I-195 goes where?

[SidS1045]

http://www.wcvb.com/article/oops-highway-sign-for-interstate-195-in-dartmouth-has-a-little-transposition-problem/8349350

[dgolub]

Cod Cape.  Nice.

[kurumi]

"No problem with that guide sign I see" - Yoda

[jeffandnicole]

http://www.wcvb.com/article/oops-highway-sign-for-interstate-195-in-dartmouth-has-a-little-transposition-problem/8349350

But the sign wasn't 'misspelled'.

[roadman]

"No problem with that guide sign I see" - Yoda

In that case, shouldn't it also read Bedford New?

[ATLRedSoxFan]

"No problem with that guide sign I see" - Yoda

In that case, shouldn't it also read Bedford New?

Funny, I said the same thing on Facebook. :-)

[ATLRedSoxFan]

Go home i-195 sign, you're drunk.

[The Ghostbuster]

It could be worse. The sign could have said Cape Town.

[SectorZ]

It could be worse. The sign could have said Cape Town.

Somewhere Fritzowl just had an idea for an I-195 extension. The spots had to be pretty damn close before the Americas and Africa rifted apart 200 million years ago.

[ixnay]

It could be worse. The sign could have said Cape Town.

Or Belmar (as in New Jersey).  Heck, *that's* on the same ocean.

Or Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (Patent Pending)...

ixnay

[KEVIN_224]

Would anyone have noticed if it said "I-951"? 

[noelbotevera]

Would anyone have noticed if it said "I-951"? 

You mean I-591? No, considering how far I-91 is.

[roadman]

Cross-posting this comment and my reply from another thread, as it's relevant to the topic.


Quote from: southshore720 on Today at 03:33:52 PM

How many checks in the process are there from draft to manufacturing?  And are the folks who install the signage illiterate?  Wouldn't they alert someone to the fact that the sign was completely incorrect before erecting it?  Signage mistakes like these boggle me.

At MassDOT, there are at least two chances during the design process to catch guide sign legend errors - at the intermediate and final design reviews (guide sign specific projects - which the Faunce Corner Road work was not one of - offer an additional opportunity at the preliminary design stage).  Once the project goes into construction, the final chance to catch a legend error is during review of the fabricator's sign face drawings.  Assuming that both the original design plans and/or the initial or revised fabricator's drawings have correctly spelled and formatted legends, it is the final responsibility of the project resident engineer or their inspector/designee to verify that the legend on a finished sign is correct just before installation.            http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/8/docs/engineeringDirectives/2008/e-08-002.pdf

I have no knowledge of what internal procedures, if any, that MassDOT's approved sign fabricators may or may not have regarding QA/QC for fabricating sign panels.  However, I would doubt that the laborers who actually install the signs would be tasked with final QA/QC.  In fairness, they should not be expected to perform this work.

[PHLBOS]

This one's right up there with PennDOT's Epharta sign blunder (vs. the correct Ephrata) along US 222 (for the US 322 interchange) a few years ago.

[roadman]

This one's right up there with PennDOT's Epharta sign blunder (vs. the correct Ephrata) along US 222 (for the US 322 interchange) a few years ago.

Then there was the Pilmoth Plantation Highway error (should have been spelled Plimoth) in 2008.  Not to mention the Etnering Braintree sign on the same project (MA 3 Braintree to Plymouth sign replacement).

[PHLBOS]

Then there was the Pilmoth Plantation Highway error (should have been spelled Plimoth) in 2008.  Not to mention the Etnering Braintree sign on the same project (MA 3 Braintree to Plymouth sign replacement).

Are there any photos of those sign errors? 

[paulthemapguy]

"No problem with that guide sign I see" - Yoda

Nailed it.  This is the best possible comment that's all that's it that's all folks goodbye this thread is over 

[spooky]

Then there was the Pilmoth Plantation Highway error (should have been spelled Plimoth) in 2008.  Not to mention the Etnering Braintree sign on the same project (MA 3 Braintree to Plymouth sign replacement).

Are there any photos of those sign errors? 

http://www.patriotledger.com/x875597401/Misspelled-Braintree-sign-amuses-many

[PHLBOS]

Then there was the Pilmoth Plantation Highway error (should have been spelled Plimoth) in 2008.  Not to mention the Etnering Braintree sign on the same project (MA 3 Braintree to Plymouth sign replacement).

Are there any photos of those sign errors? 

http://www.patriotledger.com/x875597401/Misspelled-Braintree-sign-amuses-many

Thanks for the link.  I thought the error was made on the white bookleaf-style signs.

[roadman]

Then there was the Pilmoth Plantation Highway error (should have been spelled Plimoth) in 2008.  Not to mention the Etnering Braintree sign on the same project (MA 3 Braintree to Plymouth sign replacement).

Are there any photos of those sign errors? 

http://www.patriotledger.com/x875597401/Misspelled-Braintree-sign-amuses-many

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/threads/misspelled-mass-highway-sign-causes-drivers-to-do-double-take.38397/

Unfortunately, the link to the original Fox 25 story gets you a 404 message.

[PurdueBill]

Have a shot of the Pilmoth sign, but the story is gone apparently.