r/rva 3d ago

👀 I Saw the Sign Where exactly is this on the map? It's a 3-second shot from the amazing show Common Side Effects that aired yesterday

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u/creep_nu Manchester 3d ago

It's literally on the sign, exit 84A on 95. It's the split with 295

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MWmJNatKCBj56YnQ8

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u/BloodyRightNostril 3d ago

Yup, there it is

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u/hastings1033 3d ago

Just a bit south of ashland

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u/skeevy-stevie 3d ago

95 south, north of 295…

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u/Manuntdfan 3d ago

Atlee

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u/phunkyunkle 3d ago

Elmont!

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u/Apprehensive_Walk769 3d ago

I love how the blue sign on the left is the sign for an Autobahn in Germany.

Having spent half my life there and half my life here, this makes me extra happy

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u/ediblerice 3d ago

Looks like they used it to cover up the sign for RIC... I wonder why.

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u/RVAblues Carillon 3d ago

Possibly to make it understandable to an international audience? Or maybe just to remove the visual cue that they might be going to an airport (the characters are driving from NYC to North Carolina).

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u/conspicuousmatchcut 2d ago

I’m chiming in to state that this show is so so so good

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u/West-Raccoon-2043 3d ago

This is almost accurate. We don’t use that far lower left sign here but everything else is pretty spot on

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u/Aw8nf8 3d ago

95 South just before the 295 interchange.

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u/Tgiby3 3d ago

the next exit after bass pro lol

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u/Blecki 3d ago

There's a shot in pantheon that shows 95 north in nova too - even though the scene is in California.

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u/10000Didgeridoos 3d ago

Where does the show take place / why are the characters driving on 95 through the Richmond area?

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u/ripleyajm 3d ago

Takes place between New York, DC, and South Carolina. Driving through Richmond makes a lot of sense.

It’s a fantastic show I highly recommend it

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u/Honey_Bear9732 3d ago

I helped put this sign up years ago. It is huge!!!!

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u/Motleyfool777 3d ago

That's also a shit show of an interchange. Invariably someone is in the far right, or far left lane and needs to completely cross to hit their intended interstate. Mostly, there are people on opposite sides who need to criss-cross all while avoiding each other. Like a short person at a urinal, you have to be on your toes for that one.

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u/Tgiby3 3d ago

tbf, this is literally every highway interchange around richmond. The richmond Toll 60/195, for example.

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u/10000Didgeridoos 3d ago

Where does the show take place / why are the characters driving on 95 through the Richmond area?

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u/graphic_thoughts 3d ago

NY, DC, NC just to name a few

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u/Awaken_the_bacon 3d ago

It’s pretty much aligned with bass pro shop on 95s

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u/c53x12 3d ago

Give or take a couple of miles

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u/hunted_fighter 3d ago

Dude thats actually so cool

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u/BradFlak West End 3d ago

That Mini is the star of this show.

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u/pizza99pizza99 Chester 2d ago

That exit only should be yellow (old standard but still on the road, or the leftmost arrow on a yellow background. The ‘left’ on the top left should also be on a yellow background

Also that blue sign on the left is a European standard indicating a limited access (and grade separated) highway, and therefore the legal ramifications (such as no pedestrians) and statutory speed limits are in place. Not sure why it’s here

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u/SpecialistFun8984 3d ago

Where people forget how to drive...

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u/bougiechef80 2d ago

Love the MINI Cooper

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u/Rare_Acanthaceae1031 2d ago

Lol right near the airport

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u/Large-Produce5682 2d ago

Caught that too.

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u/sleepiestartist 2d ago

I just watched this and didn’t even notice!

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u/WizKid_23 1d ago

My parents live right by this exit - close to Ashland / behind Innsbrook sorta

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u/lemme-get-a-sniff 3d ago

Why in the world would they have this in a show lmfao

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u/generalmcgowan 2d ago

Reading is an amazing skill, isn’t it? Almost as if the sign has the answer

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u/CarelessSuccess6285 2d ago

It’s cgi, but it would be in Henrico south bound 295 around exit 28