=777741b64da983767fc4df4c1f2363057289aa99)
NY 301 on Taconic State Parkway (June 2013):
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4699/39583040135_c8929f70c2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23iPqMe)
Quote from: formulanone on March 08, 2018, 03:01:00 PM
NY 301 on Taconic State Parkway (June 2013):
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4699/39583040135_c8929f70c2_b.jpg
I think that belongs in the "Destroyed Signs" thread. Oh wait...
I haven't gotten a pic of it because I usually zip by it at around 60 mph, but the BGS 1 mile advance for Exit 16 on MA 3 in Weymouth lost its Route 18 shield during the recent Nor'easter.
Quote from: jakeroot on March 09, 2018, 02:46:02 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 08, 2018, 03:01:00 PM
NY 301 on Taconic State Parkway (June 2013):
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4699/39583040135_c8929f70c2_b.jpg
I think that belongs in the "Destroyed Signs" thread. Oh wait...
...but then the mods would have to perform damage control.
I was browsing through GMSV, and I saw something I honestly wasn't expecting to see. On Interstate 75 Southbound entering Georgia from Tennessee, (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9857868,-85.2016565,3a,75y,298.99h,87.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scSZIwyEb3wuml4y9i2Qp7Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) the state welcome sign (for GA) appeared to have come off or something and then been flipped upside down. It truly took me by surprise, because I never remember seeing this in real life (and I travel on this stretch of road all the time, and always have, because it is in my neck of the woods), which is the weird thing. I wonder if a storm or something of that sort was the cause of this. It is very strange indeed, but it has obviously been fixed since then, and very long ago. :-D
There's plenty of signs already in this thread with a corner missing so here's another one :colorful:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.uk%2Fd70%2Fa45damage.jpg&hash=fc5552b7ec189479ca92da4f6431d56e03fd8b00)
Spotted last weekend on TN 111 southbound.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/909/41982244341_c82c5ca558_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26XPYAZ)2018 Tennessee US 11 clinching trip Day 1 - 075 (https://flic.kr/p/26XPYAZ) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
I noticed yesterday that this sign was replaced. I hope I took a picture of it. https://goo.gl/maps/x4AYkbKcuTA2
Not damaged, but a 55 mph sticker came loose during high winds revealing the original 70 mph in 1977 (NMSL era):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artesianews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F12%2F12-19-LookingBack1977.jpg&hash=71a3607d3c7786ad4c905b3252b2c4eb6011f048)
Quote from: Ingsoc75 on May 24, 2018, 08:56:32 AM
Not damaged, but a 55 mph sticker came loose during high winds revealing the original 70 mph in 1977 (NMSL era):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artesianews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F12%2F12-19-LookingBack1977.jpg&hash=71a3607d3c7786ad4c905b3252b2c4eb6011f048)
Nature rights a wrong. :)
Some totally wrecked signage at the northern end of IN-462.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/949/40036153130_fa02a48e44_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23ZRKuf)
IN-462-062NZ (https://flic.kr/p/23ZRKuf) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Was working on some webpages when I came across this picture I had taken of a crossbuck near Athens, AL that's somewhat faded and beat-up and has had an arrow shot through it:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1760/42814652031_75a95b59ab_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28eohpH)Crossbuck (https://flic.kr/p/28eohpH) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
I mean, I've seen signs that have been shot at before, but an arrow? Really?
Quote from: Mr. Matté on September 10, 2016, 05:38:18 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXznCn3P.jpg%3F1&hash=0f0664821d293fe95fd2720f7c3ecfdd4b937ed8) (http://i.imgur.com/XznCn3P.jpg)
I think I remember passing this sign in this condition (the right one, the left one is funky due to 60 Hz electric) in January 2015 (per my biking records) but I don't seem to have a photo of it.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN!?!?!?!?
Also, where is this?
Quote from: MCRoads on June 16, 2018, 03:01:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on September 10, 2016, 05:38:18 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXznCn3P.jpg%3F1&hash=0f0664821d293fe95fd2720f7c3ecfdd4b937ed8) (http://i.imgur.com/XznCn3P.jpg)
I think I remember passing this sign in this condition (the right one, the left one is funky due to 60 Hz electric) in January 2015 (per my biking records) but I don't seem to have a photo of it.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN!?!?!?!?
