In Utah, there are about 3 or so places where the street placard (the small green signs on stoplights showing what street you're on) not only includes the street name, but a small shield (SR Beehives in all cases) showing what state (or above) route you're on:
- I-15/St. George Blvd (UT-34) Exit 8, on UT-34 Overpass
- I-15/Bluff Street (UT-18), on UT-18 Overpass
, and
- UT-30/600 W. Intersection in Logan
I have pictures of the UT-30 one (apologies for the darkness, hope you see them):
On the north side of UT-30:
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And from the south side:
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Are there any other signs of this type around the state, country, or world, and does anybody have pictures?
Here's one in Taylor, MI at U.S. 24/Telegraph Road at Northline Road:
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Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Middlesex_CR_676_blade_sign_April_2008.JPG) an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ. Not quite sure why wikipedia would have a page on the route, though.
Lots of these in Lexington and Winchester, Ky.
Philadelphia does that. On Broad Street (Pa. 611) and City Avenue (US 1), for example. They've also started identifying main streets as "east-west [or north-south] arterials."
Can't find a good example on line and have no more time to look now....
Quote from: pianocello on October 13, 2011, 06:49:02 PM
Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Middlesex_CR_676_blade_sign_April_2008.JPG) an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ.
NJDOT as well as many counties love to use route shields on their street placards at traffic signal intersections.
There are to my knowledge exactly two of these in Wyoming- on highway 220. And they're erroneous!
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One in Idaho- most likely the result of a Washington contractor, since it's on the state line
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Washington does it all the time.
Loads of them in Broward County, FL. Havent really seen as many in Miami- Dade county.
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And here is an intersection with the shield on one side and "US 1" on the other side.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33009&hl=en&ll=25.996778,-80.142767&spn=0.001215,0.002411&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.808514,79.013672&vpsrc=6&hnear=Hallandale,+Florida+33009&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=25.996872,-80.142765&panoid=fZsE-CGjrwtSADPHsV0NYw&cbp=12,248.22,,0,-10.06
Quote from: corco on October 13, 2011, 08:53:55 PM
There are to my knowledge exactly two of these in Wyoming- on highway 220. And they're erroneous!
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One in Idaho- most likely the result of a Washington contractor, since it's on the state line
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Washington does it all the time.
1.) Is that "220" a state marker?
2.) What's with the brown US 2 marker in the background of your Idaho example?
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 13, 2011, 08:47:04 PM
Quote from: pianocello on October 13, 2011, 06:49:02 PM
Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Middlesex_CR_676_blade_sign_April_2008.JPG) an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ.
NJDOT as well as many counties love to use route shields on their street placards at traffic signal intersections.
It's become common within the last decade or so. Good thing, too, since in parts of northeastern New Jersey the 600 series weren't posted at all consistently before that.
Quote from: Michael in Philly on October 13, 2011, 08:46:36 PM
Philadelphia does that. On Broad Street (Pa. 611) and City Avenue (US 1), for example. They've also started identifying main streets as "east-west [or north-south] arterials."
Can't find a good example on line and have no more time to look now....
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_611/1.html has a few error US 611s.
Quote from: Michael in Philly on October 13, 2011, 09:06:59 PM
2.) What's with the brown US 2 marker in the background of your Idaho example?
Scenic route. I think they stopped this recently.
Quote1.) Is that "220" a state marker?
I suspect it was erected by Natrona County, but it's for State Highway 220
QuoteScenic route. I think they stopped this recently.
Yep (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3247.0)
as far as I know, that is the only green-background outline shield in the state of Idaho. (if it's in the state of Idaho at all...)
Quoteas far as I know, that is the only green-background outline shield in the state of Idaho. (if it's in the state of Idaho at all...)
The centerline of State is the state line, so it's in Idaho. But yeah, I know of no other outline shields or shields on street sign placards, so it's a unique duck.
Quote from: NE2 on October 13, 2011, 09:17:31 PM
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_611/1.html has a few error US 611s.
there's also some error US-73s in the same area.
Quote from: NE2 on October 13, 2011, 09:17:31 PM
Quote from: Michael in Philly on October 13, 2011, 08:46:36 PM
Philadelphia does that. On Broad Street (Pa. 611) and City Avenue (US 1), for example. They've also started identifying main streets as "east-west [or north-south] arterials."
Can't find a good example on line and have no more time to look now....
