The Best of Road Signs

[Quillz]

It wouldn't so bad if it was neutered and the "81" was a little higher up. It looks a bit unbalanced the way it currently is.

[roadfro]

The shape on both the I-shields is wrong.

[hbelkins]

Yes, and I have seen some other I-81 shields too tall like that I-64 shield is. Hope to have photos uploaded sometime soon.

[agentsteel53]

that 81 is indeed kind of a horror.  but hey, US and state cutouts.  and it looks like the neutered 81 on the same gantry as the US-250 is an 18x18?

[WillWeaverRVA]

that 81 is indeed kind of a horror.  but hey, US and state cutouts.  and it looks like the neutered 81 on the same gantry as the US-250 is an 18x18?

It looks like it is to me.

[mcdonaat]

^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?

You got it right!! It's in Tioga, where US 167 and US 71 split off for a Y-interchange. Right in the median too... the only way they'll get put up is if someone steals the signs, and the contractor will have to get new signs. Supposed to be put up by October 2011... yeah right!

[bassoon1986]

^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?

You got it right!! It's in Tioga, where US 167 and US 71 split off for a Y-interchange. Right in the median too... the only way they'll get put up is if someone steals the signs, and the contractor will have to get new signs. Supposed to be put up by October 2011... yeah right!

well, nearly everything else in all of Alexandria/Pineville is Clearview. I saw last month where they even added LA 28 to the MacArthur Dr northbound exit when it got replaced with Clearview.

[national highway 1]

Photographed by Michael Summa, 1983

Unfortunately replaced by this sign.

[mcdonaat]

^^^

Is that in Tioga somewhere?

You got it right!! It's in Tioga, where US 167 and US 71 split off for a Y-interchange. Right in the median too... the only way they'll get put up is if someone steals the signs, and the contractor will have to get new signs. Supposed to be put up by October 2011... yeah right!

well, nearly everything else in all of Alexandria/Pineville is Clearview. I saw last month where they even added LA 28 to the MacArthur Dr northbound exit when it got replaced with Clearview.

If you noticed a while back, La 28 has been along I-49 for at least three or four years. I was still in high school when I noticed Monroe St. signed as Business LA 28 instead of just La 28. The southbound signs on 49 at MacArthur Drive aren't Clearview, since they're only 71/165, and a sign still says TO La 28. In fact, check the date on the Business auxiliary plate on Monroe Street to see when the change was made, always a good tool

[1995hoo]

This picture showed up today on the BBC's website in a story about the Oregon town of Boring entering into a "declaration of pairing" with the village of Dull in Perthshire, Scotland. The way the sign is worded makes it even better:

[Alps]

This picture showed up today on the BBC's website in a story about the Oregon town of Boring entering into a "declaration of pairing" with the village of Dull in Perthshire, Scotland. The way the sign is worded makes it even better:

Interestingly a friend across the pond posted about the same thing, but from the Dull perspective (with a sign from that side). I let her know there are TWO Borings - the other is in MD. Of course, I've been to both.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Interestingly a friend across the pond posted about the same thing, but from the Dull perspective (with a sign from that side). I let her know there are TWO Borings - the other is in MD. Of course, I've been to both.

You're just a Boring dude, aren't you.

[D-Dey65]

I saw this in Homosassa, Florida last month:

I hope imgur lets me keep it.

[Takumi]

The white-border US 360 unisign still stands. Taken this morning.


The last known I-85 Virginia shield in Petersburg, still standing as of last week.


Two Maximum Safe Speed advisory signs on Chesterfield secondary route 654, Spring Run Road. The first one is near a VDOT building, interestingly.

[Ian]

From last weekend's Maryland excursion...

BGS cutouts (may not be "best of" material to some) along College Parkway near Annapolis:


Old MD 672 shield along MD 648 near Annapolis:


Older non-button copy signs along Veterans Highway next to the I-97/MD 3/MD 32 interchange:




Cat-eyed cross buck sign in Severna Park:


And lastly, some goodies from Baltimore:

[Alps]

The white-border US 360 unisign still stands. Taken this morning.

This, please, where?

[CentralCAroadgeek]

What's up with the blue-on-white button copy signs? Did this predate the current white-on-blue service signs?

[Alps]

What's up with the blue-on-white button copy signs? Did this predate the current white-on-blue service signs?

Not button copy. But presumably you're right.

[bulkyorled]

And lastly, some goodies from Baltimore:

Stupid question, is that an arrow light on the right? Im looking at it all hard and I can't tell what symbol is going on in there. I assume it is. But at any rate that's a light live I've not seen before. Must be old?

[PurdueBill]

Stupid question, is that an arrow light on the right? Im looking at it all hard and I can't tell what symbol is going on in there. I assume it is. But at any rate that's a light live I've not seen before. Must be old?

I think it's basically a doghouse for the right turn but complicated by the arrows being 12-inch while the circles are 8.  At least that's what other ones I've seen like that around there behave as.

[national highway 1]

A few samples of 'Freeway Green', a sign background used in the late 1970s-1980s in regional NSW, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. I believe most of these have been removed/replaced
Berrima, NSW (circa 1989)

These ones were replaced in 2009/2010


Welby, NSW

This one in Wollongong survived the freeway widening in 1998-1999 however was sadly removed in 2009-2010...
Freeway routes were a system of routes used to cover freeways around Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the freeways were built later after the Freeway Route System was retired in the early 1990s and carry their number as a tribute to their formerly planned designation, e.g. the Sydney Newcastle Freeway (NH1) is commonly known as 'the F3' and the Southern Freeway (NR1) is known as 'the F6' and the M2, M4 and M5 Motorways were originally planned as the F2, F4 & F5.

Melbourne


Brisbane



One from Perth, this is Hepburn Av (SR 82) at the Mitchell Fwy (SR 2) interhange

[formulanone]

I was wondering when we'd see some stuff from down yonder...good stuff.

[NE2]

Damn Aussies, stealing our Interstates.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

That Melbourne airport abbreviation sure is weird. A'port? Wouldn't Arpt. or something similar work better?

[Alps]

Melbourne

Brisbane

These. Where are these? (I couldn't even find a place on the old F6 that was three lanes within 1 km of any of the four ends of the freeway that I found)