Well this is how I spent MY Thanksgiving. Catching up on the local roads,
The usual deal applies here. Click the snap you like, it opens in a large mode in a new window,
when you're done, close the window,
have a peanut butter sandwich, and click another!

Sort of new signage at junction 11 on IH 84. This was slightly redone recently.
basically a new set of signals were hung,
and extra turning lanes were added to the slip roads.
Sort of new, cos the Interstate Shields in the top snap are from 1993-
and just bunged on to a new mounting. Note the kerning on the directional sign.
Looking east on IH 84 from the NY 9D overpass(JN 11)

New gantry signs on NY 9D. In NY a turn qualifies as an "exit".
The left snap is southbound on 9D, the right, northbound.
Don't have a clue why "EXIT ONLY" is not in a standard panel,
or why the arrows are off. Prolly being cheap. :P
*Update!* A proper "EXIT ONLY" panel has been slapped on the bottom of these sines as of at least Mar. 2k4.
Now they're MUTCD compliant, but look worse.
Not the best snap, since I had the camera zoomed out to max,
but you can pretty much see the whole Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.

A sine salad. mmmm.
Bike signs at the entry to the bike path on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge,
featuring an off "Yeild" sign
Note the right hand NY 9D sign-prolly damaged by construction,
and remounted anyway.
And that "45" on the SPEED LIMIT sine is kinda foreshortened.
Looking at the back of the Newburg-Beacon Toll Plaza from the pedestrian path
Being as it was a holiday, there were a gob of State Troopers-
one at each toll booth.

Now looking at the front side of the plaza.
When you hit this, you can see the changeable signs above the lanes.
You can get the lowdown on this by clicking the image for the larger snap.
This is an old navigation bell at the eastern foot of the bridge.
A button-copy sign for JN 11.
For *Wappinger*[sic] Falls. Guess they left the "S" off for savings.
This was also the case on the westbound sine(since replaced).
Newer signs are correct-oddly, so is the old 2-mile advance sign..
A look at the Newburg-Beacon Toll Plaza and approach, shot from the same location as the above picture.
The stripes across the road are rumble strips.

The last overhead four-way in Beacon on Verplanck Ave.
Click HERE to hear the light controller.
The 4-way beacon is a bit further up BUS NY 52.
Astute observers will note the red lens isn't lit.
Not beacuse I caught it "off", it's because the bulb burnt out.
More Signs. An old BUS NY 52 assembly and a bordered Newburgh-Beacon sign.
The last is a Public Warning about Lyme Disease-
a rather significant problem in Dutchess County.
These are across from the beacon in the above snap.
Approaching Junction 10 on IH 84.
More of JN 10- which has two ramps westbound.
You'll also note that this junction is lit-
at least the north half.
The lights are NYSBA and carry over from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
to the east.

Old and new signs approaching JN 8 westbound on the IH 84.
Why both signs weren't mounted on the bridge escapes me.

I seem to find broken gantries.
This was the late JN 7(EXIT 7S)gantry eastbound on the IH 84.
The large pole facing you is the right hand support.
I'm standing on top of the EXIT 7S sign.
A closeup of the shields on the EXIT 7S sign.
That Interstate shield is for IH 87
and has been in that bad a shape for quite a long time.
A slightly longer view, featuring the EXIT 7N sign.
Now on the underside of the gantry. Not shown in the thumbnail, is a redundant Thuway trailblazer on the EXIT 7S gore sign.
You'll see it if you click for the bigger picture, though.

The bent plumbing is the left hand gantry support; and the right hand support is
leaning against the remnants of the gantry.
Something nailed the stoof out of it;
the left hand guardrail around the gantry was shredded
and there were great huge ruts in the central reservation where the gantry was.
I'd've got a snap of that, but didn't want to get plugged.
And welcome to where the new EXIT 7 slip road will leave IH 84 eastbound.
This is just in front of the current EXIT 7S slip road.
The tumbnail doesn't tell the whole story.
The big snap shows this slip road crossing over the area of the current
NY 300 Soutbound to IH 84 Eastbound cloverleaf slip road,
which I feel won't be with us much longer.
The new signal for the south side of JN 7
It's got a turn signal for a left from NY 300 SB to IH 84 EB.

