Daily Picture Challenge!

[roadman]

September 19, 2017: Pictures of a dying breed of BGS: diagrammatic signs.

I-290 in Auburn, Massachusetts as of March 24, 2001.

Unfortunately, this sign is no more.  It was struck by an overheight truck last April.  Both the sign and horizontal member of the structure were removed, and the sign was replaced with a temporary (and conventional) ground-mounted sign.  Under the pending I-290 Auburn to Worcester sign replacement project, the remaining diagrammatics for Exit 7 are to be replace with conventional signs, as traffic will be directed to use Route 12 via Exit 8 instead of Exit 7.

Will the Exit 7 ramp to Route 12 North (prior to where the Pike tollbooths once were) be eliminated?

Current Exit 8 signage is signed for Route 12 South.  I'm not sure of the actual traffic counts for either ramp but do you really want to dump more traffic onto Oxford St. which is largely residential?

The Exit 7 ramp to Route 12 north will be retained.  However, you raise a good point about Oxford Street - MassDOT may want to design the new Exit 7 signs so '12 NORTH' can be added if the planned re-routing causes issues.

[PHLBOS]

Under the pending I-290 Auburn to Worcester sign replacement project, the remaining diagrammatics for Exit 7 are to be replace with conventional signs, as traffic will be directed to use Route 12 via Exit 8 instead of Exit 7.

Will the Exit 7 ramp to Route 12 North (prior to where the Pike tollbooths once were) be eliminated?

Current Exit 8 signage is signed for Route 12 South.  I'm not sure of the actual traffic counts for either ramp but do you really want to dump more traffic onto Oxford St. which is largely residential?

The Exit 7 ramp to Route 12 north will be retained.  However, you raise a good point about Oxford Street - MassDOT may want to design the new Exit 7 signs so '12 NORTH' can be added if the planned re-routing causes issues.

No offense but this is one case of MassDOT trying to fix something that wasn't really broken.  One reason to use Exit 8 over Exit 7 to reach Route 12 northbound was essentially eliminated when the Turnpike tollbooths were taken down last year.  That said, I'd keep the 12 NORTH legends on the new Exit 7 signs.  IMHO, such will save MassDOT from any future embarrassing backlash/blowback from the locals & highway users.

Side bar & OT: the new I-90 eastbound signage for Exit 9 should not list NY City on them.  Most NYC-bound traffic west of Sturbridge isn't going to use I-84.  Either the previous Sturbridge/Hartford, CT combo or just using Hartford, CT for those BGS' would suffice.

We now return to our regularly scheduled Daily Picture Challenge thread; already in progress. 

September 21st: Post road sign photos that contain both imperial and metric units.

[AsphaltPlanet]

September 21st: Post road sign photos that contain both imperial and metric units.

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/CA/US/395/US395_CA_dv_K15_north_lg.jpg

[tribar]

Under the pending I-290 Auburn to Worcester sign replacement project, the remaining diagrammatics for Exit 7 are to be replace with conventional signs, as traffic will be directed to use Route 12 via Exit 8 instead of Exit 7.

Will the Exit 7 ramp to Route 12 North (prior to where the Pike tollbooths once were) be eliminated?

Current Exit 8 signage is signed for Route 12 South.  I'm not sure of the actual traffic counts for either ramp but do you really want to dump more traffic onto Oxford St. which is largely residential?

The Exit 7 ramp to Route 12 north will be retained.  However, you raise a good point about Oxford Street - MassDOT may want to design the new Exit 7 signs so '12 NORTH' can be added if the planned re-routing causes issues.

No offense but this is one case of MassDOT trying to fix something that wasn't really broken.  One reason to use Exit 8 over Exit 7 to reach Route 12 northbound was essentially eliminated when the Turnpike tollbooths were taken down last year.  That said, I'd keep the 12 NORTH legends on the new Exit 7 signs.  IMHO, such will save MassDOT from any future embarrassing backlash/blowback from the locals & highway users.

Side bar & OT: the new I-90 eastbound signage for Exit 9 should not list NY City on them.  Most NYC-bound traffic west of Sturbridge isn't going to use I-84.  Either the previous Sturbridge/Hartford, CT combo or just using Hartford, CT for those BGS' would suffice.

We now return to our regularly scheduled Daily Picture Challenge thread; already in progress. 

September 21st: Post road sign photos that contain both imperial and metric units.

Where was that taken?

