Does anyone know if there’s a significance between blue vs. green street name signs in Virginia?
Best I can tell, blue are lesser than green, but other than that, I can’t see any consistency – like it doesn’t appear blue are private roads for example.
In Goochland county, We have green signs, Louisa has blue, Hanover has brown and Henrico has white with Black lettering, but change as you get further into the counties.
Also, from your second reference, page 150. “* Background color of the street name signs shall be green, except where another color is already established for a specific geographic area. In those locations, the established color may be used. If background color is white, E-mod text shall be used. Refer to Section 2D.43 of the Virginia Supplement to 2009 MUTCD.”
I read somewhere back when Fairfax Co. changed from green to blue for better clarity against all that green vegetation and such. :idea: Arlington Co. is white.
There’s a definite system of some sort in Page County. It seems that gravel roads are blue and paved are green. I haven’t seen a contradiction to that theory yet now that I’ve been paying attention to it.
Actually, I’ve noticed that (i.e. blue/green signs) before, too, and sometimes wondered why. I’ve not noticed the gravel road/paved road, but I suppose I never really paid that much attention. I wonder, could it be city/county/state maintained vs privately maintained?
Yeah, that was another one of my theories… If they mean private roads. But why would the county name them, put them on GIS, and put signs up? /shrug
One thing I’ve quickly learned in ole Page County, you get a spidey sense on what roads that lead to the side of a mountain are probably best not driven up because you might get shot while you’re trying to do a U-turn on a desolate washed-out dead-end street. Hence why it’s my job to make sure tourist Wazers don’t get accidentally routed up one. :lol:
I agree, but then again, why would they name, put on GIS, and put signs up on a gravel/dirt road that they clearly aren’t maintaining? I gave up trying to figure out the gummint bureaucracy a LONG time ago. :lol:
There’s no state law governing the local street signage like what is referenced. It is up to each locality to determine how it wants to mark the signs. Generally, one predominant color is what you’ll see most often and those are typically public roads and where you may see another color, would be a private road, not publicly maintained. Sometimes, you’ll see them change at locality borders, such as county roads (state maintained) and town/city roads (town/city maintained). Hope that helps.
