Unique, Odd, or Interesting Signs aka The good, the bad, and the ugly

[cjk374]

I thought this was awesome of Lowe's & the Wounded Warrior Project. And...thank you to all of our veterans here on the forum.

20170306_161135 by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

[jay8g]

All roads lead to Spokane, I guess...

There's lots of weird signage in this area, actually.

[machias]

Nice Series D Modified

Which sign are you referring to?

[Rothman]

All roads lead to Spokane, I guess...

There's lots of weird signage in this area, actually.

On all alternate routes, no less...

[7/8]

I found this cool sign on North Hill Place in Kitchener, ON along a bike trail.

[thenetwork]

I found this cool sign on North Hill Place in Kitchener, ON along a bike trail.

Red (Stop & Dismount) or Yellow (Use Caution) would have been the logical colors to use here, but they went with green (Screw It...No cars, just keep moving).   <shrug>

[7/8]

I found this cool sign on North Hill Place in Kitchener, ON along a bike trail.

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Red (Stop & Dismount) or Yellow (Use Caution) would have been the logical colors to use here, but they went with green (Screw It...No cars, just keep moving).   <shrug>

The fact that the sign asks cyclists to dismount here is kind of funny. It's a dead end residential street with only a couple houses on it. There's also nothing obstructing your view of the road. I like the combination of green and the octagon shape (who thought that would make sense?)

[UCFKnights]

I found this cool sign on North Hill Place in Kitchener, ON along a bike trail.

Red (Stop & Dismount) or Yellow (Use Caution) would have been the logical colors to use here, but they went with green (Screw It...No cars, just keep moving).   <shrug>

They wanted to portray to the street traffic that the bikes will stop so they don't need to worry and can recognize the shape from the back. I imagine they also wanted to teach those who won't follow the directions on the sign a lesson for failing to comply.

[GenExpwy]

They wanted to portray to the street traffic that the bikes will stop so they don't need to worry and can recognize the shape from the back. I imagine they also wanted to teach those who won't follow the directions on the sign a lesson for failing to comply.

More likely, they had a faded old STOP sign on the scrap pile when the phone rang: "Hey, we need a custom sign..."

[briantroutman]

Poor quality image, unfortunately, but I noticed this TEMP I-70 shield in a Utah DOT video I assume to be from the mid '80s. "Barrett's Food Town"  apparently still exists, and it helped me to quickly pinpoint the location here in Salina, Utah: https://goo.gl/maps/vi4icSfgsxN2

My guess is that I-70 was incomplete west of Exit 56 and motorists were either being directed west on US 50 to what's now UT 24, re-entering I-70 at Exit 48–or they were being sent west on US 50 all the way to I-15.

[jakeroot]

"Barrett's Food Town"  apparently still exists, and it helped me to quickly pinpoint the location here in Salina, Utah: https://goo.gl/maps/vi4icSfgsxN2

I thought it said "Earrett's Doc Loan".

[D-Dey65]

I just thought of something; If you people like old and odd signs, I recommend the Fieldston section of the Bronx, especially along Fieldston Road itself. The pre-1971 Keep Right signs are nothing compared to the pre-1961 No U Turn sign at the break in the median near the Riverdale Country School.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8994395,-73.9011703,3a,75y,125.78h,80.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2F8FPc4AIpv5Za81dlIjtA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Spuyten Dutyvil is even more interesting, because on Netherland Avenue, you have traffic signals with two red lights at the ends of intersections.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8811644,-73.9128253,3a,75y,126.54h,95.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb9RFwkrizjP5IbjT41asHg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[D-Dey65]

Just saw this on the web today:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/183492-white-stop-sign-with-red-lettering

[thenetwork]

I am cross-posting the following ODD sign from another thread:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7103599,-104.997491,3a,75y,133.99h,83.66t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxvusxtRGFku5s4B3o9ZoBQ!2e0!5s20141001T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

was still standing as of this past weekend, since SB Santa Fe Drive has been relocated where the concrete sewer pipes are in the above photo.

What makes it so odd is that the relocated SB Santa Fe Avenue has been around since April of 2015 (per GSV): 

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7111121,-104.9984633,3a,75y,161.08h,89.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPvFcqLPceV-odeBot0nddg!2e0!5s20150401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

and the old gantry now spans a dead end "frontage road" stub to access Denny's and Diamond Shamrock as seen in this last photo.

How can someone forget to remove a large signed gantry that now sits on a dead-end strip of pavement??? 

[PHLBOS]

What makes it so odd is that the relocated SB Santa Fe Avenue has been around since April of 2015 (per GSV): 

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7111121,-104.9984633,3a,75y,161.08h,89.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPvFcqLPceV-odeBot0nddg!2e0!5s20150401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

and the old gantry now spans a dead end "frontage road" stub to access Denny's and Diamond Shamrock as seen in this last photo.

