Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-03-29
New Road Marker System.

Madison. March 3-The best and
most thoroughly coordinated system
of road marking in America.
This is the opinion of students of
the road problem who have examined
the plans for the standardized mark
ing of the State Trunk Highway Sys-
tenn. devised by State Highway En-
gineer Hirst, according to a report
just issued by the Good Roads Associ-
alton of Wisconsin.
On Wednesday, March y at pm.
at the office of the Wisconsin High
way Commission at Madison sealed
bids will be opened for the road mark
ers and signs. The proposals call for
these markers and signs to be of wood,
steel or concrete, and approximately
5000 of them will be placed on the 5000
mile system.
The base or standard design to be
used is a triangle with it's apex at the
bottom and base line at the top. Each
of the State Trunk Highways will be
numbered instance the number
of the road from Milwaukee to Madi-
son to the Mississippi River will be
10. The state will issue a road map
which will be numbered accordingly.
On each mile of this road will be
placed standard road marker, a
post rising four feet above the ground
just outside of the conservation limits,
with the edge towards the road. On
both sides of this white post at the
top will be painted in black. the tri-
angle design and within it the phrase
estate Trunk Highway, 10, Wis. !" J,
meaning that this is State Trunk
Highway 10. Beneath the triangle
will be the number Of the mile, the
mile numbering beginning at the
west end of the road.
This means that a tourist desiring
to go from Milwaukee westward
through Madison to Prairie DIN Chen
would look at his road map and find
that the route was Highway 10 and
would start out and follow the mile
posts on each mile marked 49, All of
the state trunk highways will be SIM
iliarly treated. There will be 5000 of
these mile road markers are as fol-
lows: At the intersection of State
Trunk Highways a sign eight feet
high will be placed, which will give
the number of the trunk highway,
will have an arrow pointing in each
direction over the cross roads and will
give the name of the principal cities
in each direction and the distance
from the intersecting point
The county line signs will be placed
on each county line standing eight
feet high, and will have placed there
on the names of both counties and
the county highway commissioner of
each. A patrol system will be placed
on the State Trunk Highways, pat
rolmen being in charge of sections of
road. At the junction of patrol sec
tions, signs will be placed indicating
the number OF each patrol and che
name of the patrolman in charge.
The standard danger sign will stand
eight feet above the road, the usual
triangle in shape, with a red back
ground and white lettering.
There will be three signs of this type,
one indicating dangerous curve, the
other dangerous hill, and the third
o railroad crossing.
| At the approach to school houses,
churches and other places where eau
tion should be exercised, there will be
"Slow" sign Of the same type as the
danger sign. The object in placing
the names of the county highway
commissioners on the county line
signs and the patrolmen on the patrol
section signs is to enable the public
to know who is in charge of that Sec
tion of the road and on whom the re-
sponsibility rests. The patrolmen will
wear metal badge on their hats
numbered the same as the patrol Sec
tion they are in charge of. It is ex-
pected that the work of putting out
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