On the train today I looked out my window at the cities I passed through and noticed a distinct difference between the city street signs. Take a look:
Buffalo:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHPYqfrP.jpg&hash=0174fc6e40e4d1e9deef115933dc028f79d029aa)
Rochester:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FjoXVL0P.jpg&hash=8e6c35cf2b1572ee2d9987dbe8227cae4f5cad09)
Syracuse:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FM1SphXV.jpg&hash=a74acedbaa6b0a9a618b5c430e298e98194f9915)
Utica:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FnJfb09y.jpg&hash=83f6a1423e65f52be95bc57ee8fac4aef5bf99c0)
Albany:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FirqknKB.jpg&hash=f000b634572328943f8089b6f9527fdfa75adca6)
Please AARoads, show us the signs in your city.
The following are all towns/cities in Northwest Indiana that I can think of with distinct signage. They are in no order.
Merrilvile:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4710909,-87.3360128,3a,15y,30.59h,118.4t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUNPf82KsoecfesfvSqu36Q!2e0!5s20130801T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Hobart:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5320269,-87.2548684,3a,26.4y,338.19h,97.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swMSzt3Xt3RDxEuA9UpJWeA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Portage:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Portage,+IN/@41.5649542,-87.1828939,3a,15y,8.37h,106.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPqP1h2C8bItxbqjYF0ejsw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DPqP1h2C8bItxbqjYF0ejsw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D151.79288%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x8811be093239b9b1:0x4b38c8094628ea42!6m1!1e1
Hammond:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5956809,-87.5000602,3a,15y,46.56h,107.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8fCYoC34B27cH_ngI76kWw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Highland:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5520355,-87.437332,3a,15y,15.23h,101.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s668VXl8K-VIGZMPsYGod5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Whiting:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Whiting,+IN/@41.6793304,-87.4960617,3a,15y,299.18h,104.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smAFHAFwRzbEWXvB6so3ftw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmAFHAFwRzbEWXvB6so3ftw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D350.22183%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x8811d916c9549be3:0xa5b40b068abed126!6m1!1e1
East Chicago:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6464607,-87.4545907,3a,30.1y,114.8h,91.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAwDeqDAcZC7Q75XfXP8BFw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Munster:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5612866,-87.5089589,3a,15y,289.8h,93.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soC6zxaT4QoM8yb7W1qCinw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Griffith:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5227733,-87.4277236,3a,15y,166.72h,99.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQWLDD4MppFEwEjyQinBC9A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
If any of the links don't match with the town names let me know and I'll fix them.
Here's Santa Barbara, California:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.tinypic.com%2F112adjt.jpg&hash=df1efe9c35a52a8dc178e0eefd3e2376b194f789)
(Image is from Google Street View)
Some street blades from my neck of the woods:
In order from left to right (first to last): Seattle, Everett (WA), Vancouver (BC) (flower optional), Portland (OR):
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Seattle_-_Cheasty_Blvd_street_sign.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Ft3YjJ66.png&hash=c360e38ff48934f818d536341ee1fa650719d498) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvancouverisawesome.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F12%2Fvictorysquare.jpg&hash=be0096907d3211cdace738faf942488c466fc86e) (https://urbanadventureleague.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/100_3953.jpg)
Seattle image courtesy Jmabel (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmabel).
Here are some more...
Cupertino, CA
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fblades%2Fcupertino.png&hash=4fb22133c4d55f41da456116566805fd3d234ed7)
Los Altos, CA
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fblades%2Flosaltos.png&hash=756a453bb69aa6d3739bc8663991dddd119c881f)
Los Gatos, CA
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fblades%2Flosgatos.png&hash=50695961c831f6a2658a09b5f4978afd18fdbad2)
Monte Sereno, CA
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fblades%2Fmontesereno.png&hash=38d602d014feff71a38a859d6c6d3284d9896665)
Saratoga, CA
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fblades%2Fsaratoga.png&hash=363f256eb15a43fcb12fffe6b0d5989ae92f8a3c)
Here's Winnipeg's:
Current version. Black on White All caps Clearview. Stop signs are still FHWA in Manitoba.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5743/22166144602_ea7e0c1594_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zLKhwW)
New Winnipeg Street Blade Design (https://flic.kr/p/zLKhwW) by Sign Geek (https://www.flickr.com/photos/135438121@N07/), on Flickr
Older version, before 2012 or so. Still very common. Also notice the unique 'No Right Turn On Red' Sign here. That isn't Canadian standard.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/712/21556054584_8bf7681d69_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yQQq2w)
Old Winnipeg Street Blade Design (https://flic.kr/p/yQQq2w) by Sign Geek (https://www.flickr.com/photos/135438121@N07/), on Flickr
Street blades over traffic signals are white on green Clearview (with no border around the sign). Older installations use Helvetica instead.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 14, 2015, 09:32:33 PM
Street blades over traffic signals are white on green Clearview (with no border around the sign). Older installations use Helvetica instead.
