This entry was posted on 12/24/2008 11:42 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
Last Saturday, Mary and I traveled to the exclusive Reynolds Plantation community in southern Greene County, just 80 miles east of Downtown Atlanta.
Our main purpose for visiting was that Mary got a children's Christmas storytelling gig, but when I pulled up to Reynolds Plantation, I found something that us roadgeeks rarely encounter in Georgia... CLEARVIEW!!!
Clearview is a new font type that has begun to show up on highway signs in several states, including, but not limited to, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, and Texas.
Here are a few examples of their Clearview signage...
There was also a bridge that takes traffic from their main thoroughfare, Lake Oconee Trail, over Knights Way. Access into the main part of the subdivision is controlled by a guardhouse, located on a connector road between the two roads in question. Here's the photo of the bridge (including another Clearview street sign in the foreground)...
As you head out of Reynolds on Lake Oconee Trail just before reaching it's end at Linger Longer Road, here's a trailblazer sign...
How much more effort would it have taken to add a "TO" sign above the I-20 shield?. Also, I would've put a "TO GA 44" sign next to it for good measure.
As you approach GA 44 (Lake Oconee Parkway) on Linger Longer Road, here are the signs for GA 44 and I-20 (note the lack of a "TO" sign above the I-20 shield and the green residential-street-style poles that the GA 44 markers are mounted on).
Based on our brief trip to Reynolds Plantation (we couldn't linger too much longer since I had to be back in Cumming to dress up and play Santa Claus for some underprivileged kids), I now realize that they have something to offer everyone, including golf, tennis, lake views... and Clearview for roadgeeks!!!
From Atlanta, take I-20 to Exit 130 (GA 44/Greensboro/Eatonton), turn right, and go 7 miles to Linger Longer Road. Once you reach Linger Longer, turn left and go 1.5 miles to the main entrance to Reynolds Plantation (Lake Oconee Trail). Turn left onto Lake Oconee Trail and you're there!
That's it for now. Thanks for reading, please come back again, and may you and yours have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or Happy Winter Solstice.
6/21/2009 2:30 AM
JT wrote:
You'll find some Clearview now in Cherokee County...unfortunately. I got involved, but I have no idea if I successfully undid the mess. BTW, what they are using are "Roadgeek Series" fonts, not official $975 Clearview or the Highway Gothics at 10% of that cost. Reply to this
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