When entering a new state, sometimes you receive just a sign welcoming you to the state such as the California sign below (maybe I'm bias, but I've always liked these)
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Other times, you have pretty elaborate displays, like the Welcome to Washington State picture below.
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Which states have cool signs and/or decorative welcome landscaping that you enjoy seeing?
South Carolina has a pretty neat-looking wall setup that looks sort of like a gated entryway on northbound I-95 after you cross over from Georgia. Picture from Wikipedia (Street View image is kak):
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Texas has little concrete monuments as does Louisiana, though not always directly at the state lines.
Wisconsin has recently changed their sign.
The new one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Wisconsin_welcome_sign.JPG/799px-Wisconsin_welcome_sign.JPG
The old one: http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/19990723/wisconsin.jpg
I like the new one a lot better! Looks similar to the design on the top of their license plates. Is that along the 94 coming across from Illinois?
Where is there a time zone line at the California state line? Arizona?
I like the Welcome to Illinois signs a lot more now that they don't have Blago's name on it.
Individually, I couldn't find a good photo of NC's welcome sign, so I apologize in advance...
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QuoteWhere is there a time zone line at the California state line? Arizona?
Yep- AZ is on Mountain Standard Time year round, so we observe PDT half the year, but we're still officially MST
QuoteWhere is there a time zone line at the California state line? Arizona?
I looked that up on google images as I didn't have my camera. I'm guessing it's either I-8 or I-10 leaving Arizona.
I would have liked to see California's when I crossed the border from Nevada on I-15 in 2009, but there was no sign to be seen :-(. Indiana's signs I guess are alright, except for the fact that they all have to remind you that Lincoln spent 10 years of his childhood in our state back in the 1800s.
Quote from: hobsini2 on October 25, 2011, 07:37:06 PM
Wisconsin has recently changed their sign.
The new one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Wisconsin_welcome_sign.JPG/799px-Wisconsin_welcome_sign.JPG
The old one: http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/19990723/wisconsin.jpg
here's the lesser known welcome sign for WI - on minor highways - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/USRoute10WelcomeToWisconsin.jpg
Here's reality in WI: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wisconsin-koch-industries.png
On the California sign - must have been stolen - I've seen it once in 1997.
Wyoming recently changed their sign too- from
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to
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-both match the contemporary license plate.
There's also at least two "Leaving Wyoming" signs- one at the southern terminus of WYO 430
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and one where WYO 70 dips into Colorado
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Washington has two sign variations. Western Washington by and large uses this
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while Eastern Washington uses this
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Utah uses a variation of signs as well, depending on where you are in the state-
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my favorite being the badass Dinosaur sign on US-40 near Dinosaur monument
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and then the old model of sign that may or may not have been standardized around the state that disappeared in 2009
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Arizona is pretty boring
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Maine. Exciting, right?
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Quote from: corco on October 25, 2011, 09:22:24 PM
["Leaving Wyoming" with two broncos]
that's a great sign because it mimics some very early white embossed signs. I have a photo of a sign in a collection that is WYOMING STATE LINE with a very similar configuration. black on white, two broncos, block fonts, likely a lot smaller (36x21 or so if I recall correctly) but same basic idea.
Quote from: tdindy88 on October 25, 2011, 09:05:06 PM
I would have liked to see California's when I crossed the border from Nevada on I-15 in 2009, but there was no sign to be seen :-(.
that is really strange because I remember it being a fixture... and a sign style that seems to me to date to the 80s: the gold-on-blue style with italics and a graphic of poppies.
it is set back a few miles from the state line, I think. I barely remember, exactly because it is something I pass by so often ...
if it is gone, I would be very surprised - especially since it would imply that my powers of observation failed me quite exquisitely.
According to Google's Streetview, the sign is still there just past the stateline...
http://www.google.com/maps?q=Primm,+NV&hl=en&ll=35.607409,-115.39148&spn=0.002477,0.003723&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.456673,60.996094&vpsrc=6&hnear=Primm,+Clark,+Nevada&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=35.60766,-115.391374&panoid=BO8nV4N9bz4wEhuKZNHscA&cbp=12,213.3,,1,2.79
Of course, I'm not sure when Streetview was last in the area. I will be in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks so I can personally go check to see if the welcome sign is there or not.
That looks like it may have been after I drove through the area, since I did not see a county line sign either. It must have just been in the process of being replaced or temporarly missing then, probably bad timing on my part more than anything else.
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 25, 2011, 09:26:47 PM
Maine. Exciting, right?
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Change that to FHWA fonts, make the bottom line upper-case, and it would be perfect!
I think Nevada has probably removed most of these:
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@gonealookin. That is a great find! I think the no income and no corporation tax are still in effect, but that whole debt free thing.....with the foreclosure rate in metro LV and all...