The switch from Helvetica to Clearview was also observed in Vancouver:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVTDOo31.png&hash=1cbd5778f2591efb082ae1aa05dc5fd929ca6675) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FufDllIS.png&hash=8771d0512650adfb49a5e89ac6a97519221abbb2)
To be clear, white Clearview on green is the British Columbia standard except when another design is utilized (such as white-on-blue or the brown/white design above).
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 14, 2015, 09:32:33 PM
Here's Winnipeg's:
Current version. Black on White All caps Clearview. Stop signs are still FHWA in Manitoba.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5743/22166144602_ea7e0c1594_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zLKhwW)
New Winnipeg Street Blade Design (https://flic.kr/p/zLKhwW) by Sign Geek (https://www.flickr.com/photos/135438121@N07/), on Flickr
Older version, before 2012 or so. Still very common. Also notice the unique 'No Right Turn On Red' Sign here. That isn't Canadian standard.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/712/21556054584_8bf7681d69_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yQQq2w)
Old Winnipeg Street Blade Design (https://flic.kr/p/yQQq2w) by Sign Geek (https://www.flickr.com/photos/135438121@N07/), on Flickr
Street blades over traffic signals are white on green Clearview (with no border around the sign). Older installations use Helvetica instead.
I think it looks pretty clean, AFAIK NYS severely lacks those kinds of blades...or at least Upstate.
Also, happy birthday.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 14, 2015, 01:18:51 AM
Here's Santa Barbara, California:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.tinypic.com%2F112adjt.jpg&hash=df1efe9c35a52a8dc178e0eefd3e2376b194f789)
(Image is from Google Street View)
San Luis Obispo has the same style but a different color as I recall from a trip through both cities in 2013. I believe SLO was blue, could be green.
Rick
Pound Ridge NY has finger-shaped signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.tinypic.com%2Frv9ipy.jpg&hash=278b42183b1719b364cbd69fe434c551f3184e23)
(GMSV image (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1846186,-73.5695496,3a,75y,243.56h,86.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8WUFVehugqF4cUqwOc3j7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1))
Quote from: Purgatory On Wheels on October 15, 2015, 08:42:49 PM
Pound Ridge NY has finger-shaped signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.tinypic.com%2Frv9ipy.jpg&hash=278b42183b1719b364cbd69fe434c551f3184e23)
(GMSV image (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1846186,-73.5695496,3a,75y,243.56h,86.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8WUFVehugqF4cUqwOc3j7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1))
I thought those were crab claws.
Quote from: myosh_tino on October 14, 2015, 11:26:06 AM
Here are some more...
Los Gatos, CA
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2Fblades%2Flosgatos.png&hash=50695961c831f6a2658a09b5f4978afd18fdbad2)
A little more about Los Gatos:
Their street signs had been very traditional black text on white, embossed porcelain, black border.
Then, these "old-timey" signs went up along Los Gatos Boulevard (former CA-17) - not sure when, but I'm guessing when they changed the name of the street from San Jose Avenue (c. 1970):
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/594/21584496404_f1bf1c8b22_n.jpg)
(Most of the signs do not have the tree)
Then, in the mid-1980s, they began to replace the black-on-white signs with these white-on-brown models:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/773/21584532634_2328b83d68_n.jpg)
That project seemed to stall out in the 1990s, but it picked back up around 2000, but with the suffix-as-a-superscript variant:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5644/22194565682_aa24e98056_n.jpg)
Some time after that, they decided the downtown area needed special street signs:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/708/22020395459_aa5b97f428_n.jpg)
Then we have the version that myosh_tino posted. All of these are present at multiple intersections today, and I'm sure there's some old black-on-white ones out there as well - so in a town of 30,000 people you currently have five or six variants of street sign.
Growing up in New Jersey the different types of blades told me what city you were in. Like Clark, NJ had two types as the older ones were black with white raised lettering and the newer ones had white on black with a plastic cover to protect the blade from elements of the air.
Neighboring communities like Cranford and Woodbridge used posts signing. Then Linden used white on green for the newer signs with a plastic cover with the older ones being white on black blades. Westfield and Scotch Plains used the same small white on green blades, so going across the border seemed the same between those two neighboring towns. Winfield Park, I had forgotten what they had as I very rarely went there as no through streets as it was a peninsula on the Rahway River and Clark was not connected by road to it.