Also, where is this?
Southbound service area between 7A & 7 back to the NJ Turnpike. A truck must've left something in the up position! It has since been fixed.
Does it ever desplay anything besides the arrows (and the AND CARS text?
Quote from: MCRoads on June 16, 2018, 06:38:34 PM
Does it ever desplay anything besides the arrows (and the AND CARS text?
If either roadway is closed/degraded, special messages can be shown. The last time I remember seeing this was when Exit 7A was closed in the inner roadway southbound, but I couldn't tell you exactly what was displayed.
Quote from: odditude on June 18, 2018, 04:36:06 PM
Quote from: MCRoads on June 16, 2018, 06:38:34 PM
Does it ever desplay anything besides the arrows (and the AND CARS text?
If either roadway is closed/degraded, special messages can be shown. The last time I remember seeing this was when Exit 7A was closed in the inner roadway southbound, but I couldn't tell you exactly what was displayed.
The only alternate message I've ever seen on these signs was when one of the roadways was closed. It displayed ROADWAY CLOSED, and had red background instead of green.
Extreme temperature swings are not nice to signs near Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1824/28417644407_357703ed88.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KiaRCk)Worn sign near Snoqualmie Pass (https://flic.kr/p/KiaRCk) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on July 08, 2018, 07:57:21 PM
Extreme temperature swings are not nice to signs near Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1824/28417644407_357703ed88.jpg
Interesting that the
k's are having an issue, and not any other letters.
Quote from: jakeroot on July 08, 2018, 09:38:41 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on July 08, 2018, 07:57:21 PM
Extreme temperature swings are not nice to signs near Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1824/28417644407_357703ed88.jpg
Interesting that the k's are having an issue, and not any other letters.
It looks like the fabricator initially put the upper-case K where the lower-case K belongs, and vice versa.
How one mixes that up, however, I don't know.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F258ufck.jpg&hash=659616294d393c45fdc517d1fc345513daa6ba58)
Photo credit: South Bend Tribune
Here's what's left of a BGS on southbound St. Joseph Valley Parkway, a mile north of the SR 2 exit. Also pictured are the remains of the tanker truck that erupted. Amazingly enough, the driver walked away before the eruption. The SB lanes will be closed at least a few days. The heat was so intense that paint peeled off of nearby buildings.
https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/southbound-lanes-could-be-closed-for-several-days-on-bypass/article_be663758-a8ca-5cb5-80ee-dd6d69c527cf.html
Quote from: freebrickproductions on June 15, 2018, 09:33:27 AM
Was working on some webpages when I came across this picture I had taken of a crossbuck near Athens, AL that's somewhat faded and beat-up and has had an arrow shot through it:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1760/42814652031_75a95b59ab_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28eohpH)Crossbuck (https://flic.kr/p/28eohpH) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
This isn't getting enough attention, so I'm reposting it.
A section of SR 504 that was covered in lahar/mudflow deposits after Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mudflow_covering_SR_504_near_Coal_Bank_bridge%2C_July_1980.jpg/1024px-Mudflow_covering_SR_504_near_Coal_Bank_bridge%2C_July_1980.jpg)
Does anyone who was at the Golden Spike Meet yesterday have a good picture of the already-damaged BGS assembly on the northbound flyover ramp THAT ISN'T EVEN OPEN TO TRAFFIC YET??
I think I have one, but not on this computer.
Some may cal this damaged, or perhaps it just came apart over time, but the first thing that ran through my mind was: "convertible sign"!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48089698311_66b2871243_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ggwgTv)
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 16, 2018, 03:38:21 PM
Quote from: MCRoads on June 16, 2018, 03:01:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on September 10, 2016, 05:38:18 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXznCn3P.jpg%3F1&hash=0f0664821d293fe95fd2720f7c3ecfdd4b937ed8) (http://i.imgur.com/XznCn3P.jpg)
I think I remember passing this sign in this condition (the right one, the left one is funky due to 60 Hz electric) in January 2015 (per my biking records) but I don't seem to have a photo of it.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN!?!?!?!?
