Daily Picture Challenge!

[jmd41280]

January 10, 2017
Challenge: Post signs featuring the names of famous people on them.

Rules:
—Official road/highway signs only.
—Must include at least first and last name.
—Exclude signs giving only commemorative or ceremonial highway names.
—Exclude persons already honored on official currency or with a national holiday.

I found this sign on a back road north of Bruceton Mills, WV


BB King Road! by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[jbnv]

Update on my comment during the consecutive-numbers challenge:

There could be a 3xxx pair in Louisiana, but I doubt it.

I found one. LA 3002 and LA 3003 in Denham Springs. I should have caught that one earlier because I drive right by it every weekday to go to work.

[hotdogPi]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

[MNHighwayMan]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

This one just barely squeezes in there. July 30, 2016.

[SignGeek101]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

Under $2! That's easy 


Ontario 17 (Trans Canada Highway) Eastbound at Ontario Secondary 647 Exit by Sign Geek, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

As a millennial from Illinois (highest prices in the nation are in Chicagoland), I find myself at a huge disadvantage in this challenge.  I'm so disadvantaged that the only post I can muster is one that barely qualifies:  the price is for E85, and you can barely tell that the price is below $2.  I can't fully make out what the whole price is, but all that matters is that it begins with a 1!


IL-047-US6sn by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[jbnv]

I looked through my sign pictures and didn't find any that clearly showed a sub-$2 price. I have one from several weeks ago that may be that low but the price is too obscured to tell. I have one from my trip to Texas around New Years but the price was $2.0x.

[paulthemapguy]

I looked through my sign pictures and didn't find any that clearly showed a sub-$2 price. I have one from several weeks ago that may be that low but the price is too obscured to tell. I have one from my trip to Texas around New Years but the price was $2.0x.

The lowest full price shown in any of my photos is $2.09  so close

[empirestate]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

Under $2! That's easy 


Ontario 17 (Trans Canada Highway) Eastbound at Ontario Secondary 647 Exit by Sign Geek, on Flickr

That's true; he didn't say per gallon!


iPhone

[Jim]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

I'll go to Canada also.  This in Regina, Saskatchewan, on June 10, 2001.



Hard to see the actual price, but clearly under $1CDN per liter.

[corco]

A two-fer at the same intersection, Laramie, January 2009

[busman_49]

January 11 challenge: Post a picture that shows sub-$2 gasoline, while the focus of the image is road-related.

Fairborn, Ohio - February 2009:
003fivepointsfairborn_0209 by Ryan busman_49, on Flickr

(the focus is on the traffic signals)

[jbnv]

January 12 challenge: A highway sign acknowledging where a major politician, entertainer or historical figure has lived or was born.


Hot Springs Bill Clinton Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[hbelkins]

January 12 challenge: A highway sign acknowledging where a major politician, entertainer or historical figure has lived or was born.

[Jim]

January 12 challenge: A highway sign acknowledging where a major politician, entertainer or historical figure has lived or was born.

Here's a double, entering Cairo, Georgia, on US 84.  July 19, 2007.



Entering Cheraw, South Carolina.  January 2, 2010.



Entering Troy, New York.  I can't believe I don't have a better picture of one of these.  October 26, 2002.

[jbnv]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.


Wide LA 75 Route Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[PHLBOS]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

I-95 shield only

[Mapmikey]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

1-digit route in a 3 digit shield...

[bassoon1986]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

US 380 at I-35 in Denton, TX




iPhone

[formulanone]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

While three-digit SR can get a wide shield in Florida, everything seems a tad right-justified in this example:

[jmd41280]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

MD 80 in Urbana

MD Route 80 - Urbana, MD by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[Mapmikey]

Jan 14 Challenge: Post pics of signage that is a little too on the nose, makes you go "duh", or unintentionally reveals a larger truth.  Here's your chance to be creative...

Examples:


SR 684 Powhatan County


WSTS screen shot from ~1970

[jbnv]

I considered excluding this sort of case where they used a wide shield to hold a wide number, but used narrow digits, making the wide panel unnecessary. This happens a lot in Louisiana; one could argue that there is almost no need for Louisiana to use wide shields at all. I see that Oklahoma is rather bad about using wide shields and narrow numbers as well. Or maybe not; this sign definitely did not need to be wide.

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

While three-digit SR can get a wide shield in Florida, everything seems a tad right-justified in this example:

[wanderer2575]

January 15th challenge:  Official highway signs that are nowhere near anything specified in the MUTCD.

Eleven Mile Road, outside the Farmington Hills (MI) city hall.

[paulthemapguy]

January 13 challenge: Inappropriate use of wide shields.

I-10 WB at I-45

IMG_0450 by Paul Drives, on Flickr