The Best of Road Signs

[vtk]

If I'd seen that in Dublin instead of UA I probably would have assumed it was an "official" sign.

Dublin would go with brown so it matches their street blades.

[Takumi]

Still can't believe this jewel has gone uncommented-upon. Y'all must be asleep.

* Takumi oohs and ahhs

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

If I'd seen that in Dublin instead of UA I probably would have assumed it was an "official" sign.

Dublin would go with brown so it matches their street blades.

Maybe one can be had at the Gas Station Memoribilia/Map collectors meet in Dublin on Friday or Saturday.

[kurumi]

Still can't believe this jewel has gone uncommented-upon. Y'all must be asleep.

The "formerly" tab is a great idea. I would only change a few things:
* add the date the designation was changed
* leave it up permanently
* include all the changes in the history of that section of road

[1995hoo]

Nowadays "formerly" would confuse too many people.....and in parts on the Northeast, they'd pronounce it "formally" and get the message backwards.....

[r-dub]

Found a few from my former wanderings through Colorado...

First up, from the old SH 1 and US 85/87 alignment in and around Aguilar, CO (taken in 2009)

Then, from the lower Arkansas Valley (taken in 2006)

That is an embossed metal All Buses Stop sign.

[Jim]

Manchester, NH, just a couple days ago:

[Ian]

^ Glad to see those Manchester signs still kicking! Those are some of the last button copy signs left in the state, and I think there are some in Hudson along NH 3A. Other than those, that's it.

[agentsteel53]

That is an embossed metal All Buses Stop sign.

I believe that is on a side street to US-50 somewhere on the east side of Pueblo... I have definitely seen and photographed that sign; would have to look up exactly where, though.

[r-dub]

That is an embossed metal All Buses Stop sign.

I believe that is on a side street to US-50 somewhere on the east side of Pueblo... I have definitely seen and photographed that sign; would have to look up exactly where, though.

Way east, actually... I found this one in Fowler (~30 miles east) on SH 167 a few blocks north of 50.

[agentsteel53]

Way east, actually... I found this one in Fowler (~30 miles east) on SH 167 a few blocks north of 50.

shows how poorly I remember... I believe it was November, 2008 when I went there.

[kharvey10]

this sign is button copy with US 17 in all text and it still exists.  Sadly I was in the wrong direction today and it was raining as well.  The street view image does not do it justice cause of the glare.

http://www.gribblenation.com/scroads/photos/oldus17-sc170-nasiatka.JPG Here is what it is via Gribblenation, and look closely of the fact you can still see ALT in faded green.

[Ian]

Here are some from New Hampshire...



(there are several more silhouetted old man NH 113 shields in Tamworth as well)

[kphoger]

69th Street North

These used to be fairly common north of Wichita.  I went up there today, and this is the only one I found that was still (a) there, and (b) legible.  Many of them have been replaced with standard green blades.  I even spotted one that was still on a metal post that looked to be designed for them, but the road name wasn't legible at all so I didn't snap a picture.

[Takumi]

Someone used a VA white rectangle for the address on their mailbox. Finally thought to get a picture of it on my bike ride today.

[Ian]

Someone used a VA white rectangle for the address on their mailbox.

Either that, or VDOT maintains their driveway. 

[The High Plains Traveler]

Nowadays "formerly" would confuse too many people.....and in parts on the Northeast, they'd pronounce it "formally" and get the message backwards.....

I saw it used in Wisconsin after turnback of a state route, however. In Minnesota, they use "OLD".

[Alps]

Someone used a VA white rectangle for the address on their mailbox.

Either that, or VDOT maintains their driveway. 

Hey, this isn't West Virginia, and this isn't a pentagon route.

[deathtopumpkins]

Someone did something similar along MA 133 in Rowley. Their address sign on their mailbox is similar to but not quite a standard MA route marker with the number in FHWA fonts.

[PurdueBill]

^ Glad to see those Manchester signs still kicking! Those are some of the last button copy signs left in the state, and I think there are some in Hudson along NH 3A. Other than those, that's it.

Is the really-old button copy on the Amoskeag bridge in Manchester still there?  Those were classics, including "To Rte. U.S. 3" spelled out in button copy.

[Ian]

^ Glad to see those Manchester signs still kicking! Those are some of the last button copy signs left in the state, and I think there are some in Hudson along NH 3A. Other than those, that's it.

Is the really-old button copy on the Amoskeag bridge in Manchester still there?  Those were classics, including "To Rte. U.S. 3" spelled out in button copy.

I never even knew those existed! They're still on Street View, but I can't say if they're still up there today.

[corco]

On US-89 in Utah, only notable for distance to Phoenix


The only I-15 trailblazer I know of in Arizona


Leaving New Mexico, Land of Enchantment written in Navajo on US-64


POE sign on US-64 in Teec Nos Pos


This used to be something else


I think this is the only US-666 sign left anywhere, in Gallup


Random metric sign on I-25 north of Santa Fe


I drove the entire length of Oklahoma 3 and these were the only circle 3 shields I saw, all the way in Idabel at the very last highway junction


On 79/80 in Shreveport, the 1 shield does have a weird outline, but the US shields are gorgeous


Cool split shield a few blocks west


Four way stop ahead on US-80 near Mineola, Texas


At US-54 along US-70 in Tularosa, NM

[agentsteel53]

The only I-15 trailblazer I know of in Arizona

looks like a Utah product.  I wouldn't be surprised, given that it points to a Utah segment of I-15.

and, I believe you are correct ... no trailblazers I know of for 15 in Littlefield, or via casual perusal of the campground access roads.

[Alps]

Re: the circle 3s, last time I was there they were still up at the Indian Nation Tpk exit.

[national highway 1]

On US-89 in Utah, only notable for distance to Phoenix

Why are the control cities on separate tabs? Couldn't they all be incorporated into one sign?

On 79/80 in Shreveport, the 1 shield does have a weird outline, but the US shields are gorgeous

I'm not sure about the wide spaces between the digits of the 79 and 71 shields... Also that I-20 shield is a bit bloated, IMHO.