Also, where is this?
Southbound service area between 7A & 7 back to the NJ Turnpike. A truck must've left something in the up position! It has since been fixed.
I don't have a photo of it and the latest GSV from 2016 predates the damage; but at the northbound Joyce Kilmer Service Plaza between Exits 8A & 9, the LED section of the Trucks/Busses sign is completely taken out. All one sees below the steel green panel is a see-through paned grid.
This bunch of signs has been struck by an out of control vehicle.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.uk%2Fd70%2Fdamag.jpg&hash=723f41c94ba650230299f4bba276bfeb59cabec1)
Thread bumped because this fits perfectly in this thread. VDOT tweeted this about two hours ago as I type this.
https://twitter.com/VaDOTNOVA/status/1278772567042596865?s=20
This electrically-lit street sign in Gilroy, CA, is missing a panel on one side (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0039565,-121.5505651,3a,28.5y,43.68h,115.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4FfOkpoZdRLeiPTorVFCJA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/).
After the March 2020 tornado outbreak in Nashville, this happened (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1794718,-86.4472319,3a,75y,157.57h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMOf8OhG5ssqCa0zmwIhCeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en/).
Quote from: STLmapboy on July 05, 2020, 01:40:37 PM
After the March 2020 tornado outbreak in Nashville, this happened (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1794718,-86.4472319,3a,75y,157.57h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMOf8OhG5ssqCa0zmwIhCeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en/).
That's a pretty common mode of failure for signs in a weak tornado; I've seen it here a lot. That's actually due to a hinge that's there as part of the breakaway safety feature. Easily fixed.
Strong tornadoes do weird stuff to signs. The May 19, 2013 tornado in Moore, OK blew one sign off a gantry but left the other panel (and the gantry itself) untouched.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 05, 2020, 02:36:44 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on July 05, 2020, 01:40:37 PM
After the March 2020 tornado outbreak in Nashville, this happened (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1794718,-86.4472319,3a,75y,157.57h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMOf8OhG5ssqCa0zmwIhCeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en/).
That's a pretty common mode of failure for signs in a weak tornado; I've seen it here a lot. That's actually due to a hinge that's there as part of the breakaway safety feature. Easily fixed.
Strong tornadoes do weird stuff to signs. The May 19, 2013 tornado in Moore, OK blew one sign off a gantry but left the other panel (and the gantry itself) untouched.
Further down the road a tree fallen onto a sign:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1393376,-85.5725249,3a,43.1y,321.95h,93.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soKIRcMpKmzKg1ttfnB66HA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
Peeling decal for NC-16 on I-40 near Hickory.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7185608,-81.2177862,3a,16.2y,122.82h,96.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s88qO-rwTeimq4ivWvexwEg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: STLmapboy on July 07, 2020, 02:38:22 PM
Peeling decal for NC-16 on I-40 near Hickory.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7185608,-81.2177862,3a,16.2y,122.82h,96.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s88qO-rwTeimq4ivWvexwEg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Drove through there last week, that's been fixed.
Quote from: STLmapboy on July 07, 2020, 02:38:22 PM
Peeling decal for NC-16 on I-40 near Hickory.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7185608,-81.2177862,3a,16.2y,122.82h,96.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s88qO-rwTeimq4ivWvexwEg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Peeling Washington State shield (https://goo.gl/maps/DCPyYpD9RqcgTWwm6)
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on July 08, 2020, 12:15:33 AM
Quote from: STLmapboy on July 07, 2020, 02:38:22 PM
Peeling decal for NC-16 on I-40 near Hickory.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7185608,-81.2177862,3a,16.2y,122.82h,96.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s88qO-rwTeimq4ivWvexwEg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Peeling Washington State shield (https://goo.gl/maps/DCPyYpD9RqcgTWwm6)
Well this (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1962752,-122.2821565,3a,56y,71.37h,86.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMvPoOMc-2KsZAnw3N6tvUA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) can't have helped.
This sign along I-75 SB has seen better days.