How can someone forget to remove a large signed gantry that now sits on a dead-end strip of pavement??? 

Even more weird or odd is that when one clicks in past GSVs; there's an empty gantry (no signs), but the most recent GSV shows the signs back on again.

[US71]

Yesterday, I found this in Deep River, IA.

Typical Iowa

[thenetwork]

What makes it so odd is that the relocated SB Santa Fe Avenue has been around since April of 2015 (per GSV): 

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7111121,-104.9984633,3a,75y,161.08h,89.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPvFcqLPceV-odeBot0nddg!2e0!5s20150401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

and the old gantry now spans a dead end "frontage road" stub to access Denny's and Diamond Shamrock as seen in this last photo.

How can someone forget to remove a large signed gantry that now sits on a dead-end strip of pavement??? 

Even more weird or odd is that when one clicks in past GSVs; there's an empty gantry (no signs), but the most recent GSV shows the signs back on again.

I think when the gantry was empty was the first phase of the I-25/Us-85 rebuild, when they eliminated the on-ramp to I-25 North from SB Klamath (where the gantry is).  The signs that are currently up on the abandoned gantry aren't more than 5 years old, and they're fast approaching the time where they have been displayed over a dead-end roadway longer than an active one.

[D-Dey65]

You know, I thought I'd show the beginning of this video, due to the variants of the "One Way" signs with their own messages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhPdaq4Ommg

Still wish I could get those ones I saw in Riverhead and Calverton, NY all those years ago.

[PColumbus73]

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0438934,-94.4786387,3a,32.9y,345.6h,90.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9C-sZQe8D0-3TMRtmz8AMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

How about a diamond with clipped sides?

[theline]

I don't know if this one goes here or in the "redundant" thread. TURN HERE on a BGS: https://goo.gl/maps/bDdMQGAo4Wm

Turning here seems to be implied by the arrow. The words are unnecessary.

Here's the corresponding sign for NB traffic on SR 331: https://goo.gl/maps/yLT7XThjuN22

Replacing TURN HERE with TOLL ROAD makes a lot of sense. The NB sign was erected many years after the first sign. This road for many years was just a stub, ending at the toll road ramp. It was extended to the south in stages in the Capital Avenue project, eventually reaching the US 20 bypass (St. Joseph Valley Parkway) as SR 331.

[jakeroot]

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0438934,-94.4786387,3a,32.9y,345.6h,90.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9C-sZQe8D0-3TMRtmz8AMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

How about a diamond with clipped sides?

I've seen something like that before (here specifically). Obviously done to avoid sitting over the lane, but definitely unique. I see them very, very rarely.

[SignGeek101]

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0438934,-94.4786387,3a,32.9y,345.6h,90.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9C-sZQe8D0-3TMRtmz8AMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

How about a diamond with clipped sides?

I've seen something like that before (here specifically). Obviously done to avoid sitting over the lane, but definitely unique. I see them very, very rarely.

I've seen them commonly for construction signs:

https://goo.gl/maps/8avSbZyw4Uw

[SidS1045]

on Netherland Avenue, you have traffic signals with two red lights at the ends of intersections.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8811644,-73.9128253,3a,75y,126.54h,95.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb9RFwkrizjP5IbjT41asHg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

A very common "dead-end street" indicator throughout New York City.

[vdeane]

I don't know if this one goes here or in the "redundant" thread. TURN HERE on a BGS: https://goo.gl/maps/bDdMQGAo4Wm

Turning here seems to be implied by the arrow. The words are unnecessary.

Here's the corresponding sign for NB traffic on SR 331: https://goo.gl/maps/yLT7XThjuN22

Replacing TURN HERE with TOLL ROAD makes a lot of sense. The NB sign was erected many years after the first sign. This road for many years was just a stub, ending at the toll road ramp. It was extended to the south in stages in the Capital Avenue project, eventually reaching the US 20 bypass (St. Joseph Valley Parkway) as SR 331.

There's another one in Rome, NY: https://goo.gl/maps/9kCiiWVsNWk

[tckma]

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0438934,-94.4786387,3a,32.9y,345.6h,90.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9C-sZQe8D0-3TMRtmz8AMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

How about a diamond with clipped sides?

Usually, I only see that on orange construction signs.  My guess is perhaps the clearance between the travel lane and the median is inadequate enough that they think the corners would be clipped off by passing trucks.  BUT on a permanent sign, one would think that kind of issue with the right-of-way and shoulder would have been resolved by the time those get mounted.