West Virginia's welcome sign has to be one of my favorites:
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Somewhat closer shot:
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I don't like the ones that have the governor's name on them but it makes it fun when the person changes and all the crews have to go around making all the changes to all the signs.
It's especially fun if you have to do it right away to save your state from corruption embarrassment:
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I've always wondered how much a state, or city for that matter, saves on not having their governor's/mayor's name on it. It was in Mt. Vernon, Indiana off SR 66 where I saw their sign, which was more of a monunment in which the mayor's name was formed by individual letters that were on the monument. Maybe it isn't as labor-intensive or costly, but that to me sounds like overkill.
Québec has three types of signs. First, there is the fancy one on
(behind the "THAW" sign)
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IMG_5817 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13137334@N06/6107801264/) par Dr Frankenstein (http://www.flickr.com/people/13137334@N06/), sur Flickr
It also lights up at night: (close-up) http://www.panoramio.com/photo/24279085
The other artery crossings which see less traffc have these more conventional signs:
http://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.414313,-75.766525&spn=0.004692,0.008755&t=m&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=45.414413,-75.766538&panoid=4azVw2CqYLJmvc9ErKkcvw&cbp=12,342.85,,1,11.42
The minor crossings – local roads and such – have these smaller signs.
http://maps.google.ca/?ll=45.207183,-74.338388&spn=0.009418,0.017509&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=45.207317,-74.337624&panoid=wlFt8XKh35REAACc75CLGA&cbp=12,106.49,,2,3.67
It looks like Oregon is taking the lead for having the most boring, unimaginative sign - at least on the northern border with Washington. Just standard green signs that read "Entering Oregon". No pretty pictures, no state outline, no state symbols... (In fairness the signs are all mounted on a bridge, but a previous picture shows that Washington tries a bit harder even if it means putting the "welcome" a half mile to the north.)
It appears along the California border that Oregon has a larger sign that says "WELCOME TO OREGON" against an outline of the state, but why the capital letters in what appears to be a typeface more appropriate for a warning sign?
What? Oregon welcomes you- and their signs are even inconsistent white on green/green on white!...
Here's several from WA border crossings
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Alberta/Northwest Territories border on the Mackenzie Highway. apparently, this is a very new installation - Google Street View has something older.
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Quote from: gonealookin on October 26, 2011, 09:02:36 PM
I think Nevada has probably removed most of these:
[classic sign with glass cateyes]
if there are any of those left in the wild, and I run across one, I will soil myself.
there is a cateyed Arizona in the maintenance yard in Douglas, but as far as I know, no cateyed state line signs remain in service. The occasional white sign with black legend shows up here and there (can name an obscure OK/NM crossing, for example) and there is a long-nonworking neon sign for Virginia on old US-1 at the abandoned inspection station coming in from North Carolina.
there is a 1950s or 1960s Idaho (giant cutout of state shape in either wood or stone; cannot remember) on old US-30S coming in from Utah, and an early 1960s Utah (obelisk) coming from Colorado on old US-6.
Alas, I do not have a photo of either online at this time.
Regarding the "Leaving Wyoming" signs-Kansas has leaving signs on most highways(Leaving Kansas-Come Again). Do any other states have leaving signs? I don't remember seeing many.
Montana
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Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 26, 2011, 10:08:34 PM
West Virginia's welcome sign has to be one of my favorites:
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Where's that one? The gantry is the style that's found in Charleston.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on October 27, 2011, 01:22:23 AM
Regarding the "Leaving Wyoming" signs-Kansas has leaving signs on most highways(Leaving Kansas-Come Again). Do any other states have leaving signs? I don't remember seeing many.
Maryland, at least on I-83, says something like "we enjoyed your company - please come again."
not a state, but Brooklyn signs say something to the effect of "leaving Brooklyn. Fuhgeddaboudit!"
Quote from: SP Cook on October 25, 2011, 07:46:17 PM
Where is there a time zone line at the California state line? Arizona?
Along the Colorado River.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 27, 2011, 12:10:07 PM
Where's that one? The gantry is the style that's found in Charleston.
That one's on I-70 westbound entering from Pennsylvania not far from Wheeling.
Want welcome signs? I have those. http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/welcome-to.html
I'll try to post images of some of my favorites when I have a few more minutes to spare.
Quote from: Mr. Matté on October 26, 2011, 10:31:23 PM
I don't like the ones that have the governor's name on them but it makes it fun when the person changes and all the crews have to go around making all the changes to all the signs.
It's especially fun if you have to do it right away to save your state from corruption embarrassment:
There's a reason Illinois went away from having the governor's name on the signs...
2 out of the last 3 convicted.
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NYC welcome signs.
I don't have a very good shot of these (since getting out of or stopping the car would be lethal), but right under the HHP BGS is the sign for Welcome To Manhattan. It has the mayor and Borough President's names on it. I've seen the exact same for Staten Island and the Bronx, but missed any for Brooklyn and Queens - I'm sure they're the same (except the name of the borough president :P) Since I've only entered NYC on Freeways - I don't know if any arterials that have them or similar.
