Quiet state borders on Interstate, US, and other primary highways

[1995hoo]

When my family vacationed in DC I don't remember seeing ANY signs marking state borders anywhere in the metro area, at least not on the roads we took.

Historically the District didn't have many signs. There were a few during the 1980s bearing the slogan "A Capital City," but not many. They've started putting up more of them, even in some of the ghetto areas, but the ones they're using are much smaller than typical highway welcome signs (which is quite reasonable in residential areas, of course).

Virginia and Maryland have always had welcome signs on the Beltway for as long as I can remember, and the National Park Service had an interesting small rectangular "Washington DC District Line" sign on what is now the Clara Barton Parkway. (Interesting because it's the only sign I remember reading "District Line.)

Here is an example of a sign in one of the rough areas: http://goo.gl/maps/gNmmX

[Zeffy]

Speaking of New Jersey, the US 1 toll bridge in Trenton doesn't give much indication that you're in New Jersey other than the fact that well... you're in Trenton.

Come across the Trenton Makes Bridge, however, and you do get a non-standard NJ welcome sign: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2109734,-74.7646102,3a,15y,26.2h,89.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s8Ps6-AsTv9VTndCB9oOGmA!2e0

[1995hoo]

... the National Park Service had an interesting small rectangular "Washington DC District Line" sign on what is now the Clara Barton Parkway. (Interesting because it's the only sign I remember reading "District Line.)

BTW, here is the current version of the "District Line" sign I mentioned. I see it's been replaced since the last time I used the road in that direction, as the lower line now appears to be in all-caps Clearview! (Same is true for the "Maryland State Line" sign going the other way.)

http://goo.gl/maps/YHNMS

[vdeane]

When my family vacationed in DC I don't remember seeing ANY signs marking state borders anywhere in the metro area, at least not on the roads we took.

Historically the District didn't have many signs. There were a few during the 1980s bearing the slogan "A Capital City," but not many. They've started putting up more of them, even in some of the ghetto areas, but the ones they're using are much smaller than typical highway welcome signs (which is quite reasonable in residential areas, of course).

Virginia and Maryland have always had welcome signs on the Beltway for as long as I can remember, and the National Park Service had an interesting small rectangular "Washington DC District Line" sign on what is now the Clara Barton Parkway. (Interesting because it's the only sign I remember reading "District Line.)

We didn't get on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.  We did use the American Legion Bridge coming in, where for some reason the welcome sign is ground mounted even though the signs immediately adjacent to it are overhead, so it's not really noticeable.  Coming back, Dad's GPS routed us on the Clara Barton Parkway for some reason, so it was just the brown "Maryland state line" sign, which I probably forgot about.

[NJRoadfan]

Come across the Trenton Makes Bridge, however, and you do get a non-standard NJ welcome sign: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2109734,-74.7646102,3a,15y,26.2h,89.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s8Ps6-AsTv9VTndCB9oOGmA!2e0

That is an older version of the standard small NJDOT welcome sign.

[SteveG1988]

I cannot find a sign on the PA side of the burlington bristol bridge other than a warning sign about a road closure.