The Attempt to Fix Virginia Signage Featuring WillWeaverRVA

[WillWeaverRVA]

The city of Richmond continues to install new signs, including trailblazers on each leg leaving the intersection of Cowardin & Semmes Avenues. Here's 2 of them.

Images from yesterday

There are a bunch of new US 33/US 250 trailblazers on both directions of Broad Street between Staples Mill Road and Belvidere Street, too. I haven't checked east of Belvidere though, but I do know there was once a US 250 reassurance marker just past Foushee Street that I'm not sure is still there.





Even though the city did remove the capability of requesting new signs from their 311 page, they're still updating my previous requests and they actually have been in communications with VDOT regarding what to do about the US/VA 33 situation since there is now a physical gap in the current definition of US 33.

Given that all these signs are starting to pop up everywhere (and I don't see where anyone requested them) I'm wondering if the city has finally decided to take signage seriously.

[jb_va23]

The city of Richmond continues to install new signs, including trailblazers on each leg leaving the intersection of Cowardin & Semmes Avenues. Here's 2 of them.

Images from yesterday

There are a bunch of new US 33/US 250 trailblazers on both directions of Broad Street between Staples Mill Road and Belvidere Street, too. I haven't checked east of Belvidere though, but I do know there was once a US 250 reassurance marker just past Foushee Street that I'm not sure is still there.





Even though the city did remove the capability of requesting new signs from their 311 page, they're still updating my previous requests and they actually have been in communications with VDOT regarding what to do about the US/VA 33 situation since there is now a physical gap in the current definition of US 33.

Given that all these signs are starting to pop up everywhere (and I don't see where anyone requested them) I'm wondering if the city has finally decided to take signage seriously.

Now, I just need the Hampton Roads cities to actually listen to you!

[WillWeaverRVA]

The city of Richmond continues to install new signs, including trailblazers on each leg leaving the intersection of Cowardin & Semmes Avenues. Here's 2 of them.

Images from yesterday

There are a bunch of new US 33/US 250 trailblazers on both directions of Broad Street between Staples Mill Road and Belvidere Street, too. I haven't checked east of Belvidere though, but I do know there was once a US 250 reassurance marker just past Foushee Street that I'm not sure is still there.





Even though the city did remove the capability of requesting new signs from their 311 page, they're still updating my previous requests and they actually have been in communications with VDOT regarding what to do about the US/VA 33 situation since there is now a physical gap in the current definition of US 33.

Given that all these signs are starting to pop up everywhere (and I don't see where anyone requested them) I'm wondering if the city has finally decided to take signage seriously.

Now, I just need the Hampton Roads cities to actually listen to you!

I'd like them to listen to me too! The Hampton Roads TPO did, at least.

[WillWeaverRVA]

US 250 is now pretty well signed in the city of Richmond - some additional trailblazers have popped up between US 1/301 and the eastern terminus, including some more signs near I-95 and US 360. There are also a couple of US 250 signs westbound along the US 33 concurrency that don't mention US 33, and I don't know if this is a consequence of discussions DPW has had with VDOT on US 33's routing or not. US 33 is mentioned eastbound, though.

Some signage along VA 197 near I-195 and I-64 that had either been knocked over or was entirely missing (namely trailblazers for I-195 and I-64 where VA 197 turns from Westwood and Saunders onto Laburnum) has been replaced.

An erroneous trailblazer for I-95 has appeared at the Broad and Hamilton St intersection that should be an I-195 trailblazer.

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The missing I-95/64 postings on N. Arthur Ashe Blvd has finally been replaced. This is approaching the interstate(s). I believe it's been here for a little over a week. I couldn't see what was at the ramp, will check again soon.

Image from tonight

[Takumi]

Yeah, other than some minor changes, I've kind of hit a snag in terms of getting signage corrected. The only thing that I've been able to confirm is that an "EAST I-195" shield at VA 147 and I-195/VA 76 was corrected to "SOUTH I-195" and some VA 6 shields have popped up along Patterson Ave, but not at where VA 6 transitions onto Kensington Ave.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned already, but today I was taking a very long detour to Carytown and saw that there is now a trailblazer from eastbound VA 6 turning from Patterson to Kensington, but it's a US 6 shield. It's at the bridge over I-195.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Yeah, other than some minor changes, I've kind of hit a snag in terms of getting signage corrected. The only thing that I've been able to confirm is that an "EAST I-195" shield at VA 147 and I-195/VA 76 was corrected to "SOUTH I-195" and some VA 6 shields have popped up along Patterson Ave, but not at where VA 6 transitions onto Kensington Ave.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned already, but today I was taking a very long detour to Carytown and saw that there is now a trailblazer from eastbound VA 6 turning from Patterson to Kensington, but it's a US 6 shield. It's at the bridge over I-195.

