States that don't allow city limit signs on interstates

[Brandon]

Illinois notes counties and I think the 88 tollway does or once did do the counites. I have no idea why city limits are not noted. Even Chicago isnt On the Eisenhower there is a sign that says city limits 1 mile but no city limit sign! I have no idea why

The only city limit sign in Illinois I know of is on the Chicago Skyway (for the obvious reasons).

[huskeroadgeek]

They used to have a different "Welcome to Chicago" sign that had the skyline on it. It was used in the opening of the 80s TV show "Perfect Strangers".

[Brandon]

They used to have a different "Welcome to Chicago" sign that had the skyline on it. It was used in the opening of the 80s TV show "Perfect Strangers".

There used to be a "Welcome to Chicago" sign like that on I-190 when coming out of O'Hare.  However, such signs were not used in the 1980s along the expressways at the Chicago city limits.

[huskeroadgeek]

They used to have a different "Welcome to Chicago" sign that had the skyline on it. It was used in the opening of the 80s TV show "Perfect Strangers".

There used to be a "Welcome to Chicago" sign like that on I-190 when coming out of O'Hare.  However, such signs were not used in the 1980s along the expressways at the Chicago city limits.

That must be where it was filmed at then. I'd always wondered where that sign was at because I had never seen one myself at any of the expressway entrances to the city.

[golden eagle]

One city limit oddity I saw was when driving along I-59 through Pearl River, LA. The sign says "Entering Pearl River, LA Corporate Limit" or something to that effect. Usually, I seldom see the state name or abbreviation on a city limit sign, but being the first Louisiana exit on I-59, I could let that slide. Another oddity is seeing the same sign, except it said "Leaving Pearl River..." That's even more rare to me, especially on an interstate.

[thenetwork]

Ohio & Indiana have one thing in common when it comes to signing COunty Lines:

On the non-freeway routes, both states list both the county you are entering AND the county you are leaving on the same sign:

      Enter
Portage County
      Leave
Summit County

The real question is which state "stole" the idea from the other??? 

[topay]

Ohio & Indiana have one thing in common when it comes to signing COunty Lines:

On the non-freeway routes, both states list both the county you are entering AND the county you are leaving on the same sign:

      Enter
Portage County
      Leave
Summit County

The real question is which state "stole" the idea from the other??? 

Virginia does that as well (Enter County / Leave County).  And since cities are separate from counties, there are also Enter County / Leave City signs.  Occasionally, Enter City / Leave County signs have been installed in lieu of XX City Limits.

[andrewkbrown]

That's right. I live a block away from "Enter City of Alexandria, Leave Fairfax County." It's the only sign on US 1 telling you you're in Alexandria.

[shadyjay]

Nor NYSTA. Do toll road authorities not like counties or something?

The Maine Turnpike signs its counties:

Example ONLY:

  Entering
   Kittery
------------
York County

[Bryant5493]

Alabama does something similar: Leaving Lee County, Enter Chambers County, or something to that affect.


Be well,

Bryant

[Mr_Northside]

PennDOT seems pretty good about posting various borders.  Most of the time they just use the standard blue-on-white rectangles that appear on other state roads, though counties sometimes get a bigger green/white sign.  

One difference I noticed is I-70 & I-79 in Washington & Greene counties. They use bigger versions of the blue-on-white (Example with both a green/white county sign and larger blue/white township sign beneath).  Personally, I think they should use the bigger blue-on-white for all interstates / limited-access highways in the state, but I think that's a district thing.

To my memory, I've only really noticed the PA Turnpike post county borders... but I wouldn't be completely surprised if people knew of exceptions to that.

[golden eagle]

Alabama does something similar: Leaving Lee County, Enter Chambers County, or something to that affect.


Be well,

Bryant

Is this something they recently started? I don't ever remember seeing such signs. I'm going over to Alabama next month so maybe I'll see it.

[Bryant5493]

^^

I think it was on northbound I-85, from Lee to Chambers, IIRC.


Be well,

Bryant

[mightyace]

PennDOT seems pretty good about posting various borders.  

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To my memory, I've only really noticed the PA Turnpike post county borders... but I wouldn't be completely surprised if people knew of exceptions to that.

IIRC I-80 in PA consistently has the green/white county signs.  However, other signs like borough, town and township are hit ad miss.  i.e.  In other words, in the middle of nowhere, you'll see a township sign but you won't see another for 50 miles.  My home town of Bloomsburg used to have signs along I-80 in the short stretch it actually enters the town limits, but I don't recall whether they were still there in May or not.

[jdb1234]

Alabama does something similar: Leaving Lee County, Enter Chambers County, or something to that affect.


Be well,

Bryant

Is this something they recently started? I don't ever remember seeing such signs. I'm going over to Alabama next month so maybe I'll see it.

