Balch Springs

Despite the combination of both Clearview and Highway Gothic, this gantry is simple and elegant. It was found along Interstate 635 northbound in Balch Springs, Texas. According to Google Street View, the left panel was removed sometime after this photograph was taken in 2005. $$3-1=2$$ Of course, it might fairly obvious to a roadgeek that these exits will be one mile apart, but, just like Lake Oswego, the beauty of exactly two signs indicating the current exit and the next one exactly one mile ahead, along with no other intervening numbers (such as fractional distances or shields), especially in a relatively urban area, reminds us of the elegance of simplicity.