(https://i.imgur.com/1g4lsxe.jpg)
Akwardly contorted sign (https://www.google.pl/maps/@43.884282,-101.1353309,3a,28y,288.73h,85.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2Kj98CBHDVd253P3ymV8yw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) on I-90 in rural SD. Oddly, the route marker (SD-63) is missing too.
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 24, 2020, 04:39:12 PM
Akwardly contorted sign (https://www.google.pl/maps/@43.884282,-101.1353309,3a,28y,288.73h,85.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2Kj98CBHDVd253P3ymV8yw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) on I-90 in rural SD. Oddly, the route marker (SD-63) is missing too.
Man, what a fugly font on that sign! No wonder why someone tried to kill it!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2280/2234496182_cafded1a8a_z_d.jpg)
In this case, the sign isn't damaged, but the post is, and someone tried to hang one sign off another.
Another destroyed BGS (https://www.google.pl/maps/@41.6687071,-86.726011,3a,35.9y,291.09h,89.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZBml--xZurRcEmjdD5UbZg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/).
I'm sure if one went to Louisiana this week, there would be quite a few.
Quote from: US71 on August 28, 2020, 04:39:45 PM
I'm sure if one went to Louisiana this week, there would be quite a few.
Yep. One of the brand new BGSs for the new exit 83 on I-20 folded backward on its posts.
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 24, 2020, 04:39:12 PM
Akwardly contorted sign (https://www.google.pl/maps/@43.884282,-101.1353309,3a,28y,288.73h,85.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2Kj98CBHDVd253P3ymV8yw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) on I-90 in rural SD. Oddly, the route marker (SD-63) is missing too.
Series C(M)?
A relic in Hackensack, NJ
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50056110557_da838c363c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jghDJV)
Here, a box of "left turn only" signs in NY (like this (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.944771,-78.7543281,3a,37.9y,364.68h,112.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE2pRyfezv3EVol2Slx1XDQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en/)) has been stripped (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9330838,-78.7540653,3a,75y,262.4h,99.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szUl6eO24RjrShe5Pjk-WAg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en/).
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 02, 2020, 05:40:56 PM
A relic in Hackensack, NJ
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50056110557_da838c363c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jghDJV)
I know S. Hackensack is how it's spelled out, but it almost looks like Shackensack -- aka a no-tell motel just minutes off the Jersey Turnpike.
^^That relic needs saving, if not only for the button copy.
(https://i.imgur.com/YtZz1wu.jpg)
This sign off exit 2 of A-973 has been suffering from sign peel ever since I first saw it.
Hanging by a thread (https://www.google.pl/maps/@42.6824099,-71.2025544,3a,15y,366.99h,89.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMI7U1bBIPCZYWSBT5HyIBQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) in Lawrence, MA.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50317307211_1e319cf556_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jEnmpv)
Eastbound Kilpatrick Turnpike approaching I-35 in north Oklahoma City. The letters are missing likely due to hail damage
Quote from: STLmapboy on September 07, 2020, 12:33:21 PM
Hanging by a thread (https://goo.gl/maps/iWGh4H5RmzL5ivBe6) in Lawrence, MA.
There's also a memorial next to the sign, making me wonder if whoever clipped the sign is the subject of the memorial.
Quote from: rte66man on September 07, 2020, 04:26:01 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50317307211_1e319cf556_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jEnmpv)
Eastbound Kilpatrick Turnpike approaching I-35 in north Oklahoma City.
That's pretty bad. Missouri has the same problem with their late 90s/early 00s reflector signs (peeling letters), but I've never seen it to that extent.
At this point, it's easier to county what remains on this sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0495626,-101.9736692,3a,39.5y,241.43h,90.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDMkVAzmT8Nj6ie-vBM_kVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) than what doesn't.
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 17, 2020, 02:49:11 PM
At this point, it's easier to county what remains on this sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0495626,-101.9736692,3a,39.5y,241.43h,90.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDMkVAzmT8Nj6ie-vBM_kVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) than what doesn't.
Never have I seen a sign gantry with a yellow clearance sign.
