Damaged Signs

[ctsignguy]

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.

Jeff at the ConnDOT Sign Shop advised me that they stopped making wood signs in the late 70s, but still used what they had in stock or in the field garages until they started wholesale replacements of the wood signs with metal signs in the mid-80s...so at the time, the sign was probably at least 30 years old, but i cant say how long it had actually been hanging around when i took its portrait

[roadman]

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

Interesting how the 64 information was left off the replacement BGS, and appears on the left upright instead - almost as an afterthought (or perhaps in reponse to complaints?).  I know many state DOTs are frugal about replacing OH supports, but this is just really poor signing design on VDOT's part.

[vtk]

On SB I-71 in OH just after either Exit 169 or Exit 165, it looks like a large vehicle went off-road for about a hundred yards, blasting through a sign or three in the process.  One of those signs listed the distances to I-270 and Cincinnati, and is now in about a dozen pieces scattered along the highway embankment.  Unfortunately, as often as I drive past for work, I don't think I can get a decent photo myself if I'm on the clock.

[Roadgeek Adam]

There was a gun club up CR 47 a bit. Clearly people in Shandaken don't have much to do in their spare time.

[deathtopumpkins]

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

Interesting how the 64 information was left off the replacement BGS, and appears on the left upright instead - almost as an afterthought (or perhaps in reponse to complaints?).  I know many state DOTs are frugal about replacing OH supports, but this is just really poor signing design on VDOT's part.

The funny thing is this isn't even the only time VDOT's done this to 64. The eastbound signage for 64 at the north end of 664 in Hampton, VA also relegates the shield to a standalone, with the overhead sign just reading "Downtown Hampton / Norfolk / Va Beach". I believe the old sign had "Downtown Hampton" as a patch over something, so it may have originally been left off, which would have left room for a shield. The clearview replacement, however, is a carbon copy.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Indeed, there has never been a shield on that BGS, and it's always been on the left upright. That sign is a supplement to the one that appears at the actual I-95/I-64 split in downtown Richmond, which is behind where this picture was taken.

The Clearview sign is new, though, and is actually not a carbon copy - the sign that was there before only mentioned 3rd Street and not the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

[amroad17]

The "Downtown Hampton" patch covers the original I-64 EAST part of the sign, which was there when I-664 first opened.  Between 1996-2000 is when the sign was greened over.  Probably Hampton wanted some mention on the sign even though one is already in the city itself.

[roadman]

The "Downtown Hampton" patch covers the original I-64 EAST part of the sign, which was there when I-664 first opened.  Between 1996-2000 is when the sign was greened over.  Probably Hampton wanted some mention on the sign even though one is already in the city itself.

In other words, VDOT did what engineers refer to as "Warrant 15" (political favor).

[Scott5114]

There was a gun club up CR 47 a bit. Clearly people in Shandaken don't have much to do in their spare time.

This happens a lot in Oklahoma (and other Southern states).

[roadman]

This happens a lot in Oklahoma (and other Southern states).

The story goes that, when Burma-Shave was in its heyday and posting hundreds of sign sets throughout the country, they changed from wood signs to aluminum for a short time for easier production and installation, as well as to reduce costs.  Not too long afterwards, they decided to switch back to wood.  The reason company officials stated for this "flip-flop" was because most wood signs can more easily absorb gunfire without affecting legibility.

[Kacie Jane]

OMGWTFBBQ

[1995hoo]

^^^

That Calgary video is the subject of a thread on the "Canada" subforum, but I could see why people might not have seen it there.

[Roadsguy]

I know Clearview is cursed, but that's just ridiculous!

EDIT: Removed video quote since it broke the emoticon and it's not really necessary anyway.

[ctsignguy]

Boingy, boingy, boingy!

[Brandon]

Boingy, boingy, boingy!

:jumping:

SNAP! 

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Not damaged at the time of the picture, but both of these signs have now fallen over the last time I've passed them.

The city limit sign, not the gantry.

This sign just stumps me that it has no border. It just looks...weird.

As of the last time I passed these, both have since been put back up with no new reflective signs. (Though if it was Salinas, they'd probably be replaced with horrendous new Clarendon signs)

For a new addition, there's this on I-80 west in Fairfield:

[hbelkins]

[vtk]

Another one which I've passed numerous times but haven't got a picture...

I-70 WB at mile 86 in Ohio, there's a sign informing drivers they are entering Madison C unty.

[Kacie Jane]

C unty.

[kphoger]

GMSV from August 2011 (recently updated); the sign is unchanged since the previous GMSV, which was from 2009.  The top line should read "Tlalnepantla".
http://goo.gl/maps/oWA3H

[PurdueBill]

Another one which I've passed numerous times but haven't got a picture...

I-70 WB at mile 86 in Ohio, there's a sign informing drivers they are entering Madison C unty.

Yikes!  Mustv'e happened in the past year or so....despite several trips by there easbound, I haven't gone past there westbound since last November I think.  Street view from over 3 years ago shows the sign intact (minus a few reflectors) but losing letters since then isn't a surprise.  The old button copy along that stretch is starting to really age badly.  East of there there was an exit BGS that was missing about a quarter of the sign for a long while but finally did get replaced (sadly with Clearview).  The ~2003 sign replacement on I-70 between downtown and about exit 91 didn't reach that far west, and the new signage that came with the widening west of US 42 didn't hit it either, so there are some really old signs along there.

Now while losing a letter isn't a surprise, the particular letter that was lost is really something.  What were the chances?

[Kacie Jane]

What were the chances?

1 out of 6, I believe.

Smaller if we're counting every word on the sign.  I don't feel like doing the arithmetic right now.

[vtk]

Apparently I was living life on the dangerous side today.  I pulled over to get this pic (on my phone camera):

[Central Avenue]

Well it was worth it, because you have successfully made me giggle like a sixth grader

[formulanone]

A little north of Brownsville, TX on US 77/81: