https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2549703,-87.6445501,3a,15y,3h,88.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVjqwCp5s3EvY3tnl12MrBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Here's Assman Rd oustide of Mishicot, WI. The sign post is very high and away from the stop sign. (Sign was stolen even after google maps shot this picture)
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5013648,-88.0380917,3a,15y,175.05h,90.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcGOPtxthHnmwpBdH9RXcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Mullet Pl in Green Bay. Notice how the Ashland Ave sign is posted normally while the Mullet Pl sign has to be bolted on. At one point, it was bolted even higher and there is an article that the Press Gazette wrote about it.
http://archive.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100315/GPG04/3150494/Mullet-Place-street-signs-never-go-out-style
There is also a Morning Woods Ct in Green Bay that is also bolted onto a pole just like Mullet Pl because it was stolen so often. Any other assemblies made just to deter sign thieves?
Some of the signs for Penny Lane in Liverpool are not actual signs but are instead "sign" designs painted onto nearby walls, due of course to the Beatles' song named for that street.
Edited to add: Here's an example. Similar graffiti is routine on the wall near the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing. (The street sign for Abbey Road is up on a wall as well, though it's a real sign: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5316845,-0.1770432,3a,75y,307.76h,82.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAc8rF9qgGfRFUSHTIQDQHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 )
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-xZkdiKteAdk%2FTj8sNbjhf9I%2FAAAAAAAAJ94%2F6g0i6T84dtU%2Fs1600%2F2011-05%252BLiverpool%252B173%252B-%252BPenny%252BLane.JPG&hash=42f7050f3195e87c8caa3b98caea3735bc294f9e)
County Route 666 in Atlantic County, NJ seems to stick patches over other county route signs instead of making brand new 666 signs lately, probably due to frequent theft.
Quote from: peterj920 on August 17, 2015, 03:23:57 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5013648,-88.0380917,3a,15y,175.05h,90.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcGOPtxthHnmwpBdH9RXcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Mullet Pl in Green Bay. Notice how the Ashland Ave sign is posted normally while the Mullet Pl sign has to be bolted on. At one point, it was bolted even higher and there is an article that the Press Gazette wrote about it.
http://archive.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100315/GPG04/3150494/Mullet-Place-street-signs-never-go-out-style
I bet people didn't start stealing that one until about 1999.
I'd assume that a lot of I-69 and US-69 signs get stolen. And if there was an I-420, I'm sure that one would be taken down a lot as well.
Wonder if there are extra precautions taken in securing 69 signage.
Quote from: OCGuy81 on August 17, 2015, 12:09:25 PM
I'd assume that a lot of I-69 and US-69 signs get stolen. And if there was an I-420, I'm sure that one would be taken down a lot as well.
Wonder if there are extra precautions taken in securing 69 signage.
IIRC - MDOT actually sells I-69 signs to prevent theft.
This one:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@62.4606228,-114.352669,18z?hl=en
It's actually a little famous. I remember there being a streetblade made on a rock or something to prevent theft. One of the members here posted a picture.
NJ 31 was remembered from NJ 69 because of sign theft. However, I don't think there are any surviving NJ 69 signs out in New Jersey.
Quote from: Zeffy on August 17, 2015, 12:36:25 PM
NJ 31 was remembered from NJ 69 because of sign theft. However, I don't think there are any surviving NJ 69 signs out in New Jersey.
Wonder if that's the same fate that CA-69 suffered when it was renumbered 245.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on August 17, 2015, 12:32:40 PM
This one:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@62.4606228,-114.352669,18z?hl=en
It's actually a little famous. I remember there being a streetblade made on a rock or something to prevent theft. One of the members here posted a picture.
Oscar is the forum member who posted the picture.
There is a Virgin Ave is the city I went to college in. At that time they used concrete posts with the street names written on them for that street only. I checked Google maps for a picture of that but they are on regular street blades now.
Heck, US 666 was renumbered because the signs were stolen so often, it is now US 491.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/41301
Along I-70 in Colorado, the Mile 420 sign was stolen frequently, so it was replaced with Mile 419.99
Quote from: TEG24601 on August 17, 2015, 12:54:26 PM
Heck, US 666 was renumbered because the signs were stolen so often, it is now US 491.
