Blue vs. Green motorway signs

[ChrisH]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to put together a map of Europe (to start with) showing what colour your motorways are signed with. For example, in the UK motorway signs are blue, but in Switzerland they are green.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/4421/coloursku0.png

Please help with your country! Thanks.

UPDATE MAY 2007:

Here is the latest (world) map. Contributions are still welcome!

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7928/worldvm7.png

[cartez]

In australia they are green

[ro34]

In Chile are blue

[HD]

aparently scandinavia has green signs

http://grenzen.150m.com/autoweg.htm

[FREKI]

Denmark has both.... Green is long distance information and blue is nearby information...


If you dig in the details I think the green colour is used only on the E ( Europe ) roads... but I'm not completely sure...

[lopt]

Canada= Green

[kokpit]

As for Czechia, both Motorways and Expressways have green signs, but number of Motorway is in red box while number of Expressway is in blue box.

Motorway
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d1f1/slides/d1f69.jpg

Expressway
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/r48f3/slides/r48f12.jpg

[Nephasto]

You can paint Portugal in blue too.
It's just like in Spain or France.

[mlm]

If you dig in the details I think the green colour is used only on the E ( Europe ) roads... but I'm not completely sure...Nope, green is also used for "normal" motorways here in Denmark, the new one here in Herning are filled with green signs, although it's not an "E" motorway. Blue signs only seems to appear at exits that doesn't lead to another motorway.

To sum up, normal motorway signs in Denmark are green. :)

[solbyair]

In Sweden, sings are green. Exit sigs are blue, though, unless it is a motorway junction.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sv/5/56/Upplysning_f%C3%B6r_avfart2.gif

Serbian motorway signs are blue too

[hkskyline]

Canada= Green

A number of signs on the 401 through Toronto are blue though. I don't think there's a standard colour. I prefer blue. They're more pleasing to the eye.

[WANCH]

Here's how I look at it. All US highways use green signs. Most European highways use blue.

In Asia it's a combination. Green signs are used for highways while blue are used for main roads.

HK

Highways

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/hk-sign5-grn-stand.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/hk-sign6-green.jpg

Main roads

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/hk-sign2.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/hk-roadsign.jpg

[WANCH]

As for US highways, all of them use green signs and have a similar font

Here's one I took in NJ

http://www.pbase.com/wanchtography/image/72876541/original.jpg

[GENIUS LOCI]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to put together a map of Europe (to start with) showing what colour your motorways are signed with. For example, in the UK motorway signs are blue, but in Switzerland they are green.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/4421/coloursku0.png

Please help with your country! Thanks.I never understood why EU (at least) doesn't take a decision to have a homogeneous color in whole Europe
Travelling by car across different states is nowadays very common and to have too different signals creates only confusion in drivers

[thainotts]

In Thailand, the majority of signs are green, except for expressway entrances

[Nephasto]

We are discussing only the colour of the sing in freeways!

You don't need to tell that in your country there are various colours, and that x is used on freeways and y on regular roads.
That happens everywhere... we are just talking about the colours of the signs on freeways... main signs... not exit signs, that can have another colour.

[hkskyline]

Hong Kong
These are highways, and have blue signs.

http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p337007
http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p337003
http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p314003

There isn't a particular standard as to what colours are used. It's either green or blue. However, what is clear is that the main highway areas such as Cross-Harbour Tunnel, which most Hong Kongers have likely passed through before, use blue backgrounds.

[Cicerón]

Although in Spain all motorway signs are blue, in those which are also European routes there are a little green sign too.

Motorway (European route):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/A-1.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Tabliczka_E5.svg/210px-Tabliczka_E5.svg.png


Motorway (not an European route):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/A-12Spain.png

[ChrisZwolle]

Serbia (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/ppstevan/Diverse/infrastructure%20sava%20danube/s_21.jpg) green signs
Hungary (http://www.policedogs.info/andere/hong/DSCN2300.JPG) uses blue
Croatian motorways have green signs, and the ones in Greece too.

Bulgaria (http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3650/dsc02351xh3.jpg) uses both.

Bosnia (http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/7665/75829slika102small493loba0.jpg) uses Green.

Cyprus uses Green (http://www.autobahnen.ch/images/forum/t230_pict0346_3.jpg)

Finland (http://torsti.pp.fi/motorway/01/01%2036%20Vihti%20Kivistontie%20W.jpg) = green

[Frog]

Is there any country that doesn't use blue or green?

[ZZ-II]

i like the blue color much more than the green

[Kampflamm]

The Dutch use the same font as the Americans.

[Accura4Matalan]

Is there any country that doesn't use blue or green?

I suppose that you could include the signs on the transeuropean E-routes which are purple. Although strictly, the EU isnt a country.

[ChrisH]

Thanks everyone for your help! The map now looks like this:

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~cjh304/stuff/colours.PNG

Any further info on eastern Europe would be much appreciated :)

[Nephasto]

Some examples (all blue):

Portugal:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/DSCN1094.jpg

Spain:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/DSCN4051.jpg

Germany:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/D%20-%20A-9/DSCN2327.jpg

[WANCH]

Is there any country that doesn't use blue or green?

I heard Peru uses white

[WANCH]

Hong Kong
These are highways, and have blue signs.

http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p337007
http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p337003
http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p314003

There isn't a particular standard as to what colours are used. It's either green or blue. However, what is clear is that the main highway areas such as Cross-Harbour Tunnel, which most Hong Kongers have likely passed through before, use blue backgrounds.

I think green is the standard colour used for main highways or expressways such as the one heading to Lantau.

[Sinjin P.]

Green since they blend with the environment. ;)

[WANCH]

I prefer blue since you won't get colourblind with the greenery surrounding the highway :D

[WANCH]

the world highway capital uses green :D

http://members.cox.net/mkpl/pasadena/110-101signs-2000.jpg

[Sinjin P.]

I prefer blue since you won't get colourblind with the greenery surrounding the highway :D

Yeah, it may be one of the advantages of blue signs, because it sticks out like a sore thumb that even the drunk can notice ;)

[WANCH]

Yeah, it may be one of the advantages of blue signs, because it sticks out like a sore thumb that even the drunk can notice ;)

Green sign can work on urban highways. Anyway, in The Philippines, they mostly use green signs though there are places that use blue like Baguio.

[hkskyline]

I think green is the standard colour used for main highways or expressways such as the one heading to Lantau.

No. The blue signs shown in those photos were from expressways that are part of the HK highway network.

[hkskyline]

Notice these New York signs are green :

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060909/IMG_3246.jpg

The UK's signage code :

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/signs_index.htm

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/images/signs136.gif

[Verso]

1. For the beginning we're interested in Europe.;)
2. We don't care, if you like green or blue.;)

3. European countries that use green color: Russia, Turkey, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, I think also Norway, but I'm not sure.
4. Blue color: Belarus.

[ChrisZwolle]

many arab countries use blue, and is similar to the German system (font, arrows, numbers etc) at least Iraq, UAE, Iran, Egypt, South Africa.

[ChrisZwolle]

Russia uses multiple colours:

sign says:
Kolomenskij pr.
pr-t. Andropova

Kashinskoe sh
Vavshavskoe sh
Centr
http://foto-moscow.ru/img/fl657234840.jpg

old picture sign says; Moskva (Moscow), Domodedovo
http://home.hccnet.nl/r.walhout/rusM4.jpg

blue is used too;
sign says;
Aeroport
Domodedovo

Rostov-na-Donu
Volgograd
Voronezh
Kashira
http://www.geocities.com/marcelmonterie_rus/M4g.jpg

another sign;
says:
Yaroslavl
Uglich
Kaljazin

http://www.geocities.com/marcelmonterie_rus/M8a.jpg

exit to Kazan, blue
http://www.rosavtodor.ru/doc/fotogalery/47_b.jpg

near St. Petersburg
sign says (top): Kronshstadt (sounds German)

near Moscow:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/pulkovo/Sankt-Peterburg-Ring.jpg

[Verso]

^^ Russian FREEWAYS are only GREEN, man!:bash: What's with blue, isn't freeway! And that road with white signs is in a CITY, and is not freeway.


Btw, also Albania uses blue on its freeways.

P.S.: Is there any freeway in Montenegro?

[Nephasto]

^^ Exactly!
Russia is green!

We don't care they they use multiple colours for diferente roads... that happens everywhere... here in Portugal we have signs in White, Green and Blue... But what is being discussed in this thread is the COLOUR OF THE FREEWAY SIGNS!

Not the normal road signs... not the colour of the exit signs on the freeways, but just the colour of the main freeway signs , so please avoid saying that in the X country there are zillions of colours for road signs....
We are only discussing the colour of the main signs of freeways.

