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Title: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: mcdonaat on December 05, 2012, 01:01:04 AM
Baton Rouge has their own R/W marker styles, along with the parish and state, and FAP markers. The state has about four styles, and pictures coming once the weather clears up. Anyone else have photos of their own state's markers?

I know Miss has short markers, and the only one I know of is along MS 33 at LA 19, right at the state line. Too low on gas to photograph!
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 05, 2012, 09:45:49 AM
South Carolina's markers are painted blue.  Texas is silver.

I do have the occasional photo of a right of way marker, but I have not ever attempted to document them systematically.  Another thing to look out for is FAP markers.  I know of one in Mississippi which is an embossed steel diamond, on an old US-90 alignment which is now a residential street.  Florida has cast iron ones.
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: US71 on December 05, 2012, 03:18:51 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on December 05, 2012, 01:01:04 AM
Baton Rouge has their own R/W marker styles, along with the parish and state, and FAP markers. The state has about four styles, and pictures coming once the weather clears up. Anyone else have photos of their own state's markers?

I know Miss has short markers, and the only one I know of is along MS 33 at LA 19, right at the state line. Too low on gas to photograph!

Arkansas uses a triangle pointing down, as does MoDOT. I thought I had photos, but I can't find them. Time to grab the camera and shoot them again ;)
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: NE2 on December 05, 2012, 06:35:18 PM
Florida's older ones are concrete with two lines:
SRD [State Road Department]
R/W
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: mcdonaat on December 08, 2012, 10:44:05 PM
Any photos?
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: NE2 on December 08, 2012, 10:48:43 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on December 08, 2012, 10:44:05 PM
Any photos?
You should know how to find them... http://www.google.com/search?q="SRD R%2FW"&tbm=isch
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: mcdonaat on December 08, 2012, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: NE2 on December 08, 2012, 10:48:43 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on December 08, 2012, 10:44:05 PM
Any photos?
You should know how to find them... http://www.google.com/search?q="SRD R%2FW"&tbm=isch
I meant photos that people have taken on the forums... or at least where you know one exists.
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: NE2 on December 08, 2012, 10:58:04 PM
Is a photo taken by one of us somehow different from another photo? Is this some weird fetish?
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: mcdonaat on December 08, 2012, 11:08:21 PM
Quote from: NE2 on December 08, 2012, 10:58:04 PM
Is a photo taken by one of us somehow different from another photo? Is this some weird fetish?
LOL no. I checked online, and the only ones I saw were for Indiana, California, and Louisiana. Roadgeeks on here usually know what to look for, other photos are hard to come by.
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: NE2 on December 09, 2012, 12:22:28 AM
The first ones in my link are all from Florida...
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: Brian556 on December 09, 2012, 01:18:04 AM
QuoteTexas is silver

Huh?

The only two versions that I have seen are :
1: concrete obliesk monuments.
2. unpainted wood dome-top posts.

The only silver posts that I have seen are the old-style dome-top wood posts painted silver, with a black band that served as early deliniators.
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 04, 2013, 10:25:41 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on December 09, 2012, 01:18:04 AM
QuoteTexas is silver

Huh?

The only two versions that I have seen are :
1: concrete obliesk monuments.
2. unpainted wood dome-top posts.

The only silver posts that I have seen are the old-style dome-top wood posts painted silver, with a black band that served as early deliniators.

might be a West Texas thing... plenty of silver ones along old alignments of 62, 80, etc, all further west than the panhandle.
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: bjrush on February 04, 2013, 06:20:27 PM
I don't really think of it as the South, but here is one from Missouri

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7024%2F6551225623_1e781faa25.jpg&hash=c8b7dda419bbe22bc0aed453223b81d60b22584f)

Here is what Arkansas uses

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8217%2F8445265743_314b80bf59.jpg&hash=8bf618156d89c24407e73c0c392df6638cd8599a)
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: formulanone on February 05, 2013, 08:52:57 AM
Florida:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2FSRD-RoW-Post98.jpg&hash=84bb8649452fa01df955d9ab32e5cb8708ee3bf0)

Missouri:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FMHTD-ROWsign.jpg&hash=182cb1c6eac3e9e724f3a65f91091c5c769f68b1)

Georgia and South Carolina's are quite easy to find, both seem to be a simple concrete post, ranging from 1-2 feet out of the ground. Found a bunch in Louisiana recently, but I couldn't get a good photo without plodding through about six inches of mud (LA 78 had a bunch). Seemed to be similar to GA/SC.

I have a pic somewhere of a concrete one from Arkansas; hard to get to, as I had to put my camera over the fence to get a less-obstructed shot.

Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 05, 2013, 12:16:24 PM
cool!  never seen the Missouri MHTD variant - just the SHD in both cast and embossed form.
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: formulanone on February 05, 2013, 07:20:46 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F06%2FArkansasRWmarkerStone-PineBluff.jpg&hash=0ed016975f0c736b4c87801d3319068e8de6aff9)

Not the best shot, but this stone R/W marker was located along US 65 Business in Pine Bluff. It was near this gantry (http://www.formulanone.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/BGStoInt530-on63B-YellowBarrels.jpg).
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: Fred Defender on December 05, 2014, 01:35:54 PM
Anybody wanna buy one?

I'm not talking about living adjacent to a Florida state highway. My wife and I live approximately two miles from the nearest (formerly) state road. I actually saw this one removed from the ground alongside a county road in Alachua County about ten years ago. I figured that, (1) It was no longer in the ground, and (2) The highway was no longer a state road. So the wife and I went out and loaded it into the back of our 4-Runner.  I give her a lot of credit because these damn things are HEAVY. It is in the ground out front along our fence line.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi48.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff221%2FSharpestJim%2FSRDMarker_zpsc6f33528.jpg&hash=b67092eb59da1495eefe1469df507242379cd7a1)
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: bjrush on December 05, 2014, 09:09:09 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1273.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy405%2Fporkerface%2FROWinPetitJeanSP_zpsf923911a.jpg&hash=a12bc364de63eaebe91af1c4b716414a394102c8)

Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: WashuOtaku on December 06, 2014, 09:49:01 PM
South Carolina has rules on when, where, and what R/W markers should be made and look like.
http://www.scdot.org/doing/technicalPDFs/standardDrawings/809-000-00.pdf (http://www.scdot.org/doing/technicalPDFs/standardDrawings/809-000-00.pdf)
Title: Re: R/W Markers in the South
Post by: WashuOtaku on December 06, 2014, 09:52:10 PM
Also, North Carolina R/W markers are also cement.  Here is one in Hendersonville, NC, next to a Geodetic Survey marker.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/14593639706_509eda8930.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oeAdDG)