End-freeway signs

[steviep24]

The newer signs NYSDOT are installing say "Freeway Ends" in mixed case letters.

Is that intentional? We generally don't use that word here.

I wonder about that. First one I saw was installed on NY 590 in Irondequoit. Thought it was strange for NY to use the word "Freeway".

Google Streetview of that sign.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.203957,-77.548543,3a,37.5y,6.85h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sELR-SIqLsVu-lCJGM0Fq6g!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en

[iBallasticwolf2]

The newer signs NYSDOT are installing say "Freeway Ends" in mixed case letters.

Is that intentional? We generally don't use that word here.

I wonder about that. First one I saw was installed on NY 590 in Irondequoit. Thought it was strange for NY to use the word "Freeway".

Google Streetview of that sign.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.203957,-77.548543,3a,37.5y,6.85h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sELR-SIqLsVu-lCJGM0Fq6g!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en

Woah that looks really weird. It is almost as if there is a quiet effort to change roadway BGSs to mixed case for some reason. It looks reallu strange, personelly I don't like it

[vdeane]

The FHWA is trying to change a lot of things to mixed case.

There's also a "Freeway Ends" sign on NY 690.

[cpzilliacus]

Sweden and Finland:



Some other places in the EU:

[UCFKnights]

I feel like its on the wrong sign on the end of 408 as its on the sign for the last exit instead of the mainline.

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.555298,-81.190983,3a,15y,359.69h,92.93t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYnGUuIUxxJHPwg23KTc6Vw!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en

They have another one further down
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.568527,-81.191389,3a,21.8y,328.86h,98.06t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1so-9Vt6LLJ5RHY1RXGARRiQ!2e0!5s20110401T000000!6m1!1e1?hl=en

[Thing 342]

Hampton Roads has END I-XX YY MILES signs at the end of some of its freeways.
I-264: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.846396,-75.994114,3a,20.5y,116.53h,89.65t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXdgRC7aesVundAOhgW34sw!2e0
I-564: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.940671,-76.304192,3a,19.5y,20.83h,87.36t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLuF9wVyFx5h8reqXtvYuXw!2e0

[mcmc]

Hampton Roads has END I-XX YY MILES signs at the end of some of its freeways.

What's the rationale for having a white legend for these "End I-XX" signs? It's not only Virginia; Maryland has long had a white-legend I-70 Ends sign near Baltimore.

[HTM Duke]

WV places them even if the road's not necessarily a freeway: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.317449,-77.768432,3a,75y,119.2h,84.95t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3OGEmDewut9l6TwZE11r7w!2e0

A similar situation exists on US-48/Corridor H west of Wardensville:
1 mile warning
Lane drop

This sign still stands at the split of the RFK Stadium access road and the renamed Southeast Blvd (former Southeast Frwy) in DC, but is now covered over.  (The stadium directional signage itself is gone.)

[JMoses24]

Here's one on I-471 southbound in Highland Heights, KY. Captured by AARoads, in fact.

http://www.interstate-guide.com/images471/i-471_ky_st_10.jpg

[steviep24]

Here's a long skinny one that's mounted on a bridge. It's on NY 104 in Rochester.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.19144,-77.614976,3a,37.5y,263.44h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s8vkZ9wsM597FwSgho82N5w!2e0?hl=en

[noelbotevera]

In western PA (west of Breezewood), there are a TON of "end freeway" signs. One is on the US 119 freeway section a couple miles north of Indiana. There is one on US 22 westbound about 1/2 a mile from Ebensburg. I saw  only two of them, but there's probably many more. (These were from my trip to DuBois where we had to book a hotel there and then go to Punxsutawney.)

[iBallasticwolf2]

There is actually a freeway ends sign on I-265 in Louisville near at the site of the East End crossing project with its tunnel. I cannot GSV it because the road configuration has changed since it was last GSVed. I went to the project today and there are actually lights in the tunnel now.

[thenetwork]

I feel like its on the wrong sign on the end of 408 as its on the sign for the last exit instead of the mainline.

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.555298,-81.190983,3a,15y,359.69h,92.93t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYnGUuIUxxJHPwg23KTc6Vw!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en

That sign grouping does look odd.  At a glance, the exit sign makes it look like you have to pay a toll to exit, but if you stay on the mainline there is no toll.  If you have already incurred your last toll before this exit, then there should be no mention of tolls (ending or not) at all unless it is just the Toll-408 shield.

[NYhwyfan]

NY 400 - Aurora, NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.726117,-78.593581,3a,75y,154.31h,67.54t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swi_fXMWGB0r36yhXeXc7iQ!2e0

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota is generally very thorough on posting "FREEWAY ENDS" signs. The one oddity is that as US 169 approaches its north terminus that "FREEWAY ENDS" signs are posted even though it's only a four-lane expressway. There are also "EXPRESSWAY ENDS" signs on both ends of the MN 61 expressway, which I don't know of anywhere else in the state.

[iBallasticwolf2]

https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.283791,-81.576856,3a,49.3y,142.83h,88.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sghjyEUzckTn9uBZPJgPnCA!2e0

A very strange expressway ends sign in Belpre, Ohio. It is strange because it is before the left-exit to OH 7 which is a at-grade expressway if you stay on OH 7 while if you go straight THEN the expressway ends. Also I don't ever recall Ohio posting expressway ends signs on their AT-grade expressways.

[mrsman]

https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.283791,-81.576856,3a,49.3y,142.83h,88.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sghjyEUzckTn9uBZPJgPnCA!2e0

A very strange expressway ends sign in Belpre, Ohio. It is strange because it is before the left-exit to OH 7 which is a at-grade expressway if you stay on OH 7 while if you go straight THEN the expressway ends. Also I don't ever recall Ohio posting expressway ends signs on their AT-grade expressways.