Thanks to certain people. I will not say who because it can trigger a flame war here as that number could be considered controversial by some.
Quote from: OCGuy81 on August 17, 2015, 12:39:13 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on August 17, 2015, 12:36:25 PM
NJ 31 was remembered from NJ 69 because of sign theft. However, I don't think there are any surviving NJ 69 signs out in New Jersey.
Wonder if that's the same fate that CA-69 suffered when it was renumbered 245.
That's also what happened to UT-69...it was renumbered to UT-38 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Route_38). It probably didn't help that Utah State University is only some 20 miles to the east.
Quote from: peterj920 on August 17, 2015, 03:23:57 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2549703,-87.6445501,3a,15y,3h,88.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVjqwCp5s3EvY3tnl12MrBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Here's Assman Rd oustide of Mishicot, WI. The sign post is very high and away from the stop sign. (Sign was stolen even after google maps shot this picture)
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5013648,-88.0380917,3a,15y,175.05h,90.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcGOPtxthHnmwpBdH9RXcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Mullet Pl in Green Bay. Notice how the Ashland Ave sign is posted normally while the Mullet Pl sign has to be bolted on. At one point, it was bolted even higher and there is an article that the Press Gazette wrote about it.
http://archive.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100315/GPG04/3150494/Mullet-Place-street-signs-never-go-out-style
There is also a Morning Woods Ct in Green Bay that is also bolted onto a pole just like Mullet Pl because it was stolen so often. Any other assemblies made just to deter sign thieves?
I would like to have a permanent home on Morning Wood Lane. Lol
Kentucky has both a KY 69 and a KY 420, and I have never heard of excessive amounts of sign theft for either route.
Quote from: hbelkins on August 17, 2015, 04:18:03 PM
Kentucky has both a KY 69 and a KY 420, and I have never heard of excessive amounts of sign theft for either route.
That's because there are plenty of Kentuckians growing the stuff associated with the number 420.
KY 69 may get renumbered due to I-69, not that stops KY 79 and U.S. 79 from co-existing.
QuoteKY 69 may get renumbered due to I-69, not that stops KY 79 and U.S. 79 from co-existing.
KY 79 is essentially a state highway extension of US 79, so it's not quite the same.
As for the OP, we have a local signpost in town here that the town road crew has taken to applying grease to in order to avoid thefts. It's the main road to a world famous micro-brewery.
Corner of Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco.
MaineDOT likes to put most of their ME 69 shields on white unisigns to discourage sign theft...
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8598495426_a9f4050833_z.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria
Quote from: peterj920 on August 17, 2015, 01:01:38 PM
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/41301
Along I-70 in Colorado, the Mile 420 sign was stolen frequently, so it was replaced with Mile 419.99
It is also CDOT tradition to use "Mile 68.99" Markers in lieu of 69.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on August 17, 2015, 12:32:40 PM
This one:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@62.4606228,-114.352669,18z?hl=en
It's actually a little famous. I remember there being a streetblade made on a rock or something to prevent theft. One of the members here posted a picture.
I assume it's on Ragged Ass Road?
All I can think of was when I went to L.A. in 2010, there was barbed wire on the gantries, presumably to keep people from climbing the pole and spraying graffiti everywhere.
It's not about signs being stolen, but vandalism is still an issue there, apparently.
Here is an example from the AA roads I-10 guide
https://www.aaroads.com/california/images010/i-010_wb_exit_023b_04.jpg
Strangely enough, I don't believe that MassDOT (nor it predecessors) ever had any enhanced assemblies to keep their bookleaf ENTERING FLORIDA signs (obviously, for the Town of Florida) from being stolen.
Quote from: BamaZeus on August 18, 2015, 12:20:19 PM
All I can think of was when I went to L.A. in 2010, there was barbed wire on the gantries, presumably to keep people from climbing the pole and spraying graffiti everywhere.
It's not about signs being stolen, but vandalism is still an issue there, apparently.
Here is an example from the AA roads I-10 guide
https://www.aaroads.com/california/images010/i-010_wb_exit_023b_04.jpg
And they
still manage to graffiti the signs!