[coth]

They are all for motorways. Russia uses three colors - green, blue and white. Order and condition is defined by the GOST 10807-78. (section 3)

main are green and white (roads within city boundaries, including motorways). blue signes on motorways contain information about directions (exits) to non motorways. plus there are some more conditions.

[Dominican2dacore]

As for US highways, all of them use green signs and have a similar font

Here's one I took in NJ

http://www.pbase.com/wanchtography/image/72876541/original.jpg

OMG this picture was taken in my hometown (elizabeth, NJ). Right before 1&9 turns into an expressway and by the airport. This must've been taken over the summer because the trees still look green and the construction is still going on.

[eomer]

As for US highways, all of them use green signs and have a similar font

It's not exact: In USA and Canada, all signs are green on all roads.
But Motorways (Interstates) use small signs that are blue.
http://www.jimwegryn.com/Names/InterstateSign.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/A-20.png
IMHO, both USA and Canada should be painted in blue.

Belgium is a bit strange: signs are blue on motorway, white and yellow on normally roads but green on normally roads if a motorway is concerned.
IMHO, Belgium should be painted in blue and green.

[WANCH]

OMG this picture was taken in my hometown (elizabeth, NJ). Right before 1&9 turns into an expressway and by the airport. This must've been taken over the summer because the trees still look green and the construction is still going on.

I was taken in June during my NY trip. I stayed in Woodbridge, NJ. but spend my entire day in NYC.

Eomer I'm talking about highway markings or signs that tell where the road leads to ;)

[WANCH]

In Thailand, the majority of signs are green, except for expressway entrances

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-kmpost.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-distsign.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-bangkok-bgs.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-route4.jpg

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-intsign.jpg

[hkth]

AAMOF, HK also uses white signs, mainly used for the places or streets within the same district.

[WANCH]

AAMOF, HK also uses white signs, mainly used for the places or streets within the same district.

Yes they do such as the ones in Causeway Bay near Victoria Park ;)

[Verso]

They are all for motorways. Russia uses three colors - green, blue and white. Order and condition is defined by the GOST 10807-78. (section 3)

main are green and white (roads within city boundaries, including motorways). blue signes on motorways contain information about directions (exits) to non motorways. plus there are some more conditions.

Which 'city motorways' exactly are you talking about? MKAD for example? But MKAD isn't true motorway/freeway, but expressway/fast road/road reserved for motor vehicles, with a speed limit of 100 km/h.:)

[coth]

MKAD, 3TK, 4TK etc.

yes they are motorways. no matter what is speed limit (which is fictitious on MKAD).

[mirza-sm]

Bosnia & Herzegovina

In Bosnia we kinda use both.. not only green as someone mentioned earlier :)

here r some examples...
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/Bosanska%20Krajina/autoput1.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/Bosanska%20Krajina/autoput2.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/Bosanska%20Krajina/autoput3.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/Bosanska%20Krajina/autoput4.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/Bosanska%20Krajina/autoput5.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/Bosanska%20Krajina/autoput6.jpg

[Verso]

MKAD, 3TK, 4TK etc.

yes they are motorways. no matter what is speed limit (which is fictitious on MKAD).

We're talking about this:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

NOT this:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


And here (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/42142/russian_style_driving/) (on MKAD - the Moscow bypass) we can see in the 107th second that it's the last sign.

[Verso]

Bosnia & Herzegovina

In Bosnia we kinda use both.. not only green as someone mentioned earlier :)

But blue is used only on expressways ('brza cesta' in Bosnian), like Banja Luka - Klašnice, right? On freeways (autocesta/autoput) only green, as far as I know.

[mirza-sm]

But blue is used only on expressways ('brza cesta' in Bosnian), like Banja Luka - Klašnice, right? On freeways (autocesta/autoput) only green, as far as I know.

lol i dunno i gues... yea there r only blue ones on Banja Luka - Klašnice...
i guess ure right after all ;)

[Verso]

^ :P


Btw, Nephasto, just one question for you (completely off-topic, hehe): where did you go from Budapest to Venice last year? =)

[Maxx☢Power]

Norway uses blue signs on motorways. I think it's basically a copy of the German system; we have black on yellow for most other, "normal" road signs, and black on white for local signs.

http://www.skuterud.no/images/Kj%F8rebeskrivelse/Av%20motorvei,%20innkj%F8rsl%20500.JPG

[coth]

We're talking about this:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

NOT this:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


And here (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/42142/russian_style_driving/) (on MKAD - the Moscow bypass) we can see in the 107th second that it's the last sign.

this is sign #5.3 of Russia's rules - "Road for cars only".
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg

according to rule 16.3. Condition of this section (16. Motorways) is also relates to roads with the sign #5.3


MKAD shots. yes it's motorway.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9359/img0016mt8.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5183/img0029oo4.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/pulkovo/mkad.jpg
http://img-2005-04.photosight.ru/21/832201.jpg

[aussiescraperman]

^^ ah good times....i've sat on mkad for hours on the free bhus to MEGA:P when will be the next upgrade for mkad?...off topic

[ChrisH]

Updated map, thanks everyone:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/948/coloursxs8.png

I assumed that Montenegro won't have changed their rules since they became independent from Serbia!

Just missing a few countries now... any more info would be great :)

[Nephasto]

MKAD shots. yes it's motorway.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/pulkovo/mkad.jpg

This photo in particular clearly shows that it doesn't have motorway standards.

[Nephasto]

^ :P


Btw, Nephasto, just one question for you (completely off-topic, hehe): where did you go from Budapest to Venice last year? =)


Hi! :D
You remembered that! Hehe!

I went from Budapest to Italy through Austria. I took the Hungarian M1 to the Austrian border, then a bit of austrian A$ motorway and I exited to get the austrian road 50, and then I took the A2 all to way to the Italian border(near Villach).
I have many photo's of the that jouney.

[coth]

This photo in particular clearly shows that it doesn't have motorway standards.
i wonder what

[Kampflamm]

Looks more like an American Parkway.

[coth]

i'd rarther say this looks like typical moscow fast street
http://www.skuterud.no/images/Kj%F8rebeskrivelse/Av%20motorvei,%20innkj%F8rsl%20500.JPG

[hkskyline]

Yes they do such as the ones in Causeway Bay near Victoria Park ;)

All street name signs are white background with black text. They're manufactured in the prisons.

[hkskyline]

Blue signs in Canada :
http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20041114/DSCN3692.jpg

[delahaye]

i wonder what

well, this road doesnt have a slip road for example. look how the gas station is situated - and connected to that road - that's not how motorways are built.

it's not a motorway, it's just a fast road/express road. motorways have a controlled access - this is cleary not the case here!

[www.sercan.de]

1. For the beginning we're interested in Europe.;)
2. We don't care, if you like green or blue.;)

3. European countries that use green color: Russia, Turkey, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, I think also Norway, but I'm not sure.
4. Blue color: Belarus.

yes
Turkey is green
http://www.dogusinsaat.com.tr/resimler/b_0018904.jpg

but you have to pay for it

[delahaye]

i'd rarther say this looks like typical moscow fast street
http://www.skuterud.no/images/Kj%F8rebeskrivelse/Av%20motorvei,%20innkj%F8rsl%20500.JPG

you clearly have no idea what a motorway is.

this road has everything a motorway needs. it is divided, has limited access and slip roads. in some countries like germany a road like this could be treated like a fast road, but only if the lanes are more narrow - many motorways look exactly like fast roads - there is only a difference in width...(and I dont mean number of lanes!)

[coth]

well, this road doesnt have a slip road for example. look how the gas station is situated - and connected to that road - that's not how motorways are built.

it's not a motorway, it's just a fast road/express road. motorways have a controlled access - this is cleary not the case here!
controlled access is just financial option used in some countries. it's not necessary and it's not used in russia at all. there is no any one tollbooth in russia. petrol station is located behind of safe line. it's enough, considering moscow's necessity.

[Minato ku]

controlled access is just financial option used in some countries. it's not necessary and it's not used in russia at all. there is no any one tollbooth in russia. petrol station is located behind of safe line. it's enough, considering moscow's necessity.

In western european countries It is necessary
Germany France Italy Switzerland U.K Spain Austria Portugal Belgium Netherlands Denmark Sweden Irland Poland etc...

[coth]

access is limited by road rules, not by tollbooths.

[Minato ku]

In France

Blue sign

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Autoroute_a4.jpg/450px-Autoroute_a4.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/French_A1.jpg

[Verso]

access is limited by road rules, not by tollbooths.

Who said anything about tollbooths?:nuts:


Btw, does anyone know what in France green signs are used for (like for "Saint Maur" in the 71st post)?

[cal_t]

Is there any country that doesn't use blue or green?

In Melbourne, tollways are Orange and Blue.
http://members.fortunecity.com/josh4/freewayvic/signs/31_sign_02.jpg

Freeway signs are in Green.
http://www.hobbiesplus.com.au/signspotters/BGS1.jpg

Gantry version of Freeway
http://www.hobbiesplus.com.au/signspotters/BGS3.jpg

Information not related to directions such as merging traffic or emergency stopping lane info are in white.

