Here are some blast from the past photos of some of Florida's famous colored shields:
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A Junction assembly for US 41 and US 27
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Directional assembly for US 41 and US 27
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Junction US 98 sign facing the wrong direction
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A very faded US 29 directional sign
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US 441 directional assembly
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Directional assembly for US 17 and US 92 (along with CR 555 and CR 557
Anyone care to explain the scheme behind the coloring of Florida signs? I've always thought that was neat and unusual, but never known why they did them that way.
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 19, 2009, 01:33:42 AM
Anyone care to explain the scheme behind the coloring of Florida signs? I've always thought that was neat and unusual, but never known why they did them that way.
They were done that way starting in 1956 to help tourists in the state. Transportation officials thought at the time it would make it easier for tourists visiting the state to figure out the routes they needed to take. Plus, I am sure a part of it was to attract more visitors to the "Sunshine State" by having it's US Highway routes in bright colors (except for the reversed black and white 98). By the mid nineties though, those thoughts were thrown out the window, especially when the federal government stepped in and told the state that the colored shields would no longer be federally funded. Thus ended a great era of the US Highway system in the state of Florida.
hmm... thats an interesting backstory. Sounds like a good idea, but I understand why the federal government pulled out...
many states had colored shields; Florida is just the most well-known since theirs was so long-lasting. 1993 officially is when the program ended: I've seen a yellow US-301 (the only 30x24 Floridachrome US shield I know of; all 3dus shields other than that are 24x24) in Pasco County with an installation date of 1996!
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Mississippi, for example, used colored shields from 1938 to 1980 or so; same basic idea as Florida, as far as I know, and they extended it to state shields too.
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They only used the colored shields in cities where highways were liable to be multiplexed together - the rural areas had the standard black and whites. Nowadays, Mississippi uses blue instead of black to identify its scenic routes; as far as I know, only state routes have been deemed scenic. I don't know of any blue/white US shields in the Mississippi.
Connecticut employed a similar scheme (each route gets its own color) from 1952 until the early 60s or so. So did Rhode Island, but I know very little about their scheme, other than that I have a blue US-44 on my wall, and I remember, as late as 1988, seeing a red US-1 sitting in the wild.
South Dakota used a similar scheme based on colors for each route, but I don't know very much about it, other than that it was used between 1940 and 1955 or so, and that only the lower half of the shield was colored. The crown, with the words "SOUTH DAKOTA" remained white with black legend.
(Much later, the town of Huron, South Dakota marked their business loop US-14 with green and white US cutout shields to reflect the color scheme of business interstate highways. The signs were produced in the late 90s and, as of 2006 when I was last there, several were still around.)
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Some other places had colored shields based on direction. Washington DC and Arizona each used a different color for the four cardinal directions - so, for example, one had Arizona US 66 shields in brown (east) or blue (west).
Idaho still marks their scenic highways with brown shields on a white square. I am not sure when they started this, but they've been going at it for a while; the oldest scenic brown/white shield I know of is from 1949.
Kansas marked US-56 in green from 1950 to the late 70s, because the old Santa Fe Trail markers, denoting the 1910s road that was later signed US-56, were green and white. Similarly, Wyoming marked US-20 in yellow until the mid-1930s because it led to Yellowstone National Park.
Many states, primarily in the midwest, used yellow-background shields to mark city routes (later known as business routes) as early as 1927. The 1931 MUTCD officially forbade yellow as a route marker color, reserving it only for cautionary signs, and some states dutifully complied (Missouri, for example), while others kept on posting the yellow shields until the 50s (Wisconsin) and even as late as the 70s (Nebraska). This example is faded completely so that the yellow cannot be seen...
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Similarly, New Mexico used a blue background, instead of white, to label its business routes in the 50s and early 60s... and a lot of states use shields with green instead of black for business routes. Georgia, Maryland, and Minnesota come to mind.
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Indiana used blue and yellow shields for several brief intervals, in the 30s and the 50s, as those are the colors of the state flag.
Some states, including Iowa and Arizona, experimented with "inverse color" shields (black background, white legend) to increase snow visibility. This was done mainly in the 1930s before reflective technology was developed to outshine the snow.
Similarly, North Carolina experimented with yellow shields in the early 1950s for generally improved visibility while trying to save money by not investing in Scotchlite sheeting.
