Favorite named highway shield signs

Started by papaT10932, May 09, 2011, 11:37:26 PM

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papaT10932

Which "named" highway shield signs are the best? (Bridge shields accepted too)

My favorite:



NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

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agentsteel53

a classic with cateyes:



one that predates cateyes:



one only recently taken out of service:



and an old example of a style still used today:

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Alex



Always a favorite of mine.



Love the trailblazers that use a map including the path of the toll road.

ctsignguy

Like these...

my favorite


Another old classic still used today


And while not exactly like a classic shield, these signs are pretty cool too...
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

Jim

A Lincoln Highway historic marker from Chicago Heights, Illinois:



An example of the Great River Road from Hastings, Minnesota:



An example of a Lake Michigan Circle Tour from Newland, Michigan.



I have a page that collects named highway shields (and some others) but unfortunately most are of fairly poor quality:

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US71

Is that second photo supposed to be cut-off, Jake?
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NE2

Looks like bad compression. I see the whole thing but it's a little jumpy about 1/4 of the way down.
pre-1945 Florida route log

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agentsteel53

Quote from: NE2 on May 10, 2011, 09:53:35 AM
Looks like bad compression. I see the whole thing but it's a little jumpy about 1/4 of the way down.

that's really weird.  the image of the Old Trails diamond shows up perfectly for me, just as I intended when I photographed the sign.  in any case, here is another example of such a shield:



18" style was used all over the country, while 15" seems to be unique to California.
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Ian

That Mass Pike trailblazer with the arrow through the hat has to be my favorite. Some of my other favorites include the New York Thruway, the New Jersey Turnpike, Florida's Turnpike, and the Long Island parkway shield.
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Routewitches. These children of the moving road gather strength from travel . . . Rather than controlling the road, routewitches choose to work with it, borrowing its strength and using it to make bargains with entities both living and dead. -- Seanan McGuire, Sparrow Hill Road



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