No, not really.  There are signs like that on I-65 at the Chilton/Shelby County line.  They have been there as long as I can remember.

[codyg1985]

Alabama does something similar: Leaving Lee County, Enter Chambers County, or something to that affect.


Be well,

Bryant

Is this something they recently started? I don't ever remember seeing such signs. I'm going over to Alabama next month so maybe I'll see it.

No, not really.  There are signs like that on I-65 at the Chilton/Shelby County line.  They have been there as long as I can remember.

Usually Alabama signs their county lines as follows:

      Enter
County Name
     County

The Chilton/Shelby County Line sign and the Lee/Chambers County Line sign are some of the few that I have seen in the state that are signed with both counties.

[juscuz410]

Ohio & Indiana have one thing in common when it comes to signing COunty Lines:

On the non-freeway routes, both states list both the county you are entering AND the county you are leaving on the same sign:

      Enter
Portage County
      Leave
Summit County

The real question is which state "stole" the idea from the other??? 

Virginia does that as well (Enter County / Leave County).  And since cities are separate from counties, there are also Enter County / Leave City signs.  Occasionally, Enter City / Leave County signs have been installed in lieu of XX City Limits.

Neither Ohio nor Indiana sign the Enter/Leave county sign on its interstates (sans Indiana Toll Road)
N.C. has a variation on the Enter/Leave non-interstate county sign...or should I say Welcome To/Leaving county sign which looks kind of like:
                                                 WELCOME TO
                                                NASH CO   
                                                    LEAVING
                                                   WILSON CO
                                                 
                                 

Indiana Toll Road:                           ENTER
                                                  LAPORTE
                                                   LEAVE
                                                  PORTER

...and somehow they leave out the county!

[golden eagle]

Alabama does something similar: Leaving Lee County, Enter Chambers County, or something to that affect.


Be well,

Bryant

Is this something they recently started? I don't ever remember seeing such signs. I'm going over to Alabama next month so maybe I'll see it.

No, not really.  There are signs like that on I-65 at the Chilton/Shelby County line.  They have been there as long as I can remember.

Usually Alabama signs their county lines as follows:

      Enter
County Name
     County

The Chilton/Shelby County Line sign and the Lee/Chambers County Line sign are some of the few that I have seen in the state that are signed with both counties.

Mississippi began dropping the word "enter" from county signs a few years back, primarily on the interstates and U.S. 49. I still do see the word "enter" on a number of county signs, though.

[The Premier]

Ohio & Indiana have one thing in common when it comes to signing COunty Lines:

On the non-freeway routes, both states list both the county you are entering AND the county you are leaving on the same sign:

      Enter
Portage County
      Leave
Summit County

The real question is which state "stole" the idea from the other??? 

I don't know, and I don't really care who stole from whom.

Anyway, this is the sign that you were talking about.

Neither Ohio nor Indiana sign the Enter/Leave county sign on its interstates (sans Indiana Toll Road)

Case in point.



Oftentimes, when entering incorporated areas, they would have the name of a area signed, either as part of the county sign or otherwise. This is true for non-freeways as well.

[myosh_tino]

In California, county lines are marked like this...



We don't use the word "Entering" nor do we sign the exiting county.

City Limit signs (which I do not have a drawing of) list the city name on the first line.  The words "CITY LIMIT" on the second line and population and elevation are on the third line in rather small letters.

[TheStranger]

City Limit signs (which I do not have a drawing of) list the city name on the first line.  The words "CITY LIMIT" on the second line and population and elevation are on the third line in rather small letters.

Here's an example:



The one place I've seen a psuedo-"Exiting City" sign would be a second Dixon city limit sign as you leave town on each direction of I-80.

[tdindy88]

Curious, what font did you use on that Entering/Exiting sign. I've been wanting to make some of my own and I don't know exactly what font those signs are. As for Indiana, I've even seen a sign like that along the Cardinal Greenway on the Delaware/Henry County Line.

[Bryant5493]

City Limit Ends - Riverdale, GA


Be well,

Bryant

[Scott5114]

Curious, what font did you use on that Entering/Exiting sign. I've been wanting to make some of my own and I don't know exactly what font those signs are.

That's Series C.

[bulldog1979]

Michigan is good at signing the county lines on freeways. City limits are rarer, probably because the freeways tend to bypass the municipal boundaries except in metro areas. On non-freeways, township lines are signed with small square signs, and city limits get larger rectangular signs with an additional panel underneath for the high schools' state titles. Marquette had a sign for NMU's National Championships that now appears separately several yards inside the city.

One exception to township signing: Ishpeming Township. Westwood High School of the NICE School District won a girls' basketball title. Although the district encompasses 4 townships in western Marquette County, the sign is place stand alone inside the Ishpeming Township boundaries, separate from the standard smaller township sign.