Regional signing practices that are unusual compared to everyplace else

[Brandon]

the "crazy purple guide signs" are on Disney property and owned/maintained by Disney.

A real Mickey Mouse signing job, eh?

Sounds pretty Goofy.

[codyg1985]

the "crazy purple guide signs" are on Disney property and owned/maintained by Disney.

A real Mickey Mouse signing job, eh?

Sounds pretty Goofy.

There are Minnie more where that came from.

[myosh_tino]

A real Mickey Mouse signing job, eh?

Sounds pretty Goofy.

There are Minnie more where that came from.

Nice one guys!

[cl94]

the "crazy purple guide signs" are on Disney property and owned/maintained by Disney.

A real Mickey Mouse signing job, eh?

Sounds pretty Goofy.

There are Minnie more where that came from.

Those signs are ex-Scrooge-iating

[jakeroot]

the "crazy purple guide signs" are on Disney property and owned/maintained by Disney.

A real Mickey Mouse signing job, eh?

Sounds pretty Goofy.

There are Minnie more where that came from.

Those signs are ex-Scrooge-iating

[NE2]

the "crazy purple guide signs" are on Disney property and owned/maintained by Disney.

Technically most are on Reedy Creek Improvement District property, making them public roads.

[Darkchylde]

Oklahoma likes to put "JCT" or "JUNCTION" on the green overhead signs.

Arkansas does that sometimes, too.

As has ISTHA.

Louisiana has a few of these too, at some Interstate-to-Interstate interchanges where one or more of them is ending.

[machias]

NYSDOT Region 2 just likes to be odd, for example, the extra words on this sign. The button copy that this sign replaced was laid out the exact same way.

[Buffaboy]

There is a sign on I-90 east of Rochester that says something along the lines of "Trucks to I-81, use I-690." However, Syracuse (I-81) is over 50 miles away from where the sign is, so I don't see the benefit of having a sign like that so far away.

[Rothman]

There is a sign on I-90 east of Rochester that says something along the lines of "Trucks to I-81, use I-690." However, Syracuse (I-81) is over 50 miles away from where the sign is, so I don't see the benefit of having a sign like that so far away.

Evidently, the sign is for long-distance truckers.

[mariethefoxy]

-Until very recently, each NYSDOT region had a different format for tenth-mile markers. R8, for example, used small green markers, while R1 used full-size markers with the decimal in green-on-white. All now use the MUTCD-standard enhanced location marker.

Region 10 (Long Island) has no mile markers at all, only the small square reference markers.

Also Long Island has the Parkways with the Letter Prefix Exit numbers. (Exit M1, Exit W6E-W, Exit SM2, etc.)

[vdeane]

I believe Region 11 is the same way.  Looking at photos, it appears that Regions 3, 5, and 9 are adopting enhanced tenth mile markers.  Region 1 is using standard tenths with enhanced full mile markers on the Northway.  Meanwhile, tenth mile markers appear to be becoming less common in Region 4.  And the new signage plans for the Taconic call for the standard Region 8 tenth mile marker.

[cl94]

There is a sign on I-90 east of Rochester that says something along the lines of "Trucks to I-81, use I-690." However, Syracuse (I-81) is over 50 miles away from where the sign is, so I don't see the benefit of having a sign like that so far away.

Evidently, the sign is for long-distance truckers.

It's to discourage truckers from taking NY 14, 79, and/or 96 through Geneva, Ithaca, and/or Watkins Glen to avoid the toll

I believe Region 11 is the same way.  Looking at photos, it appears that Regions 3, 5, and 9 are adopting enhanced tenth mile markers.  Region 1 is using standard tenths with enhanced full mile markers on the Northway.  Meanwhile, tenth mile markers appear to be becoming less common in Region 4.  And the new signage plans for the Taconic call for the standard Region 8 tenth mile marker.

Region 4 is still installing their blue on white tenth mile markers (or at least they're still everywhere)

[Rothman]

It's to discourage truckers from taking NY 14, 79, and/or 96 through Geneva, Ithaca, and/or Watkins Glen to avoid the toll

Reminds me of the futile attempts NYSDOT made a few years back to stop truckers from coming up I-390 and then "cutting the corner" to Buffalo by taking NY 63 from the Mount Morris area.