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The only Chicago welcome sign I could find... (course did Emanual put his name up there when he replace Daley? I don't know)
I know of no other route - surface or freeway - that has a welcome sign for Chicago - or at least a state sign mentioning the city limit. The way I can tell I'm in Chicago is by looking at the street lights.
Ironically, for Los Angeles - I see the California standard sign (with elev and population)
Colorado has a couple variations of its welcome sign.
On the main roads:
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This is I-25 just after the New Mexico border.
On the lesser-traveled roads:
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On SH 125, entering Colorado from the north. Normally, the sign is hanging. At least it's propped up, tho.
All of Colorado's Welcome signs are documented here:
http://www.restlesswest.com/colorful-colorado (http://www.restlesswest.com/colorful-colorado)
Quote from: Master son on October 29, 2011, 08:22:00 PM
The only Chicago welcome sign I could find... (course did Emanual put his name up there when he replace Daley? I don't know)
I know of no other route - surface or freeway - that has a welcome sign for Chicago - or at least a state sign mentioning the city limit. The way I can tell I'm in Chicago is by looking at the street lights.
Here's your Welcome to Chicago sign, this is coming from O'Hare International Airport and is a lot more colorful sign, as well there is a similar one welcoming you to the airport coming in.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.97698,-87.888528&spn=0.000008,0.007306&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.323858,86.220703&vpsrc=6&hnear=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.977127,-87.887944&panoid=nL5yuzHeS93iyeqP4379GQ&cbp=12,72.7,,0,-30.73 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.97698,-87.888528&spn=0.000008,0.007306&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.323858,86.220703&vpsrc=6&hnear=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.977127,-87.887944&panoid=nL5yuzHeS93iyeqP4379GQ&cbp=12,72.7,,0,-30.73)
As for New York. I was there last Spring and can tell you that the arterials do have signs for each borough, such as on the Brooklyn Bridge there is one for both Manhattan and Brooklyn on either side. I have pics of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens signs, and I'm almost certain there's one for Bronx and Staten Island as well.
hmm - off the airport makes sense.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on October 27, 2011, 01:22:23 AM
Do any other states have leaving signs? I don't remember seeing many.
West Virginia has one. Its on the back side of the welcome sign (and thus over the wrong two lanes) heading east on I-64. Its a curve and you cannot see the Virginia welcome sign until you round the curve.
Pennsylvania, weirdly, seems to sign "Last exit in Pennsylvania" on most all roads. I have never really gotten that. Unless one was wanted in the next state, why would you really care?
I have a vague memory from my childhood. When one went into Alabama from the Florida panhandle, a big billboard read something like "Gov. George Wallace Welcomes you to Alabama" and had a big picture of him. Going the other way it had the same picture read "You are leaving Alabama, but you are still in Wallace Country, watch your step". I tend to believe that these were unofficial and related to the political issues of that era.
A few i have snapped in recent years
US 460, and one i like. Simple, but colorful
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Old school US 202
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Going the other way on 202
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US 301
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I-91
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US 5...how sad....
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US 6 east
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US 6 west
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I-78W
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Quote from: Master son on October 29, 2011, 08:22:00 PM
The only Chicago welcome sign I could find... (course did Emanual put his name up there when he replace Daley? I don't know)
Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Back in July (when I took this photo), the sign on the Skyway had been updated.
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Quote from: SP Cook on October 30, 2011, 09:23:31 AM
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Pennsylvania, weirdly, seems to sign "Last exit in Pennsylvania" on most all roads. I have never really gotten that. Unless one was wanted in the next state, why would you really care?
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New York often does that too; New Jersey does on at least some roads. I certainly understand the "Last US Exit" signs New York posts heading north, but like you I've wondered why it matters otherwise.
Quote from: SP Cook on October 30, 2011, 09:23:31 AM
Pennsylvania, weirdly, seems to sign "Last exit in Pennsylvania" on most all roads. I have never really gotten that. Unless one was wanted in the next state, why would you really care?
It could be because people with a Pennsylvania learners' permit can't drive out of state.
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Coming from Chicago on the Borman in October, 2010.
Quote from: r-dub on October 29, 2011, 09:48:43 PM
Colorado has a couple variations of its welcome sign.
On the main roads:
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This is I-25 just after the New Mexico border.
On the lesser-traveled roads:
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On SH 125, entering Colorado from the north. Normally, the sign is hanging. At least it's propped up, tho.
All of Colorado's Welcome signs are documented here:
http://www.restlesswest.com/colorful-colorado (http://www.restlesswest.com/colorful-colorado)
If I'm not mistaken, I believe this is an old style that was brought back after a period in which they had a more traditional sign that said "Colorado-Mountains and Much More". I like these much better.
