Welcome to signs/displays

[agentsteel53]

It's actually north of US customs but on US soil- so you'd likely have just cleared the border and been in a hurry to get away from it

probably not in a hurry, just proceeding at a reasonable pace to the Canadian booths - and likely figuring I shouldn't be turning around or fidgeting or making observations, lest they catch us on a security camera and take us for unwelcomes.

[Scott5114]

What does the yellow road sign a little further down the street indicate, speed bump?

Assuming you're talking about the Kansas one, it says something along the lines of "STATE LAW / MOVE OVER OR SLOW DOWN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES". A lot of the states in the central part of the country have prominent signs in that vein. I've seen them in OK, KS, MO, IL, and probably others.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

where is that USA welcome sign?  I don't believe I've ever seen it.

my guess is I-5 at Blaine.

Yep, it is at Blaine on I-5 south before customs.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

A somewhat different "Welcome to" sign, this case being Washington's Skagit Valley:

[KEVIN_224]

Maine. Exciting, right?

I believe that shot is near mile marker 2, just before exit 3 of I-95 in Kittery. The Maine state line sign I'm most familiar with is on the Piscataqua River Bridge, carrying I-95 between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME (May 6, 2011):




Also, while this picture from NJ Route 29 north in Trenton, NJ isn't the actual city line, I still thought it was a nice touch anyways. The Delaware River is immediately left (west) of this tunnel (July 26, 2012):

[MDOTFanFB]

Here's Michigan's welcome sign, just another example of Lansing thinking their state's tourism slogan can be plastered on anything Michigan.



I-75 northbound at mile marker 0 in Erie Township, Monroe County, MI, January 2011.

[Pilgrimway]

My favorite...

[sp_redelectric]

I'm not a fan of Oregon's. It generally looks like this:

I have a problem with ANY sign (but especially border signs) that use Series E lettering (or F, for that matter), for anything that isn't a warning sign.  Montana is particularly guilty of using it for distance signs.

[jp the roadgeek]

Not a Welcome to a state sign, but this was a favorite when going to visit my grandparents in Key Colony Beach, FL as a kid.

[US12]

I 77 southbound entering South Carolina



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[DaBigE]

I have a problem with ANY sign (but especially border signs) that use Series E lettering (or F, for that matter), for anything that isn't a warning sign.  Montana is particularly guilty of using it for distance signs.

Am I correct in assuming that you take issue with the MUTCD/SHSM as well? They spec many signs other than warning signs with Series E and EM.

[ghYHZ]

At the NS-NB Border:

[mcdonaat]

Mississippi at the I-55 Welcome Center, McComb:


(Originally posted on a minor state highway in 1970, refurbished 2012)

Louisiana, at I-20 Welcome Center, Greenwood:



Markers like this are posted, from what I know, along LA 6 - Texas line, US 80 - Monroe DOTD shop, US 65/84 - Mississippi line, and LA 19 - Mississippi line.

[Alps]

Louisiana, at I-20 Welcome Center, Greenwood:


Markers like this are posted, from what I know, along LA 6 - Texas line, US 80 - Monroe DOTD shop, US 65/84 - Mississippi line, and LA 19 - Mississippi line.

I don't know why you say US 65/84, but the one I saw on 65 is in Lake Providence several miles from the line.

[hobsini2]

That one of Mississippi looks incomplete the way they erected it. Just an observation.

[mcdonaat]

Louisiana, at I-20 Welcome Center, Greenwood:


Markers like this are posted, from what I know, along LA 6 - Texas line, US 80 - Monroe DOTD shop, US 65/84 - Mississippi line, and LA 19 - Mississippi line.

I don't know why you say US 65/84, but the one I saw on 65 is in Lake Providence several miles from the line.

I simply refuse to acknowledge US 425. My state highway map still says US 65, and so do a few signs in Vidalia.

[Urban Prairie Schooner]

Mississippi at the I-55 Welcome Center, McComb:


(Originally posted on a minor state highway in 1970, refurbished 2012)

This sign still shows up in its original configuration on Google Street View. Original location was an odd place for such an elaborate state boundary assembly.

[mcdonaat]

Mississippi at the I-55 Welcome Center, McComb:


(Originally posted on a minor state highway in 1970, refurbished 2012)

This sign still shows up in its original configuration on Google Street View. Original location was an odd place for such an elaborate state boundary assembly.

LA 19 has a monument... in a town of probably 200 pop. It's not elaborate, as much as it was a way to post something unique along a country road.

EDIT: Mississippi officials have informed me that they're trying to refurbish the signs and place them back at the original locations. This is a unique sign, therefore it looks better at the welcome center.

Also, I noticed a "Pick It Up, Mississippi" sign, and can't tell if that's because of litter, or the slow drivers.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50346692303/in/dateposted-public/
Tennessee has a nice one entering the state from Southaven, MS.

[KCRoadFan]

As someone who's often driven up to Minnesota to visit family members - I really love the big "Minnesota Welcomes You"  monument as you enter the state coming up I-35 from Iowa.

[kphoger]

As someone who's often driven up to Minnesota to visit family members - I really love the big "Minnesota Welcomes You"  monument as you enter the state coming up I-35 from Iowa.

Likewise on IA/MN-60.

[SidS1045]

By standard font, I was referring to the MassDPW fonts (which is displayed on that MA 62 LGS) that existed at the time.  Most 'paddle' LGS' didn't start sporting FHWA-style fonts until the mid-70s; which coincided w/the DPW's discontinuing the 'cut' corner primary LGS.  That MA 138 LGS (probably early-mid 70s vintage) is an exception to other DPW LGS' of the era, not the rule.

The DPW-styled fonts for LGS' lingured into the mid-80s; mostly subject to which lettering spec a sign fabricator used or had on hand.

This looks like the old Massachusetts font:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5493274404/in/album-72157626184543084/

[ethanhopkin14]

What about the states that sign the actual state line then a little ways away have the "Welcome" sign?  I have always tried to keep tabs on which states do and which do not.  I never thought much of it because Texas always has a sign at the line, but realized it was unusual the more I traveled. 

Also, which states have a different assembly for secondary roads than they do for interstates.   For the most part, Texas' are the same sign as the interstate but smaller for secondary roads.  There is also a concrete sign with the outline of the state with TEXAS written inside it. 

[Scott5114]

Kansas does it occasionally, usually when there's a bridge or something that makes placing the welcome sign right at the border impractical.

[MikieTimT]

I always get a chuckle when I see this one.  Taken during the Arkansas River flooding last year that closed down the Garrison Ave. bridge on US-64 into OK, which my kids and I actually walked across and made a scenic photo with all the trash on the shoulder including the broken down Prius.