Alabama

Huntsville

Type	Description	Date
	In Huntsville most intersections in residential neighborhoods, except with major streets, are posted as yields instead of stops.	2008-05-04
	Overheads above Governors Dr. in Huntsville. The middle two panels are newer than the 14th Street panels, which use buttons. There likely used to be panels referencing AL 20, the old designation of I-565, in the middle.	2008-03-05
	Overheads for I-565 exits 19A-B-C in Huntsville. The rightmost sign is Alabama's own style of signing roads passing above interstates. These signs use Clearview and mark mileage precise to the tenth.	2008-02-10
	Rear view of a louvered sign panel over Memorial Parkway in Huntsville.	2008-02-10
	I suppose this is the first indication that I-565 has commenced, coming into Huntsville from the east.	2008-02-10
	Alabama's notoriously gigantic 24" shields at the eastern terminus of I-565. US 72 exits the roadway just west of this installation.	2008-02-10
	Beginning the "descent" into Huntsville from the east on US 72.	2008-02-10
	Huntsville assigns numbers to its bike routes. Old Madison Pike, though treacherous for cyclists due to its narrow, shoulderless nature, is actually Route 100. It ends here just before the Huntsville-Madison line.	2008-05-11
	Shields on Oakwood Ave. at its intersection with Memorial Parkway (US 231/431).	2008-02-10
	During 2008 the city began an effort to replace older street blades. Many of them looked downright terrible, with mixed-case letters at various stages of fading. This was one of the worst examples and was fortunately one of the first to go. New blades following the city's standard style now hang here.	2008-05-12
	Some BGS in Alabama are not made of solid sheeting, rather louvered panels. I have never seen these outside the state. A few are used in Huntsville, in this case over Memorial Parkway.	2008-02-10
	Another louvered BGS over Memorial Parkway for Cook and Oakwood Avenues.	2008-02-10
	Louvered overheads at the intersection of University Dr (US 72) and Research Park Blvd (AL 255).	2008-02-10
	A primary advantage of flip-dot VMS panels is that they retain their message even after power is removed. Unless they become abandoned. As long as I've lived in Huntsville, this sign, heading up Monte Sano on Governors Dr (US 431), has read the same thing.	2009-02-22

Foothills

Type	Description	Date
	Shields for AL 65 and US 72 in western Jackson County, near Paint Rock. This is another example of the Corridor V shield usage. Also, AL 65 ends here.	2008-05-10
	View on eastbound US 72 between Gurley and Scottsboro.	2008-05-10
	Exit for Veterans Dr (AL 35/AL 279) from US 72 in Scottsboro.	2008-05-10
	Leaving Scottsboro to the south, AL 35 crosses the Tennessee River and meets AL 40, which leads to Mentone and Lookout Mountain. This is evidently an important fact.	2008-05-10
	The view heading south on AL 35 from Scottsboro shows a steep climb out of the Tennessee river valley. The highway climbs the ridge rather gently, mostly parallel to the crest.	2008-05-10
	Shields at AL 75 and AL 35 junction, Rainsville.	2008-05-10
	Looking through the limestone on AL 35 near Pine Ridge.	2008-05-10
	The control cities on I-59 in Fort Payne are Chattanooga (which I-59 doesn't actually reach) and Gadsden.	2008-05-10
	Fort Payne is known for its sock factories, as this sign shows.	2008-05-10
	Wire-hung overheads approaching the AL 35/US 11 junction in Fort Payne. They look to be sagging a bit.	2008-05-10
	View of the strangely oriented intersection between AL 35 and US 11, Fort Payne.	2008-05-10
	Looking up the ridge one must climb heading east out of Fort Payne on AL 35.	2008-05-10
	Small trapezoidal attraction sign on AL 35 in DeKalb County for DeSoto Falls. These are common in Alabama.	2008-05-10
	Near Mentone, a tourist and adventurer hotspot, this wooden sign gives lots of destinations. Also note the green sign that is being swallowed by a tree.	2008-05-10
	DeKalb County Highways 618 and 89 near DeSoto Falls.	2008-05-10
	The winding DeSoto Parkway in DeSoto State Park near Mentone.	2008-05-10
	In DeSoto State Park there are lots of small roads numbered such as this.	2008-05-10
	Looking down from the mountain. Mentone.	2008-05-10
	Well-weathered AL 117 shield, Mentone.	2008-05-10
	Strangely proportioned pentagon shield in DeKalb County.	2008-05-10
	Approaching AL 9 from AL 35 in Cherokee County.	2008-09-26
	End of AL 35 at AL 9 northeast of Cedar Bluff. The end is not signed.	2008-09-26

Birmingham

Type	Description	Date
	Louvered sign panels over I-59 in Birmingham.	2009-01-03
	Old button BGS on I-59 for I-65. The control city of Huntsville is obviously a cover-up, most likely of Decatur. When this sign was installed, Decatur may have been the bigger of the two cities, but in the years since, Huntsville's growth and national presence has outstripped Decatur's and so the state saw fit to redo the sign.	2009-01-03
	Button overhead for Bush Blvd in the Birmingham suburb of Ensley.	2009-02-21
	Button overheads for Ensley destinations.	2009-02-21

Tuscaloosa

Type	Description	Date
	Button panels at the I-359/I-20/59 junction in Tuscaloosa.	2009-02-21
	I had once been under the impression that a sprayberry was a type of bush, but I then discovered it was a family name common in central Alabama.	2009-02-21
	Overheads for I-359/AL 69 on I-20/59 eastbound.	2009-03-22
	I-20/59 exit 73, McFarland Blvd (US 82). Sign sheeting appears to be cracking.	2009-03-22

Elsewhere

Type	Description	Date
	Shields at the terminus of AL 99 north of Athens.	2008-05-31
	The western terminus of I-565 where the roadway continues as AL 20,east of Decatur.	2008-03-29
	Decatur seems to have a lot of exotic signage and regulations on its roads. AL 20 has a lower speed limit when wet, as seen here.	2008-03-29
	US 31, AL 20 Corridor V, US 72 Alternate Corridor V shields, Decatur. The US 31 shield looks pregnant.	2008-03-29
	Ancient trapezoidal recreational overhead above US 31 in Decatur for Point Mallard Park. I'm not sure what it was when the sign was posted, but it is now a water park.	2008-03-29
	They spelled it wrong. In front of Home Depot, Decatur.	2008-03-29
	I-65 exit 282. Several places along I-65, sign panels are installed on single steel poles, like this one.	2008-03-29
	Typical Northern Alabama exit BGS on I-65 at AL 36 near Hartselle. The exits are numbered, but the numbers are used sparingly. This sign appeared to be fairly old.	2008-02-03
	Two button signs paired with a modern one in downtown Birmingham.	2008-02-03
	To  I-65, I-565 West, and customized Alternate US 72 shield at the 565 onramp from Old Madison Pike in Huntsville. The US 72 shield flaunts the highway's designation as Appalachian Regional Development Commission Corridor V.	2008-02-10
	Shields on the multiplex of I-20, I-59, US 11, and AL 5 between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Alabama looks a bit boxy on the AL 5 shield.	2009-01-03
	Rare occurrence of a county route shield on an interstate BGS. Sumter County.	2009-03-22
	Button BGS for the Beltline (AL 67), just outside Decatur.	2009-05-09

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