Quote from: SP Cook on October 30, 2011, 09:23:31 AM
Pennsylvania, weirdly, seems to sign "Last exit in Pennsylvania" on most all roads. I have never really gotten that. Unless one was wanted in the next state, why would you really care?
Last IA exit and Last ILL exit both appear on I-74. (and I-80, IIRC)
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 30, 2011, 05:29:33 PM
It could be because people with a Pennsylvania learners' permit can't drive out of state.
I'm definitely sure that's not why Iowa signs it, as the Iowa permit permits driving anywhere in the country.
Maybe it's because of the generally horrible bridge traffic :pan:
Maybe it's a holdover from before exit numbers, and thus that was the only indication you were near the state line.
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 30, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
US 5...how sad....
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In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways. The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).
Quote from: SidS1045 on November 08, 2011, 01:39:28 PM
In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways. The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).
Plus this pic shows being welcomed with a trademark Massachusetts Paddle Sign. You don't see those everywhere, you know!
New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB). I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way. I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either. None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing.
Quote from: signalman on November 08, 2011, 03:40:24 PM
New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB). I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way. I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either. None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing.
That happens other places too where a toll road begins at the state line. For instance, there is a sign on I-44 WB in Missouri indicating that Exit 1 is the last exit before the toll road begins in Oklahoma.
Generally I've seen 'last exit before toll' in those cases, while going the other way (if it's a one-way toll) there will be 'last exit in [state]'.
Quote from: signalman on November 08, 2011, 03:40:24 PM
New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB). I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way. I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either. None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing.
I don't think that's always the case. It's been a few years, but I'm pretty certain I recall a "Last Exit in New Jersey" sign on the northbound Garden State Parkway even though you're connecting to the toll-free portion of the Thruway.
I don't drive in New Jersey nearly as often as I used to, though.
Could be. I wouldn't know. I've only driven that section of the GSP southbound. Furthest I've driven northbound is the Ridgewood exit, 168 or something like that.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 10, 2011, 10:57:38 AM
Quote from: signalman on November 08, 2011, 03:40:24 PM
New Jersey only seems to let motorists know of the last exit in NJ when a toll bridge is to follow (I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap, I-78 to PA, I-95 GWB). I'm not sure about the southernmost exit of the NJ Turnpike and I-295, it's been a while since I've been down that way. I can't remember if there is one on I-78 before the Holland Tunnel either. None that I recall on I-95 near Trenton, but the Scudder Falls bridge is a free crossing.
I don't think that's always the case. It's been a few years, but I'm pretty certain I recall a "Last Exit in New Jersey" sign on the northbound Garden State Parkway even though you're connecting to the toll-free portion of the Thruway.
I don't drive in New Jersey nearly as often as I used to, though.
You don't get them on I-95 or I-287. Street view the Parkway and you'll find it. They're not going to install or remove something like that if it has/n't been there for years.
Quote from: PurdueBill on October 30, 2011, 11:44:39 AM
Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Back in July (when I took this photo), the sign on the Skyway had been updated.
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Judging by my visits to Chicago, I figure there must have been 10,000 signs there with the mayor's name on them.
At Midway Airport, they even had signs like: "Shuttle Bus Parking --> Richard M. Daley Mayor". I wonder how many of them were updated and how quickly.
Quote from: SidS1045 on November 08, 2011, 01:39:28 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 30, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
US 5...how sad....
(http://[mass%20paddle%20welcome%20sign])
In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways. The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).
Not everywhere even gets a paddle sign though. Both US 1 and MA/NH 1A's signs crossing the MA/NH border are boring. Coming into MA southbound all you get is the town line sign with a small mention of Massachusetts squeezed in the bottom, and for northbound the reverse side treats it as a regular town but says "Seabrook, NH", and is accompanied on the other side of the road by a small NH welcome sign.
Continuing west, MA 150 north of Amesbury simply gets a tiny green sign on a pole on the left side of the road welcoming you to New Hampshire, with nothing for traffic entering Mass.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 25, 2011, 11:51:56 PM
Quote from: tdindy88 on October 25, 2011, 09:05:06 PM
I would have liked to see California's when I crossed the border from Nevada on I-15 in 2009, but there was no sign to be seen :-(.
that is really strange because I remember it being a fixture... and a sign style that seems to me to date to the 80s: the gold-on-blue style with italics and a graphic of poppies.
it is set back a few miles from the state line, I think. I barely remember, exactly because it is something I pass by so often ...
if it is gone, I would be very surprised - especially since it would imply that my powers of observation failed me quite exquisitely.
