Re: Holy carp that's a *big* BBS!

Jon Morse wrote:
brink wrote:
On US 290 between Fredericksburg, TX and Johnson City TX, is I think the biggest Big Brown Sign I've ever seen... it's an official TxDOT sign, done in brown to signify that it's a park/historical site indicator.

Part of it is I'm sure perception -- US 290 is not a freeway, and the right of way is such that this sign is pretty close to the road. At slower speeds on non-freeways, things like this tend to loom larger.

Anyway, that sucker is like a billboard in proportions -- it's alerting motorists to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park ahead in Johnson City -- done in Clearview, no less. It must be less than a year or two old, cause I sure don't remember seeing it before in previous trips.

No, I didn't get a pic and yes, I wish I had... it just seemed funny as this it the kind of billboard sized BBS I'd expect for say the Grand Canyon on I-40... not a relatively minor park on a US route... Texas clearly wants us not to miss it... ;-)

The existence of a sign isn't new; there was one there 15 years ago, and I remember it seeming large (although not billboard-looming large).

Since it's Clearview, it's pretty obvious that the sign itself is new, and I guess someone just decided to make it Really Effin' Big.

The LBJ park was so designated at least by 1985 when I toured it, which was after LBJ died, but while Lady Bird was still living there, so access to the ranch was a bit restricted (guys with suits and radios all around).

I think there was a visitors center by the highway in front of the ranch, but visitors just toured the ranch by car. Lady Bird owned KLBJ at the time, which was also the source of most of her income. Good rock and roll station...
.

Relevant Pages

  • 911 Caller: I Just Killed A Girl
    ... Luckily she wasn't dead but the audio is chilling, ... Police said the suspect in the beating then used the girl's cell phone to call 911 to tell them about the assault. ... Brown told WYFF News 4's Angela Rodriguez that she was sitting on a bench in the park waiting for some nearby businesses to open so she could look for a job. ...
    (alt.true-crime)
  • ed hardy
    ... old Mr. Brown should go ... for a walk to the park, in the 12:30 time to go home for lunch. ... But one day, 12 o'clock, a police car parked outside the room in Mrs. ... A police 'ed Hardy Apparel ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: Holy carp thats a *big* BBS!
    ... done in brown to signify that it's a park/historical site indicator. ... Anyway, that sucker is like a billboard in proportions -- it's alerting motorists to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park ahead in Johnson City -- done in Clearview, no less. ... Since it's Clearview, it's pretty obvious that the sign itself is new, and I guess someone just decided to make it Really Effin' Big. ...
    (misc.transport.road)
  • Re: Big Brown Signs
    ... you have brown signs for even such things as the ... Big Brown Signs mounted overhead for the Stone Mountain Park East ... For state parks and historic sites, they are also pretty good about ...
    (misc.transport.road)
  • Re: Big Brown Signs
    ... where they're instead put onto green signage as if they were towns and ... Branch State park that was completely marked with brown signs, ... 61/Rte B south of La Grange, where Wakonda State Park is a control city. ...
    (misc.transport.road)