It made going from town to town interesting, I must say. Sort of like traffic lights and the guide signs on freeways made it interesting going from state to state. In essence I like the way each city has its own.
GMSV FINALLY has new coverage of Somerville, NJ so I can show these:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5771239,-74.6093635,3a,15y,139.54h,87.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssfLGf-PmxCwkIxr5cITHMA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5700393,-74.6190289,3a,21.1y,119.16h,89.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUOf7KiktGpVuUxenyOEN5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Washington, D.C. has its flag on some street blades:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F7Smbmz0.jpg&hash=da747e7dc7e1f4f70db8743f581c2ba689ca8505)
No photos, but I will add that many cities here add the historical name of the road and its date of inception in small print below the street name. A very cool practice, IMO.
I'm not fond of the ubiquitous and undistinguishable city/town seals that clutter up too many street signs nowadays.
Here's a current generation sign blade set up in Philly. Call me a homer but I think they have the nicest sign blades of any city in the country.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.076319,-75.1948024,3a,15.7y,284.66h,100.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svAFlnS7JBkL1ThTP3kWqYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: ekt8750 on October 21, 2015, 03:00:53 PM
Here's a current generation sign blade set up in Philly. Call me a homer but I think they have the nicest sign blades of any city in the country.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.076319,-75.1948024,3a,15.7y,284.66h,100.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svAFlnS7JBkL1ThTP3kWqYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I actually like mixed-case Clearview on streetblades. I feel it's "cleaner" than FHWA in that role. I'm not a fan of the all-caps version used where I live though.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 21, 2015, 10:54:06 PM
Quote from: ekt8750 on October 21, 2015, 03:00:53 PM
Here's a current generation sign blade set up in Philly. Call me a homer but I think they have the nicest sign blades of any city in the country.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.076319,-75.1948024,3a,15.7y,284.66h,100.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svAFlnS7JBkL1ThTP3kWqYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I actually like mixed-case Clearview on streetblades. I feel it's "cleaner" than FHWA in that role. I'm not a fan of the all-caps version used where I live though.
Yeah when Philly first adopted Clearview, they used all caps and it wasn't good at all. Mixed casing on both Clearview and the narrower FHWA series (I see blades in Jersey with that all the time) look much nicer, esp when they're kerned properly.
Quote from: ekt8750 on October 22, 2015, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 21, 2015, 10:54:06 PM
Quote from: ekt8750 on October 21, 2015, 03:00:53 PM
Here's a current generation sign blade set up in Philly. Call me a homer but I think they have the nicest sign blades of any city in the country.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.076319,-75.1948024,3a,15.7y,284.66h,100.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svAFlnS7JBkL1ThTP3kWqYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I actually like mixed-case Clearview on streetblades. I feel it's "cleaner" than FHWA in that role. I'm not a fan of the all-caps version used where I live though.
Yeah when Philly first adopted Clearview, they used all caps and it wasn't good at all. Mixed casing on both Clearview and the narrower FHWA series (I see blades in Jersey with that all the time) look much nicer, esp when they're kerned properly.
in Center City, there's also Liberty Bell (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9587208,-75.1551148,3a,75y,274.26h,80.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sL7_srk9LA0d0eIacm7C80A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) symbols on some blades.
Quote from: odditude on October 22, 2015, 03:47:27 PM
Quote from: ekt8750 on October 22, 2015, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 21, 2015, 10:54:06 PM
Quote from: ekt8750 on October 21, 2015, 03:00:53 PM
Here's a current generation sign blade set up in Philly. Call me a homer but I think they have the nicest sign blades of any city in the country.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.076319,-75.1948024,3a,15.7y,284.66h,100.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svAFlnS7JBkL1ThTP3kWqYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I actually like mixed-case Clearview on streetblades. I feel it's "cleaner" than FHWA in that role. I'm not a fan of the all-caps version used where I live though.
Yeah when Philly first adopted Clearview, they used all caps and it wasn't good at all. Mixed casing on both Clearview and the narrower FHWA series (I see blades in Jersey with that all the time) look much nicer, esp when they're kerned properly.
in Center City, there's also Liberty Bell (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9587208,-75.1551148,3a,75y,274.26h,80.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sL7_srk9LA0d0eIacm7C80A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) symbols on some blades.
Actually the Liberty Bell is added to any sign with a street name that's 5 characters or less. They appear on signs all across the city.
Appleton, WI has been using white on green mixed-case Clearview on its blades for about three years now, too.
