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Title: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on February 18, 2020, 02:17:29 PM
A comment by CPZ on another thread, about never having been to Bluefield, and my reply that the quirky signage is worthy of the trip, made me wonder where the largest remaining treasure troves of cutouts are.

There were still a sizeable number left in Tazewell and Norton the last time I was in those places. It's been several years, but Covington and Clifton Forge both had quite a collection when I was last there.

Bristol, Abingdon, Harrisonburg, and Winchester have seen their numbers eliminated or drastically reduced to nearly nothing. Bluefield was once home to dozens, as well, but there was only one set of US 19/US 460 cutouts, and only one traditional VA 102 cutout that I remembered seeing, when I was there about four years ago.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on February 18, 2020, 02:29:53 PM
As of last June, there were still some (I emphasize "some") in Falls Church at the intersection of US-29 and VA-7. I'm not sure I've been through there since to say whether they're still there. As of earlier this winter, the two US-1 cutouts in Old Town Alexandria were still there as well. Neither is what I would consider a "large" set except in comparison to surrounding jurisdictions where there aren't any. The VA-338 cutout in Falls Church disappeared a few years ago.

(In a similar vein, the nice older-style I-95 shield seen in this Street View image (https://goo.gl/maps/uc1bWXM3KRJUq5M47) was just replaced within the last week or two with something hideous with a weird-looking "9." I'll try to get a picture the next time I pass it, maybe this coming weekend.)
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 03:55:00 PM
Christiansburg is down to just 1 cutout (Dec 2019)
Gordonsville still has 1 set (Dec 2019)
VA 251 cutout at US 11 still there (Dec 2019)

Culpeper no longer has any

There is still one on US 33 btw Harrisonburg and Elkton
Richmond only has a couple left

Galax might still have a handful
Hillsville did last time I was there a couple years ago

Winchester only has a couple at most.

Haven't been to downtown Staunton lately but I know they were starting to replace theirs.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: froggie on February 18, 2020, 04:34:02 PM
There used to be two on northbound Patrick St (US 1) in Old Town Alexandria.  Are they still there?
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on February 18, 2020, 06:07:52 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 18, 2020, 04:34:02 PM
There used to be two on northbound Patrick St (US 1) in Old Town Alexandria.  Are they still there?


They were as of earlier this winter. I haven't been through there in a few weeks to confirm they're still there today.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2020, 07:35:04 PM
A few years ago I drove through Covington (following the path of U.S. 220) and saw some vintage signs there.  Not sure if they remain or not.

Here's an example - not cutouts, but they are old-school VDOT or maybe VDH designs: U.S. 60 E U.S. 220 S (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7828338,-79.9853658,3a,15y,248.53h,86.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su5XWPdZXIp5FaEO1XYXBmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).

Here's a surviving cutout, at the western city limits as U.S. 60 leaves Covington: U.S. 60 W (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7944583,-79.9958642,3a,75y,2.3h,88.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-a6lcbKaOUrxYVZSY-o2HQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: csw on February 18, 2020, 08:15:04 PM
Since I moved to Virginia in August, I have cutouts in these locations:

Falls Church - US 29/VA 7 intersection
Christiansburg - US 460 Business (Franklin St.) northbound. There is also an assembly with newer, ugly US 11/Us 460 shields on Roanoke St.
Norton - US 23/US 58/VA 74 shields all over the main street
Clifton Forge - US 60/US 220 shields all over the main street, along with at least 2 state name I-64 shields
Covington - US 60 and US 220 shields all over their respective streets
Galax - a singular VA 89 shield heading west on US 58/US 221
Hillsville - several newer cutouts at the US 52/US 58 intersection
Bluefield - a singular US 19/US 460 assembly on the main street (US 460 Business). There are also some very ugly VA 102 cutouts.
Tazewell - tons of US 19/US 460/VA 16 shields all over the place.
Marion - US 11/VA 16 shields, at least three of them.
Pearisburg - newer cutouts for US 460 and VA 100 in two directions at the intersection of Main and Wenonah.

That's all I've found - mainly from seeing other people's photos and scouting them out myself. I don't think they're going anywhere in places like Norton, Tazewell, or Clifton Forge.

I don't remember seeing any in Winchester, Staunton, or Gordonsville when I went through them last summer. I probably just missed the one in Gordonsville but I'm pretty sure the ones in Staunton got replaced by unisigns.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 08:38:46 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2020, 07:35:04 PM

Here's an example - not cutouts, but they are old-school VDOT or maybe VDH designs: U.S. 60 E U.S. 220 S (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7828338,-79.9853658,3a,15y,248.53h,86.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su5XWPdZXIp5FaEO1XYXBmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).


VDOT still used this style on new installs into the 2010s...

This cutout below was replaced by this style of sign between 2008-10:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fva042shen.jpg&hash=4d98602984e5c5980db743ad1a0ff62aad1410fb)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Ferrors%2Fus42-263error.jpg&hash=a5c44cf0a930bb36754a63b06a2ffae7f522bb59)

I hope the ones at VA 89-97 are still there (May 2018 GMSV has them).

