BGS at freeway entrance?

[apmay]

When I first moved to CT, I was surprised to find that they use a BGS to mark every freeway entrance, even from the most minor of surface roads.   Are there any other states that do this?

[roadman]

MassDOT uses BGSes (normally ground mounted, but ocassionally overhead) at some freeway entrances, and LGSes at others.  Which type of sign is used depends upon the nature of the approach road, traffic volumes, and in some cases the preference of the District office overseeing the area.  As a result, sign placement is often inconsistent from interchange to interchange.

[Bitmapped]

Ohio does for overhead signage and, for ground signage, for the signage for the second ramp at an interchange.

[Brandon]

When I first moved to CT, I was surprised to find that they use a BGS to mark every freeway entrance, even from the most minor of surface roads.   Are there any other states that do this?

It's not uncommon in Illinois, Indiana, or Michigan.  Wisconsin tends to use little green signs, but has a few big green signs.

I-55 and US-52, Illinois
I-94 and US-20, Indiana
I-94 and Pipestone Road, Michigan
I-39/90 and Wis-26, Wisconsin
I-41/94 and Wis-165, Wisconsin

[TravelingBethelite]

I love this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4144066,-73.4099679,3a,75y,207.57h,72.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGgM6kiKN9lahjPfGgl0nKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[cbeach40]

Not commonly done in Ontario, but occasionally we use them overhead on busy arterials, especially when there's space/visibility concerns.

Or if it's a particularly confusing situation like so: https://goo.gl/maps/9GDvH

[Revive 755]

Missouri commonly provides a BGS at interchanges, though they are not used at a few urban interchanges or rural, minor interchanges with lettered routes.

[jbnv]

Louisiana does. Typically one sign for each entrance. Practice varies. Here are some that are mounted on gantries:

I-10, Breaux Bridge
I-10, Lafayette, Amb. Caffery Pkwy.
US 165 northbound to I-10 west
LA 22 at I-55, Ponchatoula (This sort of gantry mounting is uncommon.)

[Rothman]

I've liked the surviving ones at a couple of interchanges with I-91 in western MA:

https://goo.gl/maps/Bx5Tt

https://goo.gl/maps/zPFnM

[jakeroot]

Almost all on-ramps are signed with a BGS in Washington State, almost all of which are ground-mounted except in urban areas with no ROW. This may be rooted in WSDOT's preference for unisigns.

[blanketcomputer]

Most urban Arizona freeways used overhead BGS for freeway entrance lanes.

https://goo.gl/maps/0AT5u

https://goo.gl/maps/ZjW1A

Here a road sign BGS is used for a roundabout freeway entrance/exit. https://goo.gl/maps/AjQEb

[roadman]

I've liked the surviving ones at a couple of interchanges with I-91 in western MA:

https://goo.gl/maps/Bx5Tt

https://goo.gl/maps/zPFnM

Those signs are being replaced with similar BGS panels under the ongoing I-91 West Springfield to Bernardston sign replacement project.

[jeffandnicole]

NJ generally doesn't use BGSs.  Heck, you are sometimes lucky to get any advanced signage.  Then there's a case like there, where any signage is long gone.  There's not a single sign mentioning that if you continue straight, you'll be on I-295!  https://goo.gl/maps/oxCCp

[PHLBOS]

There's not a single sign mentioning that if you continue straight, you'll be on I-295!  https://goo.gl/maps/oxCCp

Is this sign (one needs to pan further back) no longer there?  Granted, I'd still place something signage-wise at the intersection itself.

[cl94]

From what I've seen, most states outside of the northeast have them (or at least an LGS). New York does not typically have them, nor does Vermont, Maine, or New Jersey.

[Ian]

MaineDOT mostly likes using this style of LGS, although there are some exceptions.

[briantroutman]

I wouldn't say that they're common, but BGSes at freeway entrances aren't entirely unheard of in Pennsylvania on high-volume surface arterials.

US 30 at I-476, Villanova - https://goo.gl/maps/gQiSZ
Plank Rd. at I-99, Altoona - https://goo.gl/maps/eL8DH
US 19 at I-76, Cranberry - https://goo.gl/maps/uoqiN

[jeffandnicole]

There's not a single sign mentioning that if you continue straight, you'll be on I-295!  https://goo.gl/maps/oxCCp

Is this sign (one needs to pan further back) no longer there?  Granted, I'd still place something signage-wise at the intersection itself.

I'll have to take a look next time.  If it is, I've passed it many times without noticing it!

[Rothman]

I like this one in Albany.  I-87/Thurway/I-90 and "Northway."

[odditude]

I wouldn't say that they're common, but BGSes at freeway entrances aren't entirely unheard of in Pennsylvania on high-volume surface arterials.

US 30 at I-476, Villanova - https://goo.gl/maps/gQiSZ
Plank Rd. at I-99, Altoona - https://goo.gl/maps/eL8DH
US 19 at I-76, Cranberry - https://goo.gl/maps/uoqiN

ditto for NJ.

[SignGeek101]

BC tends to use them. This is an older one. There are lots of them in the province.

https://goo.gl/maps/Mnjro

[Mergingtraffic]

CT as stated uses them




and I'll take it a step further, CT also used to have advance BGSs for freeway entrances but they are being fazed out as signs are replaced.

[MikeTheActuary]

There were still a few interchanges in CT that didn't have them until recently.

Consider my local interchange

Before: https://goo.gl/maps/ZGz97
More recently: https://goo.gl/maps/LwQ0s

Not yet pictured -- the full array of "DO NOT ENTER" etc. signage that went up in the past couple of weeks.

[mrsman]

NJ generally doesn't use BGSs.  Heck, you are sometimes lucky to get any advanced signage.  Then there's a case like there, where any signage is long gone.  There's not a single sign mentioning that if you continue straight, you'll be on I-295!  https://goo.gl/maps/oxCCp

And such situations highlight how putting freeway entrance signs like they do in California would be a really good idea.

[bzakharin]

All NJ toll roads have large (but nonstandard) entrance signs at almost every entrance. As for non-toll ones, there are many examples where roads blossom into divided highways just long enough to have an interchange with overhead signs. Here's an example with Alexander Road interchange with US 1 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3292678,-74.6472668,3a,75y,131.73h,59.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1yRlvsqV1vZWyHYI0J9uYw!2e0!5s20110801T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1 and US 1 isn't even a freeway here.