[Verso]

^^ EUROPE, PLEASE!!!:bash: Other continents will come later!

[Minato ku]

obviously
Austrialian freeway will be concidered at motorway in western europe

the lanes driving in the opposite direction are separated by at least a crash barrier which is designed to resist the oblique impact of a car at up to 180 km/h

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoroutes_of_France

Who said anything about tollbooths?:nuts:


Btw, does anyone know why in France green signs are used for (like for "Saint Maur" in the 71st post)?

It is for National highway (not all are expressway)

http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/4_Alpes/N_87/N87-007-Ech7-Echirolles-A-20040229.JPG
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/6_Sud_Ouest/N%2010%20Alex/N10-058-Ruffigny-B-2005-ALT.jpg
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/6_Sud_Ouest/N%2010%20Alex/N10-046-Aire_des_Maisons-Blanches-B-2005-ALT.jpg
http://www.alpes-maritimes.equipement.gouv.fr/06_EspacePresse/RN7/dossierpresse/images/rn7.jpg

and white sign are for local exit

[elkram]

Canada= Green
Canada≠Green.

Canada=Green & Blue

[Verso]

Btw, just for information; in Italy they use both freeway signs, green and blue:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

and this one too:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

but freeways, designated with the green freeway sign, are better, and you can drive on them faster: 130 km/h on 'green freeways' (on some 6-lane freeways 150 km/h), whereas on 'blue freeways' the speed limit is only 110 km/h; so we can generally say 'green' for Italy, besides, there's much more 'green freeways' than the 'blue ones'.

[Iggui]

Blue signs are better I think. Chilean highways use blue signs that resemble ones from western European highways, but there are also green signs, but these are used mostly for secondary roads (not the big freeways).

Here are some Blue highway signs from Chile:

http://www.terra.cl/images/Dic2004/F405045_DSC_0214.jpg

http://www.terra.cl/images/Dic2004/F405045_DSC_0111.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2326/apcentral85xn.jpg

http://www.terra.cl/images/Dic2004/F405045_DSC_0113.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5207/auto280lx.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2411/apcentral57vo.jpg

http://www.terra.cl/images/Dic2004/F405045_DSC_0145.jpg

[Verso]

It is for National highway (not all are expressway)

Yes, actually by now I've seen them only on ordinary 2-lane roads. Thanks for the answer!


Btw, I say ban those who fill us (spam) with non-European stuff!:D

[Minato ku]

In Italy blue sign are used for national highway
and Green sign for motorway

exactly the reverse of France :)

[Verso]

Hi! :D
You remembered that! Hehe!

I went from Budapest to Italy through Austria. I took the Hungarian M1 to the Austrian border, then a bit of austrian A$ motorway and I exited to get the austrian road 50, and then I took the A2 all to way to the Italian border(near Villach).
I have many photo's of the that jouney.

Hehe, you chose the right option, I mean the fastest one. You took the Austrian A$ motorway?:crazy: I know you have to pay for them, I just didn't know that in dollars!:D (I believe you meant A4;)) So you went via Eisenstadt and took S31 and S4 to get to A2; good option.
Just FYI: the Zagreb - Ljubljana motorway is now ok!:nocrook: Besides, in the upcoming weeks they are gonna open the motorway by the Slovenian-Hungarian border.:) Ok, no more off-topic, hehe.

[Nephasto]

^^Yes, that's exactly what I did. And yes, I meant A4. :D
They are going to open the motorway by the Slovenian-Hungarian border? I guess that would be a streatch of motorway between Maribor (or close to it) and the border, right? That's good news! :okay:

[Verso]

^^ Yes, between Maribor and the border, but BY the border, so from the border "into" Slovenia (just 10 km though).

[Nephasto]

yes
Turkey is green
http://www.dogusinsaat.com.tr/resimler/b_0018904.jpg

but you have to pay for it

That looks like an excelent motorway, but what really strickes me is the size of the toll both's area. Only 4 cabins. It's the smallests trunk tool both I've ever seen.
Anyway, I guess the motorway won't have to much traffic in the first years, and then they will add more cabins if needed.

In Melbourne, tollways are Orange and Blue.
http://members.fortunecity.com/josh4/freewayvic/signs/31_sign_02.jpg

Freeway signs are in Green.
http://www.hobbiesplus.com.au/signspotters/BGS1.jpg

Gantry version of Freeway
http://www.hobbiesplus.com.au/signspotters/BGS3.jpg

Information not related to directions such as merging traffic or emergency stopping lane info are in white.

What we are discussing is the colour of the signs, and that would be green for Australia


^^ EUROPE, PLEASE!!!:bash: Other continents will come later!

Easy man! :cheers:
The tittle is "Blue vs. Green motorway signs". It doesn't say anything about being only about europe, although the threat started has posted an european map to start with.

controlled access is just financial option used in some countries. it's not necessary and it's not used in russia at all. there is no any one tollbooth in russia. petrol station is located behind of safe line. it's enough, considering moscow's necessity.

For a proper motorway, controlled access is compulsory, not an option. Not for an expressway though.


Btw, just for information; in Italy they use both freeway signs, green and blue:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

and this one too:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

but freeways, designated with the green freeway sign, are better, and you can drive on them faster: 130 km/h on 'green freeways' (on some 6-lane freeways 150 km/h), whereas on 'blue freeways' the speed limit is only 110 km/h; so we can generally say 'green' for Italy, besides, there's much more 'green freeways' than the 'blue ones'.


I didn't knew about that! It's funny! :D

I heve to try one of those blue italian motorways!

[Verso]

^ Hehe; I believe one of them is between Florence and Siena (R0 (also RA03)); don't know for any other. But watch out, no more than 110 km/h!:D

[Verso]

Easy man! :cheers:
The tittle is "Blue vs. Green motorway signs". It doesn't say anything about being only about europe, although the threat started has posted an european map to start with.

Hehe, ok!:D Then let's move to Canada.:D Isn't green in Quebec and blue in the rest of Canada?

[coth]

For a proper motorway, controlled access is compulsory, not an option. Not for an expressway though.
Section 16 of Russian rules define that access and traffic rules on motorways. It's applying on roads with sign #5.3.

[Verso]

^^ Coth, let's just leave the decision to chrishillcoat (the starter of the thread), if (s)he's interested in this sign:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

or this:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

or both of them.

[elkram]

Isn't green in Quebec and blue in the rest of Canada?
Both colours on Québec autoroutes -- I think the blue-coloured ones stem from decades ago when there use to be toll plazas on some autoroutes here -- I see from somebody else's photo posted in this thread that a Toronto-area toll route has a blue one.

[Kampflamm]

I'd just like to say...A3 RULES!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bundesautobahn_3_number.svg/200px-Bundesautobahn_3_number.svg.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/BAB3_Koelner_Ring.jpg/800px-BAB3_Koelner_Ring.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bundesautobahn_3_map.png/444px-Bundesautobahn_3_map.png

[coth]

^^ Coth, let's just leave the decision to chrishillcoat (the starter of the thread), if (s)he's interested in this sign:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

or this:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

or both of them.
verso. second sign does not relates to defining of type of the road. it just says that this road is for cars.

[kokpit]

Blue signs look somehow rusty to me, on the contrary, green signs are very sexy :yes:

[Verso]

It's not too much to list those (European) countries that don't have motorways/freeways at all, so you don't have to bother with them, hehe: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Liechtenstein, I think Montenegro and Moldova (not sure), Iceland, Latvia (although they have 4-lane expressways), don't know for Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Ukraine has many 4-lane expressways, but I think also a few motorways/freeways (and I think the color of signs on them is blue, but I'm not sure).

[edolen1]

Btw, just for information; in Italy they use both freeway signs, green and blue:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

and this one too:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

but freeways, designated with the green freeway sign, are better, and you can drive on them faster: 130 km/h on 'green freeways' (on some 6-lane freeways 150 km/h), whereas on 'blue freeways' the speed limit is only 110 km/h; so we can generally say 'green' for Italy, besides, there's much more 'green freeways' than the 'blue ones'.

Verso, I have never seen the last car sign in Italy. As far as I know they have the blue motorway sign for the same thing we use the blue car sign.

Expressways instead of motorways, basically motorways meant for lower-volume routes, narrower, usually no emergency lane, steeper gradients, sharper turns and the speed limit is 110 kmh instead of 130 kmh (in Italy) and 100 kmh in Slovenia. They are still limited-access, though.

[Verso]

Verso, I have never seen the last car sign in Italy.

Between Bormio and Tirano (it's 2-laned).:cheers:

[edolen1]

Interesting. Cuz when entering Italy the speed limit for roads with that last sign aren't showed (just green motorway sign, blue motorway sign, inside and outside urban areas)..

