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Regional Boards => Central States => Topic started by: bugo on February 23, 2023, 03:24:36 PM

Title: Oklahoma has been making ugly signs for a long time now
Post by: bugo on February 23, 2023, 03:24:36 PM
This reminds me of the Creek Turnpike signs with the hastily added OK 364 shields that don't look right. They've been making ugly signs for longer than some of you have been alive.
(https://i.imgur.com/R2vjLf5.jpg)

Picture courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Post by: Scott5114 on February 23, 2023, 05:54:50 PM
This would have been at the present-day I-44/I-235 interchange, on I-235, looking south. The bridge that was being built in the picture was demolished in the last couple of years.
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Post by: Scott5114 on February 23, 2023, 06:04:29 PM
But yeah, ugly Oklahoma signs are a tradition that goes back nearly a century.

(https://www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19260771i1.jpg)
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Post by: SectorZ on February 23, 2023, 06:34:27 PM
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Title: Re: Oklahoma has been making ugly signs for a long time now
Post by: Road Hog on February 23, 2023, 08:21:26 PM
Judging by the tailgate on the passing Chevy, looks like early to mid 1980s.
Title: Re: Oklahoma has been making ugly signs for a long time now
Post by: Scott5114 on February 23, 2023, 08:33:37 PM
Quote from: Road Hog on February 23, 2023, 08:21:26 PM
Judging by the tailgate on the passing Chevy, looks like early to mid 1980s.

This section of I-240 was renumbered to I-44 in 1982, so it would have to be before then.
Title: Re: Oklahoma has been making ugly signs for a long time now
Post by: Henry on February 24, 2023, 06:52:19 PM
Ugh! I hate squeezed-in shields like the I-240 one in the OP's photo.
Title: Re: Oklahoma has been making ugly signs for a long time now
Post by: rte66man on February 24, 2023, 09:21:02 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 23, 2023, 08:33:37 PM
Quote from: Road Hog on February 23, 2023, 08:21:26 PM
Judging by the tailgate on the passing Chevy, looks like early to mid 1980s.

This section of I-240 was renumbered to I-44 in 1982, so it would have to be before then.

Late 60's was when the original bridge was built. I believe this photo was when it was redecked in the early 80's