The Gordonsville set is located here - https://goo.gl/maps/jU1Exfux2xHA9jdM6

Winchester still had this set in 2018 - https://goo.gl/maps/k2KbcPBEEGYFUV2s8

The last Roanoke cutout was still around in June 2019 - https://goo.gl/maps/EQfgyXWDocV26Yen9
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Alps on February 18, 2020, 09:31:51 PM
I'm okay with the proliferation of US highways
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: VTGoose on February 19, 2020, 09:36:28 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2020, 07:35:04 PM
A few years ago I drove through Covington (following the path of U.S. 220) and saw some vintage signs there.  Not sure if they remain or not.

Here's an example - not cutouts, but they are old-school VDOT or maybe VDH designs: U.S. 60 E U.S. 220 S (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7828338,-79.9853658,3a,15y,248.53h,86.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su5XWPdZXIp5FaEO1XYXBmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).


Was through Covington last month and the "U.S. 18" sign error is still there: https://goo.gl/maps/pbKC1duxp3xQE9hG9 (https://goo.gl/maps/pbKC1duxp3xQE9hG9)

Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on February 19, 2020, 10:16:52 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 08:38:46 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 18, 2020, 07:35:04 PM

Here's an example - not cutouts, but they are old-school VDOT or maybe VDH designs: U.S. 60 E U.S. 220 S (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7828338,-79.9853658,3a,15y,248.53h,86.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su5XWPdZXIp5FaEO1XYXBmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).


VDOT still used this style on new installs into the 2010s...

This cutout below was replaced by this style of sign between 2008-10:

....

I pass this VA-236 sign all the time (https://goo.gl/maps/7G5pmrNwj7x2VQWv7) because my parents' house is a short distance west of there. It's obviously not a cutout, but it definitely seems to my eyes to have an old-school look to it; the "6," in particular, seems to be of a somewhat different style than we see on current VDOT signs (the "6" here feels almost like it's "tilted" slightly to the right relative to the other numbers, but that could just be a function of the top of the numeral being on more of a diagonal compared to, say, the "6" you see on speed limit signs).
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 19, 2020, 01:42:52 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 03:55:00 PM
Richmond only has a couple left

I think the ones on westbound VA 147 at VA 161 are the only ones left. The VA 147 shield fell off and disappeared a long time ago.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on February 21, 2020, 08:30:45 PM
Galax -- still cutouts at VA 89 and VA 97 the last time I was there.

Hillsville -- plenty of those borderless cutouts at the main intersection in town the last time I was there. Same for Pearisburg for VA 100 and US 460.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: formulanone on February 22, 2020, 08:39:49 AM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 19, 2020, 01:42:52 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 03:55:00 PM
Richmond only has a couple left

I think the ones on westbound VA 147 at VA 161 are the only ones left. The VA 147 shield fell off and disappeared a long time ago.

I saw one on VA 147 last May; it's mounted higher on a lamppost.

Quote from: hbelkins on February 21, 2020, 08:30:45 PM
Galax -- still cutouts at VA 89 and VA 97 the last time I was there.

There were two cutouts in Galax, but that was 2014.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on February 22, 2020, 09:21:41 AM
Quote from: formulanone on February 22, 2020, 08:39:49 AM


Quote from: hbelkins on February 21, 2020, 08:30:45 PM
Galax -- still cutouts at VA 89 and VA 97 the last time I was there.

There were two cutouts in Galax, but that was 2014.

May 2018 GMSV shows:
VA 89-97 set still up - https://goo.gl/maps/8M866MEL3mTt3qSM7
VA 89 by the school - https://goo.gl/maps/4DV6wWasosJ1911dA

All others I was aware of were gone...
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: csw on February 22, 2020, 09:49:15 AM
There's one more right here. https://goo.gl/maps/HpNP3matqjK8ckKp7
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: plain on February 22, 2020, 05:27:03 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 19, 2020, 01:42:52 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 03:55:00 PM
Richmond only has a couple left

I think the ones on westbound VA 147 at VA 161 are the only ones left. The VA 147 shield fell off and disappeared a long time ago.

Is the trailblazer on VA 147 EB (Cary St) gone now?
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: AlexandriaVA on February 23, 2020, 10:11:38 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 18, 2020, 06:07:52 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 18, 2020, 04:34:02 PM
There used to be two on northbound Patrick St (US 1) in Old Town Alexandria.  Are they still there?


They were as of earlier this winter. I haven't been through there in a few weeks to confirm they're still there today.

Pretty sure I saw them a few weeks ago, but I can't keep track of the dates anymore.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on March 04, 2020, 03:44:49 PM
The Secondary Route 648 "cutout" (more likely an signposting error) in Fairfax County on Bren Mar Drive just off Edsall Road is gone, as are the Interstate shields that were on the same signpost.

That one was notable because froggie and Mapmikey confirmed it was the only secondary route cutout they'd ever seen anywhere in Virginia.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on March 04, 2020, 04:18:26 PM
Quote from: plain on February 22, 2020, 05:27:03 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 19, 2020, 01:42:52 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on February 18, 2020, 03:55:00 PM
Richmond only has a couple left

I think the ones on westbound VA 147 at VA 161 are the only ones left. The VA 147 shield fell off and disappeared a long time ago.

Is the trailblazer on VA 147 EB (Cary St) gone now?

There were three EB cutouts I was familiar with - one leaving VA 161, a double-printed one a few blocks east of Meadow St, and a third one on the VCU campus, and all of them are gone.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: cpzilliacus on March 04, 2020, 05:32:58 PM
It is sad that the cutouts are going away - and are not being replaced by  newer cutouts (but then cutouts are not VDOT-spec any longer).

Overall, I always liked the vintage VDOT and VDH signs - the reassurance assemblies every 10 miles or so on primary system highways are part of the pleasure of driving in the Commonwealth, and are a pleasing reminder of days gone by.

The signs used on freeway-class roads in Virginia into the 1970's always had a certain uniqueness about them.  The long arrows on a diagonal pointing to exit ramps were nice, as were the route shields with the relatively thin black outline used on BGS panels for U.S., primary and secondary route numbers.  And who can forget the whitewashed wood timbers on which so many of the smaller signs and assemblies were mounted on. 

Fortunately, Michael Summa has captured some of these gems with his camera.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on March 05, 2020, 11:20:24 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 04, 2020, 05:32:58 PM
It is sad that the cutouts are going away - and are not being replaced by  newer cutouts (but then cutouts are not VDOT-spec any longer).

I've seen a number of cutouts with reflective sheeting instead of the old-style lettering. Several of them that are currently up in Norton have what appears to be the "honeycomb" sheeting. I've also seen that sheeting on cutouts (now gone) for US 250 near Monterey, and in a few other places as well. So Virginia was producing and installing cutouts into the 1970s and 1980s when that style of sheeting was in common use.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: cpzilliacus on March 06, 2020, 01:37:25 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 05, 2020, 11:20:24 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 04, 2020, 05:32:58 PM
It is sad that the cutouts are going away - and are not being replaced by  newer cutouts (but then cutouts are not VDOT-spec any longer).

I've seen a number of cutouts with reflective sheeting instead of the old-style lettering. Several of them that are currently up in Norton have what appears to be the "honeycomb" sheeting. I've also seen that sheeting on cutouts (now gone) for US 250 near Monterey, and in a few other places as well. So Virginia was producing and installing cutouts into the 1970s and 1980s when that style of sheeting was in common use.

I seem to recall seeing at least one cutout on U.S. 250, but I did not examine it closely, and yes, I think there are no cutouts remaining in Highland County.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on April 13, 2020, 10:53:16 AM
Quote from: froggie on February 18, 2020, 04:34:02 PM
There used to be two on northbound Patrick St (US 1) in Old Town Alexandria.  Are they still there?


On Saturday afternoon we passed through Old Town on Duke Street. When I looked around the corner to the left onto Patrick Street, I did not see the first US-1 cutout that used to be on the left side there, and it's missing on Google Street View as well.  :-(  Don't know about the one on the right side just north of King Street because we didn't go past there.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: cpzilliacus on April 13, 2020, 02:37:58 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 04, 2020, 03:44:49 PM
The Secondary Route 648 "cutout" (more likely an signposting error) in Fairfax County on Bren Mar Drive just off Edsall Road is gone, as are the Interstate shields that were on the same signpost.

That one was notable because froggie and Mapmikey confirmed it was the only secondary route cutout they'd ever seen anywhere in Virginia.

I remember that one well.  I think it was not a cutout as much as it was a shield intended to be installed on a BGS panel (perhaps on I-395?) and it never ended up there.  There are similar U.S. 50 "cutouts" in the commuter lot adjacent to the interchange at U.S. 50/U.S. 301 and MD-424 in Anne Arundel County. Maryland seldom used cutouts for anything, except Interstate shields.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on April 14, 2020, 11:12:31 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on April 13, 2020, 02:37:58 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 04, 2020, 03:44:49 PM
The Secondary Route 648 "cutout" (more likely an signposting error) in Fairfax County on Bren Mar Drive just off Edsall Road is gone, as are the Interstate shields that were on the same signpost.

That one was notable because froggie and Mapmikey confirmed it was the only secondary route cutout they'd ever seen anywhere in Virginia.

I remember that one well.  I think it was not a cutout as much as it was a shield intended to be installed on a BGS panel (perhaps on I-395?) and it never ended up there.  There are similar U.S. 50 "cutouts" in the commuter lot adjacent to the interchange at U.S. 50/U.S. 301 and MD-424 in Anne Arundel County. Maryland seldom used cutouts for anything, except Interstate shields.

There are a couple of those for the US routes along the I-64/US 60/US 220 concurrency. Or at least they were there the last time I was on I-64 between Covington and Clifton Forge, which has admittedly been a few years.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on April 14, 2020, 12:48:18 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 14, 2020, 11:12:31 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on April 13, 2020, 02:37:58 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 04, 2020, 03:44:49 PM
The Secondary Route 648 "cutout" (more likely an signposting error) in Fairfax County on Bren Mar Drive just off Edsall Road is gone, as are the Interstate shields that were on the same signpost.

That one was notable because froggie and Mapmikey confirmed it was the only secondary route cutout they'd ever seen anywhere in Virginia.

I remember that one well.  I think it was not a cutout as much as it was a shield intended to be installed on a BGS panel (perhaps on I-395?) and it never ended up there.  There are similar U.S. 50 "cutouts" in the commuter lot adjacent to the interchange at U.S. 50/U.S. 301 and MD-424 in Anne Arundel County. Maryland seldom used cutouts for anything, except Interstate shields.

There are a couple of those for the US routes along the I-64/US 60/US 220 concurrency. Or at least they were there the last time I was on I-64 between Covington and Clifton Forge, which has admittedly been a few years.

