This page contains photos of humourous, old, or otherwise interesting signs in and around Louisville, KY. Select the thumbnail images you see in this page to view larger versions. Currently, all the photos were taken with a cheap-oh $12.99 Kodak Star 110 camera. Perhaps I'll learn to take better photos, but these are good enough in my opinion. For now.
You can see plenty of other Kentucky sign photos on H. B. Elkins' web site in his Road Sign Pictures Pages.
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This great old sign, located at the corner of 29th and Montgomery Streets in Louisville, directed travelers coming from 29th Street southbound to take a right to Montgomery Street westbound to get to the old K&I Toll Bridge, which carried US 31W traffic at the time. The toll bridge was closed to automobile traffic sometime in the 1970s, and US 31W's alignment has been moved since then. This photo was taken early May 1998, and this sign still stands as of June. |
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These signs are located at the Louisville entrance to the northbound lane of the K&I Toll Bridge, right before the big yellow gate. I had to move some weeds out of the way to take this one. The flash was used to take this picture; some of the reflective buttons on the arrow apparently still work very well. And yes, they still stand today as well. |
Oh my oh the Ohio
It's a mighty mighty river to cross
Oh my oh the Ohio
Ten cents is all that it cost
-- Louisville's own prolific songwriter, Tim Krekel
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At first glance there appears to be nothing special about this sign assembly, nor of any of the other signs at this corner that are shown here. This one is on nortbound 22nd Street in Louisville, before its intersection with Portland Avenue. It tells westbound US 150 traffic on this road that it will turn left onto Portland Avenue, which is parallel with I-64. I must apologise because this picture isn't that great; it's actually a small portion of the ``wide-shot'' photo known as Exhibit D that you'll see later on this page. The (amateur) photographer had his hand in the way when he took what would have been a much better photo; mayhaps he will try it again. :) |
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Right after you turn onto Portland Avenue, you'll see this sign. You'll see a few more US 150 signs along Portland Avenue and Bank Street west of 22nd. These two opposing one-way streets parallel the real alignment of US 150, which shares traffic with I-64 west of 22nd Street. |
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On northbound 22nd past Portland, you will see this sign, indicating that westbound US 150 merges with westbound I-64. This conflicts with the signs of Exhibit A, which told westbound US 150 traffic to left onto Portland just before this sign. This sign, and the one from Exhibit A, are also shown in the ``wide-shot'' photo below: |
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Of course, what collection of pictures of highway signs is complete without a wrong-way multiplex (i.e., that of roads in opposite directions)? :) This assembly is located on northbound Dr. W. J. Hodge Street (a.k.a. 21st Street) in Louisvile, just north of Broadway. EAST US 60 and WEST US 150 are merged with NORTH US 31W. |
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In an attempt to make the bicycle look like a motorcycle, the ``R'' in ``BIKER'', as well as the ``spokes'' on the wheels and the things near the bike pedals, were drawn using some kind of white marker. This photo was taken with the flash on because the sun was setting at the time; perhaps it should have been taken at 10:00 in the morning when the sunlight hits this sign. The fact that the writing instrument used is not reflective certainly explains why some of the graphics on the sign look dark. The reflectivity of other graphics on the sign appears to have been faded. If you see this sign in real life, all the ``dark'' parts are actually white, some faded more than others. Perhaps this will be replaced by a better photo someday. |