[Verso]

^ Yes; I don't know what the speed limit there is, because it wasn't shown by the sign itself, but it can't be less than 90 km/h, as it's the general speed limit on roads, outside built-up areas.

[Minato ku]

It's not too much to list those (European) countries that don't have motorways/freeways at all, so you don't have to bother with them, hehe: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Liechtenstein, I think Montenegro and Moldova (not sure), Iceland, Latvia (although they have 4-lane expressways), don't know for Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Ukraine has many 4-lane expressways, but I think also a few motorways/freeways (and I think the color of signs on them is blue, but I'm not sure).

Monaco is served by the French motorway system

[eomer]

It's not too much to list those (European) countries that don't have motorways/freeways at all, so you don't have to bother with them, hehe: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Liechtenstein,
Monaco got 2 km (a tunnel with toll): in blue
Ukraine is green

[Verso]

It's not too much to list those (European) countries that don't have motorways/freeways at all, so you don't have to bother with them, hehe: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Liechtenstein, I think Montenegro and Moldova (not sure), Iceland, Latvia (although they have 4-lane expressways), don't know for Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Ukraine has many 4-lane expressways, but I think also a few motorways/freeways (and I think the color of signs on them is blue, but I'm not sure).

I forgot Malta; it doesn't have any freeway either.

[www.sercan.de]

That looks like an excelent motorway, but what really strickes me is the size of the toll both's area. Only 4 cabins. It's the smallests trunk tool both I've ever seen.
Anyway, I guess the motorway won't have to much traffic in the first years, and then they will add more cabins if needed.



i think because it is drive out a near a samll city


the big cities have bigger ones

(Istanbul FSM Bridge has got 22 lines)

[ChrisZwolle]

Moldova doesn't have motorways. Kazakhstan does have some, it is one of the fastest growing economies of the world, and they are building a motorway from Almaty to Astana. Since Kazakhstan is partially in Europe, you can include this country too ;)

[Verso]

^^ But we still don't know the color; do you have any pictures, btw?

Monaco got 2 km (a tunnel with toll): in blue
Ukraine is greenAny pix?

[ChrisH]

^^ Coth, let's just leave the decision to chrishillcoat (the starter of the thread), if (s)he's interested in this sign:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

or this:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

or both of them.

Only the first. Otherwise it gets too complicated! :lol:

[Nephasto]

Since Kazakhstan is partially in Europe, you can include this country too ;)

What?!?

Europe ends in the Urals and in the Caucasus. Kazakhstan is all in Asia.

[Verso]

^^
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8735/evropass7.png (http://imageshack.us)

But let's not have a debate about what's Europe and what isn't. We need all countries in the world in this thread anyway.

[Rebasepoiss]

There is a problem with Estonia. You see, it doesn't have any motorways :lol: so I think you can leave Estonia unpainted on the map.

[LtBk]

Japan uses blue signs for surface streets and highways, green signs for their expressways.

[ChrisZwolle]

What?!?

Europe ends in the Urals and in the Caucasus. Kazakhstan is all in Asia.

The Ural river is the border between Europe and Asia, south of the Ural Mountains. That leaves a piece of Kazakhstan about the size of Portugal in Europe. :)

[ChrisZwolle]

There is a problem with Estonia. You see, it doesn't have any motorways :lol: so I think you can leave Estonia unpainted on the map.

Are you sure? This pic looks like a motorway:

http://static.flickr.com/47/148314500_6dbafe52cd.jpg

[Nephasto]

The Ural river is the border between Europe and Asia, south of the Ural Mountains. That leaves a piece of Kazakhstan about the size of Portugal in Europe. :)

I thought it was the ural mountains, not the river.
But the caucasus mountains are border too, right? Or do you consider that Armenia and Azerbeijan for example are in Europe too??

[ChrisZwolle]

I thought it was the ural mountains, not the river.
But the caucasus mountains are border too, right? Or do you consider that Armenia and Azerbeijan for example are in Europe too??

Well, the Urals are the border actually, but they don't extend that much to the south (Caspian Sea), so south of the Urals, the Ural river takes over the border :)

Well, i think, the Caucasus mountain range is the border between Europe and Asia, but sometimes, countries like Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan are included too. But i think it is culturally surely not Europe, however, these countries are quite connected to Europe politically, especially Turkey and Georgia. For instance, European organizations like the OSCE are working in these countries.

As you can see, on that map posted above, Europe is much bigger as many people think. They think, that behind (east) of Moscow, Europe stops. But there is still a distance like Amsterdam - Madrid behind Moscow. Russia is so huge...

[Verso]

I found Romania!:banana: And it's green.:cheers:

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1696/romunijako1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://forum.autosnelwegen.nl/viewtopic.php?t=5750

What an asphalt!:lol:

[ChrisZwolle]

lol, i couldn't find pics of Romanian signs, and now they are found on my "home" forum :)

Romanian roads seems to be amongst the worst of Europe. Even in Ukraine or Russia, they have better roads.

[Verso]

Are you sure? This pic looks like a motorway:

http://static.flickr.com/47/148314500_6dbafe52cd.jpg

I see you took this here (http://forum.autosnelwegen.nl/viewtopic.php?t=4230). But on the next picture:
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7540/estonijagb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
we can see that it doesn't fulfill the motorway/freeway criteria (if it's the same road, I believe it is).

[cartez]

^^ EUROPE, PLEASE!!!:bash: Other continents will come later!

what the hell is your problem? the thread title doesnt stipulate "europe only"

Here some from Melbourne, Australia

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3849/1gc6.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/990/2rh6.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3527/3kk7.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/1215/5nx1.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

maybe they have some different standards for a motorway in Estonia? I saw on maps some motorway-like roads around Tallinn. And considered the low amount of traffic, such a U-turns aren't any problem in Estonia.

In Russia, there are very much motorways/expressways without controlled acces, just because the amount of traffic is VERY low.

[Rebasepoiss]

maybe they have some different standards for a motorway in Estonia? I saw on maps some motorway-like roads around Tallinn. And considered the low amount of traffic, such a U-turns aren't any problem in Estonia.

In Russia, there are very much motorways/expressways without controlled acces, just because the amount of traffic is VERY low.
Motorway standards are the same in Estonia as in other European countries. You can call these roads motorways, but officially they're not motorways. We don't need motorways because the amount of traffic is not enough to compensate the price. But I don't know what colour would the signs be if we had motorways.

[Verso]

maybe they have some different standards for a motorway in Estonia? I saw on maps some motorway-like roads around Tallinn. And considered the low amount of traffic, such a U-turns aren't any problem in Estonia.

In Russia, there are very much motorways/expressways without controlled acces, just because the amount of traffic is VERY low.

Do you mean if they use one of these two signs:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

I doubt that, but we can ask Rebasepoiss or some other Estonian. I know they don't have such signs in Latvia, cuz when you enter it, the speed limit sign doesn't show such road. On contrary, Lithuania has such sign (and Russia too). To be honest, in areas with low traffic, I wouldn't mind such roads, they are ok, but the problem is (like in Russia) that they have real motorways too, so you can clearly say that such a road isn't a real motorway; and the problem is of course with color of the signs; in Russia green is obviously used only on real motorways, on other motorway-like roads blue is used. When Estonia was in Soviet Union, you could clearly say it didn't have real motorways, as Soviet Union did have them (south of Moscow), so you could tell, what a real motorway was and what wasn't. And what if Estonia one day gets real motorways and colors them green; it would be stupid to say that the color of motorway signs changed from blue to green. :s Actually the quality of the road is the one that changed. I say, let's leave the decision to Estonians:There is a problem with Estonia. You see, it doesn't have any motorways :lol: so I think you can leave Estonia unpainted on the map.:D

Another statement (oh, I just realized it's from the same forumer:crazy:):We actually don't have even 1km of highway in Estonia. There are some 4-line(about 100km in total) roads but these aren't highways.I believe (s)he meant 'motorway/freeway', not 'highway'.;)

[Verso]

Motorway standards are the same in Estonia as in other European countries. You can call these roads motorways, but officially they're not motorways. We don't need motorways because the amount of traffic is not enough to compensate the price. But I don't know what colour would the signs be if we had motorways.

Man, you just beat me by 8 minutes.:D

[Verso]

But I don't know what colour would the signs be if we had motorways.

That's why I also don't agree with painting Montenegro green (if it doesn't have motorways; I don't think it does). True, Montenegro seceded from Serbia (and Montenegro), but you can't say its motorway signs are painted green, if there aren't any. :s Also Estonia and Latvia seceded from the Soviet Union, but it's funny to say their motorway signs are green, when in fact there aren't any. Liechtenstein has road signs and speed limits, identical to Switzerland, but it doesn't have any motorways, so no green signs in Liechtenstein.