The island on the east side of the new ramps, with lines already painted
The big snap also shows the island on the off-slip terminal, and the new signal's mast and contoller
as well as a second concrete anchor for a mast of some sort.
Looking down the current cloverleaf on-slip toward the new off-slip construction.
And now, a truss bridge on NY 32 about 6 miles south of the last snap.
This is near the junctions of Orange County Highway 107
(to the south-behind you)
and OR CH 20-Orrs Mill Road(to the north, just past the bridge)
One of the best sights along OR CH 20 is the Modona Railway viaduct.
This is an active line, used by the Port Jervis Line of NJ Transit.
I rode over this viaduct on my way to the Edison meet in July 2k3.
The Modona Viaduct from OR CH 20.
Here's a disused railway bridge in Salisbury Mills-
near the OR CH 20 and OR CH 27 junction.
The line crossed the road hard by the junction,
but there's no evidence of the railway line east of this point.
And here are the signs posted at the aforementioned junction.
These are seen if you turn onto the roads.
There is no junction assembly. The OR CH 20 sine is unusual,
because it's the *right* one, not a diamond or mütant pentagon.
It's an old NYS DOT sign, since it's hung on Z-bars that are affixed to the post, Rather than flush to the post as the diamond OR CH 27 marker is.

And here we are at the new JN 126 on NY 17.
This was just opened in Nov. 2k3-about 2 mos ahead of schedule.
You're looking west-the signals are for the slip road terminals from WB NY 17.
Here's a snap of a signal mast on the west side of the junction-with the inventory sticky, underground wire warning
and the conrtoller for the signal. The "O" stands for Orange County. I don't think the signal inventory numbers are
sequential, as I've seen older signals with higher numbers.
Half gantry on the approach to NY 17 from NY 94 northbound.
The NY 17 destinations are local, oddly; as most junctons have Binghamton and NYC as control points.
This bridge used to be on the main road to the Chester Industrial Park. The road was cut by the new NY 94 and is now
a dead end just past the bridge(your right).
The constuction of the bridge is unusual, because it's NOT a girder bridge.
Looking onto the former Industrial Park Access Road from its new dead end.
The road was realigned to join the new NY 94 at a right angle.
The new NY 94 bridge, taken from about the same spot as the last snap.
Looking east where the old and new NY 94 come together.
This is still a bit raw with temporary stiping. You're looking west.
Another heapin' helping of Sine Salad,
with this variety of temporary and permanent signs
around NY 17 JN 126 and new NY 94. mmmmmmmmm.
Looking east along NY 94 at the newly revised old NY 94 junction.
Looking west at the same spot.
The road meets the old alignment at the right, near the power pole.
Still a bit raw here, where the old road bends to meet the new.
And now back to the old alignment.
The big snap shows a reference marker still in place on the old road.
The new alignment doesn't have reference markers yet.
The old alignment still carries a bit of traffic-here's a rare car-free moment. Besides the habitation you see here.
There's a great huge clowndominium complex just up the road.
More signage(surprise!!!) This near the old slip roads for JN 126.
A rather unsuccesful attempt to cover up "Monroe" there.
On another sign, somebody just slapped duct tape over
the irrelevant destination.
It almost makes CA greenouts look professional :P
The NY 17 freeway overpass of old NY 94.
And here's the slip roads for old JN 126-active until quite recently.
The center guide rail has been ripped out and laid out neatly on the verge.
It will likely be recycled.
The signs still stand on the old slip road, as you can see in this snap.
A bit further up the old JN 126 slip road.
The former on-slip for JN 126. The new off-slip leaves the freeway at this point.
The leftover rubble from where the old slip road was torn up to make way for the new.
Now the old off-slip still actually connects to the freeway, and is only blocked off by barrels.
You could go down it if you like. I didn't SAY you could, but you can :P
The new eastbound off-slip and gantry signage.
Woulda been nice if NYSDOT had sprung for some lights.
Here's a look at the overpass.
It's pretty much the usual girder business you get out this way,
but it's concrete rather than steel which IMHO looks a bit better.

Services signs. Look closely at the petrol station sine.
The brand plates were swiped off the old sine.
Can you Say "CHEAP"?!!!!!
This is a screwy install if I ever saw one.
A plain mast at each corner would have sufficed, but, no;
NYSDOT puts up THIS mess.
All on the nearside and diagonal, for who knows what reason.
I've mentioned this before on MTR-
Here, finally, is a snap of a bridge pier that has
gotten bad enough to need supplemental bracing.
This is at JN 125 on NY 17.
Closer in now you can see the rebar showing.
This is an overpass that provides access to a hospital.
Be an ugly deal if it collapsed with an ambulance on it.
Orange County Highway 83-Scotchtown Road, North of Goshen, NY
A little old bridge on the same road.

A sign at Goshen Turnpike(OR CH 83) and Stone Road near Middletown, NY.
Stone Road is within visual range of the IH 84-so,
people might think it leads there.
Wonder how much aimless wandering this sign has prevented.
Another "Exit" cleverly disgused as a turn.
I like the TO NY 17 EAST pull through.
I think the corners should be a bit rounder.