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Road Guidance Signs
Road guidance signs are typically signs that have been erected at the side of a road to give information to drivers without in any way restricting them. The first road guidance signs were milestones on the Roman road network. Finding one's location on the long, straight roads was difficult, and so large stones were placed at intervals along the roads, giving the distance in miles to nearby cities, and usually to the capitals of major provinces. As trading between towns and regions increased the fingerpost developed. Built by local parishes, fingerposts were easier to read from horseback and were cheaper to make. The Turnpike Roads Act of 1773 made signposting compulsory to allow the riders to judge their speed and prevent them from becoming lost.
Road guidance signs have come a long way since then, but the principle has remained the same – to give guidance information to travellers, in our case to drivers. Today’s road guidance signs are rectangular and are colour coded depending on their reference – signs on a highway or referring to a highway are blue with white text and symbols. Other road directional signs are green, and those that pertain to tourist attractions such as Provincial, Regional and District Parks, Accommodations, Arts and Crafts, Adventure trails, Wildlife, scenic and coastal attractions and rest areas are brown with white text and symbols. Road guidance signs then essentially give drivers information about the what and the where of places, whether they be places of tourist interest or towns and cities. You will find a selection of such signs that are manufactured by Armco Signage on their website under the products tab.
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