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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Traffic Control => Topic started by: FreewayDan on June 15, 2015, 06:55:46 AM

Title: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: FreewayDan on June 15, 2015, 06:55:46 AM
Found on the on-ramp to Washington State Route 520 eastbound from 108th Avenue N.E.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.639104,-122.196221,3a,44.6y,258.84h,90.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stq07BReb02Yp9iRXSiaCSw!2e0!5s20140901T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: nexus73 on June 15, 2015, 09:48:51 AM
Welcome to Europe?  LOL!

In Oregon we had US 42 shields on SR 42 put up in the Camas Valley area for a while.  Hard to believe that people who are in the highway sign biz are that clueless but hey, it's your tax dollars at work!

Rick
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: iBallasticwolf2 on June 15, 2015, 10:59:30 AM
Quote from: nexus73 on June 15, 2015, 09:48:51 AM
Welcome to Europe?  LOL!

In Oregon we had US 42 shields on SR 42 put up in the Camas Valley area for a while.  Hard to believe that people who are in the highway sign biz are that clueless but hey, it's your tax dollars at work!

Rick

That is priceless. US 42 is in the midwest. NOT ORGEON. Also there are 3 freeway entrance signs there. Two are the blue ones and a pole with a sign is blocking a normal green one.
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: cpzilliacus on June 15, 2015, 02:58:19 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on June 15, 2015, 09:48:51 AM
Welcome to Europe?  LOL!

Much of Nordic Europe uses green on motorways, including motorway entrance sign assemblies.
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: Brandon on June 15, 2015, 03:45:16 PM
Quote from: FreewayDan on June 15, 2015, 06:55:46 AM
Found on the on-ramp to Washington State Routee 520 eastbound from 108th Avenue N.E.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.639104,-122.196221,3a,44.6y,258.84h,90.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stq07BReb02Yp9iRXSiaCSw!2e0!5s20140901T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Not just blue, but redundant.  There's a standard green "Freeway Entrance" sign on the left.
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: Pink Jazz on June 15, 2015, 10:30:53 PM
There are some blue directional signs here in the Phoenix area mounted on the median of certain roads that indicate the route and cardinal direction for traffic turning left onto a freeway.  However, these signs are now being phased out in favor of new green signs in Clearview.
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: FreewayDan on June 16, 2015, 05:39:08 PM
It got me thinking of the "blue" green guide signs that were used along the 73 toll road in California from around 2002.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3034/3091036292_50374d9f6e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/5H9npb)Signs along the 73 ain't got nothing but the blues (https://flic.kr/p/5H9npb) by Daniel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/22306412@N07/), on Flickr
Title: Re: A blue Freeway Entrance sign
Post by: jakeroot on June 16, 2015, 06:06:09 PM
The blue "Freeway Entrance" signs were replaced in late 2014/early 2015 with the standard green signs. I actually posted about this (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11045.msg319630#msg319630) last year. The signs had approval stickers on the back, which further adds to the confusion.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F2pKuWkG.png&hash=cb5e62a33e33ec1b8a5ead1101dc120ea0335304)