The Best of Road Signs

[Big John]

^^ Assuming the second picture was taken in Louisiana, like all the other ones;  US 220 does not enter Louisiana.

[roadman65]

Hey Hollywood thinks that the streets of LA look like the streets of New York when they do not want to spend money to fly a whole cast thousands of miles away from the mother studios. 

We accept that when we watch television, so someone here is bound to use another similar place's photo to make a point.

[cjk374]

The US 220 milepost is an error. It is located on I-220 in Bossier City.

[SignGeek101]

It worked when I tried it.  Try this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130771900@N08/albums/72157655329475165

Look at the last pic.

Awesome photos, the only ones I gripe about are the first three.

Not all are supposed to be best of. The stop sign is ugly, but what's wrong with the first 2?

Sorry, what was wrong with the first sign (the I-20 sign)? The second sign looks fine to me, but the stop sign is ugly. Clearview stop signs look better than that, and Helvetica of course 

The last sign is definitely reused, any idea where it came from? Is/was there a state route 300 around here?

[cjk374]

Nothing is wrong with the 1st I-20 sign. This is the first non-neutered interstate shield in my hometown in 25-30 years. I really like it.

The last sign is not reused. That is a 30-40 year old I-20 shield back when all shields had the state name on it.

[SignGeek101]

The last sign is not reused. That is a 30-40 year old I-20 shield back when all shields had the state name on it.

I meant the sign with the '300' poking out, not the I-20 sign.

[noelbotevera]

Nothing is wrong with the 1st I-20 sign. This is the first non-neutered interstate shield in my hometown in 25-30 years. I really like it.

Meh. There's no kick to it with the shield. Nothing weird. Well, the state name is a little bit too big.

[cjk374]

The last sign is not reused. That is a 30-40 year old I-20 shield back when all shields had the state name on it.

I meant the sign with the '300' poking out, not the I-20 sign.

Oh yeah that one... I would have to find my old Lincoln Parish map to find out where 300 was. It was probably the next sign on top of a stack in the parish highway barn that a worker grabbed to change it to the LEAVE Lincoln Parish sign.

Nothing is wrong with the 1st I-20 sign. This is the first non-neutered interstate shield in my hometown in 25-30 years. I really like it.

Meh. There's no kick to it with the shield. Nothing weird. Well, the state name is a little bit too big.

Too big is better than non-existent. 

[SidS1045]

Hey Hollywood thinks that the streets of LA look like the streets of New York when they do not want to spend money to fly a whole cast thousands of miles away from the mother studios.

Actually, they don't.  I've seen some Hollywood back lots which look exactly like the streets of New York, down to the two-color Ruleta traffic signals (yes, that's where some of them ended up after NYC eliminated them) and the correct period street signs.  Of course, that's aside from the series which are actually shot in NYC, like the Law & Order shows.

[peterj920]

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.1827553,-89.6934139,3a,90y,215.81h,80.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siQNpw57BGMscXRUj92Ho_g!2e0!7i3328!8i1664?hl=en

Here's a unique older overhead Stop Ahead sign in Merrill, WI

[peterj920]

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0734953,-89.4116844,3a,15y,269.29h,94.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9SX5YUqCD1qlBEr3CaXt_A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Not sure if this was already posted, but here's an overhead button copy sign with older US shields in Madison, WI

[peterj920]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7919352,-91.4585753,3a,15y,4.41h,97.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swpDYF52NRxpS5AZXGRbeHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

This is in Eau Claire, WI.  This is on Business US 53, but the sign still says North US 53, despite US 53 being rerouted on a new freeway east of this location.  The road was reconstructed, but somehow these button copy signs were not replaced when the road was reconstructed.  Drove by last week and the signs still stand.  The BGS' southbound were newer than these signs, but they were replaced instead of these signs with Clearview font that the City of Eau Claire excessively uses now. 

[Zeffy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0751616,-81.1337523,3a,15y,198.13h,103.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smHJGgdFTIly68lVqMPOmew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That I-516 shield is amazing, and the '61 spec US 17 shield doesn't hurt either. What's interesting though is that the sign itself looks decently new, especially considering it uses Series EM when Georgia used to only really use Series D. Unless they replaced the sign and not the shields...?

[SignGeek101]

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0751616,-81.1337523,3a,15y,198.13h,103.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smHJGgdFTIly68lVqMPOmew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That I-516 shield is amazing, and the '61 spec US 17 shield doesn't hurt either. What's interesting though is that the sign itself looks decently new, especially considering it uses Series EM when Georgia used to only really use Series D. Unless they replaced the sign and not the shields...?

Could be a design error of some type. Either on the EM or the older shield design. I don't see any obvious patch. If it was done, it was quite neat.

[Eth]

If that were one of the new signs, the destination legend would be larger. Instead, I think you've found a rare surviving example of a pre-1990s sign, from before Georgia started using Series D. (Note also the smaller radius on the rounded corners, a hallmark of the older signs.)

[mwb1848]

Otero County, New Mexico, could give lessons to state departments of transportation on how to consistently and effectively sign a highway system.

I've posted about the surprisingly robust stock of old signage in place in the county, but I'm amazed to report on the even more robust updated stock of new signage they've been placing on their network of UNPAVED COUNTY ROADS!

[cjk374]

Wow...a county system that has directional signs!  Absolutely amazing! There is no such thing anywhere near here. (Counties in the northeast excluded because...it's the northeast)

[national highway 1]

[Big John]

Scrolling through a GSV link on a traffic signal thread in Indiana, I saw a black on white Do Not Enter sign, those used before the red circle with a white line in the middle standard was adopted: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7460956,-86.7634508,3a,75y,13.43h,78.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seYutDg_A5lNpWgtLeHwn2Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Mergingtraffic]

MA-33 Chicopee, MA.

[hubcity]

Taken sometime during the great Depression, via the newly-released batch of photographs from Yale. That's a NY 1A trailblazer on 1st Ave in NYC, plus a really cool One Way sign (and, of course, classic street signage.) This is the first I encountered so far, but I'd bet there's lots more.

[hubcity]

Yale's site is at http://photogrammar.yale.edu/ - some interesting search options are available.

[hubcity]

Different pole, but a better view of the sign on it.

[roadman]

MA-33 Chicopee, MA.

CLassic - I love how Mass Dept of Public Works is still legible on the bottom of the shield.

[noelbotevera]

Here's an strange one.

https://goo.gl/maps/NNSweSjjqJ62

This is the advance exit sign for K-153 Spur from southbound K-61. KDOT, for whatever reason, decided to outline the sunflower in black.

It shouldn't be in Best of Road Signs then.