For some time now I have wanted to put in this image. But I will give some background. I have no idea why this sign still even exists.
I live in Douglas, Wyoming. The historical route of main routes US 20 and US 87 ran through the town back in the day. Then Interstate 25 supplanted them, and those roads became "business routes". To retain such designation, the City would have to do some major work on the road. They started to do so, replacing the bridge over the North Platte River. But they balked at widening the road through town. Lots of trees would have be cut down to do so. And they didn't do it. They actually banned through truck traffic and put up signs directing such away from the center of town.
I'm pretty sure they lost Federal route designation/funding. Thus, Business Route I-25, US20, US87 and US26 no longer has any meaning. Yet the signs are still there, sort of. You can see the WYDOT date codes, 2008 in this image from when this sign was still rather new:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FBUS-I25%252CUS20-US26-US87-WhenNew.jpg&hash=b8931073e6480f9cbee41050a46128b507de65e9)
Sun Damage Time: Look what the Wyoming Sunshine did to the black numerals 12 years on:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FBUS-I25%252CUS20-US26-US87%252CFaded2020.jpg&hash=a877c4e36e333dc67b2d50c56474c250e874f925)
How kind of the sun to automatically convert those shields into fresh blanks to be reused!
I don't think it's the sun. Why is the background still fully black?
Could be that the sign shop mass-produces blanks using one type of ink (or a vinyl overlay), and then the numbers were overprinted with another type of ink.
In any case, I don't think they could be reused, since the sheeting is aged, and would probably do weird halation effects at night.
I'm pretty sure that is sun-fading damage. I saw it get progressively get worse over the last 10 years.
The latest picture above, I took that in July, and at that time, I took a couple of other pics from different angles.
Now, on anther shot I took maybe because of the different sun angle, while in person it looks blank, on camera zoomed in, I can sort of see smudges where the numbers should be.
That led me to go hog wild on the Gamma and Contrast settings and:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FBUS-I25%252CUS20-US26-US87%252CFaded2020-TweakedToShowNumbers.jpg&hash=273f1d502b1d925bc90a8d1cc3bc12c503f61deb)
UPDATE EDIT, FEB 06 2021. I drove by this at night a couple of times and realized that the three faded signs must have had some kind of glass bead (reflective) paint for the numerals, because they showed up in the headlights. But a couple of days ago I noticed that these had been replaced, finally. Kind of odd regarding the new date codes though, one from 2015 and two signs from 2020 and they left the old I-25 sign in place. Oh, and I preferred the US shields on the old signs.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.trainorders.com%2Fandroid%2Fmisc%2FBUS-I25%252CUS20-US26-US87%252CReplaced2021.jpg&hash=afa430524a228f20746f2deda05b14ffa3087311)
Quote from: thenetwork on October 17, 2020, 05:54:56 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 17, 2020, 02:49:11 PM
At this point, it's easier to county what remains on this sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0495626,-101.9736692,3a,39.5y,241.43h,90.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDMkVAzmT8Nj6ie-vBM_kVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) than what doesn't.
Never have I seen a sign gantry with a yellow clearance sign.
The case of the missing shields part two (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2620099,-101.4431094,3a,21.1y,301.6h,94.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9MInpiWVf35UlAiqOflsiA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/).
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 23, 2020, 05:52:34 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on October 17, 2020, 05:54:56 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on October 17, 2020, 02:49:11 PM
At this point, it's easier to county what remains on this sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0495626,-101.9736692,3a,39.5y,241.43h,90.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDMkVAzmT8Nj6ie-vBM_kVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/) than what doesn't.
Never have I seen a sign gantry with a yellow clearance sign.
The case of the missing shields part two (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2620099,-101.4431094,3a,21.1y,301.6h,94.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9MInpiWVf35UlAiqOflsiA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192/).
The shield on the right has been missing for almost a decade.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 05, 2020, 02:36:44 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on July 05, 2020, 01:40:37 PM
After the March 2020 tornado outbreak in Nashville, this happened (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1794718,-86.4472319,3a,75y,157.57h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMOf8OhG5ssqCa0zmwIhCeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en/).
