Damaged Signs

[kphoger]

It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.

Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?

Not just on road signs, but on many other kinds of signs and even handwriting.

[Scott5114]

It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.

Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?

Not just on road signs, but on many other kinds of signs and even handwriting.

As seen on older U.S. currency:

[mjb2002]

Got a lot of damaged Street Name signs in my home county, all of them damaged from excessive heat during the summer time. Though they may look okay for those who don't live in Barnwell County, they are not.

Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.

[NE2]

Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.

Is there an old cutout nearby?

[mjb2002]

Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.

Is there an old cutout nearby?

No. Not a cutout. But, this sign was from likely the 1950s, shortly after SRS was built.

[NE2]

Also, a destination sign near BP in Williston has white substance on it.

Is there an old cutout nearby?

No. Not a cutout. But, this sign was from likely the 1950s, shortly after SRS was built.

Worth splooging over?

[Takumi]

This is from 2009. I don't know if these have been replaced or not.

[Brandon]

Looks like someone hit this one, ironically taken while I was sitting in traffic on westbound I-80 just past I-355 due to an accident.

[kphoger]

It's a rural (tertiary) route shield in México.

Is rendering the tilde as a straight line common on Mexican road signs?

Not just on road signs, but on many other kinds of signs and even handwriting.

As seen on older U.S. currency:

I should point out that, though a tilde rendered as a straight line is fairly common on Mexican road signs, the 'edges' of the line are not vertical but slanted, as in the example below:

I've seen plenty of curvy tildes and plenty of straight ones, but I don't think I've ever seen (noticed!) a straight tilde with 90° angles.

[hbelkins]

This is from 2009. I don't know if these have been replaced or not.

If we're going to post shot-up signs, there isn't enough time for me to photograph and post all the ones in Kentucky.

Lots of the BGSes on the Mountain Parkway, that have been up since the mid-70s, are riddled with bullet holes.

[formulanone]

Trying to play catch-up with my photos...

County road pentagon...in yellow? Never saw one fade to that color before, usually they fade to a light blue. (January 2012)



Still faded, as of last month; photo from 2009. Usually, these more recent signs peel or crack, before fading.



Not unusual to see many old signs where the white has faded to a bare metal, in all of its shiny glory:

[agentsteel53]

County road pentagon...in yellow? Never saw one fade to that color before, usually they fade to a light blue. (January 2012)

if the sign were made by applying a light blue negative-space foreground to a yellow background, and all the blue fell off, the result would be that.

I have seen this happen in New Mexico.

Not unusual to see many old signs where the white has faded to a bare metal, in all of its shiny glory:

most surviving keys shields are now black on bare aluminum.

[Alps]

County road pentagon...in yellow? Never saw one fade to that color before, usually they fade to a light blue. (January 2012)

if the sign were made by applying a light blue negative-space foreground to a yellow background, and all the blue fell off, the result would be that.

I have seen this happen in New Mexico.

but that looks like black text?

[agentsteel53]

but that looks like black text?

that one might very well be black text.  I have other examples from that area (I believe that exact county!) where all of the legend looks like the number does on your example.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Destroyed in the derecho last month. Hilariously, the attraction panel's rivets were stronger than the actual sign's...



EN EN!



And speaking of bullets, this old one from 2008 (which, from what I'm told, is still like this):

[agentsteel53]

[EAT CHIKIN OR WEEL LET THIS THING OUT]

I'm not even gonna go there...

[WillWeaverRVA]

[EAT CHIKIN OR WEEL LET THIS THING OUT]

I'm not even gonna go there...

It's a coincidence.

[1995hoo]

Saw the following this afternoon on southbound I-395 in Virginia. After looking at the picture I find myself thinking it was done intentionally because of the way the lighting equipment appears to be so cleanly removed. I don't remember hearing anything on the news about it, but perhaps they were moving a large load recently given that there's still a lot of roadwork on the Beltway in both directions not far from that interchange.

[roadman]

Destroyed in the derecho last month. Hilariously, the attraction panel's rivets were stronger than the actual sign's...

Looks to me like the left post took a direct hit, and was temporarily replaced with a lighter weight one.  Based on the damage, I suspect the Attractions panel was fabricated from sheet aluminum panels (increment panel method).

BTW, this is the first time I've ever seen a main Attractions LOGO sign with a brown background.  The MUTCD specifies a blue background for these signs, but permits states to use brown backgrounds for individual text LOGO panels.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Looks to me like the left post took a direct hit, and was temporarily replaced with a lighter weight one.  Based on the damage, I suspect the Attractions panel was fabricated from sheet aluminum panels (increment panel method).

BTW, this is the first time I've ever seen a main Attractions LOGO sign with a brown background.  The MUTCD specifies a blue background for these signs, but permits states to use brown backgrounds for individual text LOGO panels.

Virginia seems to do this a lot with attractions signage, whether on individual signs or on overheads. VDOT will even use brown-out to accomplish this:

[bugo]

[WillWeaverRVA]

Saw some similar (but not as extensive) damage on the same roadtrip the last photo I posted was shot on:

[ctsignguy]

Found this oldie near downtown Hartford in 2008....looks like half its face was blown off

[Takumi]

Any idea how old that is? The arrow under it looks much newer.

[roadman]

Any idea how old that is? The arrow under it looks much newer.

Anybody know when ConnDOT discontinued the use of plywood for permanent route markers.  That would provide a rough clue as to the age of the sign.