Also US 11 with I-81 at Natural Bridge.

This used to be the default way cutouts were signed on interstate overlays in Virginia, plus VA 44 was signed this way.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on April 19, 2020, 02:26:45 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 13, 2020, 10:53:16 AM
Quote from: froggie on February 18, 2020, 04:34:02 PM
There used to be two on northbound Patrick St (US 1) in Old Town Alexandria.  Are they still there?


On Saturday afternoon we passed through Old Town on Duke Street. When I looked around the corner to the left onto Patrick Street, I did not see the first US-1 cutout that used to be on the left side there, and it's missing on Google Street View as well.  :-(  Don't know about the one on the right side just north of King Street because we didn't go past there.

Following up on this, we drove through Old Town this afternoon. The cutout on the left just north of Duke Street is definitely gone. The one on the right just north of King is still there (as of earlier today!) and is a nice new-looking one.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on May 16, 2020, 04:23:42 PM
Went on a ten hour ride yesterday...

These cutouts were still up in Winchester.  I didn't drive all over town looking, just went to go see the one on Kent St because I was only recent made aware there had been some there:

Kent St at Millwood.  Not sure why just US 50 is posted as this is US 17-50-522:
https://goo.gl/maps/g64nCDMPBVfbi2YE7

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fva007win_04.jpg&hash=c1424605e4cc1db8a379666c0031281fc83436c1)
Pleasant Valley Rd at VA 7

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fus017-50-522_02.jpg&hash=28addca8c28200680e55a4eb95bdbac95232b3f2)
Photo by Adam Froehlig, Jubal Early leaving Apple Blossom

Also still up is this lovely posting:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fva055plains.jpg&hash=8e594f1e86990a2f5cd315a7cc15a8a74260cae4)
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: plain on May 18, 2020, 07:30:32 PM
How old is that VA 7 cutout? It almost looks new.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on May 18, 2020, 08:16:59 PM
Winchester replaced almost all of its cutouts between 1995-2003 going from this vintage below to the one I posted with VA 7...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fwinchester_03.jpg&hash=b02911a335cc163f5100175bfd6878611cf3cb8f)
Michael Summa 1995

By 2012 Winchester replaced most of those newer cutouts with actual shields
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on May 19, 2020, 07:09:48 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on May 16, 2020, 04:23:42 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fus017-50-522_02.jpg&hash=28addca8c28200680e55a4eb95bdbac95232b3f2)
Photo by Adam Froehlig, Jubal Early leaving Apple Blossom

That one was up two years ago when I went through on southbound US 522 as part of my clinching effort.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Takumi on July 04, 2020, 07:44:51 PM
Quote
It is sad that the cutouts are going away - and are not being replaced by  newer cutouts (but then cutouts are not VDOT-spec any longer).
There was that one in Hopewell that I posted a few years ago, but it was universally panned here.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: roadman65 on July 04, 2020, 10:06:34 PM
Williamsburg the last time I was on VA 5, I saw them all on large panels along its routing.  Cut outs were big  as once  Henry Street and Lafayette Street had them all over once up a time.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: csw on July 04, 2020, 11:18:32 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on July 04, 2020, 10:06:34 PM
Williamsburg the last time I was on VA 5, I saw them all on large panels along its routing.  Cut outs were big  as once  Henry Street and Lafayette Street had them all over once up a time.
I don't think I would classify them as cutouts - I'd say they're unisigns. This is a typical sign in Williamsburg from when I went through about a month ago.
(https://i.imgur.com/G8tjc7p.jpg)
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Takumi on July 05, 2020, 12:59:09 PM
^ Indeed, those are unisigns, using the old sign specs. Newport News does the same, just with a different color background.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: cpzilliacus on July 06, 2020, 08:14:25 AM
Quote from: csw on July 04, 2020, 11:18:32 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on July 04, 2020, 10:06:34 PM
Williamsburg the last time I was on VA 5, I saw them all on large panels along its routing.  Cut outs were big  as once  Henry Street and Lafayette Street had them all over once up a time.
I don't think I would classify them as cutouts - I'd say they're unisigns. This is a typical sign in Williamsburg from when I went through about a month ago.
(https://i.imgur.com/G8tjc7p.jpg)

Agree these are not cutouts - but - I really like the rather retro look of this.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on July 06, 2020, 08:27:23 AM
I agree with cpzilliacus. Those are very clearly not cutouts, but I think the Williamsburg area has some of the sharpest-looking unisigns around, and those state route shields have a lot less of an amorphous "gumdrop" or "blob" rounded look to them than a lot of the ones I've been seeing lately.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: csw on July 19, 2020, 10:39:42 PM
Quote from: csw on February 18, 2020, 08:15:04 PM
I don't remember seeing any in Winchester, Staunton, or Gordonsville when I went through them last summer. I probably just missed the one in Gordonsville but I'm pretty sure the ones in Staunton got replaced by unisigns.
I was in Staunton the other day and this statement I made a while ago isn't completely correct. There are still 2-3 VA 252 cutouts and 8-9 VA 254 cutouts standing, but all of the US 11 and US 250 shields are on unisigns. All but one of them are located west of downtown.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on September 06, 2020, 10:49:58 AM
Was in Bluefield yesterday...