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_611/1.html has a few error US 611s.
Quote from: Michael in Philly on October 13, 2011, 09:06:59 PM
2.) What's with the brown US 2 marker in the background of your Idaho example?
Scenic route. I think they stopped this recently.
[Gasp!] Alps is wrong.
South Broad Street was never US 611.
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Near Memphis
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Rogers, AR
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Conway, MO
That one from Rogers looks like it took a wrong turn on the way to the "Worst of Road Signs" thread...
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Bonus points for it being an erroneous shield, too.
Can't forget Custer County, South Dakota
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Quote from: US71 on October 13, 2011, 10:53:14 PM
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Near Memphis
I find it interesting that Old US 78 gets a shield while current US 78 just gets "HWY 78"
I can think of a few overhead lighted signs in the City of Alexandria that have a five-star logo on a red background next to the name "Eisenhower Avenue." The logo is similar to the Eisenhower Interstate System logo except it's red instead of blue. Not quite the same thing as a route number, but similar in principle. I don't have a picture I can post, though.
Quote from: US71 on October 13, 2011, 10:53:14 PM
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Rogers, AR
It's as if the creator tried to spell out "INTERSTATE" but then realized it wouldn't fit, but wouldn't completely compromise.
There's a few that still use the red US 1 on them, but usually the street placards avoid state/county route shields, and just use the US Route shields. In a few places, you can still find things like "S-80" or other secondary (re-)assignments.
I was just in Custer County, SD, and got plenty of photos of the sign style corco mentioned. It is one of the only places you can, coincidentally, find a US-16A in the 1950s color scheme (green with white legend).
in Los Angeles, one can find many variants of HISTORIC/US/66, CALIFORNIA/US/66, etc as the old 66 winds its way through towns along the 210 corridor.
one can also, if they know where to look, find a pair of CA-7s on street blades leading to I-710.
Quote from: bigboi00069 on October 13, 2011, 08:59:47 PM
Loads of them in Broward County, FL. Havent really seen as many in Miami- Dade county.
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And here is an intersection with the shield on one side and "US 1" on the other side.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33009&hl=en&ll=25.996778,-80.142767&spn=0.001215,0.002411&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.808514,79.013672&vpsrc=6&hnear=Hallandale,+Florida+33009&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=25.996872,-80.142765&panoid=fZsE-CGjrwtSADPHsV0NYw&cbp=12,248.22,,0,-10.06
I like this better than the SR xx or CR xx. I havent seen any route shields around Jax
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 13, 2011, 08:47:04 PM
Quote from: pianocello on October 13, 2011, 06:49:02 PM
Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Middlesex_CR_676_blade_sign_April_2008.JPG) an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ.
NJDOT as well as many counties love to use route shields on their street placards at traffic signal intersections.
From what I remember NJ does this at all intersections. IN Ocean County this is one of the few places you can see the CR 6xx numbers. I havent been to NJ in a few years so I may be outdated
Quote from: jwolfer on October 14, 2011, 11:37:43 AM
I like this better than the SR xx or CR xx. I havent seen any route shields around Jax
I have absolutely no idea what blind monkey decided that that shield shape is in any form correct.
Quote from: corco on October 14, 2011, 02:24:33 AM
Can't forget Custer County, South Dakota
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I kinda don't understand the reasoning behind those. Putting a small shield with a road
name makes sense, but putting a US 385 shield with "US HWY 385" just seems redundant.
Quote from: Central Avenue on October 14, 2011, 02:34:14 PM
I kinda don't understand the reasoning behind those. Putting a small shield with a road name makes sense, but putting a US 385 shield with "US HWY 385" just seems redundant.
I agree with you logically, but aesthetically I like the result. yes, even with the goofy color scheme.
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In Dallas, the city has started adding shield images to their mast-arm signs since the city's rollout of new Clearview street signage. This one is at I-635/Preston.
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Found no US 175 mast-arm signs on the C.F. Hawn freeway section, but this one is up along S.M. Wright (old S. Central Expwy.) at Hatcher.
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At the same intersection where the I-635 sign is above, here's the Preston Road version, with TX 289 on it.
A few here in Illinois.
Bonus points for the error as this no longer US-30 (and hasn't been since the 1960s).
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IL-38 at Kirk Rd (with a Kane County 77 shield to boot).
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However, text seems to be far more common in the state.
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Here's another version from Illinois.
