I found this while browsing Google Street View of the place where Route 102 loops around to intersect itself.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=bar+harbor+me&ll=44.357426,-68.337686&spn=0.011583,0.027595&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Bar+Harbor,+Hancock,+Maine&gl=us&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=44.357323,-68.337516&panoid=MFLpE2-zef83iEe95vnMQA&cbp=12,185.06,,0,1.73
(don't mind the long URL - looks like Google's "short URL" server is down.)
does anyone have a good photo of that blue pentagonal cutout marker?
It probably has something to do with the ferries that run out of Bar Harbor. If you'd like, I can snag a photo of one of those signs when I go up there in 3 weeks.
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 05, 2013, 03:36:09 PM
It probably has something to do with the ferries that run out of Bar Harbor. If you'd like, I can snag a photo of one of those signs when I go up there in 3 weeks.
that would be great!
btw I mailed your sign today
Heading south on 102 toward Southwest Harbor, away from Bar Harbor, I doubt it's a reference to the ferry. Also, The Cat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_The_Cat) has been out of service since 2005, 2 years before that GMSV photo.
There doesn't appear to be a scenic byway here, so I'm guessing maybe it's for some Acadia NP destination or attraction.
I went up there shooting terminus photos a few years back, and hit that intersection. I don't remember that specific sign, but I'll look and see if I have a shot of it.
Otherwise, Ian, I'm sure you'll get up there before I do. I'm curious too; let us know!
Okay, since I took a trip down to Bar Harbor and Acadia today, I was able to get some photos of the ferry shields, which are in reference to the Swans Island Ferry. Here is one of the shields in Tremont...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZmOiga2.jpg&hash=1dc098d374a04df0760e902b2c5ef0cd9604e85d)
A little but up the road on ME 102, I found this old one with the LeHay font...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F34qJZCf.jpg&hash=0725db901c96bfba9379201df6ef3fe716db1256)
Quote from: PennDOTFan on March 24, 2013, 06:35:35 PM
the LeHay font...
I would imagined the LeHay font to look a lot more dorky (http://www.pre-trib.org/site/images/lahaye.jpg) than that.
The upside down blue pentagon is a common sign for ferries in Maine. I've also seen this sign along US 1 for the Islesboro ferry.