{"id":17059,"date":"2012-04-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=17059"},"modified":"2012-04-06T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T14:00:00","slug":"arlingtons-glebe-road-oregon-route-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/04\/arlingtons-glebe-road-oregon-route-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington’s Glebe Road… Oregon Route 120?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ARLINGTON, Va. \u2014 <\/strong>In Northern Virginia, route markers are not used as much as they should be.  Arlington County and the city of Alexandria are particularly bad, so anytime one is actually used, that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, that route 120 shield doesn’t look like a standard Virginia primary state highway marker, does it?
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The reason — its actually the shape of the Oregon state route marker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quite the sign goof, certainly by a third-party vendor<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, I have never once heard Glebe Road referred to as “Route 120” or anything similar, always Glebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, Arlington forget to put primer on the mast arms\/poles at this intersection. The black pant started peeling almost immediately. It looks terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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