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ekt8750

Quote from: odditude on March 15, 2016, 08:38:18 AM
there are two new monotube gantries on I-95 in Philly in the GIR project zone - one northbound and one southbound. the northbound one is still unoccupied, but the southbound one hosts a pair of signs - the exit sign for Girard Ave / Delaware Ave, in Clearview and lacking an exit tab, and a long-needed advance sign for I-676 / US 30 / Callowhill St / Central Phila (it omits the Ben Franklin Bridge destination that the other existing signs have). The advance sign is in construction orange with Series E at a significantly smaller size than the Clearview on the adjacent panel, and has an odd I-676 shield - the "676" legend is in undersized Series C aligned with the top of the blue section, so as a whole the shield just looks off.

I think we're going to be seeing this a lot esp in PA with the rescinding of Clearview. Case in point, in Philly there's a new gore sign at the ramp to I-76 West/I-676 East from Schuylkill Av behind 30th St Station and that's in Clearview.


ixnay

Quote from: odditude on March 15, 2016, 08:38:18 AM
there are two new monotube gantries on I-95 in Philly in the GIR project zone - one northbound and one southbound. the northbound one is still unoccupied, but the southbound one hosts a pair of signs - the exit sign for Girard Ave / Delaware Ave, in Clearview and lacking an exit tab, and a long-needed advance sign for I-676 / US 30 / Callowhill St / Central Phila (it omits the Ben Franklin Bridge destination that the other existing signs have). The advance sign is in construction orange with Series Eat a significantly smaller size than the Clearview on the adjacent panel, and has an odd I-676 shield - the "676" legend is in undersized Series C aligned with the top of the blue section, so as a whole the shield just looks off.

Series E... sounds like a bunch of U.S. Savings Bonds... er, no, that's Series *E*E.

ixnay

PHLBOS

Along US 202 NB approaching PA 29; one new gantry has the pull-though 202 NB BGS w/Clearview lettering (for the King of Prussia listing) but the PA 29 exit sign has Highway Gothic lettering for its destinations.
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ekt8750

Quote from: PHLBOS on March 16, 2016, 08:32:24 AM
Along US 202 NB approaching PA 29; one new gantry has the pull-though 202 NB BGS w/Clearview lettering (for the King of Prussia listing) but the PA 29 exit sign has Highway Gothic lettering for its destinations.

Were the Highway Gothic legends in Series E, E modified, or something else?

PHLBOS

Quote from: ekt8750 on March 16, 2016, 09:53:45 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on March 16, 2016, 08:32:24 AM
Along US 202 NB approaching PA 29; one new gantry has the pull-though 202 NB BGS w/Clearview lettering (for the King of Prussia listing) but the PA 29 exit sign has Highway Gothic lettering for its destinations.

Were the Highway Gothic legends in Series E, E modified, or something else?
I only saw the BGS once.  I'm assuming either E or E modified.  I didn't get a picture of such... yet.
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ekt8750

This happened over the weekend at the I-95/I-476 Interchange:

20160426_094939 by Eric Butler, on Flickr

Ian

^ Minus the Clearview, I actually sort of like the set up with the mono-tube arm. I also dig that PennDOT looks to be installing sign lights with them.
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ekt8750

Quote from: Ian on April 26, 2016, 11:06:18 AM
^ Minus the Clearview, I actually sort of like the set up with the mono-tube arm. I also dig that PennDOT looks to be installing sign lights with them.

Yeah I like the monotubes. PennDOT seems to be using them with all their new sign installations. They're going up on I-95 in Philly in the widening area as well.

ekt8750

It only took 6 or 7 years but PennDOT finally patched the BGSes for the Montgomery Drive/MLK Jr Drive exit on I-76 this past week.

20160429_180627 by Eric Butler, on Flickr

Flyer78

As far as patches go, they actually did a pretty decent job, even down to centering. Though, the OCD part of me would have wished they replaced the "Dr" portion as well... (Half surprised it is not Clearview, like some of the college to university changes in the NE part of the state).

Also, never considered the coincidental-connection between Montgomery (Dr) and ML King (Dr) on the same sign until now...

noelbotevera

Quote from: ekt8750 on April 29, 2016, 07:24:23 PM
It only took 6 or 7 years but PennDOT finally patched the BGSes for the Montgomery Drive/MLK Jr Drive exit on I-76 this past week.

