Breakaway signpost

A post for use along a roadside, said post comprising:

• a first lower I-beam post section, a second intermediate I-beam post section, a first slip type coupling means interconnecting said post sections in end-to-end relation, said first coupling means comprising a first and second lower and upper pair of L-shaped brackets removably secured respectively to said lower and intermediate post sections, said pairs of brackets having legs thereof in face-to face relation in a horizontal plane proximate abutting ends of said post sections, each such bracket having notches in a free outed end thereof remote from the post, bolt and nut units interconnecting said pairs of bracket with the bolt portion thereof passing though a notch in an upper one of the brackets that is aligned with a notch in the lower bracket, said notches permitting slip in which the slip movement is in a direction across the length of the post;
• an upper post section;
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• a second slip type coupling means interconnecting said intermediate and upper sections in end-to-end relation and wherein slip movement of said second coupling is in a direction lengthwise of the post.