The new parkway signs continue to proliferate in Kentucky. This is on KY 15 in Jackson. The Hal Rogers Parkway intersects KY 15 in Hazard, 30 miles to the south.
Another new Hal Rogers Parkway sign in Jackson.
New Mountain Parkway sign on KY 15 north of Jackson.
Closeup of new Mountain Parkway and Hal Rogers Parkway signs at the intersection of KY 15 and KY 30 in Jackson.
Before it's replaced, an old-style Mountain Parkway sign (although the original markers had the circle cut out instead of in a white background square blank) in my hometown, Beattyville.
Another shot of the two new markers at KY 15 and KY 30 in Jackson.
Old font on this KY 15 sign at Pine Ridge in Wolfe County.
Another of the legacy Mountain Parkway signs -- this one at the entrance ramp at Exit 40.
New Mountain Parkway sign just past Exit 40.
This sign on US 23 announces the upcoming KY 645 intersection.
This section of US 23 originally had a guardrail center barrier. During a recent pavement rehab, a concrete barrier wall was installed. This section is in Lawrence County, north of KY 645 and south of Louisa. In this area US 23 is wedged tightly between the mountainside and the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.
Coming out of the section in the previous photo is a curve with warnings for tipping trucks.
Closeup of the "tipping trucks" curve.
Intersection of US 23 and KY 32 in Lawrence County, outside Louisa. Two different fonts are in use.
What's this about? A turn lane was added to the northbound lane of US 23 in Boyd County at an entrance to a terminal on the Big Sandy River, where coal from southeastern Kentucky is brought to be loaded on barges. In order to keep turning trucks from backing up onto the traveled portion of the roadway, a mile-long "truck storage" lane was built to accommodate the trucks.
The first mention of I-64 occurs a few miles south of the interstate.
We jump to West Virginia -- and the signage at the interchange of I-64 and I-77. The signs in the foreground were mounted on the old brown gantries that also had a "mesh" background for many years.
I-64 and I-77 markers after the two routes join.
Exit signage for WV 114 and WV 61 in Charleston.
Overhead signage at the end of WV 114, near the state capitol.
US 60 briefly joins I-64 and I-77 on the south side of Charleston.
Immediately, the upcoming split of US 60 from the interstates is signed.
Overheads for the departure of US 60.
Here, US 60 leaves the interstates. The interstates circle around the mountain in the background and then cross the Kanawha River on the Chuck Yeager Bridge and the West Virginia Turnpike begins.
Button copy overhead for US 60 with the Yeager Bridge overpass in the background.
Button copy overheads as US 60 crosses under the Yeager Bridge.
Button copy sign along US 60 with a Midland Trail logo sign.
Another button copy Midland Trail exit sign.
The first mileage sign past I-64/I-77 shows distances to Belle, Montgomery and Gauley Bridge. The drive to Gauley Bridge does not seem as far or as long as the mileage indicates.
Overhead button copy sign for the Belle exit.
Past Belle, Lewisburg shows up on this mileage sign. Lewisburg, of course, is the control city for I-64 heading east out of Beckley.
Button copy sign for Midland Avenue, which is an old routing of US 60. In Lexington, Ky., US 60 is also carried for a short distance on a street called Midland Avenue.
Oversized "side road with railroad crossing" sign. It appears that a flasher is either going to be installed here, or is has been removed, due to the presence of the empty utility pole behind the sign.
Advance signage for the Admiral T.J. Lopez Bridge, which connects US 60 on the east side of the Kanawha to I-64, I-77 and WV 61 on the west side.
Overheads for the ramp to the bridge, which can be seen in the background.
The bridge is accessed by exiting left, then making a hard right turn onto the bridge.
This is the beginning of unsigned WV 6, which is a bridge linking Smithers to Montgomery.
The Midland Trail is signed as a West Virginia Byway, with a small US 60 shield included in the byway signage.
Just past the WV 6 bridge, US 60 enters Smithers. Mileages posted are for Gauley Bridge and Rainelle.
At Gauley Bridge, US 60 intersects WV 16 and WV 39. These oversized route markers announce the upcoming junction.
Overheads as US 60 approaches WV 39 and WV 16. WV 39 ends here; it goes east to Summersville. WV 16 joins US 60 and continues; going north on WV 16 takes you to Clay. WV 39 could logically be terminated at its intersection with WV 16 a few miles east of here.
This is the bridge for which Gauley Bridge is named. It crossed the Gauley River at the spot where it joins the New River to form the Kanawha.
US 60 and WV 16 signs. From this point south to Beckley, WV 16 takes the route of the decommissioned US 21.
Mileage sign for Ansted, Fayetteville and Rainelle.
Shortly after passing Gauley Bridge, US 60 begins a hill climb.
Advance signage of the split of US 60 and WV 16.
This is the split of US 60 and WV 16. This split, at Chimney Corner, used to be the split of US 60 and US 21.
Past Chimney Corner, US 60 is the Coal Heritage Trail as well as the Midland Trail.
Signage for recreation areas as US 60 approaches US 19.
Advance signage for the US 19 interchange.
Guide sign for US 19 south.
US 19 signage at the southbound ramp.
Overheads for US 19 and US 60.
Guide sign for US 19 north.
The mileage sign past US 19 is for Rainelle and Rupert.
Typical view of US 60 east beyond US 19.
WV 41 is the old routing of US 19. The routes join for a few miles.
Split of US 60 and WV 41.
The first mention of Sam Black Church, where US 60 intersects I-64 and where I-64 ended for years before being completed, is just past the WV 41 split.
The relatively straight section of US 60 past Ansted comes to an end around milepoint 66 of the Midland Trail.
Typical view as US 60 descends toward Rainelle.
US 60 and WV 20 in Rainelle.
