Tall roadside signs

[corco]

My favorite example of an unnecessarily large sign has been the McDonald's sign in Greenfield Ohio (the best image I have of it: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qjrsyc81j9yj&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=16127664&encType=1)

It's right in downtown Greenfield, and I remember when it was put up in the mid-90's and we'd go to visit my Grandfather over there we'd always know we were getting close to Greenfield because it seemed like you could see the McDonald's sign towering over everything else from like 10 miles away (I'm sure we were closer than that), but the sign isn't a lot shorter than a "freeway grade" McDonald's sign, and in the middle of a town in rural southern Ohio (that's not on a particularly major through route) , it seems quite unnecessarily out of place

[getemngo]

Bryant,
My link should put you at the corner of Sharon Ave and Razorback Dr.  Look SSW.  The signs look a lot taller from M-26, but this was the best perspective I could get of both signs.

One of the biggest (though not tallest) signs for a business is the Hi-Pointe Amoco in St. Louis, Missouri.

[BigMattFromTexas]

Just about all the links or pictures have been of McDonalds signs
^ speaking of which heres a view down Loop 306 here in Angelo
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1S5rma3HoNDoTZBo8zNyDg?feat=directlink
And a view down Knickerbocker Rd in San Angelo
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UkdzEXN39b9TUNINmFlArA?feat=directlink

[Snappyjack]

In New York there are some tall signs along the I-81 corridor. A few along I-86/NY 17, and some on the Thruway at the PA border. There are others sporadic throughout the state but not the extent of other places that I've been to.

[Bryant5493]

Hey Sam from Michigan ,

I see what you're talking about now.


Be well,

Bryant

[BigMattFromTexas]

View from Houston Harte Expressway(US 67) of Bryant Blvd(US 87) with tall signs.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.466982,-100.446625&spn=0,359.99433&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=31.466967,-100.446946&panoid=8S5C_DQTNhRscOLdRs3Mag&cbp=12,150.47,,0,1.51
BigMatt

[deathtopumpkins]

Those are pretty common along rural interstates I've seen here in Virginia, but within most cities you don't find many. I know Hampton, where I live, has a law limiting the height of new signs for establishments, but existing ones were grandfathered in, such as the Shell sign visible here (now a BP) that can be seen from I-64 (behind the streetview). And I know Virginia Beach has a ban on outdoor advertising period, which I assume includes these giant signs, judging by the fact that you don't see any along I-264.