Nope, hasn't been mentioned.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Yeah, other than some minor changes, I've kind of hit a snag in terms of getting signage corrected. The only thing that I've been able to confirm is that an "EAST I-195" shield at VA 147 and I-195/VA 76 was corrected to "SOUTH I-195" and some VA 6 shields have popped up along Patterson Ave, but not at where VA 6 transitions onto Kensington Ave.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned already, but today I was taking a very long detour to Carytown and saw that there is now a trailblazer from eastbound VA 6 turning from Patterson to Kensington, but it's a US 6 shield. It's at the bridge over I-195.

I finally went and got a picture of this last night. I'm torn on whether to report it because it's kind of hilarious.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I reported the US 6 sign and got this strange reply:

"The sign was approved by TED and installed in the middle of the right-turn lane as vehicles approach the right-curving lane. The right-turn lane begins as you approach the overpass. Again, the sign is located in the center of the turn lane. I believe this placement is the reason for the right-arrow indication."

It's not getting fixed.

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I reported the US 6 sign and got this strange reply:

"The sign was approved by TED and installed in the middle of the right-turn lane as vehicles approach the right-curving lane. The right-turn lane begins as you approach the overpass. Again, the sign is located in the center of the turn lane. I believe this placement is the reason for the right-arrow indication."

It's not getting fixed.

Lmmfaoooo yeah it's definitely not getting fixed.

[WillWeaverRVA]

GSV is updating in the Hampton Roads area, and none of the signage I requested in Hampton has been posted (at least on the areas that GSV has updated for), even though I have a friend who works for the city who was able to nudge the public works department for me. Go figure.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Richmond DPW did replace some damaged VA 161, US 33, and US 250 signage I reported recently, and the signage actually looks okay, so I guess they'll still replace signs in certain situations.

That US 6 sign is still there, though. Maybe the key is to throw rocks at it and damage it so the city will replace it.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Petersburg is trying to address some issues I raised with them a while ago.

The key word being "trying".

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Petersburg is trying to address some issues I raised with them a while ago.

The key word being "trying".

What in the Nova Scotia is going on here?

[Takumi]

I clinched VA 410 today and it's still unposted. The street blade where VA 324 is is also still the same as it was.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I clinched VA 410 today and it's still unposted. The street blade where VA 324 is is also still the same as it was.

VDOT's Richmond district has been ignoring requests put in on the customer portal for quite some time, and I think the winter storms got in the way of Chesterfield updating street name signs.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I bit the bullet and reactivated my Flickr Pro subscription and started an album full of pictures of signs that were installed as a result of my "sign crusade", which is currently on hold but definitely not over.

@Mapmikey, if you want to use any of these when you update your site (particularly the US 250 begin/end signs), feel free.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/willshighways/albums/72177720330821748

[WillWeaverRVA]

Richmond seems to be going back and replacing some of the earlier signs that got posted as a result of my 311 requests with ones that look a lot better, such as this US 250 trailblazer coming off I-95 near the VCU MCV Campus. The original sign was a reassurance marker and not a trailblazer, but it was tiny and the US 250 shield was a 2-digit blank.

That US 6 shield is still there, though.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I clinched VA 410 today and it's still unposted. The street blade where VA 324 is is also still the same as it was.

It doesn't look like VA 324 is going to be posted. VDOT and Chesterfield County seem to disagree on VA 324's definition - VDOT shows it reaching SR 718, but Chesterfield County stops it a few hundred feet from SR 718 and shows the remaining segment as SR 1755 (which is what the VA 324 entry on the Virginia Highways Project says, actually). The person in charge of replacing street name signs apparently has to go by the county's definition, meaning it's going to be posted as SR 1755.

