When does the Route 84 sign get updated?

[swami7774]

It’s a rite of spring.

 

[Edward Sargent]

We’re gonna need a bigger sign

 

[NJHusky]

Dan Hurley trying to catch Geno!

 

[UConnTrumbull]

20 minutes

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Jim]

They finally got smart and changed the #-Time part to update quickly, like a McDonald's XX billion served sign.

 

[nomar]

They finally got smart and changed the #-Time part to update quickly, like a McDonald's XX billion served sign.

"17 Basketball Championships Served"

 

[huskymedic]

 

[WestHartHusk]

It is about 25 miles from the MA border to the UConn Tolland exit. South of the Border this -ish. Every mile a championship sign, oldest to most recent. The last one can be the flourish we keep adding to.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

They finally got smart and changed the #-Time part to update quickly, like a McDonald's XX billion served sign.

They should set it up like the old fashioned baseball scoreboards (similar to Fenway) where they can just change the number from behind every time we win another.

 

[Vowelguy]

Love the sign. Hate the sign.

It’s too small to read going by it at, ahem, 65 mph.
They need to redo it, with either more signs or a bigger sign. Much bigger font.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Love the sign. Hate the sign.

It’s too small to read going by it at, ahem, 65 mph.
They need to redo it, with either more signs or a bigger sign. Much bigger font.

One sign for every championship placed at intervals leading up to the exit.

 

[Vowelguy]

One sign for every championship placed at intervals leading up to the exit.

I’m gonna bet each sign costs more than you and I can fathom, so 20+ signs would be rather expensive.

 

[87Xfer]

Love the sign. Hate the sign.

It’s too small to read going by it at, ahem, 65 mph.
They need to redo it, with either more signs or a bigger sign. Much bigger font.

Agreed. We can come up with something that doesn't look like a sheet of painted plywood with some vinyl letters stuck on it.

 

[bigknight3]

Agreed. We can come up with something that doesn't look like a sheet of painted plywood with some vinyl letters stuck on it.

It's tradition, keep it going!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[TedStriker]

I remember when I drove by this in 99 and was just excited that the men’s team was finally up there. Believe back then it just said “1999 champions”. It still blows my mind that we’re at 6 now. How did we get here? What a charmed life.

 

[BugsyCT]

I like it better - cleaner and easier to read at ludicrous speeds.

 

[Ha Who]

It’s funny we drove past it yesterday evening and I could not tell if the sign had been updated. This is much cleaner looking.

 

[Deepster]

Can’t we get one of those new electronic billboards we can customize however we want? You can have the titles up there, highlights (today in Husky history) and welcomes to recruits on their way in for a visit?

Cmon Ned. Step up.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Can’t we get one of those new electronic billboards we can customize however we want? You can have the titles up there, highlights (today in Husky history) and welcomes to recruits on their way in for a visit?

Cmon Ned. Step up.

Its an Interstate Highway regulated by FHWA and the AASHTO so I doubt it will be allowed.

To be honest - It surprises me that this current sign its allowed in the first place. Actually, I think its legal as long as the sign is Blue/White.

I remember Governor Cuomo invested in a bunch of "I love NY signs" with points of interests/tourist hotspots across the state. After spending several million dollars the federal government told him the signs didnt meet federal standards for Interstates and had to be removed.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Can’t we get one of those new electronic billboards we can customize however we want? You can have the titles up there, highlights (today in Husky history) and welcomes to recruits on their way in for a visit?

Cmon Ned. Step up.

Wouldn't comply with MUTCD

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

I drove by the new sign today. It looks cleaner, but somehow even smaller than before.
Should be an electronic billboard.

 

[Deepster]

Its an Interstate Highway regulated by FHWA and the AASHTO so I doubt it will be allowed.

To be honest - It surprises me that this current sign its allowed in the first place. Actually, I think its legal as long as the sign is Blue/White.

I remember Governor Cuomo invested in a bunch of "I love NY signs" with points of interests/tourist hotspots across the state. After spending several million dollars the federal government told him the signs didnt meet federal standards for Interstates and had to be removed.

Your post is why CT sucks.

 

[Waquoit]

Your post is why CT sucks.

CT doesn't suck. It's one of the few sane places to live in the country.

 

[CL82]

Much better. The old one was a little crowded and hard to read.

 

[CL82]

Lol, Deepster hates everything.

 

[El Obrero]

We need a Jumbotron. With an ez-pass, for out of staters.

 

[Kolumbo]

UConn should have a separate billboard near the exit with a basketball/soccer ball/field hockey stick for every championship. Just stack the images vertically.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

CT doesn't suck. It's one of the few sane places to live in the country.

Agreed.

Connecticut is beautiful.

My home is surrounded by a network of forests that together add up to about 60% of the land area of my town and several surrounding towns. At sunrise I can walk out on my lawn and hear 30+ different species of birds all singing at once. It's a special place and I'll die on that hill, hopefully someday literally.