Please take a look at Atlanta's descent into 3rd World Country status. I have emailed and Fedexed color photos of these 30 year old I-85 Access Road signs that haven't been replaced since the 1980's. How can any DOT employee hold their heads up in their home city?
Atlanta's infrastructure looks so bad that Atlanta is an absolute DUMP. 4,000 of the 6,000 or so freeway lights HAVEN'T WORKED SINCE 2009!
This city is falling apart.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png&hash=d2c90413eccc15e686659928a4e8087af031b190) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FPTREEIND-ACCESSRDNB_zps5c93097b.png&hash=87dfce656265e8062cefc6174cf9bc0c820ad7c6) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/PTREEIND-ACCESSRDNB_zps5c93097b.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FNDRUIDHILLS-I85_zpsa693e349.png&hash=2e477d8880ad19f0c515ba726e6dff39f91292a7) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/NDRUIDHILLS-I85_zpsa693e349.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI85-SHALLOWFORDRD_zps784ffcbb.png&hash=4ab45df8c3e2ddff76a1b69d2aa74c3090bdbd25) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I85-SHALLOWFORDRD_zps784ffcbb.png.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FI85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png&hash=d2c90413eccc15e686659928a4e8087af031b190) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/I85-CLAIRMONT_zps4ad54948.png.html)
I think it's pretty bad that I can't read some of those signs at all and I'm on a computer. If a sign isn't readable to a certain extent, then yes, they need to be replaced. This is apparent here.
I noticed on my late night Saturday drive last week that many of the streetlights in the median of Interstate 75 on the south side of the city were completely off. No construction in the area, just no lighting on a 12-14 lane highway as I approached Interstate 85.
This photo is from yesterday. The signs at Shallowford Rd and/or Chamblee-Tucker northbound are even more faded that this. Regardless, totally unacceptable.
An Atlanta Public Works employee emailed me to say that the freeway lights were being addressed, one highway at a time. I did notice that they were working on the lights on I-75 between downtown and Cumberland/I-285 area.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi174.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw102%2Farchitect77%2FClairmontExit_zpsafc3de53.jpg&hash=d399a1a433fc17f37981133d14ebf47689cb1972) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/architect77/media/ClairmontExit_zpsafc3de53.jpg.html)
The bottom sign used to be a brown tourist sign for Taronga Zoo, but after all these years it hasn't been replaced.
(https://05298496653391670750.googlegroups.com/attach/4f4310772cf15eb3/image1.JPG?part=0.1.1&view=1&vt=ANaJVrECeU2SuRVSJWd878m5dHFfWCPNAxIli6EaSay0eKMsS5Pe3H9uHxJjNW0iebZOs_E_hrjxyNFnjDBApXQifsmjk972v1sQ8dllFW7YYzzptC8WaXc)
Being the immature teen I am, I understood 'FADED' in another way at first.
Well, I've semi-heard of Lil Wayne, but have no clue who Tyga is.
(Says the guy who didn't know who Elsa was when he started hearing about all these kids dressed up as Elsa for Halloween).
Combining the two topics of Atlanta and faded brown signs, there's this (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7446111,-84.3339369,3a,75y,305.02h,91.36t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSBRo1BIe7xBNI0LXwPVbYQ!2e0) (over at the right).
Bonus: you can see where the sign originally said "EXIT 28" instead of "EXIT 60", one of the very few remaining visible indications of the pre-2000 Interstate exit numbers.
Going to revive this thread. Seen near the border.
http://goo.gl/maps/o3856
Spotted these today at NY 250 at Klem Rd. in Webster. The street blades are so faded they're unreadable.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.232183,-77.428546,3a,75y,20.6h,92.03t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1srYnJGnByaCmJwnjF80cEdg!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Last I saw, Kentucky has several faded brown signs on I-24. They're gradually turning green.
For some reason, quite a few of the big brown guide signs on Kentucky interstates are fading. I've noticed the newer signs are a darker shade of brown than those older ones originally were.
I-395 northbound prior to the exit for VA-7/King St, this BBS has seen better days: https://goo.gl/maps/ScCCX (https://goo.gl/maps/ScCCX)
Here's a "stop sign ahead" sign on Mercer Island, WA, with some I-90 shields that are barely readable:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5455/17655526035_097991568e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/sUabMi)
Faded signs in Mercer Island (https://flic.kr/p/sUabMi) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
(https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10999408_10205112414962442_8267296911833519285_n.jpg?oh=66eb87d80ad68da9fad9bcbcce222172&oe=55F89F15)
Near Warner, OK
Columbus, Ohio. This MAY be gone now, as the signals have been removed by this point.
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5458/9161398163_2bf5847200_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/eXyyuK)08mooberrychampioncolnb_201306 (https://flic.kr/p/eXyyuK) by Ryan busman_49 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/busman_49/), on Flickr
Ironic that the pilgrim's hat logo...the one MassDOT is trying to phase out...looks as fresh as the day the sign was erected.
