Route Shields on Street Placards

[Rover_0]

In Utah, there are about 3 or so places where the street placard (the small green signs on stoplights showing what street you're on) not only includes the street name, but a small shield (SR Beehives in all cases) showing what state (or above) route you're on:

• I-15/St. George Blvd (UT-34) Exit 8, on UT-34 Overpass
• I-15/Bluff Street (UT-18), on UT-18 Overpass

, and

• UT-30/600 W. Intersection in Logan

I have pictures of the UT-30 one (apologies for the darkness, hope you see them):
On the north side of UT-30:


And from the south side:


Are there any other signs of this type around the state, country, or world, and does anybody have pictures?

[MDOTFanFB]

Here's one in Taylor, MI at U.S. 24/Telegraph Road at Northline Road:

[pianocello]

Here's an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ. Not quite sure why wikipedia would have a page on the route, though.

[hbelkins]

Lots of these in Lexington and Winchester, Ky.

[Michael in Philly]

Philadelphia does that.  On Broad Street (Pa. 611) and City Avenue (US 1), for example.  They've also started identifying main streets as "east-west [or north-south] arterials." 

Can't find a good example on line and have no more time to look now....

[Ian]

Here's an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ.

NJDOT as well as many counties love to use route shields on their street placards at traffic signal intersections.

[corco]

There are to my knowledge exactly two of these in Wyoming- on highway 220. And they're erroneous!



One in Idaho- most likely the result of a Washington contractor, since it's on the state line



Washington does it all the time.

[bigboi00069]

Loads of them in Broward County, FL. Havent really seen as many in Miami- Dade county.



And here is an intersection with the shield on one side and "US 1" on the other side.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33009&hl=en&ll=25.996778,-80.142767&spn=0.001215,0.002411&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.808514,79.013672&vpsrc=6&hnear=Hallandale,+Florida+33009&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=25.996872,-80.142765&panoid=fZsE-CGjrwtSADPHsV0NYw&cbp=12,248.22,,0,-10.06

[Michael in Philly]

There are to my knowledge exactly two of these in Wyoming- on highway 220. And they're erroneous!



One in Idaho- most likely the result of a Washington contractor, since it's on the state line



Washington does it all the time.

1.)  Is that "220" a state marker?

2.)  What's with the brown US 2 marker in the background of your Idaho example?

[Michael in Philly]

Here's an example on CR-676 in Edison, NJ.

NJDOT as well as many counties love to use route shields on their street placards at traffic signal intersections.

It's become common within the last decade or so.  Good thing, too, since in parts of northeastern New Jersey the 600 series weren't posted at all consistently before that.

[NE2]

Philadelphia does that.  On Broad Street (Pa. 611) and City Avenue (US 1), for example.  They've also started identifying main streets as "east-west [or north-south] arterials." 

Can't find a good example on line and have no more time to look now....

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_611/1.html has a few error US 611s.

2.)  What's with the brown US 2 marker in the background of your Idaho example?

Scenic route. I think they stopped this recently.

[corco]

1.)  Is that "220" a state marker?

I suspect it was erected by Natrona County, but it's for State Highway 220

Scenic route. I think they stopped this recently.

Yep

[agentsteel53]

as far as I know, that is the only green-background outline shield in the state of Idaho.  (if it's in the state of Idaho at all...)

[corco]

as far as I know, that is the only green-background outline shield in the state of Idaho.  (if it's in the state of Idaho at all...)

The centerline of State is the state line, so it's in Idaho. But yeah, I know of no other outline shields or shields on street sign placards, so it's a unique duck.

[agentsteel53]

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_611/1.html has a few error US 611s.

there's also some error US-73s in the same area.

[Michael in Philly]

Philadelphia does that.  On Broad Street (Pa. 611) and City Avenue (US 1), for example.  They've also started identifying main streets as "east-west [or north-south] arterials." 

Can't find a good example on line and have no more time to look now....

http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/pa_611/1.html has a few error US 611s.

2.)  What's with the brown US 2 marker in the background of your Idaho example?

Scenic route. I think they stopped this recently.

[Gasp!]  Alps is wrong.  South Broad Street was never US 611.

[US71]

Near Memphis


Rogers, AR


Conway, MO

[Scott5114]

That one from Rogers looks like it took a wrong turn on the way to the "Worst of Road Signs" thread...

[Quillz]

Bonus points for it being an erroneous shield, too.

[corco]

Can't forget Custer County, South Dakota

[Central Avenue]

Near Memphis

I find it interesting that Old US 78 gets a shield while current US 78 just gets "HWY 78"

[1995hoo]

I can think of a few overhead lighted signs in the City of Alexandria that have a five-star logo on a red background next to the name "Eisenhower Avenue." The logo is similar to the Eisenhower Interstate System logo except it's red instead of blue. Not quite the same thing as a route number, but similar in principle. I don't have a picture I can post, though.

[formulanone]

Rogers, AR

It's as if the creator tried to spell out "INTERSTATE" but then realized it wouldn't fit, but wouldn't completely compromise.

There's a few that still use the red US 1 on them, but usually the street placards avoid state/county route shields, and just use the US Route shields. In a few places, you can still find things like "S-80" or other secondary (re-)assignments.

[agentsteel53]

I was just in Custer County, SD, and got plenty of photos of the sign style corco mentioned.  It is one of the only places you can, coincidentally, find a US-16A in the 1950s color scheme (green with white legend).

in Los Angeles, one can find many variants of HISTORIC/US/66, CALIFORNIA/US/66, etc as the old 66 winds its way through towns along the 210 corridor.

one can also, if they know where to look, find a pair of CA-7s on street blades leading to I-710.

[jwolfer]

Loads of them in Broward County, FL. Havent really seen as many in Miami- Dade county.



And here is an intersection with the shield on one side and "US 1" on the other side.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33009&hl=en&ll=25.996778,-80.142767&spn=0.001215,0.002411&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.808514,79.013672&vpsrc=6&hnear=Hallandale,+Florida+33009&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=25.996872,-80.142765&panoid=fZsE-CGjrwtSADPHsV0NYw&cbp=12,248.22,,0,-10.06

I like this better than the SR xx or CR xx.  I havent seen any route shields around Jax