All photos taken SB unless I say otherwise.


Courtesy Doug Kerr along the US 302 duplex. NH 10 does not turn east-west just because it's multiplexed with an east-west route, and that 302 shield looks old, squished, warped... hand painted? Also, VT isn't the only state that can claim old Vermont I-91 shields; this one is probably on permanent loan from VTAOT, and may very well be 18x18.




This unusual sign is on the southbound side, with the second photo taken northbound for clarity. That's the Old Man in the Mountain (who has since died) in the triangle. This appears therefore to be some sort of official state highway seal, dating who knows how many decades ago, before the advent of green-background signs. Given that NH 10 runs along the CT River for many a mile and never crosses it, this is an arbitrary place for the sign, with not even a parking area to get out and look around. I would love more information on this sign, including whether there are or were any others like it and what that triangular seal means.


Old traffic sign, and a multiplex breakup with no supporting signs (like which direction each road goes). In New Hampshire, the proper way to sign a suffixed route is with the letter on the bottom, not next to the numerals. There is no stretched NH shield, and unlike RIDOT, NHDOT will probably keep it that way.


In the other direction, taken in 1980 in Piermont by Michael Summa.


Southbound and then facing west on the northbound side, in the town of Orford. The paint has held up much better on the second sign; the two are basically identical. Orford has a third older-than-dirt sign facing the bridge out of Vermont on NH 25A - click to see it.


A pair of older shields by the rotary of the Hanover Country Club.


NH 10 turns silently here with NH 120 to avoid Dartmouth. Obviously, originally 10 went straight through the college (the road hasn't been cut off or anything), or else NH 120 wouldn't be signed as if it begins here. The shield is that old, too, possibly older than the first standalone reassurance seen in the second photo (taken as I turn right to stay on NH 10).


Strange assembly using only the numbers and not the shields, but it's not alone in West Lebanon. Visit the US 4 page via the big link below to see multiplex photos and some more strange assemblies.


One more white-background shield, past the one atop this page, and south of the US 4 and I-89 duplexes.

Onto US 4 and 4/NH 10
Onto I-89 and 89/NH 10

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