The Worst of Road Signs

[roadman]

Here's a STOP sign I saw today in a shopping center just off MD-198 in Laurel, Maryland that must have been manufactured on Opposite Day.  Does that make it a GO sign?

That looks like a STOP sign my sister made for me when I was 4 (as documented in family home movies).  She cut an octagon out of a paper plate, wrote STOP on it in red felt tip pen, mounted it on a soda straw, and dropped it into the sand on the beach.

[jbnv]

The new signs for the I-95/VA 144 interchange reconstruction project are in Clearview.

So? Personal preference or silly bureaucratic rules do not pure unadulterated suck make.

[Brandon]

The new signs for the I-95/VA 144 interchange reconstruction project are in Clearview.

So? Personal preference or silly bureaucratic rules do not pure unadulterated suck make.

Exactly.  The standard is set by CraIG COuNtY.  See below:

Post the worst, most ineptly put together pieces of crap in your state. Not just "oh, it's in Clearview", "wrong type of shield", or "it's a bubble shield" or anything like that. We're talking pure, unadulterated suck here. Stuff that makes you wonder what they were thinking. Stuff that should only result from a night of binge drinking at the sign shop. Like this!

This is also a gold-plated standard:

Remember, it must be the absolute, pure, unadulterated suck that leaves the sign shop after a night of binge drinking (or worse) and should've been caught by quality control and, yet, somehow missed time and time again.

[amroad17]

^ This sign has to be done for tomorrow.  Are the letters ready?  What do you mean we are out of capital E's and T's and small n's and i's?  Alright, just find any type of these letters needed to complete this.  We may be able to fix this later.  Maybe no one will notice.

Hey, Phil!  How about that Exit sign?  What, no arrow!?  Just get it ready without it, we'll fix it later, maybe.

A PSA brought to you by tHE OkLahoMa DepT of TRAnsPorTaTIOn.

[Brandon]

^ This sign has to be done for tomorrow.  Are the letters ready?  What do you mean we are out of capital E's and T's and small n's and i's?  Alright, just find any type of these letters needed to complete this.  We may be able to fix this later.  Maybe no one will notice.

Hey, Phil!  How about that Exit sign?  What, no arrow!?  Just get it ready without it, we'll fix it later, maybe.

A PSA brought to you by tHE OkLahoMa DepT of TRAnsPorTaTIOn.

Oklahoma, come for the signage, stay for the...????????

[amroad17]

^ Tornadoes!

[Scott5114]

^ This sign has to be done for tomorrow.  Are the letters ready?  What do you mean we are out of capital E's and T's and small n's and i's?  Alright, just find any type of these letters needed to complete this.  We may be able to fix this later.  Maybe no one will notice.

Hey, Phil!  How about that Exit sign?  What, no arrow!?  Just get it ready without it, we'll fix it later, maybe.

A PSA brought to you by tHE OkLahoMa DepT of TRAnsPorTaTIOn.

Oklahoma, come for the signage, stay for the...????????

signage, because good luck making it to Dallas with these guiding the way.

[national highway 1]

Found this Clearview monstrosity on the preview for H-1 on Oahu, on the AARoads Facebook Page.

[jbnv]

Found this Clearview monstrosity on the preview for H-1 on Oahu, on the AARoads Facebook Page. <snip>

It would be just as ugly in FHWA.

[okroads]

A new BGS error from I-35 in Oklahoma (photo taken 8-5-17), notice the exit tab.

DSC06654 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[US 89]

A new BGS error from I-35 in Oklahoma (photo taken 8-5-17), notice the exit tab.

DSC06654 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

I have to say, I have never seen that error before. And of course it's in Oklahoma...

[jakeroot]

Found this Clearview monstrosity on the preview for H-1 on Oahu, on the AARoads Facebook Page. <snip>

It would be just as ugly in FHWA.

The Clearview serves to add insult to injury.

The rules for the thread very clearly state (though I'm going to paraphrase) "Clearview does not, nor may it, count against a sign, for the purposes of this thread".

I, personally, like Clearview. So it definitely doesn't count against a sign IMO.

[Quillz]

[Truvelo]

^^One can wonder if there was an intention to put a state name above 290?

[riiga]

This should be in Best of, not Worst of. 

[mrsman]

This should be in Best of, not Worst of. 

It's certainly very funny.

[plain]

It looks almost Maryland-like sans the colors. Where's this sign anyway?

[Takumi]

The new signs for the I-95/VA 144 interchange reconstruction project are in Clearview.

So? Personal preference or silly bureaucratic rules do not pure unadulterated suck make.

I clicked on the wrong thread when I posted that. Meant for that to go in the Clearview thread. My apologies.

[texaskdog]

Am I the only one here who despises the NPS signs? Brown is one thing. But serif fonts...ugh.

I guess I get excited that I am going to a park!

[tckma]

It looks almost Maryland-like sans the colors. Where's this sign anyway?

I'm going to guess Massachusetts.  They have an I-290, and a boring square shape for their state route shields.  But the "290" is not big enough.

Could also be Illinois, Indiana, Wyoming, or Montana.  Other states that I-90 passes through (and therefore could have an I-290), and have a boring square shape for state highway shields.

[MNHighwayMan]

It looks almost Maryland-like sans the colors. Where's this sign anyway?

I'm going to guess Massachusetts.  They have an I-290, and a boring square shape for their state route shields.  But the "290" is not big enough.

Could also be Illinois, Indiana, Wyoming, or Montana.  Other states that I-90 passes through (and therefore could have an I-290), and have a boring square shape for state highway shields.

If they're the same signs I remember reading about a number of years ago, they're in or near Tonawanda, NY.

[SidS1045]

It looks almost Maryland-like sans the colors. Where's this sign anyway?

I'm going to guess Massachusetts.  They have an I-290, and a boring square shape for their state route shields.  But the "290" is not big enough.

Could also be Illinois, Indiana, Wyoming, or Montana.  Other states that I-90 passes through (and therefore could have an I-290), and have a boring square shape for state highway shields.

If they're the same signs I remember reading about a number of years ago, they're in or near Tonawanda, NY.

Correct, on East Niagara Street near NY 425.  Here's another one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_425#/media/File:Infamous_Tonawanda_Squares.jpg

[Brandon]

A new BGS error from I-35 in Oklahoma (photo taken 8-5-17), notice the exit tab.

DSC06654 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

Then there's the fact that "EAST" should be to the right of the shield on the main sign as well.

[jakeroot]

A new BGS error from I-35 in Oklahoma (photo taken 8-5-17), notice the exit tab.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/35666139963_ca51ab8056_c.jpg

Then there's the fact that "EAST" should be to the right of the shield on the main sign as well.

Perhaps one of the most common issues that I see from day to day. I think it's allowed when part of a larger message ("90 EAST TO SOUTH 5") but not as an independent message.

[SectorZ]

A new BGS error from I-35 in Oklahoma (photo taken 8-5-17), notice the exit tab.

DSC06654 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

Then there's the fact that "EAST" should be to the right of the shield on the main sign as well.

New Hampshire loves having the cardinal direction to the left of the route shield.