Sign types & fabrication
What is pylon sign?
Also called: Pole sign, highway sign
A pylon sign is a tall freestanding sign elevated on one or more poles — the high-visibility structure that announces plazas and dealerships to traffic.
Height is the product: pylons exist to be seen past buildings and down highways, commonly 20 to 80 feet, usually with internally lit cabinets or EMCs on a steel structure with engineered foundations. Everything about them is permit- and engineering-heavy.
Most sign shops sell and service pylons but subcontract the steel and crane work. The recurring revenue is face swaps and retrofits — a plaza's pylon changes tenants far more often than it changes structure.
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