Excessively Oversized Signs

[roadman]

If the cardinal directions are 12 inch (with 15 inch inital letter), then the destinations are indeed 13.33/10 inch.

[myosh_tino]

Fair enough, but since this thread topic only involves oversize signage as opposed to non-compliant MUTCD issues (there are tons of other threads for those); my earlier quote was only directed towards why Sanctimoniously included it in this thread.   It certainly isn't oversized by any stretch of the imagination.

I think this sign is, if anything, undersized--the shields seem quite large in comparison to the primary destination legend, so I suspect the use of 13.3" UC/10" LC instead of the more usual 16" UC/12" LC.

Assuming that the cardinal directions are 15/12 (first letter is 15", rest are 12"), then the main legend is definitely 16 UC/12 LC.  What throws everything off is the fact that the shields are 48" tall instead of the more standard 36".  Here's my "proof"...



Notice the 4 T's next to the US 58 shield.  If the "T" is 12 inches, then the US route shield has to be 48 inches (4 x 12 = 48).  For completeness, I also clipped the 15-inch "E" in "EAST" and placed it next to "Norfolk" and you'll notice the E is smaller than the "N" in Norfolk.

[vtk]

That's what I suspected. 48" shields indeed look huge in person. And I concur, the 58 is a compressed 70-spec 3-digit shield.