Road Line Colors?

[Retro Spectator]

I have been looking at some vintage color street pictures on Google Images, and I noticed that there seems to be no yellow lines. Did road lines (in America) use to be white?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Very early on, around the WW1 era, you could find both yellow and white in common use depending on where you lived, but white became the standard by the mid-twenties, with most states using white into the early seventies when federal codes standardized yellow for everyone. Before the new standard, here in Maine, we had a combination -- the center line was white, but "passing lines" were yellow.

Some cities didn't use painted lines -- instead they used white reflector buttons embedded in the pavement.

 

[Talbot]

I never fail to be impressed with Lizzie's depth of knowledge.:eusa_clap

 

[Rodney]

I'm starting to catch on to that. She's very knowledgeable. Bristol, RI has red, white, and blue down their main street for the 4th of July Parade route.
Rodney