They're Not Street Blades

[roadman65]

I was noticing that some communities use these concrete stakes instead of typical street blades for street corner signs.

Woodbridge, NJ is one and growing up in Union County, NJ I remember both Roselle and Cranford were phasing out those for the traditional blades.

What are these called in the field?


Taken in Tybee Island, GA.

[Max Rockatansky]

I forget what they are called but they were also present in Key West due to hurricanes necessitating something more durable.

[paulthemapguy]

When I was a small child growing up in Downers Grove, Illinois, in the early 90s, the town was filled with concrete pedestals with the street names spelled out vertically. This isn't the case anymore, though there may still be some relics remaining in a few places. Spelling things out vertically works better when the lettering is all uppercase, but as most of us know, the MUTCD now requires street names to be spelled out in mixed-case. "Pedestals" is the best name I can think of for them, but there's probably a better, more official accepted term out there.

[KEK Inc.]

Carmel-by-the-sea has them too.  I always thought they were just stylized. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5549334,-121.9200846,3a,15.6y,300.04h,83.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3iQDaos-xdMWed1WCO0qkw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[Max Rockatansky]

Carmel-by-the-sea has them too.  I always thought they were just stylized. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5549334,-121.9200846,3a,15.6y,300.04h,83.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3iQDaos-xdMWed1WCO0qkw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I think it is just a style thing, nearby Monterey does normal street blades.  Speaking of stylization, I've never actually ever heard anyone refer to Carmel by it's formal name "Carmel-by-the-sea."

[steviep24]

The campus of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY has them.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0874165,-77.6814037,3a,15y,182.86h,81.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s27D3UdooLqfu9hv3yAsSWQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&authuser=0

[ran4sh]

Madison GA, and I hate them bc they take more time to read

[Ted$8roadFan]

A number of New England communities have them, usually small towns.

[jeffandnicole]

Wenonah NJ.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/r2GJAuXQXPuXBdTa9

[Ted$8roadFan]

Portland, CT.

https://goo.gl/maps/dR6jdiUNbCZYfP4P7

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/qg6L76qfcDWmxScLA
https://goo.gl/maps/i7FufGM1WtWPQUoV9

Pine Beach, NJ has really small ones.
https://goo.gl/maps/i7jCWEF7Q8LKRKrn7
However one particular intersection installed blades.

[US 89]

I don't remember where it was, but I'm pretty sure I've seen PVC pipes used for this purpose someplace.

[cjk374]

Jefferson County Arkansas used them regularly in the late 90s/early 2000s. I haven't been there in so long, I don't know if they have converted to street blades or not.

Grambling, LA used them until the early 2000s.

[kirbykart]

https://goo.gl/maps/qg6L76qfcDWmxScLA
https://goo.gl/maps/i7FufGM1WtWPQUoV9
Pine Beach, NJ has really small ones.

Wow those look impossible to read from the road. That's horrible.

[Mr. Matté]

There's random ones in rural areas of Chesterfield Township, NJ on tall wooden pillars. They have to date back to no earlier than the mid-1950s since the ones along Chesterfield-Arneytown Road say "Route 528." The text on the wood, carved in and possibly back painted, is very hard to read so they are supplemented with normal blades on the top of one. I don't have any pics of one but this is one example from GSV.

[CtrlAltDel]

When I was a small child growing up in Downers Grove, Illinois, in the early 90s, the town was filled with concrete pedestals with the street names spelled out vertically. This isn't the case anymore, though there may still be some relics remaining in a few places. Spelling things out vertically works better when the lettering is all uppercase, but as most of us know, the MUTCD now requires street names to be spelled out in mixed-case. "Pedestals" is the best name I can think of for them, but there's probably a better, more official accepted term out there.

They also have them in Park Ridge that I am aware of.

[Road Hog]

A county I once lived in had them and called them pylons.