There is something about Appalachian Development Corridors that results in white and blue shields in Alabama and Georgia. I know very little about this!
That is just about all I know about colored US shields. Many states use colored shields for their state routes, but they do not differentiate among the routes - for example, California shields are all green and white, and Minnesota are all blue, gold and white.
If anyone has further information about colored highway markers - including pictures... mmm, sweet sweet pictures! - then please let me know!
Brent - I know exactly where that 41/27 gantry is!
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I hope it is still there!
if anyone would like to see more photos of old signs ... agentsteel53.livejournal.com - every photo I've ever processed :)
The Pasco US 301 shields are gone now. In fact, so are the reverse colored U.S. 98 shields at the end of Pasco 54. They likely have none left.
Also the US 19/98 at Gulf Hammock may have been Joelered. It was reported gone (don't know if it was replaced).
Canberra, Australia still does something similar.
Each major route has an unique colour assigned to it... I suppose the same thing was done here. :P
Quote from: Shadow Assassin on January 21, 2009, 06:52:41 AM
Canberra, Australia still does something similar.
Each major route has an unique colour assigned to it... I suppose the same thing was done here. :P
Yes, each US route in Florida was represent by a specific colour. Those colours included orange, black, red, green, blue, brown and yellow. And different routes could have the same colour, like for instance, US 17 and US 301 were represented in yellow. Two colors, though, orange and black, were only used once and were used on US 41 (orange) and US 98 (black) only because those routes intersected all other colour schemes in the system and the state felt that would confuse motorists (though there was the rare occurance of the US 192 and US 27 interchange where both shield colours were green).
And the U.S. 27 and 192 confluence was just because U.S. 192 was extended west from Kissimmee to Four Corners during the coloured shield era.
17/301/etc were more orange than yellow (before they started to fade!) and 41 was coral, except in Nipples, who never got the message and made some 41s the 301-orange. Oops.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 21, 2009, 02:21:34 PM
17/301/etc were more orange than yellow (before they started to fade!) and 41 was coral, except in Nipples, who never got the message and made some 41s the 301-orange. Oops.
Same difference. I was just trying to simplify the colour scheme for others, and not trying to get too technical with the specific shades of colour.
QuoteNipples
:crazy:
Perhaps pink would've been suitable for them. :P
this is the old kind, not the scenic route circles?
do you have photos?
The October 1946 issue of _Mississippi Highways_ states, "The system of colored highway markers replace the conventional black and white markers through Mississippi cities having two or more routes which might be confusing to motorists." The coloured signs began at city limits with a sign reading {(red 49) (blue 51) (yellow Business Route 80) Colored Markers Through Jackson}. By May 1953, the program included the cities of Jackson, Columbus, Greenwood, Vicksburg, Meridian, Laurel, Natchez and Hattiesburg.
Pictures of two Miss. 11 blue shields can be found at http://www.southeastroads.com/hattiesburg.html (http://www.southeastroads.com/hattiesburg.html).
yellow 80! good to know!
the US 11s are gone. Only one was left in September 2006, and by July 2008 that one was gone too.
so here is what I know now
US-11 = blue
US-45 = green
US-49 = yellow or red
US-49E = red
US-51 = blue or green
US-61 = green
US-72 = red
US-78 = red
US-80 = yellow
US-82 = blue
US-278 = blue
MS-6 = yellow
MS-7 = green
MS-15 = blue
MS-30 = green or blue
I'm not sure where they used different colors, but multiple sources identify multiple colors for the ones I've indicated. Maybe each city had its own scheme??
Quote from: aaroads on January 19, 2009, 02:57:40 PM
Also the US 19/98 at Gulf Hammock may have been Joelered. It was reported gone (don't know if it was replaced).
If they were Joelered (which I assume is another way of saying...umm...swiped by a certain individual), they weren't replaced with new shields.
Does anyone know if Brown US 441 or 221, Red US 1 or 29, or Green US 23 are still out there somewhere? I think I have pictures of all the rest (except Green 331, which I understand to be totally gone now). I thought I knew where a brown 441 was, but apparently they were replaced a year or two ago. (I also thought I had a picture of a red END US 1, but I found the print...and it's black & white.)
Here's a couple of pix:
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This is (as of Dec 2008) the only yellow 231 in Jackson County FL.
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Blue 90
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The joy that is Chiefland FL :)
Yes, those Gulf Hammock ones must have been Joelered if they are simply gone. When I photographed them a couple of years ago, I was able to pull over and partially block the westbound lane and stand there for a good minute setting up my pic and not a single car went by. :-/
There are a few U.S. 29's left, but they are all sun-bleached to oblivion. Here's a look at what's left of the one on Escambia 164 eastbound:
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There are no brown U.S. 221's, green U.S. 331's, or green U.S. 23's out there. I know of one U.S. 1 red in Boca Raton. I have not posted a photo of it, but its on the U.S. 1 Florida wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Florida).
The one set of U.S. 441's that were coloured south of Mt. Dora were carbon copied (as were several U.S. 27/41's in southwest Alachua County):
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You can somewhat see the brown version of these on Google Street View. Note the one-piece design, which is a direct reflection of the original color assembly.
there was another red 1 in New Smyrna Beach as of December, 2006. Is that gone?
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 28, 2009, 02:34:56 PM
there was another red 1 in New Smyrna Beach as of December, 2006. Is that gone?
Are you talking about the one near Florida 44?
yes - on a side street to a side street, I think
Okay, it's the one I was thinking of (being on a side street). Well, I went to look before I moved from the area and it has been replaced with the standard black and white shield. :(
Thanks for the info. I took my wife along when I went poking around Panama City for yellow 231s and black 98s, as well as our stop in Chiefland. Then on the way back north we went hunting along US 301 -- she was the one who actually spotted the shield over there <---. Anyway, she told me she had so much fun, that she wants to go back (soon!) and try hunting for more.
Quote from: mefailenglish on January 30, 2009, 07:33:18 AM
Thanks for the info. I took my wife along when I went poking around Panama City for yellow 231s and black 98s, as well as our stop in Chiefland. Then on the way back north we went hunting along US 301 -- she was the one who actually spotted the shield over there <---. Anyway, she told me she had so much fun, that she wants to go back (soon!) and try hunting for more.
Cool!! Glad to hear that she enjoyed the "hunt". Yes, I like to do it as well. I'm trying hard not to reveal the exact locations though because there are those out there that would do anything to get their hands on some of these shields. I'd rather see them remain intact for as long as possible, or if I can obtain one legally that would be cool also :)
want my yellow US-301? ;)
I'd take your yellow US 301!!!
anyway, I have several colored shields....Connecticut ones were started after the war for much the same reasons...make it weasier for tourists and travellers to get into and out of the cities (the advent of the Interstate system kinda made that obsolete....when I-95 zips by at 55mph, who wants to go to downtown New Haven?
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I have one FLA US shield (and no, it wasnt Joehlered)
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Idaho used brown to denote scenic routes....both ways
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And i have a MIssissippi scenic state marker...
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much nicer to look at than standard black on white all the time!
How much for the US 41 shield...? If I could have one colored shield, that would be the one!!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 02, 2009, 05:06:42 PM
want my yellow US-301? ;)
I could find a home for a yellow 301 too.
Idaho uses brown shields on all of the corridors of which it considers scenic. This goes not only for U.S. highways, but also state highways.
How do ya post up pics on here???
In the quick reply section, click on the image icon above the emotioncons and next to the hyperlink icon (one with the world and paper). Hope this helps :)
I sent a picture to alpsroads of the old faded brown US 441 shields in Mt. Dora. There was also a nicely-colored shield on Silver Star Road west at US 441, but that's now gone. The US 1 shields in New Smyrna Beach were/are at Peninsula Drive south at A1A (these were gone after Hurricane Charley), and a Live Oak both NB and SB at A1A/44. I don't know if they're standing. Also, looking through my old photos, I have a US 1 shield that was on Broward Blvd west at US 1 in Fort Lauderdale.
I went to check out those brown U.S. 441 shields only to find that they were carbon copied horribly with standard black/white signs.
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There still is a red U.S. 1 shield in Boca Raton. It was still standing as of last October.
Ft. Lauderdale (could still be there)
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Orlando (but not anymore)
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Santa Rosa Beach (could still be there)
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Tallahassee
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Williston (probably still there)
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Kissimmee (last known green 192, could still be there)
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Leesburg (Citizens Bv, Former FL 25A)
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Leesburg (just north of the US 27/US 441 split)
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The white/black U.S. 98 at Santa Rosa Beach is definitely gone. Only one left that we could find in Walton County.
