Signs that RIP

[Ian]

Here is the place to post photos of signs that have been replaced. Here are some of mine!

DE 1 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296159857839383714

DE 1 north in Delaware City,-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160270232425762

I-95 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160408313349010

I-495 north in Claymont-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160516793009650

I-87/New York Thruway-New Paltz, New York
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296161449377915778

Lets see some photos!
i.c.

[Scott5114]

Replaced by this monstrosity! Note that the "9" is off center, and the exit ramp is magically 1/4 mi closer!

[Alex]

Here is the place to post photos of signs that have been replaced. Here are some of mine!

DE 1 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296159857839383714

DE 1 north in Delaware City,-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160270232425762

I-95 north in Christiana-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160408313349010

I-495 north in Claymont-Delaware
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296160516793009650

I-87/New York Thruway-New Paltz, New York
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/SignsSignalsThatRIP#5296161449377915778

Lets see some photos!
i.c.

Pretty much every round-edged guide sign in Delaware is doomed for carbon copying. My next Interstate 95 Delaware update will show that even signs posted in 2004-05 are subject for replacement.

[US71]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2946077612/in/set-72157603829192320/
Near Memphis

http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2151172014/in/set-72157603590299373/
Button-copy in Missouri

http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2943867859/in/set-72157603590299373/
Kansas City

http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2150382811/in/set-72157603590299373/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2284441655/in/set-72157603590299373/
Springfield, MO

http://www.flickr.com/photos/us_71/2285229500/in/set-72157603909876274/
Oklahoma

[okroads]

Replaced by this monstrosity! Note that the "9" is off center, and the exit ramp is magically 1/4 mi closer!

I think the reason why it moved 1/4 mile closer is because the exit ramp was moved back a tad when the interchange was reconstructed. (IMO, I don't think the ramp was moved 1/4 mile back, but ODOT must have thought so)

[Scott5114]

Yeah, I figured that's why the distance changed, but I don't think it was a whole 1/4 mile. Probably more like 1/8 but they figured it would be a bad idea to put "7/8 mile"... perhaps they should have just moved the 1 mile sign back to the SH-9 overpass; that seems like the appropriate distance!

I hate those new signs at that interchange...they're so much uglier compared to the old ones. Looks like ODOT has had some problems with them too!

[Alex]

Long gone, carbon copied in 1998, replaced again in 2006 (with a right-hand exit tab)

Carbon copied in 1999

[akotchi]

According to the MUTCD, distances on guide signs are supposed to be shown in 1/4-mile increments (though there are numerous exceptions around the country, I would imagine).  Rule of thumb is to use the nearest 1/4 mile lower than the actual distance.

[Darkchylde]

Then:


Now:


1980's-era LA 22 sign replaced with a new "Monochrome" shield sometime within the last few months. There's many more examples of this around my area alone.

[agentsteel53]

I see the 190 also got the axe.  Two attractive shields removed in favor of one ugly one (the misshapen US 190) and one I'm kinda indifferent towards.

[US71]

Replaced (finally) with "meat cleavers" in 2006



Replaced 2006


Replaced sometime after June 2007

[agentsteel53]

this lovely 1938 guide sign survived until 2007.  There are two more like it left in the state of California that I know of, and I am not saying where they are!

[ComputerGuy]

Nice signs everybody!

1) These are signs that RIP
2) This thread is DEAD.
-DTP

[Tom]

agentsteel53: Good 4 U.

[Zmapper]

I can't tell what is older; this thread or the picture agentsteel posted.

[AsphaltPlanet]

M-C sign in Kingston


401 sign in Toronto.

[ftballfan]

According to the MUTCD, distances on guide signs are supposed to be shown in 1/4-mile increments (though there are numerous exceptions around the country, I would imagine).  Rule of thumb is to use the nearest 1/4 mile lower than the actual distance.

There are at least two 1/8 mile signs in the Grand Rapids area.

[NE2]

This thread is now about signs that bip.
http://g.co/maps/u4nmd

[hbelkins]

Signs "bip" only in the mind of one very disturbed individual.

[NE2]

I may be disturbed, but 'very disturbed' is pushing it. Anyway, here's a sign that byps:

[hbelkins]

You weren't to whom I was referring.

[myosh_tino]

According to the MUTCD, distances on guide signs are supposed to be shown in 1/4-mile increments (though there are numerous exceptions around the country, I would imagine).  Rule of thumb is to use the nearest 1/4 mile lower than the actual distance.

Here is one of those "exceptions"...



This is a relatively new sign (complete with exit numbers and reflective sheeting) but still features a "1/8 MILE" distance which was carried over from the old sign.

[NE2]

You weren't to whom I was referring.

Since signs bip in my mind, you must be mistaken.

[myosh_tino]

I may be disturbed, but 'very disturbed' is pushing it. Anyway, here's a sign that byps:

That sign will be RIP very soon when CA-4 is re-routed onto the bypass and when that happens hopefully that sign will be replaced with something that looks like this...

[luokou]

In regards to the photo, interesting use of Series F Caps on the Stockton/Rio Vista sign, and some rather nifty Series C in the shields! I bet portions of the signs would just be patched over once CA-4 gets rerouted onto the bypass.