That's a pretty common mode of failure for signs in a weak tornado; I've seen it here a lot. That's actually due to a hinge that's there as part of the breakaway safety feature. Easily fixed.
Strong tornadoes do weird stuff to signs. The May 19, 2013 tornado in Moore, OK blew one sign off a gantry but left the other panel (and the gantry itself) untouched.
I saw that when it happened. I had a picture of it, but that phone crapped out not long after... oh well.
There is a video of an exit gore somewhere on YT that shows a truck driver plowing through an EXIT fore sign trying to get back on the highway (I want to say it was in FL), but I cannot find it.
This sign lost its upper third:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.1827351,-95.4531008,3a,15y,13.47h,91.65t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sS86TVjwsw699FeE_9G_oBQ!2e0!5s20190301T000000!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DS86TVjwsw699FeE_9G_oBQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D114.51785%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
I-66 in DC earlier this morning. Dave Dildine of WTOP, who took the pictures, says a dump truck operator forgot to lower the raised bed.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EspoZ2QWMAATTRp?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EspodsRXIAM2oQJ?format=jpg&name=large)
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 26, 2021, 10:55:39 AM
I-66 in DC earlier this morning. Dave Dildine of WTOP, who took the pictures, says a dump truck operator forgot to lower the raised bed.
Seems to happen a lot. There was a incident on I-49 near Kansas City last year or the year before.
Quite often it's not that they forgot to lower the bed (otherwise, they would've been hitting other overhead bridges, signs, traffic lights, wires, etc before they get to this point). But rather, they left the "PTO" (Power Take Off) button on, and at some point either accidently hit the switch which raised the bed, or a malfunction raised the body.
But...it's easier just to say they forgot to lower the bed on TV (or radio, traffic reports, etc), because that's what people understand.
No idea what happened to this sign on I-57 north near the junction with I-74. https://goo.gl/maps/BUAV14iHtFaRpb4u8 (https://goo.gl/maps/BUAV14iHtFaRpb4u8)
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 16, 2021, 11:25:54 PM
No idea what happened to this sign on I-57 north near the junction with I-74. https://goo.gl/maps/BUAV14iHtFaRpb4u8 (https://goo.gl/maps/BUAV14iHtFaRpb4u8)
Almost guaranteed a car hit the left side, knocking the post off its concrete base, but these sign supports are often constructed in such a way where the other supports can hold the sign without much issue. Sign panels went flying. The injured panels are probably sitting in some transportation yard and the sign is probably going to be replaced in full.
The fact I don't see any tire tracks in the grass/dirt means this sign may have been in this condition for quite a while though.
https://goo.gl/maps/beKuUYUHrT4iZQdq9
Might as well be there facing up as it's companion sign was changed to mixed case.
This shield has since been replaced but it was pretty rough:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5162941,-90.0977548,3a,69.1y,30.99h,79.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWjt2I9JqIhxfbGnXMIMaqQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on September 07, 2020, 04:34:48 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on September 07, 2020, 12:33:21 PM
Hanging by a thread (https://goo.gl/maps/iWGh4H5RmzL5ivBe6) in Lawrence, MA.
There's also a memorial next to the sign, making me wonder if whoever clipped the sign is the subject of the memorial.
16 year old kid. :-(
http://www.yourtewksburytoday.com/2019/06/10/201549/father-of-teen-victim-in-fatal-i-93-crash-asks-witnesses-to-come-froward
From the storm with tornadoes that went through Bucks Co., PA & Central Jersey last night:
https://twitter.com/TFC484/status/1420910992192647171
Location for reference: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1336167,-74.9790282,3a,90y,36.8h,83.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX_Ie7NLwU4c-NGn70tRNrQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1
This sign is slightly damaged and you can tell it's bent. They installed a new BGS after a storm ripped off the old one. but the right support beam is hanging up. Wonder how that can get replaced because otherwise the sign will be torn apart again.
https://goo.gl/maps/QVYKVPLsf1cD6HjQ7
Missing sign: https://goo.gl/maps/u5Rd4wwZWxQ6Bqeb9
Old sign: https://goo.gl/maps/NHJ5WCUEg6hK96og6
Edited to add: Another one here: https://goo.gl/maps/QWuD9MSnjoRdbSwe7 And it was like that when we were driving to South Carolina back in September. I wonder what they are up to...
