Covered BGS's

[Michael in Philly]

Tying this in to control-cities issues, there was* a spot on I-95 southbound just south of Baltimore where the control city on the pull-through was Washington but you could still see, on the line below, that they'd removed a "Richmond."

*haven't seen it lately; I wonder if they've replaced it

[hbelkins]

I think it's all about how the sign is fabricated.

In Kentucky, the greenout is the exception, not the rule. Since we use demountable copy, we just take the lettering or route marker off the BGS and replace it.

Pennsylvania applies the lettering or route markers directly to the signs -- I call it "silk screening" for lack of a better term -- so they have to use greenouts.

[roadfro]

^ And it seems like Kentucky is the exception as it comes to BGS fabrication. Demountable copy isn't in widespread use much, as it's simpler to apply lettering in the sheeting process as it is easily computer controlled nowadays. However, this would seem to be one of the plausible arguments in favor of demountable copy.

[formulanone]

Hey Richie: any idea what the destination was before Independence?

Monarchy?

[codyg1985]

^ It was obviously Colony: http://g.co/maps/pn8gu 

[hbelkins]

West Virginia's using demountable copy, as well. There are a couple of really good examples along I-64. On the signage for US 52 north, button copy text for Chesapeake, OH has been removed and replaced with reflective lettering for Ironton, OH. And on the signage for the WV 34 exit, Winfield was removed because Winfield is now accessible from US 35.

[Scott5114]

There were a lot of cover-ups in Oklahoma when the state highway shield changed in 2006. Sometimes it didn't go so well (standards are your friend):


And here's an interesting change made to a sign on the Kansas Turnpike...before (2006):


And after (2011):

[myosh_tino]

And after (2011):

That's a pretty interesting patch job there.  Here's my observations...

* The I-35 pull though... why didn't they just overlay the two down arrows with "Wichita"?  While it's obvious there are two through lanes here for I-35 the way that sign is currently laid out there gotta be a MUTCD violation.

* In the original photo, there's a ramp advisory speed limit sign posted on the right shoulder.  Apparently that got replaced by plaques on the overhead sign next to the exit number and underneath the exit gore sign.  Is that something that's common out there in Kansas?  The use of a ramp advisory speed limit sign is a common sight in California.