The Baltimore city portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295) is maintained by the city itself. No upgrades have been performed on that segment, from the I-95 Russell Street interchange to the city-county line, since probably before the year 1960. The result is the presence of extremely old button copy signs. These signs are true relics. However, some of them are very faded:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbqR1RXB.jpg&hash=c4b298be4ffce1b241179dc1ef4a541e334fbeeb)
The Maryland Route 648 marker on this sign is so old and faded that even I can never tell what it is at first glance.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9syh1KP.jpg&hash=f99654176b523af9b660c5dd29575c45f2a21ba1)
I don't know what used to be on this sign.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCy5TkxC.jpg&hash=0bcbcec383e4cf93c33822117239b0ba75916646)
The "648" on the Annapolis Road sign in this one is all but gone.
I've got more Baltimore ones. These are along I-83 north in downtown.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F4dV06wB.jpg&hash=f144ee2549efd2344c7ffa32b462beae2fc914e9)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXKnxga7.jpg&hash=8e00b5b3c0223107bceea60b941d2eb32598c3cb)
This "Left Turn Signal" sign was finally replaced this year.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9467505,-75.0281053,3a,37.5y,344.42h,91.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s99OeJqn1KBnPqKlwUSKl7w!2e0!5s20151001T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaPSUQlj.jpg&hash=5e51f29f92d08f4deaa6d16abc2b70459b3bc317)
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2420512,-74.5814095,3a,59.7y,314.54h,89.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdjS2QOGWXuMvWMBp0fgieg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
You can use the slider to see how the cyan in the shield faded from 2008 to 2016 (note the shield used to be on a speed limit sign further back prior to 2011). Luckily, nobody uses 6xx CRs for navigation in Jersey (except me, but I've biked this road a billion times so I don't need it here).
2017 edit: Sign has since been replaced by the typical ugly new Mercer County route shield with the words being yuge and the reflective sheeting obviously pasted over another old CR shield
Very faded plywood NM 93 shield I found driving west a few weeks ago off of I-40 exit 369 just west of the Texas state line near San Jon, NM.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FTGqqhjKl.jpg&hash=adf4a6c97c28083d01bf31c3fbb70bb5b2089b1a)
Sorry for the bump, I just noticed this the other day and thought it was worthy of a post. Here is an I-94 shield in Eau Claire WI that is extremely faded. Street view is outdated and the shield itself is becoming very faded. I wonder if the DOT forgot about this or hasn't done an replacement due to lack of any construction in the area in a while. 4819 Golf Rd
https://goo.gl/maps/4UdDZd4rtou (http://4819%20golf%20rd
Quote from: vtk on March 15, 2015, 08:52:53 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2015, 10:18:32 AM
Quote from: Gnutella on March 15, 2015, 04:34:44 AM
Last I saw, Kentucky has several faded brown signs on I-24. They're gradually turning green.
Copper?
I too have wondered if oxidation of copper is to blame for brown signs turning green. There's a spectacular example on US 23 northbound approaching OH 309. It's uneven, but becoming quite similar in color to the Statue Of Liberty.
Quote from: vtk on August 22, 2016, 01:45:16 PM
Did anyone (besides a GSV car) ever get a good photo of this before it got replaced?
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5732673,-83.0740453,3a,15y,25.76h,88.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sF_rhuUsWub18os5fIau1iA!2e0!5s20150901T000000!7i13312!8i6656
(US 23 NB, approaching OH 95 exit, Marion; street view 2015 Sep has old, faded sign; street view 2016 Jan has new sign)
Wow, have gone by that sign many times and never noticed that. It's so green it's easy to just assume it was green from the start.
All Mercer County NJ welcome signs look like this at best
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.174006,-74.6107543,3a,15y,281.72h,86.7t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2e5AhfCzfOHmBwmAN-zAQQ!2e0!5s20151001T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1!6m1!1e1
Do they no longer make new ones?
Here's a sign for some museum on King St at Weber St in Waterloo, ON (the museum name is too faded to even read).
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxlmDFA7.jpg&hash=3b9aa400f000bc3df90325a928c461524b898129)
Here's two pretty faded signs for Hwy 7 and 401 on King St at Ottawa St in Kitchener, ON.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlKnJtk3.jpg&hash=ecfce39328eb4f54038d7552809ab423db14351d)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/340/18585594845_520f2f7404_z_d.jpg)
Warner, OK
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3194/2823187063_1e3d975dce_z_d.jpg)
Randlett, OK
A faded "16" on this sign for TCH 16 on TCH 16A in Yorkton, SK
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FWrvgpJV.jpg&hash=bbc7f7f6327df90b53bc8dd95699e9d1afb606be)
This old directional sign on Sullivan Street in Madison, AL likely dates back to when Madison Boulevard (just beyond the sign) was still AL 20/ALT US 72:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4159/34272192342_57435382ac_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UdvWKY)Faded Directional Sign (https://flic.kr/p/UdvWKY) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18194008_10211145189338031_1095258403141548185_n.jpg?oh=0cdb7edc903a41b201250df3bdd6cd6a&oe=59C187EF)
Old US 69 Caddo, OK
Way over exposed but some of the lettering is still visible, I can't make this one out:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4171/33628849333_e7ede62c17_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TeEDi8)IMG_6435 (https://flic.kr/p/TeEDi8) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
These two signs for Highway 3 at the south end of Highway 24 in Simcoe, ON are getting pretty faded.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fbe9n16E.jpg&hash=70d395cf6bce996074ef6341e275f99630952d1d)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fwf7chPh.jpg&hash=ce99e8a0ab14f23d76f62cf5c3a3bfe8c7e02ffa)
Hartselle, AL:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4327/35795662741_a598f2aa83_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98qZ)Completely Illegible (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98qZ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/35757429422_f17477cef1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WtLaZQ)Completely Illegible (https://flic.kr/p/WtLaZQ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4232/35795662611_5918519413_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98oK)Completely Illegible (https://flic.kr/p/Wx98oK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
E.T. is on an official highway sign?
