The Best of Road Signs

[seicer]

Today: http://goo.gl/maps/eGEDw A lot simplier.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Dat font for the 780 shield... (and strange gantry too...)

[Ian]

Dat font for the 780 shield... (and strange gantry too...)

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

That, I'm not sure about. Maybe another Bay Area roadgeek could have an answer...

[Alex]

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

That, I'm not sure about. Maybe another Bay Area roadgeek could have an answer...

Yes

From https://www.aaroads.com/california/i-080ec_ca.html:

This internally lit sign, located along eastbound Interstate 80 at Exit 30A, Junction Interstate 780 east to Benicia, is one of the few internally lit overhead signs in California....

https://www.aaroads.com/california/images080/i-080_eb_exit_030a_02.jpg

[Scott5114]

Dat font for the 780 shield... (and strange gantry too...)

Futura! Classy.

[agentsteel53]

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

they sure do.  the experiment dates to, I believe, 1976.  there's a similar one somewhere on a surface street in San Francisco pointing to I-80.

[Ian]

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

That, I'm not sure about. Maybe another Bay Area roadgeek could have an answer...

Yes

From https://www.aaroads.com/california/i-080ec_ca.html:

This internally lit sign, located along eastbound Interstate 80 at Exit 30A, Junction Interstate 780 east to Benicia, is one of the few internally lit overhead signs in California....

https://www.aaroads.com/california/images080/i-080_eb_exit_030a_02.jpg

Do these signs light up at night? I ask, because it looks like a back-lit sign with that frame around it.

they sure do.  the experiment dates to, I believe, 1976.  there's a similar one somewhere on a surface street in San Francisco pointing to I-80.

Neat! They remind me of these signs seen at the south end of the Adirondack Northway near Albany, NY.

[US12]

Thought this was a neat sign. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=adrian+mi&ll=41.885394,-83.961639&spn=0.004832,0.013078&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Adrian,+Lenawee,+Michigan&gl=us&t=m&z=17

[vtk]

Is that approaching the road that unofficially extends M-34 eastward towards Ida?

[US12]

Is that approaching the road that unofficially extends M-34 eastward towards Ida?

Yes it is, this was taken southbound on Wilmoth Hwy.

[Alex]

Still kicking!

[Takumi]

Have I no shame? (Westbound old VA 44 in Powhatan County)

[formulanone]

Still kicking!

Must be staying cool in the shade...

[mcdonaat]

Old LA 10 shield with the Louisiana Scenic Byways sign underneath. Both are pretty old, I would date them at around 1970.

[Ian]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

[Scott5114]

My God, those are beautiful.

[Alps]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

[vtk]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

That font strikes me as very Catholic.

[Ian]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

I'm not really too sure what the deal with that sign is to be honest. It appears to be a case sign with internal lighting, which have obviously stopped working some time ago. I'm curious to find out how exactly old this sign is.

[NE2]

Same sign, 2001:


The Goog shows a wire leading to it, so it certainly is or was backlit.

[Alps]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

I'm not really too sure what the deal with that sign is to be honest. It appears to be a case sign with internal lighting, which have obviously stopped working some time ago. I'm curious to find out how exactly old this sign is.

Last time, I went to Boston just to photograph one sign. It seems like a repeat may be in order.

[brownpelican]

Old LA 10 shield with the Louisiana Scenic Byways sign underneath. Both are pretty old, I would date them at around 1970.

If I'm not mistaken, the "Louisiana Scenic Byways" signs first appeared in the mid or late 1990s. That sign is simply out there with no shade from the sun.

[1995hoo]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

To me the downward-pointing arrow is very peculiar. I know apparently that's common out in California, but it's not normal in anyplace I've ever lived.

[PHLBOS]

These three signs are at the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) westbound from Clarendon Street in Boston...

I've never seen that before. It looks like a modern replica of an old sign.

I'm not really too sure what the deal with that sign is to be honest. It appears to be a case sign with internal lighting, which have obviously stopped working some time ago. I'm curious to find out how exactly old this sign is.

My guess is that sign is about as old as the building structure (John Hancock Conference Center) it's mounted on.  It likely replaced the old original 60s-era button-copy BGS that existed prior to the Conference Center being built and it just matched the wording & legend in kind.