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

[74/171FAN]

The NY 120A bridge over CT 15/Hutchinson River Pkwy is the 22 ton bridge.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980956594760&set=pcb.10219981105758489)

[Shedingtonian]

From a drawings set for a recently advertised contract for modernization of the DN 73 in Romania.  Offered without comment.

Looks to me like the best way to sign a slip lane that avoids the roundabout. Here's a similar situation in Spain, for all three directions .

[Big John]

^^The 73 shield looks like a US highway shield except for no point at the top center.  And the km in front of the stationing is redundant as 3 digits after the plus sign means it is metric stationing.

[74/171FAN]

On NY 120A SB at Ridge St heading west from Port Chester (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980961594885&set=pcb.10219981105758489)



On NY 120 NB approaching I-287 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980962514908&set=pcb.10219981105758489)

[Alex4897]

New signs were posted at the intersection of Delaware SR 1 and Cave Neck Road near Lewes warning drivers to, you know, not turn into oncoming traffic:


Courtesy of Cape Gazette.

[kphoger]

Courtesy of Cape Gazette.

Awwwww, the cars are kissing!   

[Big John]

^^ But neither look like the Love Bug (Herbie).

[Amaury]

Exit gore point sign for Exit 105 A and B on Interstate 5 southbound in Washington: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DWDqPJ94r5FiSxcB9

[Amaury]

The Keehelus Lake corridor along Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90 westbound has these decimal mile markers hanging on the electronic message signs: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xiG2HuaPKdcsrwNe6 In addition to the normal whole number mileposts on the ground, as seen here farther up: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4wqqi3yM7RiTw9XT6

Heading down the pass, WSDOT has this milepost 51.25 instead of just a normal milepost 151 like on the other side 0.25 miles back: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GtUhGuN6XMF4uYtG7 It's not clear here because it's all beaten up, but can be seen better in earlier captures.

Interstate 5 in the Seattle area also has decimal mile markers, at least northbound does that I recall, the only difference being that they use the normal green signage. Northbound Interstate 5: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9YiVz6vS22bAhqoL6 And then, of course, the normal whole number one just farther up: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KraEjv1yXzSoomhk8

[Amaury]

I don't consider this completely erroneous, as the information is correct, so I'm posting it here. On US Route 97 northbound in Biggs Junction, Oregon, the control cities are ordered incorrectly: https://maps.app.goo.gl/cPWMZvNp4r7CyiLe9 The control location with the greater distance should be on the bottom, so Yakima should be on the bottom and Goldendale on the top. Same with the sign on the I-84 westbound off-ramp: https://maps.app.goo.gl/defNVmbVxh2DYdjZ7 Yakima should be on the bottom.  And the same for this sign before the eastbound I-84 entrance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iZgWMHyzkkbTcGwb7 They got it correct on the I-84 eastbound off-ramp, though, so I don't know why the other places have it wrong: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MUaC3PiXz66tQ9rz8

Goldendale wasn't even mentioned before this interchange was redesigned, as seen here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xWdNzB3GrBrgMJ4w7 And here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iEuJ2ZyKhfWSTLfH6

Also note that after the interchange redesign, they also got the order of the I-84 and US 30 shields wrong. Interstates are always the primary route over US or state routes, so the I-84 shield should be on the left and the US 30 shield on the right. As can be seen here after the interchange's redesign was complete, they incorrectly have the I-84 shield on the right and the US 30 shield on the left.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tyaVnynTi6XfE4ZNA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9TRJewDGC1vPprvo9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EesQKmva6K3UNH9k9 (This one they forgot to even mention the concurrency with US 30.)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2MS3wuoxoWKSpwe59
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tp13SutAhVs9xvkQ8

Before the redesign when the order was correct, in order of the above:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ochtxsPJ1JFFpYT58
https://maps.app.goo.gl/46LKDNtNtngRZbSm9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zncdWjnHjpKeuAfz6
https://maps.app.goo.gl/w7pqx78ikKRYCJue6
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MRELMvfA4P7bU89s6

[CovalenceSTU]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5WgPXdv429qGWEiNA
This sign is very odd. US 77 ends at I-29. It don't join it. Plus NB I-29 departs from the left.

Also of note is the "P R E P A R E TO STOP WHEN F L A S H I N G" right behind, and street names in what looks like compressed Impact:

[74/171FAN]

At the north end of the US 6/PA 191 concurrency in Honesdale (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219981240721863&set=pcb.10219981315323728)

[vdeane]

The Keehelus Lake corridor along Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90 westbound has these decimal mile markers hanging on the electronic message signs: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xiG2HuaPKdcsrwNe6 In addition to the normal whole number mileposts on the ground, as seen here farther up: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4wqqi3yM7RiTw9XT6

Heading down the pass, WSDOT has this milepost 51.25 instead of just a normal milepost 151 like on the other side 0.25 miles back: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GtUhGuN6XMF4uYtG7 It's not clear here because it's all beaten up, but can be seen better in earlier captures.