Back in the late 1990s, some advertising friend of Progressive's owner made a pitch to the company and also to the movie studio/Spielberg about using ET. They would only allow ET to be used in safety type ads. It was one of the dumbest advertising campaigns that I have ever seen. I was a claims manager at Progressive back then, but didn't dare say anything about how lame it was, although everyone else had the same feeling. Didn't know that they actually produced street signs.
Quote from: Life in Paradise on July 20, 2017, 09:42:15 AM
Back in the late 1990s, some advertising friend of Progressive's owner made a pitch to the company and also to the movie studio/Spielberg about using ET. They would only allow ET to be used in safety type ads. It was one of the dumbest advertising campaigns that I have ever seen. I was a claims manager at Progressive back then, but didn't dare say anything about how lame it was, although everyone else had the same feeling. Didn't know that they actually produced street signs.
Lamer than what they have now?
I worked in insurance, in claims, for years. I could tolerate any company but two. Progressive was one, and another over-advertiser who's company name is technically an acronym and not a lizard was the other.
This is on VA 150 SB. The banner on the top says (or at least SAID) TOLL. The circular shield says RMA (basically what's in my avatar)
https://goo.gl/maps/N24nDZrfJiS2
The I-95 shield is faded as well as both direction banners
https://goo.gl/maps/rosbjNWfjav
The blue is still recognizable but the red is gone
https://goo.gl/maps/XZMHPLpcF622
Quote from: plain on July 20, 2017, 06:17:25 PMThe blue is still recognizable but the red is gone
I've seen plenty other examples of such. For some reason; the red tends to fade earlier than the blue.
This sign (https://goo.gl/maps/TafzU7JZxk32) near Pittsburgh was recycled from a previous sign, and said previous sign's markings have bled through to the point where it's impossible to tell which is which just by looking at it. Is it a right-turn-only sign that used to be a no-right-turn sign, or vice versa? It's the former, but you'd never know by looking at it.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4254/35383789031_daf629de31_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VUKaJ8)
This must be from at least the 70's, because it's completely de-saturated.
Quote from: JJBers on July 24, 2017, 07:17:17 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4254/35383789031_daf629de31_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VUKaJ8)
This must be from at least the 70's, because it's completely de-saturated.
Mid-80s vintage; when reflectorized sheeting w/button-copy was ConnDOT's order of the day.
These two exit signs for Kirkman Road in Orlando, FL have very faded I-4 shields (both photos taken northbound this morning).
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeHzRovO.jpg&hash=fe1944a5813e3ad0508578e0a315ec2fee6d690f)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvO5ZS0v.jpg&hash=266d59721d341babb2f6f8147c9c0ca40b5a262a)
This I-370 shield is very hard to read (taken on NB I-270 in Gaithersburg, MD)
(https://i.imgur.com/n1ehSi5.jpg)
Wow
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4339/36198064734_3821aa8d51_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X9Gxwo)
MA 136 (https://flic.kr/p/X9Gxwo) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
This scenic route sign has seen better days. This is on Grey CR 13 just north of Grey CR 4 (formerly a King's Highway) just east of Flesherton, ON.
(https://i.imgur.com/tsPKZxl.jpg)
Reviving this thread for this photo
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4747/39715437814_1c5ce2d45b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23vvZZQ)
Buckland St. (https://flic.kr/p/23vvZZQ) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Those direction signs are really badly faded
Private driveway exit, Kihei, Maui.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/885/42287456702_033c992196_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27qNgB5)Faded stop sign, Kihei, Maui (https://flic.kr/p/27qNgB5) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Approximately here (https://goo.gl/maps/kqWLUieZ4t62)
This speed limit sign on GA 5/280 in Marietta has seen better days:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2Fspeed_limit_45_faded.jpg&hash=6faa4305de87d3cc70fc4bb7701a66efbbdf6bcc)
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I thought these were relevant.
This is the route marker on US-169 NB right past the north ramps to/from I-90. Interesting that the digits have survived (mostly) but not the rest!
(https://i.imgur.com/icCzP2v.jpg)
At one time, this sign was brown. Not anymore...
(https://i.imgur.com/ZGZARnR.jpg)
...but some of the brown is still hiding under the MN-13 marker.
(https://i.imgur.com/mBhwPcY.jpg)
Outside the employee exit for Six Flags New Jersey. (https://goo.gl/maps/LWBag4Z2H9k)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4848/32490841148_0142b16656_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m)Faded I-5 sheld on button copy sign (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Quote from: formulanone on September 06, 2016, 02:50:38 PM
Quote from: mefailenglish on August 26, 2016, 07:25:47 PM
Not as bad but also badly faded:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FDSCF3731_zpsigfecflv.jpg&hash=276719470bc9d6afc80a429dd4a4df611161ed14)
Is this one still standing? I thought all the Kodachrome US 41 shields were gone...
