State-named interstate shields

[1995hoo]

Passed a state-named I-66 shield (Virginia, obviously) just east of the Capital Beltway earlier this afternoon. Street View image: http://goo.gl/maps/2Bsvx

I wouldn't be surprised if it were an original sign from when the road opened in December 1982. The white sign to the right in the Street View image is, of course, much newer.

[pctech]

New replacements here in Louisiana have the state name on them. There are a couple on the entrance ramps to I-110 in downtown Baton Rouge.

[Alex]

A couple I saw on my recent cross-country trip in states that are not currently doing this:

IN 63 NB at I-74: http://goo.gl/maps/wmhV4

I-80 EB after Exit 291 near Shelton NE : http://goo.gl/maps/wmhV4

Mapmikey

Saw that one for Interstate 74 in 2011. Jeff R. photographed it with detail at www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=IN19790744



Happy to report that the lone state-named I-95 southbound mainline shield in North Carolina was still posted as of Sunday.

[froggie]

Passed a state-named I-66 shield (Virginia, obviously)

Is the "state named" I-66 DC shield near the Kennedy Center gone now?

[ctsignguy]

Posted elsewhere, but fits the topic.....

[1995hoo]

Passed a state-named I-66 shield (Virginia, obviously)

Is the "state named" I-66 DC shield near the Kennedy Center gone now?

Don't know. I haven't driven past there on I-66 recently, just Rock Creek Parkway and Virginia Avenue.

I said "obviously" because of my reference to "just east of the Capital Beltway."

[cl94]

Passed a state-named I-66 shield (Virginia, obviously)

Is the "state named" I-66 DC shield near the Kennedy Center gone now?

Don't know. I haven't driven past there on I-66 recently, just Rock Creek Parkway and Virginia Avenue.

I said "obviously" because of my reference to "just east of the Capital Beltway."

If you're referring to this one, it is (as of June, at least).

Edit: Added date

[Alex]

Passed a state-named I-66 shield (Virginia, obviously)

Is the "state named" I-66 DC shield near the Kennedy Center gone now?

Don't know. I haven't driven past there on I-66 recently, just Rock Creek Parkway and Virginia Avenue.

I said "obviously" because of my reference to "just east of the Capital Beltway."

If you're referring to this one, it is (as of June, at least).

Edit: Added date

That is the lone remaining one I could find on GSV for I-66 in DC as well.

[froggie]

There's at least one other remaining.  This one still exists as of the same GMSV run, right around the corner on Virginia Ave NW.  Unfortunately, that same newer GMSV run shows that this one has been replaced (still existed in 2012).

There was also a standalone trailblazer at 23rd and Constitution NW, but it got replaced by a neutered shield.

But the one I was thinking of before (which I know I got a photo of, but I can't find the photo) was a reassurance shield near the Kennedy Center.  It was after the exit to E Street but before the TR bridge, right atop the barrier between the lane and the adjacent bike/ped path.  GMSV does not show it existing anymore.

[1995hoo]

I haven't noticed that first one because when I drive through that area, I'm always going in the other direction up Virginia Avenue. If I'm down there early enough sometime en route to a Caps game, I'll try to see whether it's still there, but it'll be a few weeks due to the schedule.

Was the final one you reference on the portion of I-66 before or after the ramp from the Kennedy Center merges in on the right? I use that ramp from time to time when I pick up Ms1995hoo at her office because it's faster to go that way (her office fronts on New Hampshire Avenue across from the Saudi Arabian embassy) instead of going back around and through the tunnel, so I probably have a dashcam video of the ramp somewhere I can review for a shield if it'd be visible going that way.

Edited to add: OK, never mind. I went back through some deleted videos and found I used I-66 through the tunnel on the morning of September 12 after dropping my wife at her office when I wanted to head to Tysons. (I'd thought I could make a left onto Rock Creek Parkway and use Memorial Bridge, but the gates weren't open yet.) The video shows the sign "cl94" mentions is still there. It shows no shields anywhere between where I-66 branches to the left just after the ancient sign bridge and where Route 50 joins from the left. There is a little green sign on the right on the bridge bearing a shield with no "state" (or district) name (Street View: http://goo.gl/maps/JfGRX ).

[Alex]

At least you documented both of those removed shields before their replacement.

There's at least one other remaining.  This one still exists as of the same GMSV run, right around the corner on Virginia Ave NW.  Unfortunately, that same newer GMSV run shows that this one has been replaced (still existed in 2012).

I noted the replacement of the median-placed shield for I-66 DC and U.S. 50 on GSV as well. Had planned to check out the nearby one on my recent trip, but ran out of time/daylight.