Quote from: BamaZeus on August 18, 2015, 12:20:19 PM
All I can think of was when I went to L.A. in 2010, there was barbed wire on the gantries, presumably to keep people from climbing the pole and spraying graffiti everywhere.
Last time I was in Vegas, I swore I saw some razor-wired gantries there as well.
I can think of km marker 666 of Spanish N-II being stuck to the crash barrier. I'm sure it was stolen several times, there's even a Street View pic where it's gone. It will dissapear soon as that road section is set to be downgraded.
I remember the Netherlands would duplicate km marker 66.5 and place the second one where a 66.6 marker would normally be, also due to theft.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on August 19, 2015, 06:05:20 AM
I can think of km marker 666 of Spanish N-II being stuck to the crash barrier. I'm sure it was stolen several times, there's even a Street View pic where it's gone. It will dissapear soon as that road section is set to be downgraded.
I remember the Netherlands would duplicate km marker 66.5 and place the second one where a 66.6 marker would normally be, also due to theft.
US 1 in Massachusetts has no mile 66.6 at all. In that area, there are mile markers every 0.2 miles.
When I lived in Rockford, Illinois there was a rural road south of town named "Bloods Point Road." It had a supposedly haunted cemetery, a house where witches lived, and a bridge that had a terrible accident (all urban legends probably). The road signs were frequently stolen, so the county changed all signs to read "BL PT Road" instead.
Image: https://goo.gl/maps/SFtOd
I saw on the overnight news that Idaho has now joined the anti MM 420 movement. I don't know for what route(s), but they are now using a 419.9 MM sign(s).
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 18, 2015, 01:52:51 PM
Strangely enough, I don't believe that MassDOT (nor it predecessors) ever had any enhanced assemblies to keep their bookleaf ENTERING FLORIDA signs (obviously, for the Town of Florida) from being stolen.
I wonder how many times the "Entering Beverly" or "Entering Shirley" signs are taken.
Paul
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 18, 2015, 01:52:51 PM
Strangely enough, I don't believe that MassDOT (nor it predecessors) ever had any enhanced assemblies to keep their bookleaf ENTERING FLORIDA signs (obviously, for the Town of Florida) from being stolen.
I would almost bet that's because they are more valuable to "collectors" when they stay in place...with a winter scene in the background.
Quote from: PaulRAnderson on August 19, 2015, 07:18:19 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 18, 2015, 01:52:51 PM
Strangely enough, I don't believe that MassDOT (nor it predecessors) ever had any enhanced assemblies to keep their bookleaf ENTERING FLORIDA signs (obviously, for the Town of Florida) from being stolen.
I wonder how many times the "Entering Beverly" or "Entering Shirley" signs are taken.
Paul
It was lovely and not overbuilt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lw8ADKeaOM
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 19, 2015, 07:37:20 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 18, 2015, 01:52:51 PM
Strangely enough, I don't believe that MassDOT (nor it predecessors) ever had any enhanced assemblies to keep their bookleaf ENTERING FLORIDA signs (obviously, for the Town of Florida) from being stolen.
I would almost bet that's because they are more valuable to "collectors" when they stay in place...with a winter scene in the background.
Provided that such signs aren't stolen. Not sure about the present, but those particular sign (at all the town borders, IIRC)
had the record of being the most frequently stolen sign in the Bay State.
Quote from: thenetwork on August 18, 2015, 06:50:12 PM
Quote from: BamaZeus on August 18, 2015, 12:20:19 PM
All I can think of was when I went to L.A. in 2010, there was barbed wire on the gantries, presumably to keep people from climbing the pole and spraying graffiti everywhere.
Last time I was in Vegas, I swore I saw some razor-wired gantries there as well.
NDOT does not use barbed wire on sign poles, but they have used a vandalism deterrent in some Vegas locations. It looks more like a flat metal disc/collar about 2 feet in diameter, which is supposed to make it difficult for someone to make their way up the pole.