[ChrisZwolle]

There aren't motorways in Montenegro, but they do have some new expressways or so.

[spongeg]

in Canada its green but the airports use blue

apparently blue signs are the international standard or something

[WANCH]

in Canada its green but the airports use blue

apparently blue signs are the international standard or something

I don't think there's a standard colour. It's either green or blue. Again, if you look at the US, all their freeway marking signs are in green. They don't use blue.

[Gilgamesh]

I don't think there's a standard colour. It's either green or blue. Again, if you look at the US, all their freeway marking signs are in green. They don't use blue.

I think Blue is actually international standard for motorways, afaik few countries are actually changing from green to blue.

[wafu21m]

green is better, it doesn't stress the eyes

[FM 2258]

http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-bangkok-bgs.jpg


http://members.cox.net/mkpl3/asia/thai-intsign.jpg


What is A2, 4, 35 and 3094? Are those types of highways. If they are what types of highways are they?


In Texas there are 7 different types of highways. Interstate, U.S., State(Texas) , Farm/Ranch Roads, Spurs, Loops, and Beltways which are designated by the state.

[WANCH]

I think Blue is actually international standard for motorways, afaik few countries are actually changing from green to blue.

Blue may be the international standard but the majority of countries still use green. Besides US and Canada, most Asian countries use green for motorway signs such as Japan, China and Thailand. It's the same with Australia and some Latin American countriesl like Brazil or Mexico.

[WANCH]

All street name signs are white background with black text. They're manufactured in the prisons.

Yes all street signs in HK are white background and black text. But I'm talking about some road markings in the city use the same template instead of blue or green background.

Honestly I think HK needs to reorganizes it's highway marking colour. It would be better if they adapt the same system most Asian countries use like green on highways/expressways and blue for main roads.

[Verso]

I think Blue is actually international standard for motorways, afaik few countries are actually changing from green to blue.What kind of an international standard are you talking about?:nuts: The world's biggest countries use green: Russia, don't know for Canada (I've seen blue, but also green), USA, China, Brazil, Australia, ...

In Texas there are 7 different types of highways. Interstate, U.S., State(Texas) , Farm/Ranch Roads, Spurs, Loops, and Beltways which are designated by the state.But all types of FREEWAYS are painted green, right?

[LtBk]

I think Blue is actually international standard for motorways, afaik few countries are actually changing from green to blue.

Like what?

[WANCH]

Some Asian highway markings and yes they're green :D

Japan
http://driftingshop.com/TOKYO_UnderGround_SS_10.jpg

South Korea
http://homepage3.nifty.com/whales/kh/for_hannnam.jpg

[hkskyline]

Yes all street signs in HK are white background and black text. But I'm talking about some road markings in the city use the same template instead of blue or green background.

Honestly I think HK needs to reorganizes it's highway marking colour. It would be better if they adapt the same system most Asian countries use like green on highways/expressways and blue for main roads.

Do you know of a set standard for green or blue in Asia? In fact, as long as the signs can reflect the words to the driver, then they have achieved their purpose.

Hong Kong does not need to waste money to do such a standardization when it doesn't improve road safety.

In fact, there are even signs with yellow backgrounds in Hong Kong. They tend to appear on the side indicating lane movements, such as autopay areas at tunnel entrances / exits.

[hkskyline]

Blue may be the international standard but the majority of countries still use green. Besides US and Canada, most Asian countries use green for motorway signs such as Japan, China and Thailand. It's the same with Australia and some Latin American countriesl like Brazil or Mexico.Are you sure China uses green as a standard?

Shanghai - mix of highway and road signs

http://www.globalphotos.org/shanghai/20050930/SEPT30-S02-149.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/shanghai/20050930/SEPT30-S02-183.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/shanghai/20050930/SEPT30-S01-077.jpg

[Thorin]

In Italy motorways are in Green. There are motorways standard, toolbooth and so on. But others important roads with more than two lanes have blue signs, the difference is that there are no toolbooths.

Motorways
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/334258165_334a89b3cd.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/185278699_f790abc3ea.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/327502683_c22be5aa96.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/247816756_e0a136954f.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/235969802_5fc6b6c804.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/208036023_d5bdf9cd82.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/90751472_4cf824740e.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/64287571_1d1ee5fa4e.jpg?v=0

[ChrisZwolle]

Italy and Great Britain have by the way the worst signs in the world in my opinion. It looks too messy.

[Verso]

Are you sure China uses green as a standard?

Shanghai - mix of highway and road signs

http://www.globalphotos.org/shanghai/20050930/SEPT30-S01-077.jpgDoes this look like a freeway to you?


This is (Chinese) freeway;)http://www.hq.xinhuanet.com/boao/2003-10/31/xin_efcbcc0a32d547ff94791a05e33513df_3019.jpg:cheers:

[ChrisZwolle]

They have green on real motorways in China, but blue on expressways/wide boulevards i think.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/PRC_Expressway.jpg

The signs on Chinese expressways use white lettering on a green background, like Swiss Autobahns and U.S. freeways, but unlike freeways in Germany, France, Austria and the United Kingdom.

[hkskyline]

Does this look like a freeway to you?


This is (Chinese) freeway;):cheers:

Read the caption - mix of highway and road signs.

The ones above are from elevated highways in Shanghai.

[WANCH]

Are you sure China uses green as a standard?

Shanghai - mix of highway and road signs

Urban highways such as the one in Shanghai or Shenzhen uses blue but expressways such as the one from Shanghai to Nanjing use green

[10ROT]

I prefer Green...too used to the format.

If it wasn't said earlier (too lazy to check the whole thread), the Route 401 express lanes in Toronto use blue signs. That's the only NA example of blue signs I can think of.

[hkskyline]

I prefer Green...too used to the format.

If it wasn't said earlier (too lazy to check the whole thread), the Route 401 express lanes in Toronto use blue signs. That's the only NA example of blue signs I can think of.

I thought most of the signs on the 400-series highways through Toronto were blue? I remember seeing some green but not too often.

[10ROT]

I think you are right, I'm not very sure about it myself...haven't seen them personally in a while.

Here's a pic I found, I believe it's the local lane that has the blue signs, with green in the express.

http://www.onthighways.com/hwy_401_images/401_dv_347_EB.jpg

It's Route 401 before the intersection with 427 near the airport, I remember going down here.

[UD2]

signs with green background are meant to be used for offical expressway/freeways.

Some of the motorways in Toronto (like the 401 Collector shown on the right) have too many enter/exits points to fit the offical defination of an expressway/freeway, therefore, uses blue signs.

Highway 401 Express (left side), however, does fit the defination of a freeway and uses green signs.

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/2018/express4014pq.jpg

[Verso]

^^ So green freeway signs in the 6 world's biggest countries!:banana:

[WANCH]

I prefer Green...too used to the format.

If it wasn't said earlier (too lazy to check the whole thread), the Route 401 express lanes in Toronto use blue signs. That's the only NA example of blue signs I can think of.

I think Mexico also uses blue signs but mostly on main roads.

[hkskyline]

signs with green background are meant to be used for offical expressway/freeways.

Some of the motorways in Toronto (like the 401 Collector shown on the right) have too many enter/exits points to fit the offical defination of an expressway/freeway, therefore, uses blue signs.

Highway 401 Express (left side), however, does fit the defination of a freeway and uses green signs.

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/2018/express4014pq.jpg

But there are also a lot of frequent exits in Toronto's suburbs to the east and west along the 401, such as in Mississauga entering Toronto, which I believe is the location of this photo. It uses green signs :

http://www.pbase.com/llcoolnod/image/21104829.jpg

This makes me think whether the blue and green standard is really a standard.

[UrbanFanatic!]

Some of Mexican Signs.. It is not a standard, but most of the signs are like these:

http://members.a1.net/wabweb/images/mx_hwy4.jpg

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/2025/carestadodemex16uv.jpg

[sonysnob]

I thought most of the signs on the 400-series highways through Toronto were blue? I remember seeing some green but not too often.

All signs on the 407 across the top of the GTA are blue, I guess to defferentiate that its a toll road. I seem to recall seeing purple guide signs on a tollway in texas, does this ring true or I have I lost my mind?

http://www.onthighways.com/hwy_407-409_images/407_dv_34-5_west.jpg

Cheers.

[Onur]

Updated map, thanks everyone:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/948/coloursxs8.png

I assumed that Montenegro won't have changed their rules since they became independent from Serbia!

Just missing a few countries now... any more info would be great :)

I think you should make the map for worldwide.

[OettingerCroat]

edit nvm

[ChrisH]

Does anyone have a good blank map of the world which I can paint blue and green? Thanks :)

[Verso]

^^ http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries :D

You just have to draw a line between Serbia and Montenegro.