Interstate 5 in the Seattle area also has decimal mile markers, at least northbound does that I recall, the only difference being that they use the normal green signage. Northbound Interstate 5: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9YiVz6vS22bAhqoL6 And then, of course, the normal whole number one just farther up: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KraEjv1yXzSoomhk8

That last one is literally the standard MUTCD tenth mile marker, used in many different places.  The first two are interesting though (especially the second).  The first reminds me of how the Thruway signs emergency vehicle turnarounds (I-81, meanwhile, numbers them sequentially from the Onondaga/Oswego County line to the Canadian border; Region 7 likes them so so much I-781 has a similar system, as does I-87 in Clinton County).

[Amaury]

This is in my city on West University Way: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7HwgJeBsAKn2kyZc8

Every other sign I've seen just says day and night, such as here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tRTqdNu9H79v8jtA8

Although I don't know if the $101 on the sign in my city is correct or not.

[roadman65]

At the north end of the US 6/PA 191 concurrency in Honesdale (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219981240721863&set=pcb.10219981315323728)

The NTOR you mean.

[74/171FAN]

^It is definitely "NO LEFT TURN ON RED",  US 6 EB/PA 191 SB are on a one-way street heading left from US 6 WB/PA 191 NB here.

[jlam]

I didn't get a good picture, but there is a sign on SB I-25 near Loveland that signs exit 254 as "Compion" (A comically large "C" and a misspelling of Campion). The sign is relatively new since GSV from September still has its old signage.

[AABattery]

I didn't get any pictures, but I noticed in a couple counties of PA (Lackawanna and Luzerne) on 81 that the mile markers aren't like "Mile 123.4". They're like "Mile 123 4/10".
And it's not every single one either, but it's a good amount of them

Example - https://www.google.com/maps/@41.479695,-75.6816224,3a,15y,247.35h,83.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd9rcaG-2TDWu8gBOiTg0RQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[Amaury]

On US 395 southbound, just east of Kettle Falls, Washington, the bottom sign's color does not match that of the bigger sign: https://maps.app.goo.gl/m657kpyugFec5G1h7 When they changed the bigger the sign, they didn't update the bottom sign to match: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dbG4CgsM64o6pcBh8

[Rothman]

Let us continue with the only-somewhat-odd:

Mississippi River Trail shield in New Roads, LA:



Speed Breaker Ahead in Houma, LA:

[D-Dey65]

Well, this is interesting.  Canadian crossing design, but with a mostly-US spec ENS sign, except there's no crossing number and it's bilingual.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7FSH44zSR5DrWxmW9

CN's started installing those on their Canadian crossings recently. It's essentially the ENS sign they use for their crossings here in the US, but adapted for use in Canada.

So, what are the typical Canadian versions of these signs like? And do they vary by province or territory?

[74/171FAN]

I didn't get any pictures, but I noticed in a couple counties of PA (Lackawanna and Luzerne) on 81 that the mile markers aren't like "Mile 123.4". They're like "Mile 123 4/10".
And it's not every single one either, but it's a good amount of them

Example - https://www.google.com/maps/@41.479695,-75.6816224,3a,15y,247.35h,83.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd9rcaG-2TDWu8gBOiTg0RQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

This one is on I-81 NB in Hazleton.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980084492958&set=a.10219980370460107)

[Amaury]

Speed Breaker Ahead in Houma, LA:

Is that supposed to be a fancy way of saying speed bump? LOL

[cockroachking]

I didn't get any pictures, but I noticed in a couple counties of PA (Lackawanna and Luzerne) on 81 that the mile markers aren't like "Mile 123.4". They're like "Mile 123 4/10".
And it's not every single one either, but it's a good amount of them

Example - https://www.google.com/maps/@41.479695,-75.6816224,3a,15y,247.35h,83.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd9rcaG-2TDWu8gBOiTg0RQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

This one is on I-81 NB in Hazleton.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980084492958&set=a.10219980370460107)

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There are a bunch (or at least were as of a year ago) on I-84 in PA as well.

[freebrickproductions]

Well, this is interesting.  Canadian crossing design, but with a mostly-US spec ENS sign, except there's no crossing number and it's bilingual.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7FSH44zSR5DrWxmW9

CN's started installing those on their Canadian crossings recently. It's essentially the ENS sign they use for their crossings here in the US, but adapted for use in Canada.

So, what are the typical Canadian versions of these signs like? And do they vary by province or territory?

According to a Canadian railfan I know, the blue signs became standard up there in 2018. The one in the link is a variation, apparently CN only uses those around Québec & New Brunswick, which are bilingual (I guess the ones outside of there aren't). All of the ones CP(KC) uses in Canada are bilingual, however, and also feature the crossing's number on them. Prior to 2018, the standard ENS "sign" was the yellow sticker that were traditionally seen on Canadian crossings.