Come with us now to, a time when
“Men were men, roads were roads, and signs were signs!”
All photographs by Michael Summa; Commentary by Comrade Mr Yamamoto and Michael Summa.
Cut That Out! Northeast Westchester County(well, mostly, anyway)
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Michael Summa's comments on this one:
Upon finding this relic still standing in 1976, I was immediately filled with inspiration, motivation, and perspiration! Located at the circular configuration at the South Nyack (#10) Thruway interchange, I suspected it remained that long because it's location may have been under Thruway maintenance jurisdiction. At any rate, I hadn't seen any more of these since the late 1950s. The main difference here was that unlike the national standard 3/8 inch bar and border, NY used a thicker 5/8 inch border and a half stroke width 5/16 inch bar and, of course the distinctive NY fonts. |
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1975-on a former alignment of NY 27 in Amagansett. |
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Michael Summa sez:
1969, Cross River, just north of the NY 35 jct. Note here that the NY 124 sign is flat, yet has all the characteristics of an embossed double bordered shield. Made me wonder if any flat double bordered NY-US shields were ever made. NY 124 no longer goes this far north. It ends at NY 35 3 miles east of here. |
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NY 138 at it’s eastern terminus in 1969.
The embossed double arrow is missing. Some things never change... This is about 2½ miles north of the above photo. |
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A NY 32 cutout cold chillin’ on Pearl Street, in Albany, just south of US 9/20 in 1973. |
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1969: Western leg of NY 124 at the “ Y” junction with NY 35,
NY 124 used to continue with NY 35 to NY 121, and then multiplexed with NY 121 to Peach Lake; turning west there and ending at the snap below. Note the STATE TRAFFIC COMMISION marking on the STOP sign, and the “ NY” Shield. |
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1969: NY 124’s former north end at Dean’s Corner in Putnam County.
Michael Summa sez: You probably can't see it too well here, but it looked to me like "Pennsylvania 2s" on this N Y 22 shield. Did they really have to borrow another states font? |
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1970 at the northern terminus of the Saw Mill Pkwy-present j6 on this freeway.
This may have been a temporary routing of N Y 22 at the time, as the IH 684 was not up to interstate standard north of here. This 1970 Rand McNally NY Map shows the scene. |
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1972-Approaching the “ I-8” junction from the Cross-Westchester Expressway.
Michael Summa sez: “ I'm sure this scene is different now.” Just a bit... |
| Not Westchester County. Sorry. | |
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NY 97 at Minisink Ford. Michael Summa sez:
Even though the PA 590 sign doesn't have the classic Penna. font, it looks like one of their own with a NY arrow on the classic steel “ L” post. Of course, I had to include the classic warning curve arrow sign. Pretty much the same practice goes on these days. PennDOT provides the shields, NYSDOT posts them w/NYSDOT arrows. Nice shot of a reference marker here, too. |
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Michael Summa sez:
1972-entering Narrowsburg from the ghost of PENNA-US 106(PA 652), and, as was many times the case, the STATE SPEED LIMIT 55 sign first greeted motorists into NY, even though this sure doesn't look like a great spot to drive 55. This is also the western terminus of NY 52(now Sullivan County Road 24). You can kinda see the NY 52 and NY 97 sines here. |
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1972 Eastbound on US 44-NY 55 entering Poughkeepsie.
At an elevated junction I call the “ Bowtie”. The butterfly gantry is long gone, so is that Mobil station in the background. |
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Approaching the crossing of the Major Deegan Expressway and the IH 95 northbound-1973. |
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A bit further north at the split on the IH 95 off-slip. |
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The south end of Water Street in Albany, with Broadway coming in from the right.
This rilly GREAT map shows the area. A48 is this snap, A47 is the one below. |
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Aieee! Quasimodo sine! In 1973!
This was shot before the IH 787 opened in 1973. Michael Summa just WALKED right up to it. How ya like those apples? NERR! 
Here’s a 2k5 Shot of this sine. |
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1973-Looking west at the end of a slip road from the Empire State Extension in Albany.
This is northwest of the above shots: NY 32, Pearl Street is the cross road. |
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1974: NY 17 westbound at the Middletown.
I shoulda put this on the IH 84 page... |
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Old j15 on the Thruway-with a blue guide sine.
Another lost bit here. This scan from a 1964 map shows the junction layout. |
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| In 1975, Michael Summa took the ferry from Bridgeport to Port Jefferson
and back on my bicycle for a 3 1/2-day, 284(!) mile pedalling tour of eastern Long Island. The snaps that follow are from that trip. |
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Eastern terminus of NY 347 and a first look at this variation of a wide NYS shield. |
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Easterm terminus of the eastern section of NY 24 at Hampton Bays. |
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A little bit of California on Tara Road off Old Montauk Hwy at Montauk Beach. |
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NY 114 north on Shelter Island. Michael Summa sez:
I had remembered seeing these giant red wooden diamonds on NY State highways in the late 1950’s. 24” size diamond warning signs were the norm. Here 30” sizes are affixed although judging by the more rounded corners, the crossroad sign may not have been a state issue, but the dimensions of the cross did look that way when the 30” sizes came out. I’ve seen thin crosses like this on state roads, but they’re old. |
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Michael Summa thought this might be the north end of NY 114 in Greenport.
Actually, it looks to be the south end of Moore Street at Main Road(NY 25). The END of 114 is about ¾ mile east of here. Following NY 25 east takes you to the Shelter Island Ferry. Gotta love that olde school beacon(old even in ’75!). |
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Dare to compare these two views of the eastern terminus of NY 25 at Orient Point with
The scenes at State Ends dot com. |
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Skankin’ hot old postcode sine action seen on Suffolk County Road 31 southbound.
NY 27, New York. Get it? No? Too bad for YOU.
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The loop off-slip for Suffolk County Highway 31 from Sunrise Highway.
That’s a different shot of the junction above. |
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Now “ wide” county shields are not all THAT new, then eh?
This the junction of Riverleigh Avenue and Cross River Drive. |
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Junction of Suffolk County Road 98, Frowein Road
with Suffolk County Road 80(NY 27A) at Moriches. This is a quasi-roundabout at the west end of the highway. |
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Mill Road & Main Street-Suffolk County Road 21(the right fork), Yaphank.
Even though this is a county installation, there are the classic arrows in a design not seen on state signs. The photo is facing north. |
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Junction of NY 25 and NY 112,
4 miles northwest of the above shot. |
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The end o’ the line on the LIE.
Michael Summa sez: Now how many people can say that they have STOOD in the center lane of the Long Island Expressway to take a picture and lived to tell the tale? Well that's how light the traffic was at this location then. The LAST EXIT sign was a red background. Here’s a modern snap(from LIROADS) and a spiffy area map. |
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At the end of the LIE and actually signage for you to turn around and head back west.
(Not anymore....There's an outlet center there now ).
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Sign assembly in Calverton.
Pretty current looking, then, eh? |
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