Mike
The City of Los Angeles has several different types of street blades. Pictures and history on the link that follows:
http://militantangeleno.blogspot.com/2011/03/signs-of-times.html
San Francisco has traditionally had a two-rectangle blade setup: the top, smaller one contains the block number and an arrow to note which direction the blocks go up (or "END" if the road has reached its terminus), and the street name in the larger rectangle below. Due to the MUTCD changes of the last few years, the all-caps text which had been used for the street name has been supplanted by mixed case.
http://sfbay.ca/2012/06/18/sf-street-signs-face-capital-changes/
Originally, these signs were embossed metal:
http://www.californiahomedesign.com/trending/2011/01/07/cant-miss-estate-sale-old-firehouse-sfs-broad-street
Apparently the black-on-white design was not always in place in SF:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist/sign.html
In specific ethnic neighborhoods (Chinatown, Japantown) a translation of the street name is provided on a third rectangle below:
https://mycamerajournal.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/chinatown-street-signs.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/fa/36/1a/chinatown.jpg
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/sf/kveus4209p.jpg
Here's a unique setup at Haight & Ashbury:
http://surfimages.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ashbury-haight-signs.jpg
Road type (Street/Boulevard/Avenue) is rarely ever used for named streets, but is invariably used for the numbered streets (due to the two distinct numbered street grids).
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5697/23338723289_9d96aa194c_o_d.jpg)
Green Bay, WI
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/668/23813428355_65ccbe0581_o_d.jpg)
Ashwaubenon, WI uses white street blades for Truck Routes and green blades for residential streets.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5635/23705010432_f6b627906b_o_d.jpg)
Street signs within the City of Green Bay in the Lambeau Field area.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 14, 2015, 09:32:33 PM
Here's Winnipeg's:
Current version. Black on White All caps Clearview. Stop signs are still FHWA in Manitoba.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5743/22166144602_ea7e0c1594_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zLKhwW)
New Winnipeg Street Blade Design (https://flic.kr/p/zLKhwW) by Sign Geek (https://www.flickr.com/photos/135438121@N07/), on Flickr
I actually really like these. Black-on-white has a nice, clean look to it. Wrightwood, CA uses a similar setup (although it's green-on-white, basically just an inverted variation of the standard LA county street blades), and they also look nice. Don't have a pic handy, though.
Growing up in the late '70s, I loved noticing how local municipalities had different sign styles for their street blades.
Back then, Highland Heights had green signs with white letters and a white border.
Fort Thomas had white signs with embossed black letters and no border. They added a black border around that time.
I think Cold Spring had the same style as Fort Thomas after they added the border.
Southgate had black signs with embossed white letters and a white border.
Newport had white signs with black letters and no border. Unlike Fort Thomas, these were not embossed.
Covington had green signs with white letters and a white border - but they used a slightly weird font.
I think Dayton (Ky.) had white signs with black letters and no border - but an even weirder font. Then again, it seems like Dayton didn't have many sign blades, period.
Bellevue was some form of white signs with black letters, but I don't remember the exact style. I think Wilder was the same.
Fort Wright had green signs with embossed white letters, but their sign blades were bigger.
I think unincorporated Campbell County may have used brown signs with white letters, at least occasionally.
Alexandria was some form of green signs with white letters.
Quote from: bandit957 on December 19, 2015, 12:05:52 AM
Growing up in the late '70s, I loved noticing how local municipalities had different sign styles for their street blades.
I didn't grow up in the '70s, or really anywhere near then, but I have noticed lately a trend towards a more consistent design of street blade. No surprise, really, since the MUTCD has always sought to standardise traffic signs (including street blades), but it was a nice way for cities to identify themselves.
An example of a Fort Thomas sign blade from before the late '70s, that was still standing in 2009. This may have been the last one like this still standing and is gone now...
https://goo.gl/maps/zSps54KZpnJ2
An example of the style Fort Thomas adopted in the late '70s, which was also still standing in 2009. Again, this may have been the last one like this still standing and is gone now...
https://goo.gl/maps/A8bdtvQgKAN2
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barnstable,+MA/@41.6708274,-70.3000091,3a,49.9y,62.4h,91.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIcwg2jAsJ9kNO9XDHZ3Mlw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DIcwg2jAsJ9kNO9XDHZ3Mlw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D55.323257%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x89fb33b67f8ec5e5:0xea7648efbb136d73!6m1!1e1 (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barnstable,+MA/@41.6708274,-70.3000091,3a,49.9y,62.4h,91.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIcwg2jAsJ9kNO9XDHZ3Mlw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DIcwg2jAsJ9kNO9XDHZ3Mlw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D55.323257%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x89fb33b67f8ec5e5:0xea7648efbb136d73!6m1!1e1)
How Barnstable signs their streets. The town seal is on the blade.
