A lot neater than we would be install today
Interesting old ganty signs
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Interesting old ganty signs
Found this old gantry whilst browsing the Retro Dundee blog. (Scroll down to the post from the 30th August regarding the opening of the Tay Road Bridge).
A lot neater than we would be install today
A lot neater than we would be install today
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Re: Interesting old ganty signs
That's an old design. There used to be a similar sign for the A34/A453 GSJ in old sign publications.wallasey wrote:Almost the same method of lane finding!
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Big and complex.
Big and complex.
Re: Interesting old ganty signs
Yes, very odd design but it was the recommended way of showing which lane went which way - presumably as a predecessor to the upward-pointing arrows that we use now.Truvelo wrote:That's an old design. There used to be a similar sign for the A34/A453 GSJ in old sign publications.wallasey wrote:Almost the same method of lane finding!
Chris
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Re: Interesting old ganty signs
I've only just seen this thread, lovely photo - gantries have evolved!
Incidentally, the diagram shown on the gantry (and existant on Queen's Drive, Liverpool), can still be reproduced in KeySigns...
Incidentally, the diagram shown on the gantry (and existant on Queen's Drive, Liverpool), can still be reproduced in KeySigns...
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Terminally cynical, unimpressed, and nearly Middle Age already.
She said life was like a motorway; dull, grey, and long.
Blog - https://showmeasign.online/
X - https://twitter.com/ShowMeASignBryn
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@BrynBuck
Re: Interesting old ganty signs
I call those worm signs. The first one I ever saw was in central London in 1967, I think, and had four worms. It was many years before I saw another. I can't remember where I last saw one.wallasey wrote:Almost the same method of lane finding!
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Great terminology - I like it! If we can have butterfly signs, then why not?wrinkly wrote:I call those worm signs.
John