Example: US 95 north at Rainbow Blvd (exit 81) (https://www.aaroads.com/west/nevada095/us-095_nb_exit_081b_01.jpg), via AARoads. (Although this one has since been replaced by a fence surround, since the adjacent ramp made it easier to get over the collar.)
Quote from: thenetwork on August 19, 2015, 09:44:00 AM
I saw on the overnight news that Idaho has now joined the anti MM 420 movement. I don't know for what route(s), but they are now using a 419.9 MM sign(s).
It was US 95, if I recall correctly.
Awakening and bumping this thread:
MDOT is dealing with so many thefts of M-22 route shields in northern lower Michigan, they are going to begin replacing them with shields displaying only the "22" (sans "M") in the hopes those won't be so attractive to steal.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/24/m-22-mdot/89249160/ (http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/24/m-22-mdot/89249160/)
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 24, 2016, 10:43:00 PM
Awakening and bumping this thread:
MDOT is dealing with so many thefts of M-22 route shields in northern lower Michigan, they are going to begin replacing them with shields displaying only the "22" (sans "M") in the hopes those won't be so attractive to steal.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/24/m-22-mdot/89249160/ (http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/24/m-22-mdot/89249160/)
Probably will have Oakland County make them. They seem to be great at forgetting the "M" in a lot of their signage :-D
Quote from: countysigns on August 25, 2016, 07:47:42 AM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 24, 2016, 10:43:00 PM
Awakening and bumping this thread:
MDOT is dealing with so many thefts of M-22 route shields in northern lower Michigan, they are going to begin replacing them with shields displaying only the "22" (sans "M") in the hopes those won't be so attractive to steal.
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/24/m-22-mdot/89249160/ (http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/24/m-22-mdot/89249160/)
Probably will have Oakland County make them. They seem to be great at forgetting the "M" in a lot of their signage :-D
Or buy surplus from North Carolina.
Quote from: hm insulators on August 18, 2015, 02:16:23 PM
Quote from: BamaZeus on August 18, 2015, 12:20:19 PM
All I can think of was when I went to L.A. in 2010, there was barbed wire on the gantries, presumably to keep people from climbing the pole and spraying graffiti everywhere.
It's not about signs being stolen, but vandalism is still an issue there, apparently.
Here is an example from the AA roads I-10 guide
https://www.aaroads.com/california/images010/i-010_wb_exit_023b_04.jpg (https://www.aaroads.com/california/images010/i-010_wb_exit_023b_04.jpg)
And they still manage to graffiti the signs!
I'm always amazed/impressed at how some people get up there to perform their "art".
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 18, 2015, 09:25:39 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria
They could ask nicely for people to stop stealing those. They could put up a sign right before that one that says "Please don't steal the Fucking sign."
Montana has placed mile markers 405.99 and 419.99, and painted on the shoulder 406 and 420 at the correct locations. 406 is Montana's area code, and we all probably know what 420 is in reference to. I believe that Colorado did the same with there mile marker 420 on I-70, but I don't remember the treatment they used.
Quote from: rarnold on August 25, 2016, 09:04:25 PM
Montana has placed mile markers 405.99 and 419.99, and painted on the shoulder 406 and 420 at the correct locations. 406 is Montana's area code, and we all probably know what 420 is in reference to. I believe that Colorado did the same with there their mile marker 420 on I-70, but I don't remember the treatment they used.
They also did 419.99.
Quote from: wxfree on August 25, 2016, 08:55:43 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 18, 2015, 09:25:39 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria
They could ask nicely for people to stop stealing those. They could put up a sign right before that one that says "Please don't steal the Fucking sign."
But then that sign would get stolen as well. :-D
South Dakota uses blank mile markers for MM 69 on the interstates: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1178274,-103.0111789,3a,15y,138.34h,78.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syva-9CXD_2vPhqfdJYP6xg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1178274,-103.0111789,3a,15y,138.34h,78.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syva-9CXD_2vPhqfdJYP6xg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
We don't have any 420's.
Montana had mile marker 666 on US 2 just before the ND/MT border. Looking at Google Maps, it doesn't appear that it's even marked any more, as it goes from 665 to 667. Probably stolen and never replaced.
Now that cordless sawzalls are popular DOTs have to be even more creative than before.