Alternate Highway Signs Thread
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Glad that ATL New England is metric. Let me guess -- an independent New England built highways based on English measurements, and then converted to metric? 800m = 1/2 mile (approximately)
Reminds me of Quebec: exits are either 800m or 1,6 km, showing the obvious English measurement influence (never moved the signposts). Seems that Ontario moved the signs, since everything is in units of 500m.
What's "B3" route? Sort of an English highway numbering system?
I never understood why the US didn't just change the highway signs over to metric within a year or two, rather than make metric "voluntary". Canadians did it right: Labour Day 1977 conversion, one fell swoop.
What is the coat of arms?
Also, is this City of Boston as large as OTL's city?
My attempt at a Chinese Interstate sign. Allegedly the characters are legit, but if in fact they aren't...sorry!
Scary thing! Interstate = Christian man.
So, in my quest to make a highway sign as confusing as possible...
1) Eliminated road numbers in favor of names, also eliminated exit numbers
2) Adopted an MBTA-style "Inbound/Outbound" distinction rather than North/South (though that can cause confusion too)
3) Kept the 1964 alignment of Route 128 (Circumferential Highway)
In OTL, the sign for this exit says:
Which is probably far more preferable.
1) Eliminated road numbers in favor of names, also eliminated exit numbers
2) Adopted an MBTA-style "Inbound/Outbound" distinction rather than North/South (though that can cause confusion too)
3) Kept the 1964 alignment of Route 128 (Circumferential Highway)
In OTL, the sign for this exit says:
Code:
EXIT 15
Derby St.
Hingham
Weymouth
Thande
Donor
Nice thread idea, but I can't think of any British ones that are stranger than the ones we have in real life (where else is lowercase "m" an abbreviation for miles and there are 3-2-1 counters every hundred yards to remind you of the exit that the last three signs told you about?) Personally I think we just like putting up unnecessary signs for people to crash into. It's probably Al Gore's fault, or something.
VT45
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TTL's Boston is at least as big, if not bigger than IOTL, as it is a national capital.
And the CoA is that of the Boston family, from which the city's namesake takes its name. ITTL, it's used as the city's CoA.
VT45
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Last one. This is the sign posted on government roads at the boundaries of villages, which form an integral part of a town or city. These signs are unique, as each municipality is given the choice of putting up these signs or not. Most have opted to put up these signs, however. This one is from Byfield. Note that even if the word "village" is not part of the name, the word must be on the sign.
CDPs are considered to be villages as well.
CDPs are considered to be villages as well.