Quote from: peterj920 on December 12, 2015, 05:30:44 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5697/23338723289_9d96aa194c_o_d.jpg)
Green Bay, WI
You mean to tell me they stole this from Detroit?
Quote from: Henry on December 22, 2015, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: peterj920 on December 12, 2015, 05:30:44 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5697/23338723289_9d96aa194c_o_d.jpg)
Green Bay, WI
You mean to tell me they stole this from Detroit?
LOL! I get the joke.
Here's some actual ones from Detroit: https://goo.gl/maps/foLPbivdKYw
Here's some local ones for me.
Crest Hill, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/hBQEuw3jHaJ2
This is the new model, white on blue with the city name at the top of the top blade.
Joliet, IL:
Old style, two minor streets: https://goo.gl/maps/yiZcyEVe4r22
Old style, along a major street: https://goo.gl/maps/SXmCdseaXux
New style, two minor streets: https://goo.gl/maps/h3VZWZbacZA2
New style, along a major street: https://goo.gl/maps/2UswDUXKdBE2
New backlit ones on traffic signal mastarms: https://goo.gl/maps/pUvyXYkiQQM2
Very old ones with the block number and direction that they increase: https://goo.gl/maps/gwcJeurFbMP2
Troy Township (unincorporated): https://goo.gl/maps/QpunU95khKK2
Joliet Township (unincorporated): https://goo.gl/maps/zAAFbV9SeKx
Rockdale, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/qjvRqeEHFEv
Shorewood, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/4aLPbP72ni22
This is their newest style, green on white with the village symbol.
Naperville, IL: https://goo.gl/maps/o2xdb5me2Yn
Quote from: Brandon on December 22, 2015, 03:48:09 PM
Quote from: Henry on December 22, 2015, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: peterj920 on December 12, 2015, 05:30:44 PM
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5697/23338723289_9d96aa194c_o_d.jpg)
Green Bay, WI
You mean to tell me they stole this from Detroit?
LOL! I get the joke.
Here's some actual ones from Detroit: https://goo.gl/maps/foLPbivdKYw
I saw this intersection and I couldn't believe that I saw this intersection and had to take a picture of it. The signs haven't been a target of thieves. There are 2 street signs that are bolted down to a post that are common targets of thieves in Green Bay. They are: Mullet Place and Morningwoods Ct. There is also an Assman Rd about 25 miles southeast of Green Bay where the signs are stolen almost as quickly as they are installed. The times I tried to get a picture I wasn't because the signs are gone.
Quote from: peterj920 on December 26, 2015, 01:53:14 AM
I saw this intersection and I couldn't believe that I saw this intersection and had to take a picture of it. The signs haven't been a target of thieves. There are 2 street signs that are bolted down to a post that are common targets of thieves in Green Bay. They are: Mullet Place and Morningwoods Ct. There is also an Assman Rd about 25 miles southeast of Green Bay where the signs are stolen almost as quickly as they are installed. The times I tried to get a picture I wasn't because the signs are gone.
About 20 years or so ago, the Appleton, WI city council approved a street in a new residential development named Morningwood Ct. Several years later, after tiring of having to constantly replace the sign at its lone intersection, the city council approved renaming it to Morningview Ct.
:-P
Mike
Street blade in the Charlotte/Harbor neighborhood of Rochester, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2572398,-77.609339,3a,15y,30.88h,103.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svD7z-3QwGK6Buxi-QbmKeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Standard street blades in the City of Rochester have white lettering on blue.
Fort Smith, AR:
Blue with White lettering, private streets Green with White
Springfield, MO:
Green with White, except the historical, education and financial districts which are brown with white lettering (and white logos)
Quote from: US71 on January 22, 2016, 07:36:55 PM
Springfield, MO:
Green with White, except the historical, education and financial districts which are brown with white lettering (and white logos)
I've always thought Springfield had particularly nice-looking signs.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Spfd_MO_signblades.jpg)
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrtZAM1d.jpg&hash=52162249d441e1170ea7ebf07a311c1388f4c588)
No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.
For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCyfvvYC.jpg&hash=d8e6347795b4e3e22503d07218a158a43664a445)
Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrtZAM1d.jpg&hash=52162249d441e1170ea7ebf07a311c1388f4c588)
No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.
For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:
Gross. It's not even the Clearview; I don't mind mixed case Clearview on street blades, but the colour pattern just isn't good.
Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2016, 03:29:02 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrtZAM1d.jpg&hash=52162249d441e1170ea7ebf07a311c1388f4c588)
No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.
For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:
Gross. It's not even the Clearview; I don't mind mixed case Clearview on street blades, but the colour pattern just isn't good.
Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?
That's horrendous.
I think there's a town slightly north of Boston that uses red. I'll have to keep an eye out for which.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2016, 03:29:02 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrtZAM1d.jpg&hash=52162249d441e1170ea7ebf07a311c1388f4c588)
No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.
For something cute rather than hideous, Dinosaur CO has these:
Gross. It's not even the Clearview; I don't mind mixed case Clearview on street blades, but the colour pattern just isn't good.
Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?
That's horrendous.
I think there's a town slightly north of Boston that uses red. I'll have to keep an eye out for which.
Sleepy Hollow, NY also uses orange street blades, but I think these at least look more tastefully done than those Northampton ones.
https://goo.gl/maps/kbwpqYcsLjz
The problem with those PA street blades is they seem to be using the FHWA defined orange, which is intentionally jarring to look at, because its purpose is to make you aware of road work and construction. Using it for everyday purposes defeats its original intent, and just looks awful, as pointed out.
For 2009 MUTCD, Section 2D.43. Orange is no longer allowed.
Quote16 An alternative background color other than the normal guide sign color of green may be used for Street Name (D3-1 or D3-1a) signs where the highway agency determines this is necessary to assist road users in determining jurisdictional authority for roads.
Quote18 The only acceptable alternative background colors for Street Name (D3-1 or D3-1a) signs shall be blue, brown, or white. Regardless of whether green, blue, or brown is used as the background color for Street Name (D3-1 or D3-1a) signs, the legend (and border, if used) shall be white. For Street Name signs that use a white background, the legend (and border, if used) shall be black.
Local ones for me:
Toledo (minor intersection) - http://tinyurl.com/ha5jkdy
Toledo (minor intersection with dead end street) - http://tinyurl.com/zqgr7cb
Toledo (major intersection) - http://tinyurl.com/h6n8hxe
Toledo (new mixed-case signage) - http://tinyurl.com/zgqu6f6
Toledo (historical areas of city) - http://tinyurl.com/zcy2te9
Toledo (downtown with block number usage) - http://tinyurl.com/htwrl6h
Toledo (street named for historical figure) - http://tinyurl.com/jupm7sz (with my car in the background...the orange one :biggrin: )
Toledo (Polish Village) - http://tinyurl.com/h4fwcbq
With the rescinding of Clearview now official, I wonder what some of the cities here in the Phoenix area will now be using. Specifically, on signal-mounted signs, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert were previously using a bold version of Helvetica prior to adopting Clearview (Mesa being one of the early adopters, and Chandler being the most recent). I wonder if they will go back to that font, or will they go with an FHWA font? Perhaps they could follow ADOT's lead by using FHWA Series C.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on January 23, 2016, 03:29:02 PM
Come to think of it, how many other places use odd colours for street blades?
Also in PA, Cheltenham Twp uses gold on blue:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0855362,-75.1251255,3a,29.8y,135.73h,91.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sggAplsbenEyVT5DWbTqCUA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, has some weird street blades:
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/599/31527483876_8132ea64e0_b.jpg)
(https://flic.kr/p/Q2YAyd)Non-rectangular street sign in Burien (https://flic.kr/p/Q2YAyd) by SounderBruce (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/), on Flickr
Quote from: Big John on January 25, 2016, 03:27:13 PM
For 2009 MUTCD, Section 2D.43. Orange is no longer allowed.
I really wish there was more push back against that provision - it is one of the few parts IMHO where the MUTCD goes too far without enough justification. While orange may not be the best color, I do not see why purple could not be allowed in areas without any toll faculties, and why a few more colors could not be allowed for blades not attached to signal mast arms - perhaps similarly to the verbiage used for the colors for tourist wayfinding signs.
As for the more unique street name signs in Illinois:
* Downtown Arlington Heights (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0855911,-87.9816083,3a,19.3y,153.68h,97.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTch11k09TQKSspCtpM6xwQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DTch11k09TQKSspCtpM6xwQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D0.7207085%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)
* Hoffman Estates variant (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0472128,-88.0893927,3a,15y,131.99h,96.63t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNKP2IDiSnUbt5qvdHDWH6w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DNKP2IDiSnUbt5qvdHDWH6w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D105.59115%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)
* Carthage vertical version (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4162192,-91.1303625,3a,24.5y,159.21h,88.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8FgP5w8oo7alt4wqnmnAQA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8FgP5w8oo7alt4wqnmnAQA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D120.37184%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)
* Griggsville (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7096548,-90.7228084,3a,15y,269.5h,89.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKvCahOmqSzaSZZkUpM-fCg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
* North Aurora (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8059232,-88.3438641,3a,19.2y,70.34h,90.34t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saVWOa1Gt6iBd1-6-ZUbfKw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DaVWOa1Gt6iBd1-6-ZUbfKw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D127.30054%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) (which is changing over to white on blue per a newspaper article a few months ago).
