Florida's colored shields

agentsteel53 · February 02, 2009, 05:06:42 PM

want my yellow US-301?

ctsignguy · February 02, 2009, 08:34:01 PM

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?

I have one FLA US shield (and no, it wasnt Joehlered)

Idaho used brown to denote scenic routes....both ways

And i have a MIssissippi scenic state marker...

much nicer to look at than standard black on white all the time!

FLRoads · February 02, 2009, 08:59:42 PM

How much for the US 41 shield...? If I could have one colored shield, that would be the one!!

mefailenglish · February 04, 2009, 07:34:05 AM

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.

Alex · February 04, 2009, 11:20:01 AM

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.

mpgarr · February 05, 2009, 03:42:24 PM

How do ya post up pics on here???

FLRoads · February 05, 2009, 04:49:47 PM

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

florida · April 12, 2009, 12:41:30 AM

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.

Alex · April 15, 2009, 10:02:57 PM

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.

There still is a red U.S. 1 shield in Boca Raton. It was still standing as of last October.

florida · May 03, 2009, 02:20:16 PM

Ft. Lauderdale (could still be there)

Orlando (but not anymore)

Santa Rosa Beach (could still be there)

Tallahassee

Williston (probably still there)

Kissimmee (last known green 192, could still be there)

Leesburg (Citizens Bv, Former FL 25A)

Leesburg (just north of the US 27/US 441 split)

Alex · May 13, 2009, 03:17:28 AM

The white/black U.S. 98 at Santa Rosa Beach is definitely gone. Only one left that we could find in Walton County.

florida · May 13, 2009, 01:21:44 PM

It will be missed. We're lucky it even stuck around for this long.

Norn-Iron · May 13, 2009, 02:35:17 PM

The kissimee 192 shield was still there at the end of march...

Alex · May 13, 2009, 10:36:18 PM

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.

florida · May 13, 2009, 10:42:54 PM

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.

mefailenglish · 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.

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.

Alex · May 26, 2009, 12:29:08 PM

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.

Alex · June 14, 2009, 03:09:58 AM

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:

FLRoads · June 14, 2009, 03:11:32 AM

Yep, so that means no more colored shields in Perry...

rickmastfan67 · June 14, 2009, 05:34:00 AM

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.

Alex · June 14, 2009, 11:56:03 AM

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.

Alex · June 19, 2009, 12:27:02 PM

This one was found on Pasco County 54 east in November 2007 at U.S. 98 but gone by October 2008.

agentsteel53 · June 19, 2009, 11:30:58 PM

I have a photo of that 98 pair from August, 2006.

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.

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.

florida · June 20, 2009, 05:12:08 PM

From what is rumored to be said, FDOT exhausted their backstock after the feds pulled funding for the Floridachrome.

mefailenglish · June 21, 2009, 11:29:55 AM

Sadly, the wide yellow 301 is gone.

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