Having just got back from Las Vegas a couple of days ago, I did make a concerted effort to see if there was a Welcome to California sign on I-15. I am happy to report that Agentsteel's powers of observation are as strong as ever. :) The blue Welcome to California sign is still located on I-15 right at the state line.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 25, 2011, 11:51:56 PMthat is really strange because I remember it being a fixture... and a sign style [California welcome sign] that seems to me to date to the 80s: the gold-on-blue style with italics and a graphic of poppies.
Actually, it dates to the early 1970's, when it was first proposed as a replacement for the bland text-only "Welcome to California" signs.
Quote from: PurdueBill on November 08, 2011, 02:12:03 PM
Plus this pic shows being welcomed with a trademark Massachusetts Paddle Sign. You don't see those everywhere, you know!
Actually, I see the paddle signs all the time, since I live in MA. I just wish they hadn't abandoned the old design with the right and left sides of the top of the sign cut off. Now THAT was unique.
Quote from: SidS1045 on November 12, 2011, 09:23:07 PM
I just wish they hadn't abandoned the old design with the right and left sides of the top of the sign cut off. Now THAT was unique.
Agreed 100%. I wish they hadn't gotten rid of their custom font and arrow either.
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South Carolina's got my vote for the best Welcome sign. That is one classy entrance to that state. Next, would be West Virginia with their over the highway gantry. That is a bold welcome too. I have noticed that if you cross a state line on an Indian Reservation, quite often the state line sign is missing. That could be due to the fact that reservations are soverign nations.
This is going off in a slight tangent, but this is the most elaborate "Welcome to _____ County" sign I've ever seen....
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This isn't the usual North Carolina sign.
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Quote from: florida on November 19, 2011, 02:50:40 AM
This is going off in a slight tangent, but this is the most elaborate "Welcome to _____ County" sign I've ever seen....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_US_1_Brevard_Volusia_county_line.jpg
Same county, more elaborate :)
Quote from: NE2 on November 19, 2011, 05:54:50 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_US_1_Brevard_Volusia_county_line.jpg
Same county, more elaborate :)
Along the same lines:
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Quote from: Truvelo on November 19, 2011, 05:00:42 AM
This isn't the usual North Carolina sign.
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That's a National Park Service sign on the Blue Ridge Parkway, right?
At the Maine/New Brunswick Border (I-95 NB95)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X9TcdG_5GVY/TshQ89iFbOI/AAAAAAAAILY/BB0IIMVvlGE/s800/IMG_0815.JPG?gl=CA)
At the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Border
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Surprised these PA relics haven't gotten much nod:
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PA 652, Darbytown, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania.
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on November 19, 2011, 08:37:06 PM
Surprised these PA relics haven't gotten much nod:
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PA 652, Darbytown, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania.
Wow ... there's a truck that looks exactly like that sitting out in my driveway!!!!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 26, 2011, 11:51:11 PM
Alberta/Northwest Territories border on the Mackenzie Highway. apparently, this is a very new installation - Google Street View has something older.
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Wow! I love it! Not exactly tasteful but it looks especially good in that photo with the night sky.
Quote from: ghYHZ on November 19, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
At the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Border
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I think this one takes the cake..that's classy!
Many of the Welcome to Michigan signs in the 80's & 90's were all one-of-a-kind...since they would place a star on the sign/state outline where you were crossing the border at. :biggrin:
Quote from: relaxok on November 20, 2011, 06:44:15 PM
Wow! I love it! Not exactly tasteful but it looks especially good in that photo with the night sky.
you can barely see a purple aurora in that photo. the next night I was at the same spot and got bright green lights over the road. I need to post some photos from that batch!
In Ohio, there's a standard sign (for non-freeways) that says which county you're entering, and which you're leaving. There's also a (newer) standard sign that says which township you're entering, and that sign is optional. The problem is the township name on the one sign is much larger than the county names on the other sign, and the two signs are often posted side by side. This can make it quite difficult to quickly determine which county you're entering at the border.
Quote from: vtk on November 20, 2011, 11:13:14 PM
In Ohio, there's a standard sign (for non-freeways) that says which county you're entering, and which you're leaving. There's also a (newer) standard sign that says which township you're entering, and that sign is optional. The problem is the township name on the one sign is much larger than the county names on the other sign, and the two signs are often posted side by side. This can make it quite difficult to quickly determine which county you're entering at the border.
The new (as of the last five years or so) township signs you mention is on par with municipality signs we see in Ohio.
US-Mexico border near Colombia, NL, over the RÃo Grande
And, yes, we parked on the bridge.
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Quote from: kphoger on November 22, 2011, 01:56:58 PM
US-Mexico border near Colombia, NL, over the RÃo Grande
And, yes, we parked on the bridge.
[photo]
very similar to the crossing at Tecate, apart from that being an arbitrary line over land.
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What I believe is the new Oregon welcome sign located on I-5 north. Not what I expected, honestly, though it is VERY nice.
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That must be fairly new. I drove that stretch about a year ago and don't recall seeing it. There is a really nice one if you take US 97 north into Oregon now. Big improvement over the generic looking signs they used to use.
Quote from: mukade on October 30, 2011, 06:02:43 PM
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Coming from Chicago on the Borman in October, 2010.
Just as nice is the signage for traffic going the opposite direction. "Welcome to Illinois" is etched into the westbound facing portion of the Wentworth Avenue bridge, along with a standard sign at ground level with traveler's information.
Some more,
British Columbia:
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The USA:
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Washington:
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Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on November 19, 2011, 08:37:06 PM
Surprised these PA relics haven't gotten much nod:
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PA 652, Darbytown, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania.
US 202 just north of the Delaware border sports a similar sign.
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 12, 2011, 09:35:44 PM
Quote from: SidS1045 on November 12, 2011, 09:23:07 PM
I just wish they hadn't abandoned the old design with the right and left sides of the top of the sign cut off. Now THAT was unique.
Agreed 100%. I wish they hadn't gotten rid of their custom font and arrow either.
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Actually, that paddle sign's an oddity in that the font for the route number is actually FWHA font series 'D'.
Quote from: SidS1045 on November 08, 2011, 01:39:28 PM
Quote from: ctsignguy on October 30, 2011, 11:04:13 AM
US 5...how sad....
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In fairness, Massachusetts has a somewhat more interesting sign for its borders crossed by Interstate highways. The "Welcome to Massachusetts" legend is decorated with pictures of the state flower (the trailing arbutus, also called the mayflower), the state bird (the chickadee) and the state fowl (the turkey).
In the old days, the supplemental
Massachusetts Gun Law sign would be larger than any
Welcome to Massachusetts sign one encountered even on the Interstates.
when did MA abandon the cut-corner signs? 1978 or so?
the Fall River sign with 138 is all standard fonts: the destination text is in Series A.
here's one with a non-standard font set:
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gone, as far as I know.
What does the yellow road sign a little further down the street indicate, speed bump?
I'm not a fan of Oregon's. It generally looks like this:
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It's not the "Welcome to Oregon" I have a problem with (though it is a little boring), it's that damn Speed 55! Even driving on the most remote roads possible, like US 95, as soon as you hit the border, BAM, 55 :(
Quote from: OCGuy81 on July 24, 2012, 12:37:12 AM
There is a really nice one if you take US 97 north into Oregon now. Big improvement over the generic looking signs they used to use.
Really? I last drove through there in late May and didn't notice anything. Now I'm curious what it looks like :P I'm sure it's still accompanied by the dumb 55 though :-D
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2012, 05:05:24 PM
when did MA abandon the cut-corner signs? 1978 or so?
1974-1975.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2012, 05:05:24 PM
the Fall River sign with 138 is all standard fonts: the destination text is in Series A.
here's one with a non-standard font set:
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gone, as far as I know.
By standard font, I was referring to the
MassDPW fonts (which is displayed on that MA 62 LGS) that existed at the time. Most 'paddle' LGS' didn't start sporting FHWA-style fonts until the mid-70s; which coincided w/the DPW's discontinuing the 'cut' corner primary LGS. That MA 138 LGS (probably early-mid 70s vintage) is an exception to other DPW LGS' of the era, not the rule.
The DPW-styled fonts for LGS' lingured into the mid-80s; mostly subject to which lettering spec a sign fabricator used or had on hand.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2012, 05:05:24 PM
when did MA abandon the cut-corner signs? 1978 or so?
MassDPW officially abandonded the "cut-corner" directional signs in favor of square and rectangular panels in 1972, shortly after they adopted the 1971 MUTCD. However, they didn't start replacing existing signs en-masse until the late 1970s. And, as you and other have pointed out, there are still isolated examples of the design in place throughout the state to this day.
Quote from: roadman on August 08, 2012, 11:43:55 AM
MassDPW officially abandonded the "cut-corner" directional signs in favor of square and rectangular panels in 1972, shortly after they adopted the 1971 MUTCD. However, they didn't start replacing existing signs en-masse until the late 1970s. And, as you and other have pointed out, there are still isolated examples of the design in place throughout the state to this day.
I could've sworn I once saw a cut-corner with a '73 date code. slow adoption, probably? or they had the sign made but not yet installed.
Quote from: doorknob60 on August 08, 2012, 04:41:36 AM
It's not the "Welcome to Oregon" I have a problem with (though it is a little boring), it's that damn Speed 55! Even driving on the most remote roads possible, like US 95, as soon as you hit the border, BAM, 55 :(
heh, I've done the Oregon segment of US-95 averaging 86mph before, and that includes the mandatory gas station stop in Jordan.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 08, 2012, 11:56:30 AM
I could've sworn I once saw a cut-corner with a '73 date code. slow adoption, probably? or they had the sign made but not yet installed.
It's very likely that some signs were still fabricated with cut corners after 1972. My best guess is that the sign shop got a priority order, and still had some pre-painted "cut corner" blanks (yes, the corners were cut beforehand) on hand.
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on July 30, 2012, 03:53:10 PM
The USA:
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At least out west you get nice signs like that. All the NY ones use a NY state welcome sign.
where is that USA welcome sign? I don't believe I've ever seen it.
my guess is I-5 at Blaine.
Quotemy guess is I-5 at Blaine.
There's actually two- one at I-5 and one at SR 543. None of the other Washington crossings have them, at least as of 2008.
I was just guessing based on the terrain. I've crossed into Canada at Blaine, but never into the US. I might have spotted that elaborate welcome sign in the rear-view mirror but was probably too busy getting my passport out for Canadian customs!
QuoteI was just guessing based on the terrain. I've crossed into Canada at Blaine, but never into the US. I might have spotted that elaborate welcome sign in the rear-view mirror but was probably too busy getting my passport out for Canadian customs!
It's actually north of US customs but on US soil- so you'd likely have just cleared the border and been in a hurry to get away from it
http://goo.gl/maps/B0RUc
Quote from: corco on August 08, 2012, 04:15:40 PM
It's actually north of US customs but on US soil- so you'd likely have just cleared the border and been in a hurry to get away from it
probably not in a hurry, just proceeding at a reasonable pace to the Canadian booths - and likely figuring I shouldn't be turning around or fidgeting or making observations, lest they catch us on a security camera and take us for unwelcomes.
Quote from: allniter89 on July 30, 2012, 11:04:02 PM
What does the yellow road sign a little further down the street indicate, speed bump?
Assuming you're talking about the Kansas one, it says something along the lines of "STATE LAW / MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES". A lot of the states in the central part of the country have prominent signs in that vein. I've seen them in OK, KS, MO, IL, and probably others.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 08, 2012, 03:40:34 PM
where is that USA welcome sign? I don't believe I've ever seen it.
my guess is I-5 at Blaine.
Yep, it is at Blaine on I-5 south before customs.
A somewhat different "Welcome to" sign, this case being Washington's Skagit Valley:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8304%2F7761091956_8f541e3897_c.jpg&hash=b86bcf59bc416de061fbf4f7879bf0bc4bb167fe)
Quote from: PennDOTFan on October 25, 2011, 09:26:47 PM
Maine. Exciting, right?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm7.static.flickr.com%2F6139%2F5916873387_2dca6a540a_z.jpg&hash=f2f5e973f2bc5b3f2337a00ece54efd769143f2c)
I believe that shot is near mile marker 2, just before exit 3 of I-95 in Kittery. The Maine state line sign I'm most familiar with is on the Piscataqua River Bridge, carrying I-95 between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME (May 6, 2011):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhuM9o.jpg&hash=673f81d6d767ad71380e0314b4ab103711e3a550)
Also, while this picture from NJ Route 29 north in Trenton, NJ isn't the actual city line, I still thought it was a nice touch anyways. The Delaware River is immediately left (west) of this tunnel (July 26, 2012):
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Here's Michigan's welcome sign, just another example of Lansing thinking their state's tourism slogan can be plastered on anything Michigan.
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I-75 northbound at mile marker 0 in Erie Township, Monroe County, MI, January 2011.
My favorite... :sombrero:
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Quote from: doorknob60 on August 08, 2012, 04:41:36 AMI'm not a fan of Oregon's. It generally looks like this:
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I have a problem with ANY sign (but especially border signs) that use Series E lettering (or F, for that matter), for anything that isn't a warning sign. Montana is particularly guilty of using it for distance signs.
Not a Welcome to a state sign, but this was a favorite when going to visit my grandparents in Key Colony Beach, FL as a kid.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fshoestringweekends.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F04%2F6787087692_39a6d97c84_b.jpg&hash=dabee83805877cc937cea30e1b715e4e17a0751c)
I 77 southbound entering South Carolina
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Quote from: sp_redelectric on September 02, 2012, 10:30:59 AM
I have a problem with ANY sign (but especially border signs) that use Series E lettering (or F, for that matter), for anything that isn't a warning sign. Montana is particularly guilty of using it for distance signs.
Am I correct in assuming that you take issue with the MUTCD/SHSM as well? They spec many signs other than warning signs with Series E and EM.
At the NS-NB Border:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a3khSXD8SkE/UDvvh-eT9iI/AAAAAAAAI_g/5sI8Gp8agKA/s800/IMG_1155.JPG)
Mississippi at the I-55 Welcome Center, McComb:
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(Originally posted on a minor state highway in 1970, refurbished 2012)
Louisiana, at I-20 Welcome Center, Greenwood:
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Markers like this are posted, from what I know, along LA 6 - Texas line, US 80 - Monroe DOTD shop, US 65/84 - Mississippi line, and LA 19 - Mississippi line.
Quote from: mcdonaat on September 02, 2012, 06:46:16 PM
Louisiana, at I-20 Welcome Center, Greenwood:
Markers like this are posted, from what I know, along LA 6 - Texas line, US 80 - Monroe DOTD shop, US 65/84 - Mississippi line, and LA 19 - Mississippi line.
I don't know why you say US 65/84, but the one I saw on 65 is in Lake Providence several miles from the line.
That one of Mississippi looks incomplete the way they erected it. Just an observation.
Quote from: Steve on September 02, 2012, 08:45:41 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on September 02, 2012, 06:46:16 PM
Louisiana, at I-20 Welcome Center, Greenwood:
Markers like this are posted, from what I know, along LA 6 - Texas line, US 80 - Monroe DOTD shop, US 65/84 - Mississippi line, and LA 19 - Mississippi line.
I don't know why you say US 65/84, but the one I saw on 65 is in Lake Providence several miles from the line.
I simply refuse to acknowledge US 425. My state highway map still says US 65, and so do a few signs in Vidalia.
Quote from: mcdonaat on September 02, 2012, 06:46:16 PM
Mississippi at the I-55 Welcome Center, McComb:
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(Originally posted on a minor state highway in 1970, refurbished 2012)
This sign still shows up in its original configuration on Google Street View. Original location was an odd place for such an elaborate state boundary assembly.
Quote from: Urban Prairie Schooner on September 03, 2012, 09:53:04 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on September 02, 2012, 06:46:16 PM
Mississippi at the I-55 Welcome Center, McComb:
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(Originally posted on a minor state highway in 1970, refurbished 2012)
This sign still shows up in its original configuration on Google Street View. Original location was an odd place for such an elaborate state boundary assembly.
LA 19 has a monument... in a town of probably 200 pop. It's not elaborate, as much as it was a way to post something unique along a country road.
EDIT: Mississippi officials have informed me that they're trying to refurbish the signs and place them back at the original locations. This is a unique sign, therefore it looks better at the welcome center.
Also, I noticed a "Pick It Up, Mississippi" sign, and can't tell if that's because of litter, or the slow drivers.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50346692303/in/dateposted-public/
Tennessee has a nice one entering the state from Southaven, MS.
As someone who's often driven up to Minnesota to visit family members - I really love the big "Minnesota Welcomes You" monument as you enter the state coming up I-35 from Iowa.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on September 18, 2020, 10:13:13 AM
As someone who's often driven up to Minnesota to visit family members - I really love the big "Minnesota Welcomes You" monument as you enter the state coming up I-35 from Iowa.
Likewise
on IA/MN-60 (https://goo.gl/maps/HFaW5nDqyVY7cAW56).
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 08, 2012, 08:07:02 AMBy standard font, I was referring to the MassDPW fonts (which is displayed on that MA 62 LGS) that existed at the time. Most 'paddle' LGS' didn't start sporting FHWA-style fonts until the mid-70s; which coincided w/the DPW's discontinuing the 'cut' corner primary LGS. That MA 138 LGS (probably early-mid 70s vintage) is an exception to other DPW LGS' of the era, not the rule.
The DPW-styled fonts for LGS' lingured into the mid-80s; mostly subject to which lettering spec a sign fabricator used or had on hand.
This looks like the old Massachusetts font: (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5493274404/in/album-72157626184543084/)https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5493274404/in/album-72157626184543084/
What about the states that sign the actual state line then a little ways away have the "Welcome" sign? I have always tried to keep tabs on which states do and which do not. I never thought much of it because Texas always has a sign at the line, but realized it was unusual the more I traveled.
Also, which states have a different assembly for secondary roads than they do for interstates. For the most part, Texas' are the same sign as the interstate but smaller for secondary roads. There is also a concrete sign with the outline of the state with TEXAS written inside it.
Kansas does it occasionally (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9370526,-94.6082435,3a,44.2y,262.84h,89.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNl9D4fwrZs2kuZ2-P6rgDw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192), usually when there's a bridge or something that makes placing the welcome sign right at the border impractical.
I always get a chuckle when I see this one. Taken during the Arkansas River flooding last year that closed down the Garrison Ave. bridge on US-64 into OK, which my kids and I actually walked across and made a scenic photo with all the trash on the shoulder including the broken down Prius.
(https://i.imgur.com/063TGNb.jpg)
That location (I-540) is actually the only place I've seen that welcome sign design. I think it was once used statewide, but was replaced by the Native America signs (and the granite monuments) at some point. Now, the governor has decided to replace all the signs with one with his sort of bland state logo, so that last straggler will probably be gone soon, if it's not already.
This one here along CA Route 20 (Old US 101) in Willits, CA.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51421618658_ed545eaea7_k.jpg)
This one is iconic for the city.