I Love Roads: Baraboo Signs

An Old Highway Marker in Baraboo and Other Sights

Road Marker
Just outside Oschner Park in Baraboo is one of the oldest highway markers I have ever seen.
Road Marker
It doesn't have a date on it, but it must have been installed in the early '20s before there were US highways.
Road Marker Road Marker
Oschner Park Bridge
This is a bridge in Oschner Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin
obsolete barriers
This style of wood post and cable protective barrier was very common on Wisconsin roads when I was growing up. This particular one survives in western Dane County.
barriers
Downhill view. I have no idea if these barriers had any effect on any vehicle going faster than 15 mph
final barrier picture
A closer view of the post and cable. This particular barrier has to be well over fifty years old.

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