:-( It will be missed. We're lucky it even stuck around for this long.
The kissimee 192 shield was still there at the end of march...
There are still two green 27's (as of Feb. '07) down by Sebring. Its on a connector road between a lake and the main highway. There's a shopping center next to it.
CR 634, where it wraps around the lake, on the west side of downtown Sebring? There was one on CR 621 west at US 27/CR 17A in Lake Placid.
Quote from: Norn-Iron on May 13, 2009, 02:35:17 PM
The kissimee 192 shield was still there at the end of march...
Is it? I found the location on Google Maps and it appears to be gone now.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=IHOP&sll=28.305288,-81.604042&sspn=0.193455,0.268478&ie=UTF8&radius=8.18&rq=1&ll=28.333102,-81.592133&spn=0,359.99161&z=17&layer=c&cbll=28.333741,-81.590428&panoid=v9Gc8_dGWjn-d0ozYPsoCg&cbp=12,84.36,,0,2.17 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=IHOP&sll=28.305288,-81.604042&sspn=0.193455,0.268478&ie=UTF8&radius=8.18&rq=1&ll=28.333102,-81.592133&spn=0,359.99161&z=17&layer=c&cbll=28.333741,-81.590428&panoid=v9Gc8_dGWjn-d0ozYPsoCg&cbp=12,84.36,,0,2.17)
I think I know exactly where that blue 90 is in Tallahassee. It's on the west side of town, right?
I'm going to try to check out those green 27's this winter, along with a 17/92 set in Davenport which may or may not still be around. If I get the time I may also get a pic of a badly faded 29.
Quote from: mefailenglish on May 26, 2009, 08:07:51 AM
I'm going to try to check out those green 27's this winter, along with a 17/92 set in Davenport which may or may not still be around. If I get the time I may also get a pic of a badly faded 29.
Let me know which ones you want to track down, and I'll send you copies of the photos I have taken with their exact locations.
Looking through some old photos and comparing them to flaroadgeek's recent trip, this U.S. 98 entry in Perry that Andy and I found in late 2006 is gone:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19560983i1.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=FL19560983t200980.jpg)
Yep, so that means no more colored shields in Perry... :angry:
Man, I so wish I could have seen on of these in person in the field. :( (I might have back in the early 90's or in '96, but I wasn't aware of these, so I never looked for them [was only 12 in '96]).
However, I do know at least the location of one of the older style state route shields for Florida that was "modified" into a county shield in Duval County; and it might be the last one left there. :D
There are clusters of them still around, especially in the Big Bend and Panhandle areas. There are a few in the smaller counties west of Jacksonville and east of Lake City as well. When you are next in Florida, one of us can direct you to some finds so you can see them for yourself. :colorful:
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_eb_at_us-098.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_eb_at_us-098.jpg)
This one was found on Pasco County 54 east in November 2007 at U.S. 98 but gone by October 2008.
I have a photo of that 98 pair from August, 2006.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artistjake.com%2Ff%2Ffl%2Fx0014.jpg&hash=e3b69f0de6e2cef2ee872961a3121180a88f7cbf)
they had 1993 installation stamps on the back.
Not far away is this 1996 example, which is the only wide colored shield I've ever seen. Same day in August '06; no idea if it is still there today.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artistjake.com%2Ff%2Ffl%2Fx0004.jpg&hash=e531dee29ab859dea03a0c57e9132c9ce2908547)
1996 is three years after the Feds stopped funding for Floridachrome. The shield is an FDOT product; I have no idea if it's a thumb at the federal nose, or simply a sign that was installed in 1996, despite having been manufactured several years earlier.
From what is rumored to be said, FDOT exhausted their backstock after the feds pulled funding for the Floridachrome.
Sadly, the wide yellow 301 is gone. :-(
A couple more Pasco County styled yellow U.S. 301 shields that are no longer posted:
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_app_us-301.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_app_us-301.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_at_us-301.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_at_us-301.jpg)
Both of these assemblies were on Pasco County Road 54 west, pictured in 2006, gone by late 2007.