20160429_180627 by Eric Butler, on Flickr
What is under the patch there? If I remember right, it's East River Drive or some along the lines of that.
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Flyer78

West River Drive became ML King Drive.

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odditude

Quote from: noelbotevera on April 29, 2016, 09:50:50 PM
Quote from: ekt8750 on April 29, 2016, 07:24:23 PM
It only took 6 or 7 years but PennDOT finally patched the BGSes for the Montgomery Drive/MLK Jr Drive exit on I-76 this past week.

[picture] by Eric Butler, on Flickr
What is under the patch there? If I remember right, it's East River Drive or some along the lines of that.

Quote from: Flyer78 on April 29, 2016, 09:54:04 PM
West River Drive became ML King Drive.

Old Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/k7BuyLyKxp52

...and East River Drive became Kelly Drive.

PHLBOS

Quote from: Flyer78 on April 29, 2016, 09:26:02 PM(Half surprised it is not Clearview, like some of the college to university changes in the NE part of the state).
The patch may have been fabricated after the interim approval of the Clearview font was recently revoked.
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Flyer78

Oh, for sure; because they are many other examples of PennDOT mixing the font within the same sign, for example https://goo.gl/maps/BnRDY5kRibR2

(Which has been further modified).


ekt8750

PennDOT's finished the reconfiguration of the northbound ramps of I-95/I-476 interchange. If you don't know they took the ramp from I-95 North to I-476 and added a second lane to it, and then took the ramp from I-95 South to 476 and made both its lanes the pull through lanes. The whole thing basically puts an end to cars weaving in and out of lanes that end after the interchange and the resulting queuing of cars on the ramps. There was a much smoother flow of traffic today than yesterday.

Flyer78

So the both northbound (from 95) lanes now must merge right? It had looked like they were also expanding the merge zone, as well.

Sounds like a good improvement over the prior design, which led to a merge on the bridge.

ekt8750

Quote from: Flyer78 on May 04, 2016, 01:58:17 PM
So the both northbound (from 95) lanes now must merge right? It had looked like they were also expanding the merge zone, as well.

Sounds like a good improvement over the prior design, which led to a merge on the bridge.

The right lane from the flyover first merges and then that lane now merges further ahead so yeah they did expand the merge area a good 500-750 feet.

Now if only they could add that 3rd lane in each direction up to PA 3. :-D

MASTERNC

Quote from: ekt8750 on May 04, 2016, 11:11:04 AM
PennDOT's finished the reconfiguration of the northbound ramps of I-95/I-476 interchange. If you don't know they took the ramp from I-95 North to I-476 and added a second lane to it, and then took the ramp from I-95 South to 476 and made both its lanes the pull through lanes. The whole thing basically puts an end to cars weaving in and out of lanes that end after the interchange and the resulting queuing of cars on the ramps. There was a much smoother flow of traffic today than yesterday.

Just drove up that way during the PM rush.  Coming from I-95 North, the backup was significantly less now that you don't have to travel through two lane drops (one on the ramp from I-95 North and one further up from the I-95 South ramp).

I'd hate to be someone taking I-95 South now though, as the gridlock has been pushed farther back with the earlier lane drop on that ramp.

KEVIN_224

#144
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/in-transit/What-you-need-to-know-about-driving-on-Interstate-95-during-the-DNC.html

Weight restrictions for vehicles over 5 tons for I-95 in Philadelphia next month, along with possible lane closures during the time of the Democratic Convention. Alludes to likely ramp closures as well.

Mergingtraffic

Are the button copy signs along US-1/US-13 Roosevelt Blvd still there? 

I know all near Woodhaven have been replaced about a year ago.
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mariethefoxy

It appears to be temporary. That sucks if they take it out entirely, it was an innovative way to add more parking to a place that desperately needed it. I always thought NYC and other places should adopt a similar way to squeeze more parking spaces out of their streets.

jeffandnicole

Yeah, it's just temporary. Honestly, with all that would be going on I wouldn't want to park anywhere near Broad Street during the convention.

ekt8750

Detour signs have gone up for the 5 ton truck ban on 95 during the convention. Interestingly enough these PennDOT made I-95 shields feature the much maligned (at least by some on this site) PennDOT route number font usually reserved state and US highway shields they produce:

2016-07-17_01-58-02 by Eric Butler, on Flickr



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