End/Begin Interstate Signage

[Brandon]

Odder still is the sign along the southbound side of I-294, just beyond the split with I-94 at Lake-Cook Road.  It says "I-294 Begins, I-94 Ends", which is clearly absurd because it does no such thing and happily runs for another 400 miles to Port Huron, MI.   https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Underwood+Avenue,+Wauwatosa,+WI&hl=en&ll=42.152627,-87.874521&spn=0.006451,0.009645&sll=43.049572,-88.059089&sspn=0.012717,0.01929&oq=UnderWauwatosa,+WI&t=h&hnear=Underwood+Ave,+Wauwatosa,+Wisconsin+53213&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.152543,-87.87453&panoid=Pkuq9TrzIXB0kxTlimcwow&cbp=12,174.79,,0,7.91

I-94 splits off to the east and follows the Edens Spur and you know that because of that huge junction with all of those signs that you just passed.   

I like this alternate sign, since the one posted there is only for the folks who took the wrong ramp.

Reminds me of this one I posted in the thread "Signs for Idiots":


It's on I-80/294 west/north just after I-94 has left for the Bishop Ford Freeway.

[bugo]

The END Muskogee Turnpike sign has been removed, probably because it was stupid and confusing.  There was a similar assembly northbound, but the Muskogee Turnpike sign has also been removed.

[Brandon]

^^ The OTA could have done something more similar to ISTHA here.

South end of the North-South (aka Veterans Memorial) Tollway:

[jeffandnicole]

What's that about NJ?

At the similiar I-76/NJ 42 line, there are no signs marking the end or begin point of either highway, other than a standard 0.0 MP (and I can't verify if that even exists).

[roadman]

MA has done a good job lately of putting begin/end signs on its interstates.  Seen them where I-84 meets the Mass Pike, and at either end of I-291 and I-391.

About 2003, MassHighway (now MassDOT) specifically did a project to install begin/end markers, as well as "XX Ends 1/2 Mile" signs on their Interstates and other freeways statewide.  This work was done at the same time as a similar project to expand their overpass street name signs (which were orignally installed only on I-95 (128) and I-93 in the immediate Boston area) to other freeways statewide.

[mefailenglish]

MO likes using this language. It posted something similar for "I-49 ends, continue on US 71" in Kansas City.

Yep.  Here's that sign from a few months ago, before I-49 shields were posted:

[bugo]

Was there ever an "I-64 EAST ENDS, CONTINUE ON US 40 EAST (and maybe US 61 North?)"

[agentsteel53]

Was there ever an "I-64 EAST ENDS, CONTINUE ON US 40 EAST (and maybe US 61 North?)"

never seen that.  did see I-64 WEST ENDS, CONTINUE ON US 40 WEST in September 2006. 

[Brandon]

Was there ever an "I-64 EAST ENDS, CONTINUE ON US 40 EAST (and maybe US 61 North?)"

never seen that.  did see I-64 WEST ENDS, CONTINUE ON US 40 WEST in September 2006. 

IIRC, it's gone now as of July 2012.  I didn't see any such sign at the I-64/I-70/US-40/US-61 interchange either.

[agentsteel53]

correction, it did say 61 as well.  photo taken Sept 7, 2006

[roadman65]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.848002,-87.615452&spn=0.008152,0.01869&sll=27.698638,-83.804601&sspn=9.834914,19.138184&oq=chica&t=h&hnear=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.847995,-87.615606&panoid=HlW77SSRLuVTmKwVZoHiEA&cbp=12,90,,0,22.5
Two end I-55 shields in Chicago.  There used to be a LGS with the word ROUTE above the I-55 shield on the ramp start to US 41 SB, but you can see it was replaced here.

[Alps]

What's that about NJ?

At the similiar I-76/NJ 42 line, there are no signs marking the end or begin point of either highway, other than a standard 0.0 MP (and I can't verify if that even exists).

Also, though no Interstates involved, we passed the replacement of this one today:


(US 1&9 do not begin here)

[PurdueBill]

My photo on Steve's site below; not a BGS but still has one route ending and another beginning; neither really begins or ends here but the centerline mileages do end and begin here.

Sign is underneath the Ohio Turnpike on I-76 EB, just before 76 exits to join the turnpike and 80 leaves it and heads east on the same roadway.
Also shown is one of a couple remaining Ohio postmile markers for I-80S and its I-76 counterpart, interestingly different by 0.03 miles. The same difference of 0.03 appears on a sign in Summit County, and that is odd because the postmiles reset to 0 at county lines. Maybe the convention for the postmile used at an underpass changed somehow? 0.03 miles is still like 160 feet, way more than the width of overpasses. Hmm.

[Revive 755]

never seen that.  did see I-64 WEST ENDS, CONTINUE ON US 40 WEST in September 2006. 

IIRC, it's gone now as of July 2012.  I didn't see any such sign at the I-64/I-70/US-40/US-61 interchange either.

There used to be an "End I-64 west Continue on US 61 North" near the I-70 interchange


For some reason there's a 'Route' banner above the I-290 shield at the western beginning of I-290 at I-90 in Schaumburg:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=northbrook,+il&hl=en&ll=42.057195,-88.028524&spn=0.013526,0.033023&sll=38.792833,-90.81384&sspn=0.014199,0.033023&hnear=Northbrook,+Cook,+Illinois&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.057195,-88.028524&panoid=cQF5MfltykpkWq_ugqXgTQ&cbp=12,194.21,,0,2.75

[Brandon]

^^ Maybe a better photo.