This used to hang on Volusia CR 4075 north at A1A.....before 2004.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2Fmypicture.jpg&hash=ab7d7baa20995316fe5d1656246afb166085a0c1)
Did one of the hurricanes take it down? I went through the northern portions of Daytona Beach after Charlie hit and that part was fairly damaged with multiple span wire signals either damaged or gone, so I would not be surprised if that is what happened.
That is what happened. I can't remember if it was replaced or not with a regular sign. There is a project in Volusia County (from the District 5 site) stating they're taking down all the overheads, but the job hasn't been assigned yet. I'll have to get pictures of all them when I get over to Daytona again.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on January 27, 2009, 04:41:18 PM
the US 11s are gone. Only one was left in September 2006, and by July 2008 that one was gone too.
It was gone before March 2008 when I drove through town. :(
Indian River County
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2FIM005301.jpg&hash=63b30687330f9cb494ddf3f2372c01b224b350a2)
Pasco CR 575 south at US 98. They look like county-made reproductions.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2FIM004018.jpg&hash=f096c847088c9ede03a1d5bb432d0306621ca05b)
I think this was in Panama City Beach. It was taken on 12/13/03.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2FColored98reassurance.jpg&hash=2ea2b328b913a382c7f54c9b5c5ff16fb92e0612)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2641%2F3786762408_852049bfbf.jpg&hash=e17093b8df60073b4bc359efca2b67a7ac8bbf5d)
This yellow U.S. 301 was in Sarasota...
It's still there!? When was that photo taken?
Quote from: florida on August 03, 2009, 06:24:23 PM
It's still there!? When was that photo taken?
The <-> shield is still there, but the junction was replaced. Photo was taken 12/31/05.
Saw it last in '03. Main Street used to be old 780 when it used to be on current 789. GSV shows that the sign has been replaced with a standard one.
I just found a picture online (arizonaroads.com) of Arizona's colored-by-direction shields.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arizonaroads.com%2Fwrong%2Fcolorus.jpg&hash=d58947ff7b1441973fe683b6e4c47c54327598bb)
So what color was used for East?
east was brown.
see some classic Arizona shields here, including a higher resolution version of that scan from Florence Junction.
www.aaroads.com/shields/thumbs.php?state=AZ (//www.aaroads.com/shields/thumbs.php?state=AZ)
I love the "Indian" symbol in the arrowhead on those old Arizona state road signs from the sign link in the previous post.
Who would had thought there were swastika's on state road signs.
even better, they kept it after the war! victory achieved, it was time to reclaim symbols!
RE: agentsteel53's post on the first page:
That City US 14 sign in Janesville has been replaced with this uninteresting specimen. (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg198/spiffy144/road%20pics/HPIM3838.jpg)
Thankfully, this one (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg198/spiffy144/road%20pics/HPIM3778.jpg) survived. Is that supposed to be yellow or is it just that old and rusted?
Quote from: florida on August 03, 2009, 01:53:45 PM
Indian River County
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2FIM005301.jpg&hash=63b30687330f9cb494ddf3f2372c01b224b350a2)
This is now gone...thanks to CVS.
Quote from: wandering drive on August 31, 2009, 03:42:36 PM
Is that supposed to be yellow or is it just that old and rusted?
it is indeed yellow.
I have to ask. Are there any of these FL colored shields left?
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 16, 2009, 04:35:48 PM
I have to ask. Are there any of these FL colored shields left?
there sure are. Check Lazy County ... err, Levy County. They seem to be the least concerned about modernizing their signs.
There are several shields left throughout the state, and hopefully they stay there... :nod:
Quote from: HighwayMaster on October 18, 2009, 03:20:47 PM
Where exactly was that shield located?
It was at 53(rd) St, westbound, north of Vero Beach. That street is the connector between Indian River Blvd/Rd/something (CR 603 & bits of SR 60 in Vero proper) and US 1. You can't miss the CVS when coming up US 1 :)
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 16, 2009, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 16, 2009, 04:35:48 PM
I have to ask. Are there any of these FL colored shields left?
there sure are. Check Lazy County ... err, Levy County. They seem to be the least concerned about modernizing their signs.
Oh yeah. I've got an image of one from 2005. I checked Google Maps Street view and the sign I took a picture of is still there. But right now, I've got something a little different. It's a reverse Black & White Alternate US 19 sheild at the end of Dunedin Causeway(Pinellas CR 586). I took this in the Spring 2002, as far as I know it remains in tact.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg265.imageshack.us%2Fimg265%2F5953%2Fblackalternateus19duned.jpg&hash=34b7c083d7c880244c23364c04184dcd136984f3)
That is more than likely a carbon-copy of the original reverse red on white sign. There are several reverse black and while U.S. 19 & 98 signs like that in Citrus County.
