RIP NYC signage

[dgolub]

Very sad.  Yeah NYC was great for that.  I wonder if the old black on white signs are still at the BQE entrance from Northern Boulevard in Queens?

I'm pretty sure it's been gone for a while.  I was through there back in 2008, and I saw nothing of the sort.

[lepidopteran]

Does anyone remember the unique signage found at JFK Airport?

JFK has 8 terminals (there were once as many as 10 if you count Tower Air), which are designated by a number, along with a color code.  The Van Wyck approach has a series of signs indicating which lanes get you to which terminals.  IIRC, up until the early-'80s, the signs where old-school white, but with the button-copy lettering and the border in that terminal's color.  (The signs had only the number; earlier signage told you which airlines for for which.  I think two of the terminals were designated "1a" and "1b" for some reason.)  In the 1980s, the signs were gradually replaced with typical BGSs.  Then in the '90s, the signs were made into solid colors for just about every terminal, making the row of signs at the taxiway undercut look like a rainbow!  Today there are only a few colored signs left.

[Alps]

Today there are only a few colored signs left.

False. All of the terminal signs are colored. You'll see green signs for mixed-messages - either something more than terminals/parking, or multiple terminals on one sign (gray).

[Mergingtraffic]

These two on the FDR Drive NB are now gone within the past couple of weeks.





I'm trying to figure out if a sign replacement project is including the FDR/HRD in it....there is one that is finishing up soon, that is replacing 70 sign panels around the 5 boroughs of NYC.  But there are no plans online.

[Mergingtraffic]

These signs still up? I don't want to pay the toll if I don't have to.  Sign people? anyone know?

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.796376,-73.920679,3a,75y,28.98h,92.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sbXB585Dw3qBy0b6lZPUmTQ!2e0!5m1!1e1

[Alps]

These signs still up? I don't want to pay the toll if I don't have to.  Sign people? anyone know?

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.796376,-73.920679,3a,75y,28.98h,92.87t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sbXB585Dw3qBy0b6lZPUmTQ!2e0!5m1!1e1

There is nonzero button copy left on the Triboro complex, but it may be confined to the west leg now.

[connroadgeek]

RIP centered crowns. Connecticut is slowly getting rid of theirs to comply with MUTCD.

[Mergingtraffic]

https://www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-contract-docs?p_d_id=D262886

Some new signage appearing in NYC but that means these two will be gone.




Will be gone

[noelbotevera]

Grew up with all these old signs. Never took pictures (I went to NYC in 2009-2010 when there were a ton of old signs around, but was only five years old, and I couldn't get my hands on the digital camera we had), thanks to the horrid traffic of NYC freeways.