This is not strange.  Take a look at this sign along the 91 freeway in California: 

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.872747,-118.273958,3a,75y,254.56h,76.43t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sFR9e439wIfIVapoJCXDFrg!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en

THe 91 freeway ends just west of the 110 freeway and becomes Artesia Blvd at a traffic light at Vermont Ave.  If you stay on the main lanes, your freeway will end.  Of course, you could transition to the 110 and avoid leaving the freeway system.  But for those not exiting, the warning is appropriate.

[hbelkins]

https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.283791,-81.576856,3a,49.3y,142.83h,88.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sghjyEUzckTn9uBZPJgPnCA!2e0

A very strange expressway ends sign in Belpre, Ohio. It is strange because it is before the left-exit to OH 7 which is a at-grade expressway if you stay on OH 7 while if you go straight THEN the expressway ends. Also I don't ever recall Ohio posting expressway ends signs on their AT-grade expressways.

Pretty sure the end to the old OH 32/US 50 Corridor D alignment, before the new Blennerhassett Bridge was built, had them as well.

[doorknob60]

I could not find any on Street View for I-184 in Boise. The imagery is 2.5 years old, and I can't remember if they've added any signage since (It seems to me like they might have changed some things compared to what I saw on GSV, but I don't remember what; maybe advance warnings for the Speed Limit drops to 45 and 35).

US-30 in Portland, OR:
    Advance Warning: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.536517,-122.695026,3a,75y,282.84h,86.84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1skm4ULmqMfwaugZ6-lnERDQ!2e0
    At the actual end: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.540101,-122.698359,3a,75y,21.93h,81.8t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQBba24YPRGNPQeCKA2ZiZQ!2e0

I-105 in Eugene, OR: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.058721,-123.101182,3a,75y,173.45h,82.24t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sF96WQh-RWk1J8GMpOpI-3w!2e0

OR-126 in Springfield, OR: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.056797,-122.942309,3a,39.8y,113.31h,82.85t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sFzxzFYuck05IWff78TrBXA!2e0
This one's interesting because this point right here is the end of the freeway (the first signalized intersection since the western terminus of I-105), but the expressway portion continues another mile to Main St., which is what these signs are referring to. There are no "end freeway" signs prior to this point, just advance warnings for the traffic signal. There's another set of these same style signs 1/4 mi before the end.

Beltline Highway (OR-569) in Eugene, OR: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.08405,-123.048164,3a,75y,90.61h,80.48t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPydcT8ewlXfTOYDW_TcIiw!2e0
This uses the same "Expressway" wording that OR-126 uses, except that I consider all of Beltline up to this point (at least all the way since Roosevelt Blvd) to be a true freeway. I guess ODOT uses the two terms somewhat interchangeably.

I did not find any on OR-22 in Salem, either eastbound crossing the Willamette or westbound approaching I-5.

Here's the first California example that comes to mind, US-101 in Crescent City: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.778596,-124.18168,3a,75y,223.85h,80.42t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1szAnPYeKSptOoDLthcKDs-g!2e0!5s20110101T000000
This is a very short segment of freeway, which always stood out to me as a bit odd, and kinda refreshing (the 65 Speed Limit helps with that) after there being no freeway segments on US-101 in Oregon (unless the section from Coos Bay to OR-42 counts; it's the closest it gets EDIT: I suppose the bypass of Cannon Beach is close too with the interchanges, but is only 2 lanes).

Here's the north end of that segment. I like the different wording here, because it conveys that you can still freely travel at high speeds (unlike the city streets that most of the examples here put you in), but that it's no longer a freeway: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.802361,-124.148858,3a,71.7y,17.69h,83.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sKBLlvXwMkXjHH7l-4Cd9ww!2e0

These signs are also quite common in California. I seem to recal a large number of them just on US-101 (though it's been a while): https://www.google.com/maps/@41.804454,-124.147958,3a,58.4y,45.45h,83.23t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sehdy1BSac9RHjU6B7o135g!2e0

[Brandon]

Illinois uses a variety of means.

They use "Expressway Ends".

https://goo.gl/maps/aUvGq
https://goo.gl/maps/IhhVR
https://goo.gl/maps/mwqen

They use "Freeway Ends".

https://goo.gl/maps/DydpU
https://goo.gl/maps/y1ReQ

Or just simply, "Traffic Signal".

https://goo.gl/maps/kfTU4
https://goo.gl/maps/0xEs5
https://goo.gl/maps/XI8KV
https://goo.gl/maps/JS8vN

Then again, sometimes there's no signage at all.

[ET21]

Or just a simple shield sign saying "End"
http://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/illinois/images/nend55_slsd_1008.jpg

[hbelkins]

https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.283791,-81.576856,3a,49.3y,142.83h,88.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sghjyEUzckTn9uBZPJgPnCA!2e0

A very strange expressway ends sign in Belpre, Ohio. It is strange because it is before the left-exit to OH 7 which is a at-grade expressway if you stay on OH 7 while if you go straight THEN the expressway ends. Also I don't ever recall Ohio posting expressway ends signs on their AT-grade expressways.

Pretty sure the end to the old OH 32/US 50 Corridor D alignment, before the new Blennerhassett Bridge was built, had them as well.

Which is exactly where these were, once I looked at the link. They were never removed when the US 50 bridge was built, even though most through traffic probably takes US 50 instead of staying on OH 7.