That was definitely the case with this U.S. 231 shield in Bay County:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL20022311i1.jpg)
Here's that sign in Levy County I told you about. It's on southbound Levy CR 341 in Chiefland.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fkq%2Fgroups%2F3240152%2Fsn%2F1904867766%2Fname%2Fn_a&hash=1e8c76d085832d3805d08e0b55a0e75b01f26335)
Looks like crap, I know. But it was a rainy November day.
Quote from: flaroadgeek on October 25, 2009, 10:01:16 PM
That is more than likely a carbon-copy of the original reverse red on white sign. There are several reverse black and while U.S. 19 & 98 signs like that in Citrus County.
I know. I've snapped a few of those too.
Quote from: florida on August 03, 2009, 01:53:45 PM
Pasco CR 575 south at US 98. They look like county-made reproductions.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2FIM004018.jpg&hash=f096c847088c9ede03a1d5bb432d0306621ca05b)
UPDATE: I was there today(October 21, 2009). It's gone.
I don't believe any of those Pasco-style colored shields are left. The US 98's I found in late 2007 were replaced by last year. The 3di-width US 301's were gone by last year too.
Does anyone know of any older or colored shields within the Lake Okeechobee area? Also, any within the Jacksonville-St. Augustine area? I may be going down there this Spring and thats why I ask.
Thanks!
Ian
Quote from: mefailenglish on May 26, 2009, 08:07:51 AM
Quote from: Norn-Iron on May 13, 2009, 02:35:17 PM
The kissimee 192 shield was still there at the end of march...
Is it? I found the location on Google Maps and it appears to be gone now.
Definitely gone.
Finally working through updates...
10 photos (8 US 1, 2 US 17) from Averill Hecht dating between 1979-1988.
http://www.gribblenation.com/flpics/color/index.html
your mockups (for the links to individual routes) are somewhat incorrect ...
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/misc/319____.png)
Quote from: AARoads on June 21, 2009, 10:35:43 PM
A couple more Pasco County styled yellow U.S. 301 shields that are no longer posted:
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_app_us-301.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_app_us-301.jpg)
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_at_us-301.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/cr-054_wb_at_us-301.jpg)
Both of these assemblies were on Pasco County Road 54 west, pictured in 2006, gone by late 2007.
Yeah, I was there on 54 last month and there aren't any colored shields on CR 54 anymore near Zephyrhills.
Jake,
They were done a number of years ago (Wow, has it been nearly four years already!) through modifying shields up. I realize they are not dead on accurate. Thanks though!
(BTW, i owe you a reply on the scavenger hunt thread - been busy working on a few other things.)
For those who want a Kodachrome US shield, there is a US 17 up on ebay now
http://cgi.ebay.com/Authentic-Road-Sign-Heavy-Duty-Route-17-2-X-2_W0QQitemZ150412381614QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230546cdae
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 07, 2010, 11:05:42 PM
For those who want a Kodachrome US shield, there is a US 17 up on ebay now
http://cgi.ebay.com/Authentic-Road-Sign-Heavy-Duty-Route-17-2-X-2_W0QQitemZ150412381614QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230546cdae
It is possibly a county install, the shape does not quite match the state standard outline.
Quote from: AARoads on February 08, 2010, 12:46:36 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on February 07, 2010, 11:05:42 PM
For those who want a Kodachrome US shield, there is a US 17 up on ebay now
http://cgi.ebay.com/Authentic-Road-Sign-Heavy-Duty-Route-17-2-X-2_W0QQitemZ150412381614QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230546cdae
It is possibly a county install, the shape does not quite match the state standard outline.
It probably is, but i imagine someone out there prolly wont care that much just to get their hands on one in some way
Announcing Ebay finds on a public forum is a good way to guarantee you and your "friends" won't have a chance to get them.
Quote from: PennDOTFan on December 27, 2009, 11:39:00 PM
Does anyone know of any older or colored shields within the Lake Okeechobee area? Also, any within the Jacksonville-St. Augustine area? I may be going down there this Spring and thats why I ask.
