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

[hotdogPi]

Saw this yesterday, but couldn't get a picture before I passed it (this is Google Street View):



Water St., Weymouth, MA

EDIT: https → http so that the image shows again

[jakeroot]

Dear Crossing?

[Eth]

Dear Crossing?

Crosssing, which I assume means the two people depicted singing different songs at each other at the same time.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/44040441631/in/dateposted-public/
MDOT using text for I-35 on a sequential exit sign along I-70 in Kansas City.

[plain]

Saw this yesterday, but couldn't get a picture before I passed it (this is Google Street View):



Water St., Weymouth, MA

It almost looks like a senior couple on the sign, in which case the wife is most likely to call people "dear" lmao

[roadman]

Saw this yesterday, but couldn't get a picture before I passed it (this is Google Street View):



Water St., Weymouth, MA

It almost looks like a senior couple on the sign, in which case the wife is most likely to call people "dear" lmao

These signs showed up on many local streets in Massachusetts for awhile.  The intent was to inform people of elderly people crossing the street.  The legend is a play on the concept that seniors are "dear" to society.

[jakeroot]

Saw this yesterday, but couldn't get a picture before I passed it (this is Google Street View):

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?size=600x300&location=42.2132313,-70.9240945&heading=20.6&pitch=0

Water St., Weymouth, MA

It almost looks like a senior couple on the sign, in which case the wife is most likely to call people "dear" lmao

These signs showed up on many local streets in Massachusetts for awhile.  The intent was to inform people of elderly people crossing the street.  The legend is a play on the concept that seniors are "dear" to society.

That makes it the most obscure intentional reference in the history of road signs.

[D-Dey65]

Here's another MUTCD compliant or not question:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I-95_NB_Sumter_County_Rest_Area-4.jpg

I looked it up, but I can't find it in the guide signs, or regulatory signs.

[jakeroot]

Here's another MUTCD compliant or not question:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I-95_NB_Sumter_County_Rest_Area-4.jpg

I looked it up, but I can't find it in the guide signs, or regulatory signs.

I think there's leeway in the MUTCD that permits custom regulatory signage. I would like the sign to say "PARKING", not "PARK", however.

Washington's MUTCD supplement has rest area signage in it, but nothing for this purpose.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/42249629070/in/dateposted-public/
These shield assemblies in Volusia County, FL look so cool with the dark signs and the extended face acting as a border as well as the pinnacle on the top of them.

[jakeroot]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/42249629070/in/dateposted-public/
These shield assemblies in Volusia County, FL look so cool with the dark signs and the extended face acting as a border as well as the pinnacle on the top of them.

This would have been a good opportunity to attach the shields to the sign without using visible bolts, like the UK. Kind of ruins the aura, in my opinion.

[Revive 755]

Whitewater, WI, has yellow lane use signs instead of the proper white colored ones.

[mrsman]

There used to be a aircraft crossing on N Harbor Dr between the San Diego airport and the Coast Guard base. Looking at Google Maps, it isn't clear to me whether it's still in use:
https://goo.gl/maps/RXC5DVRpkSP2

But here's a YouTube video that shows it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG1s8-RDxJM

Other than the Buckley example above, this appears to be the closest example, since it's an actual crossing (not just a low-flying aircraft situation).

The Spanaway example is still a bit strange since there's no signal, and the road is a rather major one. I guess, if you see a plane, yield the right of way? Do planes have the ROW at intersections between taxiways and roadways?

I would think that an actual crossing should have crossing gates like a R/R crossing.  (Similar to what they have in Anchorage as someone had later posted.)

From GSV, there used to be a traffic signal in San Diego at the airplane crossing, but it seems to have been removed.  I guess they no longer have airplanes cross there.

[jakeroot]

There used to be a aircraft crossing on N Harbor Dr between the San Diego airport and the Coast Guard base. Looking at Google Maps, it isn't clear to me whether it's still in use:
https://goo.gl/maps/RXC5DVRpkSP2

But here's a YouTube video that shows it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG1s8-RDxJM

Other than the Buckley example above, this appears to be the closest example, since it's an actual crossing (not just a low-flying aircraft situation).

