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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Traffic Control => Topic started by: roadman65 on August 02, 2022, 10:45:56 AM

Title: Suspended Street Blades
Post by: roadman65 on August 02, 2022, 10:45:56 AM
Was noticing that in most upscale communities that street blades are often suspended from a pole or even small mast arm from the poles.

https://goo.gl/maps/RysNVAg8nrMtWKqp6
This here is in Millburn, NJ.using fancy curly mast arms to support the blades.

Then this one in nearby Union, NJ even gets more elegant.

https://goo.gl/maps/nyXS856oCX2n99yM9




I thought I would dedicate a thread to these type of street signs.
Title: Re: Suspended Street Blades
Post by: andarcondadont on August 02, 2022, 11:57:25 AM
Check out this example for an entrance to a neighborhood in North Oaks, MN (https://goo.gl/maps/U5B1BReX8zAo3UoY6). Street blades supported by a mini wooden truss. I haven't actually been inside any neighborhood in this city (and Google Street View seems to have trouble as well) but just by looking along the city's border, this seems to be the standard for this small upscale suburb.
Title: Re: Suspended Street Blades
Post by: bing101 on August 06, 2022, 07:40:31 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on August 02, 2022, 10:45:56 AM
Was noticing that in most upscale communities that street blades are often suspended from a pole or even small mast arm from the poles.

https://goo.gl/maps/RysNVAg8nrMtWKqp6 (https://goo.gl/maps/RysNVAg8nrMtWKqp6)
This here is in Millburn, NJ.using fancy curly mast arms to support the blades.

Then this one in nearby Union, NJ even gets more elegant.

https://goo.gl/maps/nyXS856oCX2n99yM9 (https://goo.gl/maps/nyXS856oCX2n99yM9)




I thought I would dedicate a thread to these type of street signs.
Dang the street blades in New Jersey look like a house for sale sign at first.
Title: Re: Suspended Street Blades
Post by: paulthemapguy on August 08, 2022, 08:44:59 PM
Just pointing out what most of us already know:  Signs like this fail to comply with the MUTCD standards for
1. Sign reflectivity
2. Font
3. Often, the colors used.

They are pretentious, useless in the nighttime hours, and deserving of abomination. :bigass:
Title: Re: Suspended Street Blades
Post by: GenExpwy on August 09, 2022, 10:16:27 AM
^^^
4. Breakaway posts, I'll bet.
Title: Re: Suspended Street Blades
Post by: bing101 on August 09, 2022, 10:23:36 AM
Highway Gothic or Clearview would have to be the font of the street sign. Size of the sign has to be MUTCD standards too.