Roadside Signs: Monuments

& Pylons

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Monument Signs and Pylon Signs For Business:

Upstate Signs and Graphics doesn't only make signs for the building of your business. We also manufacture and install roadside signs. There are two types of roadside signs that we make - pylon signs and monuments.


Roadside signs are useful in many ways. These allow people to keep track of where they're going or pinpoint a particular location.


For business purposes, roadside signs are useful if your business is in a location that's a few meters away from the highway. Roadside signs help people locate your business by indicating which specific corner leads to your building and how far to be traveled to reach you.

Pylon signs are a type of signage that utilizes a hollow plastic board (usually called a lightbox cabinet) or a metal board mounted on a steel frame that's surrounded by one or two metal posts. Pylon signs are usually installed on roads to indicate that a particular business is nearby or to indicate an important landmark.


Regardless of how they're constructed, pylon signs have the following parts:


Lightbox Cabinet - The lightbox cabinet is the part that houses all of the graphic elements that allow the pylon sign to convert information. This part is hollow on the inside. It's designed this way so that it can house light bulbs or LEDs. Acrylic plastic or polycarbonate plastic is the source material for making the lightbox cabinet.


Metal Board - If not a lightbox cabinet, then a pylon sign might utilize a metal board to display information. This metal board is commonly made out of aluminum. Graphical elements are embedded or carved on it. Sometimes, a manufacturer might place pieces of 3D graphics using metal adhesive too.


Metal Frame - The metal frame holds the metal board or lightbox cabinet in place. It's welded on the post and doesn't come off easily even when the pylon sign is hit through collision or any other devastating incidents. On a further note, the metal frame's size is slightly bigger than the size of the metal board or lightbox cabinet for easy installation and maintenance.


Post/Posts - This acts as the foundation of the pylon sign and allows it to stand on the side of the road. Depending on the pylon sign's size and design, there might be one or two posts. High pylon signs use a single wide-beamed post. On the other hand, pylon signs that are slightly taller than the average human use two narrow-beamed posts.

Have you ever been to university entrances or city hall entrances before? If so, you might have seen monument signs in person without realizing it.


Monument signs are a type of signage placed in the most frontal location of governmental or commercial buildings. As the name implies, these signages can have queer designs and may display gigantic letters, icons, figures, and shapes.


Popular items for making monument signs are brick, metal, and concrete. Metal and concrete are for making monument signs that display catchy figures and shapes. On the other hand. brick is for making monument signs that resemble pylon signs only without post or posts but rest on the ground instead.

Permits

Don't stress over obtaining permits with the state and local governments. We can take over for you. Filing with and receiving approval and beginning the job, stress free.

Engineering

We take care of creating and engineering your sign. Making sure the dimensions are perfect and the overall product is up to or high standards.

Designs

Don't have a design? We make sure that you are given a prefect design for your business. Having the correct branding is a key factor in business and we make sure you are taken care of.

Roadside Pylon Signs:

Why Use Pylon Signs?


A pylon sign is easy to spot on the road. And since it can be made to stand tall, this type of signage works great in highly crowded areas where exterior channel letters and exterior wall signs are hard to spot due to the obstruction that comes from other businesses' signage.


What Are The Advantages of Pylon Signs


Aggressive - Pylon signs are aggressive signage. Their placement is the reason for this. Pylon signs can easily overpower other types of signage. People can't refuse to look at them since they will be seen while driving or walking on the highway.


Durable - Pylon signs don't bat an eye against strong winds, heavy snows or rains, and other types of extreme weather. The metal frame protects the cabinet lightbox or metal board from loosening. On the other hand, the posts prevent the pylon signs from wobbling or falling.

Roadside Monument Signs:

Why Use Monument Signs?


Monument signs make the building of your business look majestic. Specifically, it makes the driveway catchy and a potential candidate for picture-taking escapades. Nevertheless, understand that this signage isn't for all. The following are minimum requirements that you should meet before having a monument sign installed:


  • 8,000 square feet front space that's free of obstructions
  • good building landscape
  • the building is at least 7 feet away from the highway
  • monument sign shouldn't get in the way with parking space once installed
  • unrented business building and lot


What Are The Advantages of Monument Signs?


Architectural Value - Monument signs give architectural value to the building that your business uses. It basically acts as an additional construction project that you can utilize for marketing purposes. Ribbon cutting, anniversary parties, and publicity stunts are activities that you can do in front of monument signs.

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