The Clearview thread

[J N Winkler]

Pennsylvania, one of the first states to use Clearview, also switched back to FHWA.

Pennsylvania is still using Clearview.  From recent PennDOT lettings (all since the beginning of this year):

[tylert120]

It appears PennDOT is moving towards phasing out Clearview from new signage. Pub 236 (Handbook of Approved Signs) was updated earlier this year and it has removed the Clearview font tables from all signage, replacing it with the standard alphabet. Not sure why they are making this change - personally I am disappointed. Construction projects currently in design or already out to bid will likely continue to use Clearview, but new projects being designed will use the updated Pub 236.

Link: Pub 236

[jakeroot]

Farmington, New Mexico is so committed to Clearview (either currently or formerly) that even the yield signs were changed to Clearview:


Clearview "YIELD" sign by Jacob Root, on Flickr

This is, of course, in addition to their many Clearview Stop signs:


Clearview "STOP" sign by Jacob Root, on Flickr

[kphoger]

Pennsylvania, one of the first states to use Clearview, also switched back to FHWA.

Pennsylvania is still using Clearview.

It appears PennDOT is moving towards phasing out Clearview from new signage.

[epzik8]

It appears PennDOT is moving towards phasing out Clearview from new signage. Pub 236 (Handbook of Approved Signs) was updated earlier this year and it has removed the Clearview font tables from all signage, replacing it with the standard alphabet. Not sure why they are making this change - personally I am disappointed. Construction projects currently in design or already out to bid will likely continue to use Clearview, but new projects being designed will use the updated Pub 236.

Link: Pub 236

Imo Pennsylvania has been one of the few states to use Clearview properly. The variant used here in Maryland (which is also being phased out) is an eyesore.

[thenetwork]

Farmington, New Mexico is so committed to Clearview (either currently or formerly) that even the yield signs were changed to Clearview:


Clearview "YIELD" sign by Jacob Root, on Flickr

This is, of course, in addition to their many Clearview Stop signs:


Clearview "STOP" sign by Jacob Root, on Flickr

Route number shields as well.

Farmington, NM:  "Clearview City, USA".

[interstatefan990]

They may be the city of Clearview, but you can't tell me this route number shield looks right.

[Road Hog]

Interesting callback to the earlier mentions of metric:

The original definition of a meter was 1/10,000th of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. Thus, the polar circumference of Earth was established as 40,000 km from the get-go.

(Later, more-accurate measurements since the 1790s differed, obviously.)