Unusual sign assemblies made due to signs stolen so frequently

[peterj920]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2549703,-87.6445501,3a,15y,3h,88.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVjqwCp5s3EvY3tnl12MrBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Here's Assman Rd oustide of Mishicot, WI.  The sign post is very high and away from the stop sign.  (Sign was stolen even after google maps shot this picture)

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5013648,-88.0380917,3a,15y,175.05h,90.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcGOPtxthHnmwpBdH9RXcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Mullet Pl in Green Bay.  Notice how the Ashland Ave sign is posted normally while the Mullet Pl sign has to be bolted on.  At one point, it was bolted even higher and there is an article that the Press Gazette wrote about it.

http://archive.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100315/GPG04/3150494/Mullet-Place-street-signs-never-go-out-style

There is also a Morning Woods Ct in Green Bay that is also bolted onto a pole just like Mullet Pl because it was stolen so often.  Any other assemblies made just to deter sign thieves? 

[1995hoo]

Some of the signs for Penny Lane in Liverpool are not actual signs but are instead "sign" designs painted onto nearby walls, due of course to the Beatles' song named for that street.

Edited to add: Here's an example. Similar graffiti is routine on the wall near the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing. (The street sign for Abbey Road is up on a wall as well, though it's a real sign: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5316845,-0.1770432,3a,75y,307.76h,82.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAc8rF9qgGfRFUSHTIQDQHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656  )

[bzakharin]

County Route 666 in Atlantic County, NJ seems to stick patches over other county route signs instead of making brand new 666 signs lately, probably due to frequent theft.

[GCrites]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5013648,-88.0380917,3a,15y,175.05h,90.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcGOPtxthHnmwpBdH9RXcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Mullet Pl in Green Bay.  Notice how the Ashland Ave sign is posted normally while the Mullet Pl sign has to be bolted on.  At one point, it was bolted even higher and there is an article that the Press Gazette wrote about it.

http://archive.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100315/GPG04/3150494/Mullet-Place-street-signs-never-go-out-style

I bet people didn't start stealing that one until about 1999.

[OCGuy81]

I'd assume that a lot of I-69 and US-69 signs get stolen.  And if there was an I-420, I'm sure that one would be taken down a lot as well.

Wonder if there are extra precautions taken in securing 69 signage.

[TEG24601]

I'd assume that a lot of I-69 and US-69 signs get stolen.  And if there was an I-420, I'm sure that one would be taken down a lot as well.

Wonder if there are extra precautions taken in securing 69 signage.

IIRC - MDOT actually sells I-69 signs to prevent theft.

[SignGeek101]

This one:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@62.4606228,-114.352669,18z?hl=en

It's actually a little famous. I remember there being a streetblade made on a rock or something to prevent theft. One of the members here posted a picture.

[Zeffy]

NJ 31 was remembered from NJ 69 because of sign theft. However, I don't think there are any surviving NJ 69 signs out in New Jersey.

[OCGuy81]

NJ 31 was remembered from NJ 69 because of sign theft. However, I don't think there are any surviving NJ 69 signs out in New Jersey.

Wonder if that's the same fate that CA-69 suffered when it was renumbered 245.

[1995hoo]

This one:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@62.4606228,-114.352669,18z?hl=en

It's actually a little famous. I remember there being a streetblade made on a rock or something to prevent theft. One of the members here posted a picture.

Oscar is the forum member who posted the picture.

[Big John]

There is a Virgin Ave is the city I went to college in.  At that time they used concrete posts with the street names written on them for that street only.  I checked Google maps for a picture of that but they are on regular street blades now.

[TEG24601]

Heck, US 666 was renumbered because the signs were stolen so often, it is now US 491.

[peterj920]

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/41301

Along I-70 in Colorado, the Mile 420 sign was stolen frequently, so it was replaced with Mile 419.99

[roadman65]

Heck, US 666 was renumbered because the signs were stolen so often, it is now US 491.

Thanks to certain people.  I will not say who because it can trigger a flame war here as that number could be considered controversial by some.

[Rover_0]

NJ 31 was remembered from NJ 69 because of sign theft. However, I don't think there are any surviving NJ 69 signs out in New Jersey.

Wonder if that's the same fate that CA-69 suffered when it was renumbered 245.

That's also what happened to UT-69...it was renumbered to UT-38. It probably didn't help that Utah State University is only some 20 miles to the east.

[jwolfer]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2549703,-87.6445501,3a,15y,3h,88.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVjqwCp5s3EvY3tnl12MrBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Here's Assman Rd oustide of Mishicot, WI.  The sign post is very high and away from the stop sign.  (Sign was stolen even after google maps shot this picture)

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5013648,-88.0380917,3a,15y,175.05h,90.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srcGOPtxthHnmwpBdH9RXcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Mullet Pl in Green Bay.  Notice how the Ashland Ave sign is posted normally while the Mullet Pl sign has to be bolted on.  At one point, it was bolted even higher and there is an article that the Press Gazette wrote about it.

http://archive.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100315/GPG04/3150494/Mullet-Place-street-signs-never-go-out-style

There is also a Morning Woods Ct in Green Bay that is also bolted onto a pole just like Mullet Pl because it was stolen so often.  Any other assemblies made just to deter sign thieves?

I would like to have a permanent home on Morning Wood Lane. Lol

[hbelkins]

Kentucky has both a KY 69 and a KY 420, and I have never heard of excessive amounts of sign theft for either route.

[tidecat]

Kentucky has both a KY 69 and a KY 420, and I have never heard of excessive amounts of sign theft for either route.

That's because there are plenty of Kentuckians growing the stuff associated with the number 420.

KY 69 may get renumbered due to I-69, not that stops KY 79 and U.S. 79 from co-existing.

[froggie]

KY 69 may get renumbered due to I-69, not that stops KY 79 and U.S. 79 from co-existing.

KY 79 is essentially a state highway extension of US 79, so it's not quite the same.

As for the OP, we have a local signpost in town here that the town road crew has taken to applying grease to in order to avoid thefts.  It's the main road to a world famous micro-brewery.

[kkt]

Corner of Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco.

[Ian]

MaineDOT likes to put most of their ME 69 shields on white unisigns to discourage sign theft...

[SidS1045]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria

[thenetwork]

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/41301

Along I-70 in Colorado, the Mile 420 sign was stolen frequently, so it was replaced with Mile 419.99

It is also CDOT tradition to use "Mile 68.99" Markers in lieu of 69.

[Henry]

This one:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@62.4606228,-114.352669,18z?hl=en

It's actually a little famous. I remember there being a streetblade made on a rock or something to prevent theft. One of the members here posted a picture.

I assume it's on Ragged Ass Road?

[BamaZeus]

All I can think of was when I went to L.A. in 2010, there was barbed wire on the gantries, presumably to keep people from climbing the pole and spraying graffiti everywhere.

It's not about signs being stolen, but vandalism is still an issue there, apparently.

Here is an example from the AA roads I-10 guide
https://www.aaroads.com/california/images010/i-010_wb_exit_023b_04.jpg