and intersecting streets

Above: The varying wrong shields that can be found in California. The first and last ones, like the one atop the EB page, are typical incorrect Caltrans, made by squishing a 3-digit shape into a square 2-digit box. The middle one was simply never squished.


This was on Jefferson Street NB in Indio until the interchange was reconfigured to remove the split directions and left exits from Jefferson.


Two signs along Cook Street SB in Palm Desert (Exit 134), one at the next interchange west (Monterey Ave. SB).


Let's go to the mainline for some remaining button copy. Check the file names for the exit numbers.


While I was through there, Anderson St. NB (Exit 74), Mt. Vernon Ave. NB (Exit 71), Cedar Ave. SB (Exit 66).


Remaining button copy at I-15 and beyond to the Archibald Ave. (Exit 55) ramp.


West Covina Pkwy. NB at and onto the I-10 ramp at Exit 34.


Approaching the I-5 junction, where a spur of the San Bernardino Freeway continues to meet US 101. That spur is technically part of I-10, but the trouble is, there's no way in either direction to connect to the rest of I-10 thanks to missing ramps at the East Los Angeles Interchange (where 5, 10, and 101 meet CA 60). This is why I-10 is signed along I-5. I wondered what the I-10 patch was about, but the second photo seems to answer it - there was no shield at all on the sign originally. That seems like a poor explanation to me, too, so I'm hoping I'm wrong.


This truck pertains to Exit 15B, Alameda St. Normally, you would see a truck with a "T" inside to signify a truck-friendly route. The "S" on this older sign threw me for a loop. Turns out an "S" sign means "you can go up to 1 mile off this exit to find any services you need, but that's it."


The first sign has another wide I-10 shield and shows one of the first new California signs in a generation. The issue is that this immediately predated exit numbering coming to the state, so there's no room at all on the right sign, and for whatever reason, Caltrans doesn't do exit number plaques on top. They insist on the exit number being somewhere inside the sign (generally the upper right corner, but it's California, so it comes wherever they please), and there's not even room for that. I guess, again, this being California, it will never get a number until it's replaced, and then they'll forget and copy it exactly and have the same problem once more. The last two photos are left and right on the same gantry, showing off some very old VMS.


These signs follow the C-D road that will eventually become Exit 12; the 2nd and I think 3rd photos are for the Hoover St. exit ramp (the 3rd photo's sign is visible from the C-D road also, which is unhelpful) and the last is on the Vermont Ave. ramp. Both Hoover St. and Vermont Ave. are signed with the exact same number, and so "VERMONT EXIT" (from the advance signage) is sadly still the best way to specify one over the other. Hey, CalTrans, exit numbers would be a way to make this easier! In a sign for how much respect California has for exit numbers, they plastered a narrow detour shield right on top of the gore sign. Hey, who uses them anyway? No one in the last 60 years.


Most of the button copy has disappeared along western I-10, leaving isolated scraps of advance signs for individual exits. I took the last photo for the narrow shield, but it also shows you silly Caltrans exit plaque policy. Is it that hard to remove the rest of the sign around the exit tab? There's no argument that can be made for wind loading, material usage, etc. that isn't equally valid while following the standards of the other 49 states.


The last photo is on the Exit 1C ramp. I couldn't have said that a couple of years ago.


Modern-day Exit 1A, end of the line. CA 1 joins here and the two routes continue through the McClure Tunnel before the freeway and Interstate end.

Over to I-10 eastbound
Onto Holt Blvd., former Business I-10 Pomona-Ontario
Back to I-10 main page

Onto I-15
Onto US 101
Onto I-110
Onto CA 110
Exit 12 to Vermont Avenue
Exit 3 to I-405
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