Independent Route Marker Banners on BGSes

[vdeane]

Not on a university computer, be we don't have direct links to the internet - you have to go through the campus network.

Needless to say, this results in huge bottlenecks when everyone is on campus.  But that's what you get when your university set up the network in the 1980s.

[cu2010]

Hmm...that problem sounds awfully...familiar

Man I sure don't miss it. 

[deathtopumpkins]

I may be the minority about this, but I quite like this practice when done correctly, i.e. a full-on green sign with a border. However, VDOT has (typically) managed to screw this up on signs installed at the US 17 / VA 105 intersection in York County. Not very attractive. I need to get an actual photo of them one day on my way to work...

[74/171FAN]

I may be the minority about this, but I quite like this practice when done correctly, i.e. a full-on green sign with a border. However, VDOT has (typically) managed to screw this up on signs installed at the US 17 / VA 105 intersection in York County. Not very attractive. I need to get an actual photo of them one day on my way to work...

I've got a photo of one of these at the same intersection going SB on US 17 from January 2009 where there is a BGS along with normal shields independently to the right. 

[deathtopumpkins]

And that is just pointless... They should just choose one method of the other. It looks worse than the full green sign IMO.

[njroadhorse]

Williamsburg does a pretty decent job with these.  Their's look pretty good IMO.

[deathtopumpkins]

But if I recall correctly, theirs are on black backgrounds, similar to what Newport News does, which has a white border and looks a lot better.

[WillWeaverRVA]

A few Hampton Roads cities do this. I've seen the black signs in Williamsburg, Newport News, and Chesapeake. James City County also uses them in some areas (mainly closer to Williamsburg). The ones in Chesapeake are pretty ugly, though.

Sign in Newport News:



And one in Chesapeake (with an error ALT US 337 shield; there is no ALT VA 337 here anyway):

[agentsteel53]

dark green versions of those Newport area signs float around too...

[WillWeaverRVA]

dark green versions of those Newport area signs float around too...

Indeed. There's also some dark green signs on VA 199 near Williamsburg.