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220514/59883b9961b03fda5c135dda658dd707.jpg)
I forgot about this until I looked through my camera roll recently, but last fall, while on I-85 Southbound in Opelika, Alabama, this BGS looked to be severely damaged for whatever reason.
iPhone
Texas Toll 249, which doesn't have that much traffic:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52087414474_c49d1b3f10_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nmMBCf)
Some signs in rough shape along the NB 11/8/11 super 2 in northern New Brunswick:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52189332668_fb61518711.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nvMYmu)Damaged sign 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2nvMYmu) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52189804820_f41b970943.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nvQoH3)Damaged sign 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2nvQoH3) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 16, 2021, 11:56:13 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 16, 2021, 11:25:54 PM
No idea what happened to this sign on I-57 north near the junction with I-74. https://goo.gl/maps/BUAV14iHtFaRpb4u8 (https://goo.gl/maps/BUAV14iHtFaRpb4u8)
Almost guaranteed a car hit the left side, knocking the post off its concrete base, but these sign supports are often constructed in such a way where the other supports can hold the sign without much issue. Sign panels went flying. The injured panels are probably sitting in some transportation yard and the sign is probably going to be replaced in full.
The fact I don't see any tire tracks in the grass/dirt means this sign may have been in this condition for quite a while though.
It seems like it got hit twice.
(https://i.imgur.com/PvC7eDY.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/kOCXE7d.png)
Welp This is ours
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4151855,-119.0210672,3a,15y,144.74h,88.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sI0d1yTmYnUSNRrbV9nxUGg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DI0d1yTmYnUSNRrbV9nxUGg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D124.003914%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
New confirmation signs were mounted to the retaining wall over the shoulder. Most were destroyed the first winter by snow and ice thrown from snowplows.
(https://i.imgur.com/MW22Fgv.jpg)
There's this damaged sign (https://goo.gl/maps/JaCrYAwx6DpMEK1d8) at the end of I-25 southbound in Las Cruces, NM.
If you look at the historical imagery from Google Street View, you can see the upper right corner starts to peel off (https://goo.gl/maps/TawfTKY8fNoq2Z9w6) in May 2021.
By last October (https://goo.gl/maps/nFir2rfy69H9CHzGA) (2021) it's almost completely peeled off.
Hurricane Ian versus traffic signal. Surprisingly it didn't fully snap off.
(https://a57.foxnews.com/livenews.foxnews.com/images/2022/09/624/351/93fc7d7beb161cfe3897cc4dd4827823.jpg?tl=1&ve=1)
Photo credit: Fox News
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 29, 2022, 11:40:57 AM
Hurricane Ian versus traffic signal. Surprisingly it didn't fully snap off.
(https://a57.foxnews.com/livenews.foxnews.com/images/2022/09/624/351/93fc7d7beb161cfe3897cc4dd4827823.jpg?tl=1&ve=1)
Photo credit: Fox News
Surprisingly still works, too.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 29, 2022, 11:40:57 AM
Hurricane Ian versus traffic signal. Surprisingly it didn't fully snap off.
(https://a57.foxnews.com/livenews.foxnews.com/images/2022/09/624/351/93fc7d7beb161cfe3897cc4dd4827823.jpg?tl=1&ve=1)
Photo credit: Fox News
The Weather Channel had a live clip showing a traffic signal head (middle head) getting ripped off a spanwire by Hurricane Ian last night (I think it was in Cape Coral). They showed it again later, along with a clip of city workers hauling it out of the intersection. It was surprising that the other heads didn't get ripped off, too.
Couldn't find that one, but here's one in Tampa where the entire spanwired snapped right in front of a police cruiser (or so they claim): https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/watch-traffic-light-yanked-off-line-by-hurricane-ian-crashes-in-front-of-cops/
Google Street View didn't catch it, but on I-90 WB in PA, the advance guide sign for Exit 6 was destroyed in such a way that it must have been rammed into by a truck.
