Erroneous road signs

[agentsteel53]

seems pretty sensible to me ... if the freeway is a bypass of a town, then you'd expect an exit at either end of town, and one down the middle where the perpendicular road goes out to the bypass.

the only thing that would make it confusing is if there were only partial interchanges at some of those, where for example you could only get on I-20 westbound at the westernmost exit.  I've never gotten the hang of those - especially not when the next exit to turn around at isn't for another 18 miles!

[US71]

... I hate ... absolutely HATE ... the wide shields that sprang into use in Kentucky in the 1970s. I much prefer the square shields with the smaller numbers.

You'll see plenty in Arkansas along I-40 between West Memphis and Little Rock 

[Alps]

I don't consider that to be a goof. I hate ... absolutely HATE ... the wide shields that sprang into use in Kentucky in the 1970s. I much prefer the square shields with the smaller numbers.

Rhode Island has a countably small number of 3-digit shields.  The norm is still 2-digit width for every route.  Which is silly, because it's a rectangle so it's easy to expand.  NH is the same way, but I haven't seen more than 101 in that state.

[ctsignguy]

... I hate ... absolutely HATE ... the wide shields that sprang into use in Kentucky in the 1970s. I much prefer the square shields with the smaller numbers.

You'll see plenty in Arkansas along I-40 between West Memphis and Little Rock 

LOVE that spiffy B font!  Dont know why, but i always like B fonts so i prefer square rather than rectangular shields myself

[agentsteel53]

I prefer Series A to Series B.



I don't think anyone uses that anymore - it's been officially deprecated for about 20 years now since it was too thin and hard to read.  That said, I think it's just a more aesthetically pleasing font than B. 

[hbelkins]

Between C'burg and Radford - state secondary route              - the road to nowhere.

Not only that, but VA 114 doesn't go east here. This is the eastern terminus of the route.

[froggie]

Not only that, but VA 114 doesn't go east here. This is the eastern terminus of the route.

Officially speaking, VA 114 extends east to the frontage road.  So on the face of it, the VA 114 sign is correct.

[US71]

I prefer Series A to Series B.

I don't think anyone uses that anymore - it's been officially deprecated for about 20 years now since it was too thin and hard to read.  That said, I think it's just a more aesthetically pleasing font than B. 

Anyone know where I can download Series A ? I'd love to duplicate some stuff in photoshop and use it for my screensaver. 

[agentsteel53]

no idea ... I don't even have it in vector form, alas.  Have never bothered to synthesize it. 

interestingly, it is the one series that is a different width in round than in square fonts.  Round Series A is just a tad bit narrower than Round Series B.  Square Series A is about half as wide as Square Series B!  It may be seen here:



you can barely see it on this stop sign, spelling out "THRU TRAFFIC".

[donutbandit]

Check out these odd CA state shields. (Probably one of yours, agentsteele.)

[WillWeaverRVA]

Is that a non-cutout US 395 shield? Is that setup even in California?

[agentsteel53]

it's in Yosemite.  The National Parks Service administers the signs there, and clearly they pulled out a very wonky specification manual.

[okroads]

Here's one from Oklahoma

Funny thing is...those signs have been replaced in the past few years. The blank circle on the background sign was originally an OK 7 shield, back when it went that far east. On the new signs, OK 7 has reappeared.(even though it still ends several miles to the west in Atoka...)

[FLRoads]

I found this on my way down to southwest Florida last week:


Sign assembly for Florida 69 and Calhoun County 274. Note the Florida 69 shields are in a non-standard format for Florida state routes. Photo taken 06/04/09.

[agentsteel53]

at least this way there's no problem if they're hung upside down!

[FLRoads]

HAHA!! Only you would think of that!! Very cleaver...guess I'd better turn my head right side up now that the blood has rushed to it!! 

[agentsteel53]

HAHA!! Only you would think of that!! Very cleaver...guess I'd better turn my head right side up now that the blood has rushed to it!! 

yep that about sums up how 69 works!

[mightyace]

This is an intersection I go through on a regular basis.  I took the picture just for the signs and didn't realize that the sign with the left arrow is to the right of the sign with the right arrow.  What is on the signs is correct though.

Also missing from these signs is that the road here is TN 96.  (However, I don't recall at the moment if those signs are elsewhere.)


US31 US431 TN96 Franklin, TN by mightyace, on Flickr

[njroadhorse]

Here's one in DuBois, PA

[bugo]

Yay, an excuse to post this pic again:

[Alex]

Found this just yesterday on Theodore Dawes Road eastbound at U.S. 90 and Mobile County 26. When county signing crews added new County Road 26 pentagons, they also extended Alabama 163 west from its southern terminus at Alabama 193! Furthermore, CR 26 shields are not found on either direction of U.S. 90 or on CR 26 itself. That's useful!

[mefailenglish]

Here are two from the same road, but different states...

[74/171FAN]

Here are two from the same road, but different states...

Wow those sign goofs at VDOT allowed an SR 301(ironically I do live on SR 1301)

[WillWeaverRVA]

That's only the second posting of a US highway in a secondary route shield I know of in Virginia, other than the SR 220 shields in Rocky Mount that the Virginia Hwys Project has photos of.

[Mr. Matté]

My avatar is inspired by an instance of a stupid sign error, heading eastbound on the PA Turnpike before the Valley Forge interchange, instead of "East {I-276}", a Jersey Tpke. shield is stuck over that.  See: http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/i-76/, about halfway down the page for the real thing.