Las Vegas roadgeeking advice

[roadfro]

Wow, strange seeing Loop on those 215 shields.  I never realized they had that.  Odd, as I-215 itself isn't a complete loop, is it? 

Yes, that error only appears on shields dating back to the first segment of beltway that opened in 1995-96. It's a weird conglomoration of business and regular shield.  There's not too many of those left.

I-215 is technically a loop route, despite not forming a complete loop around the Las Vegas Valley. There are no plans to ever complete the loop.

[Brandon]

here's the button copy sign near the Stratosphere.  it's on the strip northbound, in the median.  a tough thing to spot at the 20-30 mph speed of the strip, because it is partly obscured by trees.

as far as I know, it is the only button copy sign in Nevada.

the front side says "Downtown" with an arrow - this is the back side with the demounted shields.



Andy says that this sign is repurposed, but I believe it once was in use as a two-sided sign, and the reason for the modification was the decommissioning of the routes in question.

Hold on a minute, I don't think anything other than the rightmost arrow was demounted on this sign.  It almost looks like they painted over the shields and numbers.  You can still see the outline of every reflector on both the shields and the numbers.  I doubt those would show up if the shields and numbers were removed instead of painted over.

[agentsteel53]

I've looked up-close at signs with demounted elements, and the buttons always show up as shadows when they are removed.  the reason for this is that the backs of the buttons are wedged firmly against the sign backing when the button frames are bolted tight. 

[Brandon]

I've looked up-close at signs with demounted elements, and the buttons always show up as shadows when they are removed.  the reason for this is that the backs of the buttons are wedged firmly against the sign backing when the button frames are bolted tight. 

Wow.  I would've thought the buttons to be a bit looser on the outline.  Today was certainly not a waste - I learned something new.