Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
Do we have a local traffic engineer who is actually putting those up? I thought all our locals were still in love with the outdated and always misunderstood "Share the Road" signs that were replaced by this one in the last MUTCD. Where's this one at?
That is the McKenzie Pass, HWY 242, Oregon. I think that one was at a pretty low elevation, but there were a couple of them.
That photo was from June 2014.
For those not familiar with it, it is a 4,000 foot, 20 mile hill climb on a narrow, winding 2-lane road, little to no shoulders, and switchbacks. Peak is at 5325 ft. The road is mostly closed to traffic in the winter... so a bicycle paradise.
I consider the "Bikes may use full lane" sign as a special case that just makes sense on this road. I wouldn't put the signs up everywhere. So far I've avoided it during heavy traffic times.