[Kiev30]

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Odessa_2006/DSCF0007.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Odessa_2006/DSCF0006.jpg
http://phl.com.ua/image_pub.php?filepic=gallery%2Fpict%2F265%2F265_54842_00067.jpg&typecontract=

Ukraine Highways Use Blue =)

[Verso]

^ I thought so =) but can you give us some signs with cities (destinations) on them? That would be great! :)

[Macius]

Poland is in blue team ;)

http://www.wimed.pl/newsy/089.jpg
http://www.wimed.pl/newsy/008.jpg
http://www.wimed.pl/newsy/IMG_5852.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Autostrada_A_2.jpg
http://www.autogaleria.mojeauto.pl/zdjecia/p/polskie_drogi:_slaska_autostra/722_29_polskie_dr_d.jpg
http://www.autogaleria.mojeauto.pl/zdjecia/p/polskie_drogi:_slaska_autostra/722_14_polskie_dr_d.jpg
http://www.autogaleria.mojeauto.pl/zdjecia/p/polskie_drogi:_autostrada_a2_s/724_12_polskie_dr_d.jpg

by Smar

http://images12.fotosik.pl/18/ac9b371c2de0bacc.jpg
http://images4.fotosik.pl/291/1639a2642eff943a.jpg

[jc84144]

I never understood why EU (at least) doesn't take a decision to have a homogeneous color in whole Europe
Travelling by car across different states is nowadays very common and to have too different signals creates only confusion in drivers

Well there all inderpendant countries and probably like there system. Also there are so many other changes in road laws from country to country if you was going to make the signs the same, there would still be confussion, when travverling you have to learn the highway code for the countries you will be enetering, also how would you like to spend all that money on changing thousands of signs?

[Maxx☢Power]

Well there all inderpendant countries and probably like there system. Also there are so many other changes in road laws from country to country if you was going to make the signs the same, there would still be confussion, when travverling you have to learn the highway code for the countries you will be enetering, also how would you like to spend all that money on changing thousands of signs?

I don't really think it has anything to do with "what people like".. Standardisation is about safety. Having different standards in different places opens up a lot of room for misinterpretation and misunderstanding and creates a bigger risk of accidents happening. Standards are good. Some may think standardising everything is boring, but when the alternative is more people dying I think the choice is clear. This applies to signs as well as, or should I say not the least, the rules of the road. And anyway, I don't think that many people outside of this forum are that passionate about the colour of road signs ;)

[AltinD]

Here is Dubai both are used, and I'm not able to see a patern becouse both colours are used in highways, city streets or neighbourhood roads. There are even brown colour road signs. Has anyone seen them elswhere?

[ChrisZwolle]

Brown? Do you have any pics?

[Nephasto]

There are brown signs here in Portugal too(and in other european countries too) for touristic places...
Those signs can be in the freeways for example, signaling some attraction nearby.

I'il post a photo of one when I have time.

[AltinD]

There are brown signs here in Portugal too(and in other european countries too) for touristic places...
Those signs can be in the freeways for example, signaling some attraction nearby.

Thinking of it, that seams to be the pattern for brown signs here as well.

[Fede_Milan]

Btw, just for information; in Italy they use both freeway signs, green and blue:http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

and this one too:http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8561/hcdd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

but freeways, designated with the green freeway sign, are better, and you can drive on them faster: 130 km/h on 'green freeways' (on some 6-lane freeways 150 km/h), whereas on 'blue freeways' the speed limit is only 110 km/h; so we can generally say 'green' for Italy, besides, there's much more 'green freeways' than the 'blue ones'.

Freeway signs in Italy are GREEN (autostrade). The blue signs are not used for freeways at all: they are used for expressways (superstrade) where the speed limit is 110 km/h but they are not autostrade.

[Kampflamm]

Germany also has these brown signs to point out landmarks, cities etc.

http://www.pirna.de/images/web/733_a_17_-_braunes_schild.jpg

[Minato ku]

In France motorways we have also brown sign to point our landmark or our cities exactly like Geramy

We have those signs since the middle of the 1970's in our motorway

http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/GrandGif/H13.gif

[Nephasto]

You can see one brown sign in that bunch of signs at the exit - photo taken in Portugal:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/DSCN1979.jpg


And this one here is a peculiar example, in Spain... Yellow signs for northern african people returning home (written in spanish and arabic), signaling 2 cities with ferries to northern africa(they are made for the huge number of french imigrants who go to their native country in the summer vacations):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/DSCN3576.jpg

[dallas]

Some freeway pictures from Perth (also use green)
IMG]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Frwy-dont-list.jpg[/IMG]

[dallas]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Frwy-dont-list.jpg

[dallas]

Sorry, I'll get this right in a minute! (Signs from Perth)

Freeway signs
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Kwinana-Frwy-exit-list.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Wellington-Street-signs.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Mitchell-Frwy-looking-north.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Freeway-off-ramp-lane-advis.jpg

Future freeway sign
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/50km-south-of-Mandurah.jpg

Plus a couple of suburban road signs
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Lane-advisory-for-Ellen-Sti.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Traffic-signal-change-advis.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Very-polite-truck-advisory.jpg

Blue signs are used for areas such as business parks and industrial estates
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Road-sign-on-S.jpg

[Verso]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/jasondallas/Road%20signs/Frwy-dont-list.jpg

I didn't know animals could read. Australian animals were always sth special...

[Verso]

Freeway signs in Italy are GREEN (autostrade). The blue signs are not used for freeways at all: they are used for expressways (superstrade) where the speed limit is 110 km/h but they are not autostrade.

Then Italy shouldn't abuse this sign: http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us) because it's reserved for freeways AFAIK.:tongue2: Isn't the 4-lane road between Florence and Siena (which AFAIK is equipped with the above sign) called "Raccordo Firenze - Siena", not "Superstrada"? And how many (and which) Italian roads are called "superstrada"? I just know for the "Superstrada Merano - Bolzano" (but I don't know, if it's equipped with the above sign or not). Btw, what's the English expression for "superstrada"? :P

[Nephasto]

I didn't know animals could read. Australian animals were always sth special...

:hahaha:

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of text there is on road signage in Australia and the US for example.
In Europe we use images that everybody understands and that are much easier and faster to understand than a text! Which is undoubtedly 1000x better than wrighting it all down... besides the fact that everybody understands them, unlike the text, in which you have to know the language.


Btw, what's the English expression for "superstrada"? :P

The litteral translation would be super-road.

[Fede_Milan]

Then Italy shouldn't abuse this sign: http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us) because it's reserved for freeways AFAIK.:tongue2: Isn't the 4-lane road between Florence and Siena (which AFAIK is equipped with the above sign) called "Raccordo Firenze - Siena", not "Superstrada"? And how many (and which) Italian roads are called "superstrada"? I just know for the "Superstrada Merano - Bolzano" (but I don't know, if it's equipped with the above sign or not). Btw, what's the English expression for "superstrada"? :P

This sign and only this, is used in Italy for "autostrade" (freeways or motorways, choose the english term you like most) :
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5297/zelenawa7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Honestly I never drove from Firenze to Siena but that highway with 4 lanes of traffic, a median between lanes of opposite traffic and access control is not a proper "autostrada" but a "raccordo autostradale" meaning a road connecting a city to the closest freeway (in this case Siena to A1 Milano - Napoli). Other examples of "raccordi autostradali" are the ones linking Perugia to A1 or Potenza to A3.
Aside from highways bearing the "Autostrada" designation, Italy has many four-lane roads called "superstrade"
The speed limit in "superstrade" is 110 km/h and you don't have to pay to use them while you have to pay to drive in most Italian "Autostrade". The sign for superstrade is the blue one which is NOT reserved for Italian freeways.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8933/modraackl6.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Examples of Italian "superstrade":

- SGC Firenze - Pisa - Livorno
- SS1 Livorno - Grosseto
- SS38 Merano - Bolzano (the one you mentioned)
- SS131 Cagliari - Abbasanta - Sassari - Porto Torres

I hope the difference is now clear enough.

[ADCS]

:hahaha:

In Europe we use images that everybody understands and that are much easier and faster to understand than a text! Which is undoubtedly 1000x better than wrighting it all down... besides the fact that everybody understands them, unlike the text, in which you have to know the language.
.

When 82% of the population speaks English natively (as it is in the US, probably a higher percentage in Australia), it makes sense to have text signs since there aren't nearly as many people who do not speak the same language driving through your country at one time. In the EU, image-based signs are absolutely necessary, they're not just better. In the US, much more specific information can be displayed in text than in images that could possibly be misinterpreted.

[Nephasto]

^Even for someone who speaks the language, signs with images are much easier and faster to understand, hence, they are better.

