JULY 2009. A Proposal: CT Highway Route Markers Update

Sub-section: A look at current ConnDOT state route signage.

A Look at some side by side comparisons of variations in signage for a particular route.

Route 140:  All photos taken in East Windsor and Windsor Locks.  As you can see there are extreme
variations in signage within a few miles on this route.

Sign 1) FHWA Type-B Font on CT Standard Square Shield
Sign 2) FHWA Type-C Font on CT Standard Square Shield
Sign 3) FHWA Type-B Font on MA-style 'thin-border' shield
Sign 4) FHWA Type-C Font on Elongated Shield (which CT doesn't technically do)

Route 159:  All photos taken in Windsor and Windsor Locks.  As you can see there are extreme
variations in signage within a few miles on this route.

Sign 1) FHWA Type-C Font on MA-style 'thin-border' shield
Sign 2) NON-FHWA Helvetica style font
Sign 3) FHWA Type-C Font on Standard Shield
Sign 4) FHWA Type-D reduced size Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 5) FHWA Type-C on elongated shield which doesn't exist in CT, but there it is.
Sign 6) FHWA Type-B Font on Standard CT Shield

Route 219:  All photos taken in Granby Area.  As you can see there are extreme
variations in signage within a few miles on this route.

Sign 1) FHWA Type-D reduced size Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 2) FHWA Type-B Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 3) FHWA Type-C Font on CT Standard Shield

Route 30:  All photos taken in Vernon and Ellington.  As you can see there are extreme
variations in signage within a few miles on this route.

Sign 1) FHWA Type-D Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 2) FHWA Type-D reduced size Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 3) FHWA Type-C Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 4) NON-FHWA Font on CT Standard Shield

Route 195:  All photos taken in Mansfield and Tolland.  As you can see there are extreme
variations in signage within a few miles on this route.

Sign 1) FHWA Type-D Font on Elongated Non-existant-in-CT Shield
Sign 2) FHWA Type-C Font on MA-Style thin border Shield
Sign 3) FHWA Type-B Font on CT Standard Shield
Sign 4) FHWA Type-C Font on CT Standard Shield

Some Random Installations from around Northern CT

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