How am I seeing this Photobucket pic in 2018? Do you have a paid account with them?
Quote from: Brian556 on December 17, 2018, 11:40:07 PM
How am I seeing this Photobucket pic in 2018? Do you have a paid account with them?
Don't quote me on this, but I'm guessing they went back to allowing linking, just now with that stupid watermark.
I'm not even entirely sure why there's an I-4 shield on this sign, so maybe it's actually good that it's unreadable.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ften93.com%2Froadphotos%2Fi4e_exit75.jpg&hash=91105d2ee69d922e46175c910a7be0e44d2072b3)
About 8-10 years ago, Greenville Township (just west of Appleton, WI) replaced a major percentage of their street name blades with the cheapest ones that they could find (typical of Wisconsin townships - Grrrr....) and now it is getting hard to find ones' way around there due to many/most of them having faded to unreadability.
Mike
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on December 17, 2018, 11:12:22 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4848/32490841148_0142b16656_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m)Faded I-5 sheld on button copy sign (https://flic.kr/p/Rv747m) by Arthur Allen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/116988743@N07/), on Flickr
Where is this located?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1902/45324676041_d05123aaf6_z_d.jpg)
Old Us 30
Hamlet, IN
^How recent is that photo?!
I'm going to have to go snag a photo of that. Nice find.
Quote from: formulanone on January 04, 2019, 10:43:24 AM
Where is this located?
Boeing Access Road, south of Seattle (https://goo.gl/maps/rJEXVC9yNvK2)
(Go forward and spin around to see another button copy sign, and an arrow pointing down against temporary opposite-direction traffic.)
Along Broadway in Downtown Tacoma, WA:
(https://i.imgur.com/0Od2gbm.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3194/2823187063_1e3d975dce_z_d.jpg)
"County Road"
old US 277/US 281 near Randlett, OK
While randomly browsing GSV, I found This US 31 shield (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5197814,-86.8177935,3a,15y,87.46h,112.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szRLU4htNbUnK7t_WYqfzaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), that looks like it's about to lose it's 1. looking closely it is on an old button-copy sign.
South Outer Forty ("SO TH O T O T") at Woodlake Drive. Town and Country, Missouri.
https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7 (https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7)
Quote from: wolfiefrick on November 26, 2019, 10:10:25 PM
South Outer Forty ("SO TH O T O T") at Woodlake Drive. Town and Country, Missouri.
https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7 (https://goo.gl/maps/UPqUUY5A8mVL1n7k7)
Given what the sign spells, it was probably vandalized :-D
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8642/30336379376_f0029c8e6c_z_d.jpg)
Downtown Birmingham, AL
Quote from: ozarkman417 on November 26, 2019, 10:08:19 PM
While randomly browsing GSV, I found This US 31 shield (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5197814,-86.8177935,3a,15y,87.46h,112.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szRLU4htNbUnK7t_WYqfzaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), that looks like it's about to lose it's 1. looking closely it is on an old button-copy sign.
With that section of I-20/59 (or 59/20) under re-construction, that sign gantry is probably history, along with many others.
The bottom sign used to be brown. I-581 in Roanoke, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/JCNRqRc.jpg)
A few old I-80 shields and a patchy green sign. White Haven, PA.
(https://i.imgur.com/dsBcaL4.jpg)
Do Not Enter. Indianapolis, IN.
(https://i.imgur.com/n7zWx0f.jpg)
Nearly illegible directional signs. Old US 31 in Fulton Co., IN.
(https://i.imgur.com/XmDF493.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/930/43870762091_b7c0c7a915_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29QH88R)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7916/40405744393_e71476a762_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24yw16p)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48140311321_c2c47a6000_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gkZFnB)
Baltimore, MD
Crossing into Florida on southbound US 27, there's a nearly illegible sign for Gadsden CR 157 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.6895098,-84.3808058,3a,25.5y,199.33h,81.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSDVQPF1Sd6JLiEyrwgZ7FA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on November 29, 2019, 02:50:56 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/930/43870762091_b7c0c7a915_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29QH88R)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7916/40405744393_e71476a762_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24yw16p)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48140311321_c2c47a6000_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gkZFnB)
Baltimore, MD
Gotta love button copy!
Buena Vista, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/vPrM8AL.jpg)
The new 520 Floating Bridge is only a few years old, but already the purple University of Washington logo is fading.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49675172452_d2cc1231ca_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iFCf7y)
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on March 18, 2020, 10:57:22 PM
The new 520 Floating Bridge is only a few years old, but already the purple University of Washington logo is fading.
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49675172452_d2cc1231ca_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iFCf7y)
That's disappointing. Any idea if they used the approved purple (the equivalent of Pantone 259)? Or if they used what UW specifies (Pantone 2685)? Can't recall how similar the colors are.
I only ask because there are tons of ETC-related signs across this country that, despite their age, have not faded to that degree, but which do use the purple that was approved for highway signage.
New Britain, CT, where Main Street meets CT Route 71.
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/85/dd/PgI2QJiA_t.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/PgI2QJiA)
This was a No Parking Any Time sign when I first saw it, but now it's just white and covered in moss.