[ADCS]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8162/signs480ve.gif (http://imageshack.us)

If one had not grown up his entire life knowing that this meant "DO NOT PASS", this would be as unintelligible to him as a sign saying "DO NOT PASS" would be to someone who doesn't know a word of English.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4736/signs1116zg.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Once again, this would have very little meaning for someone raised in the American system, and might confuse them to the point of putting themselves into danger, while "Danger Cross Winds" would be perfectly apparent to anyone who knows some English (i.e. 90% of the US population, or around 270 million people)

The European system is only better if you have been raised in it and are intimately familiar with what the signs mean. If you know English, and have never seen a road sign in your life, the American text based systems would be better. That's why they all started out text-based. The US pretty much copied the image-based signs where it would be more easily understood, but kept the text where an image would not be as clear. That is simply not an option in Europe, where the international traffic demands universally understood signs. But let's not think for a moment that they are all universally understood without the reader having been educated in their meaning.

But we digress, let's see some more sexy big green/blue signs!

[Verso]

The litteral translation would be super-road.Sounds like an international expression. :P

Honestly I never drove from Firenze to Siena but that highway with 4 lanes of traffic, a median between lanes of opposite traffic and access control is not a proper "autostrada" but a "raccordo autostradale" meaning a road connecting a city to the closest freeway (in this case Siena to A1 Milano - Napoli). Other examples of "raccordi autostradali" are the ones linking Perugia to A1 or Potenza to A3.

I hope the difference is now clear enough.

Naah, I knew the difference, it's just funny to me that Italy uses both signs, green and blue.

But that's not true that all "raccordi autostradali" are equipped with the blue sign! Some of them yes, but not all, and I guess that's because "raccordo" just means "connection". One example is R37 (also RA13?) "Raccordo A4 - Trieste", which I guess isn't called A4 just because A4 runs from Turin/Torino to Trieste, and if you wanna go to the center of Trieste, you don't drive the entire bypass, at least that's what signs suggest. But that "raccordo" is certainly an "autostrada" (green sign), although on many maps not.:weird:

Another thing are "Diramazioni", which are in fact interchanges (to another motorway, not off the motorway), followed by a very short motorway. I don't know, how all of them look like, but I know that one of them is "autostrada" (green sign) D31 (also RA14?) "Diramazione Opicina - Fernetti", running from the previously mentioned R37 by Opicina to the border-crossing Fernetti with Slovenia. It's very short, just 2 or 3 km, but certainly "autostrada".

One thing I find interesting is that one of the so called "raccordi autostradali" is also the R16 (also RA17?) "Raccordo Villesse - Gorizia", running from the A4 by Villesse to the Slovenian border by Gorizia. It's called "raccordo autostradale", although it's equipped with neither green sign, nor with any of the blue signs! And the speed limit is only 90 km/h, the only thing that makes it look like a motorway or expressway, is that it's 4-laned (but without hard shoulders, only emergency stops, and sometimes it's not even divided) and with limited access. But on many maps it looks like a motorway, even more often than the R37!

[x-type]

khm, how about this problem in Lithuania: green motorway sign, but blue direction signs on motorway?!?!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/ixic/lit4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/ixic/A12iauliai.jpg

[Jonesy55]

The litteral translation would be super-road.

In the UK we usually call them 'Dual-carriageways' ie two lanes but not a Motorway.

PS, We also have brown signs to point out attractions/local facilities. Sometimes the brown sign is incorporated into another sign, exciting!!!

http://www.cullyonline.co.uk/Images/Photos/thumbnails/Culm%20Valley%20Sports%20Sign.jpg

Do other countries also use the system whereby you can be on any road but signs pointing to 'blue' Motorway routes are highlighted in blue?

Examples:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/Road.sign.arp.750pix.jpg/250px-Road.sign.arp.750pix.jpg

http://www.thamesvalleycourt.com/images/location/sign.jpg

[Nephasto]

In the UK we usually call them 'Dual-carriageways' ie two lanes but not a Motorway.

The supperstrada would be a dual carrigeway with motorway characteristics.

Do other countries also use the system whereby you can be on any road but signs pointing to 'blue' Motorway routes are highlighted in blue?

Yes, I think that happens everywhere. At least in Portugal and Spain I'm sure it's like that, but I'm quite sure it's the same all over western Europe.

[Nephasto]

khm, how about this problem in Lithuania: green motorway sign, but blue direction signs on motorway?!?!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/ixic/lit4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/ixic/A12iauliai.jpg


What motorway(from where to where) is this?

[Aokromes]

I didn't know animals could read. Australian animals were always sth special...

Of course the animals thing is to say to the human they can't enter with a donkey, horse or other animal traction based way.

[x-type]

What motorway(from where to where) is this?

i'm not sure. as far as i see it is A12 (Latvian border - Joniškis - Šiauliai - Kelme - Taurage - Panemune/Russian border (Kanliningrad county). now, on map it is not motorway, but on photo it looks like real motorway, right? the first one - i don't know where from it is, but it is LTU 100%

[x-type]

Do other countries also use the system whereby you can be on any road but signs pointing to 'blue' Motorway routes are highlighted in blue?


in Croatia yes. actually, it appears almost everywhere. here in Croatia we have strictly decreed colours: green - motorway, blue - roads reserved only for motorized vehicles, yellow - all other roads, white - city roads/streets. so, if you are in the centre of e.g. Zagreb and you find a sign to Split, the sign will be white, but Split will be highlighted green because there is motorway from ZG to ST. or else, if you are on some state road and you want to go to centre of some city, the sign will be yellow, but "centre" on sign will be highlighted white.

[Verso]

khm, how about this problem in Lithuania: green motorway sign, but blue direction signs on motorway?!?!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/ixic/lit4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/ixic/A12iauliai.jpg

In such case I'd say blue (unless chrishillcoat (the starter of the thread) disagrees with me, it's still his thread after all (btw, where the hell is he?); the opposite is in the Czech Republic, blue motorway sign, but green signs with places), but the problem is that I don't think this is a real motorway, "just" a motorway-like road/expressway/dual carriage-way, because I have a quite big map of Lithuania (I can't believe it's not written what the scale is:bash:) and it doesn't look like a motorway. There are many 4-lane expressways in Lithuania that aren't real motorways (but they also have real motorways). I already asked about this color of the signs in the "Scandinavian & Baltic Infrastructure Thread", but I got no replies. Namely, if we look at the next picture (taken in Lithuania), I think the marked sign is green (although it's not so easy to say):A2

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9596/ltoy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)The next picture is a little clearer:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/roads/road_a2/IMG_5955.jpgThis was shot on A2, which runs from Vilnius to Panevėžys, and is a real motorway. I strongly believe that the marked sign is green, especially when we compare it to the blue sign near it.

[Paddington]

Here's some good ones from my country, a little place known as America. :cheers:

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20060614/exit4-14ave.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20020412/exit276.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20040227/leavingsfo.jpg

Wow, San Francisco left 5 lanes. Yay! :banana:

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20060222/i80i5bri80toca99-2.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20030121/exit19.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20020525/i279skyline.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20060119/exit120-118-117.jpg

[Minato ku]

I strongly believe that the marked sign is green, especially when we compare it to the blue sign near it.

It is weird.
In your post, Expressway in Lithuania look more at a motorway than the A2 motorway.

[Verso]

^ Hehe, because of the fence by the expressway, but no fence by the motorway? It is a little funny, although fence by expressways is nothing weird, plus no fence by motorways with such a wide corridor of grass in the middle is nothing especially weird either, if you ask me. But that supposedly green sign bothers me as well. Here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=2026370&postcount=26) are more pictures from Lithuania (the grass corridor is really wide).

[x-type]

(the grass corridor is really wide).

wide, but mostly without fence. it's very dangerous. i'd prefer more narrow grass with fence in the middle

[Leichestern]

What is A2, 4, 35 and 3094? Are those types of highways. If they are what types of highways are they?


In Texas there are 7 different types of highways. Interstate, U.S., State(Texas) , Farm/Ranch Roads, Spurs, Loops, and Beltways which are designated by the state.

I'm not Thai but I do know that the A2 sign represents the Asian Highway Newtwork. A2 runs from Denpasar, Indonesia to Khosravi, Iran.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Asian_Highways.png

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Here's some good ones from my country, a little place known as America. :cheers:
http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20060222/i80i5bri80toca99-2.jpg

I pass this fork everyday when I drive to my university. Also, I would not be too happy about 5 lanes leading to SF because after 500 metres the freeway will have only 3 lanes :|

I wish the Federal DOT finally introduced the blue signs and the alphanumerical route numbers instead of these oversized shields. After driving in the States for almost 7 years, I still haven't found any standardisation in freeway signs.

[Nephasto]

I wish the Federal DOT finally introduced the blue signs and the alphanumerical route numbers instead of these oversized shields. After driving in the States for almost 7 years, I still haven't found any standardisation in freeway signs.