The Spanaway example is still a bit strange since there's no signal, and the road is a rather major one. I guess, if you see a plane, yield the right of way? Do planes have the ROW at intersections between taxiways and roadways?

I would think that an actual crossing should have crossing gates like a R/R crossing.  (Similar to what they have in Anchorage as someone had later posted.)

From GSV, there used to be a traffic signal in San Diego at the airplane crossing, but it seems to have been removed.  I guess they no longer have airplanes cross there.

Don't disagree. I guess the need for a crossing arm has not arose at the Spanaway field since aircraft movements are so unusual there (very little opportunity for residents to actually perceive an issue).

Not sure what's up at that San Diego crossing these days. I'm guessing the Coast Guard facility has been permanently turned over to helicopters (and sea planes?).

[Eth]

I don't think this treatment of Florida SR markers on green signs is very common, but I like it. Seen on A1A in Sunny Isles Beach:

[mrcmc888]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/42249629070/in/dateposted-public/
These shield assemblies in Volusia County, FL look so cool with the dark signs and the extended face acting as a border as well as the pinnacle on the top of them.

I've seen a few Interstate shields with black backgrounds like your pic on I-81 in Virginia as well.

[jakeroot]

I don't think this treatment of Florida SR markers on green signs is very common, but I like it. Seen on A1A in Sunny Isles Beach:

http://ten93.com/roadphotos/numbers/fl856.jpg

That makes two. Looks really cool!

[ErmineNotyours]

Rubber, pavement-mounted stop sign, in Sea Tac, Washington, though installed by King County.  Here.  This kind of sign used to be found at the Renton Boeing vehicle gates, but this is the only one left I know of.

Rubber, pavement-mounted stop sign. by Arthur Allen, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

Rubber, pavement-mounted stop sign, in Sea Tac, Washington, though installed by King County.  Here.  This kind of sign used to be found at the Renton Boeing vehicle gates, but this is the only one left I know of.

I was really befuddled of the one I saw just a couple weeks ago in Astoria, OR!  Whose idea was this type of sign?


IMG_5100 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

EXCLAMATION POINT!!!!!!!!!

Spotted on the western half of WY-296


IMG_5608 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[cjk374]

EXCLAMATION POINT!!!!!!!!!

Spotted on the western half of WY-296


IMG_5608 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Especially important for those on motorcycles. Exclamation point is a nice touch.

[TBKS1]

To my knowledge, this is the very last remaining surviving button copy sign in Central Arkansas

I can confirm that this was here as of last night.

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7247461,-92.2221687,3a,15y,118.47h,100.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAAWPqkKZtrJoIG2RsNK6HA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[formulanone]

To my knowledge, this is the very last remaining surviving button copy sign in Central Arkansas

I can confirm that this was here as of last night.

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7247461,-92.2221687,3a,15y,118.47h,100.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAAWPqkKZtrJoIG2RsNK6HA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Gotta love airport signage...(June 2012)

[ipeters61]

To my knowledge, this is the very last remaining surviving button copy sign in Central Arkansas

I can confirm that this was here as of last night.

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7247461,-92.2221687,3a,15y,118.47h,100.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAAWPqkKZtrJoIG2RsNK6HA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Gotta love airport signage...(June 2012)
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And don't forget about Harrisburg Airport's signage.

[Roadsguy]

To my knowledge, this is the very last remaining surviving button copy sign in Central Arkansas

I can confirm that this was here as of last night.

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7247461,-92.2221687,3a,15y,118.47h,100.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAAWPqkKZtrJoIG2RsNK6HA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Gotta love airport signage...(June 2012)
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And don't forget about Harrisburg Airport's signage.

Weird that the left sign has shields but the right sign is text-only. Was the sign on the left replaced early on for some reason?