There was also a standalone trailblazer at 23rd and Constitution NW, but it got replaced by a neutered shield.

But the one I was thinking of before (which I know I got a photo of, but I can't find the photo) was a reassurance shield near the Kennedy Center.  It was after the exit to E Street but before the TR bridge, right atop the barrier between the lane and the adjacent bike/ped path.  GMSV does not show it existing anymore.

Were you referring to this mainline shield (it was posted on the curve from the E Street Expwy on-ramp and merge with the TR Bridge)? It was removed by 2007 per GSV:

[adventurernumber1]

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15556672885/

Here is a picture of one off I-75 in Georgia near Ringgold. Sorry for the insanely bad quality (you still might be able to make out the "GEORGIA" text, but it's blurry). I was on a bus ride back from Fall Retreat which was in Dayton, TN.

[Alex]

Here is a picture of one off I-75 in Georgia near Ringgold. Sorry for the insanely bad quality (you still might be able to make out the "GEORGIA" text, but it's blurry). I was on a bus ride back from Fall Retreat which was in Dayton, TN.

FWIW, state-named shields are not difficult to find in Georgia, though some areas use more neutered shields then others.



I did not photograph them (I was traveling in the opposite direction), but there are state-named trailblazers for I-10 on US 301 north ahead of Baldwin and I-95 along FL A1A/200 heading east in Nassau County. That area of Florida tends to have the most state-named shields installed on the state road system.

[froggie]

Alex:  yes, that's the one I was referring to.  Finally found my photo from 2002.

[Pink Jazz]

FYI, in Arizona, standalone shields have the state name, while shields on BGS are neutered.

[cl94]

FYI, in Arizona, standalone shields have the state name, while shields on BGS are neutered.

That is often the case. Connecticut and Maine do the same and I'm pretty sure they still include the state name. Heck, California neuters everything on BGSes and they put the state (or country) name on everything.

[ctsignguy]

FYI, in Arizona, standalone shields have the state name, while shields on BGS are neutered.

That is often the case. Connecticut and Maine do the same and I'm pretty sure they still include the state name. Heck, California neuters everything on BGSes and they put the state (or country) name on everything.

Looks like Connecticut is in the process of joining the neutered ranks....saw a lot of fairly new neutered I-95 shields around New Haven and east on US 1 during my trip there a couple of weeks back.

[1995hoo]

Coming back from last night's Caps game, we found the BGS on southbound I-395 in DC just after you emerge from the Third Street Tunnel has been replaced as part of the overall signage replacement program. It formerly had a "state"-named–maybe "state"-initialed would be a better way to put it–I-295 shield with "D.C." where the state name goes. (Image of old sign: https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/dc095/i-395_sb_exit_007_01.jpg ) The new sign has a neutered I-695 shield on the left, then "TO [neutered I-295] [DC-295]," consistent with the other new signs on nearby segments. No pictures, I was driving my wife's car and the dashcam was at home in mine.

There's a mess of construction on Massachusetts Avenue near the ramp to the southbound tunnel that's going to result in a bunch of sign replacement, too.

[1995hoo]

There's at least one other remaining.  This one still exists as of the same GMSV run, right around the corner on Virginia Ave NW. ....

I passed this sign last night en route to the Caps' "meet the team" event at the National Zoo. The sign is still there as seen in this photo. I don't have a picture because the dashcam image will be too dark and I didn't have time to pull over to take a regular photo, but it looks the same as what's shown above.

[Mergingtraffic]

This is still there in Albany...an original

[cjk374]

This is still there in Albany...an original

I think all of these qualify for "Best of..."   

[cl94]

This gem near Albany may still exist (at least I hope it does). One of the few New York examples of a regulation Interstate shield NOT being mounted on Z-bars. This lesser-known sign isn't too far away. And this one. I'm trying to figure out what warranted all of these signs, but they're so far out of the way that they might not go anywhere anytime soon.

[Mergingtraffic]

WOW cl94 good finds.

I drove down I-684 today in Westchester, NY and this gem is still there, the last of it's kind.


I don't think there are any I-684 and I-84 NY state named shields left.

[cl94]

I don't think there are any I-684 and I-84 NY state named shields left.

There aren't many state-name shields actually on an Interstate, period. I-81 had a couple north of Syracuse, there were a couple on I-490, and at least one on I-390. Might be a couple in NYC or LI. Heck, there aren't many state-name shields on NYSDOT roads.

[route17fan]

There was an New York I-84 shield on NY 311 southbound at 84 some time ago but I do not know if it is still there or not.