As reported in the Route 66 News, the city of Carthage, Missouri, by the western part of the state, has plans to put in place signage to help Route 66 travelers get through town.
It will be in the form of Route 66 shield stencils applied to the roadway and perhaps some signs. This is long overdue. I can't remember ever driving through that town and not getting lost and I've heard that many others have had the same problem. It is as bad as trying to navigate through Bloomington-Normal in Illinois.
Let's hope they go through with it.
There was quite a bit of discussion in the Yahoo e-mail Route 66 site about it. One person said that the stencils are great, but will require refreshing about once a year because of wear and tear when autos drive over them. Centering the stencil will help some when the tires don't drive over them.
It was noted that regular Route 66 signs are often stolen as souvenirs.
The lack of signage in this town is really going against the fantastic new signage that the Mother Road has gotten across the rest of Missouri.
A Much-Needed Thing for Carthage. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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