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[agentsteel53]

Looks like someone designed a decent 70 spec wide shield, then realized they didn't have a wide piece of sheet metal to put it on…

they did.  they just had it rotated 90 degrees.

[agentsteel53]

Will I find a sign like this in the States? (EDIT: Source)

any overhead gantries with "welcome to X road" in the US?  I seem to recall the PA turnpike had one many years ago.

it is a staple in Mexico.



I thought I had a photo of one readily available that said "bienvenidos"* but this is the closest I've got offhand.  the ones I am thinking about are generally green; the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense seems to be an anomaly with red.

* or sometimes "welcome", in English.  the English ones are very popular in Baja California, hoping to attract US tourists.  I've heard the Yucatan area also has English ones, but cannot confirm.  metro Mexico City was all Spanish.

[machias]

Will I find a sign like this in the States? (EDIT: Source)

any overhead gantries with "welcome to X road" in the US?  I seem to recall the PA turnpike had one many years ago.

it is a staple in Mexico.



I thought I had a photo of one readily available that said "bienvenidos"* but this is the closest I've got offhand.  the ones I am thinking about are generally green; the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense seems to be an anomaly with red.

* or sometimes "welcome", in English.  the English ones are very popular in Baja California, hoping to attract US tourists.  I've heard the Yucatan area also has English ones, but cannot confirm.  metro Mexico City was all Spanish.

At one time wasn't there an overhead "Welcome to the Thomas E Dewey Thruway" overhead sign at Thruway mile 0? I don't remember if it's still there or not.

[Zeffy]

Will I find a sign like this in the States? (EDIT: Source)

New Jersey does... kinda.




If you're wondering, a normal New Jersey welcome sign (not on the GSP / NJTP) looks like this:



I know both the Turnpike and the Parkway have 'Thanks for driving <toll road here> ' signs still standing at certain exits on those roads.

[hbelkins]

[1995hoo]

....

That sign makes it look like E-ZPass is a corporate sponsor: "Welcome to the E-ZPass Maine Turnpike." You know, sort of like college bowl games: the "Discover Orange Bowl" or the "Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO."

[roadman]

Until about a year after the MassDOT "merger" in 2009, the "Welcome to Massachusetts" sign on I-90 east in West Stockbridge included a MassPike shield, the legend "Massachusetts Turnpike Authority" and the names and titles of the then Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Turnpike Chairman.

The "Turnpike Authority" legend and names on the sign was mostly blued out for some time.  Within the past year or so, the original sign has since been replaced with a MassDOT current standard Welcome sign.

[vdeane]

At one time wasn't there an overhead "Welcome to the Thomas E Dewey Thruway" overhead sign at Thruway mile 0? I don't remember if it's still there or not.

http://goo.gl/maps/24sEG

Also of note: those clearview county signs the Thruway installed are now in street view.  And the "Thruway Speed Limit 55" sign.

[Zeffy]

Also of note: those clearview county signs the Thruway installed are now in street view.

I truly hope you are not referring to the county pentagon shields being in Clearview - because if so I might gouge my eyes out.

[vdeane]

Also of note: those clearview county signs the Thruway installed are now in street view.

I truly hope you are not referring to the county pentagon shields being in Clearview - because if so I might gouge my eyes out.

No, these things: http://goo.gl/maps/D0qQs (Westchester) http://goo.gl/maps/D8zwl (Bronx); the only county pentagon I know of on the Thruway is at exit 38 for old NY 57.

Also: another overhead welcome sign: http://goo.gl/maps/uopa7

[Zeffy]

No, these things: http://goo.gl/maps/D0qQs (Westchester) http://goo.gl/maps/D8zwl (Bronx); the only county pentagon I know of on the Thruway is at exit 38 for old NY 57.

Oh, well those are fine since they use mixed case Clearview legend on a positive contrast background.

[Brandon]

Not an overhead, but...

ISTHA posts welcome and thank you signage.  Here's an older one from the former south end of I-355:

[sammi]

40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?


Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

[1]

40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

I might see another speed limit circle past the exit, but I'm not sure.

[sammi]

40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

I might see another speed limit circle past the exit, but I'm not sure.

Actually, I think that's a "no passing".

[1995hoo]

40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

I might see another speed limit circle past the exit, but I'm not sure.

Actually, I think that's a "no passing".

It looks to me like there may be another speed limit sign beyond the "no passing" (or at least no something) up on top of that rise.

[Brandon]

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

There really is none.  The UK has a version signed as:

Max
Speed
40

The US and Canada use a similar sign, black on yellow.

Germany uses a white on blue sign.

And Mexico uses the red circle in a white square with the speed in the middle and the word "SALIDA" above or below it.

[Brandon]

The Chicago area has a special number for reporting accidents and traffic problems.

[Scott5114]

"Car phone" isn't a phrase you see much these days...

[Kniwt]

Hello, *999? I'm reporting a road on the road. What's that? Oh, then; I'd like to report a bad case of line spacing on a big blue sign.

[Zeffy]

Hello, *999? I'm reporting a road on the road. What's that? Oh, then; I'd like to report a bad case of line spacing on a big blue sign.

I'd like to report the use of Clearview in all caps on a blue service sign...

[Kniwt]

Beware of another Veterans Memorial Bridge:



(AZ-CA state line; Street View image)

[Brandon]

A sign I've seen from time-to-time in Illinois, but not anywhere much else (Archer Av, Justice, IL):



Sometimes a dash is used between "water" and "ice".

And this one is just interesting (Cortland, IL):



A bit wordy for a diamond sign.

[mass_citizen]

I think custom warning signs are some of my favorite signs 

[Alps]

A sign I've seen from time-to-time in Illinois, but not anywhere much else (Archer Av, Justice, IL):



Sometimes a dash is used between "water" and "ice".

And this one is just interesting (Cortland, IL):



A bit wordy for a diamond sign.

1: "WATER / ICE ON ROAD"
2: "MAXIMUM 11' WIDTH AHEAD"

Bam.