* Goreville (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5555661,-88.9738089,3a,15y,314.9h,90.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srwoI9tJt1kiJpwkxjnoROA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
* St. Peters, Missouri, used to use Blue on White (Example 1 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7881248,-90.6156681,3a,30.9y,355.28h,92.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8PirTwEZKo3sovh-cHnkGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)) (Example with less blurring (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7901466,-90.6061023,3a,15y,344.29h,94.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sewlgAx_ElCQZdaHY54kRAQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DewlgAx_ElCQZdaHY54kRAQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D339.3149%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)), but I believe they are switching over to the more standard white on blue.
Quote from: Revive 755 on December 11, 2016, 01:54:05 PM
* St. Peters, Missouri, used to use Blue on White (Example 1 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7881248,-90.6156681,3a,30.9y,355.28h,92.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8PirTwEZKo3sovh-cHnkGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)) (Example with less blurring (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7901466,-90.6061023,3a,15y,344.29h,94.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sewlgAx_ElCQZdaHY54kRAQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DewlgAx_ElCQZdaHY54kRAQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D339.3149%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656))
With Streetview, all you need to do is click around until you find a less blurry picture. Alternatively, use the "historic imagery" option to see if older imagery is less blurry, either because the algorithm didn't unecessarily blur a road sign, or the street view car was closer to the curb, making for a closer, sharper photo of the sign.
Same intersection, much closer view: https://goo.gl/JgTeYM
Quote from: Revive 755 on December 11, 2016, 01:54:05 PM
Quote from: Big John on January 25, 2016, 03:27:13 PM
For 2009 MUTCD, Section 2D.43. Orange is no longer allowed.
I really wish there was more push back against that provision - it is one of the few parts IMHO where the MUTCD goes too far without enough justification. While orange may not be the best color, I do not see why purple could not be allowed in areas without any toll faculties, and why a few more colors could not be allowed for blades not attached to signal mast arms - perhaps similarly to the verbiage used for the colors for tourist wayfinding signs.
As for the more unique street name signs in Illinois:
* Downtown Arlington Heights (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0855911,-87.9816083,3a,19.3y,153.68h,97.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTch11k09TQKSspCtpM6xwQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DTch11k09TQKSspCtpM6xwQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D0.7207085%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)
* Hoffman Estates variant (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0472128,-88.0893927,3a,15y,131.99h,96.63t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNKP2IDiSnUbt5qvdHDWH6w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DNKP2IDiSnUbt5qvdHDWH6w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D105.59115%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)
* Carthage vertical version (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4162192,-91.1303625,3a,24.5y,159.21h,88.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s8FgP5w8oo7alt4wqnmnAQA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D8FgP5w8oo7alt4wqnmnAQA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D120.37184%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)
* Griggsville (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7096548,-90.7228084,3a,15y,269.5h,89.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKvCahOmqSzaSZZkUpM-fCg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
* North Aurora (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8059232,-88.3438641,3a,19.2y,70.34h,90.34t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1saVWOa1Gt6iBd1-6-ZUbfKw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DaVWOa1Gt6iBd1-6-ZUbfKw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D127.30054%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) (which is changing over to white on blue per a newspaper article a few months ago).
* Goreville (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5555661,-88.9738089,3a,15y,314.9h,90.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srwoI9tJt1kiJpwkxjnoROA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
* St. Peters, Missouri, used to use Blue on White (Example 1 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7881248,-90.6156681,3a,30.9y,355.28h,92.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8PirTwEZKo3sovh-cHnkGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)) (Example with less blurring (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7901466,-90.6061023,3a,15y,344.29h,94.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sewlgAx_ElCQZdaHY54kRAQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DewlgAx_ElCQZdaHY54kRAQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D339.3149%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)), but I believe they are switching over to the more standard white on blue.
The Mesa Fiesta District has red and purple signs that are still being installed today. I wonder how they were able to get away with that. Perhaps because it is a historic district?
At least the newest installs are no longer using Clearview, but are still using a non-compliant color.
