These photos are from my trip to the Dayton roadgeek meeting. They are from Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana and were taken on May 9-10, 2008. To view the full-sized photos, click on one of the thumbnails on this page. You will then be presented with navigation controls to view the images on individual Web pages as a slide show.
This gallery begins with this new Clearview sign on northbound I-75 in Scott County. For years this was an exit for KY 620, Delaplain Road. The road was improved with the construction of the new Toyota factory in the mid-1980s. The KY 620 signs were removed from the exit signs, leaving only Delaplain Road, then later the action was reversed and the exit was only for KY 620 with no route name. Now there is a new, smaller KY 620 shield and Clearview text for Cherry Blossom Way, which is the Japanese-inspired name for the loop around the Toyota plant that includes KY 620 and US 62.
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Note that the text on the exit tab is stil the old-style FHWA font instead of Clearview.
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This sign has a Clearview exit tab. |
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The next several photos are from I-75 northbound heading toward Cincinnati.
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The beginning of a construction zone that will result in all of I-75 between Cincinnati and Lexington being at least six lanes wide.
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A view of the construction zone.
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No doubt this sign will be replaced when the construction is complete.
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This overhead is along a section of widened I-75 that was recently completed.
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The first dual-signage for the I-71 and I-75 duplex. The I-71 sign looks like something you'd see in Ohio.
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This sign is mounted on the long ramp from Florence Mall to the northbound interstate.
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You can see the bridge that carries traffic from Florence Mall to the northbound interstate at right. The exit to KY 18 passes under the bridge.
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The sign at right is on the ramp from KY 236.
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Again, this sign is on the entrance ramp from KY 236.
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Nice view of the I-275 stack interchange.
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The US 25 sign has been missing from this overhead assembly for years.
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The overcast, drizzly sky obscured what I think is one of the great city skyline views, when you drop down the hill on I-75 and get ready to cross the Ohio River.
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Getting ready to cross the Brent Spence Bridge.
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Emerging from the lower deck of the bridge onto the Ohio side.
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All of these signs are relatively new. They replaced very old button copy signage.
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This is the first of the old button copy signs that you encounter in Ohio.
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Closer view of the sign in the previous photo.
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Nice closeup of the button copy. This closeup was made possibly by stop-and-go, bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-75 northbound.
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Nice view of the way older interstate shields on overhead guide signs used button copy numbers in Ohio.
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"Cinti" is a common abbreviation of the city's name.
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Interesting bridge.
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Overhead on the ramp to OH 126.
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This is where I-75 splits into two distinctive carriageways with the Arlington Heights neighborhood between the two alignments.
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This is the first mileage sign for Dayton.
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First exit sign for I-275. Note the button copy interstate signs.
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