Marin County Signs

[Voyager]

Now that I live in Sausalito, I've noticed that Marin County has the largest amount of *very* old signs that are button copy and likely dating back to the 50's and 60's. Is there a reason Marin has never updated them? There's the famous Rengstorff exit sign on the peninsula, but most of the SF Bay Area has updated their signs now.

[Max Rockatansky]

D4 probably has more button copy left than any other Caltrans District.  They also subjectively IMO have the worst maintenance standards of all the districts.  I would imagine this has much to do with the general malaise the area currently has regarding highway based infrastructure.

[Voyager]

D4 probably has more button copy left than any other Caltrans District.  They also subjectively IMO have the worst maintenance standards of all the districts.  I would imagine this has much to do with the general malaise the area currently has regarding highway based infrastructure.

I do love the "place name exit" signs that Marin has held onto. I know the Marinwood Exit sign was finally replaced recently except for one of the upcoming exit signs, but its fun to still see "Sausalito Exit".

[ClassicHasClass]

Maybe Caltrans just wants to encourage Sausalito to self-deport.

[FredAkbar]

Maybe Caltrans just wants to encourage Sausalito to self-deport.

You think that's bad? Some activist keeps putting up orange and black signs around construction zones all over the place, calling to "END ROAD WORK".

[Max Rockatansky]

Maybe Caltrans just wants to encourage Sausalito to self-deport.

You think that's bad? Some activist keeps putting up orange and black signs around construction zones all over the place, calling to "END ROAD WORK".

No doubt an activist, who else would use Pumpkin Spice colors?

[jdbx]

D4 probably has more button copy left than any other Caltrans District.  They also subjectively IMO have the worst maintenance standards of all the districts.  I would imagine this has much to do with the general malaise the area currently has regarding highway based infrastructure.

Their sign maintenance is terrible.  I see these abominations in my town on a daily basis...  they did come out and slap a new "↓ ONLY ↓ ONLY ↓" overlay to replace the one that was falling off within the past week or two.  The legend for the signs for the Willow Pass exit are no longer reflecting and are completely illegible after dark.

[Scott5114]

At least if you keep button copy past its sell-by date it is more functional than that...

...Which is probably why they don't replace the button copy.