A BGS with part of a patch missing, revealing a former message. Here, the new sign included a Regional Road 41 shield, while the original sign did not.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52537803027_d95047532e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o3zYs8)Damaged BGS, ON 401 EB, exit 758 (https://flic.kr/p/2o3zYs8) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
I got the chance to see this knocked over sign up close last week. I tried to pick it up and I can confirm it is heavy.
(https://i.imgur.com/tfEuiMD.jpg)
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Image from last December
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.951722,-90.9433083,3a,15.3y,140.19h,93.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soLJ4J11Q-6LG4qiXeCHSbg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.951722,-90.9433083,3a,15.3y,140.19h,93.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soLJ4J11Q-6LG4qiXeCHSbg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Street view image showing the sign with some visible damage
Not sure how this could have happened: the one way sign and one of the street name signs are noticeably bent, but the rest of the pole is fine. A snowblower mishap, perhaps?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52592958288_8ea19e8ce7.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o8sEbU)Bent street signs, Québec City - 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2o8sEbU) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52592702649_880d95f93c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2o8rmck)Bent street signs, Québec City - 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2o8rmck) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
That pole is very close to the corner: I'm guessing the bent signs are a mere 30 cm or so from the street. Furthermore, the sign that isn't bent is the highest of the three. If I were a betting man, my money would be on a truck having hit it. However, the only direction traffic comes from at that location is eastbound on Saint-Joseph, which is to say the damage appears to have been done in a direction that no traffic goes. Maybe a pharmaceutical truck was backing up to park in the 30-minute zone and make a delivery?
Quote from: kphoger on December 29, 2022, 01:07:10 PM
That pole is very close to the corner: I'm guessing the bent signs are a mere 30 cm or so from the street. Furthermore, the sign that isn't bent is the highest of the three. If I were a betting man, my money would be on a truck having hit it. However, the only direction traffic comes from at that location is eastbound on Saint-Joseph, which is to say the damage appears to have been done in a direction that no traffic goes. Maybe a pharmaceutical truck was backing up to park in the 30-minute zone and make a delivery?
I'll be honest with you, Saint-Dominique being one way from Saint-Joseph is a suggestion. I've seen ten times as many wrong way drivers on Saint-Dominique as on any other street combined. As for why the signs are bent, who knows. As I said, people drive like shit here, so I wouldn't be surprised if a delivery truck for whatever is in the building decided to back up in them for some reason.
One I saw today: a badly peeled QC 175 shield in Lévis.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52958990985_b5b1a8e08c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oFNEXt)Rue de la Concorde at QC 132/QC 175 - 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2oFNEXt) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
On MD 32 SB approaching I-97 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219659456757465&set=a.10219659690883318) (though I am sure plenty like seeing it missing :sombrero:)
(https://scontent.fagc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/401400618_10219659456717464_6479522970973714249_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=PKJATdOMqx4AX-UiyXA&_nc_ht=scontent.fagc1-1.fna&oh=00_AfDPyt8H5NUU1amY3Fg4YML05y-b8Uuh5LDW-tbsdyGQ_Q&oe=65581F67)
A damaged sign, showing the ghost of I-895's past. I-95 North in New York City
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52670869432_e5f2355a98_k.jpg)
and the sign on the right was damaged years ago. The bottom half was torn off and replaced with non-button copy.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4455/37499651871_5dfed18eff_k.jpg)
The I-95 and 278 shields look absolutely ancient.
So, a year or so ago, I saw this assembly on a side road in Sorel-Tracy:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53046489971_a25f5a1a3e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPx8mF)Old assemblies in Sorel - 8 (https://flic.kr/p/2oPx8mF) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
It was already all bent up from people clipping the corner. But I went back to that intersection today...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53472056351_d4c884d53d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pt9gq4)Old assemblies in Sorel - 10 (https://flic.kr/p/2pt9gq4) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
...and it was in an even worse shape. There was caution tape with the MTQ logo on one of the poles, so it's safe to say that these oldies will be gone once the snow melts.