The Best of Road Signs

[national highway 1]

Zia on BGS and 'CR 4kj', Guadalupe County, NM

Did someone mash the keyboard?

Well, it IS New Mexico.

[Kacie Jane]

I recall Wyoming having county routes with the same numbering convention, but they were signed with all caps.  (I would assume that this New Mexico one was supposed to be all caps as well.)

[NE2]

So when will NH1 finish going through the sign gallery and posting random signs here?

[formulanone]

...it's a big country.

[Central Avenue]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

[formulanone]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Since I had to google that one, I suppose the answer is yes.

[signalman]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

I had to think about that one for a second.  Now that I did, that song is stuck in my head.

[corco]

Only Park County. The rest use numerics or an AX convention.

[Special K]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Look away... look away...

[Brandon]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Are pain and truth the things that really matter, or can you stay here with every single hope you have shattered?

[national highway 1]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Are pain and truth the things that really matter, or can you stay here with every single hope you have shattered?

Guys, just chill down. This is just the thread for 'The Best of Road Signs'. No need to start bickering about stuff that's off-topic in here.

[agentsteel53]

Guys, just chill down. This is just the thread for 'The Best of Road Signs'. No need to start bickering about stuff that's off-topic in here.

none of these are at all lyrics of any song in any form at any time

[Brandon]

...it's a big country.

Do dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside?

Are pain and truth the things that really matter, or can you stay here with every single hope you have shattered?

Guys, just chill down. This is just the thread for 'The Best of Road Signs'. No need to start bickering about stuff that's off-topic in here.

NH1, http://www.lyrics.com/in-a-big-country-lyrics-big-country.html

[NE2]

I don't think I'd have minded if I sat this one out.

[Central Avenue]

Oh god, what have I started?

[Road Hog]

DSCN1849 by GeoJosh, on Flickr


Not too many of these in Texas. Only 3 Business FM routes according to TxDOT

-- Fixed the url/img code. -rmf67

I know where another one is – Business FM 51 in Decatur.

[Central Avenue]

now to actually contribute to the thread

I know these signs have some design errors--EVERY WORD IS IN SMALL CAPS, and that outline 734 shield isn't really doing it for me--but the fact that ODOT (or their contractor) bothered to use decent-sized overhead signs for this detour instead of relying on annoyingly small roadside assemblies earns an "A" for effort in my book:

[national highway 1]

^Actually, the OH 734 shield would stand out better if it were black on white, but I do like the Clearview and Outline shields. 

[agentsteel53]

are those the only black-outlined shields in Ohio?

[bassoon1986]

Central Avenue,  is Washington CH supposed to be court house?

[agentsteel53]

Central Avenue,  is Washington CH supposed to be court house?

the name of the town is literally "Washington Court House".

[formulanone]

I've seen a few, used for "regulatory" purposes.

[agentsteel53]

I've seen a few, used for "regulatory" purposes.

that is different, as it is on the green background.

it's mildly amusing when the sign is on the white background and lacks the border, and the only way you can tell that it is a shield is because it's a single plate of aluminum cut to shield shape, as opposed to the assembly of horizontal slats which make up the background.

[vtk]

By any chance, is the original photo of sufficient resolution to make a good blow-up of the state route shields?  That would be good for examining the differences between the 2-digit and 3-digit shapes as used in practice.

I've seen a few, used for "regulatory" purposes.

That's not technically an OH shield outline.  It's a solid black OH shield shape, with a slightly smaller OH-shield-shaped hole in it.  That's why it appears thinner in some spots.  (There exists a class of shapes for which the distinction effectively does not exist; none closely resemble Ohio or its state route markers.)

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

This one might still might be around, Along US 23, west of Upper Sandusky, approaching (Old) US 30
(this predates the US 30 expressway connecting Upper Sandusky and Bucyrus)

Detour sign from the late 90s in Marion County