There are still 2 normal VA 102 cutouts up, one of which is in terrible shape
Most of the I-102 shields from 15+ years ago are still up
Some of the triangle 102 cutouts at US 19 are still there
There is 1 US 19-460 cutout assembly left, WB about 3 blocks from VA 102.

Was intending to also check out Covington and Clifton Forge but time got away from me...

The last two Gordonsville cutouts (US 15-33 truck at VA 231) which outlasted the assembly at the traffic circle were also finally replaced.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 02, 2021, 07:06:13 PM
Recent confirmations...

US 460 cutout in Christiansburg still up as of yesterday
US 17 cutout in Tappahannock was still up as of a few weeks ago

The VA 251 cutout at US 11-11 Bus Lexington has now been replaced with a US 251 shield

Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: plain on June 02, 2021, 11:50:33 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 02, 2021, 07:06:13 PM
...The VA 251 cutout at US 11-11 Bus Lexington has now been replaced with a US 251 shield

Damn smdh if there gonna take away a cutout they could've at least did it with the correct shield, not Petersburg the thing :-D
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on June 03, 2021, 10:50:40 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 02, 2021, 07:06:13 PM
Recent confirmations...

US 460 cutout in Christiansburg still up as of yesterday
US 17 cutout in Tappahannock was still up as of a few weeks ago

The VA 251 cutout at US 11-11 Bus Lexington has now been replaced with a US 251 shield



The US 251 shield is on Google Street View (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7707177,-79.4480003,3a,75y,197.86h,84.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxCeqAvBFWLTOS3WTXsLCkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 03, 2021, 12:09:46 PM
Can confirm that there are two old-style VA 102 cutouts remaining in Bluefield (along with most all of those other crazy versions).

And although a few of the cutouts last seen in Tazewell have been removed since my last visit in 2016 (replaced with nothing), the vast majority of them are still in existence along VA 61 and VA 16 in North Tazewell and along the business routing of US 19/460 in downtown.

Two cutouts (one each for US 23 and US 58) in Big Stone Gap.

I probably need to get down to Norton to get pics of all of those that are probably still up. The neat thing about the ones in Norton are that several of them have modern reflective sheeting.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 03, 2021, 01:46:23 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on June 03, 2021, 10:50:40 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 02, 2021, 07:06:13 PM
Recent confirmations...

US 460 cutout in Christiansburg still up as of yesterday
US 17 cutout in Tappahannock was still up as of a few weeks ago

The VA 251 cutout at US 11-11 Bus Lexington has now been replaced with a US 251 shield



The US 251 shield is on Google Street View (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7707177,-79.4480003,3a,75y,197.86h,84.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxCeqAvBFWLTOS3WTXsLCkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).

Actually that is the first US 251 error shield, which has been there 12+ years.

The VA 251 cutout was here - https://goo.gl/maps/zscrGiRDjDG1i8Uo9
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: froggie on June 12, 2021, 09:41:28 PM
The phethora of VA 254 cutouts in Staunton are still there as of this afternoon.  Also passed by the still-remaining VA 55 cutout in The Plains.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 12, 2021, 10:57:19 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 12, 2021, 09:41:28 PM
The phethora of VA 254 cutouts in Staunton are still there as of this afternoon.  Also passed by the still-remaining VA 55 cutout in The Plains.

So, was your "where am I" post in the Freewayjim group I-66 westbound?  :D
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: froggie on June 12, 2021, 11:39:17 PM
I'll let you off the hook since you're probably not familiar with I-66...😊  That milemarker is right about where a huge park-and-ride is being built as part of the  "Outside the Beltway" project.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Takumi on June 13, 2021, 11:11:58 AM
I think all of the cutouts in Richmond are gone. I spent a few hours driving through the city a couple weeks ago and didn’t see any, and I want to say the last known location (147 westbound at 161) had a standard Richmond unisign then. Still some state-name I-195 shields and other 70s stuff floating around though.

Some, but not all, of the US 460 modern cutouts on I-85 have been replaced with standard shields.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 13, 2021, 08:52:34 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 12, 2021, 11:39:17 PM
I'll let you off the hook since you're probably not familiar with I-66...😊  That milemarker is right about where a huge park-and-ride is being built as part of the  "Outside the Beltway" project.

Yeah, and you clarified it later. I was looking at Street View, and really didn't realize that the Haymarket exit (the end of the urban area) is so close to I-81. I've been on the route a handful of times and it seems farther from Haymarket to the end of the route.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Dirt Roads on June 15, 2021, 12:00:49 AM
Quote from: froggie on June 12, 2021, 11:39:17 PM
I'll let you off the hook since you're probably not familiar with I-66...😊  That milemarker is right about where a huge park-and-ride is being built as part of the  "Outside the Beltway" project.

Quote from: hbelkins on June 13, 2021, 08:52:34 PM
Yeah, and you clarified it later. I was looking at Street View, and really didn't realize that the Haymarket exit (the end of the urban area) is so close to I-81. I've been on the route a handful of times and it seems farther from Haymarket to the end of the route.