This is looking north on 66 at Illinois 16 in Litchfield. I'm not sure if they reused the signs, but the lights and masts are brand-new as of last month.
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Tigard's had this for years with OR 99W. It's only recently they swapped the signs out with the correct OR route shield -- they used to be white Interstate shields.
These (with shields) are starting to appear in Kansas. They've been in Lawrence for years, but I think those were posted by the city based on the fact that the font was the same as Lawrence street signs. But I've started to see them in other places and it looks as though KDOT posted those.
Edit: There's at least one on 4th Street/K-126 in Pittsburg.
Overall, I think the trend to put route shields on street name signs has picked up in the last 2-3 years. Partially a result of the practice being a new explicitly stated option (with illustrated example) in the 2009 MUTCD.
I have yet to see one of these in Nevada. For some of the more major numbered routes, it would be nice to see.
Atlantic & 22nd in Virginia Beach. This is no older than 1999, when I-264 replaced VA 44, and slightly erroneous as I-264 is a few blocks west of here. Still, the state name more than makes up for it. Does anyone remember if a VA 44 shield was on this placard beforehand?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ByeF3UMDAhA/TqWq3ja9zaI/AAAAAAAAANY/pJIGX5LjPp4/s640/HPIM5573.JPG)
There's also a pair for OR-43 at the intersection of Bancroft st and Macadam ave:
http://g.co/maps/8rysx
Quote from: Takumi on October 24, 2011, 03:44:43 PM
Atlantic & 22nd in Virginia Beach. This is no older than 1999, when I-264 replaced VA 44, and slightly erroneous as I-264 is a few blocks west of here. Still, the state name more than makes up for it. Does anyone remember if a VA 44 shield was on this placard beforehand?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ByeF3UMDAhA/TqWq3ja9zaI/AAAAAAAAANY/pJIGX5LjPp4/s640/HPIM5573.JPG)
I wouldn't take that as erroneous actually, thanks to the arrow. I'd just read it as "this way to I-264."
Quote from: Takumi on October 24, 2011, 03:44:43 PM
Atlantic & 22nd in Virginia Beach. This is no older than 1999, when I-264 replaced VA 44, and slightly erroneous as I-264 is a few blocks west of here. Still, the state name more than makes up for it. Does anyone remember if a VA 44 shield was on this placard beforehand?
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I photographed that same assembly in March 2000. It has done well in the elements.
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I don't think I've ever seen an Interstate shield that had an outer blue border like that one. But it's not a bad look. Although the contrast could be better.
Quote from: us175 on October 14, 2011, 06:36:18 PM
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In Dallas, the city has started adding shield images to their mast-arm signs since the city's rollout of new Clearview street signage. This one is at I-635/Preston.
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Found no US 175 mast-arm signs on the C.F. Hawn freeway section, but this one is up along S.M. Wright (old S. Central Expwy.) at Hatcher.
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At the same intersection where the I-635 sign is above, here's the Preston Road version, with TX 289 on it.
Out of all the examples I've seen, I like these the best. I wished Huntsville, AL would do this on it's major streets since numbered routes often are known by their names instead. That would keep people from wondering how to get to US 231 south from Memorial Pkwy as if US 231 magically appears as you cross the Tennessee River.
Quote from: luokou on October 24, 2011, 04:41:22 PM
There's also a pair for OR-43 at the intersection of Bancroft st and Macadam ave:
http://g.co/maps/8rysx
The oversized I-5 shield detracts from the overall effect, though :P
Quote from: hbelkins on October 13, 2011, 06:55:22 PM
Lots of these in Lexington and Winchester, Ky.
Always liked that about Lexington. I wish more of the state did it.
Quote from: Bickendan on October 17, 2011, 03:26:23 AM
Tigard's had this for years with OR 99W. It's only recently they swapped the signs out with the correct OR route shield -- they used to be white Interstate shields.
Only the ones at Hall and Greenburg were replaced, due to the recent widening project. (Strangely, because it wasn't even an ODOT project, it was funded by the City and managed by the County despite it involving two state highways...but all the signage was upgraded to ODOT spec.) The remainder of the signage along 99W is still the Tigard spec with the Interstate 99W shield.
Looking at City of Tigard signs I'm sometimes embarrassed to live in the city. Washington County has a decent sign shop - the city should just contract with the county.
see topichttps://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5673.0 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5673.0)
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