(https://i.imgur.com/IxCJUU5.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2751/4223610269_8f485b07f6_d.jpg)
Rogers, AR (no longer there)
The shields were for I-91 in Springfield, MA. This is more or less a parking lot and access to an Amtrak line behind me, so virtually no traffic. They might be leftover from when the Basketball Hall Of Fame was next door (center and right with the yellow columns).
(https://i.imgur.com/S12vwmy.jpg)
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on May 11, 2020, 09:01:52 PM
The shields were for I-91 in Springfield, MA. This is more or less a parking lot and access to an Amtrak line behind me, so virtually no traffic. They might be leftover from when the Basketball Hall Of Fame was next door (center and right with the yellow columns).
(https://i.imgur.com/S12vwmy.jpg)
Speaking of Greenfield. Not sure if this counts but look at this FYA sign. Best part is that the original sign had the same pattern but had a green color instead of a yellow in the same shape. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200512/0e9a220e657fd497635244b5a099681c.jpg)
iPhone
Quote from: Amtrakprod on May 12, 2020, 06:32:51 PM
Speaking of Greenfield. Not sure if this counts but look at this FYA sign. Best part is that the original sign had the same pattern but had a green color instead of a yellow in the same shape.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200512/0e9a220e657fd497635244b5a099681c.jpg)
Not all unlike the very-briefly standard
"YIELD ON FLASHING YELLOW [YELLOW]" (https://goo.gl/maps/pPm9EySVJX7k8yxS9) signs in Federal Way, WA.
Quote from: jakeroot on May 13, 2020, 02:42:55 PM
Quote from: Amtrakprod on May 12, 2020, 06:32:51 PM
Speaking of Greenfield. Not sure if this counts but look at this FYA sign. Best part is that the original sign had the same pattern but had a green color instead of a yellow in the same shape.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200512/0e9a220e657fd497635244b5a099681c.jpg)
Not all unlike the very-briefly standard "YIELD ON FLASHING YELLOW [YELLOW]" (https://goo.gl/maps/pPm9EySVJX7k8yxS9) signs in Federal Way, WA.
Here's a video of the green arrow version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIW8Y9q07So
Quote from: US71 on April 05, 2020, 02:43:33 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2751/4223610269_8f485b07f6_d.jpg)
Rogers, AR (no longer there)
There's a sign just like that in Longview, WA:
(https://i.imgur.com/OWAQcej.png)
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.339683,-76.6477521,3a,35.5y,195.08h,98.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOp7ZRBXA4K5wEfQ4h3Gu3A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.339683,-76.6477521,3a,35.5y,195.08h,98.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOp7ZRBXA4K5wEfQ4h3Gu3A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
I-83 in Baltimore.
Quote from: CovalenceSTU on May 18, 2020, 02:38:09 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 05, 2020, 02:43:33 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2751/4223610269_8f485b07f6_d.jpg)
Rogers, AR (no longer there)
There's a sign just like that in Longview, WA:
(https://i.imgur.com/OWAQcej.png)
Sadly, the one in Rogers is gone after the street was widened.
CA-213, Western Ave., an "urban state highway" in Harbor City [which is technically part of Los Angeles], CA.
Signs in this part of So Cal that are within arms' reach often have stickers on them. Graffiti is less common here; more common closer to downtown LA and other locations.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50005414103_8e4113435c.jpg)
Quote from: jakeroot on March 19, 2020, 04:15:53 AM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on March 18, 2020, 10:57:22 PM
The new 520 Floating Bridge is only a few years old, but already the purple University of Washington logo is fading.
[image clipped]
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49675172452_d2cc1231ca_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iFCf7y)
That's disappointing. Any idea if they used the approved purple (the equivalent of Pantone 259)? Or if they used what UW specifies (Pantone 2685)? Can't recall how similar the colors are.
I only ask because there are tons of ETC-related signs across this country that, despite their age, have not faded to that degree, but which do use the purple that was approved for highway signage.
Luckily this sign will be replaced with the ongoing Montlake project anyway. Fingers crossed they use a more durable purple color this time!
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Damn... Snoop Dogg doesn't even get that faded :-D
Quote from: plain on August 08, 2020, 06:11:47 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Damn... Snoop Dogg doesn't even get that faded :-D
Eye-Fadey Seven
At least there is one legible "Do Not Enter" sign there
Also, inappropriate shape to the sign
https://goo.gl/maps/xDGLwHQtunX1a9Wf8
Last fall, MassDOT replaced many of the 90s-vintage faded button-copy I-shields on the northbound I-95 interchange signage for the Canton I-93 interchange.
1-mile advance sign showing the replacement I-95 shield but the old faded I-93 shield remains (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1916273,-71.1518256,3a,75y,35.16h,97.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Ue5KAEtHV46nDOxTtYhjg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Not sure why that one I-93 shield on that sign wasn't changed; unless such was done after Nov. 2019.
Quote from: DrSmith on August 10, 2020, 08:07:18 PM
At least there is one legible "Do Not Enter" sign there
Also, inappropriate shape to the sign
https://goo.gl/maps/xDGLwHQtunX1a9Wf8
That's because there's a stop sign on the other side of it, and they don't want to obscure the octagonal shape of the stop sign with the square shape of a Do Not Enter sign on the other side of it.