One of my bosses when I was in NoVa lived just off the Haymarket exit (I-66 Exit 40) back in the days when Disney wanted to develop the Mobilgas property.  He became convinced that the Disney America was a sure thing and decided to move before construction was supposed to start.  They week after he closed, Disney backed out due to local opposition.  Ouch.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 74/171FAN on June 15, 2021, 09:57:41 AM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 15, 2021, 12:00:49 AM
Quote from: froggie on June 12, 2021, 11:39:17 PM
I'll let you off the hook since you're probably not familiar with I-66...😊  That milemarker is right about where a huge park-and-ride is being built as part of the  "Outside the Beltway" project.

Quote from: hbelkins on June 13, 2021, 08:52:34 PM
Yeah, and you clarified it later. I was looking at Street View, and really didn't realize that the Haymarket exit (the end of the urban area) is so close to I-81. I've been on the route a handful of times and it seems farther from Haymarket to the end of the route.

One of my bosses when I was in NoVa lived just off the Haymarket exit (I-66 Exit 40) back in the days when Disney wanted to develop the Mobilgas property.  He became convinced that the Disney America was a sure thing and decided to move before construction was supposed to start.  They week after he closed, Disney backed out due to local opposition.  Ouch.

I think there may have been a Defunctland episode about that on YouTube.

I believe it is this one: 
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 16, 2021, 10:57:07 AM
Anyone know anything about the status of the cutouts in Covington (were a few last time I was there, plus a couple of error US 18 signs) and Clifton Forge (were several my last time there, including a lot of very old ones)?

Looking at another short trip before I go back to work at the office on a semi-permanent basis, and a jaunt up that way a la my recent Bluefield and Tazewell excursion might be in order.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 16, 2021, 01:54:14 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 16, 2021, 10:57:07 AM
Anyone know anything about the status of the cutouts in Covington (were a few last time I was there, plus a couple of error US 18 signs) and Clifton Forge (were several my last time there, including a lot of very old ones)?

Looking at another short trip before I go back to work at the office on a semi-permanent basis, and a jaunt up that way a la my recent Bluefield and Tazewell excursion might be in order.

I have not been through those cities in a few years now, so no idea if cutouts are aplenty there still or not...
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 16, 2021, 07:55:39 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 16, 2021, 01:54:14 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 16, 2021, 10:57:07 AM
Anyone know anything about the status of the cutouts in Covington (were a few last time I was there, plus a couple of error US 18 signs) and Clifton Forge (were several my last time there, including a lot of very old ones)?

Looking at another short trip before I go back to work at the office on a semi-permanent basis, and a jaunt up that way a la my recent Bluefield and Tazewell excursion might be in order.

I have not been through those cities in a few years now, so no idea if cutouts are aplenty there still or not...

Street View is a few years old, but it still shows some in both places.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 20, 2021, 06:14:01 PM
All cutouts in Covington are gone now, except for one lone remaining West US 60 survivor right at the bridge over the river. Everything has been replaced with small unisigns.

The US 18 errors have been replaced with -- new US 18 errors.

Most of the ones in Clifton Forge are still standing, and I stumbled on quite a few for the twists and turns of VA 188. Seeing a big new shiny sign for that route, which isn't on Street View, led me to a treasure trove of cutouts.

The two sets of borderless cutouts in Pearisburg remain.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 25, 2021, 11:54:06 AM
Guess I need to get down to Norton to see what they still have, and try to photograph them all. It's only a two-hour-and-change drive, so it would be an easy day trip. I've photographed at the Norton cutouts before, but don't think I've gotten them all.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Avalanchez71 on June 25, 2021, 01:29:09 PM
I thought I remembered seeing a bunch in Bristol.  I was through there not too long ago and saw 0.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 25, 2021, 01:29:58 PM
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on June 25, 2021, 01:29:09 PM
I thought I remembered seeing a bunch in Bristol.  I was through there not too long ago and saw 0.

The Bristol cutouts have been gone for years. Same with Abingdon.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 25, 2021, 01:42:47 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 20, 2021, 06:14:01 PM
All cutouts in Covington are gone now, except for one lone remaining West US 60 survivor right at the bridge over the river. Everything has been replaced with small unisigns.

The US 18 errors have been replaced with -- new US 18 errors.

Most of the ones in Clifton Forge are still standing, and I stumbled on quite a few for the twists and turns of VA 188. Seeing a big new shiny sign for that route, which isn't on Street View, led me to a treasure trove of cutouts.

The two sets of borderless cutouts in Pearisburg remain.

Well boo on that...

There are a couple side streets in Covington (plus VA 18 itself) to check but I am not optimistic given you found they did replace the stray white-border US 220 shield in the neighborhood that constitutes the gap in VA 154.

Can't believe some of the terrible VA 188 cutouts I photographed nearly 15 years ago are still up.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 25, 2021, 07:56:26 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 25, 2021, 01:42:47 PM
Well boo on that...

There are a couple side streets in Covington (plus VA 18 itself) to check but I am not optimistic given you found they did replace the stray white-border US 220 shield in the neighborhood that constitutes the gap in VA 154.

Can't believe some of the terrible VA 188 cutouts I photographed nearly 15 years ago are still up.

I came into town on VA 18, so i was on the lookout for them. And I did drive several side streets in search of them. There's actually some signage on Riverside Drive now that I didn't see on Street View.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Avalanchez71 on June 28, 2021, 10:30:12 AM
What did they do with the old cutouts?
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Rothman on June 28, 2021, 09:43:00 PM
I know they've been gone for a while, but I just drove US 340 and was sorry to see them gone.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 28, 2021, 09:49:06 PM
Quote from: Rothman on June 28, 2021, 09:43:00 PM
I know they've been gone for a while, but I just drove US 340 and was sorry to see them gone.

