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Title: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: Blape on December 20, 2013, 02:14:02 AM
I believe there's one on the Foothill Freeway that reads:

Monrovia   1
Arcadia      4
Pasadena  9

it's just west of the San Gabriel River Freeway.

I think also at the Santa Monica Blvd exit off the San Diego Freeway, there is a

Century City ---> 2
Beverly Hills ---> 3

sign. Will track down GSV photos when I get the chance.

-Davis


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Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: english si on December 20, 2013, 04:34:11 AM
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I can probably get better, but don't really have the time right now.
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: Scott5114 on December 20, 2013, 05:09:59 AM
Hopefully you aren't too firmly wedded to the "three destinations" thing. In Oklahoma, conventional roads usually only have two-destination mileage signs.

First sign southbound on OK-24:
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WASHINGTON 1
SH-39 JCT 5

Here's a sorta odd one... (https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.606336,-97.745227&spn=0.000879,0.003227&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.606335,-97.745227&panoid=VF95N8r2BwBrw8TJnyLInw&cbp=12,357.28,,0,7.24)
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PIEDMONT 4
END OF ROUTE 4
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: froggie on December 20, 2013, 08:12:47 AM
I've seen one recently somewhere in Virginia that's a 1/2/3.  Can't for the life of me recall where I saw it, though.
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 20, 2013, 09:22:55 AM
I WANT METRIC!!! :verymad: :verymad: :verymad:

Said that, I remember some signs that said 109 yards or sth like that (Exactly 100 meters, though)
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: roadman65 on December 20, 2013, 09:40:14 AM
One time there was a sign on US 40 EB (hey it still might be there today) just east of DE 7 that had single digits for both "Wilmington" and "New Jersey" being the same exact distance away.  I am sorry I do not remember the mileage though.
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: dgolub on December 20, 2013, 10:08:38 AM
This is only two control cities, but on NY 25A at the southern terminus of NY 101, there is the following sign:

Port Washington 2
Sands Point 3
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: pianocello on December 20, 2013, 10:35:27 AM
http://goo.gl/maps/DhjU9

An exit ramp from US-61 in northern Scott County, IA:

<-- Long Grove   1
Park View            1 -->
Scott Co Park      2-->
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 20, 2013, 11:10:31 AM
plenty of next-3-exits signs have the longest be under 3.

as for actual destinations, not just upcoming exits, try old forest service guide signs.  I've seen 1/10, 1, 1.
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: Blape on December 20, 2013, 11:52:43 AM
Talking about destinations, not roads.


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Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: Henry on December 20, 2013, 12:07:44 PM
I've seen 1 mile in many locations, but nothing less than that.
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: Alps on December 20, 2013, 07:45:32 PM
Quote from: Henry on December 20, 2013, 12:07:44 PM
I've seen 1 mile in many locations, but nothing less than that.
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Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: hotdogPi on December 20, 2013, 08:28:36 PM
4 destinations: 1, 3, 3, 5: http://goo.gl/maps/5JMld
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: Mapmikey on March 05, 2014, 08:39:56 AM
Quote from: froggie on December 20, 2013, 08:12:47 AM
I've seen one recently somewhere in Virginia that's a 1/2/3.  Can't for the life of me recall where I saw it, though.


Here may be the winner for Virginia though it is no longer there.  Michael Summa found this in 1996:
http://www.millenniumhwy.net/summa/summa-Pages/Image143.html

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: PHLBOS on March 05, 2014, 09:50:03 AM
Quote from: 1 on December 20, 2013, 08:28:36 PM
4 destinations: 1, 3, 3, 5: http://goo.gl/maps/5JMld
Love that unofficial MALDEN add-on for MA 16 West.
Title: Re: Three shortest distances on a mileage (MILES ONLY!) sign?
Post by: agentsteel53 on March 05, 2014, 09:51:26 AM
there are a lot of those flat painted AAA white guide signs still around in Jersey.  glad someone is documenting them!