Quote from: DrSmith on August 10, 2020, 08:07:18 PM
At least there is one legible "Do Not Enter" sign there
Also, inappropriate shape to the sign
https://goo.gl/maps/xDGLwHQtunX1a9Wf8
But also the shape is possibly "ahead of its time". Guidance added to the 2009 MUTCD [2B.10p08] states that a sign placed back to back on the same post with a stop/yield sign should stay within the edges of the stop/yield sign. (Although the suggestion there is to increase the size of the stop/yield sign so the other sign can remain in its edges.)
I rather like this though. If it weren't so faded, I think we'd see the full red "do not enter" circle and it would still have white surrounding it. Since "do not enter" signs don't have a border, nothing is really lost by using a stop sign blank instead of a square.
Not a road sign, but it is faded.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50238488283_a43fc2ed71_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jxpoht)
The shields are fine but the words (https://www.google.pl/maps/@48.1840056,-117.0389823,3a,39.3y,278.67h,103.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSVyqR9JSbEGusC6ORHc40w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656/) are awful.
While not a traffic control device; this ancient sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8902613,-75.3132949,3a,75y,184.05h,82.89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZ1tze6vLDQa6dMot78R6eA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DZ1tze6vLDQa6dMot78R6eA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D213.905%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) at a park entrance once listed the park's hours (in better days). At present, one can only decipher PARK HOURS in red letters at the top.
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 21, 2020, 07:28:43 PM
The shields are fine but the words (https://www.google.pl/maps/@48.1840056,-117.0389823,3a,39.3y,278.67h,103.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSVyqR9JSbEGusC6ORHc40w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656/) are awful.
Shields were probably replaced, but not the whole sign.
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 12, 2020, 03:45:47 PM
Last fall, MassDOT replaced many of the 90s-vintage faded button-copy I-shields on the northbound I-95 interchange signage for the Canton I-93 interchange.
1-mile advance sign showing the replacement I-95 shield but the old faded I-93 shield remains (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1916273,-71.1518256,3a,75y,35.16h,97.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Ue5KAEtHV46nDOxTtYhjg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Just drove through there today. Nothing has changed since your post.
These shields here have a lot to be desired.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50325373001_3c9903bd47_3k.jpg)
Hardeeville, SC on US 17 N Bound.
Quote from: roadman65 on September 09, 2020, 10:15:08 PM
These shields here have a lot to be desired.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50325373001_3c9903bd47_3k.jpg)
Hardeeville, SC on US 17 N Bound.
After driving around a bit in SC, I feel like this problem is rather common on some of their newer (Clearview) signs, I wonder why.
On the Montauk Point State Parkway (part of NY 27), the signs approaching the East Overlook are in terrible condition.
Especially eastbound:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_1000_Ft_Sign.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_Directional_Sign.jpg
These are the westbound signs:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_1000_Ft_Sign.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WB_NY_27_in_Montauk;_Old_Overlook_Directional_Sign.jpg
NYSDOT Region 10 had enough sense to replace the ones for the West Overlook with brown signs, but they're too small.
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 08, 2020, 04:48:47 PM
What do we use to get to the Tappan Zee and Albany again?
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9362422,-73.8555645,3a,61.8y,-8.57h,105.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPM1vYuq0ak9BFD2b02C1lg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
We don't use close-up shots of asphalt, that's for sure.
https://www.google.pl/maps/@40.9359346,-73.8556313,3a,75y,48.08h,89.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sglD-SPVpV86K1su0cDeUKg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Besides replacing that sign, Region 8 should use that big space on the sign gantry for an NY 100 pull through sign.
At first, I thought there was no number here at all, but at this angle, there is a very faint number next to the US. I'll assume the "missing" number here is 49. I'm not even sure if this was faded, it was probably defaced.
AR 91 at I-555 US-63 in Jonesboro (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8575193,-90.7798875,3a,15y,174.68h,86.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQzBN64ECNycxCbF3tJpiNA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Quote from: ozarkman417 on September 28, 2020, 11:10:38 PM
At first, I thought there was no number here at all, but at this angle, there is a very faint number next to the US. I'll assume the "missing" number here is 49. I'm not even sure if this was faded, it was probably defaced.
AR 91 at I-555 US-63 in Jonesboro (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8575193,-90.7798875,3a,15y,174.68h,86.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQzBN64ECNycxCbF3tJpiNA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Hard to tell, but almost looks like it was never there
This "Roswell Next Right" on the 120 Marietta loop in Cobb GA looks even worse now than it does in this GSV shot from about a year ago:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.954858,-84.4969392,3a,75y,32.89h,79.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sscrDl4podwJCCPM2iQIBcg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
This one is close
(https://live.staticflickr.com/1902/45324676041_d05123aaf6_z_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/871/41434666741_6c47f89fea_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/268ruRT)2018 west-central KY route-clinching trip Day 2 - 155 (https://flic.kr/p/268ruRT) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
That's a pretty normal sized BGS. Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8687388,-113.9830435,3a,15y,312.5h,93.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D101.7046%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8687388,-113.9830435,3a,15y,312.5h,93.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DgLmPXxpy6iwggSs5HphKxw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D101.7046%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192)
It's amazing how the left sign with the old style US 12 shield has stood the sun beating all this time whereas the other one on the right is pretty much completely sun beaten beyond visibility. It's even crazier when the I-Business shield still reflects when driving by it. I can't determine the build date on the right sign that's completely faded, but I think the build date on the left one had to have been around '75.