[cl94]

It's to discourage truckers from taking NY 14, 79, and/or 96 through Geneva, Ithaca, and/or Watkins Glen to avoid the toll

Reminds me of the futile attempts NYSDOT made a few years back to stop truckers from coming up I-390 and then "cutting the corner" to Buffalo by taking NY 63 from the Mount Morris area.

Difference is that the approach to Ithaca is quite substandard, while NY 63 and US 20 are, with the exception of a couple grades (the big ones have climbing lanes), very truck-friendly. I doubt truckers that know the area would willingly drive through Ithaca. I certainly wouldn't.

[odditude]

NJ uses signs like this and its red slashed-circle variant to indicate where 102" wide trucks are permitted (as discussed here).

[vdeane]

Region 4 is still installing their blue on white tenth mile markers (or at least they're still everywhere)

They're everywhere, but there are holes on I-390 and I-490 (also a few enhanced full miles on I-490 west of downtown Rochester).  I suspect that they're just not replacing the tenth mile markers, but that's just speculation.

[1995hoo]

I noted these all over the place in Arizona last week. There may have been a few of the more familiar black-on-white rectangular signs, but off the top of my head I don't recall having seen any, and I'm positive I didn't see the type telling you what the reduced speed limit will be.

(This one's on northbound I-17 entering the rest area just south of AZ-179 to Sedona.)

[cappicard]

Pennsylvania's love of 2 mile advance signs, unheard of anywhere else I've been.

The NJ Turnpike uses them at about every interchange, and I've seen these elsewhere in NJ...along with I-95 in Delaware (SB, approaching Exit 1).

As does Kansas for Interstate-Interstate interchanges.

[Brandon]

Pennsylvania's love of 2 mile advance signs, unheard of anywhere else I've been.

The NJ Turnpike uses them at about every interchange, and I've seen these elsewhere in NJ...along with I-95 in Delaware (SB, approaching Exit 1).

As does Kansas for Interstate-Interstate interchanges.

ISTHA uses them a lot.  Of course, this is the toll agency that will sign an interchange 25 miles out, just because it is the next interchange.

[vtk]

Pennsylvania's love of 2 mile advance signs, unheard of anywhere else I've been.

I think that's suggested in MUTCD for interchanges with other freeways.  Ohio seems to be doing that recently.

[TXtoNJ]

TxDOT Houston Division has a tendency to omit control cities, as seen here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8050684,-95.4469237,3a,75y,235.04h,80.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8hyUP2R3EYw9ee8VkXYguQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[vdeane]

Pennsylvania's love of 2 mile advance signs, unheard of anywhere else I've been.

I think that's suggested in MUTCD for interchanges with other freeways.  Ohio seems to be doing that recently.

But how many places do it for every single interchange? (though I think Region 3 just started doing it with a sign rehab on I-81)

[Mr_Northside]

Pennsylvania's love of 2 mile advance signs, unheard of anywhere else I've been.

I think that's suggested in MUTCD for interchanges with other freeways.  Ohio seems to be doing that recently.

During my two trips from Pittsburgh to the Delmarva Eastern Shore this year, one of the things that occurred to me was how little  (only 2 or 3) 2 mile advance BGS were in Maryland.  Not sure why it stuck out in my mind this year, but it did. Being from PA, I guess I'm just used to a lot of 2 mile advance signs.

[Brandon]

Pennsylvania's love of 2 mile advance signs, unheard of anywhere else I've been.

I think that's suggested in MUTCD for interchanges with other freeways.  Ohio seems to be doing that recently.

But how many places do it for every single interchange? (though I think Region 3 just started doing it with a sign rehab on I-81)

Ohio Turnpike.  ISTHA, as I mentioned above, does 2 miles or more for advanced warnings.

Examples:

https://goo.gl/maps/TTKYiSYyuT72
https://goo.gl/maps/VbffThm3HyL2