Fort Smith, AR uses White on Blue, except private streets which are White on Green.
Fayetteville, AR is just the opposite.
Springfield, MO uses White on Green, but White on Brown for historic districts.
Maricopa County, AZ (No Block #'s)
(Includes All Non Incorporated Towns and Cities and County Islands)
Also can be found in older areas of Avondale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park
White on Green, Public Street
White on Brown, Private Street
Phoenix
Black on White
Glendale, AZ
White on Green
Peoria, AZ
Black On White
Avondale
White On Green
Goodyear
White on Green
Litchfield Park
White on Green With City Logo (No Block #'s)
Scottsdale
White On Green
Town Of Paradise Valley
White on Blue (No Block #'s)
Tempe
White on Green
Mesa
White on Green
Chandler
White on Brown with City Logo
Gilbert
White on Green
It was a lot harder to find a picture of a Salinas street sign, so I guess I'll have to go out and take some. But they use a non-standard Serif font for both their blades and the signs on the traffic signals.
https://goo.gl/maps/JF7yAHD7obR2
https://goo.gl/maps/GizVNGTfB7R2
Marina used to use brown blades, and there are still quite a few of those, but the newer ones are white on blue with a variation on the city's seal: https://goo.gl/maps/HS7qmN3bguH2
Meanwhile, Schoonover Park - owned by Cal State Monterey Bay - uses white on blue with a CSUMB logo: https://goo.gl/maps/VC4Qb2g41fq
And little Del Rey Oaks uses white on brown with its seal, an oak tree: https://goo.gl/maps/mK5NMxFddjx
Many cities and towns in the Greater Boston area include their seal on street signs. To me, it's always been a stupid practice as a) the details of the shield are basically illegible unless you're standing right up against the sign and b) unlike the rest of the sign, the seals typically become totally worn out in only one or two years.
Quote from: mapman1071 on December 18, 2016, 07:54:02 PM
Maricopa County, AZ (No Block #'s)
(Includes All Non Incorporated Towns and Cities and County Islands)
Also can be found in older areas of Avondale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park
White on Green, Public Street
White on Brown, Private Street
Phoenix
Black on White
Glendale, AZ
White on Green
Peoria, AZ
Black On White
Avondale
White On Green
Goodyear
White on Green
Litchfield Park
White on Green With City Logo (No Block #'s)
Scottsdale
White On Green
Town Of Paradise Valley
White on Blue (No Block #'s)
Tempe
White on Green
Mesa
White on Green
Chandler
White on Brown with City Logo
Gilbert
White on Green
For signalized intersections Phoenix and Peoria are White on Green. Also, Surprise is White on Brown, and Queen Creek is White on Green.
Also, I think Maricopa County for private streets is White on Blue, not White on Brown. I have seen some White on Blue signs on county islands.
Mesa has some areas with other colors for signalized intersections. In the Fiesta District, they are either White on Red (older installs) or White on Purple (newer installs). The Power Knowledge Corridor (Power Road from Williams Field to Ray) has White on Blue, and Eastmark has White on Brown.
Downtown Chandler has White on Teal.
Pittsburgh's street signs are white on blue. The signs at the major intersections include the block numbers and the name of the neighborhood on the top of the sign (in this case, Oakland). The signs at the minor intersections just have the street name on it.
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/7/6200/6108846666_e603cd488b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/aiPrhw)
Oakland neighborhood - Pittsburgh, PA (https://flic.kr/p/aiPrhw) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
Quote from: Duke87 on January 23, 2016, 03:06:09 PM
Northampton PA has black on orange street signs:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrtZAM1d.jpg&hash=52162249d441e1170ea7ebf07a311c1388f4c588)
No, this is not construction signage. They are all over town and quite permanent.
Acknowledging the bump- On my travels today I passed through Northampton and sure enough they still have the orange signs. There was a kerfuffle over a decade ago about them with the feds, but then they said back in 2011 they didn't have to change the signs out right away for the proper colors, only when they needed to be replaced. Link to an article (https://www.mcall.com/2011/08/30/feds-northampton-can-keep-orange-black-signs/) (sorta paywalled, but you might be able to Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C then paste the text to your favorite software before it disappears). There has definitely been some sign updating since the original edict. This location grew an "E" on its 21st St. sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6929243,-75.4936289,3a,49.4y,357.17h,88.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVtqOJKrpCbi-ACXq3Jj-kg!2e0!5s20160801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu) after 2016.
Austin's are far and away the best in my point of view. (bonus neighborhood sign in link 1, still in FHWA font!)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Esj2psFtuaNB3B3Y9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3btQtiR7LrJYXM5H7