GMaps location: Van Buren St. and E. Broadway Street looking west towards Madison Street/US 12.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
That's a pretty normal sized BGS. Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
That's a pretty normal sized BGS. Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
That's too bad. It's been too long since I have driven the Mountain Parkway. I didn't know the signs had shrunk.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
That's a pretty normal sized BGS. Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
Gosh, its been 35 years since I last made one of several camping trips to Natural Bridge State Park. Hiked every bit of it. Almost as nice as Breaks Interstate. Glad to hear the old sign is still there.
Old overhead showing its age near Charlottesville, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/t7WtP89.jpg)
At least the sign 1/4 mile down the road is legible. Emporia, VA.
(https://i.imgur.com/ipzVCiD.jpg)
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 31, 2020, 12:33:29 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
That's a pretty normal sized BGS. Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
Gosh, its been 35 years since I last made one of several camping trips to Natural Bridge State Park. Hiked every bit of it. Almost as nice as Breaks Interstate. Glad to hear the old sign is still there.
Is this what you're referring to? https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7976161,-83.6692054,3a,20.3y,274.67h,90.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXyoM0ZXtCek8nbZQvYBlMg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: hbelkins on October 29, 2020, 02:09:49 PM
There were a bunch of similarly-faded route markers on guide signs on the two-lane portion of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, but they were replaced last fall as part of a pavement and bridge rehab project.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 29, 2020, 07:09:52 PM
That's a pretty normal sized BGS. Does Kentucky still have any of its famous/infamous supersized BGSs?
Quote from: hbelkins on October 30, 2020, 09:51:26 PM
At least one, on the Mountain Parkway westbound approaching Exit 33.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 04, 2020, 10:44:21 PM
Is this what you're referring to? https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7976161,-83.6692054,3a,20.3y,274.67h,90.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXyoM0ZXtCek8nbZQvYBlMg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
That's it. But the ones on the Mountain Parkway are up close to the pavement. I seem to recall that the supersize ones along I-64 and I-75 were set back way further to give them the appearance of the smaller fonts on reassurance signs. Back to topic, this one for Exit 33 still looks great. I figured that any supersized signs would be long faded by now.
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.
Practically unreadable now.
https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.
Practically unreadable now.
https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps. Signs could have been replaced by now.
Quote from: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.
Practically unreadable now.
https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps. Signs could have been replaced by now.
Yes they could have, it makes me ask why are they still there?
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:32:24 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.
Practically unreadable now.
https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps. Signs could have been replaced by now.
Yes they could have, it makes me ask why are they still there?
Send a polite email off to NCDOT if you want to help or know for sure.
Quote from: formulanone on February 10, 2022, 10:26:29 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:32:24 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 09, 2022, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on February 09, 2022, 10:22:14 PM
Here are some faded signs on a BGS.
Practically unreadable now.
https://goo.gl/maps/9xieKS4fjHwWKg9T8
That's Google Maps. Signs could have been replaced by now.
Yes they could have, it makes me ask why are they still there?
Send a polite email off to NCDOT if you want to help or know for sure.
Will do.
Cairo, IL: (first pic is from 2014, second is 2019)
(https://i.imgur.com/vmhnMep.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/0KFuDKp.jpeg)
Newest Street View on this one is from 2014 but it's probably still there:
(https://i.imgur.com/iN0Tn4S.jpeg)
On the other hand, there were two yellow yield signs still hanging around in Cairo in 2020.
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My guess is that they're waiting to replace the entire thing after construction has completed at I-95 and I-595:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52094012452_75d4ce1eab_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nnnqYu)
Quote from: formulanone on December 31, 2022, 07:27:18 PM
On the other hand, there were two yellow yield signs still hanging around in Cairo in 2020.
I saw them both poking around Street View for that kind of thing, as well as a pre-1971 Do Not Enter sign (only a block away from the yield sign I posted) that hasn't faded a bit. Is there a thread for very old signs still in use? :D
Not that it gets a whole lot of traffic, but this freeway ends sign probably dates back to when this was actually I-170 in Baltimore:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Former_I-170_eb_end%2C_May_2023.jpg/600px-Former_I-170_eb_end%2C_May_2023.jpg)
This QC 138 assembly has seen better days.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53106987466_019d494e57_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTc9W)Peeling QC 138 assembly - 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTc9W) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53107497288_ed1b3eeac5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oUVNGY)Peeling QC 138 assembly - 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2oUVNGY) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53106986896_63a254430c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTbZ7)Peeling QC 138 assembly - 3 (https://flic.kr/p/2oUTbZ7) by Liliana Vess (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lilianauwu/), on Flickr
Probably not faded beyond recognition, but pretty darned faded, by Dinosaur BBQ, no less. Probably been shared somewhere on the forum before, but here's my shot of it:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53144339498_f0ae305c1d_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oYbCBu)20230826_172145 (https://flic.kr/p/2oYbCBu)
Came across this rather worn out specimen (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9365046,-85.7759993,3a,15y,63.56h,85.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spt-scmwkzpEJ_rVO21pdxQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) while looking around Jackson County, AL, on Google Maps yesterday evening.