US 60 and WV 20 join for a few miles in the western portion of Greenbrier County.
Although Richwood is a destination on this sign, WV 20 does not go to Richwood. WV 20 intersects WV 39/55 at Fenwick and those two routes take traffic on to Richwood.
Advance signage of split of US 60 and WV 20.
Split of WV 20 and US 60.
The corners are bent on this mileage sign as we get closer to Lewisburg.
Intersection of US 60 and I-64 at Sam Black Church.
Past Sam Black Church, the old-style cable-and-wooden-post guardrails are in use.
Autumn colors in evidence on this portion of US 60.
Very serpentine section of US 60 descending a hill between Sam Black Church and Lewisburg.
More fall colors just beyond the WV 12 intersection.
The Midland Trail has its own mile markers. This is mile 100, a few miles outside Lewisburg.
Getting ready to pass under I-64 west of Lewisburg.
Rolling countryside approaching Lewisburg. This is reminiscent of another stretch of US 60 in Bath County, Ky.
US 60 intersects US 219 in downtown Lewisburg.
On I-64 heading west, the mileage to Charleston is displayed.
Of course, West Virginia has to promote Tamarack.
View of I-64 west within the limits of the WV 12 interchange.
Interesting bridge approaching the Sam Black Church exit.
Another shot of the bridge.
This portion of I-64 has some mile markers with half-miles marked, a small I-64 logo, and the direction.
Signage at the Sam Black Church exit. For years, all westbound traffic had to exit here and take US 60 to Charleston.
Truck escape ramp as I-64 approaches the New River.
Another view of the truck escape ramp that curves up the hillside.
Descending into the New River valley.
Approaching the first of two consecutive exits for WV 20.
Closeup of exit signage for WV 20's first exit heading west.
Four miles later is another exit for WV 20.
At the second WV 20 exit -- getting ready to cross the New River.
Heading up Sandstone Mountain on I-64 west toward Beckley. Lots of slow-moving trucks make the third lane very handy.
Approaching the two Beckley area exits on I-64.
At the WV 307 exit.
A big reminder that once you pass the US 19 exit, I-64 runs into the West Virginia Turnpike.
Exit only overhead for US 19, with a "toll road" reminder for I-64.
Overhead at the US 19 exit.
Past US 19, there is a "To I-77" marker on I-64.
Ground-mounted directional for the intersection of I-64 and I-77.
Overhead directional one mile from the intersection.
This sign welcomes drivers to the turnpike. It's on I-64 just before you get to the I-77 interchange.
Alternate destinations for I-77.
Overhead at the I-77 interchange.
The interchange is visible behind this lane designation overhead.
The first markers with both I-64 and I-77 signed.
Just beyond those markers are these signs with the unusual WV Turnpike font.
The WV 16 marker has fallen off this button copy sign, leaving only WV 97.
Button copy sign at the WV 16/97 exit.
Button copy sign for WV 3.
This sign features an unusual font for the WV 3 marker and also for the text. It's not quite Clearview...
Overheads for Tamarack and a truck lane with button copy Us 19 exit sign.
Backlit sign for the US 19 exit, where Appalachian Corridor L heads off toward I-79 and northern West Virginia.
Overheads at the US 19 exit.
A new Exit 54 sign being installed.
This sign is due for replacement, with the empty posts behind it a dead giveaway.
EZ Pass warning for the Mossy toll booth.
Don't get in one of those lanes if you don't have an EZ Pass.
Overhead flasher for the upcoming toll booth at Mossy.
The Mossy toll plaza.
This sign with the unusual fonts willl soon go by the wayside, with a new one being installed on the new posts behind it.
This one is going to be history, too.
More of the unusual fonts that are rapidly fading from this portion of the WV Turnpike.
Beyond the Mossy interchange, the turnpike enters a curvy section with a 60 mph limit and many 55 mph curves.
Warning sign for a sharp curve.
Typical section of the WV Turnpike between Mossy and Chelyan.
This is a new exit sign.
The turnpike has these half-mile markers in place.
Another new exit sign.
Yet another new sign.
This sign warns of the descent after you pass the cut where the Memorial Tunnel used to be on the old two-lane turnpike.
Another sharp curve warning.
Another new exit sign. This is a twist on the "exit number same as the route" because the route is one of the WV "fractional" county roads.
The Cabin Creek toll plaza.
Overcast skies resulted in some motion blur on this photo, but you can see unusual fonts for the US 60 and especially WV 61 signs. This exit leads to the Admiral T.J. Lopez bridge seen earlier from the US 60 perspective.
More normal numbers on the route markers on this sign.
Approaching the Marmet exit. WV 94 used to be US 119.
At the Marmet exit.
The last exit on the turnpike is for WV 61 at Kanawha City.
Overhead for US 60 with the northbound span of the Chuck Yeager Bridge in view.
Leaving the WV Turnpike.
Overheads for I-64, I-77 and US 60.
As with the eastbound side, westbound US 60 briefly joins the interstate only to depart shortly.
As soon as US 60 merges into the interstate, its lane becomes an "exit only" lane.
At US 60's departure from the interstate.
Overhead for Exit 99, mounted on one of the old brown supports.
The golden dome of West Virginia's capitol is visible from the interstate.
A mass of overheads at the WV 114 exit.
Exit 100, with the I-64 and I-77 split coming up.
Lane designations for I-64 and I-77.
A sharp curve greets drivers before they get to the split of I-64 and I-77.
The split of I-64 and I-77.
Exit gore sign for the interchange split.
The Kanawha River crossing on westbound I-64.
Upon entering Kentucky from West Virginia at Fort Gay, WV 37 runs into an intersection with KY 3 in the middle of a bridge that spans both the Tug and Levisa forks of the Big Sandy River just south of their confluence. South KY 3 heads off between the rivers.