Thanks!
Ian
None. The best you'll get in Okeechobee is an END FL 78 shield, and an END FL 16 shield in St. Augustine [but St. Johns CR 5A...Old Moultrie Road(?) or Lewis Speedway (CR 16A aka CR 133something, north of SR 16) at US 1 would be the only two places I can think of.
Quote from: florida on February 14, 2010, 03:32:18 AM
END FL 16 shield in St. Augustine
That looks like it's been replaced since you where last there. Google's been back in that area with one of it's HR cameras.
End FL-16 shield (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=29.917131,-81.322957&spn=0,359.986063&z=17&layer=c&cbll=29.917156,-81.322863&panoid=_fXvf2SSFAXLY3GFdGXoOA&cbp=12,15.41,,0,2.64)
The old Orange US 41 signs at the end of Ehren Cutoff(Pasco County Road 583) before US 41 was widened to six lanes.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg153.imageshack.us%2Fimg153%2F9794%2Foldorangeus41signspasco.jpg&hash=09502a212eadba4f8a49ddfde01c2078b9b28f28) (http://img153.imageshack.us/i/oldorangeus41signspasco.jpg/)
Yup. It's gone now.
The old Red US 19 sign eastbound on Hudson Avenue near Hudson Beach.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg707.imageshack.us%2Fimg707%2F1452%2Fredus19hudsonavenue.jpg&hash=6a26f30615bf727b51b5191b37fcea8a1d9ba5da) (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/redus19hudsonavenue.jpg/)
I touched up the "JCT" plaque so you could see it through the glare, but that's been gone for nearly eight or nine years.
It'd be fun to see colored shields come back. I wonder if a white-on-black shield (//www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=AZ19951801) would look good for an alternate route. I thought I saw some black place-cards somewhere in Virginia.
This should be included here since it technically is in Florida.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi696.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv321%2FFLroadgeek%2FGA111.jpg&hash=dcbcf6869cfb7e5381112bdab202aa96cdc4d635)
Went driving/roadgeeking around Kissimmee/Poinciana with a friend with a nice camera and caught a US 17-92 shield assembly I saw a while back when I was driving in the same area. Luckily it's still there! I'll visit my friend again on Thursday and hopefully get the pictures onto here. Happy to know they still exist out there!
As promised, here are the pictures my friend took on our trip. I had trouble embedding the images in my post so I just posted the URLs to them. Hope that's not a problem.
Junction shield, looking southbound (http://astareglobe.org/public/images/sites/roads/photos/fl/us17-92/img_4061.jpg)
Junction shield, looking northbound (http://astareglobe.org/public/images/sites/roads/photos/fl/us17-92/img_4212.jpg)
Trailblazer for Interstate 4, and US 17-92 directional assembly (http://astareglobe.org/public/images/sites/roads/photos/fl/us17-92/img_4214.jpg)
wait, are those new? they use the modern shield shape, which I don't think I've ever seen a 17/92 pair do
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 02, 2010, 08:59:33 PM
wait, are those new? they use the modern shield shape, which I don't think I've ever seen a 17/92 pair do
I have no idea. I'm assuming you're talking about the colored 17/92's. The only times I think I've been down the road where I took the pictures was back in March of this year, and again in November of last year. March was when I thought I saw the yellow/blue 17/92's for the first time, but I don't quite remember it being at the intersection where the pictures were taken. But I did drive the same route I did back in March and neither myself nor my friend saw any more colored 17/92's along the route.
Osceola county may have had some older 17/92s lying around that they could use, maybe? I didn't check the signs for a manufacture date - not even sure if they have them or where to look.
Just saw on GSV, that this sign is still there as of June 2016 but the I-95 shield is gone.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/589/23171729851_aa65387707_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BiBaZD)
and this is the only US-27 shield left in Lake Placid. I think at one time there were 5 colored shields there.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5661/31021891682_1e12b9c958_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PgiiBq)
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 05, 2017, 05:21:00 PM
and this is the only US-27 shield left in Lake Placid. I think at one time there were 5 colored shields there.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5661/31021891682_1e12b9c958_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PgiiBq)
As of December 2015, many of the green US 27 shields were removed, and this was all I could find:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4570/38549319612_1deaf70277_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21JtkFA)
This thread hasn't had any posts since 2017, but I have to address the fact that the elimination of images and files from Yahoo Groups prevented many images from being kept alive.
