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Title: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: bugo on July 01, 2013, 03:53:21 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/4257939404_a87ce46571_z.jpg?zz=1)
Title: Re: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 03:56:08 PM
it is in the 1948 and 1961 MUTCDs.  the '35 doesn't appear to mention it, though that MUTCD's organization is sufficiently different that I just plain may have missed it.

the '71 has a two-sign assembly replacing it.  a diamond with the up and down arrows with the height in between, and a smaller rectangular panel with the words LOW CLEARANCE.

except for the shithat font, this is '71 spec:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.nationalsafetycommission.com%2Fhandbooks%2Fimages%2Fyellow%2Flow-clearance.gif&hash=74d63a161eb77e0150dea4f95956ab464b3c679f)

and now I will say five Hail Marys and memorize the exact specs of a 1948 16" cutout US route marker, as penance for cracking open the 1971 MUTCD.  blecccch.
Title: Re: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: bugo on July 01, 2013, 04:17:52 PM
BTW the picture was taken on old US 65 in Missouri in the winter of 2000/2001.
Title: Re: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: hbelkins on July 02, 2013, 02:14:20 PM
Oh yeah. I remember those in Kentucky.
Title: Re: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: hotdogPi on August 10, 2013, 11:56:29 AM
The point is that 14 feet isn't low, right?
Title: Re: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: Kacie Jane on August 10, 2013, 12:17:11 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 10, 2013, 11:56:29 AM
The point is that 14 feet isn't low, right?

Er, no.  I mean, 14'0" isn't spectacularly low, but definitely not spectacularly high either.  The Skagit River bridge in Washington that was hit by a truck and collapsed was 14'6" where it was struck, but wasn't signed.  The point is that the sign is old.  Old as balls.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 01, 2013, 03:56:08 PM
except for the shithat font...

...and that it's missing the second tick after the inches.
Title: Re: Was this sign standard at one time?
Post by: US71 on August 18, 2013, 08:51:57 PM
Quote from: bugo on July 01, 2013, 03:53:21 PM
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/4257939404_a87ce46571_z.jpg?zz=1)

Heck yes!