Here is the place to post photos of signs that have been replaced. Here are some of mine!
DE 1 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296159857839383714 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296159857839383714)
DE 1 north in Delaware City,-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160270232425762 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160270232425762)
I-95 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160408313349010 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160408313349010)
I-495 north in Claymont-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160516793009650 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160516793009650)
I-87/New York Thruway-New Paltz, New York
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296161449377915778 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296161449377915778)
Lets see some photos!
i.c.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2F106%2Fi35s106_1mi.jpg&hash=4a3f9d5f3a28259990c47f547fb0e4713fe486ed)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2F106%2Fi35n106_1mi_old.jpg&hash=9406ff2b4d951dfcd23a6262113a27271c8c4a0c)
Replaced by this monstrosity! Note that the "9" is off center, and the exit ramp is magically 1/4 mi closer!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2Froad-photos%2Fmain.php%3Fcmd%3Dimage%26amp%3Bvar1%3Dok%252Fmcclain%252F035i_106_sb_1b.jpg%26amp%3Bvar2%3D700_85&hash=de2c0226072799a17bc6dc118f4aa39141fcee05)
Quote from: I.C.Ligget on January 27, 2009, 09:16:10 PM
Here is the place to post photos of signs that have been replaced. Here are some of mine!
DE 1 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296159857839383714 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296159857839383714)
DE 1 north in Delaware City,-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160270232425762 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160270232425762)
I-95 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160408313349010 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160408313349010)
I-495 north in Claymont-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160516793009650 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160516793009650)
I-87/New York Thruway-New Paltz, New York
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296161449377915778 (http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296161449377915778)
Lets see some photos!
i.c.
Pretty much every round-edged guide sign in Delaware is doomed for carbon copying. My next Interstate 95 Delaware update will show that even signs posted in 2004-05 are subject for replacement.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2946077612/in/set-72157603829192320/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2946077612/in/set-72157603829192320/)
Near Memphis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2151172014/in/set-72157603590299373/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2151172014/in/set-72157603590299373/)
Button-copy in Missouri
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2943867859/in/set-72157603590299373/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2943867859/in/set-72157603590299373/)
Kansas City
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2150382811/in/set-72157603590299373/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2150382811/in/set-72157603590299373/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2284441655/in/set-72157603590299373/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2284441655/in/set-72157603590299373/)
Springfield, MO
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2285229500/in/set-72157603909876274/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2285229500/in/set-72157603909876274/)
Oklahoma
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 27, 2009, 09:31:51 PM
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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2F106%2Fi35n106_1mi_old.jpg&hash=9406ff2b4d951dfcd23a6262113a27271c8c4a0c)
Replaced by this monstrosity! Note that the "9" is off center, and the exit ramp is magically 1/4 mi closer!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denexa.com%2Froadgeek%2Froad-photos%2Fmain.php%3Fcmd%3Dimage%26amp%3Bvar1%3Dok%252Fmcclain%252F035i_106_sb_1b.jpg%26amp%3Bvar2%3D700_85&hash=de2c0226072799a17bc6dc118f4aa39141fcee05)
I think the reason why it moved 1/4 mile closer is because the exit ramp was moved back a tad when the interchange was reconstructed. (IMO, I don't think the ramp was moved 1/4 mile back, but ODOT must have thought so)
Yeah, I figured that's why the distance changed, but I don't think it was a whole 1/4 mile. Probably more like 1/8 but they figured it would be a bad idea to put "7/8 mile"... perhaps they should have just moved the 1 mile sign back to the SH-9 overpass; that seems like the appropriate distance!
I hate those new signs at that interchange...they're so much uglier compared to the old ones. Looks like ODOT has had some problems with them too! (http://www.denexa.com/roadgeek/road-photos/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=ok%2Fmcclain%2F035i_106_nb_3p.jpg)
(https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/vidcaps/i-095_nb_exit_007_01.jpg) Long gone, carbon copied in 1998 (https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware050/i-095_nb_exit_007_02.jpg), replaced (https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware050/i-095_nb_exit_007_07.jpg) again in 2006 (with a right-hand exit tab)
(https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/vidcaps/i-095_nb_exit_008_01.jpg) Carbon copied in 1999 (https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware050/i-095_nb_exit_008_12.jpg)
According to the MUTCD, distances on guide signs are supposed to be shown in 1/4-mile increments (though there are numerous exceptions around the country, I would imagine). Rule of thumb is to use the nearest 1/4 mile lower than the actual distance.
Then:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg104.imageshack.us%2Fimg104%2F7815%2Fus190eastboundexitla22olm6.th.jpg&hash=0744ca84a6da729eee58af73db0171158ac1a1df) (http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=us190eastboundexitla22olm6.jpg)
Now:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg292.imageshack.us%2Fimg292%2F3831%2Fimg0026qe1.th.jpg&hash=506ae0ffb3fa80882e544f275cc3d41b2394a973) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0026qe1.jpg)
1980's-era LA 22 sign replaced with a new "Monochrome" shield sometime within the last few months. There's many more examples of this around my area alone.
I see the 190 also got the axe. Two attractive shields removed in favor of one ugly one (the misshapen US 190) and one I'm kinda indifferent towards.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3161%2F2284443089_6af697074e.jpg&hash=e172cbe4e2f20a86aaee4628e1c3894fbcc0c702)
Replaced (finally) with "meat cleavers" in 2006
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2264%2F2150382003_5ce6bfd137.jpg&hash=741b5b12f6e130da70a26952d59eb4796ea19083)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2367%2F2150381907_300d371c0f.jpg&hash=3c5f5471b1ba42a0db24f69e7256999c0051fc47)
Replaced 2006
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Replaced sometime after June 2007
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcaltrafficsigns.com%2Fpictures%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10001%2FSanMarino.jpg&hash=319f9caed7cf6c4277cc763eb893d10afba67ef6)
this lovely 1938 guide sign survived until 2007. There are two more like it left in the state of California that I know of, and I am not saying where they are!
Nice signs everybody!
1) These are signs that RIP
2) This thread is DEAD.
-DTP
agentsteel53: Good 4 U. :coffee:
I can't tell what is older; this thread or the picture agentsteel posted.
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M-C sign in Kingston
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fasphaltplanet.ca%2FON%2Fhwy_400_images%2F400_dv_20_north_Apr05.jpg&hash=79aec3e2c2ded0017fac3ca03885ba8926aa6489)
401 sign in Toronto.
Quote from: akotchi on January 28, 2009, 11:07:55 PM
According to the MUTCD, distances on guide signs are supposed to be shown in 1/4-mile increments (though there are numerous exceptions around the country, I would imagine). Rule of thumb is to use the nearest 1/4 mile lower than the actual distance.
There are at least two 1/8 mile signs in the Grand Rapids area.
This thread is now about signs that bip.
http://g.co/maps/u4nmd
Signs "bip" only in the mind of one very disturbed individual.
I may be disturbed, but 'very disturbed' is pushing it. Anyway, here's a sign that byps:
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images004/ca-004_eb_exit_030_06.jpg)
You weren't to whom I was referring.
Quote from: akotchi on January 28, 2009, 11:07:55 PM
According to the MUTCD, distances on guide signs are supposed to be shown in 1/4-mile increments (though there are numerous exceptions around the country, I would imagine). Rule of thumb is to use the nearest 1/4 mile lower than the actual distance.
Here is one of those "exceptions"...
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images101/us-101_sb_exit_400c_03a.jpg)
This is a relatively new sign (complete with exit numbers and reflective sheeting) but still features a "1/8 MILE" distance which was carried over from the old sign.
Quote from: hbelkins on November 17, 2011, 11:50:40 AM
You weren't to whom I was referring.
Since signs bip in my mind, you must be mistaken.
Quote from: NE2 on November 17, 2011, 11:34:36 AM
I may be disturbed, but 'very disturbed' is pushing it. Anyway, here's a sign that byps:
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images004/ca-004_eb_exit_030_06.jpg)
That sign will be RIP very soon when CA-4 is re-routed onto the bypass and when that happens hopefully that sign will be replaced with something that looks like this...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markyville.com%2Faaroads%2F4-160_future.png&hash=a7a07e4566bb4093c9708c55482cf1c051add00b)
In regards to the photo, interesting use of Series F Caps on the Stockton/Rio Vista sign, and some rather nifty Series C in the shields! I bet portions of the signs would just be patched over once CA-4 gets rerouted onto the bypass.
I saw this old Maximum Safe Speed assembly several times over the years when I would drive to Richmond, but I finally got a picture of it back in May. When I drove by it a few weeks ago, it had been replaced with a modern assembly. The gore sign is alive and kicking.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8BAGZ64J_6g/TsgunynkevI/AAAAAAAAAZE/XDwPZPO46Xg/s640/HPIM5976.JPG)
It's not a signal, but here is a 2008 photo of mine of the old VA 28/Frying Pan Road intersection in Herndon, VA before it was turned into a trumpet interchange:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6235%2F6365233711_5bd26304b6_z.jpg&hash=951eefe37b89f5c0676cfd05dc38c0e86088fb58)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.staticflickr.com%2F6114%2F6365233209_2ca7314794_z.jpg&hash=f188306a7fcdb3a7306fd7a2ac1b0ae3c8b38107)
Even though the new interchange is nice and was needed, I miss these old signals.
A-10 between Montreal and Sherbrooke have a couple of old big blue signs back from the time when it was tolled. However the signs of Exit 115 R.I.P since the reconfiguration of the interchange. http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/qc/a-10/
Exit 118 WB as well, since this summer. :(
This sign had an extremely short lifespan. It existed for about 2 weeks in August, and was destroyed when someone crashed into it. It just lay there for a few days in the ditch before someone finally took the remains away. The blue exit tab was what originally caught my attention.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wPbzZAEprWw/TtQWZhxUIhI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/GPq0gOqcBqA/s640/2011-08-02%25252018.32.59.jpg)
Some classic Connecticut wood that is no longer with us.... *holds hat to heart in moment of silence*
Photo taken 9/08, replaced as of 8/08...and gone forever
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(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2FNE%2520Vacation%252009-08%2FDSCF0020.jpg&hash=37cf9a6a37d82bc08f5b6592792a669830888174)
Photo in 9/08, safely resides in my collection now
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