:thumbdown:
I went out on a clinching trip in Panama City and the surrounding areas a couple days ago, and discovered this set of US-98 shields on Lisenby Ave southbound prior to 15th St. Apologies if this has already been posted before.
https://goo.gl/maps/UwUC4QYQw36JwJGn8
Quote from: HTM Duke on September 22, 2021, 05:23:00 PM
I went out on a clinching trip in Panama City and the surrounding areas a couple days ago, and discovered this set of US-98 shields on Lisenby Ave southbound prior to 15th St. Apologies if this has already been posted before.
https://goo.gl/maps/UwUC4QYQw36JwJGn8
Here's another nearby - https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1741935,-85.6921106,3a,75y,23.16h,92.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj7oLtCNIMAm4AoKOu5pO5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
and another - https://goo.gl/maps/sn1ew4VTmfYac9Zk7
There's the two in Leesburg, which seem to be non-standard installs. They have stretched/compressed numbers but they don't use retroreflective sheeting.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51338465211_c2e82772fb_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mdB46V) (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51339468525_8dee06155d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mdGcmr)
(Photos from November of 2018.)
Quote from: Mapmikey on September 22, 2021, 09:22:22 PM
Quote from: HTM Duke on September 22, 2021, 05:23:00 PM
I went out on a clinching trip in Panama City and the surrounding areas a couple days ago, and discovered this set of US-98 shields on Lisenby Ave southbound prior to 15th St. Apologies if this has already been posted before.
https://goo.gl/maps/UwUC4QYQw36JwJGn8 (https://goo.gl/maps/UwUC4QYQw36JwJGn8)
Here's another nearby - https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1741935,-85.6921106,3a,75y,23.16h,92.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj7oLtCNIMAm4AoKOu5pO5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1741935,-85.6921106,3a,75y,23.16h,92.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj7oLtCNIMAm4AoKOu5pO5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
and another - https://goo.gl/maps/sn1ew4VTmfYac9Zk7 (https://goo.gl/maps/sn1ew4VTmfYac9Zk7)
Nice to see. Unfortunately I was in a bit of a time crunch, so I didn't have the opportunity to poke around all that many side streets while I was there.
Could anyone help me track down which intersection this installation is located at (or used to be)? The top image is from the AARoads Florida U.S. Highways page, which claims it's in Davenport, and still extant as recently as 2017. The bottom image (clearly of the same assembly) is from Wikipedia, yet claims it's in Alfred Lake. I did some poking around on GSV around those areas but was unable to find it.
Now I do know there is a *separate* colored shields assembly in Davenport that still exists (https://goo.gl/maps/VSfBQAC5TXAyxWUp6), but the one pictured below is different from that one.
(https://www.aaroads.com/wp-content/albums/fl-us-shields/us-017_092_01.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Colored_US_17-92.jpg)
I would try looking for a cell phone tower in the satellite imagery along US-17/92 first in those areas. That should help narrow it down.
Taken at this intersection, but from well to the right of the sign assembly and at a sharp angle towards US 17/92 EB - https://goo.gl/maps/gQU3Z3oZjFbXPChL9
The decorative column by the man in the salmon shirt is the first column of this building: https://goo.gl/maps/4sV9oH4HVpYgY5Fo6
The thick dark pole that appears to the right of the man is actually the left side stoplight pole here: https://goo.gl/maps/TvsWrUThJFxoqWpH7
The US 17-92 assembly, cell tower and building with the slanted roof are all in this view - https://goo.gl/maps/M83Ycf6c5E9gftKWA
The cell tower is 270 ft from US 17-92 and about 600 ft from where the photo in question was taken.
But this colored assembly was gone by 2008 per GMSV
CR 547/Lee Jackson Hwy at Bay Street in Davenport, this is the lone assembly remaining:
(https://www.aaroads.com/fl/polk-co/cr-547-e-at-us-017-092-3.jpg)
These are date stamped June 7, 1993
More photos at https://www.aaroads.com/guides/cr-547-fl/
The entry on the AARoads colored US shields marker is mislabeled and probably was back before GSV existed and copied over in site revisions. I added the line about it still standing in 2017 without checking to see if it the assembly on CR 547 in Davenport. I'll correct the description tomorrow.