NB I-270 in Maryland -- over main lanes guessing somewhere between Falls Rd. and Rt. 28 (I see this sign all the time but since I'm driving I don't remember exactly where it is). There is a sign above the road listing upcoming exits. One of the three (?) exits listed is I-370. There is a small shield on the sign but the numbers have nearly (or completely) faded away.
I have lived in the area for 23 years and I am pretty sure that sign predates me.
The corresponding sign in the SB direction (several miles north of I-370, and therefore about 8 to 10 miles north of the aforementioned one) is brand new and that is because one of the exits listed on that sign is the new Watkins Mill Road interchange.
EDIT - see post 76 in this thread for a picture of the faded sign that I mention. That post is from SIX years ago. Sign is still there.
Another post on the Lincoln Tunnel led me to this:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3i1E417bfJn8Zpi18
I think the faded sign was the old Appomattox River sign. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218792931494875&set=a.10218793136620003)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53401924613_c7efba4873_c.jpg)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on November 23, 2023, 08:15:09 PM
I think the faded sign was the old Appomattox River sign. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218792931494875&set=a.10218793136620003)
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/348992924_634982624800222_841308378291270583_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=xlx5kmFYNVcAX84Bd1A&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCImkdNDVDnFe3WMIkucizOY6WOVNxxZ87awztN427ETw&oe=656484AB)
Appomattox River/Chesapeake Bay Watershed
IN episode IV
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51157387528_2c4f5af55e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kWAZ1U)
"Hidden Drive"
sign on Garden Road
near Vineland, New Jersey.
Rebel sun has infiltrated the Empire's
traffic control devices in attempt to thwart a
proposed trade route between Cape May and Delaware
Water Gap. A standoff between button copy and directly-applied
signage looms as negotiations break down at the Taylor Ham factory...
^^ Or is it peeled? https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33963.0
US 119 NB approaching PA 66 NB/I-70/I-76 in New Stanton, PA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817527029123&set=a.10219817649832193)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449315636_2c2445a4b4_c.jpg)
(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817530069199&set=a.10219817649832193)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449443718_fb75a14927_c.jpg)
On I-287 WB at I-95 SB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980920273852&set=a.10219981104278452)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53527814458_1e6463ddb5_c.jpg)
Thank God that Clark County felt the need to fix the error on this sign. I don't know what we'd do if it had the wrong street name suffix. We might, I dunno, not recognize which street this is or something.
(https://i.imgur.com/V19jyrr.png)
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 29, 2024, 06:49:12 PM
Thank God that Clark County felt the need to fix the error on this sign. I don't know what we'd do if it had the wrong street name suffix. We might, I dunno, not recognize which street this is or something.
(https://i.imgur.com/V19jyrr.png)
That's a weird instance of one set of street blades getting replaced while the other on the same post does not. I don't usually see that around Vegas, except in cases of street name changes (which is clearly not the case here).
EDIT: Found it on Street View (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7Lbqk9BVt2hWiZVh7). That assembly is unusual in and of itself, because it's a separate set of street name signs from those that appear above the stop sign on Aldora Ave, which is somewhat unusual (at least in current practice). Also interesting is that they put "W" for the Rainbow Blvd directional when it should be "S".
"Fade" to black. This is on US 1's short run on Azalea Ave in Richmond. If you go back to the 2007 GSV, you can see it was already starting to turn.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MJbijkKo2HH8evqK6
Image from yesterday
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240308/01281e33032581f4e17809def9625684.jpg)
moto g pure
These no parking signs at Brightpoint Community College in Chester, VA:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AKgWnyAhJNn1THn97
On US 23 NB approaching Big Stone Gap, VA, at US 58 ALT WB. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220095364094876&set=a.10220095521778818)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53599627972_71dccd9c60_c.jpg)
It seems like Mercer County, NJ should rethink how they make their welcome signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1739833,-74.6106894,3a,16.8y,279.59h,91.79t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1su9FbxrPj9vR81XHIbyLcww!2e0!5s20230901T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
This one replaced a faded sign around 2018 and is already fading again. It used to be that all their welcome signs were completely faded. They seemed to have replaced them between 2018 and 2021. If the above sign is typical, they'll all be faded again by the end of the decade.
Almost all of the shields on Tennessee Truck 7 in Ardmore look like this:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53689654829_66c74e8c58_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pNnvRX)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53689654559_8ec753e4ed_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pNnvMi)
I almost wonder if TDOT's just forgotten about it, given how inconsistently it can be signed (including having a mix of primary and secondary shields, IIRC).
I-83 NB at PA 114 (Exit 39A) in New Cumberland, PA (Where did the PA Turnpike go???)(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220308978595105&set=a.10220308987635331)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53720895237_b8ea68b623_c.jpg)
Found it:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53721797541_2c0e01e13a_c.jpg)
Along Elkhorn Avenue at Burrel siding:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53744724230_235918c873_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pTeL5o)IMG_5532 (https://flic.kr/p/2pTeL5o) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr