Ugly US shields

[hbelkins]

[corco]

east of Belle Fourche,  SD

south of Oelrichs, SD

Monroe, WA

Discovery Bay, just north of SR 20 in Washington

US-6 just west of NV-487, a few miles from the Utah line

[Truvelo]

Kentucky style US shield with pointy bottom

[Quillz]

Any U.S. shield with specs more recent than 1961 are ugly.

[Scott5114]

How about ugly and illegible on the same gantry?

[Ian]

(This one seems to be a standard 3dus shield in New Jersey)







The Garden State Parkway has plenty of bad looking US route shields:

[xonhulu]

This one is gone now:

[jdb1234]

From Birmingham:

[hbelkins]

The thing about that US 60 photo that I posted isn't necessarily the shield shape, which is commonly seen around Kentucky these days (the US 23 sign posted upthread is a good example) but the garishly large numbers.

[SSOWorld]

That looks suspiciously like a Rhode Island sign.

[Mr_Northside]

That lead-off US-322 sign IS horrible (and variants can be found sporadically around the state).  Though a pic or 2 down, the one with two 322 shields overhead doesn't look all that bad.

[Ian]

That looks suspiciously like a Rhode Island sign.

That it is. This is on the ramp to US 1 from the T.F. Green Airport connector road from I-95.

[corco]

Tekoa, WA:

[US71]

Not "Ugly" per se, must slightly misproportioned

[Riverside Frwy]

Some very ugly shields. Do the contractors that make these signs even care?

[US71]

Now if you want a really ugly sign, look no further than LA1 in Shreveport (since replaced)

[Ian]

The US 71 shield isn't bad, but that LA 1 shield is horrific!

[agentsteel53]

Not "Ugly" per se, must slightly misproportioned

259/79

is that in Texas?  If so, wow that's very old for Texas.



Georgia has quite a few ugly shields.  Here is one paired with a nice '61 spec state route marker.

[US71]

The US 71 shield isn't bad, but that LA 1 shield is horrific!

That was my point 
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Not "Ugly" per se, must slightly misproportioned

259/79

is that in Texas?  If so, wow that's very old for Texas.

Snapped it about 3 years ago, but have no idea how long it has been there

[Ian]

The ugliest US shields have to be the error ones

[ctsignguy]

Ugly shields?  We got 'em!!!









and to get back on topic...

[agentsteel53]

that I-84 is quite the rarity - a '57 spec shield in Connecticut.  It happens to be a bit worn.  But it's not ugly at all.

[mefailenglish]

This style is, sadly, rather common in certain areas of south Florida:



And it's hard to badmouth Florida Kodachrome, but I'll make an exception for this one:

[74/171FAN]

The ugliest US shields have to be the error ones

Including when there is not supposed to be one

[AZDude]

Not ugly but HUGE!



Misaligned.





These are everywhere.