How about converting it all to metric sistem too?? :colgate:

[Alex Von Königsberg]

How about converting it all to metric sistem too?? :colgate:
Oh yes, you hit my sensitive side :lol: Although I live in California, I am not an American myself. I was born in a metric country and raised in a metric system, and I still don't know what all those damn inches, ounces, pounds are. Luckily, I use only metric system in the area of my study.

However, this topic is rather about the visual appearance of the freeway signs, and not their content.

[Minato ku]

^ Hehe, because of the fence by the expressway, but no fence by the motorway? It is a little funny, although fence by expressways is nothing weird, plus no fence by motorways with such a wide corridor of grass in the middle is nothing especially weird either, if you ask me. But that supposedly green sign bothers me as well. Here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=2026370&postcount=26) are more pictures from Lithuania (the grass corridor is really wide).

Fence in expressway is not weird (In France all the expressway have fence) but no fence in the motorway in weird.

French ewpressway
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/6_Sud_Ouest/N%2010%20Alex/N10-058-Ruffigny-B-2005-ALT.jpg

[x-type]

I'm not Thai but I do know that the A2 sign represents the Asian Highway Newtwork. A2 runs from Denpasar, Indonesia to Khosravi, Iran.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Asian_Highways.png

man, this image has 7 Mb! chill out a bit! you could have resized it at 150 kb and everything would still be visible:bash:

[ChrisH]

(btw, where the hell is he?)

Still here! Have been busy with work the last week or so. I'm still looking for a good blank map of the world with borders and coastlines marked that I can paint green and blue ;)

[Verso]

but no fence in the motorway in weird

Well, weird or not, here we can see that it's a real motorway:A2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/roads/road_a2/IMG_5944.jpgDo you see the motorway sign?

[ChrisZwolle]

A bus stop on a motorway?

[coth]

public transport is very well developed in asia and europe.

[x-type]

A bus stop on a motorway?

it was my first association, too, but i guess it is SOS place (actually, i hope!).

btw, in Austria on A7 is possible to see local buses, but of course not stopping, and it is signed very good to be carefull because of slow buses

[Kampflamm]

In Finland they also have bus stops on motorways (at least on the highway from Vantaa airport to Helsinki)...well, actually it's not right next to the shoulder but there's sort of a mini exit.

[Rebasepoiss]

Anyways....the Lithuanian motorways are a bit wierd, but they are still motorways.

[Verso]

Even if it is a bus stop, you can see that the motorway gets an extra lane (I'm not having in mind the bus stop itself), so it's very safe; you can see the same thing on the other (right) side, an extra lane, which disappears right before the junction (interchange). So everything is ok and safe.

[milanxyz]

in hungary there are both green and blue sometimes you can see even yellow tables

[x-type]

in hungary there are both green and blue sometimes you can see even yellow tables

no. in Hungary blu means motorway/expressway, green means everything else

[Verso]

I've got two pix of Lithuanian motorways; I believe the color of the motorway signs there won't be a question anymore. ;)

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2006/lt1rw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8759/lt2ek4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://tinkle.miestai.net/showthread.php?t=378

[x-type]

:applause: :applause:

[Verso]

^ Hehe, thanks. :)

[Verso]

I'm confused; are signs on toll-motorways in Australia painted blue?Melbourne, Australia

http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/1621/wg13fp.jpg

http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/9151/43407ln.jpg

[Chibcha2k]

Colombia is Green
http://www.camaralucida.com/data/media/81/005362.jpg
http://www.camaralucida.com/data/media/81/005384.jpg

Almost all "overhead" signs are green, in roads, motorways and urban streets; although within a city the signs leading to other cities or populations are blue.

[ChrisZwolle]

Funny, i didn't know there were even motorways in Colombia :)

[ZZ-II]

why shouldn't be highways also in columbia??

[Verso]

^ Probably because there isn't many of them in Colombia (I guess), so he was thinking, if there was ANY.

[Chibcha2k]

there ain't much, actually it wasn't until 10 years ago that we began building them...luckly due to the FTA with the States, we're building large infraestructure projects, including LatinAmerica's longest tunnels.

The pictures I showed you are from the Cali-Buga highway, in Valle del Cauca department, which is one of the most advanced in Colombia in this subject.

[cal_t]

I'm confused; are signs on toll-motorways in Australia painted blue?

Yes. Blue-Orange signs in Melbourne are tollways, Green is freeways (no tolls).
As for NSW and Queensland (the other states that have tollways), their way of labelling the difference is by means of using the word 'motorway'. If it is a free motorway it's labelled Freeway.

[ChrisZwolle]

why shouldn't be highways also in columbia??

Because, i have some maps of Colombia, which doesn't show motorways ;) :lol:

[Maroon Grown]

Yes. Blue-Orange signs in Melbourne are tollways, Green is freeways (no tolls).
As for NSW and Queensland (the other states that have tollways), their way of labelling the difference is by means of using the word 'motorway'. If it is a free motorway it's labelled Freeway.

^^ thats totally wrong mate.

freeway / motorway, it doesnt matter. they are the same thing across the country. the different naming of motorway standard roads throughout QLD is from the era in which they were constructed and named. im not sure about sydney.

our tollroads are represented in green like any other road, yet have a yellow and black sign stating that they are tolled. simple as that.

australia really needs a standard across the board when it comes to naming and signage. victoria have done it well whereas the rest of the country lacks the same consistancy. for example, brisbane has 'motorway standard' roads named by motorway, freeway, expressway, bypass, arterial, highway & deviation. confused. fuck. so are we!

[BL]

Considering Montenegro... I think that MNE should be painted green coz if you go to driving school you learn that the signs for highways are painted green. So it is logical that when MNE builds highways it will be green.

[Paddington]

Here's some more pics from my country, a little place they call America. :banana:

I picked out some nice sunny ones from deserts and urban jungles of Socal, for all you pale Euros out there. :cheers:

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images005/i-005_sb_exit_161a_01.jpg

Yay! Los Angeles, that's where I want to go. Good thing they've got four lanes going there.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images005/i-005_sb_exit_154_03.jpg

ZOMG! Hollywood!

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images101/ca-110_nb_exit_022_01.jpg

You better believe that's downtown LA.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images015/i-015_sb_exit_109b_02.jpg

Choices, choices.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images008/i-008_wb_exit_014a_01.jpg

Stack interchage. My favorite! /me does happy dance :banana:

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images010/i-010_eb_exit_112_01b.jpg

For you environmentalists out there.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images005/i-005_nb_exit_094a_01.jpg

The El Toro Y, the world's biggest interchange.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_115_04.jpg

The Inland Empire.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images010/i-010_eb_exit_042b_02.jpg

When I die, I want to be reincarnated as a stack interchange.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images075/i-080_wb_exit_008b_03.jpg

Some NorCal action.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images101/us-101_nb_exit_433b_01.jpg

Downtown San Fransisco.

http://www.westcoastroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_184a_04.jpg

And if you get tired of the Golden State, you can always head up to Las Vegas. :cheers:

[Nephasto]

Here's some more pics from my country, a little place they call America.

America?! Where is that anyway? :colgate:


When I die, I want to be reincarnated as a stack interchange.

:nuts: :D



Good photos! :okay:

[WANCH]

Here's some more pics from my country, a little place they call America. :banana:

I picked out some nice sunny ones from deserts and urban jungles of Socal, for all you pale Euros out there. :cheers:

And if you get tired of the Golden State, you can always head up to Las Vegas. :cheers:

I drove through there from LA to Vegas. Did stopped by Barstow especially the outlet stores.

[Verso]

Stack interchage. My favorite! /me does happy dance :banana:

:rofl:

[Jimmy81]

In Canada, most are green.
In Ontario though, some of you may have seen pictures of the 401...I think the express lanes are blue signs and the collectors are green (This is to tell the lanes apart). Also, the toll 407 highway in Ontario is blue.

[Chogmook]

The UK has the best font used on signs, other countrys fonts look a bit, well, 'simple'!!!

[ChrisZwolle]

The UK has the best font used on signs, other countrys fonts look a bit, well, 'simple'!!!

You gotta be kidding, right?

UK and Italy has the WORST signage in my opinion.

[x-type]

UK has quite ugly font. the only good thing on UK signs are large road numbers. bad thing about that is that they have even uglier font than destination names. and the worst thing are arrows - they are really extremely ugly. good thing is visibility - signs are not messed too much.
the worst are French, no further discussion: ugly, messy, to much understandabless information

[ChrisZwolle]

German DIN 1451 is quite good, and the layout too. but i do not like the narrow "Engschrift".
The interstate font is also very good, but not so much on the US system, too large numbers and sometimes some very old stuff (around LA).
The Clearview font is another very good one, and also the ASTRA Frutiger (Swiss font).
I don't like the French Charactéres font. all capital, and they seperate signs into 3 parts