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Title: US 1 beginning sign on 1950s
Post by: gibranalnn on January 17, 2015, 02:25:31 AM
At Key West Florida:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Photograph_of_a_road_sign_along_the_highway_in_Key_West%2C_Florida%2C_announcing_the_beginning_of_U.S._Route_1_to_Fort..._-_NARA_-_200542.jpg/942px-Photograph_of_a_road_sign_along_the_highway_in_Key_West%2C_Florida%2C_announcing_the_beginning_of_U.S._Route_1_to_Fort..._-_NARA_-_200542.jpg)

This is strange. Why Florida don't use the BEGIN US 1 sign at that time??
Title: Re: US 1 beginning sign on 1950s
Post by: Ga293 on January 17, 2015, 02:43:19 AM
This is just a sign for tourists letting them know a little more about the route they're going to drive on as they leave the city of Key West. On the other side there's something like "Welcome to Key West, Southernmost point in the United States". I'm not sure that Florida even uses Begin US-X signage; even if they did, it wouldn't have been posted here, but at the actual end in downtown Key West.
Title: Re: US 1 beginning sign on 1950s
Post by: NE2 on January 17, 2015, 03:04:05 AM
http://usends.com/Focus/KeyWest/index.html
Title: Re: US 1 beginning sign on 1950s
Post by: gibranalnn on January 17, 2015, 04:07:32 AM
Quote from: Ga293 on January 17, 2015, 02:43:19 AM
This is just a sign for tourists letting them know a little more about the route they're going to drive on as they leave the city of Key West. On the other side there's something like "Welcome to Key West, Southernmost point in the United States". I'm not sure that Florida even uses Begin US-X signage; even if they did, it wouldn't have been posted here, but at the actual end in downtown Key West.

They use the BEGIN US-1 sign now! (And the milemarker is vandalised!)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Key_West_FH000013.jpg/766px-Key_West_FH000013.jpg)
Title: Re: US 1 beginning sign on 1950s
Post by: ctsignguy on January 17, 2015, 09:55:09 AM
I have these examples, both dated Dec '63 ...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fflaus1b_zps5af2a2f5.jpg&hash=1dd50d4818ef1996058b7646d5757530f2ff281e) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/flaus1b_zps5af2a2f5.jpg.html)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fflaus1e_zpsfad3f475.jpg&hash=83424414198d171a04290d5974d1343f2f2fed1a) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/flaus1e_zpsfad3f475.jpg.html)
Title: Re: US 1 beginning sign on 1950s
Post by: bugo on January 21, 2015, 10:34:47 PM
Beginning of US 1 and Mile Marker Zero in 1998:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3264/2875025152_289cd369ca_o.jpg)

Me standing at the end US 1 sign in 1998:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu126%2Fbugo348%2Fmeend1.jpg&hash=e7f06b22d7ba115208d22cc1c879db5ad070c309)