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Title: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: Rothman on March 04, 2019, 01:58:03 PM
Is this sign still up?

US-46
https://goo.gl/maps/5dT3XBx6yqu
Title: Re: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: Alps on March 04, 2019, 03:28:38 PM
Still was there last time I went through.
Title: Re: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: Roadgeek Adam on March 04, 2019, 03:33:43 PM
Yeah, lord ugly US 611 is still there
Title: Re: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: Duke87 on March 04, 2019, 07:29:35 PM
That sign replaced an older US 611 shield, which based on its design and level of wear was quite possibly old enough to have been accurately posted on the US 611 mainline at the time it was erected (611 was moved off the Portland-Columbia Bridge to its current route on the PA side of the river in 1965, and downgraded to a state route in 1972).
Title: Re: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: usends on March 04, 2019, 08:55:06 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on March 04, 2019, 07:29:35 PM
That sign replaced an older US 611 shield, which based on its design and level of wear was quite possibly old enough to have been accurately posted on the US 611 mainline at the time it was erected (611 was moved off the Portland-Columbia Bridge to its current route on the PA side of the river in 1965, and downgraded to a state route in 1972).
A couple more photos of the older version of that shield can be viewed on this page: https://www.usends.com/46.html
Title: Re: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: The Ghostbuster on March 05, 2019, 03:57:44 PM
This US 611 sign is mentioned on Wikipedia's Pennsylvania Route 611 page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_611
Title: Re: US 611...in Columbia, NJ?
Post by: ixnay on March 05, 2019, 05:04:42 PM
Quote from: usends on March 04, 2019, 08:55:06 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on March 04, 2019, 07:29:35 PM
That sign replaced an older US 611 shield, which based on its design and level of wear was quite possibly old enough to have been accurately posted on the US 611 mainline at the time it was erected (611 was moved off the Portland-Columbia Bridge to its current route on the PA side of the river in 1965, and downgraded to a state route in 1972).
A couple more photos of the older version of that shield can be viewed on this page: https://www.usends.com/46.html

(https://www.usends.com/uploads/7/5/0/3/75032313/465284592_orig.jpg)

ixnay