Signage along highways with reminders of what once was

[noelbotevera]

Is there any date stamp or anything on the back of the sign? Did anyone find sign plans for this gantry?

[Kacie Jane]

I got you decades-old traffic reports and now you want sign plans?  Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker.

The 2C panel (I-5 North) has a 96 sticker on the back, but that can't be right for ones we care about, and I feel you can tell by looking at them that they were manufactured at different times (different font in the exit tab, etc).  I got that from looking at Google Street View; I couldn't see any stickers on the Exit 3 signs.

[jakeroot]

I got you decades-old traffic reports and now you want sign plans?  Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker.   The 2C panel (I-5 North) has a 96 sticker on the back, but that can't be right for ones we care about, and I feel you can tell by looking at them that they were manufactured at different times (different font in the exit tab, etc).  I got that from looking at Google Street View; I couldn't see any stickers on the Exit 3 signs.

Well, the only other option is to run out into the middle of the freeway and snap off some shots. Who wants to volunteer?

[thefraze_1020]

In the same area, this may be a reminder of when I-90 was on city streets. The "to" sign was most likely added later:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.59576,-122.312784,3a,75y,88.5h,83.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6033tIzg6o1eDh3rXsPCnw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[vtk]

In Lancaster, OH at the interchange of Memorial Drive (old US 33) and Broad Street (old OH 793)...

793 was decommissioned first, so ODOT scraped the 793 shields off the BGS on 33. Shortly thereafter, 33 was routed onto the bypass, ODOT said "not our problem", so all the BGS were left as-is, including the ones on Broad Street indicating the entrances to US 33 which isn't US 33 anymore.

[Pink Jazz]

On I-40 in Albuquerque, the old NM 345 shields on the BGS for the Unser Blvd exit have been greened out.

[admtrap]

plenty of greenout in California.  one sign even has the ears.

Ran across another set of ears this week going up 99 to Sacramento

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.340273,-120.590018,3a,41.9y,291.53h,89.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spIMycJvECvaKN5NQrsEuXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656