So between that and the local VDOT residency being unwilling to post a route to a correctional facility (even though practically every other prison route in Virginia is posted), VA 324 is likely going to remain unposted.

[Takumi]

I clinched VA 410 today and it's still unposted. The street blade where VA 324 is is also still the same as it was.

It doesn't look like VA 324 is going to be posted. VDOT and Chesterfield County seem to disagree on VA 324's definition - VDOT shows it reaching SR 718, but Chesterfield County stops it a few hundred feet from SR 718 and shows the remaining segment as SR 1755 (which is what the VA 324 entry on the Virginia Highways Project says, actually). The person in charge of replacing street name signs apparently has to go by the county's definition, meaning it's going to be posted as SR 1755.

So between that and the local VDOT residency being unwilling to post a route to a correctional facility (even though practically every other prison route in Virginia is posted), VA 324 is likely going to remain unposted.

Well, the road meets SR 718 on both sides of the facility, so which one is it? Also, the person in charge of replacing street signs has made many, many errors in the past. Why should I assume that they'll be right about this one?

[WillWeaverRVA]

I clinched VA 410 today and it's still unposted. The street blade where VA 324 is is also still the same as it was.

It doesn't look like VA 324 is going to be posted. VDOT and Chesterfield County seem to disagree on VA 324's definition - VDOT shows it reaching SR 718, but Chesterfield County stops it a few hundred feet from SR 718 and shows the remaining segment as SR 1755 (which is what the VA 324 entry on the Virginia Highways Project says, actually). The person in charge of replacing street name signs apparently has to go by the county's definition, meaning it's going to be posted as SR 1755.

So between that and the local VDOT residency being unwilling to post a route to a correctional facility (even though practically every other prison route in Virginia is posted), VA 324 is likely going to remain unposted.

Well, the road meets SR 718 on both sides of the facility, so which one is it? Also, the person in charge of replacing street signs has made many, many errors in the past. Why should I assume that they'll be right about this one?

I meant the end that's posted as SR 1755, oops.

And yeah, I'm familiar with their tendency to screw up. All the street name signs on the SR 681 segment of West Hundred Road say "SR 10" as far as I know.

[74/171FAN]

And yeah, I'm familiar with their tendency to screw up. All the street name signs on the SR 618 segment of West Hundred Road say "SR 10" as far as I know.

I think you meant SR 681.

[WillWeaverRVA]

And yeah, I'm familiar with their tendency to screw up. All the street name signs on the SR 618 segment of West Hundred Road say "SR 10" as far as I know.

I think you meant SR 681.

Yes. Yes I did.

How ironic. 

[Takumi]

I clinched VA 410 today and it's still unposted. The street blade where VA 324 is is also still the same as it was.

It doesn't look like VA 324 is going to be posted. VDOT and Chesterfield County seem to disagree on VA 324's definition - VDOT shows it reaching SR 718, but Chesterfield County stops it a few hundred feet from SR 718 and shows the remaining segment as SR 1755 (which is what the VA 324 entry on the Virginia Highways Project says, actually). The person in charge of replacing street name signs apparently has to go by the county's definition, meaning it's going to be posted as SR 1755.

So between that and the local VDOT residency being unwilling to post a route to a correctional facility (even though practically every other prison route in Virginia is posted), VA 324 is likely going to remain unposted.

Well, the road meets SR 718 on both sides of the facility, so which one is it? Also, the person in charge of replacing street signs has made many, many errors in the past. Why should I assume that they'll be right about this one?

I meant the end that's posted as SR 1755, oops.

And yeah, I'm familiar with their tendency to screw up. All the street name signs on the SR 681 segment of West Hundred Road say "SR 10" as far as I know.

They used to have signs on River Road with "SR 36" posted as far west as SR 659, which is well past where VA 36 used to end, but I think now they're mostly correct. There's a "To Route 36" guide sign at the south end of SR 621 where VA 153 used to turn onto River Road there when it was in Chesterfield.

And just off the top of my head I know there used to be one for SR 626 (Woodpecker Road) that said 676 (which is Jahnke Road, clear across the county).

[74/171FAN]

Yeah I'm most familiar with seeing SR 602 when it should be SR 36.

Oddly enough there is a SR 2000 shield on VA 10 in Enon that should be SR 691.