Out of date route confirmation signs

[Rillington]

An excellent picture posted to the topic about out of date road signs included a RCS on the old A30 at Summercourt in Cornwall, which had been bypassed over thirty years ago. This got me wondering if there are other similar examples of route confirmation signs on roads, such as in this example of a RCS erected prior to a subsequently bypassing, a road realignment or simply the RCS showing the incorrect road number following a change in road number.

[DavidB]

Much further east on the A30 near Micheldever in Hants is this one which has been mentioned on the forum a few times and for which I have a kind of fondness as it reminds me of my Dad going this way in the late 60s on family holidays to Weymouth. It's probably some sort of replacement as there's no road number on it but it still seems quite old and it's good to see it still there on GSV in 2023.

[James1978]

I don't think it's there any more but I loved the one on the B1318 in Gosforth (the old A1) that was the early dark shade of green with a mileage to Edinburgh (possibly 114?) on it on a town's high street. Was there when I was at university in the late 90s!

[Bryn666]

I don't think it's there any more but I loved the one on the B1318 in Gosforth (the old A1) that was the early dark shade of green with a mileage to Edinburgh (possibly 114?) on it on a town's high street. Was there when I was at university in the late 90s!

A photo of this does exist on the Wiki - equally, on Streetview as late as 2009 you had this beauty: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9zUiTmoJ4ySxjHoZ7

[nowster]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uCkkooKNJDFZyaSH7
The unclassified former A34 leaving Alderley Edge, bypassed for about 13 years now.

[Truvelo]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uCkkooKNJDFZyaSH7
The unclassified former A34 leaving Alderley Edge, bypassed for about 13 years now.

There was another one on the A34 just south of there which had M63 long after it became M60. I took this in 2004 but it had gone before the earliest streetview image was taken.

[nowster]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uCkkooKNJDFZyaSH7
The unclassified former A34 leaving Alderley Edge, bypassed for about 13 years now.

There was another one on the A34 just south of there which had M63 long after it became M60. I took this in 2004 but it had gone before the earliest streetview image was taken.

And the Little Chef will be long gone too!

[rhyds]

There's this one on the A4060/A470 junction. The Merthyr bypass has been open for at least a couple of decades at this point, yet Merthyr CBC isn't really fussed about removing the old A470 signage from the old route

[Komi san]

The only examples of outdated RCS's that come to my head are these ones:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iZXHg4oFVwZfoiY7A
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QAHLYnrVoG9HsGd68
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XFnxVoF6ywWR2JUXA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yv5Caqp3uTDLq5Le7
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FcgjqNdenRFmkatZ8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KsaQ2sHyu1TRSwtB6

[wallmeerkat]

Sign looking a bit dilapitated, but the old A1(NI) still RCSs itself as such https://www.google.com/maps/@54.1135274 ... ?entry=ttu

[danfw194]

Mentioned in the other thread about old A487 signs still present at Caernarfon, here's an outdated RCS with now incorrect road number.

[Komi san]

Should show "M73 (M80)" instead of "M73 (A80)"
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.862934, ... -mWGlw!2e0

[Rillington]

Thank you for all the images submitted to this thread, and some excellent examples are being provided. Do keep them coming

[AndyB]

Sign looking a bit dilapitated, but the old A1(NI) still RCSs itself as such https://www.google.com/maps/@54.1135274 ... ?entry=ttu

All other things being equal, signs on bypassed roads tend to be left in place unless you can no longer reach the destinations named by following the sign. They are also in the habit of being replaced like for like when they finally become life-expired because staff don’t check whether the road number or primary status shown is correct.

[Rillington]

That makes sense as often the only incorrect information is the road number.

[Komi san]

Old A386 RCS on B3233 many years after A386 was rerouted
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NFj2azj2nE4MCCdK6

[darkcape]

This road in Leicester hasn't been the A46 for over thirty years

[dereer]

There's a sign on the R132 out of Dublin that still says N1, despite the road being downgraded in 2012. To be fair, I don't think anyone other than the government and road enthusiasts actually call this the R132!

[Truvelo]

There's a sign on the R132 out of Dublin that still says N1, despite the road being downgraded in 2012. To be fair, I don't think anyone other than the government and road enthusiasts actually call this the R132!

And what about all those green N1 signs between the airport and Drogheda. They survived long after the M1 opened but I suspect they could have gone by now.

[EthanL13]

Most likely the vast majority if not all have been replaced by now.