[Truvelo]

Where was that taken?

Ohio Turnpike. The distance would put it near Toledo but I can't find it anywhere on GSV even on the 2007 imagery.

[paulthemapguy]

September 22, 2017:  Post photos of two-way arrows that meet at a 135° angle
... like this one:

This is a sign newly posted in Manhattan, IL.


IL-US52-G-M&M by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[JJBers]

September 22, 2017:  Post photos of two-way arrows that meet at a 135° angle
... like this one:

This is a sign newly posted in Manhattan, IL.

That's the exact opposite of the 20th's challenge, wayyy to specific.

[MNHighwayMan]

September 22, 2017:  Post photos of two-way arrows that meet at a 135° angle

Great challenge, but every single junction with the appropriate geometry that I've taken pictures of either uses right-angle arrows or two separate shields and arrows.

[csw]

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

Kankakee, IL:



Effingham, IL:

[7/8]

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

Now I really regret not taking a cell phone photo of the split I-65-70 shields in downtown Indianapolis

But I do have this awesome sign taken on New Dundee Rd (RR 12) at Trussler Rd (RR 70) in North Dumfries, ON! I've also seen 7/8 shields on Regional roundabout signage.

[US71]

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

[formulanone]

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

[Truvelo]

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

I-68 West Virginia

[paulthemapguy]

That's the exact opposite of the 20th's challenge, wayyy to specific.

What part of the word "challenge" don't you get...lol

Also I think we've done today's challenge before.

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

Effingham, IL


IL-US40-032NA by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Peoria, IL


IL-008-116D by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[hbelkins]

September 23, 2017: Singular shields with multiple route numbers on them.

I-68 West Virginia

No. That's County Route 73/12 and it's one route. This is a prime example of West Virginia's "fractional" route system. In this case, the parent route (numerator) is, or was, the now-defunct WV 73. The denominator indicates this is the 12th route that branches off WV 73 that uses it as a parent. See an explanation on Page 12 of this document: http://millenniumhwy.net/wvroads/system.pdf

Now who's got a New Jersey US 1&9 for us?

[Jim]

Here are my 1&9s as posted for a challenge several months back.

February 1, 2017
Challenge: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.

I'll go for some easy ones on 1&9 in New Jersey.

Linden.  September 15, 2007.



Jersey City.  April 12, 2008.

[7/8]

September 24th: Post photos of road signage relating to ferries, or photos of actual ferries.

This sign for the Sombra-Marine City ferry and Walpole Island-Algonac ferry is on the 402 east of Sarnia, ON.

[AsphaltPlanet]

September 24th: Post photos of road signage relating to ferries, or photos of actual ferries.

Sign approaching the ferry in Glenora, Ontario


View of the Adolphustown ferry landing:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_30-39_images/33_cl_86-9_west_lg.jpg

Signage on the 417 for one of the Quebec Ferries:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/417_dv_181-25_east_Jun13_24x16.jpg

[dgolub]

September 24th: Post photos of road signage relating to ferries, or photos of actual ferries.

NY 114 northbound at the ferry from North Haven to Shelter Island:

[csw]

September 24th: Post photos of road signage relating to ferries, or photos of actual ferries.

Cave-In-Rock ferry, connecting IL 1 to KY 91 across the Ohio River.

Approaching the ferry from IL 1:



Looking back at Illinois and the Cave-In-Rock:

[hbelkins]

I had a post ready to go, and something happened and it got eaten. I'm not going to go try to find the individual pictures again and copy and post the links.

Go here for photos of the Cumberland City ferry in Tennessee.

Go here for photos of the McMillan's Landing ferry in Kentucky.

[Jim]

September 24th: Post photos of road signage relating to ferries, or photos of actual ferries.

Ketchikan, Alaska.  June 24, 2001.



Charlotte, Vermont.  February 4, 2003.



Northern terminus of US 41 in Michigan.  July 11, 2003.

[US71]

September 24th: Post photos of road signage relating to ferries, or photos of actual ferries.

Norfork, AR

[paulthemapguy]

Since it's most of the way through the day already, I'm not gonna make today's challenge one of my best or most accessible ideas.

September 25, 2017:  Let's just post Wisconsin Rustic Roads.

IMG_5647 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[Jim]

September 25, 2017:  Let's just post Wisconsin Rustic Roads.

Amazingly enough, I happen to have one of these.  Taken on Wisconsin 35.  October 10, 2004.