I stumbled on a random set of US 340 cutouts years ago. I can't remember exactly where it was, though, but it was in a rural area.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 29, 2021, 06:43:25 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 28, 2021, 09:49:06 PM
Quote from: Rothman on June 28, 2021, 09:43:00 PM
I know they've been gone for a while, but I just drove US 340 and was sorry to see them gone.

I stumbled on a random set of US 340 cutouts years ago. I can't remember exactly where it was, though, but it was in a rural area.

The two intersections (SR 613 and SR 674) with US 340 cutouts in Bentonville that I photographed in 2006 are still up in Apr 2018 GMSV.

The last one in Front Royal was replaced within the last 2 years.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: milbfan on July 25, 2021, 01:00:53 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 25, 2021, 11:54:06 AM
Guess I need to get down to Norton to see what they still have, and try to photograph them all. It's only a two-hour-and-change drive, so it would be an easy day trip. I've photographed at the Norton cutouts before, but don't think I've gotten them all.

You'll still find some, confined to Park Ave NW.  Just went through downtown this evening.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on March 20, 2022, 11:18:15 AM
Drove through Staunton yesterday...VA 254 still has quite a few cutouts on it.

I also visited Covington and confirmed HB's findings.  The one side street set I was aware of was removed and no signage is there now, despite new signage from VA 154 directing US 60-220 traffic to head to that side street.

I also visited Clifton Forge - got my cutout fix there.  VA 188 now has one turn with no signage in either direction and 3 other turns where it is missing in at least one direction.  Plenty of US 60-220 cutouts remain.

The oversize US 60 cutout leaving Covington on I-64 EB and the oversize US 220 cutout leaving Low Moor on 64 EB are still present.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: plain on January 02, 2023, 03:46:29 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 13, 2021, 11:11:58 AM
I think all of the cutouts in Richmond are gone. I spent a few hours driving through the city a couple weeks ago and didn't see any, and I want to say the last known location (147 westbound at 161) had a standard Richmond unisign then. Still some state-name I-195 shields and other 70s stuff floating around though.

Some, but not all, of the US 460 modern cutouts on I-85 have been replaced with standard shields.
I happen to be around The Fan earlier. The last Richmond cutouts are still there, but barely. The tree behind it is leaning to the point that it's touching the signs to and causing them to lean also (and the sidewalk underneath to buckle pretty badly).

Also note the erroneous "EAST". This is Main St, which is VA 147 WB.

I suspect when the tree is removed, the cutouts will definitely be gone.


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Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: 1995hoo on January 02, 2023, 04:14:53 PM
The US-1 cutout in Old Town Alexandria just north of King Street was still in place as of Saturday morning.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Hunty2022 on January 02, 2023, 04:14:59 PM
I think the cutouts around the VA-230/231 intersection in Pratts are all gone, same with the one(s) at the Business US 29/VA-231 intersection.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on January 02, 2023, 04:34:00 PM
Quote from: Hunty2022 on January 02, 2023, 04:14:59 PM
I think the cutouts around the VA-230/231 intersection in Pratts are all gone, same with the one(s) at the Business US 29/VA-231 intersection.

This is correct.

Froggie reported to me not long ago that the VA 55 cutout in The Plains is still there.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Dirt Roads on January 02, 2023, 05:26:54 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 02, 2023, 04:34:00 PM
Froggie reported to me not long ago that the VA 55 cutout in The Plains is still there.

My favorite.  It is left-side mounted.  https://www.google.com/maps/@38.861911,-77.7731407,3a,15y,198.15h,94.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGA8MQPlneOspmY3PJ-p91w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I've used The Plains Road/Halfway Road between Middleburg and The Plains on numerous occasions (known as Loudoun Avenue in The Plains), but I wasn't aware until recent years that this was the historic original route of US-15.  After US-15 was officially removed to the current route between Haymarket and Aldie in 1940 (some of which had not been paved yet), this route was bannered as Temp US-15. 
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: froggie on January 02, 2023, 08:29:33 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 02, 2023, 04:34:00 PM
Froggie reported to me not long ago that the VA 55 cutout in The Plains is still there.

November 9th.

SR 601 coming in from Haymarket (via SR 681) is one of my favorite drives in the region.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: roadman65 on June 05, 2023, 04:06:48 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 02, 2023, 04:34:00 PM
Quote from: Hunty2022 on January 02, 2023, 04:14:59 PM
I think the cutouts around the VA-230/231 intersection in Pratts are all gone, same with the one(s) at the Business US 29/VA-231 intersection.

This is correct.

Froggie reported to me not long ago that the VA 55 cutout in The Plains is still there.

Here?
https://goo.gl/maps/3Ruuuy226ZYavV3C9
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 05, 2023, 05:59:47 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 05, 2023, 04:06:48 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 02, 2023, 04:34:00 PM
Quote from: Hunty2022 on January 02, 2023, 04:14:59 PM
I think the cutouts around the VA-230/231 intersection in Pratts are all gone, same with the one(s) at the Business US 29/VA-231 intersection.

This is correct.

Froggie reported to me not long ago that the VA 55 cutout in The Plains is still there.

Here?
https://goo.gl/maps/3Ruuuy226ZYavV3C9

Correct.

I can also report that the last cutout in Christiansburg on US 460 Bus near Depot St was still there this past Wednesday...
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 18, 2023, 09:30:52 AM
Got to do an abbreviated solo ride yesterday to see if i can resume doing these.

Pearisburg is down to 1 set of cutouts (460 Bus WB approaching VA 100).  The others were removed as part of sidewalk rehab projects.  The intersection save the one set of cutouts is completely unposted now.

The last known Roanoke cutout, on VA 116 (https://goo.gl/maps/iPJybbDZgrn6gPcGA), has been replaced

The last US 19-460 cutout in Bluefield, which had the shields removed but not direction banners in last couple years, was replaced with two SR rectangle markers that say "19 south" and "460 west".  This is only the second instance of white rectangles used as reassurance shields that i can recall (other is on one of the VA 370 segments).  Two normal VA 102 cutouts remain, a couple triangle cuouts remain, and several I-102 cutouts remain.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 18, 2023, 08:53:23 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 18, 2023, 09:30:52 AM
Got to do an abbreviated solo ride yesterday to see if i can resume doing these.

Pearisburg is down to 1 set of cutouts (460 Bus WB approaching VA 100).  The others were removed as part of sidewalk rehab projects.  The intersection save the one set of cutouts is completely unposted now.

The last known Roanoke cutout, on VA 116 (https://goo.gl/maps/iPJybbDZgrn6gPcGA), has been replaced

The last US 19-460 cutout in Bluefield, which had the shields removed but not direction banners in last couple years, was replaced with two SR rectangle markers that say "19 south" and "460 west".  This is only the second instance of white rectangles used as reassurance shields that i can recall (other is on one of the VA 370 segments).  Two normal VA 102 cutouts remain, a couple triangle cuouts remain, and several I-102 cutouts remain.

Did I read that you're recovering from a stroke or other medical issue?

I've recovered from a stroke myself, and just got cleared by my cardiologist on Friday to resume normal activities and drive farther than locally. (Actually I could have been cleared a month ago after seeing my neurologist, but my wife's kept an eagle eye on me and wanted to wait until I saw the cardiologist.) Since I'm going back to work tomorrow, I took a solo trip today that involved London, Barbourville, Pineville, Harlan, Whitesburg, Jackson, and Hazard. I was reasonably close to Norton, but didn't cross the state line to see if it's still full of cutouts. That may be on tap for a future excursion.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on June 18, 2023, 09:54:33 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 18, 2023, 08:53:23 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on June 18, 2023, 09:30:52 AM
Got to do an abbreviated solo ride yesterday to see if i can resume doing these.

Pearisburg is down to 1 set of cutouts (460 Bus WB approaching VA 100).  The others were removed as part of sidewalk rehab projects.  The intersection save the one set of cutouts is completely unposted now.

The last known Roanoke cutout, on VA 116 (https://goo.gl/maps/iPJybbDZgrn6gPcGA), has been replaced

The last US 19-460 cutout in Bluefield, which had the shields removed but not direction banners in last couple years, was replaced with two SR rectangle markers that say "19 south" and "460 west".  This is only the second instance of white rectangles used as reassurance shields that i can recall (other is on one of the VA 370 segments).  Two normal VA 102 cutouts remain, a couple triangle cuouts remain, and several I-102 cutouts remain.

Did I read that you're recovering from a stroke or other medical issue?

I've recovered from a stroke myself, and just got cleared by my cardiologist on Friday to resume normal activities and drive farther than locally. (Actually I could have been cleared a month ago after seeing my neurologist, but my wife's kept an eagle eye on me and wanted to wait until I saw the cardiologist.) Since I'm going back to work tomorrow, I took a solo trip today that involved London, Barbourville, Pineville, Harlan, Whitesburg, Jackson, and Hazard. I was reasonably close to Norton, but didn't cross the state line to see if it's still full of cutouts. That may be on tap for a future excursion.

I had a pretty serious stroke in Oct 2022...was fully paralyzed on the right side.  My right leg is mostly recovered to just minor impairment  but my right arm has spasticity issues limiting its movement.  My hand has only recently gotten a lot more movement back and fine motor skills are very limited.  Can only type one-handed.  I did resume driving in late February.  The length of the drives is not a medical issue but rather a spousal comfort issue plus can i drive 14+ hours with just the one hand.  I resumed teleworking Jan 1 and started commuting again Feb 23.

Sorry to learn of your stroke.  0 out of 10 stars.  Would not recommend, even though it "solved" my minor back issues and I lost 30 pounds.  Glad to hear you are resuming activities.

Roadtripping is hard if trying to limit sodium.  Pretty much every place serving food is trying to kill you with sodium.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: hbelkins on June 25, 2023, 10:42:12 PM
Rode down to Haysi today and discovered that the cutout VA 63 sign and the "Maximum Safe Speed" advisory sign have been replaced.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Mapmikey on July 05, 2023, 07:14:29 PM
As of today there is still a US 17-50-522 cutout assembly and a VA 7 cutout, both on Pleasant Valley Dr in Winchester.
Title: Re: Virginia cutout havens still remaining?
Post by: Takumi on August 09, 2023, 11:05:11 PM
The VA 161 cutouts are still there as of today.