Here's some photos Jeremy Lance scanned years ago from an old publication. These were originally on the California section of the original A.A. Highway Sign Gallery.
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(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southwest/US6CA10CA11.jpg)
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Wow, talk about a blast from the past!
Wow, those are great photos. Don't like a ton different from the current highways.
wow thats such a cool colaboration of photos. I esp like the one at the bottom of the 5/10 in boyle heights. Where do you get those photos?
Quote from: voyager on January 24, 2009, 02:59:11 AM
Wow, talk about a blast from the past!
I think Brooklyn Avenue on the last photo is today's Cesar Chavez Avenue...
It is now Cresar Chavez Ave, think the name was changed about 10 yrs ago.
It was Army Ave until the late 90s. IDK when it was Brooklyn, but if it ever was, it would have been called that a long time ago.
Quote from: John on February 11, 2009, 08:42:36 PM
It was Army Ave until the late 90s. IDK when it was Brooklyn, but if it ever was, it would have been called that a long time ago.
If I'm not mistaken, "Cesar Chavez Avenue" was created from connecting several different streets together under the one name.
The one vestige of Brooklyn Avenue ever existing is the parallel street Brooklyn Place.
No, that picture has I-10 in it. I-10 is down in LA.
That lane change at the bottom looks slightly dangerous
Quote from: corco on February 12, 2009, 10:07:51 AM
That lane change at the bottom looks slightly dangerous
Just slightly? :sombrero:
Be well,
Bryant
It's ok, cars only went to 25 MPH back then.
What font is that on the bear signs, anyway? The older U.S. 6 marker has the squared-off early U.S. highway sign font, but the earlier state route markers (the ones not reflectorized) have a font I haven't seen on other states' older signs.
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on February 17, 2009, 10:12:03 PM
What font is that on the bear signs, anyway? The older U.S. 6 marker has the squared-off early U.S. highway sign font, but the earlier state route markers (the ones not reflectorized) have a font I haven't seen on other states' older signs.
They used more custom fonts back then. The question can be more accurately answered by agentsteel53 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=36) (send him a PM)
A couple of photos I took tonight (long-exposure) of US 50 in East Sacramento, with my Nikon D40:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-f.ll.facebook.com%2Fphotos-ll-snc1%2Fv2411%2F170%2F120%2F3216777%2Fn3216777_41744677_2472.jpg&hash=b3420f3d78d76b336b4b51edcd87c9c136d60341)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-e.ll.facebook.com%2Fphotos-ll-snc1%2Fv2411%2F170%2F120%2F3216777%2Fn3216777_41744676_2270.jpg&hash=5857828177fd70053e66b1c55d02e0586e68414f)
Oh beautiful Sacramento...
Where were you standing when you took those pictures?
DukeofURL: Camera was on a railing at the 48th Street overpass.
I like California's unique style of signage and highways. I like how the highway signs are cutout style rather than the white on black background used everywhere else. Also the "Freeway Entrance" signage used near onramps. Also I even liked the use of "Exit" or "Ramp" for interchanges. Although I'm fine with the numbering of exits (which is also a very unique format). The use of "City Limit" rather than "City Limits", "60 Zone Ahead", "Maximum Speed", etc. I hope they don't change anytime soon.
AZDude: I know a lot of folks at the misc.transport.road newsgroup and elsewhere whined about exit numbers being painted onto the signs themselves, as opposed to seperate tabs, but that style has grown on me (seeing that it is just about everywhere here in Sacramento).
QuoteAZDude: I know a lot of folks at the misc.transport.road newsgroup and elsewhere whined about exit numbers being painted onto the signs themselves, as opposed to seperate tabs, but that style has grown on me (seeing that it is just about everywhere here in Sacramento).
I hated the internally placed exit "tabs" on California signs at first, but after awhile they grew on me. Even on my last visit to the state, I readjusted quickly and began looking to see which exits were now numbered rather than continue to think that they should all be changed to match the rest of the nation.
Yeah, I much rather have the an exit tab on top of the sign myself. But what can you do?
Those photos look cool. I like they still had US-99 and US-70 signed along with I-10.
Mike Ballard found this on the Los Angeles city website regarding the Ramona Parkway:
http://www.lacity.org/ladot/TopicsAndTales/Freeway1.pdf (http://www.lacity.org/ladot/TopicsAndTales/Freeway1.pdf)
I hate the "bitten-out" and "strip-style" tabs myself, but I don't see that Caltrans has a lot of choice about them if exit numbering is to be carried out at relatively low cost. Caltrans is committed to rather unusual kinds of sign hardware, such as laminated signs and formed panel signs, and these don't accept externally mounted tabs easily. Even PennDOT (which is probably the only agency other than Caltrans which uses laminated signs) has been known to do strip-style tabs on occasion.
Does anyone know about this stub near the California 13 and 24 interchange? I saw the end of it from the freeway twice last week and wondered what it was for.
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=q974v44tdrvd&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=7788730&encType=1 (http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=q974v44tdrvd&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=7788730&encType=1)
Don't know for certain, but I'd bet that was the original alignment of CA 13 prior to the interchange being built.
It looks like it. If you look at it closly, there's a old patch of roadway that appears to have been the southbound side join up with the current route. Also, on streetview, there's a break on the old guardrail and a new one appears out of nowhere.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.845545,-122.227326&spn=0.001389,0.009012&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=37.84513,-122.227348&panoid=l-Qrcd4WM-lKcnNivPM2sQ&cbp=11,305.76,,0,4.52 (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.845545,-122.227326&spn=0.001389,0.009012&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=37.84513,-122.227348&panoid=l-Qrcd4WM-lKcnNivPM2sQ&cbp=11,305.76,,0,4.52)
They are studying the concept of speed cameras for use in California:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6892276 (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6892276)
Quote from: AARoads on July 25, 2009, 12:41:50 PM
They are studying the concept of speed cameras for use in California:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6892276 (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6892276)
Well, we certainly know the California state government needs the revenue! :ded: