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Title: Long distances on distance signs with shields
Post by: bugo on May 20, 2012, 04:37:02 AM
On I-40 westbound just west of Morrilton, AR, there is a distance sign.  It displays the distances to Fort Smith, I-540 North, and another town that I don't remember.  It has a mini shield for I-540.  The distance to I-540 is 95 miles.  Are there any distance signs with shields with a greater distance?
Title: Re: Long distances on distance signs with shields
Post by: national highway 1 on May 20, 2012, 07:48:02 AM
Not a shield, but a distant highway junction nonetheless:
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/utah070/i-070_wb_exit_185_03.jpg)
Title: Re: Long distances on distance signs with shields
Post by: Revive 755 on May 20, 2012, 06:24:37 PM
With an I-80 shield in South Dakota on US 81:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.868314,-97.397125&spn=0.006629,0.016512&t=k&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.868132,-97.397135&panoid=XlrUqBQNU3FTM1ALCb_hjg&cbp=12,211.44,,0,2.11 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.868314,-97.397125&spn=0.006629,0.016512&t=k&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.868132,-97.397135&panoid=XlrUqBQNU3FTM1ALCb_hjg&cbp=12,211.44,,0,2.11)
Title: Re: Long distances on distance signs with shields
Post by: Alex on May 20, 2012, 08:39:06 PM
Quote from: bugo on May 20, 2012, 04:37:02 AM
On I-40 westbound just west of Morrilton, AR, there is a distance sign.  It displays the distances to Fort Smith, I-540 North, and another town that I don't remember.  It has a mini shield for I-540.  The distance to I-540 is 95 miles.  Are there any distance signs with shields with a greater distance?

Signs on the eastbound direction of I-40 in AR for Interstate 430 start with 100 and count down from there. That has been the highest distance with a shield composition I have seen.

The example Revive755 posted is quite impressive at 154 miles.