FYI, this morning Interstate business loops were displayed with a tricolor marker with the suffix B. Just noticed this evening that they now appear as green shields without the suffix.
Some examples:
Butte, MT: http://goo.gl/maps/njjX8
Holland, MI: http://goo.gl/maps/BJ2tH
Greensboro, NC: http://goo.gl/maps/lzdGv
Charleston, SC: http://goo.gl/maps/QcP4J
In regard to using red-blue interstate shields for interstate business routes, Google Maps has now shown green shields for Business Loops, as shown here in Sacramento:
http://goo.gl/maps/EvSiJ (http://goo.gl/maps/EvSiJ)
Bout effin time.
This change must have happened in the last ~14 hours as I recall the I-376 BL was still shown with "I-376B" shields this morning.
http://goo.gl/maps/E4J6k
The I-35W BL in Alvarado, TX has green "35" shields - no W.
Quote from: US81 on October 16, 2013, 10:24:24 PM
The I-35W BL in Alvarado, TX has green "35" shields - no W.
Could be overcompensation for some idiot labeling all the Texas business loops with the tiny-ass letters. (And this business loop is apparently signed as 35 Biz, not 35W Biz, once you get off I-35W.)
Finally! This is a long-awaited change.
And to commemorate, AARoads is gradually updating Interstate business route pages, including more pictures. An example is our Business Loop I-90 page: http://www.interstate-guide.com/business-routes/bus90.html.
It's a good day to be an Interstate business loop! :)
Regards,
Andy
Quote from: andy3175 on October 16, 2013, 10:55:01 PM
It's a good day to be an Interstate business loop! :)
Because funds can once again trickle down from the Interstates?
Quote from: NE2 on October 16, 2013, 10:57:49 PM
Quote from: andy3175 on October 16, 2013, 10:55:01 PM
It's a good day to be an Interstate business loop! :)
Because funds can once again trickle down from the Interstates?
Only if you're the portion of Business Loop I-80 in Sacramento that overlaps FHWA's Interstate 305.
Regards,
Andy
Quote from: andy3175 on October 16, 2013, 10:55:01 PM
It's a good day to be an Interstate business loop! :)
If you're a spur, tough luck...
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Quote from: NE2 on October 16, 2013, 10:43:17 PM
Quote from: US81 on October 16, 2013, 10:24:24 PM
The I-35W BL in Alvarado, TX has green "35" shields - no W.
Could be overcompensation for some idiot labeling all the Texas business loops with the tiny-ass letters. (And this business loop is apparently signed as 35 Biz, not 35W Biz, once you get off I-35W.)
Years ago there were very few shields (IIRC). Besides the freeway exits, I only remember shields at the intersection with US 67, and at that one northbound entrance ramp - none at Bus 67 (where I remember no shields only street blades that said something like "Old Cleburne Highway.") Now GSV shows shields everywhere - some say Business, some say Truck (which is not a designation I have seen often in Texas) some are 2d shields and some are 3d shields - but yes, except for the freeway exit signage they all seem to say 35. I stand corrected.
I can't apologize for all the idiots in Texas, only myself. But yeah, why the tiny letters? and why "IH"? and why......
Quote from: Molandfreak on October 17, 2013, 12:53:49 AM
Quote from: andy3175 on October 16, 2013, 10:55:01 PM
It's a good day to be an Interstate business loop! :)
If you're a spur, tough luck...
So Google likes BL, but not BS.
Business Spur I-20 in Florence, SC has a green shield, maybe someone is being lazy
They must not be finished yet. Most of the Texas ones are still blue. All the I-45 ones are blue and there isn't one at all in Palmer.
Quote from: PColumbus73 on October 17, 2013, 12:50:12 PM
Business Spur I-20 in Florence, SC has a green shield, maybe someone is being lazy
Indeed it has!
I went right to my most local example to check it out - York, PA. YAY
In other news, some Michigan highways are now appearing as county roads. In my hometown of Negaunee, MI, US 41/M-28 has US 41 shields as before, but "M-28" is appearing in rectangles just like CR 492 and CR 480. BUS M-28 is still shown with "28B" in circles (well ovals) as before.
Just checked a couple of spots.... No dice yet for the Bus I-40s in the TX panhandle, including Shamrock, Groom, Vega, and Amarillo Blvd. in Amarillo; although, none are labeled in Shamrock, Groom, and Vega except with text labels right now. Still regular red-n-blue I-40 on both Amarillo Blvd. and the actual I-40. Then I tried I-49 in MO; it has very little--overall, labeling there still needs help (you'd think they'd have their act together since it's been an interstate since last December!), no regular US 71 labeling at all between I-435/I-470 and Pineville either! Up to now, several parts of I-49 have been labeled opposite of what they actually are (Bus I-49s as main I-49, while some of main I-49 has had 'I-49B' labels...weird). Now, only Peculiar and south of I-435/I-470 have main I-49 labels, the rest all the way to Pineville has nothing. I did see new green Bus I-49 labeling for the correct parts of Joplin and Neosho, but that's it for the greens--nothing else, including Nevada, was even labeled unless it was text/local-street-name labels. I also found a green Bus I-44 in the right parts of Joplin while looking at I-49.
I wonder what took Gargle (as a friend calls it :D ) so long?