In the days when people were honest & obeyed the law....NOT!!!

[thenetwork]

Found this article in the Youngstown Vindicator from 1969 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1gFJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=84IMAAAAIBAJ&dq=freeway%20youngstown%20opens&pg=1153%2C5461382  which discusses a soon-to-be-open stretch of I-80S (Now I-80) and SR-11 from 1969.   

Odd that the government(s) and responsible construction companies were lax in keeping illegal drivers off the unopened road.  Even still more odd that the opening was delayed for so long due to signage & gantry issues.

Nice thing about the article is that it contains some pictures of first generation signs from the I-80 interchange with SR-46. 

This brings up a few musings:

1) On the top right photo, on the sign bridge in the background, I see the left sign had 3 shields:  I want to say one is for I-80 East, and one for SR-11 North.  What would the 3rd shield be? 

2) Also in the same photo, on the same sign, It also looks like the control city for I-80 East at the time was Sharon, PA instead of the now-famous New York City-and-snub-the-two-states-in-between control city.  I'm wondering when they officially made the change to NYC? 

Anyhoo, enjoy the find!!!

[NE2]

Looks like US 62 (with an implied TO).

[vdeane]

My uncle used to bike on I-490 before it was opened to cars.

I found the article below to be ironic.  Who needs a law when the TSA can accomplish the same effect?